02-15-2011, 06:48 PM | #61 |
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I think the notion that the Mormon church had black listed D&D came from a few articles on it that appeared in the Church News which were of the usual type of fear and uncertainty handwringing.
A year or so ago in The Ensign (the official church magazine) there was an article on Mmporg addiction which was really pretty balanced. It went as far as to note such games were a harmless entertainment for most people. It did have some very fun pictures of orcs dragging happless players into the computer screen. Out of this I've had several church members tell me it was an article about how such games were evil. Perhaps they should have actually bothered to read it.
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02-15-2011, 06:55 PM | #62 | |
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02-15-2011, 09:02 PM | #63 |
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Whack jobs gravitate to religion as a weapon and security blanket. That's a fact that the sane religious and us atheists must deal with.
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02-27-2011, 09:39 AM | #64 |
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To be fair, regarding his confusion between WoW and D&D, most life-long gamers can't make that distinction anymore. So we can hardly blame this outsider for doing the same. ;)
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02-27-2011, 12:05 PM | #65 |
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I can tell the difference between McDonalds and Burger King, and I can spot the differences between baseball and cricket... I'd better be able to tell the difference between WoW & D&D.
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02-27-2011, 01:58 PM | #66 |
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Um... I'm not attempting to challenge an insider's awareness of the subtleties of the hobby. I'm simply eluding to the sickeningly common criticism that D&D 4e is little more than a table-top version of WoW. Gamers often make that comparison, so any misconception an outsider might have regarding the relationship is somewhat understandable, even if it is completely wrong.
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03-04-2011, 02:54 AM | #67 | |
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