Comments on: Assets or liabilities? http://rpgdigest.com/2008/01/28/assets-or-liabilities/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mrboffo http://rpgdigest.com/2008/01/28/assets-or-liabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-52 mrboffo Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:36:38 +0000 http://dndreviews.com/?p=76#comment-52 ROFL, you're cracking me up. Two Rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate. Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only." Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One." ROFL, you’re cracking me up.

Two Rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate. Rule Number One: “Karate for defense only.” Rule Number Two: “First learn Rule Number One.”

]]> By: Vanir http://rpgdigest.com/2008/01/28/assets-or-liabilities/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Vanir Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:13:45 +0000 http://dndreviews.com/?p=76#comment-51 My personal thought is that a great deal of gamers have low self-esteem. I'm not sure what attracts people with low self-esteem to gaming, but man we have lots of them (myself included). And since we had low self-esteem while growing up and going through school, with that comes people who will persecute those who have low self-esteem to make themselves feel better. I know from experience nerds sometimes get picked on and laughed at when they cross paths with some jerk who doesn't understand that gaming is just another way to have fun. Not knowing who the jerks are and having low self-esteem means putting gaming on your profile, etc. is basically just painting a target and setting it up on the Internet for someone to shoot at. And a lot of us had enough of that while we were growing up and so they don't put it on their profile. It's just avoidance, in my opinion. I don't blame them. I've had friends that were on dating sites and when he told her he hosted LAN parties and played Halo with his friends sometimes, she called it "gay night". He got his feelings crushed and doesn't discuss it with the women he dates until they've been together a bit. It sucks. It's interesting that you picked karate as the activity someone will put on a profile as opposed to D&D which they won't. Because I am a black belt in karate, and I met my wife through a dating site, and I put karate down on my profile and not D&D. D'oh! :) It really wasn't until the last couple years that I realized the reason I'm not getting picked on anymore wasn't because I had learned how to beat the crap out of people who did. It was because I had started hanging out with people who weren't assholes and avoiding people who were. And it was a little sad that I only figured out it was OK to talk about all my interests with the women I date only after I met my wife. But I'm not complaining. :) My personal thought is that a great deal of gamers have low self-esteem. I’m not sure what attracts people with low self-esteem to gaming, but man we have lots of them (myself included). And since we had low self-esteem while growing up and going through school, with that comes people who will persecute those who have low self-esteem to make themselves feel better. I know from experience nerds sometimes get picked on and laughed at when they cross paths with some jerk who doesn’t understand that gaming is just another way to have fun.

Not knowing who the jerks are and having low self-esteem means putting gaming on your profile, etc. is basically just painting a target and setting it up on the Internet for someone to shoot at. And a lot of us had enough of that while we were growing up and so they don’t put it on their profile. It’s just avoidance, in my opinion.

I don’t blame them. I’ve had friends that were on dating sites and when he told her he hosted LAN parties and played Halo with his friends sometimes, she called it “gay night”. He got his feelings crushed and doesn’t discuss it with the women he dates until they’ve been together a bit. It sucks.

It’s interesting that you picked karate as the activity someone will put on a profile as opposed to D&D which they won’t. Because I am a black belt in karate, and I met my wife through a dating site, and I put karate down on my profile and not D&D. D’oh! :)

It really wasn’t until the last couple years that I realized the reason I’m not getting picked on anymore wasn’t because I had learned how to beat the crap out of people who did. It was because I had started hanging out with people who weren’t assholes and avoiding people who were. And it was a little sad that I only figured out it was OK to talk about all my interests with the women I date only after I met my wife.

But I’m not complaining. :)

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