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Clearly, whatever she's hiding in her hair is the real villian...

Started by Angry_Douchebag, February 17, 2010, 03:57:21 PM

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GameDaddy

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February 18, 2010, 11:35:34 AM Last Edit: February 18, 2010, 11:38:59 AM by GameDaddy
The Herald is a rag, on par with Pravda, and the Daily Mail as a venue for social entertainment. They have to sell papers somehow, and any sensationalization, even fabricated, or dredged up from the past, will do.

Newitz didn't help any though by propogating the original Herald story into new vectors.

This case doesn't have anything to do with D&D. What it does have to do with though, is the utter failure of law enforcement authorities to conduct a proper investigation, that of the original murder of her younger brother.

It's amazing this day and age that cronyism and nepotism remains prevalent in law enforcement. Behaviors and crimes that are inexcusable, and prosecuted within the general community, all too often are completely ignored or swept under a carpet within the law enforcement community right up until the time an International incident occurs.

I'd warrant the latter happens much, much, much... more often than a D&D player going off the deep end and wacking a bunch of mean college professors. I wonder why you don't see the Herald covering that?

Finally...

When it comes to college professors, they are amongst the most bitter of foes when it comes to determining tenure, and their rivalries are the stuff legends (and horror movies) are made of.
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jgants

#16
February 18, 2010, 02:55:50 PM
Quote from: GameDaddy;361345When it comes to college professors, they are amongst the most bitter of foes when it comes to determining tenure, and their rivalries are the stuff legends (and horror movies) are made of.

It's like that old joke - why are academic politics so cutthroat?  Because the stakes are so low.
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Peregrin

#17
February 18, 2010, 03:15:23 PM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;361296Yeah, but, dude, they just beat each other up and tear down defenseless street decorations.  We're talking cold-blooded, calculated murder.

See? I think it's the math.  Pastimes that require number-crunching lead to sociopathy.  That's why I switched to mechanics-lite gaming years ago.

!i!

True.  I have an old roommate who was like a math/physics genius.  Overall he was a nice guy, but he could be fucking creepy at times.  He was way too soft spoken, and would get these weird silent moods...there was just a huge social disconnect.  

If you were engaging in something game-related (he got into Magic during freshman year), he was perfectly fine or happy, but once you exited that sort of "play"/competitive social sphere, he just couldn't relate directly to other people, and I don't think he really had much empathy at all since he disregarded the feelings of other people a lot.
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."

IMLegend

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February 18, 2010, 04:08:19 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;361435True.  I have an old roommate who was like a math/physics genius.  Overall he was a nice guy, but he could be fucking creepy at times.  He was way too soft spoken, and would get these weird silent moods...there was just a huge social disconnect.  

If you were engaging in something game-related (he got into Magic during freshman year), he was perfectly fine or happy, but once you exited that sort of "play"/competitive social sphere, he just couldn't relate directly to other people, and I don't think he really had much empathy at all since he disregarded the feelings of other people a lot.

Damn, can you say Asperger's Syndrome?
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February 18, 2010, 05:24:45 PM
Quote from: Peregrin;361435True.  I have an old roommate who was like a math/physics genius.  Overall he was a nice guy, but he could be fucking creepy at times...
Heh, I was only half-joking.  And that's why I made the earlier joke about looking for a murderous pattern among fantasy football players.  The obsession with maths and minutia is, if anything, even more intense than in RPGs.

This is, of course, all speculation without an ounce of scientific or statistical evidence. :)

!i!

Narf the Mouse

#20
February 18, 2010, 07:42:28 PM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;361466Heh, I was only half-joking.  And that's why I made the earlier joke about looking for a murderous pattern among fantasy football players.  The obsession with maths and minutia is, if anything, even more intense than in RPGs.

This is, of course, all speculation without an ounce of scientific or statistical evidence. :)

!i!
99.95% of the people who know what "Statistics" are, are capable of murder!
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Peregrin

#21
February 18, 2010, 09:49:05 PM
Quote from: Ian Absentia;361466This is, of course, all speculation without an ounce of scientific or statistical evidence. :)

!i!

Well sure.  But looking at the track record of people who have won awards in the field of mathematics, it doesn't look so good for people with the "gift of numbers."  I mean the last guy outright refused his award and went missing for god knows how long.  And not just "I'm not coming to the door" seclusion, I mean he just up, packed, and left.  Although I think he came out of hiding a few years ago.
"In a way, the Lands of Dream are far more brutal than the worlds of most mainstream games. All of the games set there have a bittersweetness that I find much harder to take than the ridiculous adolescent posturing of so-called \'grittily realistic\' games. So maybe one reason I like them as a setting is because they are far more like the real world: colourful, crazy, full of strange creatures and people, eternal and yet changing, deeply beautiful and sometimes profoundly bitter."
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