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SteelBallRun
Title: Kenka Bancho
Joined: May 05 2010
Posts: 227
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| I think Magic is way more respectable than D&D. Magic requires skill and cunning, and can even be profitable, whereas D&D is almost entirely luck-based. And the parts that aren't luck-based are placed squarely in the hands of a Dungeon Master who 9/10 times is either an idiot or a sadist. |
Both games have an element of luck that can be manipulated. The money aspect is very true, but it's a very small portion of players on the gravy train and it doesn't garner that much respect.
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| There are levels of dorkitude so it is possible for one to consider himself a geek or dork, but still be caught off guard by the level of dorkiness eminating from someone else if they are higher up on the dork scale. |
Agreed. Some of my old dork friends had serious issues with hygiene and basically couldn't talk about anything outside of games.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Meh, I play battletech but whenever one of the man children with horrible B.O. at the local game shop tries to quiz me on what miniatures or source book I'm buying I immediately think "aw get away from me you dork!"
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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I don't remember the sequence, but I believe this was the list:
Card floppers (With Magic at the top and stuff like Spellfire/Pokemon on the bottom)
Dice chuckers
Wargamers (Warhammer/40k and such)
Furries
LARPers
Steampunks
"Genre faithfuls" (Browncoats, Red Shirts/Trekkers/Trekkies, SW Fans)
Friends,
Romans,
Countrymen,
Lend me your ears.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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What's the difference between wargamers and dice chuckers? There's a shit ton of dice chucking in the wargame I play...
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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| What's the difference between wargamers and dice chuckers? There's a shit ton of dice chucking in the wargame I play... |
While this is true, I tend to just think of table top RPGs for dice chuckers. A wargamer also spends a fuckton of hobby money on paint and pewter miniatures, then there're the historical wargamers who only play games involving actual battles, be they Thermopoli or Gettysburg (I tried that one out once as the Confederacy--Picket's fence was a pain in the ass to cross and I did better than actual Confederacy did but still lost).
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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^That. You try going to a furry convention, that ought to put things in perspective.
Steampunks are cool tho 
You also forgot about the "cross-breeds", like Werewolf LARPers and Falkenstein players xD
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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Actually I didn't put them in order and though I hate to admit it, LARPers are above furries on the totem pole. Let's see here....
Cardfloppers
Tabletop RPG players
Wargamers
Steampunks (you need actual talent for some of that costumery, unlike LARping)
LARPers
Furries
Twilight fans (forgot that one, God Bless Meyers for spawning something lower than furries)
I'm not quite sure where the others fit in the pecking order though.
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