07-21-2002, 06:57 AM | #31 |
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My god, is this kind of discussion still going on???!!!
I can remember these issues being raised in Dragon magazine many years ago. I would have thought that the media had finally learned the answer to this one - categorically no, lol!
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it was becuase of that the "demons" and "devils" and "daemons" in the books got renamed to Tanar'ri, Baatezu and Yugoloths - sheesh!! |
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Conjure Cthulhu for me please.[/QUOTE]ok let me get my first ed. dieties and demi-gods and a quart of lovecrafts blood....
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07-21-2002, 04:05 PM | #35 |
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It's an issue of the general publics perception. In the late '70's, there was a case where some players got too caught up in the game and went through their affluent neighborhood breaking into homes and robbing them. Then, one of them finally killed somebody. Tom Hanks made his acting debut in a movie satirizing the events (Monsters and Mazes). Gary Gygax even encouraged the attention, because his company (TSR) was struggling. After the incident became national news, AD&D experienced an explosive growth. Unfortunately, the game has never been able to completely shake the horrific image that was associated with it early on. But that was an interesting example of the Satanist playing a paladin. Dramnek, I never liked Call of cthulhu myself. It's set in the early '20's or '30's and the most powerful "weapon" you can have is a shotgun or dynamite, which is pretty INeffective against demons. Your characters die MUCH more quickly and more often in Cthulhu...becuase your best offensive strategy is usually to RUN AWAAAAAY at max speed. Still, a bunch of my friends liked it a lot. Give it a try if you like, but it's a LOT different than AD&D.
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As a christian i never put anything before God. That doesn't mean that I don't play the game however, infact we meet every day during summer break and every weekend during school, however now that i think about it, we only spend one actual hour of gameplay, most of the time is spent just gathering everyone together [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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07-21-2002, 05:22 PM | #38 | |
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Also if look back a month or two ago, there was quite a lenthy thread here on Satanism that clarifed alot of misperception about it , which makes a satanist playying a paladin not that unordinary.
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Interesting to see a topic like this that isn't all Christian bashing. Im used to seeing pure hate for instance on metal music forums, when they debate is it all right for Christians to listen to that kind of music.
I was an avid DnD player when i wasnt a Christian [now I am]. Got really absorbed in it especially in summer. One of those addicted day and nighter kind of guys. It would i say partially influenced my decision to flirt with satanism for a time in my teenage years. But the experience i learned from all that is a valuable asset nowadays in conversations with other folks so no real regrets. If i found the right grp id still play. Someone mentioned old Dragon issue debates on the subject I also remember those and thought opinions were well expressed back then. But as time goes on new generations of folks go through the same things, its just we've been there done that already. Anything in life that fully addicts you time wize isnt healthy. Doesnt matter if its DnD, alchohol or anything. Be the master of it though and you'll be fine. Later V |
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