Name: Anonymous 2006-06-28 7:47
Despite more recent changes for the better, it's still a case where somebody who is really into sports is considered a jock, considered manly and respectable, and "enthusiastic." Those who play video games, roleplaying games (this one being key), and like comics and cartoons are considered nerdy, maladjusted, and undesireable. It's generally been the "cool jocks" who pick on the "nerds and geeks" for knowing which episode of TNG Picard gets stabbed through the heart, why an Elven Mage needs higher INT than a Human Cleric, and so forth.
But now, the jocks have exposed themselves for what they really are. They are in fact nerdier and geekier (in the bad ways) than any D&D player or anime fan. We've always known they're far too fixated on their one team, or even sometimes individual players. (Homoerotic tendancies? Of COURSE not....) All they seem to do is live and breathe for their team or sport. It's really always been obvious they're much worse than those they insult. But here's the coup de grace.
Fantasy Sports Leagues. What is this if not role-playing? Granted, it lacks a lot of the dynamics and imagination of even the basic traditional RPG, but it's still the same at it's core. The very jerks who laughed at knowing Orc stats are now giving a damn about some point-spead by some player in some sport. We nerds have historically always just decided to live and let live. Focking jocks are now showing their own true, hypocritical faces.
But now, the jocks have exposed themselves for what they really are. They are in fact nerdier and geekier (in the bad ways) than any D&D player or anime fan. We've always known they're far too fixated on their one team, or even sometimes individual players. (Homoerotic tendancies? Of COURSE not....) All they seem to do is live and breathe for their team or sport. It's really always been obvious they're much worse than those they insult. But here's the coup de grace.
Fantasy Sports Leagues. What is this if not role-playing? Granted, it lacks a lot of the dynamics and imagination of even the basic traditional RPG, but it's still the same at it's core. The very jerks who laughed at knowing Orc stats are now giving a damn about some point-spead by some player in some sport. We nerds have historically always just decided to live and let live. Focking jocks are now showing their own true, hypocritical faces.