At work, I have developed a reputation as someone who plays World of Warcraft, most likely due to one of my AD&D players (who works here but in a different department) being a very "outed" WoW enthusiast. She talks openly about our AD&D game, but I think most of her coworkers are mentally unable to distinguish between AD&D and WoW, hence people ask me questions about WoW and send me WoW related forwards, despite the fact that I have never played the game for even a minute. (And never will)
If the stigmas from the 1980's regarding D&D were still in effect, I'd probably correct people and tell them that I'm a D&D player; to me it would be far preferable to be stereotyped as a brainwashed devil worshipper straight out of the infamous Jack Chick tract than to be stereotyped as an obsessive neckbeard stinking up his parents' basement.
"an obsessive neckbeard stinking up his parents' basement. "
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, some WoW players live with only one parent.
;)