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1980s Dungeons and Dragons Breakdown -- Satanism And The Occult

Started by Shawn Driscoll, November 12, 2019, 02:02:10 AM

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jeff37923

#15
November 12, 2019, 04:13:18 PM
Quote from: Anthony Pacheco;1113677Just like Boomers watching 60 Minutes. Imma like these dudes couldn't report their way out of a paper bag and my older relatives were all like "mah Wallace poser!"

I don't think that this is a Millenial vs Boomer or any other generational issue because you have people of all age groups masturbating their favorite subject on YouTube. I think it is more of a, "dumbass didn't do their required research into the subject matter" kind of issue and that crosses ALL generations.
"Meh."

Omega

#16
November 12, 2019, 04:48:18 PM
Quote from: Dimitrios;1113627I was playing D&D at the time, and my impression was and is that the satanic panic was very region dependent. It was  big deal in some places and had no impact at all in others. And by "region dependent" I don't mean regions of the country, or even state by state variations. It was more like county by county.

Jesus lets play this tired game again then.

Its not even just regional. In the same town you can and probably will get a shotgun pattern of Panic and Nothing. Think of it as akin to RPG.net. I've been over there since nearly the start and never had a single problem and havent even seen any moderators acting poorly. Others have run into it practically right out the gate.

As noted in the other thread. I gamed with my group for years before BOOM Satanic Panic happened and one vanished after a priest was asking questions of our group about him, twos mom freaked out and fled cross country to "escape". And the library incident.

Omega

#17
November 12, 2019, 04:49:19 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit;1113631Not only did it vary by region but it overall effect has been vastly overblown in the last two decades. If it wasn't for the constant belly-aching by RPGers, no one would even remember it.

You are a gibbering idiot who has no idea of the hell some were put through.

Shasarak

#18
November 12, 2019, 05:20:47 PM
Cecil Says looks like the kind of person that gives RPG gamers a bad image
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#19
November 12, 2019, 07:21:35 PM
Quote from: Omega;1113698You are a gibbering idiot who has no idea of the hell some were put through.
And what if a tiny number of people were "put through hell" thirty years ago? That has no bearing on anything happening today. If you were talking about something happening today, like the Nazi panic, that would be a different story.

Shawn Driscoll

#20
November 12, 2019, 09:08:04 PM
Quote from: RandyB;1113650I didn't need to watch the video. It's "Whataboutism" in reaction to the anti-Woke activity among RPG players.

SJWs in the hobby will hate the video.

Ratman_tf

#21
November 12, 2019, 10:40:28 PM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1113713SJWs in the hobby will hate the video.

Anybody will hate the video. I got about 10 seconds in and couldn't stand the guy, regardless of his topic.
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#22
November 12, 2019, 10:54:34 PM
Quote from: Ratman_tf;1113718Anybody will hate the video. I got about 10 seconds in and couldn't stand the guy, regardless of his topic.

Democrats don't watch YouTube videos.

Spinachcat

#23
November 13, 2019, 05:06:29 AM
Best quotes from the comment section of the video!

I never heard of D&D until my mom told me it was evil and I wasn't allowed to play it, so of course I got into it asap.

I still play Dungeons and Dragons and yes, screams can be heard when you throw your friends miniatures into fire.

In Austria they play Dungeons and Daughters.

Bren

#24
November 13, 2019, 01:30:23 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1113744In Austria they play Dungeons and Daughters.
Burn! :D
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#25
November 13, 2019, 01:51:06 PM
I like Cecil. :) And ever since his "Goodbye Horses, Goodbye Star Wars," mix I likez him 'more better'. (I also find his style of fumbling-sardonic humor to be hilarious... and he has an insightful read on people, with also a forgiving nature to those he befriends.)

Unclench folks, it's just a youtube deliberate 'fail-whale' 80s retrospective drunk commentary, which has some nice biting moments. :D
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Rhiannon

#26
November 14, 2019, 02:30:43 AM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1113721Democrats don't watch YouTube videos.

Are you brain damaged?

RPGPundit

#27
November 20, 2019, 06:48:40 AM
The whole "D&D is satanic" thing only really affected people who grew up in very conservative religious families, mainly evangelicals but also the non-liberal catholics.
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November 20, 2019, 08:20:25 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1114404The whole "D&D is satanic" thing only really affected people who grew up in very conservative religious families, mainly evangelicals but also the non-liberal catholics.

A tiny subset of those, plus later a slice of "mainstream" churches with bad choices in guest ministers.

tenbones

#29
November 20, 2019, 12:43:31 PM
... and those that truly are trying to raise the Lord of Hell from the Pit.
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