Wanna Join the Israeli Army?

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

 

Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for elite units? Ynet has learned that 18-year-olds who tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are automatically given low security clearance.

 

 

 

“They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence,” the army says.

 

 

 

Fans of the popular roleplaying game had spoken of rumors of this strange policy by the IDF, but now the army has confirmed that it has a negative image of teens who play the game and labels them as problematic in regard to their draft status.

 

 

 

 

So if you like fantasy games, go see the military psychologist.

[Special K 0]

I wonder if people who read books are detached from reality too. Granted, I've never played D&D (besides the occassional PC game), but I don't think those who get dangerously obsessed with that game are the type of people who could get into the special forces.

[Vyce 0]

Well, I suppose my days as a frivolous youth portraying a 8th generation Brujah antitribu automatically disqualifies me.

 

A shame, because the Israelis could use the Sabbat on their side.

[Guest MikeSC]

I wonder if people who read books are detached from reality too. Granted, I've never played D&D (besides the occassional PC game), but I don't think those who get dangerously obsessed with that game are the type of people who could get into the special forces.

But they could get into the "Special" forces.

 

If ya catch my drift.

-=Mike

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I played D&D as a kid, but it usually ended up in disaster. I never read the rules, spent about 20 minutes creating an adventure and we'd spend about 10 minutes actually playing it before going outside to play football or something.

 

The highlight of my D&D career was one time when I was a Dungeon Master and my one friend wanted to go off the map I made for the adventure. I then said a bolt of lightning came out of the sky and killed his character. I then got up went over and punched him. Good times.

 

I always liked elves because they could use weapons and cast spells...

[iggymcfly 0]

How the hell does the game even work? I know you make up a ton of stuff, but what's the actual structured part?

[The Czech Republic 0]

I know the son of the guy that created Dungeons and Dragons

[Art Sandusky 0]

Did he speak to you from his money room?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

How the hell does the game even work? I know you make up a ton of stuff, but what's the actual structured part?

In my day we had these character stat sheets which told you about your character, his equipment, etc. With the outbreak of ADD nowadays, I'd be shocked if anyone still plays the paper and pen version of D&D, considering you need to use your imagination and thought.

 

And say what you will about the game itself, but a lot of the artwork is great...

[Mole 0]

My friend Kobi lived in Israel for 7 years and almost went to their Army.

 

Could you imagine him protecting Israel?

 

Ha.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

How the hell does the game even work? I know you make up a ton of stuff, but what's the actual structured part?

 

It's kinda similar to a computer RPG, what with turn-based combat, only you use dice to see how stuff plays out. Characters have stats that decide what you need to roll in order to hit, how much damage you can do, etc.

 

My brother was a huge D&D nerd, so I picked up stuff from him.

[Art Sandusky 0]

How the hell does the game even work? I know you make up a ton of stuff, but what's the actual structured part?

In my day we had these character stat sheets which told you about your character, his equipment, etc. With the outbreak of ADD nowadays, I'd be shocked if anyone still plays the paper and pen version of D&D, considering you need to use your imagination and thought.

I know people who have loads of blank character sheets laying around their dorm, or whatever you'd call them. I've managed to keep from absorbing any of it despite hanging out with these people often.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Did he speak to you from his money room?

I think he was on the wrestling team with me for a while before he quit.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I'll tell you what, Kotz, whenever I'm in a bookstore I always head over to the "D&D" section, just to check out the artwork in some of those books -- Jesus did they get complicated. A character sheet now would be at least 20 pages long! I came from a time when we would just go "10 goblins just entered the room from the north door -- tell me how you want to kill them." Now you have to do all these hippie pre-battle "checks" and other things that I can't even describe...

[Hoff 0]

The Israelis are fools for not realizing what a 20th-level paladin could do for their infantry. FOOLS~!

 

In my day we had these character stat sheets which told you about your character, his equipment, etc. With the outbreak of ADD nowadays, I'd be shocked if anyone still plays the paper and pen version of D&D, considering you need to use your imagination and thought.

 

Back like ten years ago, or whenever the switch from D&D to AD&D was made (that's just when I was big into it), it was still mostly pen, paper, and imagination. We had books upon books, and I thought it was a HUGE upgrade from the board game styled original. Now, I guess, it's just become like a bad version of the original, or like a Warhammer knockoff, y'know? And there's rules for playing WITHOUT miniatures, but apparently they're very half-assed. So sayeth the roommate. I haven't played since...10th grade? So a good seven, eight years. But I did pick up a Players' Handbook when I was in B&N last, and boy KKK, you're right, they added about a million pointless dice rolls.

 

//nerd

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I was a kid when I think the D&D/AD&D switch began. I remember a hard cover book with some big Devil guy holding a chick and walking toward some fighter and wizard. There was another book with these two theives stealing some gems that were the eyes of some demon statue. In addtion, there was a monster manual with a unicorn, some half-man/half-horse guy. I love the artwork because they'll have some halfling going up against a giant red dragon...

[Hoff 0]

You could do worse than some of that artwork. The same is true for Magic cards, for what it's worth (Magic the game, not as in a trick deck of cards).

[Guest cosbywasmurdered]

If there was ever a thread made for Dutch, this is it.

[Zorin Industries 0]

Well, I suppose my days as a frivolous youth portraying a 8th generation Brujah antitribu automatically disqualifies me.

 

A shame, because the Israelis could use the Sabbat on their side.

No offence, but I would never have expected that to come from you

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Well I'm just glad the PLO doesn't have the Sunfire spell at their disposal. They're bad enough with gun powder and shrapnel...