Christian Children's Fund pisses away $17K

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Here's the short & sweet: The Christian Children's Fund (I will not link to them) refused more than $17,000 raised by GenCon (http://www.gencon.com/2009/indy/default.aspx) in Gary Gygax (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax)'s name because the money was "tainted" by D&D!

More details on the links below.

http://www.giantitp.com/index.html#MZvsP18xmNXpVDwvCRQ

http://www.gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20081103

http://www.livegameauctions.com/CharityAuction.jsp

http://overscope.cynistar.net/archives/248-Im-Attacking-The-Darkness.html

[innerSpaceman]

OMG, the it's the Middle Ages. WTF?

[Gemini Cricket]

Someone obviously hit the CCF with a Stupidity Spell.

[cirquelover]

Then I guess they really didn't dserve the money. I'm sure there are a lot of childrens charities that would love to have the money to help children. How about UNICEF?

[Betty]

And if they're THAT stupid with accepting the donation - makes me wonder what else they're really stupid about as well.

[flippyshark]

I once gave my very conservative evangelical Dad a rundown on exactly how D&D is played, and he looked at me with astonishment and said, "That's IT?" The hysteria and wild claims the Christian right has made about this game far exceeds its potential for harm. (Hey, I still play from time to time, and look at me! - Okay, I'm a dorky middle-aged loser, but NOT satanic, suicidal or even disrespectful to my parents.) I thought that this particular bugbear had long ago played itself out, though. Guess there are are enough lingering fears to create this silliness.

I hope they find another charity more worthy of their largesse. I think it speaks well of the denizens of Greater Geekdom that they raised so much. Good going!

[Moonliner]

Perhaps they were thinking:

"You know, if we refuse this relatively small donation it will be great publicity and we'll get even more money donated from like minded conservatives."

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Stuff like this always reminds me of a friend I had in high school. Her parents banned her from seeing "Wayne's World", because it featured the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, which references the Devil. Seriously.

People. Are. Ignorant.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

As many of you know, I play D&D once a week. What you may not know is that three of the guys I play with are Christians (Presbyterians, to be specific) and oddly enough, they don't have a problem with D&D. I find it astonishing (though I guess I really shouldn't) that this totally unrealistic view of D&D still exists.

BTW, the hysteria surrounding D&D being "satanic" was largely due to the psychotic lies of Patricia Pulling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Pulling). A thorough debunking of her lunatic campaign against D&D was written by Michael A. Stackpole in The Pulling Report (http://www.rpgstudies.net/stackpole/pulling_report.html).

[Strangler Lewis]

I've never played the game, and I'm not going to read either article, but I can't imagine that allegations that a board game is Satanic require a debunking more thorough than "That's f*ckin' stupid."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I can't imagine that allegations that a board game is Satanic require a debunking more thorough than "That's f*ckin' stupid."You'd think so, but.... :rolleyes:

[Moonliner]

I've never played the game, and I'm not going to read either article, but I can't imagine that allegations that a board game is Satanic require a debunking more thorough than "That's f*ckin' stupid."

A board game? Exactly how are you young pups playing this game?


(Says the guy who started with D&D while it still was 'D&D' rather than AD&D)

[Ghoulish Delight]

A board game? Exactly how are you young pups playing this game?


(Says the guy who started with D&D while it still was 'D&D' rather than AD&D)
And don't forget the even more modern incarnation - ADD&D:

"Gridmor, the half elven, half giant chaotic neutral Paladin turns the corner to discover....a box of shiny toys. Roll a saving throw to determine how much time Gridmor spends playing with the toy car. Roll a second saving throw to see if he throws a tantrum when the car loses a wheel."

[JWBear]

And don't forget the even more modern incarnation - ADD&D:

"Gridmor, the half elven, half giant chaotic neutral Paladin turns the corner to discover....a box of shiny toys. Roll a saving throw to determine how much time Gridmor spends playing with the toy car. Roll a second saving throw to see if he throws a tantrum when the car loses a wheel."

I can't Mojo you, so I'll give you snaps instead.

:snap: :snap: :snap:

[Capt Jack]

I can't imagine that allegations that a board game is Satanic require a debunking more thorough than "That's f*ckin' stupid."

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:snap:

[BarTopDancer]

And don't forget the even more modern incarnation - ADD&D:

"Gridmor, the half elven, half giant chaotic neutral Paladin turns the corner to discover....a box of shiny toys. Roll a saving throw to determine how much time Gridmor spends playing with the toy car. Roll a second saving throw to see if he throws a tantrum when the car loses a wheel."

That's my kind of D&D. I should go find my di... OH LOOK! SHINY!

[flippyshark]

I can relate - I like to play games with lots of "toys." I have a fun dungeon crawler called DESCENT, which comes packaged with over a hundred lovely palstic figures, modular dungeon boards and many hundreds of colorful little cardboard chits, tiles and other bits of pretty, pretty fun. (The same goes for the ridiculously over-produced board game of World of Warcraft - the most ridiculous dice-fest I've ever seen, and I adore it!)

I wished you game-playing folks lived out here in Florida!