>reading a rulebook or writing in my notes at work
"Studying hard, anon?"
>buying binders, pencils, paper, etc. at the store
"How's college?"
>>45291147
>Busy editing my homebrew game at work.
"Keep up the good work!"
>>45291147
>"Studying hard, anon?"
In a sense, yes
>spend time making homebrew rules
>want system to make sense
>need probabilities to not be shit
>accidentally get math degree
>>45291147
>drawing maps for the next session
"I see you're doing pretty well on your art assignment."
>>45291147
>learning about quarrying, minerals, and general geology for game
>have tons of notes for it and get deeper into it
>somehow leads me to infrastructure and production with even more notes
"So you're going for civil engineering I see"
"No, chemical"
>learning about player's fetishes for homebrew game at work
>take notes, print pics, etc
>"what the fuck anon?"
>get fired
Its like people don't even want to try to understand
>tfw in school, brushing on on monster manuals
>someone sees you reading and asks what it is
>you try to explain in a way that doesn't sound stupid
>they just assume you're a goth
>end up getting put into counseling sessions because a rumor started that you're a satanist and at risk for suicide
>tfw I just wanted to know the AC on an ochre jelly
>>45291147
On my Curriculum Vitae:
> I participate in Extra Curricular activities that:
> Improve my proficiency in English (2nd language)
> Encourages creativity and cooperation
> Enforces teamwork
> Teaches quick-thinking
> Trains your risk evaluating skills
> Betters communication skills
> Works on organisation and strategy
So yeah, anon, they're not that far off compared to other hobbies / passions. Heck, part of why I'm a confident speaker is because of D&D.
>>45294011
> learning about player's fetishes for homebrew game at work
>take notes, print pics, etc
I can't help but notice you did not specify that you asked for that information, only that you were "learning" their fetishes. I can only see you in their work space, browsing w/e shit that's there, printing it and taking notes on w/e weird shit's there (golden shower, goatsies, hardcore S/M, feet fetishes) on work time.
Even if you were learning it in a relatively polite conversation where everyone involved is comfortable and not within hearing range of customers, the "wtf" reaction seems legitimate.
I doubt there wasn't any warnings.Makes me curious.
>>45291147
>crunching numbers to discover most reasonable form of homebrew mechanics before play testing begins
>pdfs of core books, splat, errata open for crossreference
>talking math and mechanics with co-workers
"If you fucking queers don't get back to work, I'm going to skullfuck you both."
All SNCO's in intel are used-to-be nerds.
>>45294072
Either:
>It's Dungeons and Dragons
Or:
>It's like Dungeons and Dragons
People know what D&D is.
>>45296376
>only a fool would take anything here posted as a fact ect
>>45297797
It owns tabletop RPGs like Band-Aid owns bandages. You look at somebody and tell them you're reading the rules for a tabletop RPG you get the glassy eyes. Tell them you're reading "D&D stuff" and they nod, say bazinga, hail satan, and go on their way.
>>45294072
>put on suicide watch for dnd and satanism
Sounds like America aright.
>>45297849
>Dumb guy poorly explains why he is looking at monsters and demons.
I don't get suicide watch, but I get why they thought he was a goth or satanist. No matter where he is from. "Monster Manual" could mean something completely different to normies.
>>45297849
>still thinks America is in the 70s
Sounds like a European alright
>>45297866
>>45297924
USA is the only place I know where D&D is viewed like that. Where I live nobody fucking care or even know that it exist.
>>45291147
>people think you're actually doing something with your life
Literally never happened.
>>45298004
again, you're just fucking ignorant, no one in America thinks DnD is satanist, it was a short lived movement that happened in the 80s.
I bet you think we cover our furniture in plastic, send our teens to the soda bar, and let reverends forbid dancing.
>>45298004
You probably live somewhere so small you don't hear much about places that aren't america. Also, reread my post. >>45297866
It's probably not because it's D&D.
>>45298046
>hurr durr you're ignorant about my country
Yeah, you are about mine too, buddy. It still was pretty fucked up and teenagers that worship satan is an american stereotype.
>>45298051
Yeah, no. Nobody would bat a fucking eye about it here.
>>45298088
... Okay, >>45298051 here... Wtf does what you said have to do with what I said?
>>45296310
>Helping my universities RPGassociation to get more recruits among the new students
>Being in charge of a stand during the registrations
>Suddenly, there is this "old" (50 or 60 yo) dude passing, asking what we do
>"Oh, you're roleplayers ? That's something great. If more had done RPG, the working world would be way better. Continue your work. Good bye."
>mfw
>>45298088
my mistake, you're not ignorant, just retarded
>>45298095
>Yeah no
I don't live in a small place. And nobody would bat a fucking eye about a "monster manual" here
You're dense
Well this thread wasn't much to begin with but /tg/ somehow found a way to ruin it. Well done everybody, we can go home now.
>>45294011
My GM threw in an encounter once tha at was directed at my character specifically, and catered to my RL fetish.
I have no idea how and if he knew. And I didn't bring it up in case it was coincidence. But shit was awkward.
>getting in autistic trance while working on homebrew
>few hours in, looking for something in my browser's history
>"horses" "horse speed" "broken legs" "fall injuries" "death from starvation" "light levels" "healing sprained ankle" "how fast can people run" "how fast can badgers run"
Yeah, I hope no one will check.
>>45297445
>"If you fucking queers don't get back to work, I'm going to skullfuck you both."
that's how your higher ups talk to you at work? damn
also what a bunch of asshats
>>45298426
>"horses" "horse speed" "broken legs" "fall injuries" "death from starvation" "light levels" "healing sprained ankle" "how fast can people run" "how fast can badgers run"
>>45298570
He's in the military. They're very big on the macho thing.
>>45291147
>"Studying hard, anon?"
That was a fun first week, yeah.
For some reason they like it when I respond to them with curt, occasionally sarcastic replies that feel like I'm suppressing irritation long enough to give them a bare bones answer and get back to my work. Attempts to do anything else by my colleagues who play has them just glassy eyed, making some vague comment and wandering off to not talk to them about it again.
It's not a bother, I'd honestly love to talk shop my whole lunch hour. It's just that the act has kept me from over-explaining, and I think since I'm generally helpful and lend a hand whenever I can if someone looks stressed/busy (keeping occupied makes my time go faster) they've built up some idea of me as something else when I really just don't want to sperg out and become a joke.
Is this what being a wizard feels like, /tg/?
I feel you, OP.
>>45298662
>Is this what being a wizard feels like, /tg/?
Yes.
This is why wizards literally never take over the world. People are too annoying to bother with.
>have some GURPS pdf open on the screen
>Anon what are you reading?
>It's a game.
>Looks complicated, you must be pretty smart.
Honestly what the fuck. I'm stupid as fuck and they look at it like it's rocket science.
>>45298682
It makes me wonder why normies avoid the friendly attempts by some to talk about it in favor of the people who pay them no mind.
People aren't really annoying, just a lot of people are hard to communicate with. I have to cut my words down (dear god, their reaction to anything with more than four syllables is downright paradoxical; they act superior and smug when they don't know it, or cheeky when they use a "don't you mean [layman's term]" reply) and spend a lot of effort finding ways to say things they won't take as overly blunt or too rude or not rude enough, and if I'm not informal enough I'm a prick but if I'm too informal I'm disrespectful.
It's like words mean totally different things for them than they mean while I'm here typing at you lot.
There are these times, but also some time ago, when i was scriblling something on my docs in a classroom, class Chad (chill guy) turned around and asked me what is it
>it's kind of a game, i've been working on it for some months
>wow, and you've done it all by yourself? Woow, that's inspiring!
>>45298726
To someone who doesn't practice the mathematics we all learn in school (even if they could pick it back up within an hour or two) or who doesn't understand the purpose of charts or graphs, a lot of simple information can look complex as all hell.
After a while it basically turns into the "I don't even see the code anymore" scenario.
>Drafting campaign during lecture
>It's a bullshit cultural unit
>Make notes about the cultural changes of post-collapse China in my cyber-punk setting
>Lecturer glances over and reads a section aloud
>"Very insightful"
>Writes it out
>Mentions me by name every time Asia comes up
Just let me die
I honestly can't figure out who anyone in this thread is quoting.
Can people start attributing their quotes please?
>>45298863
I hope you're asian. It would be just racist enough to be fucking gold.
Please be Korean or something.
>>45298893
>I honestly can't figure out who anyone in this thread is quoting.
>Can people start attributing their quotes please?
~Anonymous
>>45298936
Nope, white in a classroom that's 40% Asian.
>>45298733
I know this feel.
>>45298088
Okay, what country do you live in?
>>45298893
"is nice"
- Borat
>>45298733
>have to cut my words down (dear god, their reaction to anything with more than four syllables is downright paradoxical; they act superior and smug when they don't know it, or cheeky when they use a "don't you mean [layman's term]" reply)
*tips fedora*
m'lady, it is the great malaise of society that an ill educated morass of plebs simply have no appreciation of a more cultured gentleman like oneself
>>45299575
>>45299595
Have you read an obscure little tome by the name "Idiocracy?" It is a documentary, you see, of the inferior intellects of modern society, too obsessed with sportsball, opiating fondleslabs and the Kardashians to have a true appreciation of art
>>45299632
No, no, I agree completely, it's just that seeing 'normies' and tipping becoming more sarcastic humor than cringe-inducing, I feel like I'm being left in the dust by both sides.
>>45299632
>Thinking you are smarter and better than other people because of your hobbies
>>45299632
You speak like a fag and your shit is all retarded. If you had read as much as you say you would know that the "Ye people of today are simpletons who only enjoy circus" goes back to cave painting.
>>45299575
>go off to shower and get coffee
>post in a few other threads
>come back
>see this
Uh... Did you think I was calling normal people stupid for using smaller words, or is this some elaborate joke?
I'm just used to using certain words and find the reaction they get offline confounding. Obviously they're not stupid just because they don't know some superfluous language or prefer to use smaller words than the ones I do.
>>45300095
that's exactly what you're saying you dumbass
>>45293489
Honestly I'd be honored if someone said that, means they think you're drawing well.
>>45300258
Nah, bro. They're just a group of people I have trouble communicating with. I call that thing X, they call it Y. Doesn't change how well either of us understand it, just makes talking to one another about what it is difficult.
On the internet I rarely have that problem, except maybe here. Offline it happens all the time.
>>45298426
>>45298602
>>45298678
>not clearing your browser history
>not even using incognito mode for suspicious searches
Bruh
>>45300501
When you're hard at work on internet research, you want a browsing history so you can follow up on leads that you visited earlier but didn't really go over at the time. You can't bookmark everything that might be related to your topic. I know that, like most people, probably 90% of your searches are related to food, tv, sports, and porn, but some people actually do read other things online.
>>45300699
What kind of person looks up food on the Internet on a regular basis?
>>45300699
>you want a browsing history
Yeah, that's why you keep your non-embarassing searches on your normal browser history. That makes it less obvious that you're cleaning it up every now and then.
>>45298726
Even people here on /tg/ view it as "complicated" or "rules heavy"
>>45300699
>You can't bookmark everything that might be related to your topic
>>45298413
You can't say shit like that on an anonymous image board and not say what your fetish is.
My fetishes are women with wide hips and impregnation.
Now it's your turn to share.
>>45301600
>My fetishes are women
Gee, that must be tough to find.
>>45301622
>with wide hips
Taking that out of the context just makes you look like an ass who can't read.
>>45298370
Fuck you, we haven't finished yet.
>>45301784
"Women with wide hips so I can put a baby in them" is literally encoded into the dick of every ape walking this earth.
>>45301622
>>45301784
>and impregnation
I think both of you are missing his main point
>>45298893
'BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!'
-S. Baldrick
>>45299292
that's even more embarrassing
