Love you guys

[CrimsonAngel]

Oh. My. God!!!

[THAC0]

We should all visit his school wearing our Rennaisance Festivle outfits.

Guess what? The school I work at is so awesome, that we made a mini renn faire in the gym for our kids one day.

[RandomNPC]

I'd sugest reading some comics i've read, but the teachers sound the type to confiscate them and put you in counciling. Guy basicly has issues, my faveorate line is "Moo Moo Moo I am Voo Doo Cursing You!"

Also, you are the playgrounds odd one, just like the rest of us. We are the playground, you will be assimilated into the playground, your personality and memories will be assimilated into our own, resistance is futile.

As you have shown you already know, the playground supports all of us, and don't sweat school, once high school is over you go to higher education or get a job, and those places actually enforce the rules about treating people with respect. But you already have all our respect.

[CrimsonAngel]

In the spirit of assimilation, I've linked my freind Chase to the sight. He loves oots now.

[Moff Chumley]

You know what I love? Sicillian Pizza, the square kind.

We need more Sicilian Pizza threads.

[The Bushranger]

But honestly people still believe in that Demon-worshipping gamers crap? I mean, you come to expect stuff like beating people up with a game manual from kids, but the teachers and you mother should know better! Honestly!

Yes, yes they do. My mom among them. All the "Chick Tract" D&D stuff you (and I) laugh about? She believes all of it. >.<

[thubby]

we're the borg now I'm hardly dressed for the occasion.

[rakkoon]

Escaping reality, when you do it full-time, it's not healthy.
If you do it with a litlle restraint, nothing's finer

[Lord Blace]

But honestly people still believe in that Demon-worshipping gamers crap? I mean, you come to expect stuff like beating people up with a game manual from kids, but the teachers and you mother should know better! Honestly!

Heh. My mother thought d&d was all cultish and demon-worshipping and junk, until I convinced her to let us have a session at the house. I like to quote what she told me afterwards. Ahem, "That's not demonic, that's just STUPID."
It amuses me so.

[Xyk]

Love you too, man.

And if you live in America, try wearing a trench coat to school. All your peers will assume you will pull a columbine (sp?) and leave you alone. I wear a trench coat to school daily (because it's cold outside), and I'm told i look way more threatening.

[Shas aia Toriia]

Well, really, D&D is pretty stupid. A buch of older people pretending to be wizards and rogues and casting spells to slay the dragon and obtain phat l00t?
No wonder people think its weird.

Although, FroogleyBoy, what's happening to you happened to me once, and life pretty much sucked. I mean, my parents still loved me, but the people who made fun of me let me think they were my friends for the better part of 2 years before I found out they hated me.

All I can say is, life will get better. Sometimes you just have to wait a bit for it.

[Blas_de_Lezo]

All right, Today I woke up and rushed to the school bus. Well when I got to school, I was tortured. Like usual. A constent stream of insults were thrown at me all day. Someone stole my newly-purchased D20 modern core book and I had to let them smack me around for them to give it back. Two teachers called me a drug addict and a satanist (and took up my quartz crystal because they thought I'd "hex" them) When I got home, my mom kept up with the stream of insults, saying I'm "strange" "odd", etc. So I got on my bike and rode to my grandmaws. From there I logged on to the internet when I realised "Forget them! I'm goin' to the playground" So I just wanted to say that I love you guys. Y'all really help me escape reality.

One not-asked advice:

Face those bullys even if they hit you, face them and defend yourself. Sign up at a karate dojo for gaining confidence if you want. But those kind of people always bother the weakest people. If you show them you're not weak, they'll leave you alone and they'll choose another victim.

Fight them back. Maybe you get hit in the first and second time you face them, but they'll think it twice before bullying you again.

Believe me. It worked for me when I was 12 and I was being bullied by three guys one year older than me.

[Symmys]

I've only been on a few forums, but GiantitP is definitely the best of what I have seen. People are civil and intelligent, only use l337 (or whatever it's called) to mock trolls, are often quite knowledgeable about fantasy, myth, science fiction, and other cool stuff, and generally act like the awesome people they are. Also, unlike some other forums *coughneopetscough*, stuff is organized and the posts aren't painful just to look at.

I like this place.

[Eldan]

Yeah, we're pretty awesome, huh.

Aren't there any awesome people at your school? There's got to be some. At any rate, once you get to university, there will be a whole bunch, but see what you can do in the meantime.

Not necessarily. I've been at university for three and a half years now, and there's a distinct lack of awesome people

[Ikialev]

Why do you take D20 modern core book to school?

[The Dark Fiddler]

Why do you take D20 modern core book to school?

Likely the same reason I brought my Mutants and Masterminds book; free time to read a new/unfamiliar source book.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Not necessarily. I've been at university for three and a half years now, and there's a distinct lack of awesome people

Obviously you're going to the wrong uni/studying the wrong thing(s).

Seconding the question of Il'Deav.

Also seconding the notions of pretending to hex a person, that the parents/teachers should know better, Flicker's Chalkboard idea and most importantly, Tribble's(+Blas') notion of standing up for yourself.

But yeah, I wub you too, playground.

[Eldan]

Biology at a science only university. We don't even have a single club at the university, no matter the subject. I think it's just a boring place. People here seem to care about studying and getting drunk during the weekends, not much else. Some a little about sport.

[Winterwind]

Hmmm... have you trying inquiring about their hobbies though? There may not be official clubs, but who knows how many of them play roleplaying games in their free time?

I studied physics at uni, and I think just about one in three students there - maybe even more - were either roleplayers or had at least played roleplaying games at some point in their lives.

[Eldan]

Either I've asked the wrong people, or they hide it very well, but the general answer seems to be "You read fantasy books? Dude, that's for little kids."

[Winterwind]

Either I've asked the wrong people, or they hide it very well, but the general answer seems to be "You read fantasy books? Dude, that's for little kids."

Okay, that... that really sucks. My condolences.

Maybe physicists are geekier than biologists on average after all, then. Perhaps you'd have more luck asking those?

Otherwise, have you tried looking for roleplayers/people sharing your other hobbies via Internet? I find it difficult to imagine there would be none in a town as big as Zürich...

[Froogleyboy]

Well, too answer some questions/comments.

• I can't wear a trench coat, it's against school rules
• I briught my book because I can read it during reading class
• Very few awesome people hear, except for my best friends and little brother (They started playing D&D to humor me and fell in loveewith it) but all but one of my friends moved/switched-to-home-school because of this teacher that slaps students. stupid tenure

[Moff Chumley]

Isn't that, ya know, ILLEGAL!?

[Froogleyboy]

No one cares around here. I dispise it around here

[Winterwind]

Hmmm... I don't know how it works in the US, but the headmaster of the school should have something to say about that, if (s)he knew... and if not, it should go to the next instance (which would presumably be the state's department of education). At some point, there must be someone who cares about illegal activities.

[Zanaril]

(and took up my quartz crystal because they thought I'd "hex" them)

Hahaha.

Ha.

Heh.

...Wait, seriously? I think you should start looking for another school because your current one seems to have employed idiots as teachers.

[Eldan]

They are allowed to take your stuff away and tell you what to wear? What kind of a booped up system is that?

[Flickerdart]

They are allowed to take your stuff away and tell you what to wear? What kind of a booped up system is that?

You know, for Freedom (tm).

[Em Blackleaf]

this teacher that slaps students. stupid tenure

Okay, this is getting ridiculous.
That's illegal. Don't think no one else cares, take this to some form of authority. There will be someone who will have something to say about this.

[Froogleyboy]

Well, one time she back handed my friend, and we told the principle. All he said was "Yes, we realize she's not a people person. Now, go to class."