Comments on: Seventh Circuit Rules Dungeons & Dragons A Threat to Prison Security

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:50:15 +0000

My question is now that you've proven you can make it in the grown-up world (virginity loss, wife gain, this . .. um blog thing that you do and everyone reads . . .) isn't it time to more proudly display your Freak's Flag of Flying? C'mon, elvencloaks are for people not for closets.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:57:04 +0000

This thread needs more comments. ATL needs more dork/nerd crap on its site.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:05:26 +0000

Elie . . . . you can tell us. You’ve got a level 80 Tauren Paladin…don’t you? Oh, you know what I’m talking about. Come see me at Arathi Basin and get pwned so terribly.

By: guest

guest — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:04:18 +0000

If they reacted to D&D like this, I’d love to see the “gang activity” and “disturbing content” reactions to prisoners setting up a World of Darkness campaign.
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Guard: “Why did you shank Rocky?”
Brujah Clan Inmate: “Bastard is Tzimisce. And a punk.”
Guard: ….

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:46:55 +0000

Doesn’t D&D involve killing stuff? How was this part of the group activity overlooked? Maybe if the inmates played care bears and rolled for happiness, there would be no threat.
There is a legitimate concern for guards who hear inmates talking about the dwarf he killed yesterday. This kind of thing should be banned in all prisons.
Also, sledgehammer murder = forfeit of life (unless, according to ATL posters, he is Asian, in Philly, and instead of a sledgehammer has a gun and shoots a “meathead”).

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:30:57 +0000

At 3, if you are referring to Leviathan, it's not a walrus and it doesn't fly, although it appears to be flying in its picture and is a 10/10. Its class is actually "Leviathan." http://www.dacardworld.com/gaming/mtg-5th-edition-single-leviathan-unplayed-nm-mt?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=Google_Base#image

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:25:04 +0000

The prisoner should be grateful the court saved him from eternal damnation and/or suicide. See http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:48:03 +0000

There are a lot of things banned in prison’s because they “might” cause trouble. Is it possible that D&D is dangerous? Probably not, but they had a right to ban D&D, he had a right to take legal action against that ban. He did and lost. It’s prison, not a tea party. If he hadn’t taken a sledgehammer to someone’s head he wouldn’t be in this predicament to begin with.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:47:33 +0000

By: guest

guest — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:10:12 +0000

They missed the real threat. If he’d leveled just one more time he could have learned the “real magic.”
“I cast magic missile at the prison guards . . . and at the darkness.”
Terrifying. Thank goodness our courts are protecting us. If this guy rolled a natural 20 he could have taken over the whole place.
Here is a hypothetical question. Would this holding apply to all RPGs? Would the court rule that playing “Star Wars” leads to gang activity?
“These are not the dice you’re looking for.”
But seriously, thank goodness we’re discouraging prisoners from engaging in productive team-building activities. Because nothing is so damaging to rehabilitation as learning to work with others towards common goals.
P.s. I’m a happily engaged Biglaw associate who still plays RPGs every week. Most of the guys in my group are married and about half have children. So, while your post was hilarious, Elie, it is outdated. There are a lot of gamers who don’t fit the old teenager in the basement mold.