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Sunday, November 23, 2008

News The Worst Post in the History of Slog

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:49 PM

"D&D is cool again" returns exactly one Google hit. To a gamer forum. Where some kid writes "if D&D is cool again..."

Which means that D&D is not cool again. In case you were wondering.

I win! I win!

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And now there are two hits. Is this your secret plan to make D&D cool again? Maybe more people will link to you and then D&D will be even cooler.

Posted by Will in STL on November 23, 2008 at 8:03 PM

If "cool" and "popular" are synonyms, then it must be cool again, because an awful lot of people play. But I don't usually like to conflate "cool" and "popular."

Posted by Aislinn on November 23, 2008 at 8:11 PM

I rolled a critical hit, you shambling mound fucks are going down.

ps: D&D tiny adventures on Facebook is freaking awesome for you worker-bees and internet-sitters-on-chairs check it.

Posted by chaotic neutral bobcaticus on November 23, 2008 at 8:12 PM

in order for something to be cool again it had to be cool at least once, amIright?

Posted by rara avis on November 23, 2008 at 8:13 PM

"D&D is sexy" gets 6 hits. Just sayin.

Posted by egg on November 23, 2008 at 8:22 PM

there's def been worst posts.

Posted by ebon on November 23, 2008 at 8:30 PM

For starters, this post didn't even break the Slog. Got to do a lot worse to even get into the running.

Posted by elenchos on November 23, 2008 at 8:38 PM

warhammer has always been cool

Posted by Bellevue Ave on November 23, 2008 at 8:40 PM

There have been worse posts. Charles' from the other day about the brotherhood of sharing women comes right to mind.

Also, second D&D Tiny Adventure on Facebook being awesome. My level 8 Eladrin Paladin pwns.

Posted by Ryan on November 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM

D&D = Aislinn

Posted by popular, but never cool on November 23, 2008 at 8:45 PM

What's cooler than engaging your imagination and making shit up with a bunch of fellow dorks? Sure beats the hell out of sitting around on the internet and passively typing stupid comments.

Posted by TVDinner on November 23, 2008 at 8:59 PM

@11: Or is it?

Posted by Bellevue Ave on November 23, 2008 at 9:09 PM

well, when I just checked, there are now 4 hits because of your post.

also, you missed this hit for "D & D is cool Again" (space-ampersand-space) in the comments section here:
www.veoh.com/users/BowtieBunny22

Posted by jw on November 23, 2008 at 9:39 PM

D&D was never uncool to begin with, therefore it can't be cool "again." It's always been cool.

Posted by N on November 23, 2008 at 9:50 PM

Drinking and driving is never cool.

Posted by elswinger on November 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM

@14 Exactly!

Posted by Chris on November 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM

African men like to share chicks?

Not me.

Posted by Bob Mugabe on November 23, 2008 at 10:06 PM

D&D is not cool. It is, however, awesome.

Posted by Drizzt on November 23, 2008 at 10:22 PM

Good god folks we've got Pres. elect Obama's economic roll out tomorrow 99% ignored on Slog, the whole auto industry meltdown virtually ignored, too, and now, Sunday night, we read about St. Clementine and D&D and NOTHING about this huge Citibank bailout announced just now.

Dear Slog:

please cover the Obama economic plan perhaps you can give it at least 3 lines worth. After that, you may want to spend a little bit of space every day on that stuff called "the issues." I am sure the vast majority of Sloggers didn't religiously read Slog on the election every day for more than a year just because they were celebrity fans of Barack Obama. I am sure some actually care about the economy 'n' stuff?

"change" as in real change, not just a slogan?

Mmmm?

Yours truly,

Posted by PC on November 23, 2008 at 10:24 PM

D&D is cool again like knitting and other crafts are cool - it's retro but genuinely fun.

Posted by Scott Faulkner on November 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM

I was hoping to get some update about the disturbing possibility that Komo's Marlee Ginter might be sucking off goats and the implications of Ginter's possible goat-blowing for our community and our children. I haven't heard any resolution to this conflict. Have the stranger turned into a bunch of pussies? Or have you gotten sued for doing exactly what she did to the center for whatever-the-fuck that was?

Posted by Luke Baggins on November 23, 2008 at 10:41 PM

@19: I don't know about you, but I don't work on Sunday nights.

Posted by Darcy on November 23, 2008 at 11:20 PM

No joke, I just got done playing D&D like 20 minutes ago. Everyone I play with is pretty cool. They throw dope parties, play in rad bands, work at hip stores that everyone goes to. D&D gives us hipster/punk cred +5 against boring lame-o's.

Posted by Benji on November 24, 2008 at 1:42 AM

wait, where did that post suggesting that slog contributors and readers *might* be pedophiles go? was it censored? it was funny baiting shit, yo!

Posted by fa la la lah! on November 24, 2008 at 2:22 AM

Bob Mugabe @17: "But for the African it's about a shared moment, about a bond of the bones." Read back, dude, Mudede loves MMF and MMMF and MMMMMF action:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…

Posted by whoops AIDS on November 24, 2008 at 2:27 AM

Posted by whoops AIDS on November 24, 2008 at 2:33 AM

I haven't played in a very long time. But I still refuse to date anybody who doesn't know what a 20-sided die is. Because they can't possibly be cool, ya see.

Posted by violet_dagrinder on November 24, 2008 at 4:36 AM

DD is to cool as peanut butter sandwiches are to machine guns

Posted by Bob on November 24, 2008 at 6:24 AM

this wasn't even in the Bottom 100 (hee, bottom) of Slog Posts for the past week -- you'll have to try a lot harder to score worst Slog post ever (though maybe you could kill time by letting people* vote on the worst post ever on Slog).

*by "people" I'm using the term loosely, to describe Slog comment thread haunters

Posted by nope on November 24, 2008 at 7:48 AM

D&D is as "cool" as anyone over the age of 13 who still plays it. You do the math.

Posted by Cookie W. Monster on November 24, 2008 at 8:51 AM

I used to work in the Wizards of the Coast main office.

THOSE guys think D&D is real life.

Posted by candice. on November 24, 2008 at 9:18 AM

D&D doesn't need to be cool. "Cool" is pretty much entirely defined by the sort of people who don't play D&D, who don't have the sense to realise how awesome it is. Those of us who do play it, enjoy it regardless of the dimwits and chuckleheads who don't get it.

Posted by breklor on November 24, 2008 at 11:05 AM

i recently came to the realization that warcraft is for people who like dungeons and dragons, but don't have any friends...myself included.

Posted by The Saddest Orc on November 24, 2008 at 12:10 PM

Even I don't think D&D is cool again.

Posted by Will in Seattle on November 24, 2008 at 12:33 PM

D&D (and by that I mean role playing in general, not D&D specifically) is story telling. You're right to say that story telling isn't cool today. Most people are far too illiterate to appreciate story telling, and cool, incidentally, is usually synonymous with the worship of stupidity.

Posted by SuccessionGM on November 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM

If you don't want the donation you are free to reject it, there is no reason to get snarky about the game.

Posted by Mirume on November 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM

D&D is a game for smarter type people. Even with 4.0, it's still unbelievably hard to figure out. Therefore, many people automatically rule it as "a game for dorks, nerds, and the incompetent." Maybe if half the people that judge the game try to play it, they might realize how incapable their minds really are. D&D doesnt have to be "cool", it has to be fun. That's what makes it so popular.

Posted by Icuonuez on April 9, 2009 at 5:07 PM