Originally Posted by Profits of Doom

I think I probably gave up on D&D in 10th grade or so. I used to have so many games going on at once it was insane, and I can remember being a Dungeon Master at like 14 and having 40 year old men in my game. It was such a strange vibe but back then your parents would think nothing of dropping you off at some stranger's house for the weekend for a D&D marathon. Come to think of it some of my earliest interactions with alcohol and drugs were at those games.

I couldn't imagine doing the live action thing though. Back then the farthest we went were those pewter D&D figurines, and even those were kind of a burden. We used to be secretive as hell about playing D&D because the last thing we wanted was to be labeled a nerd and never get laid. Nowadays it's almost cool to be a nerd and there is a whole subculture of nerd chicks that will fuck you...