just forget about joining the Israeli Army

Posted by:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:21:41 -0700

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(However, if you are a furry, you are good to go!)

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits
and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for
elite units? Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who
tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are
automatically given low security clearance.

"They're detached from reality and suscepitble to
influence," the army says.

Fans of the popular role-playing game had spoken of rumors
of this strange policy by the IDF, but now the army has
confirmed that it has a negative image of teens who play
the game and labels them as problematic in regard to their
draft status.

So if you like fantasy games, go see the military
psychologist...

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Posted by:: "The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel"
Date: 7 Mar 2005 18:57:36 -0800

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nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
> (However, if you are a furry, you are good to go!)
>
> http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html
>
> Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits
> and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for
> elite units? Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who
> tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are
> automatically given low security clearance.
>
> "They're detached from reality and suscepitble to
> influence," the army says.
>
> Fans of the popular role-playing game had spoken of rumors
> of this strange policy by the IDF, but now the army has
> confirmed that it has a negative image of teens who play
> the game and labels them as problematic in regard to their
> draft status.
>
> So if you like fantasy games, go see the military
> psychologist...
>
>

So what you're saying is, 75-80% of the U.S. military is unfit for
service in the Israeli military?

If you include "By grunts, for grunts" RPG's like Traveller and
Twilight 2000, it gets closer to 95%

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C.

Posted by:: "David Meadows"
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:24:46 -0000

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"The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel" wrote in
message news:1110250656.702435.9760@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
> > (However, if you are a furry, you are good to go!)
> >
> > http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html
> >
> > Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits
> > and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for
> > elite units? Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who
> > tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are
> > automatically given low security clearance.

Notice how the article has several photographs of youths in armour fighting
with swords. Hands up who actually plays D&D like that...? Uh-huh. Thought
so.

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David Meadows
"We're still being hunted and we need to
stay one step ahead." - Don, Heroes #23
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Posted by:: Zapanaz
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:10:07 -0800

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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:24:46 -0000, "David Meadows"
wrote:

>"The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel" wrote in
>message news:1110250656.702435.9760@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
>> > (However, if you are a furry, you are good to go!)
>> >
>> > http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html
>> >
>> > Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits
>> > and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for
>> > elite units? Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who
>> > tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are
>> > automatically given low security clearance.
>
>Notice how the article has several photographs of youths in armour fighting
>with swords. Hands up who actually plays D&D like that...? Uh-huh. Thought
>so.

Personally I think it's a little ironic that they have links to
kaballah sites mixed in with their article about people being detached
from reality.

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that's OUR fault."
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Posted by:: rgorman@telusplanet.net (David Johnston)
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:58:48 GMT

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:10:07 -0800, Zapanaz
wrote:

>>
>>Notice how the article has several photographs of youths in armour fighting
>>with swords. Hands up who actually plays D&D like that...? Uh-huh. Thought
>>so.

According to the last paragraph in the story, apparently hundreds of
Israelis do. It's about how they are going to a forest in the south
of Israel for a LARP, after all.

Posted by:: "David Meadows"
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:26:15 -0000

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"David Johnston" wrote in message
news:422d9c1a.78855914@news.telusplanet.net...
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 10:10:07 -0800, Zapanaz
> wrote:
>
> >>
> >>Notice how the article has several photographs of youths in armour
fighting
> >>with swords. Hands up who actually plays D&D like that...? Uh-huh.
Thought
> >>so.
>
> According to the last paragraph in the story, apparently hundreds of
> Israelis do. It's about how they are going to a forest in the south
> of Israel for a LARP, after all.

I know, but people who are LARP-ing are not really playing D&D. They are two
separate activities, about as similar as... football and chess. As the main
thrust of the article is about D&D, it's very misleading.

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David Meadows
I've got nothing to say today
I used my words up yesterday

Posted by:: Ophidian
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:56:04 -0500

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David Meadows wrote:

>
> I know, but people who are LARP-ing are not really playing D&D. They are two
> separate activities, about as similar as... football and chess.

Maybe more like playing baseball vs. playing fantasy basebell.
Or playing football vs. playing Madden.

> As the main
> thrust of the article is about D&D, it's very misleading.

Agreed.

Posted by:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:45:53 +1100

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> Maybe more like playing baseball vs. playing fantasy basebell.
> Or playing football vs. playing Madden.

if only there was some way of playing Madden without having to touch the
joystick.

Posted by:: The Holy Crab
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:10:29 +0000 (UTC)

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> Personally I think it's a little ironic that they have links to
> kaballah sites mixed in with their article about people being detached
> from reality.

Detached from reality...surely these people should be working for
Military Intelligence :)

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All hail the holy crab

Posted by:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 01:37:25 +1100

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> ... Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who
> tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are
> automatically given low security clearance.
>
> "They're detached from reality and suscepitble to
> influence," the army says.

for building up a force of dumb grunt Marines to send up against the
Zerg, these guys sound ideal.

Posted by:: "frater S.O.D.D.I."
Date: 8 Mar 2005 10:08:19 -0800

Posted by:: "Rev. Richard Skull"
Date: 8 Mar 2005 15:46:37 -0800

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Sounds much easier than trying to convince them that you are gay

I don;t think you have to worry about that one.