My friends and I have always been close, for several years. Now, however, one of my friends is spending as much time as he possibly can with his older brother (a seriously messed up guy)and his friends playing D&D. This was great for a couple months, as he would do it once a week for about three hours, and loved it. Now, though, he's in a good three campaigns, one of them with people he doesn't even know, and spends about 20 hours a week playing. I hadn't noticed until one day:
Me: "Hey, my birthday's next Sunday. Are you going to come?"
Him: "I'll see, sounds like fun"
Three days later:
Me: "So, are you coming?"
Him: "Well, I'm sorry but I have other plans."
Me: "Oh, what are you going to do?"
Him: "D&D"
Me: Don't you spend Friday afternoon and all day Saturday doing that?"
Him: "Yeah, but since Monday is Labor Day we were planning to spend 11 hours in a massive D&D marathon."
I solved part of the problem by inviting his older brother as well, so they came to the party for about an hour. Normally I wouldn't be so worried about how he spends his time, but he's gone from being an A student to failing school. He's on academic probation, and whenever his mom talks to him about cutting back on D&D he says something like "I'm an adult, I can make my own choices" (He isn't an adult. He's 16.)Hilariously enough, I know someone else who was consumed by D&D, though it was about eight years earlier. My parents found him a job working with dogs in my town, so his parents sent him over. He spent one night with us, and brought two suitcases. One was FILLED with D&D manuals and things (15 or so), and the other held only candy. He brought no clothes, and he was 19. My parents were a bit concerned, but we were sure he knew what he was doing. A week later we got a call from our friends who had the dog place, apparently he had done no work at all and was lying naked in his room, covered with candy wrappers and surrounded by D&D books.
TL;DR: My friend is seriously addicted to D&D, skipping important events like my birthday party and a school party that his mom spent months planning. He's failing school.
So, what should I do, if anything? I want to help him somehow.
Burn [I]everything[/I].
Join him.
People still play D&D?
Say you'll have D&D at your party
They aren't your friends at all if they're ditching your birthday party for a game.
Go out and find less faggoty friends. :)
i thought you meant a drug lol nerds
If he puts D&D over your birthday party, he probably isn't really your friend.
jesus christ nerds
[QUOTE=PenguinKris;24814402]Say you'll have D&D at your party[/QUOTE]
The problem with that is the time he puts into creating his (invariably lesbian) characters. He'd show up with a character sheet he spend hours creating, full of hot lesbian orc, and then be angry and disappointed.
Interventions are usually heart exploding and stupidly effective.
[QUOTE=SteeleCratos;24814384]People still play D&D?[/QUOTE]
It seems to be growing in popularity lately with the casual nerd scene.
[QUOTE=HellSoldier;24814492]Interventions are usually heart exploding and stupidly effective.[/QUOTE]
Effective? We tried one with my dad and it didn't really work.
I've always wanted to try D&D but nobody plays around here.
D&D can be fun if you have a good game master and you're not playing with a bunch of people with ADD.
Fucking I play Pathfinder, but only once a week. He has a serious problem. GET HIM SOME HELP.
Counselling.
Taking away his D&D will probably be alot easier than lets say a WOW or Runescape account.
Also, force him to see what he's missing out on.
[QUOTE=Fish_poke;24814578]Fucking I play Pathfinder, but only once a week. He has a serious problem. GET HIM SOME HELP.[/QUOTE]
His mom is apathetic and his dad is supportive of his playing (He played D&D back in the 70's). My mom is also concerned, but talking to his parents didn't seem to work.
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;24814589]Counselling.
Taking away his D&D will probably be alot easier than lets say a WOW or Runescape account.[/QUOTE]
I had WOW problems for about three weeks until I realized that I wanted to play WOW instead of hanging out with friends. Changed that really quickly.
But DnD is fun. Have you ever tried it? If you're with some normal nerds that just wana have fun, it's time spent just cracking jokes and breaking the fourth wall all the time. I guess you also have to like roleplaying games.
I always wanted to play Call of Cthulhu. :saddowns:
Runescape did this to one of my friends. Runescape ruined his high school life and he went from B---> D's and F and applied classes. Well, look at the bright side at least he is not some maniac killer or something.
[QUOTE=themeatsword;24814648]But DnD is fun. Have you ever tried it? If you're with some normal nerds that just wana have fun, it's time spent just cracking jokes and breaking the fourth wall all the time. I guess you also have to like roleplaying games.[/QUOTE]
I understand that it is fun, but even when I was addicted to WoW I didn't spend that much time playing.
[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;24814549][img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wgcCbNgDAL0/S-Tp6BQuk7I/AAAAAAAAAdA/1ENkoh_8A9g/s1600/mazes-and-monsters-dvd.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Beware the Sacrilege.
[quote]A week later we got a call from our friends who had the dog place, apparently he had done no work at all and was lying naked in his room, covered with candy wrappers and surrounded by D&D books.[/quote]
Having a hard time believing this part of your story.
[QUOTE=GodKing;24814875]Having a hard time believing this part of your story.[/QUOTE]
Allright, he was wearing boxers.
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
Stop being such a jealous dick. Let him have fun. DnD is some sick shit when you play with people you like, or turn it in to a drinking game. Who are you to say he's addicted, and even if it is let him find out for himself what it will do to him.
[QUOTE=Nick Nack;24815153]Stop being such a jealous dick. Let him have fun. DnD is some sick shit when you play with people you like, or turn it in to a drinking game. Who are you to say he's addicted, and even if it is let him find out for himself what it will do to him.[/QUOTE]
I think that spending all available time doing something, to the detriment of your other friendships (all of his other friends are also drifting away because he never sees them), schoolwork, and important family activities counts as addiction.
Maybe hes telling you to fuck off.
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