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10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D
Esther Schindler writes "Those hours you spent rolling dice in your youth weren't wasted according to my 10 Business Lessons I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons. Playing fantasy role playing games did more than teach the rules of combat or proper behavior in a dragon's lair. D&D can instruct you in several skills that can help your career. Such as: 'One spell, used well, can be more powerful than an entire book full of spells' and 'It's better to out-smart an orc than to fight one.'" What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
D&D: the more you played the less likely you were to get laid.
(Queue up the, "but I only gamed with hot vixens back in high school!" responses)
Oh and I also learned that playing D&D makes you sarcastic and bitter.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Stepping on a d4 hurts a hell of a lot more than stepping on a d20.
What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
Always loot the corpse!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
No matter how clever the idea sounds, livestock never fixes anything.
In a dungeon, I just wanna pull out my Dwarf's Double Blade Axe, lop the head off a goblin and escape with the gold. At work, I just wanna go into the php file, remove the fucking ampersand, roll it out and go home. Either one however, requires sign-off and verification from multiple parties.
They'll try telling you that you "can't do that without creating a subversion branch first". Or "You can't do that without a level 6 Ring of Hurt".
Either way, you're better off just going to Home Depot, buying a real axe and running down all the goblins that stand in your way.
These are pretty much general principles in life that apply everywhere....
Sure. Just like, "Everything I really needed to know about life I learned from playing Tetris"
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As are assumptions. For instance, assuming that D&D is a video game.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it,..." - Nancy Pelosi
You expect us to react in a light-hearted way to a List made up by someone named Schindler? What kind of monster are you?
I learned that you NEVER, NEVER, NEVER try to put a Portable Hole into a Bag of Holding...
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
"Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business" -- Mr. Burns, The Simpsons
Cheat, cheat, cheat then stick to your story if you get caught.
That all my fellow troubleshooters coworkers are all expendable. To spy on everyone. Use information to turn in communists. Keep your laser(pointer) ready.
*I* know what a gazebo is.
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You've obviously never heard of SCO.
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Maybe Tetris was just an early attempt at cloud computing to solve the backpack problem?
Don't you wish your girlfriend was a geek like me?
I learned that RPG's are nothing more than fancy statistical simulations that have as much to do with simulating anything as the order of playing blackjack.
Do I hear the sound of a FASA player griping? :)
That if I could trade a piece of my soul for the newest hardware, I would.....
The fact that this is was modded informative says a lot about the Slashdot Community.
Don't forget THE most important lesson: When in doubt---cast chain lightning.
I always found it hilarious that the elevator in my old apartment block was maintained by "Schindler's Lifts".