10 Business Lessons I Learned From Playing D&D 257
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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 I learned (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Smaller does not mean less dangerous (Score:5, Funny)
Not always applicable!! (Score:5, Funny)
What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
Always loot the corpse!
Wisdom (Score:3, Funny)
No matter how clever the idea sounds, livestock never fixes anything.
I learned all about Tedium and Red Tape (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Everything I really needed to know re: Real Life (Score:5, Funny)
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 [geoffreylandis.com]"
Re:Wisdom? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Smaller does not mean less dangerous (Score:5, Funny)
D4: the caltrop of the dice world.
Re:This list is horrible (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Real Life (Score:5, Funny)
the wisdom of Mr. Burns (Score:3, Funny)
"Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business" -- Mr. Burns, The Simpsons
Re:What I learned (Score:5, Funny)
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying (Score:3, Funny)
Cheat, cheat, cheat then stick to your story if you get caught.
Paranoia taught me... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not always applicable!! (Score:1, Funny)
What other wisdom have you gained from your time sequestered with various RPGs?
Always loot the corpse!
And it's often a good idea to burn it or at least lop off the head(s). Yes, these things can also apply in business...
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Landscape construction, of course... (Score:5, Funny)
*I* know what a gazebo [brunchma.com] is.
Re:One thing I learned that is not helpful (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Rolling the dice (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe Tetris was just an early attempt at cloud computing to solve the backpack problem?
Re:What I learned (Score:3, Funny)
I also learned that playing D&D makes you sarcastic and bitter.
Really? No shit.
Re:Rolling the dice (Score:3, Funny)
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 [wikipedia.org] player griping? :)
Shadowrun taught me.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What I learned (Score:2, Funny)
Kill real fake monsters.
Earn fake money.
Make people love you with fake money.
Attract whorecraft-esque gamer girls.
Repeat.
And secondly - Never assault any group with the battle-cry of 'I am the Master of Flowers! Fear my fists of fury!" Even if you can back it up you're just going to be all sweaty and nasty when it's over. 'Tis better to walk the other way and know that your enemy will probably die a painful death at the hands of a Jetta-driving 16 year old girl talking on her cell phone and fixing her hair instead of paying attention to the road than to get your 'kicks' dirty in a scuffle.
Re:Real Life (Score:2, Funny)
The fact that this is was modded informative says a lot about the Slashdot Community.
Re:Real Life (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This list is horrible (Score:1, Funny)