This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by rasch187.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Role-Play-Tournament

This is a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Role-Play-Tournament

BUT that sift is dead/broken.

>> ^Payback:
Yes, I agree, what the Hell IS up with the game industry and Africa?


Because we already done all them other places:

Germany, Ukraine, New York City, LA, The Blue Mosque, Hell: First-person shooters

Middle Earth, a lot of places roughly modeled after medieval Europe, radioactive wastelands: role playing games.

The 9th level of hell, a godless place seen as an unending sea of child molesters and furries: Peggle.

So Africa was all we had left over. And Antarctica. But who wants endless random encounters with Leopard Seals and bored NOAA meteorologists?

Yeah, blame role playing game, and not the parent who owned the gun. At least D&D had some logic...

Thank God we have GTA IV and Saints Row today, otherwise who would be harmed by out-of-control imaginative role-playing next!

That's the last time hubby tries surprise role playing.

>> ^Krupo:
BansheeX, that's the whole point. BillO's in character.
How can you say "Fake account"? OF COURSE it is. I mean, I'm not a tooth wearing a hat, seriously. This isn't facebook, people can use pseudonyms, and dag might be a 10 year old girl. You don't know for sure, and don't want to know.
If you interpret anything he says seriously, you will be upset.
If you understand he's playing the ROLE (also known as "role playing") of Bill O rather than trying to piss you off, you will find it much more amusing.


Krupo, don't bother trying to point out the obvious to some of these sad, clueless folks. I mean the name and avatar isn't good enough for them to get it. Heck half of the all-powerful clique still don't get it. They think Westy is real, and QM is some evil they must deal with. Don't ruin my fun by edumacating them.

BansheeX, that's the whole point. BillO's in character.

How can you say "Fake account"? OF COURSE it is. I mean, I'm not a tooth wearing a hat, seriously. This isn't facebook, people can use pseudonyms, and dag might be a 10 year old girl. You don't know for sure, and don't want to know.

If you interpret anything he says seriously, you will be upset.

If you understand he's playing the ROLE (also known as "role playing") of Bill O rather than trying to piss you off, you will find it much more amusing.

We've had trolls who have shown up just to Hurt the Sift. BillO's an entertainer.

Read this blog to get into the right frame of mind before seeing his comments.
http://stuckinrehabwithpatobrien.blogspot.com/

The only reason I upvoted the downrated comments, FYI, was to counteract the downvoting from people who can't take a joke today.

"The techniques of brainwashing developed in totalitarian countries are routinely used in psychological conditioning programs imposed on American school children.

These include emotional shock and desensitization, psychological isolation from sources of support, stripping away defenses, manipulative cross-examination of the individual’s underlying moral values, and inducing acceptance of alternative values by psychological rather than rational means.

These techniques are not confined to separate courses or programs...(and) are not isolated idiosyncrasies of particular teachers. They are products of numerous books and other ‘educational’ material in programs packaged by organizations that sell such curricula to administrators and teach the techniques to teachers. Some packages even include instructions on how to deal with parents or others who object...Stripping away psychological defenses can be done through assignments to keep diaries to be discussed in the group and through role-playing assignments, both techniques used in the original brainwashing programs in China under Mao."

--Dr. Thomas Sowell, economist and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; 1993 Forbes Magazine article titled, "Indoctrinating the Children".

Genius... and by gaD, Dag does look like that.

I see some kinky role play in Persephone's future.

Thank you for your great comment! Finally someone who can see both sides of the issue!

The negative points that you brought up about their faith are true. They do go after "lost sheep" in a way that I understand must be annoying for members who leave. We do have to remember, which I think you do, that they believe that they are commanded by God to be his instruments in bringing souls to him. They honestly believe that the best thing for you is to come back, and their sincere desire to help makes them a little overexcited, perhaps.

What I find really interesting about anti-Mormon criticism is that people have major issues with Mormons claiming that their church is the "true church". Isn't it logical, though? If ANY religion believes that they teach the truth and nothing but the truth, aren't they claiming to be the only truth? Because anything that contradicts them would be lies, right? Mormons believe that other faiths teach truth, just not the WHOLE truth.

I think that it was definitely wrong for people to teach you that your friends wouldn't be able to play in Heaven with you. I know it sounds horrible to most people that in order to get to Heaven you have to become a Mormon, but again, I believe that issue is misunderstood, even by some Mormons. I read that book, Mormon Doctrine, by the way. They believe that certain ordinances that Jesus taught, like baptism, are neccesary for salvation. They also believe that the priesthood is neccesary for baptism. They further believe that the priesthood was lost from the earth after Jesus' death and after all of the remaining holders of the priesthood died, and that through Joseph Smith, the priesthood was restored to the Earth. Therefore, only Mormons have the authority to baptize, and so you have to become a church member to recieve the saving ordinance of baptism. So, again, people blow that way out of proportion. I don't think you do, though. I'm just using your comments as a springboard for things I've been dying to say to videosift people. Sorry. But thanks!

>> ^SDGundamX:
I was a Mormon for several years (lived in a rural area, was the closest church in town until I was about nine and a new Presbyterians church was built closer). I have to say I'm a bit confused at all the hate that's delivered towards them. Of all the churches I ever attended (and I attended lots as a kid), theirs had the most caring and active community I've ever seen. If you were sick, church members were there the same day with food and asking what they could do to help. They had lots of great family activities all year round, such as picnics and camping trips.
But what impressed me the most about the Mormon church is that they basically taught me the morals I hold true today. They didn't just teach the kids in Sunday school not to lie because "God says so." They explored the consequences of things like lying and stealing. We'd do role-plays where they'd make us think about the consequences our actions had on other people. Like, for instance, if you shoplifted a toy you really wanted, how would the toy store owner feel? How would he feed his family if people kept stealing the stuff in his shop? The fire-and-brimstone Christian churches I later attended never impressed me much with their Bible beating compared to this style of teaching.
This is not to say Mormons aren't without their flaws. In some ways, they do resemble a cult. When my family left, they hounded us for years trying to "save our souls" and get us to come back. They would just show up unannounced at our house or call at random hours. It was more annoying than anything else.
Another downside was the whole proselytizing thing--I distinctly remember being told as a child that if I wanted to be able to play with my friends in heaven that I'd have to convince them to become Mormons too. Otherwise I wouldn't see them there. To put that into perspective though, my Dad's priest told him the same thing about his Protestant friends back when he was a kid. The Mormon religion hasn't got a lock on the conversion market by any means.
All things considered, I find the Mormon religion to be relatively harmless. Yes, they believe in some odd things like the Book of Mormon, but at the end of the day, unlike a lot of self-proclaimed Christians, I found the Mormons to do more than just give lip service to their values and actually practice what they preach.

I was a Mormon for several years (lived in a rural area, was the closest church in town until I was about nine and a new Presbyterians church was built closer). I have to say I'm a bit confused at all the hate that's delivered towards them. Of all the churches I ever attended (and I attended lots as a kid), theirs had the most caring and active community I've ever seen. If you were sick, church members were there the same day with food and asking what they could do to help. They had lots of great family activities all year round, such as picnics and camping trips.

But what impressed me the most about the Mormon church is that they basically taught me the morals I hold true today. They didn't just teach the kids in Sunday school not to lie because "God says so." They explored the consequences of things like lying and stealing. We'd do role-plays where they'd make us think about the consequences our actions had on other people. Like, for instance, if you shoplifted a toy you really wanted, how would the toy store owner feel? How would he feed his family if people kept stealing the stuff in his shop? The fire-and-brimstone Christian churches I later attended never impressed me much with their Bible beating compared to this style of teaching.

This is not to say Mormons aren't without their flaws. In some ways, they do resemble a cult. When my family left, they hounded us for years trying to "save our souls" and get us to come back. They would just show up unannounced at our house or call at random hours. It was more annoying than anything else.

Another downside was the whole proselytizing thing--I distinctly remember being told as a child that if I wanted to be able to play with my friends in heaven that I'd have to convince them to become Mormons too. Otherwise I wouldn't see them there. To put that into perspective though, my Dad's priest told him the same thing about his Protestant friends back when he was a kid. The Mormon religion hasn't got a lock on the conversion market by any means.

All things considered, I find the Mormon religion to be relatively harmless. Yes, they believe in some odd things like the Book of Mormon, but at the end of the day, unlike a lot of self-proclaimed Christians, I found the Mormons to do more than just give lip service to their values and actually practice what they preach.

>> ^Trancecoach:
too bad any guy that would play wii fitness over any of the other FIGHTING or Role Playing games available to that console is gay and therefore unavailable.

By the way, what does that mean by you, that he is unavailable because he is gay? ROFLOL

too bad any guy that would play wii fitness over any of the other FIGHTING or Role Playing games available to that console is *gay and therefore unavailable.