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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Well Grell has proven his phychosis and I see no futher need to ramble along with him as he's just as bad as JD ever was. Actually even getting worse with each post. SO Grell welcome to the ranks of the GREEN DOT. Sarge and Terminus and JD and Orange all got there before you, but, there's a place just waiting for you as well. It was a nice try JD, but, you can change your name, but, you can't change your personality on here no matter how hard you try and if you're not JD, you sure act like him. ;) Bye...click click green dot away. ;)

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ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

Why are y'all hatin' on RH? All he started out suggesting was that (war)gamers tend to exhibit behaviors associated with autism, at least more so than the AVERAGE human-being. Ever talked to a wargamer that's memorized not only the rules for ASL, BUT ALSO THE VALUES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTERSET? Does that sound like your average bear?

OBVIOUSLY, the sources that RH cited are describing a broad-spectrum of folks, some of whom are wargamers, the overwhelming majority of whom fall within the "normal" range of human behavior. What is being described, specific personality traits, exist over a broad continuum, and only fit a clinical definition at the statistical margins.

At no point have I gotten the impression that RH was making fun of, and/or ridiculing, children who manifest behaviors consistant with a clinical definition of autism. As near as I can tell, he was just offering up a framework for the analysis of the quirkier aspects of some wargamers. I see no offense in that, none, whatsoever.

That some of our other posters are apparently struggling with the implications of the study in question saddens me. Is Ravinghood the culprit, here, or is it the study, itself? And, frankly, attempts to stifle discussion such as RH has thrust upon the group strikes me as sort of anti-intellectual.

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

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ORIGINAL: Prince of Eckmühl

Why are y'all hatin' on RH? All he started out suggesting was that (war)gamers tend to exhibit behaviors associated with autism, at least more so than the AVERAGE human-being. Ever talked to a wargamer that's memorized not only the rules for ASL, BUT ALSO THE VALUES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTERSET? Does that sound like your average bear?

OBVIOUSLY, the sources that RH cited are describing a broad-spectrum of folks, some of whom are wargamers, the overwhelming majority of whom fall within the "normal" range of human behavior. What is being described, specific personality traits, exist over a broad continuum, and only fit a clinical definition at the statistical margins.

At no point have I gotten the impression that RH was making fun of, and/or ridiculing, children who manifest behaviors consistant with a clinical definition of autism. As near as I can tell, he was just offering up a framework for the analysis of the quirkier aspects of some wargamers. I see no offense in that, none, whatsoever.

That some of our other posters are apparently struggling with the implications of the study in question saddens me. Is Ravinghood the culprit, here, or is it the study, itself? And, frankly, attempts to stifle discussion such as RH has thrust upon the group strikes me as sort of anti-intellectual.

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

Hey Prince did you happen to look where that article came from that I linked? Obviously the others didn't. It's from THE WARGAMER.com itself. Which most of you know is a subsiderary or investment partner of Matrixgames to begin with. So, they are just slapping Matrixgames and The Wargamer around making comments about it. But, because "I" put up the link it was sooooooo much easier to attack me than Matrixgames or The Wargamer. Some people here are just too funny for words trying their level hardest to get me banned. Don't know why though? I'm such a nice guy. ;)

Here I'll link it again from the very same spot: http://www.wargamer.com/news/news.asp?nid=5451

Notice it says tadah dah dat dah daahhh wargamer.com/news ;)

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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

LOL SOM ;) Now why can't everybody just be like you? ;) People get too caught up in themselves on here don't they? lmao snicker snort ;)

I still think the best one is that commercial where the guy pours honey all over his friend when that bear shows up in their camp and then he runs off. That is sooo hilarious.

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No I'm saying YOU are. :) I don't play games much anymore (they've all become sort of boring since there's nothing really new out there).

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I know some though that have to play everyday every free minute of their free time etc. etc. though. Are you like that? Cmon yessssss you are, admit it...oh wait another sign is denial that one has a problem....you're not denying it are you? haha