[CAR-PGa] Re: Wikileak "hacktivist" states his alignment

Wrote my own article which references yours:
http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/operation-payback-hactivist-claims-chaotic-good-alignment

One amusing addition (but then, I'm easily amused):

The phrase was lost on the BBC News, who conflated "chaotic good"
alignment with a "big aim" to "create chaotic good." Two very
different things, but then only D&D geeks will know the difference.
Watch the video for more.

On Dec 13, 2:15 pm, WJ Walton <rpgadvoc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (Cut and pasted from The Escapist Blog -www.theescapist.com/blog)
>
> Sometimes it's easy to forget how much D&D has affected popular
> culture. "Operation Payback" is a team of hacktivists who have been
> showing their support for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange by hacking
> sites for Mastercard and PayPal, and TIME Techland writer Ishaan
> Tharoor notes that "Coldblood," one of the prominent members of this
> group, revealed his alignment in a recent interview:
>
> "The UK's Guardian interviewed one who claimed to be a spokesman, a 22-
> year-old "who wished to known only as 'Coldblood'" and said his
> ambition was to be "a force for 'chaotic good.'"
>
> Now, as many Techland readers will know, "chaotic good" isn't just
> some silly phrase made up by a rogue tween techie. It's a long-
> standing alignment in role-playing games, invented first and foremost
> for the Dungeons & Dragons franchise."
>
> Even better, Tharoor takes a moment to show his own true geek colors
> when he mentions his D&D preferences:
>
> "In truth, "chaotic good" was always the alignment your humble scribe
> chose for his characters (who, if you must know, always ended up being
> dashing, ambidextrous half-elven swordmasters)."
>
> Read the full article here:http://techland.time.com/2010/12/09/wikiwarriors-invoke-dungeons-drag...

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