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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-dragons-while-bringing-down-the-system/

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