# Rpg **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288 "2004-11-05T23:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/1 "2004-11-05T23:37:37Z")
(I meant that to be capitalized, but it looks like an all-caps title is not allowed.) Reading the thread title, what came to your mind, “role-playing game” or “rocket-propelled grenade”? This should be a question in some personality test. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/2 "2004-11-05T23:48:24Z")
A role playing game using rocket propelled grenades. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/3 "2004-11-06T00:13:16Z")
Role-playing game. Though I could use some of the other things too. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/4 "2004-11-06T00:21:17Z")
Role-playing game and where do I sign up? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/5 "2004-11-06T00:22:58Z")
[RPG](http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/RPG%20programming%20language) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/6 "2004-11-06T00:38:59Z")
I thought it was _something-or-other per gallon_, and was thinking, “Bloody hell. What measurement have those weird-arsed Yanks come up with now?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/7 "2004-11-06T02:21:30Z")
Role Playing Game, for sure. To be more specific, a console roleplaying game (sorry, I’m not into table top ones). ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/8 "2004-11-06T02:50:22Z")
Role Playing Game, but since this is the SDMB, I thought it was a fetish-type sexual role playing game. That’s why I clicked the link, actually! ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/9 "2004-11-06T03:56:07Z")
Role playing game. But that was probably influenced by the fact that I meant to go to CS instead of IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/10 "2004-11-06T04:07:02Z")
RPG. But Chrono Trigger type RPG, not Dungeons and Dragons type RPG. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/11 "2004-11-06T04:08:21Z")
The first RPG should’ve been “role playing game” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/12 "2004-11-06T04:23:14Z")
So thus far most people are geeks rather than destruction-minded. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/13 "2004-11-06T04:24:52Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > (I meant that to be capitalized, but it looks like an all-caps title is not allowed.) > > Reading the thread title, what came to your mind, “role-playing game” or “rocket-propelled grenade”? > > This should be a question in some personality test. 🙂 Honestly, I looked at the title and thought “Is he talking about Role Playing Game (most likely) or the programming language.” I totally spaced on rocket propelled grenade, for some reason. And, no, I am not a programmer or computer geek by any stretch of the imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/14 "2004-11-06T04:39:56Z")
I though “Oh cool, video games!” then immediately followed that up with “Or maybe he’s talking about rocket propelled grenades… cool!” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/15 "2004-11-06T04:55:27Z")
I _ **always** _ think “rocket-propelled grenade.” It goes back to the fact that I used to absolutely LOVE the movie “Red Dawn,” and a lot of RPGs get fired in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/16 "2004-11-06T06:00:40Z")
I thought “Role playing grenade.” Okay, actually, I thought “Dungeons and Dragons.” ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/17 "2004-11-06T06:27:42Z")
I thought “Hmm…I wonder if this is about Role-playing or missile launchers. Probably the latter since it’s in IMHO and not Cafe Society.” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/18 "2004-11-06T11:19:37Z")
> [@xgxlx](#): > > I thought “Hmm…I wonder if this is about Role-playing or missile launchers. Probably the latter since it’s in IMHO and not Cafe Society.” The same here. I usually try to figure it out from context. Incidentally, I’ve had experience with both. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/19 "2004-11-06T11:53:39Z")
Role-playing games. I just started playing D&D again for the first time since Jr. High. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288/20 "2004-11-06T17:11:21Z")
Role playing. I’m a geek. Really, a really, really bad geek. Someone said RPG, meaning the weapon, and I got confused. Aiming with a group of geeks sittign around a table, what? Then I realized what that meant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rpg/273288.md?page=2)