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http://www.thechurning.com/2006/08/24/fantasy-football-is-for-great-big-dorks/ * Random selection of the draft order = Rolling a 20 sided die
* The draft = Creating new characters
* The NFL = The “realm”
* Your players = Your characters
* Your fantasy league = Your characters’ “world”
* Your league’s “commissioner” = The “dungeon master”
* The “smack talk’ message board = “Flaming the n00bs”
* Obsessively checking player stats to make the best decisions each week = Fighting dozens of small battles to earn experience points
* Watching games all day Sunday = Sitting through all night RPG sessions on lonely Saturday nights
* Talking smack because your runningback had a huge weekend = Bragging to your dorky friends that you just “leveled up”
* Assigning your players in preparation for Sunday = Buying weapons and supplies to prepare for a raid
* “You picked Oakland’s defense? Dumbass.” = “You’re gonna be a dwarf? Pwn3d.”
* “Lookout, *****! I’m playing Larry Johnson this week!” = “I’m arming my +99 helmet of the gods! All your base are belong to us!”