The Egbert story, though, this was something that the media could get its teeth into. " Dungeons & Dragons wasn't just a niche hobby, it had become a full-fledged fad in the United States, which left many newspapers at a loss for a way to report about it." Inviting a reporter over to watch this new fad didn't generate much interest because there wasn't much to see beyond a bunch of teenagers sitting at a table rolling dice and drinking Mountain Dew. Not Bill SlavicsekBill Slavicsek, director of RPGs, miniatures and R&D at Wizards of the Coast, explained it this way. The idea quickly gained traction in the popular press and started a long-standing urban legend. Without a clear understanding of exactly what Dungeons & Dragons was and how it was played, Dear thought that Egbert might have been playing the game in the steam tunnels and gotten lost. Dear knew nothing about Dungeons & Dragons, nor did any of the students he spoke with about the disappearance. Dear, a Texas-based private investigator had been hired by Egbert's parents to search for him. That might have been the end of the story, had it not been for William Dear. Fearful of the consequences of his actions and desperate to avoid the media frenzy, he went to a friend's house and stayed "missing" for a month, until he eventually re-emerged, much to the relief of his parents and the local community. He woke up a day later to find the entire campus in an uproar and a very public search underway. Armed with a bottle of sleeping pills, he took a dose that he felt sure would end his life, sat down in the steam tunnels, and fell asleep.
He had, in fact, gone down there in order to kill himself. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.A "Demonic" image from Dungeons & DragonsEgbert had ventured into the steam tunnels underneath the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing, Michigan, not, as would later be surmised, to act out his Dungeons & Dragons fantasies. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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