I wouldn't call him a real narcissist, he acted like a narcissist because he needed an excuse to blame others for failing.
I suspect you haven't studied what clinical narcissism is, then, because you basically gave one of the classic definitions.
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said:
»No one cares about the frilly mage with the cure spells and support tactics unless your name is Gandalf and even Gandalf had some wicked DPS and a sword. The only time people notice the mage is when they can't tunnelvision into DPS or wipe repeatedly. Thankless position all around.
By "no one," do be sure that you mean "teenage boys." I played Priest in WoW and when I healed for random groups, I would regularly get compliments. They came especially when I had a woman tanking. By god, I love nothing more than a young mother taking a random dungeon. "Hey, guys, I'm sorry, but I need to change the baby... if you can hang on, though, I'm good for a few more runs." They're so much more pleasant than the raging balls (pun intended) of unfulfilled testosterone that we call teenage boys.
Oh, and when involved in group play, I tend to opt for a support-type role. White Mage, Priest, Bard, that sort of thing. I play solo more often, though, which is likely why most FFXI players recognize me as a Monk player or, possibly, a Ninja player.
Anyway, on topic, I'm glad that people have been quick to say in the media that, though Rodgers was apparently autistic, it certainly was not a significant factor in his behavior. I remember some passive-aggressive *** asking me how I felt being aspie after Sandy Hook happened and I just stared while saying that the two are not meaningfully related.
Which isn't to say that high-function autists are saints. We're prone to all the foibles neurotypical people have, though some to considerably lesser extent (most aspies, for instance, simply don't get as concerned about sex as NT people -- that said, I spent a couple years as a ***, so don't imagine that being socially awkward sentences someone to lifelong virginity) and others to a considerably worse effect. I guess I'm lucky that my personal obsession is figuring out how you hu-mans work (which is to say: I like psychology, sociology, philosophy, genetics, medicine, and most forms of creative expression), so I can fake normalcy when I feel like it. Which isn't often.
I really can't fathom this kid, though. He seems to have had no relationship with his family. As an exercise, I once wrote an autobiography not unlike his little manifesto (embarrassingly just as detailed), but I spent a lot of time talking about the impact of my brothers and parents and cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents and friends and classmates. Though I lack Rodgers's skill in remembering names. Man, he had a chip on his shoulder the size of Asia. But I guess I can't understand anyone who fails to achieve simple goals. I've been pity-*** by someone way out of my league, so I'll never understand how some people can both obsess about sleeping with the beautiful people
and fail to never achieve it.
I have a bias where I figure everyone is gay but not admitting it. I almost seriously wonder if this kid was but couldn't handle the implications (it would mar his perfection to like taking it up the butt -- although, there's plenty of straight guys who like that, anyhow). I'm fairly sure that's just my bias talking, but I have certain opinions regarding people who say overtly misogynistic things, especially when they appear to mean it.