Troublesome Players?

reapersaurus · Apr 21, 2002

You forgot the player who is more interested in the games of his past (and babbles on incessantly about every little thing that reminds hin of some munchkin game he played in 10 years ago) than in playing the game that day.

Crothian · Apr 21, 2002

reapersaurus said:
You forgot the player who is more interested in the games of his past (and babbles on incessantly about every little thing that reminds hin of some munchkin game he played in 10 years ago) than in playing the game that day.

Have him play a bard and role play his memories into epic stoies that his character knows. Sure, it's doubtful he could do it, but at least there is a solution.

Kichwas · Apr 21, 2002

My last two experiences:

1. The drug addict. This guy even brought his meth pipe to the game. He took constant cell phone calls right in the middle of the action and was always 'up to something'. When the pipe showed up he was showed out.

2. Complainer: Complains about EVERYTHING. The DM style is wrong. THe player's style is wrong. His character sucks. Your character sucks. That book sucks. This book sucks. His life sucks. Your life sucks. The room sucks. Outside sucks. THe coke is bad. The pizza was no good. That movie sucks. These dice sucks. The NPC sucks. The current plot event sucks. etc... He'd also take players aside and try to convince them of how everything sucked. I DM'd him, then played with him. It was frustrating on both ends. He managed to rip two campaigns apart by getting both DMs to feel unappreciated and frustrated at every angle (after all, everything we did sucked, and the other players were all roleplaying it wrong)...
The last one before this was 'The AD&D Player'. Shadowrun game this guy brings the dungeon crawl mentality to the game. He was overly agressive and rules exploitive. Accussed the DM of being a 'munchkin' for demanding that he balance everything onhis character to match what the rulebook says it should be... Started gunning for the other player's PCs. STarted getting a little agressive 'out of the game'. Would cause big arguments when told he couldn't use 'unbalanced suppliment X' from the old edition of the game... That game also had one 'man in black' (wear any color as long as it's black, spend all day talking about depressing goth stuff cause it's 'artistic').

I try to screen; but one or two always slip through the cracks and I have to edit...

reapersaurus · Apr 21, 2002

arcady said:
That book sucks. This book sucks. His life sucks. Your life sucks. The room sucks. Outside sucks. THe coke is bad. The pizza was no good. That movie sucks. These dice sucks. The NPC sucks. The current plot event sucks. etc...

Hey, arcady -
you just described the prevalent online attitude of just about the entire internet community!

On most internet sites, actually saying that you like something is a stoning offense.

arcseed · Apr 21, 2002

The sleeper: Back in high school, we'd get together nights weekends, and play 'till dawn. There were a couple guys who would be great players when they were awake, but often just wouldn't be able to last past 1 or 2....