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<blockquote data-quote="Mathew_Freeman" data-source="post: 5051449" data-attributes="member: 1846"><p>I recently had a couple of experiences with some clearly experienced gamers.</p><p></p><p>One was at a UK convention, and of the five players round the table one was clearly suffering with a heavy cold and actually dozed off at one point (she apologised), one was a good friend, one was an excellent player, one was me... and one guy interrupted the DM, slowed down scenes, chose to make his character obnoxious and worked against the basic assumptions of the plot on several occasions. He clearly considered himself to be an experienced and knowledgable player, to me he came off like an ass, frankly.</p><p></p><p>Second experience was in my brother's group. An old player had rejoined as we'd decided to give Savage Worlds a try. We ran a pulp game using a published adventure. Throughout the session he threatened to shoot pretty much every NPC we met, apart from the ones we were supposed to shoot, whined constantly about the strength of the bad guys, whined abou the pre-published module... eventually my brother lost his temper and threw him out of the house.</p><p></p><p>Now, I am by no means saying that all experienced or older gamers are like this but a word for everyone (including me!) - if you feel like you're the only one who can see how bad the game is and how poor the DM is, consider that it might be you that's the problem, or just politely leave. Especially at conventions.</p><p></p><p>Like everyone else, I agree that RPG-skill =/= experience. Pick your gaming friends carefully.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mathew_Freeman, post: 5051449, member: 1846"] I recently had a couple of experiences with some clearly experienced gamers. One was at a UK convention, and of the five players round the table one was clearly suffering with a heavy cold and actually dozed off at one point (she apologised), one was a good friend, one was an excellent player, one was me... and one guy interrupted the DM, slowed down scenes, chose to make his character obnoxious and worked against the basic assumptions of the plot on several occasions. He clearly considered himself to be an experienced and knowledgable player, to me he came off like an ass, frankly. Second experience was in my brother's group. An old player had rejoined as we'd decided to give Savage Worlds a try. We ran a pulp game using a published adventure. Throughout the session he threatened to shoot pretty much every NPC we met, apart from the ones we were supposed to shoot, whined constantly about the strength of the bad guys, whined abou the pre-published module... eventually my brother lost his temper and threw him out of the house. Now, I am by no means saying that all experienced or older gamers are like this but a word for everyone (including me!) - if you feel like you're the only one who can see how bad the game is and how poor the DM is, consider that it might be you that's the problem, or just politely leave. Especially at conventions. Like everyone else, I agree that RPG-skill =/= experience. Pick your gaming friends carefully. [/QUOTE]
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