I was "booed" for even showing the 4e Core books

[Fifth Element]

So anyone who shows public displeasure...is "childish"?

That's not what the Little Raven quothed. Stop reading things that are not there. We're discussing a very specific situation, not displays of displeasure in general.

I mean, IMO, "childish" or rude would have been crumpling up the sheet, throwing it across the table at the DM and storming out...

Agreed. And based on how the situation was presented, this seems similar to what happened, short of the throwing stuff at the DM.

What exactly do you know about the situaton? I didn't read anywhere he threw a "fit" and it seems majority to all of the group wasn't feeling the game, since last time I checked...feeling lukewarm does not translate to having fun.

Don't know much about it (nor do you I gather). Other than he simply proclaimed he was done (rather than discussing the situation), and that he tore up his sheet in the middle of the game (which could have been in jest, but seems more likely to be an overly dramatic gesture).

 

[lutecius]

I think the point in the other thread is that WotC's humour is not childish, not that WotC is allowed to do things players are not.

I don't know. i haven't read this particular thread, but i have seen some wotc staffers being childish and not particularly funny on these boards and getting away with it.

 

[Remathilis]

Bah. Amateurs. I would've torn the Players Handbook in half and stormed out.

(BTW: You show your displeasure by getting up, saying "Listen, I'm gonna go" and walking away. Not tearingup your sheet in grandiose fashion and pronouncing that you shall never play that game again. That's just someone calling out for attention, not a statement of displeasure.

Then again, this is the Internet age and Childish Rage is all the fashion...

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Logos!

Bah. Amateurs. I would've torn the Players Handbook in half and stormed out.

Righteous kill.

-S.A.

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Well Played!

I playtested 4e and booed myself for even considering introducing it to my gaming group.

Flawless victory.

-Samir

 

[Imaro]

(BTW: You show your displeasure by getting up, saying "Listen, I'm gonna go" and walking away. Not tearingup your sheet in grandiose fashion and pronouncing that you shall never play that game again. That's just someone calling out for attention, not a statement of displeasure.

All I'm going to say is that this story gets more and more action, determination of motive and embellishment from everybody...except the person who posted it. I'm starting to wonder how many enworlder's were actually in this group and there when it happened?

 

[El Mahdi]

Bah. Amateurs. I would've torn the Players Handbook in half and stormed out.

Your hate has made you powerful! Just as the Emperor has foreseen.

 

[Darrin Drader]

I wouldn't boo, that would be impolite. A silent roll of the eyes might be unavoidable, however.

 

[Diamondeye]

I don't see anything childish about tearing your character sheet up and announcing you're done. If you destroy the sheet, people are less likely to try to cajole you into continuing when you really don't feel like it.

Tearing up the sheet means exactly that. It certainly doesn't imply a tantrum, fit, or other childish behavior in and of itself. Expressing your opinion in a clear, unequivocal manner is not childish.

 

[rounser]

Personally, whenever anyone mentions 4E, I begin by producing one of the core books with a flourish before throwing it upon the ground. I then proceed to jump up and down upon it with a great roaring sound.

Forthwith, I produce a trowel that I always keep on hand, and swiftly bury the book. I then perform a Cossack dance on the location that it was interred, whilst singing the entire score of the HMS Pinafore.

For a finale, I swallow an entire set of polyhedral dice, and then regurgitate them in order of denomination.

Usually, someone asks what I call this demonstration, to which I always reply, "The Aristocrats."