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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkredlitheOgre" data-source="post: 5857439" data-attributes="member: 99513">Did you (the DM) talk to him about the issue?  The reason I ask is that because you're the DM, he might have blown it off a little, as he knows you're doing your 'job.'  If one of the other players says something, it might have a little more impact.  Instead of 'the boss' saying something, having a peer say something might be more effective.In my old GURPS group (3 players and the GM), we had a player (Player 1) who would do this.  Player 1 would come up with some 'great idea' or start asking questions over myself and the other player.  Normally I didn't really care that much, but the other player did.  Even after the GM mentioned the problem to the player, nothing changed.  The real problem there was that the GM was brought into the group by Player 1 and they were really good friends, so I don't think the GM was going to put the kibosh on the behavior.One night, Player 3 is trying to relay his action to the GM and Player 1 jumps in asking four or five different questions at the same time.  Player 3 was getting frustrated, so I simply said (quite loudly), "Sorry, Player 3!  I can't hear what you're saying!"The room went quiet for a second and then Player 3 relayed his actions to the GM.  The behavior didn't go away entirely, but Player 1 did dial it back a bit.</blockquote>