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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ramien Meltides" data-source="post: 680219" data-attributes="member: 1475">Here's another fun story for the boards: I call it "Dueling DM's"I had just moved into the area and I had hooked up with a new gaming group. My first game with this group involved quite a bit of friction with one of the other players... let's call him Mr. X. Mr. X and I shared some interests, and we were discussing another game system while waiting for our turn to come around... he noted he did not like the new edition of this game system, and I started to discuss with him what improvements the new edition had made over the old... Mr. X didn't like that very much, and wanted to start a fight right at the gaming table over it. I did not oblige <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Later, other members of the gaming group mentioned they really liked a particular campaign setting, which happened to be my favorite as well. I told them that I had DM'd that campaign setting before and found it a lot of fun. I was told that Mr. X had DM'd the same setting, but that his campaign was "on hold" indefinitely and had been for several months. I asked the group if they'd be interested in playing in my campaign using the setting they liked and the group agreed (absent Mr X). Suddenly I heard rumors that Mr. X was getting his old campaign ready to start up again (surprise, surprise!) and would be bringing his materials on the same night I was to discuss the beginning of my campaign.I wanted to handle things like an adult, so I went prepared to talk to Mr. X and see if we could run our games on alternate weekends or work out some kind of compromise, because I wouldn't mind being a player in this campaign setting myself. Mr. X brings over a real hand-crossbow, one of those things you get from Soldier of Fortune magazine, and starts shooting bolts into the walls. I mentioned it was probably not a good idea, especially as our host was renting the apartment and would likely have to pay for any damages. This didn't make Mr. X any happier. Mr. X waited for a friend of his to arrive before beginning to discuss his campaign plans. I started to ask him about working something out regarding my plans, and Mr. X got upset... very upset. He started throwing things, and eventually had to be physically restrained (by the host and the friend Mr. X had brought over). Mr. X spent another hour or so insulting the gaming group, demanding that they choose between his campaign or mine, threatening to cut my throat, and lunging across the table at me. Eventually he left swearing never to return, and I haven't seen him since... it's been almost three years now. Kinda puts things in perspective, doesn't it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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