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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 913960" data-attributes="member: 9410">I don't believe that anyone here said it was okay for a player to verbally assault you, just that some frustration and anger was understandable.&nbsp; Unlike a dinner party (where the host usually does all the work), in gaming, the players are also creating characters, plans, etc.&nbsp; In many games, I have invested more time and work than my GMs.Perhaps a better analogy might be a murder-mystery game, where each guest has a role to play...&nbsp; If one guest spends the night in a room alone because his roll isn't needed in the &quot;murder investigation&quot;, then he'd probably feel that his preparation to play that part was wasted.Does that give him the right to verbally abuse the host?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; I don't think anyone would claim it did.&nbsp; Then again, I have no idea who said what to whom, or how abusive it was, so I wouldn't care to judge how out of line your player was.&nbsp; If you really think he was overboard, don't invite him back.In case you didn't know, though...&nbsp; Roleplayers don't tend to be among the best in handling social skills (so I'm told).&nbsp; Look at anythread here on ENWorld...&nbsp; Can't even discuss whether or not Rangers should have Two-Weapon Fighting without disagreeing disagreeably about it!&nbsp; (Very Big Grin, Duck &amp; Run)&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> So like I said, I think some anger and frustration is understandable.&nbsp; Not necessarily right, just Human (and even the other races really are - but don't tell them I said that)!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Hopefully, your player will calm down, by next time (if you invite him back... and if he comes).&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 913960, member: 9410"] I don't believe that anyone here said it was okay for a player to verbally assault you, just that some frustration and anger was understandable. Unlike a dinner party (where the host usually does all the work), in gaming, the players are also creating characters, plans, etc. In many games, I have invested more time and work than my GMs. Perhaps a better analogy might be a murder-mystery game, where each guest has a role to play... If one guest spends the night in a room alone because his roll isn't needed in the "murder investigation", then he'd probably feel that his preparation to play that part was wasted. Does that give him the right to verbally abuse the host? No. I don't think anyone would claim it did. Then again, I have no idea who said what to whom, or how abusive it was, so I wouldn't care to judge how out of line your player was. If you really think he was overboard, don't invite him back. In case you didn't know, though... Roleplayers don't tend to be among the best in handling social skills (so I'm told). Look at anythread here on ENWorld... Can't even discuss whether or not Rangers should have Two-Weapon Fighting without disagreeing disagreeably about it! (Very Big Grin, Duck & Run) :D So like I said, I think some anger and frustration is understandable. Not necessarily right, just Human (and even the other races really are - but don't tell them I said that)! ;) Hopefully, your player will calm down, by next time (if you invite him back... and if he comes). :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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