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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9251158" data-attributes="member: 50987">Oh it was so much worse.Our DM tried to play it off cool at first.&nbsp; She said stuff like &quot;I wanted you to roll up characters as a group, I have fun little mini-games that we can play, I want to tell you about the different parts of the game world while you choose your backgrounds,&quot; etc.&nbsp; And when that didn't work, she described the different locations, factions, pantheons and stuff, explaining why she had picked or omitted certain options.The player wasn't listening, though.&nbsp; He was all &quot;my last DM let me play this,&quot; and &quot;what's the big deal anyway?&quot; and &quot;you're being unreasonable, come on guys, help me out here,&quot; getting more and more frustrated.&nbsp; Eventually he snapped at her: &quot;Look, I'm going to play this character. I don't care about your precious campaign setting.&quot;&nbsp; I don't remember his exact words but I remember him sitting back in his chair with his arms folded.The channel got really quiet, as you can imagine.&nbsp; The DM broke the silence, calmly and firmly. &quot;If you don't care about the campaign setting, you aren't going to have fun here.&nbsp; You need to find another gaming group.&quot;&nbsp; And then she kicked him from the channel.&nbsp; &quot;Sorry about that,&quot; said his friend, who had invited him.&nbsp; &quot;He takes some getting used to, but I promise he's a good player.&quot;Our DM didn't miss a beat.&nbsp; &quot;Then I'm sure he'll have no trouble finding another group.&nbsp; Now that that's out of the way, let's roll up those stats...&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9251158, member: 50987"] Oh it was so much worse. Our DM tried to play it off cool at first. She said stuff like "I wanted you to roll up characters as a group, I have fun little mini-games that we can play, I want to tell you about the different parts of the game world while you choose your backgrounds," etc. And when that didn't work, she described the different locations, factions, pantheons and stuff, explaining why she had picked or omitted certain options. The player wasn't listening, though. He was all "my last DM let me play this," and "what's the big deal anyway?" and "you're being unreasonable, come on guys, help me out here," getting more and more frustrated. Eventually he snapped at her: "Look, I'm going to play [I]this character. [/I]I don't care about your precious campaign setting." I don't remember his exact words but I remember him sitting back in his chair with his arms folded. The channel got really quiet, as you can imagine. The DM broke the silence, calmly and firmly. "If you don't care about the campaign setting, you aren't going to have fun here. You need to find another gaming group." And then she kicked him from the channel. "Sorry about that," said his friend, who had invited him. "He takes some getting used to, but I promise he's a good player." Our DM didn't miss a beat. "Then I'm sure he'll have no trouble finding another group. Now that [I]that's [/I]out of the way, let's roll up those stats..." [/QUOTE]

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