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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cybit" data-source="post: 6659290" data-attributes="member: 66111">There are coordinators for given regions: <a href="http://dndadventurersleague.org/regional-pages/regional-coordinators/" target="_blank">http://dndadventurersleague.org/regional-pages/regional-coordinators/</a>  They are your resources for issues such as this as needed.  Alternatively, PM me and I can aid you if necessary (if you're in the PNW, definitely drop me a line).  I get players being asshats (I also DM PFS, so I'm used to it to a large extent); but outright disruptive is a large line that is not to be crossed.  The short version is this: He's going to always assume the worst, especially with you.  He's going to assume that you're jealous because he's dating this woman and you're not, and that he's better than you for it.  Add in that he has an anger issue (which he's at least aware of, seeing as he tends to come back the next time not angry) and an ego issue - it's a bad combination.  Since you seem determined to try to salvage the relationship - the simple answer is to not DM his games.  He has issues with you.  Any time he feels he is not getting what he has "earned"; he doesn't handle it well, and adding in his issues with you, just amplifies it dramatically.  IF you end up in a situation where you have to DM him, and he does something stupid-smart (where he thinks it is smart but he's being stupid); let the dice fall where they may, and when he loses his <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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" />, call for a five minute break, and be firm and calm, and just tell him in straight up meta-game talk why it didn't work.  Let him rage all he wants - just do not back down and go along for the sake of going along.  Gonna say that the DM here is not the person I am worried about as a coordinator, to say the least (honestly, if a player reported a DM for a player blowing up...I'd just make alternate arrangements for the player reporting).  Based on the resulting posts, it sounds like there is interpersonal drama between Temper Boy and Majoru, but more along the lines of Temper Boy is going to always assume the worst from Majoru because of his past relationship with his girlfriend.  Add in it that everyone just puts up with because his anger isn't worth it, and no one's ever stood up to him...it is a bad combination.  I've GM'd entirely too many players like that in PFS.  Enough that I stopped DM'ing PFS for a while (just do PaizoCon and conventions for the most part now).</blockquote>

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