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<blockquote data-quote="JediSoth" data-source="post: 7482872" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Yes, three or four times (the first time was a twofer).</p><p></p><p>The first time, I was just tired of the min-maxing and power gaming, plus when I'd restrict options for character creation, one of them would show up with characters that expressly ignored what I said. The power gamer was also suspected by another player of fudging his dice rolls and "forgetting" to mark off HP during combat. Neither player was a good match for the group; no one else really liked playing with them. I was pretty juvenile about it; I "fired" them in an e-mail to which I applied a pink background. A few months later when I was putting together another group, I received some passive-aggressive e-mails from the power gamer, but that was about it.</p><p></p><p>The second time, she was a good player (though perhaps a bit "kill 'em all"), but her attendance, or lack of consistent attendance was disruptive. After the second or third no-show, I told her I was going to replace her with someone who could commit to showing up, or at least, commit to letting us know if they could show up or not (and it's not like my games are sporadic; they're the same time at the same place every other week). She said she understood and apologized for being such a flake about things.</p><p></p><p>The most recent time, he was a good player, but would fall asleep during games because he had a newborn baby keeping him up, plus an hour+ drive to my house. He also wasn't a good fit for the rest of the group; he got really pissed off when the rest of the group elected someone else as Captain of their ship and didn't consider him because he didn't come to that session. When we switched to FFGs Star Wars, he disrespected the GMs time by spending the entire session rebuilding the character he requested the GM build for him to save time, then complained the entire time that he couldn't see a clear progression of power in character advancement. Our play-styles were just too different, so I told him I didn't think he was a good fit. He hasn't spoken to me since, but didn't unfriend me on Facebook, so I guess we're OK? Dunno.</p><p></p><p>There have been other instances where I dissolved a group because the game fizzled, or I needed a long hiatus for Reasons, and I just didn't invite people back. That's not really the same, though, because I stopped gaming during that time, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JediSoth, post: 7482872, member: 13882"] Yes, three or four times (the first time was a twofer). The first time, I was just tired of the min-maxing and power gaming, plus when I'd restrict options for character creation, one of them would show up with characters that expressly ignored what I said. The power gamer was also suspected by another player of fudging his dice rolls and "forgetting" to mark off HP during combat. Neither player was a good match for the group; no one else really liked playing with them. I was pretty juvenile about it; I "fired" them in an e-mail to which I applied a pink background. A few months later when I was putting together another group, I received some passive-aggressive e-mails from the power gamer, but that was about it. The second time, she was a good player (though perhaps a bit "kill 'em all"), but her attendance, or lack of consistent attendance was disruptive. After the second or third no-show, I told her I was going to replace her with someone who could commit to showing up, or at least, commit to letting us know if they could show up or not (and it's not like my games are sporadic; they're the same time at the same place every other week). She said she understood and apologized for being such a flake about things. The most recent time, he was a good player, but would fall asleep during games because he had a newborn baby keeping him up, plus an hour+ drive to my house. He also wasn't a good fit for the rest of the group; he got really pissed off when the rest of the group elected someone else as Captain of their ship and didn't consider him because he didn't come to that session. When we switched to FFGs Star Wars, he disrespected the GMs time by spending the entire session rebuilding the character he requested the GM build for him to save time, then complained the entire time that he couldn't see a clear progression of power in character advancement. Our play-styles were just too different, so I told him I didn't think he was a good fit. He hasn't spoken to me since, but didn't unfriend me on Facebook, so I guess we're OK? Dunno. There have been other instances where I dissolved a group because the game fizzled, or I needed a long hiatus for Reasons, and I just didn't invite people back. That's not really the same, though, because I stopped gaming during that time, too. [/QUOTE]
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