Do you have a player like this in your group?

[Mathew_Freeman]

I can admit to occasionally being slightly lost in games in my youth, or wanting to clarify things before I took my action, but jeez, no, I could not and would not keep a player like that at my table.

Not because I would have a personal issue with him, but because he'd be making it less fun for everyone else. And that's not on.

 

[Arnwyn]

Well, it's interesting to see that there are a lot of people here that are far more tolerant than I am.

No, I don't have a person like that in my group, and I never will. Once is a simple distraction. Twice is getting weird. Third time, and it's "out the door and see a doctor".

 

[der_kluge]

I think you described me in college when I played in my friend's Dark Sun campaign. Of course, I was playing a Thri-kreen, so the subtleties of role-playing were completely lost on my character since the GM felt it was appropriate that I only communicate with clicks and whistles. It made sense I suppose, but it also meant that any time dialogue came up, I spaced out.

We were playing all the published modules for Dark Sun, and he tended to run them for the sole enjoyment of his girlfriend anyway. So, in the last touching scene of some story-oriented module, I asked a question about who this person was, and it was apparently someone very important whom we'd been dealing with for a great deal of time, and just risked our lives saving, etc, etc. I didn't care. His games were BORING, and I was a freaking Thri-Kreen. And like I said, he pretty GM'd the entire game staring at his girlfriend, so I was just a wallflower to him during those games anyway.


But, it does beg the question, are your games boring? Or is Frank mentally retarded?

 

[Rel]

I kill Frank and take his stuff. Now your problem is solved.

Next time Frank asks:

“Wait, what game are we playing?" - You say, "You're not playing anymore, Frank. Rel killed you."

"What is this about?" - You say, "This is about you being dead because Rel killed you.

"What skills am I to use in this situation?” - You say, "Don't worry about your skills anymore, Frank. You're dead. Because Rel killed you. And then he took your stuff."

Pretty soon, Frank will ask:

"So I'm dead?" - You say, "Yes, Frank. Rel killed you."

and

"But what about my stuff?" - You say, "Don' worry about your stuff anymore, Frank. You're dead. And Rel took your stuff."



P.S. Please mail me Frank's stuff.

 

[zantriel]

We had a player once that was in way to many games. He would game, sleep for two hours get up go to the next game, and so on. Some times he would fall asleep during the game. Once we were playing Robotech and this player fell asleep during a combat. Well we finished the fight without him and moved on. Later in the game one of the PC’s needed to talk to his character and knock on the characters door. We woke up the sleeping player who woke up and said, volley of six. The GM looked at the player whose character had knocked on the door and said, “Well Harlington , looks like she got you.” The player who just woke up had no idea as to what was going on and thought he just shot down one of the other players. To this day I still find the whole thing funny as he!!.
PS: His falling asleep has lead to many funny stories.

 

[Chimera]

I'm with arnwyn on this one. Not going to waste my time on people like this. Play the game or go home. Figure it out on your own time, not mine.

 

[Teflon Billy]

We had a guy like hat, and he was, and is, one of my dearest friends.

Ask him for Initiative, and his response is--100% of the time--"What...?"

So you explain "D20 plus your dex bonus". His response "Where is that on my sheet...?"

IT'S IN THE SAME GODDAM PLACE IT'S BEEN EVERY OTHER TIME I'VE ASKED YOU TONIGHT. SAME PLACE AS LAST WEEK. SAME PLACE AS THE WEEK BEFORE THAT!!!!

*wheew*

Allright, he's still welcome at my table, because he is an excellen human being who brings a lot to the group..

But damn! :\

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

I'm guilty of knitting during RP sessions

*shakes head and sighs*

 

[Abraxas]

We have a player who is a lot like this.

I'm pretty sure he games just to get away from other things (his job has been very stressful as of late and he gets to kill stuff when we play). He used to drive the other players a bit crazy (actually he may still drive them crazy) but now I sit next to him and help keep him organized and in the game and its been working out well (sort of like having a real live cohort ). I've also provided him with some D&D programs that help with his character creation/maintenance. I've DM'd a lot and am used to keeping track of multiple characters during the game.

IME, if you like the player, finding someone to be their game coach works out well.

 

[HellHound]

We woke up the sleeping player who woke up and said, volley of six. The GM looked at the player whose character had knocked on the door and said, “Well Harlington , looks like she got you.”

Awesome. I am in love.

Because "I Kill It" was the common version of "Oops, I wasn't paying attention", it became the way we started every game session. The game hadn't really started until one player piped up "I kill it"

By the time the tradition had come to its end, the chorus was:

Player 1: "I Kill It!"
Player 2: "I Loot It!"
Player 3: "I roll it up and smoke it!"

This happened, no matter the GM, no matter the game, as soon as the GM described the first thing in the game, be it an NPC, the phone ringing or whatever. It was then laughed at for a few minutes, and game play went on ignoring the outburst.