Escaping Violent Players

[Endroren]

I had a fellow player challenge me to "step outside" a couple years ago. We're all in our 40's. I actually started laughing it was so ridiculous.

 

[Marc_C]

Many years ago, I was playing a table top wargame called Chronopia, and my opponent was just having the worst luck I've ever seen. Seriously, it's been more than twenty years and I still remember how poorly he was rolling (even if I can't remember whether he was rolling high or low). As the game progressed, he continued to become more, and more agitated and slam his fist on the table knocking down miniatures and terrain. While I was a bit uncomfortable with the situation, I never felt as though he were threatening me. But I resolved never to play another game against him. No gaming is better than bad gaming.

Wargames can be really intense too. A few years ago I told one guy I didn't want to play against him anymore because of his violent antics. He sought me out a week later at the gaming store to physically intimidate me. He tried to swipe the glasses of my face. A good thing I was playing a game with a good friend. We both told him to leave and never talk to us ever again or we would call the police and file a complaint. Never saw him again.

 

[billd91]

A teen whipping a d20 in anger I can understand - frustration + youth = occasional outbursts. But how many anti-social encounters have you had Marc_C?

 

[dragoner]

@Marc_C It saddens me to hear of your experience. Looking like Zhukov's lovechild mostly people leave me alone, except when I do get hit, it is with something, like a 2 x 4 or bottle. I did do bouncer work in NYC at the Tunnel, that was awful.

 

[Lanefan]

Closest I've come to anything like this is once or twice I've had dice thrown at me in anger - the net result of which was only to add slightly to my dice collection; 'cause as far as I'm concerned if you throw it at me it's mine.

 

[Marc_C]

A teen whipping a d20 in anger I can understand - frustration + youth = occasional outbursts. But how many anti-social encounters have you had Marc_C?

Over 40 years of gaming. Extremely few, less than 1%. But they do stand out.

 

[jdrakeh]

I've had a player physically attack another player over an in-character disagreement before. I had to threaten physical violence of my own and told the attacking player to leave the property and never return, unless he wanted to deal with the police.

 

[jasper]

D&D is just like any other hobby. It pulls in all type of people. Nice, Bad, Abusive, Paladins, Good merchants, rip off merchants, Druggees, Smokers, Sober, Religious, etc.

 

[GuyBoy]

Had a player come in to the pub setting once and hurl foul abuse at a female player over an issue external to the game, causing her significant fear and distress.
I took him outside and asked him firmly to leave and not return. I’m a rugby player, he wasn’t. He left.
Nonetheless it was a very sad and unnecessary incident.

 

[aco175]

A "friend' may have taken some firecrackers to some bad d20s that were not towing the line, back in the day.