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Message: <blockquote data-quote="merelycompetent" data-source="post: 2971217" data-attributes="member: 33830">Please note that my response is based solely on the posted information. I have not been witness to any of the activities described. You may have additional information that totally invalidates any part or the whole of my response. This is my best advice. The long disclaimer is also because I'm posting advice about handling a friendship - and that is decidedly more delicate and important than a game.Okay, you've got a friend who contsantly 180's when the rest of you are going forward. Simple solution: Stop inviting him. Then have a sit-down with him, in private, and tell him what's going on, and try to work it out -- IF you want to keep the friendship.Do not invite him to any more games until his behavior changes and *stays* changed. A one-week "miracle cure" isn't enough. He's refused to play the game that the DM is offering. Worse, it looks like he convinced a DM to trash a game just for him. That's being a problem player.IMO, you're being used.This game is supposed to be fun. Your friend obviously isn't having fun in these games, but won't quit on his own. So help him quit: Talk to him, encourage him, and finally boot him if he doesn't enjoy the game.This game is supposed to be fun. If you're the DM and one player is consistently destroying your fun, it's time for that player to either shape up or go: Talk to him, encourage him, and finally boot him if he doesn't stop being a problem.Your friend keeps trashing these "fun" games, and ruining the enjoyment of the DM and other players. Maybe that's how your friend has his fun. But that's not fun for the other people involved. It's just a game. It's not a cross that you have to carry, with your friend and all his baggage strapped on as extra weight. You are allowed to go out and have fun without this particular friend's attendance or permission.You care about your friend, as any good friend should. As a good friend, sit him down, spell out how miserable he's making you, and work out a way to resolve the problems. Gaming isn't a way to resolve the problems in your friendship.Good luck, and I hope you and your friend work this out.</blockquote>

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