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<blockquote data-quote="Dougal DeKree" data-source="post: 1803898" data-attributes="member: 1353">Hi there. I need to vent a bit, so here it goes.We are a group of 7 people, ages between 26 and 36. We are playing D&amp;D 3.0, Starwars, Arcana Unearthed and some homebrew.Now one player keeps getting on our nerves more and more.Whenever you say something like &quot;Duh, now that probably wasn't the smartest idea...&quot; (after, let's say the player intentionally drew the attention of some giants we wanted to ambush without that player having a plan), this player will get up, grab his stuff and disappear from the session without a word. The next day &quot;the offending player&quot; gets an email varying between 4 and 10 pages telling him, how unsensitive and generally hateful that comment was, combined with the revelation about some other &quot;horrible event&quot; in the life of the disappeared player. The next week said player takes part in our session again.Even worse is when said player GM's his homebrew. Usually every 2nd time the player/GM bursts into tears (without any conceivable cause) and runs off, leaving the rest in utter confusion. Again the next day someone will get a looong email which would count as a troll on this boards.Worst for me is when i GM (Arcana Unearthed). Exactly that player nitpicks at every minor illogical point (which i have lots, since i rarely have time to prepare properly - but still all the other players _do_ have lots of fun, since i tend to correct it in their favour) and as soon as i correct myself begins near endless monologues about how one should prepare his game properly. When told to quiet down (even by other players) the player will again burst into tears and run away. Oh, and now guess...right, i get a lengthy, boring email.Now this player brought our group together, so we all feel that we have to bear with it for the time being, but our general mood lessens increasingly.Any ideas on what to do here?Dougal</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dougal DeKree, post: 1803898, member: 1353"] Hi there. I need to vent a bit, so here it goes. We are a group of 7 people, ages between 26 and 36. We are playing D&D 3.0, Starwars, Arcana Unearthed and some homebrew. Now one player keeps getting on our nerves more and more. Whenever you say something like "Duh, now that probably wasn't the smartest idea..." (after, let's say the player intentionally drew the attention of some giants we wanted to ambush without that player having a plan), this player will get up, grab his stuff and disappear from the session without a word. The next day "the offending player" gets an email varying between 4 and 10 pages telling him, how unsensitive and generally hateful that comment was, combined with the revelation about some other "horrible event" in the life of the disappeared player. The next week said player takes part in our session again. Even worse is when said player GM's his homebrew. Usually every 2nd time the player/GM bursts into tears (without any conceivable cause) and runs off, leaving the rest in utter confusion. Again the next day someone will get a looong email which would count as a troll on this boards. Worst for me is when i GM (Arcana Unearthed). Exactly that player nitpicks at every minor illogical point (which i have lots, since i rarely have time to prepare properly - but still all the other players _do_ have lots of fun, since i tend to correct it in their favour) and as soon as i correct myself begins near endless monologues about how one should prepare his game properly. When told to quiet down (even by other players) the player will again burst into tears and run away. Oh, and now guess...right, i get a lengthy, boring email. Now this player brought our group together, so we all feel that we have to bear with it for the time being, but our general mood lessens increasingly. Any ideas on what to do here? Dougal [/QUOTE]

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