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GMs of EN World: What player behavior annoys you the most?
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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7238372" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>I guess my only problem with a group is the fact that the players are there. I hate every one of the bastards/bitches!</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Ok, no, but I'm sure other DM's have wanted to murderize every player at the table once or twice...c'mon...you know you did... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>My "pet peeves" are:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Cell phones. Hate 'em. Never owned one, never will (likely) own one. Nothing but "Electronic Interrupting Machines", imnsho.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Aversion to Note-taking. This includes just writing down a freaking NPC's name! How hard can it be to write down "Jarskaar - gate soldier (easily bribed)". I swear, if we miss one session, the next session it's like we started an entire new campaign...and game sometimes! Admittedly we play fairly fast n' loose, so it's not a big deal...except when I get to play and someone else DM's. Then I take notes, and two sessions later say "Oh, is Jarskaar on duty tonight? I look around for him", and the DM says "Who?" (but I guess this is a "pet peeve against DM's"...whole other thread...). Still annoying though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> The "tricks'ey via unspoken actions" player. You know the type. They ask if they can play a noble, you say no, they create a background of being a pirate. Eight sessions into the game you find out that the full BG is actually "He was shanghai'ed in Darkwater Port by a band of pirates. He was a very young lad at the time and doesn't remember his parents (his parents are, in fact, King Fairhand and Queen Yollanda of the Kingdom of Fairland)". GRRRR!!!!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sort of connected to the point above, this is the Player that tries to "weasel" around in-game, campaign (or rule) stuff by doing stuff that is *obvious* to the DM (me) and other players, but <em>seems</em> to be perfectly fine in-game during RP'ing. The player will seem to do something "in character", but the ONLY reason the PC is doing that is for a meta-game reason. This is sometimes known as trying to "cheat the system" or "cheese" it up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Last biggie for me: The player who gets pissed off at me because they did any of the above and I call them on it. "No checking cell phones during game time or your PC goes unconscious" ...(see a player trying to hide his phone under the table)... "Bill, your PC goes unconscious...put your phone away...you can get to the next level of Kandy Krush after the game or during a break"... "What?! I wasn't playing a game...just checking my messages! Stop trying to control everything...it's my f'ing phone and it only takes a minute!...lighten up! [grumble grumble whine sulk]".</li> </ul><p></p><p>Those are the biggies for me. Mostly the revolve around respect for the game and the group as a whole. You're here to play a game that involves stories, characters, locations and engagement with everyone playing the game. Don't give your cell phone priority over the living human beings in the room with you. Put some effort into making the game good/fun for everyone...take notes, don't try and 'put one over on' the DM or other players (especially when it's obvious what you are trying to do). Just, well, engage with everyone there and try and make it fun for everyone, not just yourself.</p><p></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7238372, member: 45197"] Hiya! I guess my only problem with a group is the fact that the players are there. I hate every one of the bastards/bitches! ;) Ok, no, but I'm sure other DM's have wanted to murderize every player at the table once or twice...c'mon...you know you did... ;) My "pet peeves" are: [LIST] [*] Cell phones. Hate 'em. Never owned one, never will (likely) own one. Nothing but "Electronic Interrupting Machines", imnsho. [*] Aversion to Note-taking. This includes just writing down a freaking NPC's name! How hard can it be to write down "Jarskaar - gate soldier (easily bribed)". I swear, if we miss one session, the next session it's like we started an entire new campaign...and game sometimes! Admittedly we play fairly fast n' loose, so it's not a big deal...except when I get to play and someone else DM's. Then I take notes, and two sessions later say "Oh, is Jarskaar on duty tonight? I look around for him", and the DM says "Who?" (but I guess this is a "pet peeve against DM's"...whole other thread...). Still annoying though. :( [*] The "tricks'ey via unspoken actions" player. You know the type. They ask if they can play a noble, you say no, they create a background of being a pirate. Eight sessions into the game you find out that the full BG is actually "He was shanghai'ed in Darkwater Port by a band of pirates. He was a very young lad at the time and doesn't remember his parents (his parents are, in fact, King Fairhand and Queen Yollanda of the Kingdom of Fairland)". GRRRR!!!! [*] Sort of connected to the point above, this is the Player that tries to "weasel" around in-game, campaign (or rule) stuff by doing stuff that is *obvious* to the DM (me) and other players, but [I]seems[/I] to be perfectly fine in-game during RP'ing. The player will seem to do something "in character", but the ONLY reason the PC is doing that is for a meta-game reason. This is sometimes known as trying to "cheat the system" or "cheese" it up. [*] Last biggie for me: The player who gets pissed off at me because they did any of the above and I call them on it. "No checking cell phones during game time or your PC goes unconscious" ...(see a player trying to hide his phone under the table)... "Bill, your PC goes unconscious...put your phone away...you can get to the next level of Kandy Krush after the game or during a break"... "What?! I wasn't playing a game...just checking my messages! Stop trying to control everything...it's my f'ing phone and it only takes a minute!...lighten up! [grumble grumble whine sulk]". [/LIST] Those are the biggies for me. Mostly the revolve around respect for the game and the group as a whole. You're here to play a game that involves stories, characters, locations and engagement with everyone playing the game. Don't give your cell phone priority over the living human beings in the room with you. Put some effort into making the game good/fun for everyone...take notes, don't try and 'put one over on' the DM or other players (especially when it's obvious what you are trying to do). Just, well, engage with everyone there and try and make it fun for everyone, not just yourself. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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