Greatest Insult to a D&D PLAYER (OOC)

[wingsandsword]

"Metagamer" is fighting words among some gamers I know.

"Power Gamer" and "Rules Lawyer" are pretty insulting to a lot of people. I know I would be offended if somebody implied that all I cared about was a powerful character and abusing and twisting the rules.

"Monty Haul" is an old insult, but I just don't hear it used anymore. Of course, I don't know any Monty Haul DM's, so that's probably why.

"3tard" is one people try. I find it insulting, but it also makes the person saying it sound foolish, like false wit.

Since I'm a larper as well as at tabletop person, yes, some people look down their noses at larpers and try and say "larper" like it's an insult. Personally, I find it amusing since many people treat them the same way for playing a tabletop game, and I've known a few larpers who refused to "lower themselves" to the level of playing a tabletop game.

"Cheater" isn't an insult, that's an outright challenge. Just flat out accusing somebody of cheating (a player of fudging dice rolls, casting spells or using items he doesn't have, or so on, is a quick way to very bad things)

 

[rbingham2000]

It's been thirty-one posts in and nobody's popped in with this perennial favorite: "Get a life."

I mean, it's probably the worst thing you could say to a gamer short of "Your dice suck."

 

[Kae'Yoss]

"3tard" is one people try. I find it insulting, but it also makes the person saying it sound foolish, like false wit.

I think it's on the same level as n00b. Uttered by idiots who play at being funny. Best replay is "so you want to make Counter-Strike d20"? and start riduculing them until they run away crying.

Since I'm a larper as well as at tabletop person, yes, some people look down their noses at larpers and try and say "larper" like it's an insult. Personally, I find it amusing since many people treat them the same way for playing a tabletop game, and I've known a few larpers who refused to "lower themselves" to the level of playing a tabletop game.

So we all insult each other. Business as usual ;-)

"Anti-Social"

Got that one alot: "He's one of those Anti-social nerds who plays D&D alot". I'm a social person: I go to church, bars, sportsgames, work, social functions, movies, etc. But because I play D&D, I'm "anti-social" (which is Ironic: D&D is the most social thing I really do)

You know, if you build a thousand bridges and (do something Eric's Granny would not want to hear about) one single time, you're no bridge-builder, you're a (doer of something Eric's Granny would not want to hear about).

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

You're such a Diaglo!

That really stings.

But:

You're like a Morrus!

That's a compliment that says you're a sophisticated, smart, sexy, beast of a gamer, the epitome of gamer greatness.

If I suck up enough to I get anything

 

[TheGM]

From other gamers? In our group it's "Timmy!" (as in Timmy the Power Gamer), closely followed by "Rules Lawyer" and "Mechanist"

From outsiders?
I don't think there are any painful ones left. nerd and geek have lost their harshness.

And somebody said for a GM "You campaign is boring".

Yeah, after years of gaming and hundreds of PCs flowing through, with more than fifty players at my tables and 35 of them still active in either my tabletop or online games, the one person, one time who said my game was always boring is still disconcerting. Throws you for a loop, and only the mass of other players that are happy kept me from getting all wierd about it.

 

[Emirikol]

DO not ANGER THE DICE gods!

I mean, it's probably the worst thing you could say to a gamer short of "Your dice suck."

Now, that just pisses off the dice gods..even though Tetrahedros is only a Demigod, he'll still kick your ass!!! Remember, just because he's half the god of Octahedros, doesn't mean that he can't roll 220 d4 per round for damage



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[MoogleEmpMog]

From other gamers? In our group it's "Timmy!" (as in Timmy the Power Gamer), closely followed by "Rules Lawyer" and "Mechanist"

Wouldn't "Spike" be the power gamer of the Magic player types? After all, he's the one out to win at all costs, which is usually the negative stereotype of RPG power gamers.

I've never heard Mechanist before. I'd consider it an honor if it weren't explained otherwise.

 

[Barak]

Hmm. I don't understand the geek/nerd thing, really. I've always gamed with people who, at least outwardly, were pretty much jocks. Actually, I used to game with an olympic-level athlete, come to think of it. And a few marines. And the two places RPGs are the most popular are the military and prison, not exactly places filled with your typical "nerd" (not that I'd brag about sharing a hobby with jailbirds normally).

I mean, it's not like we're talking computers, here.

 

[sniffles]

Exactly. Every other insult listed here can and will be simply shrugged off, or maybe huffed at in the worst cases.

Seriously, from very personal experience, flat out telling someone that they are no fun to play with is a sure way to make a gamer cry, throw a tantrum, or simply walk away in quiet dejection. It is the one insult that is truly painful to a gamer, since for many of us, it is a primary source of socialization. If even the other gamer geeks don't enjoy playing with you, who else will?

Yeah, this is true. When a GM I play with regularly once told me he wasn't sure he wanted me in his next campaign because I wasn't fun to play with, it was like my world had come to an end.

 

[Pbartender]

Yeah, this is true. When a GM I play with regularly once told me he wasn't sure he wanted me in his next campaign because I wasn't fun to play with, it was like my world had come to an end.

That's the other thing... Most gamers, if they like you or even if they simply don't hate you, will simply not invite you to the next new campaign, if you are an unfun or boring gamer. But if they actually tell you that you are no fun to play with, they have gone out of their way, that extra mile, risking an overt confrontation, to inform you of the fact.

It's similar to the difference between not leaving a tip in a restaurant, and leaving a 7 cent tip in very neatly stacked pennies.