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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monkey Boy" data-source="post: 4719115" data-attributes="member: 46422">RPGA - worst experience of my lifeHere's a short story on why I hate the RPGA. Me and 2 buddies signed up for an RPGA game at Conquest (the local game convention). As we weren't enough to form a group on our own our numbers were boosted by 3 other players. Their efforts at roleplaying were abysmal, their characters the worst examples of wish fulfillment power trips. A cross dressing Psion nun and some kind of sexy midget succubi. They commited the crime of boring us to tears with long winded 'stories about their character' which seemed to wind up ending in how they could crush our characters with a single thought. The idea of co-operating seemed novel to them. They pulled the parties strings because their characters were more powerful. I pointed out to them that D&D was a co-operative game but that didn't get much traction. It was an ominous start but heh I love D&D so I stuck it out. About 2 hours in we nearly came to blows. The Psion blew everyone up in a TPK which was merciful in hindsight. When the DM said 'your characters were only knocked unconcious by the warehouse levelling blast and you can keep playing' me and my buddies walked out. I've played 3 times with the RPGA and met all manner of social outcast and misfit. I've gamed with 9 year old children who want to fight every npc they come across, crossdressers, an aspbergers bloke with a chronic stutter. To be honest the 3 I just mentioned were fun to game with though I hate add some of the fun was had at their expense. Some lawncrappers, for lack of a better term, are worse than others. The nun Psion story above was the last time for me. My buddies wont play D&D again no matter how much I explain that the RPGA experience really isn't what D&D is about.</blockquote>

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