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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tburdett" data-source="post: 429124" data-attributes="member: 4714">Fortunately, none of the three situations that I described took place in my own home.  During that three years that we've gamed in my home there has never been so much as an insult spoken in anger.  A few semi-heated rule disagreements that were quickly defused, but nothing beyond that.The first situation (Scott cheats, gets pushy, and then spends the rest of the afternoon looking for his teeth.) took place just after we had graduated from high school.  It wasn't a life or death situation, we just decided to talk with our fists instead of our mouths.  Fortunately, Scott didn't have much to say.  I, on (and with) the other hand, said quite a bit.  I was young and ready to fight, what can I say.The second situation (Thom takes a strong disliking to Jims miniatures.) took place just last year.  The only violence that happened was directed towards the DM's miniatures.  For everyone, except Jim, this was a mildly humorous situation.The third situation (Warren defends his PC's honor.) took place right after I graduated from college.  It's very disturbing to see an actual knife brought into play when you are just sitting around a table trying to play a game.  None of us had ever seen Warren exhibit any violent tendencies up to that point.  I had been gaming with Warren for 2 years when this happened.Any time you have a group of young males 'competing' against one another it is possible that violent outbursts will take place.  Usually this will involve insults, pushing, or even escalate to the point where punches are thrown.  The situation with Warren is one of those things that you can just never predict.  He appeared to be a completely normal and well adjusted person, right up to the point that he pulled that knife out.Each of you could be sitting across from a potential murderer every time you come to the gaming table and you wouldn't necessarily know it.  I know that we never would have guessed.</blockquote>

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