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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 2740672" data-attributes="member: 3087">Tatsu brings up a good point, though one only tangentially related to the conversation.1. Make sure its clear to everyone what’s going on    Tatsu and I were never co-DMs, for example. He said he thought I was a good DM and asked for advice; I played in the game for a bit and then left.2. Avoid playing with people who’s psychological problems made the game unfun for others. If you're this person you don't have to get over yourself but you'll find your gaming options limited./hijackTatsu,(somewhat ironically I was forced to remove you from my ignore list to respond)Your issues make you a very difficult person to play with. Initially, because outside of DnD you’re a bright, relatively well adapted person, I thought it might just some sort of residual issue from HS you’d get over. Time, and the outcomes of several campaigns with a multitude of different people, suggest that you’re not ready to move on to that stage of your (gaming) life.Since you’ve posted in a public forum (on a completely unrelated thread) I’ll take this as another “cry for help”.As a player you were abrasive, obnoxious and didn’t roleplay. Every game you participated in your goal was to “win” by verbally badgering and belittling people (to your credit this was directed more at NPCs, or “lower level losers”). You cheated, both by ignoring or trying to obfuscate rules that didn’t suit you at the point in time as well as using a number of techniques to “artificially enhance” your die roles.You never admitted it when caught, there was always some excuse.I had great faith in your general mental abilities and in the fact that while you think it’s cool to be a jerk, you –aren’t- actually a jerk. I remain confident there is a good guy inside of you. He just doesn’t get let out very much.I encouraged you to be a DM because 1) I was sick of having to deal with you as a player 2) I thought that you’d realize that giving free reign to your mental issues on other people’s time made for an unpleasant Sunday afternoon.After it appeared obvious that this wasn’t the case and you were fixating upon living out your issues I (quietly) made up some excuse and left. Your game puttered on for quite some time (at least several months) without me. I am aware it collapsed after a string of encounters which involved over-CR creatures and you insulting mocking people for not being able to beat them.What this has to do with  me and some sort of “co-DMing” relationship you felt like we had I’m not sure.I’ve only met the other person you referred to in person once, but frankly, playing DnD with you is very hard; if it didn’t work out then you’ve only yourself to blame.Until you can accept: that characters are not just stats on a page, at least try to have personality or motivation. It’s a story not NWN.that alignments like good and evil don’t mean “stupid people” and “cool people”that all paladins should not be a proxy for stupid-religious-types-you-don’t-like with the same personality and the same “I’m stupid” voicethe rules. They’re a big part of the game; they should apply to everybody.A good hint: Strive to be honest both with yourself about what you’re doing and with others. You’re reasonably good about this outside of the game there is no reason why you can’t play DnD the same way.</blockquote>

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