I was "booed" for even showing the 4e Core books

[Obryn]

They're both stupid and things that I would rather not deal with. So no, there's no difference.

"Everything I dislike is the same." OK, got it.

What tantrum...where does the poster state the player threw any type of tantrum...like I said this story just keeps growing and changing.

Tearing up a character sheet and walking out is a tantrum.

-O

 

[Imaro]

"Everything I dislike is the same." OK, got it.


Tearing up a character sheet and walking out is a tantrum.

-O

He didn't walk out, he ripped the sheet and said he was done for the night. That's not a tantrum, that's making a statement. I feel like people are adding what they want to the sentence and inferring big time without all the facts.

 

[Umbran]

He didn't walk out, he ripped the sheet and said he was done for the night. That's not a tantrum, that's making a statement.

It could also be a trantrum, or being a drama king/queen, depending on the particulars.

I feel like people are adding what they want to the sentence and inferring big time without all the facts.

The nature of human communication is that it is incomplete - if details are not provided, people will infer them as best they can from context.

 

[Mephistopheles]

The only times I've seen people rip up character sheets is when they've failed system shock rolls, but I think that's not an inappropriate response in context.

As for toilet humour, the day I stop finding it funny I hope my player will take pity on me and rip up my character sheet.

 

[GnomeWorks]

"Everything I dislike is the same." OK, got it.

Why do I bother responding to you?

 

[Eridanis]

Any more sniping at other posters, and this thread will be closed.

 

[Eridanis]

Why do I bother responding to you?

Apparently, because you want a three-day vacation from the boards.

 

[Imaro]

It could also be a trantrum, or being a drama king/queen, depending on the particulars.

Totally agree, the difference is I'm not making value judgments about the person's actions, such as the action being childish, without all the information...others are.

The nature of human communication is that it is incomplete - if details are not provided, people will infer them as best they can from context.

So why not ask for more details rather than create actions, motivations, and details out of thin air?

Like I cited earlier I saw some of these posters avidly defend potty humor and ribbing satire (which I have no problem with) in defense of WotC choosing a way to express their view of certain things in the gamer community, but the minute a guy doesn't like 4e so he rips his sheet and says he's through for the night...his response is instantly labeled childish by some of the same people... without anything concrete to back it up. I mean give me a break, I just call it like I see it.

 

[Diamondeye]

Correct me if I'm wrong - I don't have the books with me - but if I remember correctly, the 2e explanation of being flayed by the Lady of Pain as described as taking the person's character sheet and ripping it into small bits and pieces while describing that nothing about them remains.

Beats the heck out of me. My experience with Planescape consisted of exactly one adventure that ended in my character jumping through a portal that apparently spelled instant doom because my buddy who was ostensibly starting a campaign there discovered (as he generally did on the first or second adventure) that he was already bored with the campaign idea, and wouldn't it be better if I ran something instead?

 

[jdrakeh]

. . . the minute a guy doesn't like 4e so he rips his sheet and says he's through for the night.

Most people don't need more information to label the act in question as childish. Even if the game session was horrible, it doesn't make tearing up one's character sheet and storming out for the night any more mature.

Tearing up a character sheet, storming out of a game session, and declaring that you are done for the night is the playground equivalent of taking your ball and going home. It's considered childish when children do it, for pete's sake.