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<blockquote data-quote="ST" data-source="post: 1136806" data-attributes="member: 14053">As they'd say on the Forge, this is a social issue, and not strictly a gaming one.So he wants to be better than everybody else, and 'different' enough that he gets a lot of screen time, and a lot of in-game time is spent dealing with his character in particular.Does he not get much attention outside of the game? That is a common cause of that sort of behavior. Certainly, he's viewing the game as a competition between him and the other players, and he wants to 'win' it. Making the social contract of the group explicit is often uncomfortable, but it seems like a good idea in this case.I don't think it's guilt, or positive reinforcement; I think you flat out have to come out and tell him. &quot;Hey, you consistently modify your characters to one-up the other PCs. It's annoying, and disruptive. We really wish you would stop. Hell, pick a niche you want to be best at, and we'll stay out of it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ST, post: 1136806, member: 14053"] As they'd say on the Forge, this is a social issue, and not strictly a gaming one. So he wants to be better than everybody else, and 'different' enough that he gets a lot of screen time, and a lot of in-game time is spent dealing with his character in particular. Does he not get much attention outside of the game? That is a common cause of that sort of behavior. Certainly, he's viewing the game as a competition between him and the other players, and he wants to 'win' it. Making the social contract of the group explicit is often uncomfortable, but it seems like a good idea in this case. I don't think it's guilt, or positive reinforcement; I think you flat out have to come out and tell him. "Hey, you consistently modify your characters to one-up the other PCs. It's annoying, and disruptive. We really wish you would stop. Hell, pick a niche you want to be best at, and we'll stay out of it." [/QUOTE]

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