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[ot rant] a player who annoys me to the point of psychotic thoughts
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<blockquote data-quote="eXodus" data-source="post: 38366" data-attributes="member: 417"><p>i have been running a game nearly every week since november. all of my players came to me over the waves of cyberspace, ie i found them online.</p><p></p><p>i got really fortunate with all of them. all of them except one that is.</p><p></p><p>one guy is just not working out exactly as i had hoped.</p><p></p><p>he is the youngest of all of the players at 22. everyone else is at least 26. this guy came into the game with wild ideas of character concepts. first he wanted to play wolverine. i do not mean a character inspired by wolverine, he wanted to PLAY wolverine. i vetoed that. he was deadset on playing a jedi knight conversion. how in the hell do you convert a d20 star wars class to a d20 d&d class? anyhow. i again vetoed that. even though i explained my premise in the first meeting with him still he pushed and pushed as far as ability scores, races, and classes.</p><p></p><p>i am not exaggerating at all when i say that if he could just drop a dragonball z character into my forgotten realms game he would.</p><p></p><p>i am a nice guy. it is one of my downfalls. i am too tolerant of his outbursts, lack of attention to the game and just general annoyance. </p><p></p><p>he settled on a monk who met a horrible end at the blade of a dwarven fighter's axe. the monk's name was goku. so his new character was a rogue/fighter. a good character even. </p><p></p><p>but the problem i am running into is he just will not shut up about his star wars jedi knight <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />e. he goes into little ramblings about it midgame as i am trying to conduct my dming business. </p><p></p><p>it is driving me and the other players insane. and i think i will have to remove him from the group if i cannot reign him in. </p><p></p><p>diplomacy is how i would like to handle it all.</p><p></p><p>i would love some help in how to deal with 1. trying to explain to him that i need him to focus on the game at hand, and conform to what the rest of us are doing. and 2. how to remove him from the game without any problems if it comes to it.</p><p></p><p>this is all new to me as i have never had any problems with a gamer before. i have always been very fortunate.</p><p></p><p>thank you folks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eXodus, post: 38366, member: 417"] i have been running a game nearly every week since november. all of my players came to me over the waves of cyberspace, ie i found them online. i got really fortunate with all of them. all of them except one that is. one guy is just not working out exactly as i had hoped. he is the youngest of all of the players at 22. everyone else is at least 26. this guy came into the game with wild ideas of character concepts. first he wanted to play wolverine. i do not mean a character inspired by wolverine, he wanted to PLAY wolverine. i vetoed that. he was deadset on playing a jedi knight conversion. how in the hell do you convert a d20 star wars class to a d20 d&d class? anyhow. i again vetoed that. even though i explained my premise in the first meeting with him still he pushed and pushed as far as ability scores, races, and classes. i am not exaggerating at all when i say that if he could just drop a dragonball z character into my forgotten realms game he would. i am a nice guy. it is one of my downfalls. i am too tolerant of his outbursts, lack of attention to the game and just general annoyance. he settled on a monk who met a horrible end at the blade of a dwarven fighter's axe. the monk's name was goku. so his new character was a rogue/fighter. a good character even. but the problem i am running into is he just will not shut up about his star wars jedi knight :):):):)e. he goes into little ramblings about it midgame as i am trying to conduct my dming business. it is driving me and the other players insane. and i think i will have to remove him from the group if i cannot reign him in. diplomacy is how i would like to handle it all. i would love some help in how to deal with 1. trying to explain to him that i need him to focus on the game at hand, and conform to what the rest of us are doing. and 2. how to remove him from the game without any problems if it comes to it. this is all new to me as i have never had any problems with a gamer before. i have always been very fortunate. thank you folks. [/QUOTE]
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