Players from Hell.

jester47 · Aug 4, 2003

I want to know more about the head in the box...

Aaron.

Voadam · Aug 4, 2003

KenM said:
Teflon Billy, just a quick question. I know you "hit the reset button" but would'nt the fireball have gotten the serving girl as well?

GURPS fireballs are not AoE spells unless specifically pumped up.

blackshirt5 · Aug 4, 2003

I'll have to collaborate a bit with Angcuru on these(my memory for RL happenings is notoriously bad), but we will regale you with the epic tales of:

Phil, A Tale of Painkillers and Boxcutters and an Attempted Rape gone Wrong;
Patrick, or A Powergamer Buttmolests The DM into Sheer Godhood;
Sean, a.k.a "YOU CAN't DOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT!";
Jared, or "I wanna play a weretiger Akuma; remember that CD of porn, Ricky?";
Richard. "I was gaming in the womb!"
Chalupa Steve. A tale full of mispronounced names and Gold Dragons named "Rafe".
Pauly; Richard's older brother. a.k.a the reason why we can't game in the mall.
Schlager, "Grease isn't just the word, it's the EXISTENCE!" Water, despite our fondest hopes, never found it's way into this story.

If I can think of any others, I'll put them up here. But you can understand why we're so insane(and our gaming group so small, we attract more than our share).

KenM · Aug 4, 2003

Numion said:
GURPS fireballs are like the ones in Mortal Kombat .. only gets one dude, IIRC. No explosion, I mean.

Forgot He said it was GURPS, my bad.

Farganger · Aug 4, 2003

Enkhidu said:
Stories like these are why our table is pretty much free from alcohol. One or two of us will have an occasional beer, but any more than one per session is quickly peer-pressured out.

Wow - a tough standard! I've never had anyone have more than three or four drinks at a game and never noted any problems.

I have had remarkably few encounters with bad players, I am happy to say. I do recall one "group" that was pretty dreadful, but we were all teenagers and our moods seemed to have more influence on our role-play than can readily be excused.

Teflon Billy · Aug 4, 2003

KenM said:
Teflon Billy, just a quick question. I know you "hit the reset button" but would'nt the fireball have gotten the serving girl as well?

No, it was GURPS, and fireballs aren't area attacks.

Tabarnak Smokeblower · Aug 4, 2003

That was horribly, HORRIBLY entertaining.

My sympathies to the lot of you.

TS

Nifft · Aug 4, 2003

Vaxalon said:
The word is "schadenfreude." English really needs to get on the ball and put together a word that means the same thing.

I have two:

Amusive

Sadistfaction

-- Nifft

Particle_Man · Aug 4, 2003

My sympathy to all of you. I feel very fortunate that I have never had such serious problems. I have had morons in the game, but never creeps or heavy drinkers.

I think I will go buy my fellow players pizza or something.

Teflon Billy · Aug 4, 2003

Ashtal said:
Alright, the last story wasn't all that funny ... kinda sad ... but the first story was funny, and Billy ... WOW, I can't believe that guy tried to pull that, but good for you and your group for kicking his ass in-game!

Yeah, well he excused himself almost immediately after I called the game, whch saved him from a rather more RL beating I think (we were young and full of testosterone).

The guy just "oozed creep" if you get what I mean.

We actually don't refer to him as "El Creepo"...we call him (to this day) "Rape Boy"...but using that name would've given away the ending (and hell, the middle) of my story.

I bristle at people who think "mature" means "abhorrent".