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<blockquote data-quote="Gadodel" data-source="post: 1054383" data-attributes="member: 973">The story I am about to tell was far less funny than it was scary.&nbsp; It was circa 1988.&nbsp; There was five of us that consistently got together to game.&nbsp; D&amp;D, Twilight 2000, Traveller; we tried it all.&nbsp; One of the core players wanted us to allow a new player in the group.&nbsp; It was a room mate of that core player.&nbsp; I'll call him XYZ.&nbsp; XYZ got along with our group well.&nbsp; He knew how to play and was willing to try anything to help out the group.&nbsp; There was one problem from the onset.&nbsp; XYZ was, shall we say; &quot;weird&quot;.&nbsp; He was too passionate about his characters.&nbsp; He wrote lengthy histories and was meticulous about the details.That was fine.&nbsp; That is until XYZ would start acting like his character out of sessions.&nbsp; XYZ would even refer to himself by his character's name.&nbsp; Going to the bars and attempting to interest the opposite sex in RL was difficult to say the least with XYZ.&nbsp; Challenging others to a fight, over some perceived slight; was not cool.&nbsp; XYZ would get upset when we would reality check him.&nbsp; During one session XYZ's favorite character died.&nbsp; XYZ cried like it was a reall death!&nbsp; XYZ said that he wanted to die too.&nbsp; We, of course didn't know how to react.&nbsp; XYZ stormed out of my apartment, angry and sad.The core member of the group that invited&nbsp; XYZ, whom was also his room mate; stuck around to play for a few hours more.&nbsp; We were having a lot of fun.We got the call about 2AM.&nbsp; XYZ had tried to commit suicide!&nbsp; Our friend found his room mate and had to call an ambulance.&nbsp; It was very scary and sad.&nbsp; XYZ went away for awhile after that.&nbsp; He was diagonsed with a form of Schizophrenia not long after this.&nbsp; XYZ was a shell of his former self the next time I saw him, some six months later.&nbsp; I was a sophomore in college at the time.&nbsp; I didn't understand mental illness too well then and even after gettting a degree in psychology, still don't understand it too well.&nbsp; XYZ exemplified one rule I use to this date: If I suspect that the person has issues, no matter how small; I don't game with them.&nbsp; Period!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadodel, post: 1054383, member: 973"] The story I am about to tell was far less funny than it was scary. It was circa 1988. There was five of us that consistently got together to game. D&D, Twilight 2000, Traveller; we tried it all. One of the core players wanted us to allow a new player in the group. It was a room mate of that core player. I'll call him XYZ. XYZ got along with our group well. He knew how to play and was willing to try anything to help out the group. There was one problem from the onset. XYZ was, shall we say; "weird". He was too passionate about his characters. He wrote lengthy histories and was meticulous about the details. That was fine. That is until XYZ would start acting like his character out of sessions. XYZ would even refer to himself by his character's name. Going to the bars and attempting to interest the opposite sex in RL was difficult to say the least with XYZ. Challenging others to a fight, over some perceived slight; was not cool. XYZ would get upset when we would reality check him. During one session XYZ's favorite character died. XYZ cried like it was a reall death! XYZ said that he wanted to die too. We, of course didn't know how to react. XYZ stormed out of my apartment, angry and sad. The core member of the group that invited XYZ, whom was also his room mate; stuck around to play for a few hours more. We were having a lot of fun. We got the call about 2AM. XYZ had tried to commit suicide! Our friend found his room mate and had to call an ambulance. It was very scary and sad. XYZ went away for awhile after that. He was diagonsed with a form of Schizophrenia not long after this. XYZ was a shell of his former self the next time I saw him, some six months later. I was a sophomore in college at the time. I didn't understand mental illness too well then and even after gettting a degree in psychology, still don't understand it too well. XYZ exemplified one rule I use to this date: If I suspect that the person has issues, no matter how small; I don't game with them. Period! [/QUOTE]

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