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<blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 2736959" data-attributes="member: 10638"><p>The two things you consider 'extreme' are very important for my gaming anymore. Those two things being: voting a player out and Gamer Profiling. I'll tell you why:</p><p></p><p>1. I have children. I don't let anonymous people come into my house. We screen them and meet them before we invite them over with standard questions. </p><p></p><p>2. Our questionaire is as much basic "what's your phone number so we can reach you" as it is, "are you going to be an idiot at our table?" questions. It also helps us find out what players want. For example. One guy noted in his questionaire that he absolutely wouldn't play in any game where there aren't halflings and he wanted to know if he could bring pot to the game (in my house, with my small children). Another guy noted he lives 4 hours away. Standard questions solve a lot of wasted time. I can also send these people to games closer to them (I know lots of DM's).</p><p></p><p>3. As the DM, I let the players police their own. I'm not going to be the ONLY one who has to deal with people who are <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />s. Why should I have some player pissed off at me, and have them come back and vandalize my house or steal my <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> on the way out the door? Think this doesn't happen when you kick someone out of the group? Think again. I've heard it LOTS of times from other gamers and have had it happen to me. </p><p> </p><p>4. My experiences with the RPGA have also soured me (severely) because bar-none there's an unpleasant person at EVERY table we play at. I'm sorry, but we just don't have time for that anymore. I've been at tables where DM's kick players out in the middle of the game and it seems to me that if he'd had an anonymous vote or had the other players backing him, the whole process would be less ugly for the DM (who usually quits running games after having to do stuff like that..all because of some <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> at the table). I sympathize with the DM and back my DM's.</p><p></p><p>Besides, who wants to game with idiots..and who has time to anymore? Maybe it's just because I'm not in college anymore, but even so..if I could get the time back I spent hanging out with losers...oh, the good ol' days...</p><p></p><p>jh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emirikol, post: 2736959, member: 10638"] The two things you consider 'extreme' are very important for my gaming anymore. Those two things being: voting a player out and Gamer Profiling. I'll tell you why: 1. I have children. I don't let anonymous people come into my house. We screen them and meet them before we invite them over with standard questions. 2. Our questionaire is as much basic "what's your phone number so we can reach you" as it is, "are you going to be an idiot at our table?" questions. It also helps us find out what players want. For example. One guy noted in his questionaire that he absolutely wouldn't play in any game where there aren't halflings and he wanted to know if he could bring pot to the game (in my house, with my small children). Another guy noted he lives 4 hours away. Standard questions solve a lot of wasted time. I can also send these people to games closer to them (I know lots of DM's). 3. As the DM, I let the players police their own. I'm not going to be the ONLY one who has to deal with people who are :):):):):):):)s. Why should I have some player pissed off at me, and have them come back and vandalize my house or steal my :):):):) on the way out the door? Think this doesn't happen when you kick someone out of the group? Think again. I've heard it LOTS of times from other gamers and have had it happen to me. 4. My experiences with the RPGA have also soured me (severely) because bar-none there's an unpleasant person at EVERY table we play at. I'm sorry, but we just don't have time for that anymore. I've been at tables where DM's kick players out in the middle of the game and it seems to me that if he'd had an anonymous vote or had the other players backing him, the whole process would be less ugly for the DM (who usually quits running games after having to do stuff like that..all because of some :):):):):):):) at the table). I sympathize with the DM and back my DM's. Besides, who wants to game with idiots..and who has time to anymore? Maybe it's just because I'm not in college anymore, but even so..if I could get the time back I spent hanging out with losers...oh, the good ol' days... jh [/QUOTE]
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