ThirdWizard
First Post
I have never had a problem player.
Indeed. It’s threads like these that scare me into only playing PbP…JoeBlank said:As I said in the other thread, it amazes me to no end that some people think gaming is an excuse not to behave like a proper house guest. I suppose some people are just jerks.
WayneLigon said:Perhaps the most disturbing thing I ever saw him do: I am sitting beside him, and he has an open bag of bubblegum. I gradually become aware that he is unwrapping a new peice of bubblegum every, oh, five minutes over the course of the night until the bag is empty. There are just smooth wrappers left, and no sign of old gum. His speech does not become slurred or muffled, so unless he is unusually gifted in that department or has cheeks like a chipmunk, he's not chewn but eaten an entire bag of bubblegum.
Spider said:I think they might have left early because--surprise!--their child didn't want to be there. Moments later, we all agreed that the cavern our party was in collapsed, crushing only the two newest PC's.
sniffles said:I just have to make a point that some of the bad behaviors being discussed in Edemaitre's list are subject to opinion. In my group several of us have dietary restrictions, so we typically all bring our own food and don't share, though occasionally someone may bring a "group" dish. My fiancee also has a tendency to fall asleep during the games, but he wakes up again immediately if anyone addresses him, so as long as he doesn't snore it doesn't bother anyone.
So just how do you kick someone out of a game? I've seen a lot of stories about bad players being shown the door, but few descriptions of the method used. Do you take JoeGKushner's advice and tell the person flat out that they're not welcome anymore - and why, or do you take the less painful option of making up an excuse to exclude the person? Or something in between?
I'll give an example myself: A friend of mine did something during a D&D game that really irritated the other players, one in particular. The player who was irritated was preparing to run a campaign of his own, and the offending player had already made a character. But after the event in question, the player/GM decided he didn't want that player in his game. We were going to play at the offender's home because the GM's home was inconvenient for him to travel to, so we just moved the game to the GM's house and told the offending player that we'd had to change the location due to scheduling issues. The thing is, we're still friends with the offender and participate in other games with him, so we didn't want to hurt his feelings by telling him he wasn't welcome in that one game.