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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 5523989" data-attributes="member: 42040">Long story short: I've been invited to guest DM next week's session of D&amp;D Encounters even though I'm relatively new to the group. &nbsp;I find some players' table talk distracting from the game and inappropriate (including frequent profanity, as well as sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic slurs, etc.) [Some of this is friendly ribbing between female, African American, and Jewish gamers at the table - but it's still distracting and looks bad to onlookers.)&nbsp;I'm not a prude at all. However, I think that this reflects poorly on the newly established FLGS, which is trying to court new customers, as well as on the RPG community as a whole. I am not a prude, but I think that when there are families with 8 to 10 year old kids dropping by to look at comic books, toys, etc., that gamers should behave a little better.&nbsp;Or if nothing else, we should focus on the game so we don't spend 2 hours for a session of encounters.&nbsp;Show of hands: Would I be within my right as guest DM to ask players to stay focused and to not engage in perpetual bad language? I know that several players at least have complained that the regular DM doesn't put his foot down hard enough. &nbsp;Retreater</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 5523989, member: 42040"] Long story short: I've been invited to guest DM next week's session of D&D Encounters even though I'm relatively new to the group. I find some players' table talk distracting from the game and inappropriate (including frequent profanity, as well as sexist, racist, and anti-Semitic slurs, etc.) [Some of this is friendly ribbing between female, African American, and Jewish gamers at the table - but it's still distracting and looks bad to onlookers.) I'm not a prude at all. However, I think that this reflects poorly on the newly established FLGS, which is trying to court new customers, as well as on the RPG community as a whole. I am not a prude, but I think that when there are families with 8 to 10 year old kids dropping by to look at comic books, toys, etc., that gamers should behave a little better. Or if nothing else, we should focus on the game so we don't spend 2 hours for a session of encounters. Show of hands: Would I be within my right as guest DM to ask players to stay focused and to not engage in perpetual bad language? I know that several players at least have complained that the regular DM doesn't put his foot down hard enough. Retreater [/QUOTE]

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