Unpolite and happy about it! UPDATED 11/04/05

[diaglo]

Such a quandry - hard to find gamers, and then when you do, you get bozos ... but in the end, there's no point in gaming if you have to put up with that nonsense.

took me 7 years to find my current OD&D group.

i could find a newer edition group without even trying. i went thru 6 of them before i found the one i'm playing with.

 

[Prince Atom]

Is it evil that I am feeling good because of something that makes someone else sad?

No, it's not evil, it's schadenfreude.

I, too, am in awe.. I have sometimes had to rely on the generosity of my friends, and I know I've been able to eat an entire bag of goldfish at a shindig (but I brought them, and no one else wanted any), but that is an entirely other level of selfishness.

I think he warrants the Hat of Discipline. He was obviously raised in a barn, after all.

TWK

 

[JoeBlank]

It amazes me sometimes how people seem to elevate gaming above normal hobbies, believing it should take an Act of Congress or divine intervention to warrant kicking someone out of a group.

D&D is just a game. Nothing about it excuses you from being a decent guest if you are in someone else's home.

If the muffin incident had happened to me while I had friends over for dinner, to watch football, or to play tiddlywinks, I still can not imagine a person acting this boorish and expecting to be invited back into my home.

You did the right thing, and you have every right to feel good about it. Enjoy the thought of future gaming sessions without this guy around.

 

[Oryan77]

Kick Frank out? Are you kidding me

This is the best kind of guy to have around. What you do is, have your wife make more muffins but add lots of Exlax in them. Then remove the toilet paper from your bathroom and just leave a convienient bag of cotton balls on the sink. But sprinkle lots of itching powder or some other substance on the cotton balls. After Frank eats the muffins and hits the can, there's at least a good half hour of enjoyment for you & the rest of the players.

Then let Frank know what's up, and if he ever acts like a shmuck again you'll get yet another good story to post about to everyone on Enworld. Guys like Frank are the types that you keep around to take your own frustrations out on. Crappy week at work and Frank is still being a prick? It's time to teach Frank another life lesson about why not to screw over your friends.

 

[Steel_Wind]

I'm thinking Frank and the Muffin Incident deserves to be enshrined on RPG.net's "Creepiest person you've ever gamed with" thread (if that truly epic thread survived the forum reshuffle over there).

It's not that it's a winning entry - but such activity would be at least worthy of a nomination and perhaps drive home the point to Frank about what an ass he truly is.

 

[Dog Moon]

Originally posted by Steel_Wind
RPG.net's "Creepiest person you've ever gamed with" thread

I wish I knew where to look for that thread, though a part of me feels too afraid to want to read it. However, I don't really see Frank as creepy, just a bastard, and not the kind who's parents were never wedded, just...a bastard.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Better than being the Eternal Cyric - he would've assassinated him, lied about his whereabouts, animated his corpse, dressed it up in women's clothing, and pretended to hold an innocent hostage the next time Tyr or Torm came around.

My mind is odd, sometimes.

But then when you hang around with a guy named Torm and if he's anything RL like he is on this board, then I can see why....

 

[Darth K'Trava]

It's threads like these which make me ever more sure that I'm incredibly lucky with the people I've met as a gamer. As a lot of people have said - Wow!

True. I've got a good group as well. Even though some of us are poor and they realize that. I do try to take stuff once in awhile when I can. Usually a bag of Twizzlers or Smarties.

 

[Azul]

I'm almost having a hard time believing the OP in this case with a player that bad.

Perhaps it's just good fortune that I've never run into anyone quite that... wrong.

Personally, I'm just stunned that he had the patience to put up with it getting that bad. That isn't a bad player, it's an utter boor and a greedy mooch who happens to show up at gaming.

 

[Chimera]

That isn't a bad player, it's an utter boor and a greedy mooch who happens to show up at gaming.

Preach it, brother!

The person who does this sort of thing and then accuses you of being the bad guy because you object; is the bad guy. They try to turn the tables on you and make you feel bad because it works!

Out of false modesty and fear of looking bad (or at least, fear of being accused of looking bad), we tolerate the bad behavior of others and refuse to defend ourselves.