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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 9048705" data-attributes="member: 261"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't smell. This includes body odor or heavy perfumes/colognes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't be a dick</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't touch other people</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't touch other people's stuff</li> </ul>Not really. Which is amazing because I've been gaming since '81. Though I'm sure there have been some such situations. I'm just a very easy going dude and most things kinda roll off me.This rule: Keep it serious. We're a serious group doing serious things. Bleh. I hate that rule. Hate it. In real life, people react to dark times with humor. Oh, sure. Not all the time. But most of the time.I work in healthcare administering anesthesia. My patients are going through some of the most stressful, God-awful times in their lives and they, with the rare exception, react to these times with humor. Sure. Dark humor. But humor nonetheless.Now I do agree that too much is too much. But if my character says something silly or pithy or some such when things are going crappy, don't come down on me. Bill Paxton's Hudson going "Game over, man! GAME OVER!" after the dropship crashes is memorable because it's so incongruous with the situation AND it highlights how he deals with stress. When confronted by the fact that Newt has lived alone on an Alien infested planet, he doesn't go: "Let's study what she's done and blah, blah, blah." He reacts with a whiny "Why don't you put her in charge!"This goes with "joke" names as well. I've found that parents can be exceedingly cruel with the names they give their children. Here are some REAL patient names: Peter Wart, Christmas Carol, Beneetha Sheets, and Mynex Child. So my character named Ta'ahd or Roach the Thief or Alfus Pinwillow is actually tamer than some poor bastard's real name.I grew up in Comfort, Tx. Spent 10 years in the army. Another 13 years in Los Angeles with a 3 year educational break in Georgia. Now I'm back in San Antonio, Tx. I've played with all kinds of people and the only somewhat universal golden rule has been: Don't be a dick.</blockquote>

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