William Ronald
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worst GenCon gamer
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Xeriar
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EOL said:Unbelievable, the same guy still making the circuits annoying hard, working honest gamers.I met him in a Champs session he was playing Akani (sp?) from Ranma, his own character which he insisted on using. What game were you cursed to participate in?
I get the strange feeling that I went to college with this guy a few semesters ago...
He would not shut up about how cool he was. A friend of mine turned around once and told him that, if he did not shut up, he was going to die.
He apparently took to shutting up around my friend.
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Well this was not your ordinary annoying guy but...
I was at a con in Sweden a few years ago during the early stages of Vampire Live. Every night the entire con got occupied by "vampires" running around discussing things, threaten each other with pieces of paper with gun images on and so on. This guy got fed up with it. He was more of a table player. He had noticed that the vampires used different handsignals to execute abilities they might have. For example if you were to dominate a person you'd point your index finger at your temple or if you were invisible you'd clench your fists and cross your arms over your chest.
The guy picked up on that last bit. He gathered a few friends in his dorm/classroom and they headed for the "Succubus Club" (another classroom on another floor a few corridors away.) They were all walking with their arms crossed their chests, fists clenched. They came to the club and started walking around. No one said anything. No one did even look at this strange group of people.
They were all butt-naked.
I was at a con in Sweden a few years ago during the early stages of Vampire Live. Every night the entire con got occupied by "vampires" running around discussing things, threaten each other with pieces of paper with gun images on and so on. This guy got fed up with it. He was more of a table player. He had noticed that the vampires used different handsignals to execute abilities they might have. For example if you were to dominate a person you'd point your index finger at your temple or if you were invisible you'd clench your fists and cross your arms over your chest.
The guy picked up on that last bit. He gathered a few friends in his dorm/classroom and they headed for the "Succubus Club" (another classroom on another floor a few corridors away.) They were all walking with their arms crossed their chests, fists clenched. They came to the club and started walking around. No one said anything. No one did even look at this strange group of people.
They were all butt-naked.
This is slightly off-topic, but does relate to the above post about the guy who was purporting to be a Navy SEAL. The gist of this is going to be, "I love it when people choke on their own feet."
My best friend is a Navy SEAL down in Coronado. I was visiting him one time and he took me to one of the team bars, for a night of rowdiness with him and some of his buddies. Well, in the midst of our revelry, the SEAL's discovered a poser in the crowd. This guy was hitting on some chick, trying to impress her by saying he was a SEAL. So a couple of the guys weaseled their way into the conversation and before long, this guy was telling actual SEAL's that he was one as well. They allowed him to go on for a while, letting him dig this very deep hole for himself. After a while, the conversation steered towards the coveted Trident. The guy was describing it, boasting about how proud he was when he earned it, and one of the SEAL's was like, "Oh, does it look like this?" and pulled his out. Then like 5 other guys were going, "Hey, what do you know, I have one too."
It was dark in the bar, but you could literally see the blood draining from this guy's face. If memory serves, he was actually a Marine. But in any case, he soon found himself surrounded by about 7 pissed off frogman. One of the more rational of the gang was like, "I think you need to leave. Now." Oh yeah, that guy was gone. Funny stuff.
Wikidogre, where's your cousin stationed? The SEAL community is small and I just wonder if there's an off-hand chance that he was one of the guys I was with that night. Small world and all.
Man, after such a lengthy post, I wish I had a GenCon horror story to contribute. But I don't. Sorry.
Gaius
My best friend is a Navy SEAL down in Coronado. I was visiting him one time and he took me to one of the team bars, for a night of rowdiness with him and some of his buddies. Well, in the midst of our revelry, the SEAL's discovered a poser in the crowd. This guy was hitting on some chick, trying to impress her by saying he was a SEAL. So a couple of the guys weaseled their way into the conversation and before long, this guy was telling actual SEAL's that he was one as well. They allowed him to go on for a while, letting him dig this very deep hole for himself. After a while, the conversation steered towards the coveted Trident. The guy was describing it, boasting about how proud he was when he earned it, and one of the SEAL's was like, "Oh, does it look like this?" and pulled his out. Then like 5 other guys were going, "Hey, what do you know, I have one too."
It was dark in the bar, but you could literally see the blood draining from this guy's face. If memory serves, he was actually a Marine. But in any case, he soon found himself surrounded by about 7 pissed off frogman. One of the more rational of the gang was like, "I think you need to leave. Now." Oh yeah, that guy was gone. Funny stuff.
Wikidogre, where's your cousin stationed? The SEAL community is small and I just wonder if there's an off-hand chance that he was one of the guys I was with that night. Small world and all.
Man, after such a lengthy post, I wish I had a GenCon horror story to contribute. But I don't. Sorry.
Gaius
der_kluge
Adventurer
I met a horrible gamer at a local con last year.
I'm running the game, just a silly thing I threw together - but it was fast paced, and action-packed. And this kid (probably 17 years old) gets up in a huff, grabs his jacket, and heads out of the room. I didn't think much of it - just figured he needed to go to the restroom. This was 30 minutes into the game.
About 5 minutes later he comes storming back in (with as much gusto as a 17-yr. old can muster) and says in all sincerity - "If you don't start laughing at my jokes, I'm just going to leave."
The whole table looked at each other dumbfounded. Now, keep in mind, this guy had been completely unfunny the entire time. He'd made a few comments that could be construed as being funny, but nothing more than a slightl chuckle.
He also made some comment about there not being any cute girls at the table.
One of the guys playing settled him down a bit. Told him that we were fighting gigantic zombies and we needed the aid of his dwarven barbarian badly. He finally settled down a bit and played the rest of the game out.
What a freak.
I'm running the game, just a silly thing I threw together - but it was fast paced, and action-packed. And this kid (probably 17 years old) gets up in a huff, grabs his jacket, and heads out of the room. I didn't think much of it - just figured he needed to go to the restroom. This was 30 minutes into the game.
About 5 minutes later he comes storming back in (with as much gusto as a 17-yr. old can muster) and says in all sincerity - "If you don't start laughing at my jokes, I'm just going to leave."
The whole table looked at each other dumbfounded. Now, keep in mind, this guy had been completely unfunny the entire time. He'd made a few comments that could be construed as being funny, but nothing more than a slightl chuckle.
He also made some comment about there not being any cute girls at the table.
One of the guys playing settled him down a bit. Told him that we were fighting gigantic zombies and we needed the aid of his dwarven barbarian badly. He finally settled down a bit and played the rest of the game out.
What a freak.
KidCthulhu
First Post
My worst con experience has to be a Werewolf game I played 3 years or so ago at GenCon. The judge was a transexxual man, in the early stages of his/her transition. And this guy was the ugliest woman you've ever seen.
Personally, I don't much care what your gender issues are. If you're a good player, and make the game fun (and bathe), you can travel to cons with a flock of sheep for all I care.
But this person was a terrible judge. Disorganized, power crazy, really intent on explaining obscure, irrelevent rules in the middle of combat. So ugly was really only the frosting.
Worst of all, however, was the sequence when the native american female werewolf went in to town to get some supplies. The judge informed us how indian women came in for a lot of harrassment in the old west, being viewed as sexual slaves and animals. That's ok, and pretty accurate. And the judge started throwing rude NPCs and sexual overtures at the PC (not me). Which was fine to a point. Very accurate, and a nice role playing opportunity.
But he/she just wouldn't stop. And next thing we at the table know, we've got an attempted rape on our hands, and none of the PCs near enough to do anything about it. It was gratuitous, and unnecessary, and definitely not part of the adventure.
I'm as rude as the next person (no, wait. Ruder.) and seldom have a problem with dirty jokes and adult comments. But I left that table feeling dirty and violated. Yerg. I still see the woman around some times, and feel sorry for her tables.
Personally, I don't much care what your gender issues are. If you're a good player, and make the game fun (and bathe), you can travel to cons with a flock of sheep for all I care.
But this person was a terrible judge. Disorganized, power crazy, really intent on explaining obscure, irrelevent rules in the middle of combat. So ugly was really only the frosting.
Worst of all, however, was the sequence when the native american female werewolf went in to town to get some supplies. The judge informed us how indian women came in for a lot of harrassment in the old west, being viewed as sexual slaves and animals. That's ok, and pretty accurate. And the judge started throwing rude NPCs and sexual overtures at the PC (not me). Which was fine to a point. Very accurate, and a nice role playing opportunity.
But he/she just wouldn't stop. And next thing we at the table know, we've got an attempted rape on our hands, and none of the PCs near enough to do anything about it. It was gratuitous, and unnecessary, and definitely not part of the adventure.
I'm as rude as the next person (no, wait. Ruder.) and seldom have a problem with dirty jokes and adult comments. But I left that table feeling dirty and violated. Yerg. I still see the woman around some times, and feel sorry for her tables.
Ok so this isn't my bad experience but one a friend had at Gen Con. He and another friend were playing a Werewolf game. From what he told me the plot was pretty good and things were going well, until the Storyteller had my friend roleplay out having the runs. The storyteller also had an NPC mollest another character and tons of animal sex/bestiality comments. Sometimes people just take things a few steps too far.
Not a Con encounter but....
I used to be in a group with a guy who took everything very personally. In general, this group was comfortable with each other so we made reasonably harsh commentary about each other, all in jest of course. The PC's in the game were escaped gladiators who were constantly maneuvering to seize control of the party from the half-orc pitfighter who was dominant. This meant alot of in-party bickering, accusations and "Whoops, did I hit you? So sorry' in fights. My sides frequently ached the next day after these sessions.
Anyway, this guy just kept having emotional moments as a result. Really sucked the fun and spontaneity out of the game.
On another note, the guy lying about his SEAL involvement really irks me. Primarily out of my total respect for the folks who join the military and take the risks so I can sit around fat and happy playing D+D and complaining about my civil rights. But also because my former job frequently sent me to Palestine/Israel, a rather volatile place, so I have a few stories that I don’t’ tell (like sitting on a hillside in Jordan after right after King Hussein died while a Secret Police dude, who was very nervous about the possibility of some form of uprising, loudly and vigorously questioned the two men who were driving me around about exactly why they were taking an American into refugee camps) because I worry my fellow gamers will lump me in the category with that fool.
Corey
I used to be in a group with a guy who took everything very personally. In general, this group was comfortable with each other so we made reasonably harsh commentary about each other, all in jest of course. The PC's in the game were escaped gladiators who were constantly maneuvering to seize control of the party from the half-orc pitfighter who was dominant. This meant alot of in-party bickering, accusations and "Whoops, did I hit you? So sorry' in fights. My sides frequently ached the next day after these sessions.
Anyway, this guy just kept having emotional moments as a result. Really sucked the fun and spontaneity out of the game.
On another note, the guy lying about his SEAL involvement really irks me. Primarily out of my total respect for the folks who join the military and take the risks so I can sit around fat and happy playing D+D and complaining about my civil rights. But also because my former job frequently sent me to Palestine/Israel, a rather volatile place, so I have a few stories that I don’t’ tell (like sitting on a hillside in Jordan after right after King Hussein died while a Secret Police dude, who was very nervous about the possibility of some form of uprising, loudly and vigorously questioned the two men who were driving me around about exactly why they were taking an American into refugee camps) because I worry my fellow gamers will lump me in the category with that fool.
Corey
VirtualWizard
Explorer
This year at GEN Con, I didn't have the opportunity to enjoy the presence of one of the Great Unwashed. However, I did play with a low level rogue.
Towards the end of a Living Force event, my character decided to grab a chunk of alien metal from an asteriod as the group was leaving. Why did I grab it? Don't ask, my character likes to gather souvenirs of his journeys. Well at the end of the game, the GM handed out a cert for the metal chunk. (I was surprised)As he was handing it out to me, the player next to me (I'll call him Greedy) quickly snatched the cert from the GM. I didn't think much of it, but I had to ask Greedy a couple of times to see the cert. He grugingly handed it to me. This cert would allow one to construct a powerful sword with a little money. The cert eventually got back into Greedy's hands. As I was watching, Greedy decided to put his character sheet and other stuff away. Mistakenly? getting the cert stuck with his character stuff. Hmm.... I asked it he was going to allow anyone else a chance to get the cert. Greedy said "Ohh" and pulled the cert out like he'd wondered how it got there. Nobody but Greedy and me wanted it, so we rolled for it. I won.
I know that certs can be valuable, but trying to pull a fast one on me really earns my ire. I wonder how often this sort of situation happens at Cons?
Towards the end of a Living Force event, my character decided to grab a chunk of alien metal from an asteriod as the group was leaving. Why did I grab it? Don't ask, my character likes to gather souvenirs of his journeys. Well at the end of the game, the GM handed out a cert for the metal chunk. (I was surprised)As he was handing it out to me, the player next to me (I'll call him Greedy) quickly snatched the cert from the GM. I didn't think much of it, but I had to ask Greedy a couple of times to see the cert. He grugingly handed it to me. This cert would allow one to construct a powerful sword with a little money. The cert eventually got back into Greedy's hands. As I was watching, Greedy decided to put his character sheet and other stuff away. Mistakenly? getting the cert stuck with his character stuff. Hmm.... I asked it he was going to allow anyone else a chance to get the cert. Greedy said "Ohh" and pulled the cert out like he'd wondered how it got there. Nobody but Greedy and me wanted it, so we rolled for it. I won.
I know that certs can be valuable, but trying to pull a fast one on me really earns my ire. I wonder how often this sort of situation happens at Cons?
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