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Another gripe with gamers
14 years ago
I don't mind gamers for the most part. Hell, I AM one.
This wolf is about to shank a bitch. Right in the uvula. With my fist.
My very best friends (Lin_Rei and Bazil_Dragonkin) are currently running an RPG at a local video/game store. One of the players consistently undermines their authority, challenging every decision they make. In addition to this, he is CHEATING. How does one cheat at a roleplaying game? Quite simple. One plays a class (job, for non-gamers) that the DM has not had time to research and then proceeds to give the character spells and feats that simply ARE NOT ALLOWED for that class. Normally, I'm not a rule nazi, and being creative is one of the things I endorse whole-heartedly, but Jesus H. FUCK, every time you try and screw the DM over, you manipulative little shit, I have to spend two days plus hearing about it.
A lot of people will say it's the DM's fault for not better researching the character's class and abilities beforehand. True. I will give you that point. To be fair, there is a LOT of responsibility and reading that comes with being the person in charge of a roleplaying experience. That's part of the reason I won't DM. I'm not willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours of my life giving myself and encyclopedic knowledge of a world I spend a few hours a week in. Not to mention memorizing stats on classes and races I might never encounter. Bazil and Lin are willing to take the time and put forth the effort to provide a world for these people to romp around in.
To continue to be fair, a good deal of gamers are annoying, but they're a functional annoying that can be put aside in light of other, more pleasant qualities. This I can endorse. What I can't endorse is this self-worshiping, conniving oxygen thief (thanks for that insult, Yugo!) that tries to bluff his way to spells outside his class that are at TWICE HIS CURRENT LEVEL. If it were me, I would have told the bitch to take a hike, right when he did it. Get out of my game, you 'new-age, Simple Plan listening emo hippie' (thank you, Least I Could Do). This is re-donk-ulous! What does this guy think he's gaining from 'working the system' or 'inflating his character' like he does? Does he think he's a god or something?
If he were a furry, I'd report his ass to the mods while happily chanting "banstick" over and over in singsong. Of course, if he were a furry, I'd also be calling the deities of suiting and free cookies on his pathetic little arse.
Luckily, there's Ctrl+Alt+SMITE. This is a privilege (and I stress that it should not be abused) that every DM has. Namely, the ability to erase a character from existence.
Thanks for listening, FA. Love you guys.
This wolf is about to shank a bitch. Right in the uvula. With my fist.
My very best friends (Lin_Rei and Bazil_Dragonkin) are currently running an RPG at a local video/game store. One of the players consistently undermines their authority, challenging every decision they make. In addition to this, he is CHEATING. How does one cheat at a roleplaying game? Quite simple. One plays a class (job, for non-gamers) that the DM has not had time to research and then proceeds to give the character spells and feats that simply ARE NOT ALLOWED for that class. Normally, I'm not a rule nazi, and being creative is one of the things I endorse whole-heartedly, but Jesus H. FUCK, every time you try and screw the DM over, you manipulative little shit, I have to spend two days plus hearing about it.
A lot of people will say it's the DM's fault for not better researching the character's class and abilities beforehand. True. I will give you that point. To be fair, there is a LOT of responsibility and reading that comes with being the person in charge of a roleplaying experience. That's part of the reason I won't DM. I'm not willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and hours of my life giving myself and encyclopedic knowledge of a world I spend a few hours a week in. Not to mention memorizing stats on classes and races I might never encounter. Bazil and Lin are willing to take the time and put forth the effort to provide a world for these people to romp around in.
To continue to be fair, a good deal of gamers are annoying, but they're a functional annoying that can be put aside in light of other, more pleasant qualities. This I can endorse. What I can't endorse is this self-worshiping, conniving oxygen thief (thanks for that insult, Yugo!) that tries to bluff his way to spells outside his class that are at TWICE HIS CURRENT LEVEL. If it were me, I would have told the bitch to take a hike, right when he did it. Get out of my game, you 'new-age, Simple Plan listening emo hippie' (thank you, Least I Could Do). This is re-donk-ulous! What does this guy think he's gaining from 'working the system' or 'inflating his character' like he does? Does he think he's a god or something?
If he were a furry, I'd report his ass to the mods while happily chanting "banstick" over and over in singsong. Of course, if he were a furry, I'd also be calling the deities of suiting and free cookies on his pathetic little arse.
Luckily, there's Ctrl+Alt+SMITE. This is a privilege (and I stress that it should not be abused) that every DM has. Namely, the ability to erase a character from existence.
Thanks for listening, FA. Love you guys.
I feel bad for them, even if some claim 'DM's fault' it's not entirely. Gamers trying to flex their EPEEN about making a godly character rather then one that's fun to play witht he story :(
Sorry Bazil had to go through that... It's never fun to do that from a DM perspective :(