Ok, when I’m at a convention of some sort I expect a certain amount of unwashed folks and some geekiness. More then expect it I’ve come to embrace and accept it as part of the natural order. But you two really made it hard for me to have fun.
To guy #1. I don’t need to hear belching or the word “fuck” coming out of your mouth every other time you open it. How can you behave like that in front of people you know let alone those of us you didn’t know? Listening to you belch and curse for nearly 4 hours isn’t my idea of a good time especially since you sat next to me.
To guy #2. I don’t need to know that you don’t like gay people and I certainly don’t need to hear you use the word fag in every third sentence. If you think something is lame you don’t have to say it is gay, you don’t have to call NPCs fags, and there was no reason to bring up the fact that you don’t like gay people. Our organization actually has rules about doing that sort of thing and I know you’ve been warned about it in the past.
I suppose this was kind of a lame rant. I play these games to have a good time and I don’t expect people to ruin it by behaving like a bunch of two year olds. I think guy #2 is scheduled to play in the same game as me today and if he starts up with the fag crap I’m going to ask him to stop. If he doesn’t then I’ll just report him to the club. I can tolerate a lot of crap but even I get sick of stuff.
What’re you playing, Marc? Any chance you’re a spellcaster who can wish “fag hater” into a lace-wearing, hair-teasing, man-loving homosexual? I’d do it in a heartbeat. My bet is he’d leave rather than act out such a “nasty” character. Good riddance.
I realised this a while back-
Very, very, out gay man walks into the local tavern and orders a drink
the crowd whispers-
That man acts in a strange, flamboyant manner.
That man talks in a strange, flamboyant manner.
That man is dressed in colorful flamboyant clothes.
That man is wearing a rainbow talisman.
He must be a mighty wizard!
For this reason, I doubt violence against gays is a problem on Oerth.
Or consider that according to The Complete Book Of Elves, elves make no distinction between the genders. Their languages lack gender pronouns and gender is not a consideration when electing a leader etc. Their chief god appears as a man, a woman, or a hermaphrodite.
The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that the Bright folk are bisexual.
I guess things have changed. When I was gaming, #2 would have been tripped down the stairs as soon as possible:
Bard: “Whoops!”
Paladin: “Jeez, he really slipped all over the place on that step, did he bump into me? I hope my bastard sword didn’t get knocked out of it’s scabbard somehow and nail him to the floor at the bottom of the stairwell! Perhaps I should make a saving throw to see?”
GM: (rolls dice) “Next!”
OTOH, #1 would have fit right in, if he was able to combine the limited vocabulary and release of Mountain Dew fumes…
Sorry to say, at a convention you will see all types. But also remember, that the GM at most conventions has every right to tell a player to leave. If the disturbing player (or observer) refuses, call over the gofer or the volunteer in the game room and ask them to remove said person, and they will. But we aren’t going to go looking for the troublemakers, cause sometimes the players like them for some odd reason.
Narile – Former head of gaming at ConJose, now just staff.
You should so totally bitch them out for not roleplaying, not casually, go hardcore on their asses. That and steal from their players while they’re sleeping. Thats what my halfling thief does.
Well calling this thing a Con is being generous though technically that’s what it was. The only games available for play were Living City and Living Greyhawk, there was no security, no dealers room, and no special guest. For the most part I had a good time over the two days I attended the con.
Guy #2 and I were scheduled for one game the next day and he actually behaved himself. He did say “fag” once and I was all ready to jump on him the next time he said it but he never did. He actually seemed like a decent person when he wasn’t busy saying fag or gay all the time.
Oh well, I think one of the biggest problems with these DMs was that they didn’t control players that needed to be controlled. At some of the other tables there were often players who table talked to the point where the game could not be played and the DM couldn’t even be heard. I’d say out of 5 of the tables I played at only two were great fun, with one being mediocre, and two being abysmal.
I volunteered to DM a few Living Greyhawk mods in the future. I think many of them will find that I am less tolerant of disruptive and offensive behavior then some of the other DMs.
I remember my first DM. I stood up and walked behind him in order to read a Far Side on the wall.
“The DM does not like people standing behind him”
"I'm reading the cartoon. I'll be done in a second."
"Flaming meteors beging falling out the sky. There seem to be hundreds of them. Which die shall I use to roll for damage?"
If I were GMing a game with someone like this in, I would certainly consider it a good time to produce a belt of gnder-changing… or even better, a belt of sexual-re-orientation!
“You suddenly find yourself paddling a canoe in upstate Georgia. A strange stringed instrument plays in the background. You cannot go back, wqhat are you doing?”
Good riddance.
