Comments | ogremarco: Requested post #4 part 2

ogremarco

Requested post #4 part 2

Aug 27, 2009 20:05

In my last post I talked about heading off potential problem players before they have a chance to be problematic, but I get the feeling the question was more directed at a situation where there were already problems and there was a need to talk to the player at the root of it ( Read more... )

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haate August 28 2009, 04:58:44 UTC

I love you for that "it's just a game" comment.

jeliza August 28 2009, 06:01:07 UTC

Seconded.

javagoth August 28 2009, 05:20:16 UTC

Have I mentioned recently I love you? I do!! I think I need to bookmark this for the next time I hear this in regards to the larp games I play in...

karjack August 28 2009, 05:58:55 UTC

Chiming in on the love.

apostle August 28 2009, 07:04:31 UTC

I agree 100% that part of the role of any decent GM is to moderate this and all player interactions to a certain degree, but pardon me if I chime in with a little bit of "let's back this shit up just a minute ( ... )

kaomera August 28 2009, 13:14:47 UTC

Does "who's at fault here?" have to fall to the GM to answer? This is, IMO, one of the main reason having to deal with this kind of shit sucks. There's any number of things that could be going on away from the table that might be triggering Kevin's acting out. As GM you may not know, and you probably don't want to be involved (I certainly don't - I suck at playing social worker). But Kevin is causing you and probably the entire rest of the group a problem at the table. Regardless of what the underlying issues are or are not, it has to stop. It's possible it might be unfair, in light of the larger issues, to put that all on Kevin, but he's the one being a problem at the table.

I like the "It's just a game" thing. Or, rather I don't like it but I like what Ogre wrote about it. I've had issues with a lot of "trad" gamers that they basically don't want to talk about the game, outside of actual play. I kinda wanted to ask a question about that (back when the questions where being asked) but I couldn't get it straight in my head...

ogremarco August 28 2009, 14:41:36 UTC

It's just a funny example, pal. Don't read too much into it. Or do, feel free to asssume that the speaker is a paternalistic control freak and that Amy is a well armed malcontent.

apostle August 28 2009, 15:11:48 UTC

Not trying to read too much into it, just trying to make the point that most of the time that this crap arises is because people don't deal directly with their own problems.

But I am starting to like Amy a little. =)

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