Ah, the adulation of the crowd...
I've recently joined an ongoing Arena game of D&D here in Mt. Pleasant. It's run at Hall of Heroes, and has a fair number of members. Some of the players are pretty cool, and a few characters are undeniably kick ass. Like the grappler with tentacles and 20 feet of reach. Or the guy who can cast Magic Missile at will. My character is nothing special, but she's got had her moments.
So, yesterday we were in a team deathmatch. Teams were randomly decided, and as fate would have it, the four strongest characters were on the other team. The other 3 members of their team weren't bad, just not as strong. My team, however, had all the most worthless characters and players possible. Half of my team was played by children aged 11 and under. They had no idea what they were doing or how to play, and as a result, were totally ineffective. My team was completely outgunned, we never stood a chance. The worst part is that the victors received twice as much gold and experience as the losers did, which means that the already very powerful characters are very shortly going to be even stronger. I already can't manage to kill any of them, I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now.
I hate to say it, but I really wish the DM had an age cap on the game. It'd be all right if the kids had any idea how to play, but they don't. They really slowed things down, dragged things out, and basically were the downfall of my team. I can imagine that, with 4 halfway decent players, we may have won. I'm sure their parents are really proud of the fact that their kids can play D&D, but are obviously blind to the fact that their children, in fact, cannot play D&D. It's not really playing if someone else figures out everything for you, and all you ever do is roll the dice.
I would have brought it up with the DM, but the kids and their parents were all still around. I'm not enough of a bastard to mention it in front of them. I doubt it would do any good anyway, the DM isn't all that forceful, and I can't really see him kicking people out.
Bleh. I'll still go, but I really hope it gets better fast.
So, yesterday we were in a team deathmatch. Teams were randomly decided, and as fate would have it, the four strongest characters were on the other team. The other 3 members of their team weren't bad, just not as strong. My team, however, had all the most worthless characters and players possible. Half of my team was played by children aged 11 and under. They had no idea what they were doing or how to play, and as a result, were totally ineffective. My team was completely outgunned, we never stood a chance. The worst part is that the victors received twice as much gold and experience as the losers did, which means that the already very powerful characters are very shortly going to be even stronger. I already can't manage to kill any of them, I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now.
I hate to say it, but I really wish the DM had an age cap on the game. It'd be all right if the kids had any idea how to play, but they don't. They really slowed things down, dragged things out, and basically were the downfall of my team. I can imagine that, with 4 halfway decent players, we may have won. I'm sure their parents are really proud of the fact that their kids can play D&D, but are obviously blind to the fact that their children, in fact, cannot play D&D. It's not really playing if someone else figures out everything for you, and all you ever do is roll the dice.
I would have brought it up with the DM, but the kids and their parents were all still around. I'm not enough of a bastard to mention it in front of them. I doubt it would do any good anyway, the DM isn't all that forceful, and I can't really see him kicking people out.
Bleh. I'll still go, but I really hope it gets better fast.