Gamer Etiquette?

[lost_angel]

When you're part of a subculture, you can single out your unknown brethren, pick them out of the crowd, smell the Mountain Dew on their breath, see the oppression and fear of discovery on their faces, and make sense of their cryptic discussions

Comments

[everraven]

Yeah - I second the "Gaming Girl" phenom. I used to get asked to all kinds of games when I'd show up to Gun Dog - be it the one in Tupelo, Jackson or Starkpatch. I actually attended one a DM invited me too, with a good male friend in tow. One of the players attempted to rape my character about 15 minutes in - and the DM just screamed at him "HEY ASSHOLE - THIS IS WHY WE CAN"T GET GIRLS TO PLAY THIS GAME." He then kicked him out of the house. VERY educational ;)

but here is the warning sign you need to run from...

I only run in Ravenloft.

RUN - RUN LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW!

Any GM that refuses to run anything but the worst angst filled piece of garbage emo bullshit set of jackball crap that TSR ever put out (and that didn't even get a half decent 3.5 update) you should RUN LIKE THE WIND from him. RUN! NEVER TURN BACK.

Seriously, this is the sign of someone that has very bad gaming habits - and someone you probably want to avoid ;)

[k_may_li]

Amen.

[mandis13]

Ravenloft is where creativity goes to die.

[wyldkyss]

It's funny if everyone tries (and fails) to act like Oscar Wilde... but in a train wreck sort of way.

[lost_angel]

Any GM that refuses to run anything but the worst angst filled piece of garbage emo bullshit set of jackball crap that TSR ever put out (and that didn't even get a half decent 3.5 update) you should RUN LIKE THE WIND from him. RUN! NEVER TURN BACK.

This is the exact impression I got just by speaking with him. I've never played in Ravenloft and don't know a whole lot about it, but I had to fight the image of this guy in Brandon Lee's The Crow make-up, a weepy-eyed goth girl clinging to his side, and carrying viles of each others' blood. I didn't want to stereotype (he was totally NOT goth), but I knew I did not want to game with this guy.