tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post801963438608781618..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Lionel Price Will Not Write the Great American NovelMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-67240540540700983562010-01-08T23:45:16.146-05:002010-01-08T23:45:16.146-05:00Brother, we've all encountered these guys. I o...Brother, we've all encountered these guys. I once gamed in a garage where they kept the pet doberman... the place sure smelled like a dungeon, and the owner smelled like a ogre, how hard-core was that? ;) But the loud-mouth/premadonna/know-it-all is among the worst, right up there with the guy more interested in cracking jokes and talking than actual gaming.Ed Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069918557904273756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-66389595089263309132010-01-07T21:14:10.362-05:002010-01-07T21:14:10.362-05:00For sure try to get a group together, but away fro...For sure try to get a group together, but away from the store. Playing at a shop (or con table), in the middle of the day, just doesn't sound like the way to get the most from the game. <br /><br />Try and get the campaign going at a private residence at night, and avoid the game ruiner that way.Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-5442591777721948032010-01-07T20:45:38.543-05:002010-01-07T20:45:38.543-05:00In fairness we haven't heard his depiction of ...In fairness we haven't heard his depiction of you.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-86841337772734070542010-01-07T20:02:43.649-05:002010-01-07T20:02:43.649-05:00You should have killed his character and taken his...You should have killed his character and taken his stuff!!<br /><br />I love the "there has to be a logical explanation" delusional character, I think my next D&D character is going to be a contemporary "real life" professional skeptic trapped in fantasy land!Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-2268451007342092712010-01-07T18:59:12.598-05:002010-01-07T18:59:12.598-05:00Fucking awesome.
Yeah, both the Geektard "Cl...Fucking awesome.<br /><br />Yeah, both the Geektard "Cliff Claven" loudmouth know-it-all and the cat-piss social dipshit have passed before my senses, but not so much since I stopped going to Cons and hanging out in gameshops 25 years ago. I ran a recent short lived Star Wars campaigns for an existing group of these types. Bottom of the barrel, I tell you what.Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-31804474715250143572009-11-17T09:53:12.932-05:002009-11-17T09:53:12.932-05:00Exact reason I stopped playing in pick up games. W...Exact reason I stopped playing in pick up games. Whether at Men at Arms, or Suny Stony Brook, or ICON/Gen Con, or Waterloo...I often wound up with someone dickish enouigh at the group that it made even playing for a short while unbearable.<br /><br />It was one of the great things about MTG - even if I was stuck at the table with a douchebag - the game was short enough that I could get up "walk a bit" and then rejoin another game and table with other people.<br /><br />Sorry Mike, and I was hoping to just come down and poke my nose around on Sunday. Sounds like I didn't miss anything.<br /><br />V<br /><br />word verification: sucki - damn funny!!Vanadornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-4737298197754196332009-11-17T03:50:21.935-05:002009-11-17T03:50:21.935-05:00LOL, sounds like the situation here. The "sil...LOL, sounds like the situation here. The "silent partner" of the FLGS is such an embarrasment to the actual, full time owner, he has limited his comings and goings in the store. The "silent partner" however can sometimes be found inside, spewing his obnoxious opinions far and wide in a loud, know it all voice. Just to let you know what a tool he is, he was (and still IS) a fervent John Edwards supporter (you know, the political candidate that cheated on his cancer ridden wife with some chick he hired to do the video for his campaign spots), and he continually whines how "John" got a bad deal and hopes he can still get back into politics someday, because he had the right stuff. I didn't even mention the fact he's overweight, homely, and lets fly loud gas bombs without the slightest apology (ok, maybe I just mentioned that). His resemblance to your nightmare is that he often sits in on games...ANY game...and proceeds to tell the gamemaster exactly what they are doing wrong in a loud and annoying voice, completely ruining the game for everyone. He's been banned from coming on on Saturdays (that's their open gaming day) due to several confrontations with gamemasters running games he's horned into.<br />Thanks for letting me unburden! Maybe his dude is your guy's twin? I'll have to find out if he has a brother somewhere out there...Badmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199830751033032585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-26156462417296881302009-11-16T15:45:05.720-05:002009-11-16T15:45:05.720-05:00Too damn bad that That Player should stop you from...Too damn bad that That Player should stop you from getting in on a regular CoC game.<br /><br />Nice AAR, though!AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-74401713132076833922009-11-16T14:52:28.753-05:002009-11-16T14:52:28.753-05:00> It's unfortunate that the socially damage...> It's unfortunate that the socially damaged are always the ones to represent the hobby.<br /><br />> It’s because of people like this that I keep my participation in this hobby quiet more than anything else.<br /><br />There's more than one cause and effect here. I implore you and others to speak up, represent our hobby do not hide it. Don't let losers be our representatives.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-84719265056040841312009-11-16T14:21:34.071-05:002009-11-16T14:21:34.071-05:00(later amended to "a bear and a boa-constrict...<i>(later amended to "a bear and a boa-constrictor working together".)</i><br /><br />This just jives with me in a way that made me almost laugh out loud in the computer lab. You sir, are my hero for the day.<br /><br />Word Verification: brersound (the sound of shenanigans in the forest?)Orionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12544318089839943358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-50875934740073677762009-11-16T14:07:33.070-05:002009-11-16T14:07:33.070-05:00I'm there with you Mike. I also hated playing ...I'm there with you Mike. I also hated playing with that particular loud-mouth and I was also surprised to learn that he was the store's owner. I guess they keep him in a closet somewhere as his lack of social skills would surely kill the business. If it's any consolation, at least his character got killed by the policeman's return fire.Fandomaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218040154798820117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-53301027058328731652009-11-16T11:49:18.426-05:002009-11-16T11:49:18.426-05:00It's unfortunate that the socially damaged are...It's unfortunate that the socially damaged are always the ones to represent the hobby. So many nice, ordinary people out there, yet this kind of guy ends up as the poster boy. Maybe next time, you should just bring a taser.The Iron Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839364742884404019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-21615951583302759142009-11-16T09:55:22.854-05:002009-11-16T09:55:22.854-05:00Life's too short to spend any of it playing wi...Life's too short to spend any of it playing with jerks.Joshua Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838733328132877699noreply@blogger.com