{"id":2192,"date":"2022-09-10T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:33:03","slug":"25-sure-fire-ways-to-get-kicked-out-of-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/10\/25-sure-fire-ways-to-get-kicked-out-of-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"25 sure-fire ways to get kicked out of a game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A few years back, I did a post called 27 sure-fire ways to get kicked out of a game<\/a><\/em>. Since it’s been a while, I thought I’d do an update of the list, particularly since the actual list only contained 25 items (mea culpa<\/em>).

Even the most die-hard GMs will change sides of the table occasionally, even if it’s a pick-up game at a con. You’d think we’d make the perfect players, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, all too often GMs-turned-players are the most difficult players in a group. Here’s a tongue-in-cheek list of how exactly not<\/em> to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Repeatedly arrive extremely late to a game session without calling to let people know.<\/li>
  2. Repeatedly miss a game session after assuring the GM you’d be there.<\/li>
  3. Refuse to learn the basics of the rules of the system you’re playing.<\/li>
  4. Hog the spotlight.<\/li>
  5. Give long lectures on how the game you run is better than this one; tell the GM what he’s doing wrong and offer frequent unsolicited advice on how to run the way you would.<\/li>
  6. Recite a Monty Python<\/a> or Princess Bride<\/em><\/a> quote for everything that happens during the game.<\/li>
  7. Insist on roleplaying every moment of an extremely boring supply run. (Interesting, RP-focused supply runs are great).<\/li>
  8. Turn everything said into a sexual innuendo.<\/li>
  9. Make overt sexual advances to every eligible PC in the party.<\/li>
  10. Make overt sexual advances to every eligible player in the group.<\/li>
  11. Argue for every advantage you can squeeze out of the system, even if it takes an hour to win a +1 bonus.<\/li>
  12. Insist that the GM look up an obscure rule in the middle of combat.<\/li>
  13. Expect everything to go your way because the GM is your significant other.<\/li>
  14. Loudly and frequently complain about how your favorite rules system is better than the one the GM is currently using.<\/li>
  15. Constantly brag about your \u00fcber-character in another game and how she would wipe the floor in this one.<\/li>
  16. Refuse to get dice of your own and insist on rolling other people’s favorites.<\/li>
  17. Continuously forget to bring your character sheet so you can make up numbers on the fly.<\/li>
  18. Play while drunk (or high)–unless your entire group enjoys drinking to excess while gaming.<\/li>
  19. Deliberately and\/or constantly ignore the rules of the house you’re playing in (such as putting your feet on the coffee table, not using a coaster, etc.)<\/li>
  20. Torment your host’s pet(s).<\/li>
  21. Play computer games while you’re in session to point it distracts other players<\/li>
  22. Repeatedly charm members of your own party.<\/li>
  23. Repeatedly steal from members of your own party.<\/li>
  24. Insist on going off on your own on a regular basis.<\/li>
  25. Claim every useful bit of treasure as your own.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    How about you? What have I forgotten that really raises your hackles? Please share!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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