{"id":684,"date":"2010-05-21T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/?p=684"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:05:11","slug":"27-surefire-ways-to-get-kicked-out-of-a-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpggm.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/21\/27-surefire-ways-to-get-kicked-out-of-a-game\/","title":{"rendered":"27 sure-fire ways to get kicked out of a game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A while back I did a post on 21 Surefire Ways to Loose Players<\/a>. With this being Player Month here at Evil Machinations, I thought it was time to do a post for the players. Even the most die-hard GMs will change sides of the table, 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

[Photo courtesy of \"\"House of Sims via Flickr Creative Commons<\/a> 2.0 license]<\/p>\n

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  1. Repeatedly arrive extremely late to a game session without calling to let people know.<\/li>\n
  2. Repeatedly miss a game session after assuring the GM you’d be there.<\/li>\n
  3. Refuse to read the rules of the system you’re playing.<\/li>\n
  4. Hog the spotlight.<\/li>\n
  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>\n
  6. Recite a Monty Python<\/a> or Princess Bride<\/a><\/cite> quote for everything that happens during the game.<\/li>\n
  7. Insist on roleplaying every moment of an extremely boring supply run.<\/li>\n
  8. Turn everything said into a sexual innuendo.<\/li>\n
  9. Make overt sexual advances to every eligible PC in the party.<\/li>\n
  10. Make overt sexual advances to every eligible player in the group.<\/li>\n
  11. Argue for every advantage you can squeeze out of the system, even if it takes an hour to win a +1 bonus.<\/li>\n
  12. Insist that the GM look up an obscure rule in the middle of combat.<\/li>\n
  13. Expect everything to go your way because the GM is your significant other.<\/li>\n
  14. Loudly and frequently complain about how your favorite rules system is better than the one the GM is currently using.<\/li>\n
  15. Constantly brag about your \u00fcber-character in another game and how she would wipe the floor in this on.<\/li>\n
  16. Refuse to get dice of your own and insist on rolling other people’s favorites.<\/li>\n
  17. Continuously forget to bring your character sheet so you can make up numbers on the fly.<\/li>\n
  18. Play while drunk (or high)–unless your entire group enjoys drinking to excess while gaming.<\/li>\n
  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>\n
  20. Torment your host’s pet(s).<\/li>\n
  21. Play computer games while you’re in session to point it distracts other players<\/li>\n
  22. Repeatedly charm members of your own party.<\/li>\n
  23. Repeatedly steal from members of your own party.<\/li>\n
  24. Insist on going off on your own on a regular basis.<\/li>\n
  25. Claim every useful bit of treasure as your own.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? What have I forgotten that really raises your hackles? Please share!<\/p>\n

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