What are you doing with wanna be clowns as DM? Do you keep them or just kill a PC right away? Or even kick a player?

What are you doing with wanna be clowns as DM? Do you keep them or just kill a PC right away? Or even kick a player?

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  1. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Use your words like a grown up.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Maybe the real clown was the OP who made this thread

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I always see people give this advice on /tg/, but the whole reason that people come here in the first place is that they're probably looking for what angle they can approach that talk.
      Also, yeah you can call people out on their shit, but how do you do it in a way that won't eventually make everyone see YOU as the butthole?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Typically you talk to them about the issues you have with them as a player after the game, and preferably 1-on-1 so you dont have the peanut gallery jumping to their defense every time you being up an issue.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        Why do you need someone to tell you what angle to approach it from, just tell him that you don't want wacky joke characters in your game.

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        >what angle they can approach that talk
        You were just told: like a grown-up.
        >call people out on their shit
        No, moron: like a grown-up.
        And presumably like they are also a grown-up.

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          >like a grown-up.
          Only children think that adults do everything one way, you fricking idiot. Only when you've grown up and lived in the real world do you realize there are no "Grown ups" and there is no "adult" method.

          For fricks sake

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      He can't because he doesn't actually care about the threads he makes.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Make a worse npc who makes practical jokes about rape.

      Nowadays?

      I always see people give this advice on /tg/, but the whole reason that people come here in the first place is that they're probably looking for what angle they can approach that talk.
      Also, yeah you can call people out on their shit, but how do you do it in a way that won't eventually make everyone see YOU as the butthole?

      This. First post is worst post because it has two main faults: first it implies you don't behave like a grown up, and that the advice to behave like a grown up is enough.

      Can you people stop dismissing each and every group problem with this dumb "just talk to him bruh" stupidity?
      People don't "just talk" because the moment you tell someone you've got a problem, unless he's unequivocally and evidently annoying everyone else in the game, you automatically put yourself at the center of this conflict where the other guy will not yield because he doesn't give a shit, so you are forced to become the aggressor and make yourself the bad guy. Talking never fricking works. If talking worked nobody would have invented poison

      Talking works but it needs the other person to not be a Redditor, Twitch user, or Tiktok addict.

  2. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Generally just shape in-game reactions to their antics a bit if they're not incredibly disruptive, but if it's the kind of thing that'll turn the entire game into a Tom Green skit from his Canadian TV days I'll speak to them out of character and ask them to stop.

  3. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Play everything they try to do straight until the consequences of their actions inveitably catch up to them. If they don't like it they can start acting differently or leave. If they are disruptive enough to ruin the game, the other players will want them gone.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      This player has the right idea.

      >I want to sit on the king's lap!
      As you separate from the party, the guards look at you. Once they realize you are approaching the king for no stated reason they stand in front of you, blocking your way. They ask you what you're doing.
      >I tell them I want to sit on the king's lap!
      The guards are ready to protect the king. They ask you to step back.
      >I try to run past them!
      The guards attempt to pin you to the ground. [Rolls] They succeed.
      >I try to give the guard a kiss!
      The guards beat you into unconsciousness and carry you to the dungeon. (Scene proceeds without the player.)

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      I don't mind some clowning around in my games as long as everyone's into it and it fits the vibe of the game. If it starts getting too much, I don't let them backtrack and make their little joke be what their character actually does, like suggested. It shows them that they can make jokes if they like but it should either be fitting with the characters if said in game or be clear that it's just OOC banter between players. Never had a problem since I started doing this as my friends eventually learned when it is and isn't appropriate

  4. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Can you people stop dismissing each and every group problem with this dumb "just talk to him bruh" stupidity?
    People don't "just talk" because the moment you tell someone you've got a problem, unless he's unequivocally and evidently annoying everyone else in the game, you automatically put yourself at the center of this conflict where the other guy will not yield because he doesn't give a shit, so you are forced to become the aggressor and make yourself the bad guy. Talking never fricking works. If talking worked nobody would have invented poison

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      If talking doesn't work you kick him from the group, playoids are a diamond dozen.

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      >People don't "just talk"
      Skill issue.

      >like a grown-up.
      Only children think that adults do everything one way, you fricking idiot. Only when you've grown up and lived in the real world do you realize there are no "Grown ups" and there is no "adult" method.

      For fricks sake

      >there is no "adult" method
      Skill issue.
      Fricking hell, how do you c**ts even survive without being able to even recognise basic conflict resolution skills? No, "talk about it" does not mean saying the magic words that make them bend to your will. It means telling them that you have a problem with their behaviour and explaining it to them. And - importantly - listening to their point of view as well.
      Maybe you'll learn that what you each want from the game is incompatible. Unless you're Siamese twins that's fine, just don't play together any more.

  5. 2 weeks ago
    Anonymous

    Why do Americans fear clowns so much?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      Why do people on Ganker have to talk about "Americans" so much? What is the obsession?

      • 2 weeks ago
        Anonymous

        1) The United States is a foreign culture to 95.7% of the world population AND
        2) The United States projects a great deal of soft power in the form of media exports AND
        3) Ganker is known to be mostly but not exclusively North American posters THEREFORE

        this is an obvious and convenient place to ask Americans directly "what's your fricking deal and do you have any idea how stupid School Buses look to the rest of us?"

        • 2 weeks ago
          Anonymous

          > school buses

          It's prison transport, but for children. Who cares what it looks like?

    • 2 weeks ago
      Anonymous

      There was a serial killer who worked as a clown.

  6. 2 weeks ago
    bumpfriend

    What if I am a clown GM?

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