Sidious Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 what do you guys do when there arises conflicts between players that has nothing to do with the game but eventually will spill over into it?I'm referring to my current game. It's run at my local comic shop and by one of the guys there. The shops policy is that if you want to play you can regardless of who you are, but once you do you make a commitment to being there.well, one of my friends recently hadgone through a rather messy break up with his girl. He, the girl and the new bf are all within the group. There are some hard feelings going around as most of us are devided into his and her friends. so the decision might come as to if e want to split or just keep going.right now I think splitting the group might be the best for all of us. As people tend to have that amount of tesion in the air and seem to be either very cold to each other. There is definitly a his and Hers side war going on.and here's the poor ST and the gme stuck in the middle.any ideas on how to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaBee Posted June 2, 2001 Share Posted June 2, 2001 Quote:Originally posted by Sidious:what do you guys do when there arises conflicts between players that has nothing to do with the game but eventually will spill over into it?Distract them by having them make NPCs. This not only provides an alternate avenue for their imaginations and creative energies, but also provides you with NPCs you can toss at the players later. Bonus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 With three of the people having difficulty being around each other, I recommend slowly splitting up the groups both in game and out. Do not put these people under pressure and expect them to work well together. Most of all, I wish you luck. You'll need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidious Posted June 3, 2001 Author Share Posted June 3, 2001 yeah we almost had to get out the flak vests last night. Thank god it was only popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 5, 2001 Share Posted June 5, 2001 First and For most hi I'm new here, in case you haven't noticed. But I feel your pain. In a campaign a ran awhile back a couple break up occured...nasty situation let me tell you. I resloved it by speaking to them seprately and made sure that the characters were always at least some distance(at least a room width) apart. It actually worked for a while. ------------------Well that was intresting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ranger Posted June 6, 2001 Share Posted June 6, 2001 Depends on how bad it is and how mature the people involved are. I don't think I'd be all that happy if my old girlfriend and her new bf were sitting across a gaming table from me making out. Sit the other people in the group down and ask them to put aside taking sides for the sake of the three involved...they don't need the extra provocation.If you have to keep the group together then ask the new couple to sit away from each other and keep the old bf away from them both. (the couple wont like this...I wouldn't if I were them, but they might see the point for the sake of the game) Maybe run a stress relief game for an evening...everyone brings a daft Aberrant character such a Captain Chloroform and the Amazing Fish Boy. They could take on the robot Teddy Bear Army of Doctor Diaper the six year old, bed wetting, genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coriolis Posted June 6, 2001 Share Posted June 6, 2001 Ridiculous though it may seem you could take them aside and ask them to be "professional" about it. Not quite the same, but manys the time I've had a great game at a convention with people I'd normslly avoid like the plague. Keep track of their character's personnal vendettas. Are they suddenly geared toward making their ex so a piece of toast? Are they disagreeing with their ex so's plans even if these ideas are very good? Make an intelligence roll. It Is a good plan. If that aint working, get rid of them politely, maybe they can come back when they realise that they're pissing everyone else off. Good luck with though, not a nice situation.------------------Bast protect us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 I am not even going to attempt to give you advice for such a sticky situation - but the best of luck to you because that is one hell of a mess!Aeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted July 1, 2001 Share Posted July 1, 2001 Sidious, any resolution yet? As similar situations have happened among my friends, I am interested in finding out what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidious Posted July 1, 2001 Author Share Posted July 1, 2001 yeah actually The guys side all decided to leave the game and run a concurrent one on a different night.It damn near came to blows after one session so we figured it would be beter this way.As sort of a present we are going to let the EX-BF decide if The old GF's and her friends and new guy live or die and how. It's his birthday. And from that point on they will be verboten in our games.all in all we got off light. our troupe of 12 is now halved which makes it easier to run now, and there's little infighting anymore, less table talk and more RP.This is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucifer Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 Hey allI sympathise with you Sid - Im lucky enough to game with a bunch of guys (and a girl) who have all been good mates for years. In fact 2 of them are married to each other!But i think your prob came from the venue - a shop. At these and similar places the ref doesnt make the rules, the owner of the premises/club does. To my control-freak mentality a ref is like a ships captain in that he should have the final say over everything relating to his game. in this instance "you all play nicely or you dont f****n play."I would like to back this up with the following statement tho. All of this needs to be backed up with consistency - even tho my group are such close friends we all know that whoever is reffing, their word is law. We try not to discuss other peoples games when a game is in progress as a respect type of thing for the person who has taken the time to write a game for instance.I understand that as a ref and not the person in control of the club but i think you need to talk to them about some sort of policy regarding this. Does the store have a banning policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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