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"Before you join this game, there's one thing you need to know."

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January 21, 2011, 10:47:30 AM
For your group, what would that "one thing" be? What would be the cardinal rule or condition or aspect of the gaming group that any new player would have to be acquiescent to in order to fit?

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January 21, 2011, 11:07:15 AM
"Don't be a dick."

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January 21, 2011, 11:09:48 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;434115For your group, what would that "one thing" be? What would be the cardinal rule or condition or aspect of the gaming group that any new player would have to be acquiescent to in order to fit?

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January 21, 2011, 11:12:33 AM
We are a silly fun-loving gang. If you treat your games as sewious business then you will be unhappy here.
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January 21, 2011, 11:13:19 AM
Don't be a rules lawyer.
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#5
January 21, 2011, 11:32:09 AM
Quote from: flyingmice;434124"Don't be a dick."

-clash
Basically.

"We're here to have fun together, socialize, play. It's people first, game second. Not the other way around." i.e. "Don't be a dick."

Or, to quote Kyle: people, snacks, setting and system, in that order.

kryyst

#6
January 21, 2011, 11:41:08 AM
Ditto to the above.

I'd also supplement in.  I'm running the game for you guys to have fun.  Trust me that anything I do is to keep people entertained.  If you pull the rules lawyer crap you won't like the outcome.
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January 21, 2011, 12:11:34 PM
No taking this seriously, at all. We're playing a game for fuck's sake!
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#8
January 21, 2011, 12:26:12 PM
"The DM has dibs on your sister."

My group jokingly used this one in college on new players because I dated a couple of my players' friends or sisters.  I have no idea why, but there was this one year where my players knew all these cute girls on campus.  Of course, I awarded XP to whoever introduced me to a hottie so the joke was born.  Having to explain to a girl you just met what her friend means by "I want extra XP for this one" was always a good laugh.

Peregrin

#9
January 21, 2011, 12:33:18 PM
Well, asssuming that my "dick radar" (that sounds horrible, now that I think about it) didn't go off when I met the person...

Personal issues get taken care of before or after the game, not during.
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#10
January 21, 2011, 12:35:30 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;434124"Don't be a dick."

-clash

What Clash said, although with the qualifier 'most of the time.'  We're pretty much all dicks here and there. :)

Thanlis

#11
January 21, 2011, 12:40:15 PM
Sadly, nobody ever thinks they're a dick.

My semi-tongue in cheek one is "NPCs have feelings too." Which is shorthand for "the world is as real as the PCs; expect reactions to your actions."

Tetsubo

#12
January 21, 2011, 12:46:30 PM
Quote from: Thanlis;434179Sadly, nobody ever thinks they're a dick.

My semi-tongue in cheek one is "NPCs have feelings too." Which is shorthand for "the world is as real as the PCs; expect reactions to your actions."

I've always used the phrase: "There are consequences to your actions".

Benoist

#13
January 21, 2011, 12:48:13 PM
Quote from: Thanlis;434179Sadly, nobody ever thinks they're a dick.
I disagree. People know when they are being dicks playing the game.

flyingmice

#14
January 21, 2011, 01:05:32 PM
Quote from: Benoist;434185I disagree. People know when they are being dicks playing the game.

Yep! They know. Sometimes they don't know why, but they know they are. :D

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