USS Sorceror
2015-02-14, 01:54 AM
Hey all.
So I've been in this campaign for a while and I've been having fun with it...except for one guy (I'll call him H). While pretty much everyone else is able to remain pretty engaged and wants to further the plot, H walks off from the table, pays more attention to what the GMs family is watching on Netflix, and plays with the GMs kid. When he does engage in the game, he derails the GM from focusing on the plot and our characters trying to move it forward to have inane conversations, focus on innocuous plot details, and generally just screw about.
I've actually dealt with him being like this in campaigns I've run. Missing so many sessions and then being annoyed when he's behind on plot, generally derailing from major plot points for various reasons, never ever letting a campaign have a serious moment even with other players were definitely trying to be serious. I provided him an out by saying I noticed his schedule has been affecting his ability to play and it seems like he's not having as much fun. He left, the campaign improved, everyone was happy. But like I say in the title, I'm not the GM.
So what do you do when there's a problem player and you're just another player? It's a little awkward because of how tight knit our social group is, and I am wanting to talk to the GM, but I am specifically wondering how to break to someone they are the problem without causing them to be so butthurt about it that it wrecks other social occasions.
So I've been in this campaign for a while and I've been having fun with it...except for one guy (I'll call him H). While pretty much everyone else is able to remain pretty engaged and wants to further the plot, H walks off from the table, pays more attention to what the GMs family is watching on Netflix, and plays with the GMs kid. When he does engage in the game, he derails the GM from focusing on the plot and our characters trying to move it forward to have inane conversations, focus on innocuous plot details, and generally just screw about.
I've actually dealt with him being like this in campaigns I've run. Missing so many sessions and then being annoyed when he's behind on plot, generally derailing from major plot points for various reasons, never ever letting a campaign have a serious moment even with other players were definitely trying to be serious. I provided him an out by saying I noticed his schedule has been affecting his ability to play and it seems like he's not having as much fun. He left, the campaign improved, everyone was happy. But like I say in the title, I'm not the GM.
So what do you do when there's a problem player and you're just another player? It's a little awkward because of how tight knit our social group is, and I am wanting to talk to the GM, but I am specifically wondering how to break to someone they are the problem without causing them to be so butthurt about it that it wrecks other social occasions.