Post/Author/DateTime	Post
pmurray@bigpond.com 05-14-07, 12:15 AM	Oh, man. I just broke up with group A to join group B. There's a bit of history, you know. A and B split a few years ago over certain personal differences. My reasons for switching are fair and all that, but I was dreading doing it - I am such a wuss, and I have (drum roll) limited social skills. But the DM was cool, although he didn't like losing a player. You know, I see on this board and in this forum (WAPTD) a lot of people looking for in-game solutions to out of game problems. "This other player is annoying, how do I kill his character?" Look: just don't do it, ok? Discuss it with your DM. Discuss it with the other players. Even if it comes down to leaving the group, making the break is better than battling on in a situation that doesn't suit. And try to be adult about it. Thankfully, I am welcome to rejoin group A and everything is about as ok as it can be. But breaking up sure is hard to do.
Shadowhowler 05-14-07, 12:23 AM	Why did you have to leave group A to play with group B? Are the games on the same night, or is it an issue of not having time for more then one game? On another Note... what were the differnces between goub B and A that cuased group B to 'splinter off' in the first place? What is it about group B you like more then A that made you decide to make the switch? Lastly... I agree 100% with your statment about not solving OOG problems with IG actions. IE: If you don't like a certain player, kill his character. Also, the revers is true... if something happens IG that screws over your character, don't take it out on someone OOG. Metagaming bad.
_SIN_ 05-14-07, 03:44 AM	And try to be adult about it. Whilst sat around your friends mum's dinner table playing a game with dice and plastic figures.....:clap:
_Jayne_Cobb_ 05-16-07, 12:21 PM	Whilst sat around your friends mum's dinner table playing a game with dice and plastic figures.....:clap: Sorry, but that is just a really dumb thing to say.
navar100 05-17-07, 02:46 AM	I know the feeling. When my current group was in a bit of a hiatus, I joined another group for my D&D fix but could still play with my main group. I liked the second group well enough, but as events happened which I won't get into except to say it was only an in game thing never out of game player to player/DM real life stuff, I noticed that sometimes when I go to the game I wasn't looking real forward to making the trip. The game was becoming less fun to play. I felt I addressed the problem I was having, but the party decided "tough". It wasn't a "game contract" I enjoyed. After a few months, I left. I don't regret doing it, but it wasn't an easy decision. When the frustrations I was feeling became more than the fun of playing, I knew it was time. That I do not think of the game often I find a good healthy sign, but when I'm reminded by whatever means, such as this thread, there is that sting of experiencing a game that did not go well for me.
Balseraph 05-17-07, 02:53 AM	Whilst sat around your friends mum's dinner table playing a game with dice and plastic figures.....:clap: While my friends and I are all over the age of 25 and we game in the comfortable living room of a private residence? Perhaps if I had written the original post I might have said mature rather than adult, knowing a great many immature adults as I do, but I hardly think there's any call for that sort of heavily implied mockery.
_SIN_ 05-17-07, 03:34 AM	Hmmmm, hopefully the new group has a sense of humour...