Sunday, February 26, 2012

Hint a Little Harder

 One of the roleplaying game's I'm in has an... interesting little problem player. She's friendly enough, for the most part, though she decided that she had every right to tell someone they weren't allowed to play because she didn't like them, in spite of not having any actual game authority. Yeah that went over well as you might imagine.

 Mostly she's sort of like a Golden Retriever puppy. A Golden Retriever puppy that hasn't been remotely house trained... and she seems incredibly, insanely resiliant to getting a clue. She's been told repeatedly to stop dropping hints over what she thinks her characters should get (And continues to do so),  IN another setting she's been told she needs to do what the clearly stated rules say and wait for actual players to show up for injury treatment instead of just making up random people so she can heal them with her amazing specialness...

 She refuses to get a clue as well over the fact that demanding that certain events happen RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S SO EXCITED SHE JUST CAN'T WAIT will Continue to piss off the Game Masters, who have already expressed, very plainly and in small words, that they are really really pissed off when she does this. BUT SHE CAN'T HELP IT SHE'S SO EXCITED CAN WE DO IT NOW NOW NOW?

 I'd say she's acting like a baby, but my Babies LEARN FASTER.

 Speaking of which: Bean has entered a colic-y stage, or if you're interested in terminology I hadn't heard before "Purple Crying". Apparently this is a period where the baby is too old to be able to 'shut out' excessive stimulus, and not old enough to adapt to the confusion, leading to periods where any stimulation is pretty much TOO much, and thus causing them to cry and scream in frustration and distress. He's loosing sleep, we're loosing sanity, and all of us, including Bean, are holding out for the point when it's all over. It doesn't help that it means he's very difficult, or nigh on impossible to calm down, and he's a lot less perky about it than the Golden Retriever.  Oh and he's probably teething, which is extremely early, but I don't have any better explanation for him chewing vigorously on his fingers even when he's not hungry. I imagine that's not helping his mood either, poor guy.

1 comment:

  1. Have you checked out "The Five S's"? Sometimes those help. Really.

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