For me, it's this guy who's just completely obsessed with assassin's creed. He has painted 90% of his miniatures white with attempts of the assassin's symbol thing on things like shoulder pads.
Who's the wierdest person you've met in a hobby store?

Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

He played nids.

I'm not entirely sure if that's related or not.

 jer155 wrote:
For me, it's this guy who's just completely obsessed with assassin's creed. He has painted 90% of his miniatures white with attempts of the assassin's symbol thing on things like shoulder pads.
Who's the wierdest person you've met in a hobby store?

I'm gonna be honest, I don't know if that sounds too weird. Unless it's not a themed army and he actually paints everything from Tau to Orks to Lizardmen to Dwarfs white with the assassin's symbol thing. And he talks about it constantly and whistles the tunes and thinks assassins are actually like that...

Weirdest person I ever met in a hobby store is this guy.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

 Sidstyler wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

How did that nugget even crop in a conversation?

'You need to roll for perils...coincidently........'

That would be that guy who "ate" his dice whenever they failed...

Wow, where to start. After 25+ years of gaming/comics I've seen some Doozies!

One guy that sticks out, stunk so bad that the store employee followed him around with a can of air freshener and they eventually asked him to leave. I know it's kinda stereotypical but this guy took the cake for stinky gamer!

Another guy accidentally glued his skin to his models so they all looked like they had flock stuck to them. He would glue the bases on upside down and always railed against the army his opponent was playing as if it were the newest OP BS army to date (even when it was SOB or Orks). He also made anti-semitic remarks a lot and ranted about how Islam was superior to any western religion. A real gem he was.

We also have a hoarder gamer who collects ridiculous amounts of stuff for the most obscure games nobody has even played in the store. He constantly tries to steer any conversation towards said obscure game and tries to describe it to everyone (using game terms we know nothing about). Once I interrupted his babbling by looking at my opponent and saying "It's like he's speaking fething Japanese, isn't it?" He's a nice enough guy, but he NEVER shuts up. Once I abandoned a buddy to his fate when he was pinned down by this guy in the parking lot. He had followed us out to our cars all the while talking about a game we'd never even seen. My buddy literally had his door open with one foot in the car. I was in my car laughing at his predicament. He finally points over Talkyhoarder's shoulder hand says "Holy gak!" and then jumped into his car and sped away when the guy turned around to look.

He once brought in a giant box of Epic stuff on game night (nobody had played Epic in years). we were standing around talking when my buddy and I noticed several roaches crawling out of the box. We immediately picked our army bags up off of the same table. The army he had brought that night was Tyranids ironically!

I am not sure if I can claim weird or "jarring".
Late teen cross-dresser.
Likes bright print dresses.
Tended not to shave or wash well.
Was a bit toward the 300lb side.
Wore a tiny long strapped backpack with camouflage print.
Any other decorative items were Zelda symbols and the like.
Spoke with an interesting falsetto.
Was a big fan of MTG and 40k.
Reasonably smart, nice enough but would ask rather personal questions... appears to not have much by way of barriers.
Made gaming with her/him a bit uncomfortable because you did not know how far down the rabbit hole the conversation would get.
I tried to stick to the game at hand or talk about Zelda... was safer that way.
The person was also rather sensitive so it felt a little bit like walking into an emotional mine-field.

Games well enough so that is all that matters!

Me and my bestfriend took a trip to the only 'local' gamingstore we knew. Aftera two hour ride, picking our table and setting up my tau against his necrons we started chucking dice.

Everything seemed normal. Folks stopped by, checked out our models, we had a few good conversations. All typical delightful stuff.

And then this fat greasey kid clutching a binder approached. He instantly began gushing over my buds necron army. Spewing crazy facts and asking dozens of questions. Everything was compared to the Dark Heresey rpg.

"Well you see necrons in Dark Heresey are so much harder to kill having a 80% blah,blah,blah."

My patience was rapidly draining. Finally my friend made mention of the 'Megalyth', that joke model in a youtube video, the supposedly motorized one that would produce units.

"Oh yeah, I can't wait for that to come out!" Greasey kid announced.

I realized in that moment he was obviously 'special'. Instead of telling him to piss off, I calmly steered him away from the table and told him we were trying to concentrate.

He was seriously the weirdest fellow I have ever encountered in the hobby.

Probably the kid who used green stuff to assemble his army.

And I don't mean gap-filling, he used it as the adhesive.

When things inevitably didn't stick or fell apart?

ADD MOAR GREEN STUFF.

Army looked like green blobs. It was Orcs, so I guess it kinda fit...

well there was the guy who would put drops of blood in his red paint for khorne. He was told if he intentionally cut himself or made himself bleed again he would not be welcomed back.

There was a kid who used to take a knee and say a prayer to the lady of the lake with his brets before a game.

There was a guy who never played but always told you how gak your list was. This was not the weird/sad part. his 4 year old daughter would live in a stroller ALL day long. get nothing but chicken nuggets and soda in a BOTTLE. Then he would leave her unattended while he was outside chain smoking. Child services were eventually called.

the kid who in a fit glued his face to the paint bar. the fire department had to cut the counter off and take him to the hospital with it still stuck to his head.

The guy who applied to work at the shop then bought a metal bloodthirster and then satisfied that models need for blood. He was like a furious monkey beating his meat like a madman with a file that eventually slipped and with so much force it was driven right through his hand. from the palm out the back of it. Stellar job bro.

but the one thing that is the single most weird thing, hands down.
GROWN ASS ADULTS WHO DONT fething SHOWER!!!! be weird but wash your ass. WTF

BAck in the 80s we had a a couple of older guys that liked to invite young teen boys over 16ish for DND and BEer, Later it turned out that they were gay and would get you drunk and hit on you.
As for TT minatures since i have been adult, are the POt heads that like to stop and run to get snacks.MAke for long game and the annoying zoning out.
Another good one but kinda Sad was the GAy 40k player that posted on Craigslist that he was looking for another GAy male 40k player to hook up with.
I guess these are not hobby store related but are gaming related.

 namiel wrote:
There was a kid who used to take a knee and say a prayer to the lady of the lake with his brets before a game.

I'm pretty sure that's expected now with AoS

 Vermis wrote:
Weirdest person I ever met in a hobby store is this guy.

Lol! Now THAT is funny!

 namiel wrote:

There was a guy who never played but always told you how gak your list was. This was not the weird/sad part. his 4 year old daughter would live in a stroller ALL day long. get nothing but chicken nuggets and soda in a BOTTLE. Then he would leave her unattended while he was outside chain smoking. Child services were eventually called.

That's the most depressing thing I've read all week.

Maybe not the weirdest person, but I have seen some weird things. On two occasions, I've seen people walk into a GW store, and then run out with a bunch of stuff under theirs arms, seconds later.

On one occasion, the manager gave chase, having clambered over a gaming table beforehand, crushing miniatures underfoot in the process!

It's a mad world!

Buddy and me were playing a game in "warehouse" section of the store, since the gaming area was packed. As we're deploying, I smell something that reeks like a dead skunk. There's lots of wildlife in the neighborhood of the store, so I start warily checking some of the aisles and back corners of the darkened back room just in case there's a skunk that's actually wandered in.

In the back corner, by the rear exit, it's all smokey and I see a guy darting back into the main gaming area. The dude was smoking weed in the back of the shop and figured no one would notice! Who needs a hit that bad that they can't either get stoned before they come to the store or get high afterwards?

Fething stoners.

 zedmeister wrote:

 namiel wrote:

There was a guy who never played but always told you how gak your list was. This was not the weird/sad part. his 4 year old daughter would live in a stroller ALL day long. get nothing but chicken nuggets and soda in a BOTTLE. Then he would leave her unattended while he was outside chain smoking. Child services were eventually called.

That's the most depressing thing I've read all week.

Working in healthcare im a mandated reporter of suspected abuse/neglect. the kid was 4 and could hardly talk. meaning the kid was completely unengaged intellectually the majority of her life. If the store manager didn't call I would have. He moved away so we no longer see him but hopefully something changed though its doubtful

I have met some weirdos, to the Magic player that scratched his crack then went on playing, to the kid that, when I shook his hand, tickled it instead. but my "Favorite" is this story.
Long time posters know I used to be a brony, and this guy is why im no longer one lol.
So, we where sitting down to a game of path finder society(Basically, one off game of pathfinder that has set rules you cannot deviate from. and the players are Random people) that my friend is DMing. This big guy, like really big. Sits down. and what does he have? A Unicorn cleric of something. He has holes in his shirt, under his armpit is a hole, meaning we can see the stench. And he went.....wow was that just an experience. My friend messed with him the entire time. Like saying he couldnt open a door cause of hooves, to keeping him outside during most ofthe social stuff cause horses cant be in the house. To having people try to buy him because he is a talking unicorn.

Just gotta say, not everyone who is a "fething stoner" is gonna zone out or require twelve large bags of chips to play a game. In my experience, people who smoke weed and do things like that have a problem with self awareness before the weed is smoked, and the shift in psyche just makes it worse. I understand the type casting though, as the zone out and munchies thing is probably common and usually probably has weed behind it.

I've met people who smoke the stuff and have 0 noticeable change in how they deal with situations and others, and I've met people who change quite a bit under the influence. Being a "fething stoner" myself, I definitely place myself in the first category and somewhat resent being associated with that behaviour by extension. I have a large vocabulary both sober and after smoking, and even though I play daemons the game is hardly ever waiting on me or my book keeping and I would never light up in a public place and inconvenience others who don't use and dislike the smell or even being around it.

All I'm saying is, if the stoner is annoying you, chances are it's not the weed that is the problem, the person themselves may have some social drawbacks that are perhaps exacerbated by the use of Marijuana.

It was because of gaming that I begun to become rather obsessive about being clean (as I have long hair I generally refuse to leave the house without washing it- and by extension showering, so it happens every day.
So I thank gamers for instilling a terror of being perceived as an unwashed weirdo (I'm just a weirdo but at least I smell nice).
So thankfully I never had a chance to develop into an unwashed gamer but I'd say the weirdest stories come from myself rather then anyone around me, and I've done some strange things, being a very strange person myself.
I remember fondly my cupcake Dark Eldar (an army painted in a horrid sort of drybrushed ice blue-tentacle pink overtop blood red and enchanted blue colour scheme. Siver was dry brushed up to Mithril so the entire thing was an assault on the eyes. Not badly painted but just insane.
Having traded so much in my local community once upon a time I could go into any gaming night and usually see something I owned (sometimes still sporting the paint job I'd given to it).
More recently, though it's not been taken poorly by anyone, for both Kings of War and Warhammer 40k instead of using dice for wound markers, I use tiny hot dogs, cookies, cups, they're doll house props and people think they're hilarious.
Once I think I took it a bit too far and had one of the little things sitting off to the side, didn't talk much about it, it just was there, which I think was worse.
Someone did ask about her and I said that "oh that's Takine, she just sits there" ...In actuality I had another thing planned with my doll collecting friends but I guess for some reason I wanted to look crazy and didn't realize it.
Who knows.
I do remember creeping out a GW employee when I tested one of the terrain pieces (the weird tower with a chair) with one of the dolls, but she didn't fit so I expressed my mild annoyance.

At least I'm aware I'm nuts though.

AncientSkarbrand wrote:
Just gotta say, not everyone who is a "fething stoner" is gonna zone out or require twelve large bags of chips to play a game. In my experience, people who smoke weed and do things like that have a problem with self awareness before the weed is smoked, and the shift in psyche just makes it worse. I understand the type casting though, as the zone out and munchies thing is probably common and usually probably has weed behind it.

I've met people who smoke the stuff and have 0 noticeable change in how they deal with situations and others, and I've met people who change quite a bit under the influence. Being a "fething stoner" myself, I definitely place myself in the first category and somewhat resent being associated with that behaviour by extension. I have a large vocabulary both sober and after smoking, and even though I play daemons the game is hardly ever waiting on me or my book keeping and I would never light up in a public place and inconvenience others who don't use and dislike the smell or even being around it.

All I'm saying is, if the stoner is annoying you, chances are it's not the weed that is the problem, the person themselves may have some social drawbacks that are perhaps exacerbated by the use of Marijuana.

Stoners are narcissists. They love to tell you about the fact they smoke. Your post above kinda reinforces that stereotype: you had to tell me you smoke, amirite? I don't care if you smoke, but don't do it in a place of business. How hard is that to understand?

 the_Armyman wrote:

AncientSkarbrand wrote:
Just gotta say, not everyone who is a "fething stoner" is gonna zone out or require twelve large bags of chips to play a game. In my experience, people who smoke weed and do things like that have a problem with self awareness before the weed is smoked, and the shift in psyche just makes it worse. I understand the type casting though, as the zone out and munchies thing is probably common and usually probably has weed behind it.

I've met people who smoke the stuff and have 0 noticeable change in how they deal with situations and others, and I've met people who change quite a bit under the influence. Being a "fething stoner" myself, I definitely place myself in the first category and somewhat resent being associated with that behaviour by extension. I have a large vocabulary both sober and after smoking, and even though I play daemons the game is hardly ever waiting on me or my book keeping and I would never light up in a public place and inconvenience others who don't use and dislike the smell or even being around it.

All I'm saying is, if the stoner is annoying you, chances are it's not the weed that is the problem, the person themselves may have some social drawbacks that are perhaps exacerbated by the use of Marijuana.

Stoners are narcissists. They love to tell you about the fact they smoke. Your post above kinda reinforces that stereotype: you had to tell me you smoke, amirite? I don't care if you smoke, but don't do it in a place of business. How hard is that to understand?

So just to be clear, if someone tries to correct an over generalization made by another person about a group the first person belongs to, that makes the first person a narcissist?

Got it.

I said I wouldn't do it in a place of business, and yeah I guess I did reinforce that stereotype, but I never really knew it existed. Most people don't brag about smoking in my immediate environment, it's just a thing you do or you don't do. Quite commonplace really.

I didn't have to tell you I smoked, I chose to because it would be implied anyway by the rest of my post, and because I don't mind being transparent about it here. But I don't tell people about it everywhere I go, and generally leave it out of conversation entirely. It's not an important part about who I am. I mostly use it to control my digestive issues, but I didn't really think anyone wanted to hear that.

I was mainly saying that not all people who smoke are going to act like that. I also agreed that it shouldn't be done in public. However you said nothing about my notion that the person most likely possesses social drawbacks that are exacerbated by the usage of Marijuana. You just called me a narcissist and applied that typecast to users as well. But I get it, now that you've said that I've met a few people who do love to tell you they smoke. It's annoying as well and I certainly didn't want to seem that way. Just seemed like type casting, that's all. However I do feel that those people brag about other things, too.

I'm not trying to pick a fight here. This is off topic anyway. I hope people wouldn't refuse a game with me based on those preconcieved notions of my ability to socially interact because of something I do. I'd much rather they refuse because of something I am.

Weird is definitely subjective, and if we're completely honest with ourselves all of us that frequent a game store for wargaming could be considered a little 'weird'.

So if I put myself at a baseline, I think the things I find weird at a gamestore scenario are things I'd find weird in life elsewhere. There's a guy at the store I frequent who definitively refutes deodorant. I'm convinced he chooses not to use it because he thinks it's evil or a health risk. I'm not going to argue the facts either way, Im not a scientist, but my working olfactory senses tell me there's a better way to be healthy.

Moreso than that anyone who rages I consider weird. I've thankfully only witnessed one rage/quit, and I don't ever want to more than once. It was a GW store, the guy was showing up after missing an entire edition of 40k, and when his Marines didn't function wholly as he remembered, he chucked them to the ground spouting curses before stomping out the door. That sort of thing just boggles my mind.

Was at a shop late with friends as the store was closing.

A fellow comes in, starts talking to the owner about how he's the Devil and Jesus trapped in one body, he's going to eventually bring about the end of the world, and lots of other crazy talk. Eventually he decided he'd said enough, and just walked back out the door.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

So just to be clear, if someone tries to correct an over generalization made by another person about a group the first person belongs to, that makes the first person a narcissist?

Got it.

Apparently, you don't get it. Why do I have to defend a group and simulataneously belong to it (e.g, I don't care for anti-semites, but I'm not Jewish). Conversely, I can belong to the group I'm defending without bringing up the fact I belong to that group. But, stoners are narcissists, so they tend to broach the topic any time it's even remotely possible.

I walked in a saw this short bulky fellow with long black hair carrying four gw army cases. Wearing all black, including a leather trenchcoat. Beady eyes, chin beard, and leather motorcycle gloves. Weirdest person I ever saw I tell you. The fact he was staring at me from that mirror everytime I looked his way was dang creepy too.

Why is everyone wrong but you? And why does their choice to say they belong to the group mean anything more than the alternative choice, which is not to say it? You either say you do or you don't. Part of why I said I belonged to the group is so people could judge me for it. That doesn't sound narcissistic, i'm opening myself to criticism.

I've seen lots of threads like this that contain stuff about Marijuana users and also in places not wargaming related and haven't said anything at all. If you were correct in your generalizations, I wouldn't have been able to let those go.

This time I decide to say something and I get Dr. Armyman's psychoanalysis. It's seeming more like YOU are the narcissistic one, because you believe you're completely correct in your generalizations and won't have a say in this conversation that isn't rude and dismissive of a group of people, as well as the two here speaking with you.

I think it's time to let it go and get back on topic. If you're unhappy with my post, hit the yellow triangle of friendship or put me on ignore.

What would you have said to my post if I hadn't told you I smoke, armyman? You kind of smoke-and-mirrored your way out of the actual discussion I attempted to have with you, and instead resorted to insults.

So you don't think that these people perhaps had a problem or two before they used Marijuana? Your assertion is just "fething stoners"?

Yeah, time to let it go.

 the_Armyman wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

So just to be clear, if someone tries to correct an over generalization made by another person about a group the first person belongs to, that makes the first person a narcissist?

Got it.

Apparently, you don't get it. Why do I have to defend a group and simulataneously belong to it (e.g, I don't care for anti-semites, but I'm not Jewish). Conversely, I can belong to the group I'm defending without bringing up the fact I belong to that group. But, stoners are narcissists, so they tend to broach the topic any time it's even remotely possible.

You generalized about marijuana smokers, and AncientSkarsbrand challenged your over generalization about that group. He brought up that fact that he smokes weed as a way of disputing your broad statement about a group he belongs to.

Marijuana smokers aren't necessarily narcissists, just like any other group of people aren't necessarily narcissists. Perhaps you have a bias towards marijuana, and if anyone brings it up around you it raises your hackles. That's fine if that is the case, but it doesn't make your ridiculous statement about all marijuana smokers being narcissists any more true than an anti-Semite saying all Jews are cut-throat negotiators. Doing so is stupid and shows your ignorance and bias.

Hmmmm... seems like there can be a back story to this marijuana and narcissists.
I figure with the big N's its "all about them" but with the weed they would care a whole lot less.

See now we are in the realm of "irritating" than weird.

Weird people gold is my red headed cousin has gone for a teaching stint in Japan, the stuff she reports back I have to read twice.
She is very strange herself so it just has this extra messed-up feel when mixing it in with another culture.

So yeah, shout out to any Japanese dakka folks: wish you could game over here: there is not enough fun-strange things going on at my FLGS.

Aside from some gender adjustments going on, the folks are pretty good, the Radio Control folks who come in trying to return a part after a year get a bit bent.

Ah! One of the shop keepers at the FLGS told me a guy came in looking for an RC part, he directed him to look at the wall that had some parts hung on it.
The guy then said "You need to get it for me.", "You did not give a specific model, I could assist you then.", "It is your job to do it, so go get it!".
So... the shop guy then had to explain that they are phasing out the RC stuff and he was welcome to see what was available or he could direct him to another store that would have a greater selection.
"I do not want to go elsewhere, I don't want to waste my time, get the damn part!!!"
Reason set in and the reply was "No. It is probably not there anyway.".
Then an unexpected response: "Hit me!"
"Huh?!?"
"Hit me!!!"
"No, get out or I am calling the police.".

Fun stuff in the land of customer service.

There was a guy at a now closed LGS who was a nightmare to deal with, mainly because he combined a lot of the worst traits associated with annoying gamers into one big, fat ball of gross.

The LGS had a back gaming area that was split between game tables and computers. Well, nightmare-guy was close friends with the store owner, and that owner let his buddies pretty much live in the back of the shop. Nightmare-guy must have worked in some kind of construction job, because he always came in to the store filthy. Like Pigpen from Peanuts filthy.

To top it off, as soon as he got into the store he'd take off his shoes and socks and hang out in the gaming area, making the rounds and chatting with anyone who was nearby--whether they wanted to be involved in a conversation or not. Those conversations always involved him offering unrequested tactical advice during a game, as well as picking up models with his disgusting, dirt-caked hands. All mid-game, mind you.

I also remember him having the habit of rubbing his dirty feet vigorously on the carpet, as if to get them warm or perhaps to scrape off the outer layer of funk from his dermis.

That guy was the worst.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:He finally points over Talkyhoarder's shoulder hand says "Holy gak!" and then jumped into his car and sped away when the guy turned around to look.

namiel wrote:but the one thing that is the single most weird thing, hands down.
GROWN ASS ADULTS WHO DONT fething SHOWER!!!! be weird but wash your ass. WTF

ZergSmasher wrote:
Lol! Now THAT is funny!

I swear the guy I knew could have been the model for that strip, down to occupation, appearance and behaviour, with two differences:
- the real assistant had longer hair.
- the comic assistant was nicer.

And then there was that regular who was pretty normal (with the caveat of actually being a gaming shop regular ): well dressed, adequately groomed, socially competent, etc. It's just that, for whatever reason, he smelled of gak. No exaggeration. A member of staff asked him to have a shower one time, and that was the last time we saw him. Poor guy.

Gremore wrote:Weird is definitely subjective, and if we're completely honest with ourselves all of us that frequent a game store for wargaming could be considered a little 'weird'.

I can verify.

 jonolikespie wrote:

 namiel wrote:
There was a kid who used to take a knee and say a prayer to the lady of the lake with his brets before a game.

I'm pretty sure that's expected now with AoS

Read the Grail Knights warscroll ;-)

 the_Armyman wrote:

AncientSkarbrand wrote:
Just gotta say, not everyone who is a "fething stoner" is gonna zone out or require twelve large bags of chips to play a game. In my experience, people who smoke weed and do things like that have a problem with self awareness before the weed is smoked, and the shift in psyche just makes it worse. I understand the type casting though, as the zone out and munchies thing is probably common and usually probably has weed behind it.

I've met people who smoke the stuff and have 0 noticeable change in how they deal with situations and others, and I've met people who change quite a bit under the influence. Being a "fething stoner" myself, I definitely place myself in the first category and somewhat resent being associated with that behaviour by extension. I have a large vocabulary both sober and after smoking, and even though I play daemons the game is hardly ever waiting on me or my book keeping and I would never light up in a public place and inconvenience others who don't use and dislike the smell or even being around it.

All I'm saying is, if the stoner is annoying you, chances are it's not the weed that is the problem, the person themselves may have some social drawbacks that are perhaps exacerbated by the use of Marijuana.

Stoners are narcissists. They love to tell you about the fact they smoke. Your post above kinda reinforces that stereotype: you had to tell me you smoke, amirite? I don't care if you smoke, but don't do it in a place of business. How hard is that to understand?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGk-79gvz9k
I don't moyase that 420 myself... no devils cabbage for me...
I waste all my money on plastic soldiers and ball jointed dolls.

I live in southern Illinois, so we had to deal for a long time with both the Rainbow Gathering, which is kind of like Burning Man, but with less prestige and less class. Inevitably a couple freaks would get separated from the bed and wind up in our store.

More recently we had a recurring infestation of Juggalos, week would site up to take over a local park festival every year and turn it into a celebration of hard drugs, pretty crime, and flinging their own feces (no, really) but that seems to be going away too. Again, inevitably one wastoid would wander into the store to talk about Magic and/or shoplift.

There is this one guy that goes to the FLGS that flips out every time he is playing heroclix. The screams, shouts, and throws stuff when he is playing a game. Before he leaves the store he apologized for his actions and claims his new meds are not working. Poor guy suffers from mental Heath issues and he is fine if not playing heroclix. The guy wanted to start warmachine but the store owner talked him out of it since he doesn't handle losing to well.

Compared to the some of the 'people' I met working retail, I have never met a weird gamer. I haven't met many stinky ones, either. About the worst I've seen was the prolonged awkwardness that resulted from two drunk girls in cowboy hats and bar night clothes fixating on the one GW employee with Tourette's Syndrome and grilling him about what Games Workshop is and what it sells and if they sell any princesses.


Sadly, he failed to sell them a Bretonnian battle force.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
About the worst I've seen was the prolonged awkwardness that resulted from two drunk girls in cowboy hats and bar night clothes fixating on the one GW employee with Tourette's Syndrome and grilling him about what Games Workshop is and what it sells and if they sell any princesses.

Saw that a lot too. About 8 years back there was a short lived game shop in Arcadia, CA that was located next to a bar. I was friendly with the staff and they and would let the regulars stay after hours to play often until 2 or 3 AM. Great fun, except for when the bar let out. We had a few occasions where the door of the game shop wasn't locked and drunks stumbled in and started molesting the players and miniatures.

Fething drunks. Reprobates all of them.

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

How did that nugget even crop in a conversation?

'You need to roll for perils...coincidently........'

Hung out with the guy and a few others one night after the store closed. Learned a lot of stuff I never wanted to know that night

Weirdest one I've encountered would probably be the masochist X-Wing player. He always seems to be miserable about his games, carelessly bumps ships and templates around (far too often to his advantage), complains about how broken the game is (it isn't) and how he won't play against certain lists, etc. And he's constantly taking weak lists and making bad decisions in-game, which only seems to supply more things to be unhappy about. Yet he continues to keep playing the game!

Thankfully, other than that, I can't remember any exceptionally weird or obnoxious people. People with anger issues when they lose? Yep. People with awful political beliefs that I'd never associate with outside of a shared hobby? Yep. Children being immature? Yep. But they haven't really been any worse than the kind of people I could encounter anywhere else.

There were a lot of cool guys at my FLGS. One guy however had weekly basketball practice right before gaming night. He'd come strait from the courts to the store.

He didn't stink, and to his credit tried to clean up the best he could. He sometimes over did it on the Axe Body Spray though.

What made him "special" was that I'm pretty sure the guy didn't wear underwear, and had random and extreme erections all night, and wore thin, loose workout shorts, LOL. He was also the right height compared to the table, so that when he leaned over to reach the center of the table his manhood would push over models in front of him, usually his dead pile.

In our store there is a guy who got the Bachelor recently.
He's always taking about the game, mostly WM, and obviously has some inside knowledge, but he never plays.

 cuda1179 wrote:
There were a lot of cool guys at my FLGS. One guy however had weekly basketball practice right before gaming night. He'd come strait from the courts to the store.

He didn't stink, and to his credit tried to clean up the best he could. He sometimes over did it on the Axe Body Spray though.

What made him "special" was that I'm pretty sure the guy didn't wear underwear, and had random and extreme erections all night, and wore thin, loose workout shorts, LOL. He was also the right height compared to the table, so that when he leaned over to reach the center of the table his manhood would push over models in front of him, usually his dead pile.

So he plays hard?

This would be hilarious if he played warmachine by the way. Que jokes about 'play like you got a pair', and 'what's the p&s (sat it fast and it sounds like...) of...'.

But yeah, seriously- not needed in a game!

I've seen a few;

A very overweight guy who refused to buy anything, was miserable all the time, except from when he was gaming against 13 yr olds, when he became very lively and acted out everything that was happening on the table (including sound effects). (I'm not claiming this 25yr old was trying to groom these boys, more that he felt himself comfortable with them to express his enthusiasm).

One guy who hung around quietly, waiting to be accepted into the fold, and then turned up the following week in a long white wig and undid six months work.

A cockney doorman who dealt coke on the side who forgot who he'd leant a bl book too and got banned for nearly beating up the wrong bloke.

A very long haired moustachioed gentleman who used to come in just to look at the boxes and talk about the women on the Russian news channel.

Just a couple.

 the_Armyman wrote:


Stoners are narcissists. They love to tell you about the fact they smoke. Your post above kinda reinforces that stereotype: you had to tell me you smoke, amirite? I don't care if you smoke, but don't do it in a place of business. How hard is that to understand?

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Absolute rubbish, its just like anything else, depends on the individual.

EDit due to Adult nature.
Also for the keyboard Trolls i am not PC never have never will.
I am a Christian veteran gun owner enough said.

This thread was not a good idea to begin with - but if people are going to ignore Rule #1 and Rule #2?

First and last warning.

I long thought about starting an off topic thread about 'most hated group of people,' but didn't for fear it would spin out of control and get locked.

But this thread seems to be covering it nicely.

I was going to respond to Col. Krazy Kenny with a "What's wrong with..?" Post, but considering the warning, maybe not.

Along the lines Peregrine mentioned earlier, I definitely prefer to leave politics and religion out of the game store. If I want to get riled up, all I really need to do is look at the GW prices.



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 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
About the worst I've seen was the prolonged awkwardness that resulted from two drunk girls in cowboy hats and bar night clothes fixating on the one GW employee with Tourette's Syndrome and grilling him about what Games Workshop is and what it sells and if they sell any princesses.

Saw that a lot too. About 8 years back there was a short lived game shop in Arcadia, CA that was located next to a bar. I was friendly with the staff and they and would let the regulars stay after hours to play often until 2 or 3 AM. Great fun, except for when the bar let out. We had a few occasions where the door of the game shop wasn't locked and drunks stumbled in and started molesting the players and miniatures.

Fething drunks. Reprobates all of them.

Arcadia, near Eureka? That's a smalllllllll town. Still, it has more bookstores than Alaska. Always reminds me of the film Gremlins for some reason.

And the customers were more of an issue for whatever game they were playing with the Tourette's guy. It was like one of those scenes an evolutionary biologist would use to demonstrate that humans act on the same malicious principles as mature chimpanzees, only with more subtlety.

There's a certain guy who used to come to a local store who I only knew briefly, who struck me as a bit quirky. He was trying to teach some rookies the rules to Warmachine while getting them horribly wrong at every turn, and shared his top secret information with me about how Games Workshop had been bought by a Baptist group from the southern US, and they were removing Chaos for being un-Christian. But once I was at a painting session with people who had known him for longer, some of the really odd stuff came out. Apparently, he was a major fantasist, who had stories about being a black ops soldier who had been beaten up by the IRA (and it took four men to hold him down) or about how he was being hunted by the Yakuza.

Yes, the Japanese Yakuza.

In Yorkshire, England.

The weirdest game store person & kid I've ever seen was actually my friend's nephew who was about 9-10 at the time. His parents wanted to play in the stores D&D group so they would bring him along and he'd hang around while we played. He was the most sheltered coddled person I've ever met, he looked and behaved a lot like Robin Arryn from game of thrones. He was a really thin and sickly looking kid and he'd be in constant physical contact with his mom usually clinging to her arm and was prone to weird outbursts when he felt he wasn't receiving enough attention which was pretty much all the time. Whenever attention wasn't completely focused on him he'd get frustrated and throw tantrums and start grabbing at his mothers breasts and try to pull them out of her shirt.

Even though he was close to ten years old he was still being breast fed because his parents thought it created a stronger family bond, her go to routine was that she'd let him suckle as a way of calming him down. She wouldn't do it in public but the kid was so maladjusted that he'd demand that he get bi-bi or whatever he called it and constantly be yanking at his mom's chest until she'd get up and leave so she could go feed him in the car or the bathroom. The rest of us were pretty much like WTF doing this at 9 years old?

He also had this nervous habit of constantly rocking back and forth and constantly licking his lips so much so that he had this really creepy blistered up red ring around his entire mouth. There was something really, really unnerving about it as he'd sit there rocking back, staring you directly in the eye while licking his lips.

Wow...some people should NOT be allowed to have children. Poor kid.

Okay, so like, I dunno about you people

But from personal experience, I'd much rather play minis games with people who are gay, visibly transgender, or weed enthusiasts, than people who shower exclusively in Axe body spray or are TFG in the game.

Bring all the "weird" people into the store, I say. The hobby needs them more than it needs entitled man-children, who can get really vocal about their "right" to not have to be around them in public.

Or bathe.

Or play against whatever codex just got updated.

 Jewelfox wrote:
Okay, so like, I dunno about you people

But from personal experience, I'd much rather play minis games with people who are gay, visibly transgender, or weed enthusiasts, than people who shower exclusively in Axe body spray or are TFG in the game.

Bring all the "weird" people into the store, I say. The hobby needs them more than it needs entitled man-children, who can get really vocal about their "right" to not have to be around them in public.

Or bathe.

Or play against whatever codex just got updated.

I don't think you understand what the point of this thread is for...

Also, please, nobody cares about the stoner bit, can we PLEASE get off of it? Alpharius already warned the thread about it

Gay & transgender, nothing weird about that. It's the stinky guys that bother me.

The hobby tends to attract a lot of non standard guys and some girls. The one guy who always dressed like a final fantasy character and assaulted his father with a claw hammer must have been the strangest I have met. I don't know the story in detail since it was more then 10 years ago bu I;m quite sure that I have never seen him since his attempt.

I remembered two more.

We had a guy for a while that was originally from somewhere in Great Britain, that had immigrated to the US 10 years prior. He lived in the most rural part of Kentucky (or somewhere in that area, I'm not sure), before moving to Iowa. He ended up with an extremely odd accent that was a cross between thick British and redneck Southern country boy. To make matters worse, he had a very thick beard. Understanding anything this man said was hard.

The next one isn't really a customer, so much as the setting of the store itself. Imagine a gaming store across the street from a major college campus, two doors down from a major college bar, and less than three blocks from Fraternity row. This normally wasn't a problem unless gaming lasted unusually long into the night, when it was a crapshoot if you'd get hassled by drunken frat boys. On one of these fateful nights a drunk thought it would be funny to kick my model case out of my hands, a case filled with about $2500 of models. By instinct alone I turned and punched, the only punch I've thrown in my life. I actually knocked the guy out.

Not really weird, but I used to play with this guy usually once a week to two weeks, and he use to wear this really odd, tall baseball cap kind of thing, and I always wonder why, once day he didn't wear it, and he had a three foot long, multicolour dyed braid that he curled up to sit neatly on his head, under his hat. Quite impressive really.

Hands up honestly, it's probably me. I can't think of anyone here really, which means it likely is. A bit like that expression about if you don't know who TFG is...
It's a very small town, so there's not a lot by way of diversity in many aspects (life experience, humour, logic, etc).
Thankfully I fell into a group of good gaming friends. It assuages my fear of being barely tolerated.

When I lived in the North West, the oddest gamer I knew was a heroclix player who used to turn up, buy his boosters, and generally concede every game or spend an hour explaining why he was going to lose before quitting. He was lovely, but so very frustrating.

So far as personal aspects like sexuality/gender/clothing featuring in this topic, I'm a little surprised and disappointed.

 cuda1179 wrote:

The next one isn't really a customer, so much as the setting of the store itself. Imagine a gaming store across the street from a major college campus, two doors down from a major college bar, and less than three blocks from Fraternity row. This normally wasn't a problem unless gaming lasted unusually long into the night, when it was a crapshoot if you'd get hassled by drunken frat boys. On one of these fateful nights a drunk thought it would be funny to kick my model case out of my hands, a case filled with about $2500 of models. By instinct alone I turned and punched, the only punch I've thrown in my life. I actually knocked the guy out.

I'm almost positive I read this on /tg/ a while back. It sounds so familiar its bugging the heck out of me.

WOW. Reading you guys' comments really makes the Assassin's creed guy seem normal...

Well atlest we havent had a story of a Shady guy driving around in VAn offering Space MArines to Teenage boys if they go for a ride with him.
all good trying to be funny this morning maybe to much coffee or not enough.

The weirdest person I ever met in a hobby store?

Me.

I'm ALWAYS the weirdest person in the hobby store.

I am proud of my weirdness and I relish it! No matter how weird somebody else may seem I always come back to the fact that I, too, am weird.

 col. krazy kenny wrote:
Well atlest we havent had a story of a Shady guy driving around in VAn offering Space MArines to Teenage boys if they go for a ride with him.
all good trying to be funny this morning maybe to much coffee or not enough.

Are they NoS or are they already assembled? I may be tempted if the former

Where to start...?

To begin with at the first GW store I became a regular at (sadly I never witnessed this individual in person) was the legend of kid named Jordan who drank a pot of enchanted blue paint on a dare. The kid then ran out the store an barfed on the pavement outside. The stain is probably still there to this day. It certainly was there when I began going in the late nineties.

Next, at the same store we had a guy who maybe had certain anger issues and had managed to get banned from the store at least 5 times. How does one get banned from GW multiple times you might ask? Due to high staff turnover he just waited for a new face to work there and they'd invite him back fro games night. rinse and repeat. But anyway, this guy flipped out over loads of stuff and when he would lose he would literally hurl his models into the toolbox he pulled them from. (GW must have made a killing in glue sales from this guy) One such time, He tried to claim his War Walkers had LOS to some of my guys as their guns were tilted up.
Nope.
He flipped the feth out and grabbed a pair of clippers and started hacking said War Walkers to pieces. Poor War Walkers, they never stood a chance.

Had a similar incident when he was playing a friend and tried to claim the damage result of his Falcon was may not move next turn (there is, and never has been such a result. It got may not shoot). Said Falcon got kerbstomped and the guy got banned (again).

Store had some very odd staff as well. There was a manager whose catchphrase appeared to be "Get out my store". There was a weird malaise in the store when he was there and no games would be played on games nights until he'd gone home for the day. Additional note, it turned out he was also haemophobic (No, not homophobic. I spelt that correctly. He was afraid of blood), and once cut himself and fainted. I don't think it's spiteful to say teenage me found it very amusing to see that happen.

Next GW store I'm a regular at had a few oddballs. There was a real rake of a kid who looked like he was ready to be on the roof with a sniper rifle look to him. I saw him playing another one of the regulars on a Sunday and as they've finished playing the other guy (either intentionally or not) drops the lid of his big GW carry case on said Stressed-out-dude's army. He flips out and some fists start flailing at this guy who is easily twice his size.

We had another guy who, was alright to talk to seemed very violent when playing his games. Always muttering stuff like "That's bs" and calling his trooper guys "plebs". Eventually one day he's playing in a tournament up at our local club and he's using the unkillable Von Carstein family in Gravegurd unit deathstar. His opponent is using WoC and rolls a double 6 for the strength of Infernal Gateway. This is on turn 1.
The whole unit gets deleted.
"THAT IS fething bs" He screams.
I believe he got kicked out of the tournament due to said incident.

Numerous smelly people, namely the infamous "Dog gak Dave" whom one of the GW staffers straight up asked him if he'd been bathing in sewage.

Those are all I can remember off of the top of my head.

Had a similar incident when he was playing a friend and tried to claim the damage result of his Falcon was may not move next turn (there is, and never has been such a result. It got may not shoot). Said Falcon got kerbstomped and the guy got banned (again).

Not my recollection of 5th Ed.

Vehicle Shaken = may not shoot.
Vehicle Stunned = may not move or shoot.

And then there was weapon destroyed, Vehicle Immobilized, Vehicle Destroyed and Vehicle Explodes.

Am I remembering correctly?

Otherwise...what a fething brat. Did he ever try to break other people's property or did he only take out his frustration on his own?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

Had a similar incident when he was playing a friend and tried to claim the damage result of his Falcon was may not move next turn (there is, and never has been such a result. It got may not shoot). Said Falcon got kerbstomped and the guy got banned (again).

Not my recollection of 5th Ed.

Vehicle Shaken = may not shoot.
Vehicle Stunned = may not move or shoot.

I think he meant the guy was claiming that while he couldn't move next turn he could still shoot, which was certainly not a thing in 5th ed.

 jonolikespie wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

Had a similar incident when he was playing a friend and tried to claim the damage result of his Falcon was may not move next turn (there is, and never has been such a result. It got may not shoot). Said Falcon got kerbstomped and the guy got banned (again).

Not my recollection of 5th Ed.

Vehicle Shaken = may not shoot.
Vehicle Stunned = may not move or shoot.

I think he meant the guy was claiming that while he couldn't move next turn he could still shoot, which was certainly not a thing in 5th ed.

Correct.

 jer155 wrote:
WOW. Reading you guys' comments really makes the Assassin's creed guy seem normal...

He is

Back in the Netherlands there was a guy who worked as an assistant at the gamestore, he was a really nice guy, but his thoughts were in a different plane, i played against him often because there was only a small group that played warzone and Chronopia. His armies looked like a psychedelic t-shirt, another guy had color blindness so his armies were a little off, but this guy just slapped paint on them with no logic. and went on monologues explaining why they looked like that and the armies history, he was an even worse tactical player then i am (and that says something). But it was always fun to play against him.

Maybe I'm the weirdo at my store?

Honestly though, nothing too weird going on where I go every now and then. Maybe just the odd case of "put your arms down please" or having a rather odd chap who isn't all there interrupt the game every now and then to ask really, really off-topic questions, usually during assaults.

Back when I still used to go to GW Amsterdam though there was this one redshirt though who tried her hardest to push Orks on every player who came in, which always struck me as odd, as the rest of the staff was always really laidback and easy going.

I've got one too.

Years ago, our local gaming group organized an Apocalypse battle. The evening before we met and discussed some houserules and the general plan, and I don't know who brought her, but a mid-thirty woman I've never seen before showed up too.
She played Eldar or got her hands on some miniatures, I don't know, because at no point did she made the impression that she actually knew what she was doing. Which was not the problem, no.....
what really irritated me was her touchy-feely way with the teenage boys from our group. I repeat, this woman in her mid-thirties was constantly touching the teenage boys, complementing them on their looks or how sweet they are. All of in a less than sober manner, at least I hope that she was drunk or stoned. Although her behavior was not entirely consistent with either inebriated state, so mental illness is not out of question.

Was this at a gaming store, a club or just someone's house? Someone probably should have taken her to one side and asked her to leave before the Police were called.

The would have been great when I was a teenager, my how times have changed!

 notprop wrote:
The would have been great when I was a teenager, my how times have changed!

Yep, more 'Best person you've ever met in a hobby store' really.

 notprop wrote:
The would have been great when I was a teenager, my how times have changed!

Now flip around the genders of everyone involved. Suddenly become an enormously skeevy and unpleasant case of obvious grooming, hasn't it?

Its fething creepy and disgusting, whatever the kids might think. Its not OK just because its a woman and the boys were "up for it".

Theres actually been a spate of cases in the UK recently of woman in positions of authority (teachers etc) being prosecuted and jailed for sex with under age boys.

 Elemental wrote:

 notprop wrote:
The would have been great when I was a teenager, my how times have changed!

Now flip around the genders of everyone involved. Suddenly become an enormously skeevy and unpleasant case of obvious grooming, hasn't it?

Indeed it has, yes, but the genders weren't flipped.

Personally, I can only honestly say, if I as a male teenager I had met a lady in her 30s, possibly stoned, who was clearly flirting with me, and was into the hobby too, well, I wouldn't have minded. YMMV.

As with most of the important issues in life, there is a very good South Park about it.

No, having been in that position when I was 17, it really is uncomfortable and gross. Someone pawing at you when you don't want them to is wrong, no matter what the gender.

Anyhow, the strangest experience I ever had in a store isn't that strange, but it was actually a fun one. My cousin and I had gone into a gaming shop we'd never been to before, and there was a guy there playing 40k against himself. And he was doing all the sounds and voices, you know, explosions and so on.

And he was very obviously having a blast. We talked to him a bit, and he was definitely an odd duck, but he knew it, and didn't mind.

It sounds like she was just pulling off being drunk / high better than the average person, and it manifested in being handsy. But still, that's predatory as feth. It's not like you don't know the average demographic of wargamers.

I'm always conscious not to touch anyone I don't know, even to get their attention, as you don't know folks' comfort zones. A lot of younger players around here have autism, or sensory issues. I guess these worries do occur when you have a hobby that mixes broad age groups.

There are some great stories, and even better grandstanding and soapboxing in this thread.

For me, the weirdest gamers was a group of middle aged D&D players that still used the hobby shop. Of course, they refused to use the RPG room, and instead spread out over two wargaming tables. There was the usual panoply of bathing issues, and one of the couples had an adult child with what I could only assume was fairly severe autism: non verbal, and he would hum loudly to drown out the other noises. Obviously, he was not at fault for being disruptive, but I do wonder why a group of grown adults (meaning 40+) could not procure a more private space.

I am always baffled at RPG players in the shop. All that is needed is a kitchen table why would you insist on having your roleplaying out on display? I'm much more comfortable at my buddies house without random people shuffling by.

Nowadays, or really since the advent of D&D 3rd edition, you see a lot more of those mats and figs being used for rpgs. I can somewhat understand the desire to have space so you can spread everything out... but that being said, I'd love to have three gaming tables in which two are just used for me to spread all my stuff out.

But I don't because I'm, you know, conscious of people other than myself in this world.

The rest of that story just sounds painful.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:

 jer155 wrote:
WOW. Reading you guys' comments really makes the Assassin's creed guy seem normal...

He is

Back in the Netherlands there was a guy who worked as an assistant at the gamestore, he was a really nice guy, but his thoughts were in a different plane, i played against him often because there was only a small group that played warzone and Chronopia. His armies looked like a psychedelic t-shirt, another guy had color blindness so his armies were a little off, but this guy just slapped paint on them with no logic. and went on monologues explaining why they looked like that and the armies history, he was an even worse tactical player then i am (and that says something). But it was always fun to play against him.

Sounds like a very familiar case, store was in the Southern part of the Netherlands? If so, the dude was a blast, his theories were pretty far out there but so much fun to hang out with.

I have two stories from my old FLGS.

First would be this guy that I would describe as a living meme. He always wore all black and a fedora, as well as fingerless gloves. He would talk all the time about how he used to be a marine and how after he was discharged he went to work for the government doing some secret tech stuff - which of course he couldn't talk about because it was top secret. He was also a huge atheist and would bring up in random conversations about how religion was the worst thing that man had ever created and how anyone who believed in any religion was below his pity. He also often made not-so-subtle mentions about how if someone ever pissed him off he could kill them or hack into all of their stuff and ruin their lives. It was like playing with a living anon meme.

However, he honestly was a good guy. He just didn't know how to act socially, and I think this was his way of trying to fit in. He was always offering people food or buying newbies models as well. So he wasn't all bad. Just weird. I haven't seen him in years since I went to school, but I'm sure he's still doing his regular thing.

Second would actually be me. When I was in high school, I would usually go once a week to the FLGS and often I would drag along my gf at the time. Looking back now I'm sure it was painfully obvious to most people that she did not want to be there. But being young and dumb, I wasn't able to see that. I'm sure it made some other gamers cringe or at least feel sorry for her every week. But that's life.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
About the worst I've seen was the prolonged awkwardness that resulted from two drunk girls in cowboy hats and bar night clothes fixating on the one GW employee with Tourette's Syndrome and grilling him about what Games Workshop is and what it sells and if they sell any princesses.

Saw that a lot too. About 8 years back there was a short lived game shop in Arcadia, CA that was located next to a bar. I was friendly with the staff and they and would let the regulars stay after hours to play often until 2 or 3 AM. Great fun, except for when the bar let out. We had a few occasions where the door of the game shop wasn't locked and drunks stumbled in and started molesting the players and miniatures.

Fething drunks. Reprobates all of them.

Arcadia, near Eureka? That's a smalllllllll town. Still, it has more bookstores than Alaska. Always reminds me of the film Gremlins for some reason.

Afraid that is not the same town. The shop I was referring to was in Arcadia, California. A few miles south of Alaska.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
About the worst I've seen was the prolonged awkwardness that resulted from two drunk girls in cowboy hats and bar night clothes fixating on the one GW employee with Tourette's Syndrome and grilling him about what Games Workshop is and what it sells and if they sell any princesses.

Saw that a lot too. About 8 years back there was a short lived game shop in Arcadia, CA that was located next to a bar. I was friendly with the staff and they and would let the regulars stay after hours to play often until 2 or 3 AM. Great fun, except for when the bar let out. We had a few occasions where the door of the game shop wasn't locked and drunks stumbled in and started molesting the players and miniatures.

Fething drunks. Reprobates all of them.

Arcadia, near Eureka? That's a smalllllllll town. Still, it has more bookstores than Alaska. Always reminds me of the film Gremlins for some reason.

Afraid that is not the same town. The shop I was referring to was in Arcadia, California. A few miles south of Alaska.

Turns out I was thinking of Arcata. My mistake.

I don't know about weird, as we're all a bit weird. However, a big turn off for me in a game store is when a few "worldly neckbeards" with no education, work experience beyond fry cook, or residence of their own beyond their mom's basement yack loudly and boorishly in front of the register with one another about politics or religion. So loudly that you can hear their BS throughout the store.

I'm not going to listen to it. I don't care if this is the only store where I can get in some 40k. I'll walk out and not spend a dime.

Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Was this at a gaming store, a club or just someone's house? Someone probably should have taken her to one side and asked her to leave before the Police were called.

It was at a gaming club, she left on her own but not without asking some of the teens if they want to come with her to a party. Luckily all of them got their senses together and declined the offer. The next day we just blew her puny miniatures into oblivion on turn one. She got bored and left quite quickly and never returned. Strangely, her state of possible inebriation was unchanged.

 oni wrote:
Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

That would creep me out.

Anyone mumbling anything while rocking back and forth would creep me out, to be honest.

I don't know if I would call it weird, but definitely the most irresponsible person I ever met was actually one of the local FLGS owners. My buddy and I came in one Friday to throw some dice around and generally just hang out. The owner was kind of an donkey-cave, but a likable donkey-cave, so we still came to the shop even though most of his player base was moving elsewhere because of him. Anyway, we're playing a game, not another soul in the store when the store owner told us he had to step out for like 15 minutes and asked us to cover the store for him. We had never worked there, but I know how to run a cash register and answer a phone, so it was no big deal to me since it was only 15 minutes.

15 minutes come and pass. We don't think much of it, just assuming he's running late.... a total of 45 minutes pass and now we are getting worried. FNM was due to start in about an hour and people were starting to show up for it. Me and my bud decided if we didn't hear anything from him in 15 minutes, we were gonna kick everyone out, lock the front door, and slip out the back. Thankfully, one of the store co-owners called up looking for the owner and after a very confusing phone call, he came in (quite pissed about it I may add), to cover FNM and relieve us.

By the time the co-owner came in, we had been left there about an hour and 15 minutes unattended, had finished our game 30 minutes ago, and we're trying to awkwardly ensure the Magic players that FNM would be starting tonight on time without informing them that there was no actual employees there. While I have no desire to rob the store blind, it doesn't mean one of them may not jump at the chance. Needless to say, we were pretty much out the door immediately the second someone that actually works there had arrived. He thanked us, we left and I think I've only been back like one time since. But never to play, just to shop. That FLGS finally found the way to encourage even me to not come back.

...Weirdest person in the local game shop...
*Waves*

The Auld Grump

I think I'm probably the weirdest person at my local game store. But I don't think I'm quite as out there as some of these stories are, so thank the Emperor for that. I just mostly like to banter with my opponents during games, which tends to confuse them a bit (most of them are nice guys, they just don't banter that much back). I also occasionally say "Blood for the Blood God" when I'm rolling for my CC attacks, but that's about it

this is a scary thread tbh...

I don't consider "weird" a bad thing, unless it's the kind of weird that makes you worry in a 'he might be a stalker' kind of way, then I have a problem.

Besides, normality is overrated.

 Gertjan wrote:

 Jehan-reznor wrote:

 jer155 wrote:
WOW. Reading you guys' comments really makes the Assassin's creed guy seem normal...

He is

Back in the Netherlands there was a guy who worked as an assistant at the gamestore, he was a really nice guy, but his thoughts were in a different plane, i played against him often because there was only a small group that played warzone and Chronopia. His armies looked like a psychedelic t-shirt, another guy had color blindness so his armies were a little off, but this guy just slapped paint on them with no logic. and went on monologues explaining why they looked like that and the armies history, he was an even worse tactical player then i am (and that says something). But it was always fun to play against him.

Sounds like a very familiar case, store was in the Southern part of the Netherlands? If so, the dude was a blast, his theories were pretty far out there but so much fun to hang out with.

Yes his son is/was a very good eldar player.

 cuda1179 wrote:
I remembered two more.
Imagine a gaming store across the street from a major college campus, two doors down from a major college bar, and less than three blocks from Fraternity row. This normally wasn't a problem unless gaming lasted unusually long into the night, when it was a crapshoot if you'd get hassled by drunken frat boys. On one of these fateful nights a drunk thought it would be funny to kick my model case out of my hands, a case filled with about $2500 of models. By instinct alone I turned and punched, the only punch I've thrown in my life. I actually knocked the guy out.

...Mayhem Comics in Ames?

On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

My store has a guy who seems to be in late 20s and insists he only wears sweat pants. And every time he sits down, his ass crack shows. He's not hugely large either. A couple of people have spoken to him about it, usually nicely, and he'll adjust for the moment...then as soon as he has to stand and sit back down, the problem comes back. While his opinions on a few things are strange, he's able to interact fine enough that I'm not sure I could even consider a possible handicap...just odd social skills and a lack of awareness of what is considered polite. It's like nobody taught him that the only ass crack anyone EVER wants to see is that of a hot college girl, and nobody over 14 wears sweat pants; except around the house/gym.

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

That might be the most American thing I have ever read.

War Kitten wrote:I think I'm probably the weirdest person at my local game store. But I don't think I'm quite as out there as some of these stories are, so thank the Emperor for that. I just mostly like to banter with my opponents during games, which tends to confuse them a bit (most of them are nice guys, they just don't banter that much back). I also occasionally say "Blood for the Blood God" when I'm rolling for my CC attacks, but that's about it

Sounds like you and me are very much the same kind of weird. I sometimes will, in the middle of a game, comment on my opponent's models' paintjob or other random stuff. I also sometimes make engine noises when I move vehicles/bikes. I don't think I've ever offended anyone with this behavior, so there's that.

Guildenstern wrote:this is a scary thread tbh...

I don't consider "weird" a bad thing, unless it's the kind of weird that makes you worry in a 'he might be a stalker' kind of way, then I have a problem.

Besides, normality is overrated.

Yes, normality is indeed very overrated. Have an exalt! You are right about some of the weird people described on this thread being scary though...

I'm not seeing how simply making conversation during a game makes one weird. Wargames are an inherintly social hobby, regardless of the sociability of the players. You're standing there for an hour or two playing a game - I'd consider it weird, and even rude, to not make conversation.

However, with my group, sometimes that conversation will stretch a 2 hour game into a 4 hour game because we get too involved with the conversation.

I don't know if this is weird or just rude...but me and friends (we'll call them D and H) went to a FLGS to play a tutorial game. Myself and D had played with each other for a long while, and H was interested and wanted us to teach him how to play. So H got some Dark Eldar and was going to play against Ds Blood Angels while I oversaw and helped with rules.

Well there was a guy I know was a regular at the FLGS but I had never really interacted with who decided to come over and ask what we were up to. I explained and we chatted for a bit. Nothing wrong there, we're all social guys who don't mind hanging out with some new people.

Then the guy starts to very vocally tell H (who is playing his first ever game) that he's not using his units optimally and that his list (which was 2 troops and an HQ) was no 'tournament ready'. We explained this was his first game, which he seemed to understand. Then a few minutes later, H moves units in a way that this gentleman can simply not abide and physically takes the tape measure from H and inserts himself into playing H's army. We tried to explain to him again but we eventually just gave up and went home.

It's sad because H would still want to play but we'd end up just having to play on the kitchen table at one of our apartments because H refused to go back to the FLGS.

 Quarterdime wrote:

 cuda1179 wrote:
I remembered two more.
Imagine a gaming store across the street from a major college campus, two doors down from a major college bar, and less than three blocks from Fraternity row. This normally wasn't a problem unless gaming lasted unusually long into the night, when it was a crapshoot if you'd get hassled by drunken frat boys. On one of these fateful nights a drunk thought it would be funny to kick my model case out of my hands, a case filled with about $2500 of models. By instinct alone I turned and punched, the only punch I've thrown in my life. I actually knocked the guy out.

...Mayhem Comics in Ames?

Uh.....yeah, actually that is the store I was talking about. I haven't gamed there in several years. I wonder if the atmosphere is still the same around 12 AM.

Not a weird gamer, but in the early 1990's Danny Lilker of Nuclear Assault played 40k and blood bowl at the Imagination Workshop in north jersey with our group.
Funny thing was, you had to talk real loud because his hearing was shot.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
My store has a guy who seems to be in late 20s and insists he only wears sweat pants. And every time he sits down, his ass crack shows. He's not hugely large either. A couple of people have spoken to him about it, usually nicely, and he'll adjust for the moment...then as soon as he has to stand and sit back down, the problem comes back. While his opinions on a few things are strange, he's able to interact fine enough that I'm not sure I could even consider a possible handicap...just odd social skills and a lack of awareness of what is considered polite. It's like nobody taught him that the only ass crack anyone EVER wants to see is that of a hot college girl, and nobody over 14 wears sweat pants; except around the house/gym.

I have a hunch this kid was autistic. Some autistic kids only wear certain types of clothes or refuse to wear others. A woman I dated had an autistic child who would never wear jeans. She didn't like the way they felt on her skin.

 jonolikespie wrote:

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

That might be the most American thing I have ever read.

he didn't have a gun on him so....it wasn't that American but pretty stellar nonetheless.

 namiel wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

That might be the most American thing I have ever read.

he didn't have a gun on him so....it wasn't that American but pretty stellar nonetheless.

Maybe he had a gun in his wallet.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 namiel wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

That might be the most American thing I have ever read.

he didn't have a gun on him so....it wasn't that American but pretty stellar nonetheless.

Maybe he had a gun in his wallet.

as American as that would be, god I love America, we still don't let 14 year olds carry weapons.

I guess we mainly avoid any real weirdos where I game. I can think of a few mild cases, though.

One guy would take his shoes and socks off and walk around the store barefoot.

Another guy apparently brought in his entire airbrush kit to paint miniatures in the store, which isn't so much weird as it is strange that he couldn't do it somewhere a little less public and a little more well ventilated.

I saw a guy at my old LGS the last time I was in there, with a full home computer set-up that he'd brought in to take advantage of the free WiFi.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 oni wrote:
Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

That would creep me out.

Anyone mumbling anything while rocking back and forth would creep me out, to be honest.

Not saying it's always the case, but rocking mumbling and tucking their arms to their body are signs of an autistic person significantly out of their comfort zone. Sensory overload such as a gaming store or loud group can cause it.
It's a self-soothing involuntary response that releases de-stressing chemicals.
So uh, nothing to be frightened of.

If you're feeling overly kind and you see someone in that position, see if they'd like to go outside for a breather and a snack maybe. Or don't, I'm a random commissar, not your mom.

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
I saw a guy at my old LGS the last time I was in there, with a full home computer set-up that he'd brought in to take advantage of the free WiFi.

My wife wanted a cup of coffee so we went into a Starbucks. As we waited for her coffee a guy was bringing in his home computer and setting it up. He started to play WoW on his computer.

That... Might be me. I wear a long trenchcoat and a broad hat (my eyes are quite sensitive to light and in the cold months I wear a buff around my neck which I bring up over my mouth and nose when outside.

That said, a week ago I turned up and opened my bag to find that I had at some point packed my GP-5 gasmask. This was not helped by the fact that my carry case of choice for my tanks is a 5.56mm ammunition box.

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 oni wrote:
Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

That would creep me out.

Anyone mumbling anything while rocking back and forth would creep me out, to be honest.

Not saying it's always the case, but rocking mumbling and tucking their arms to their body are signs of an autistic person significantly out of their comfort zone. Sensory overload such as a gaming store or loud group can cause it.
It's a self-soothing involuntary response that releases de-stressing chemicals.
So uh, nothing to be frightened of.

If you're feeling overly kind and you see someone in that position, see if they'd like to go outside for a breather and a snack maybe. Or don't, I'm a random commissar, not your mom.

Good to know, but I stand by my comment.

Being creeped out doesn't necessarily translate to fear. Mumbling and rocking would make me uncomfortable. The person could be autistic or have some other issue, but regardless it wouldn't be something I'd want to deal with from a stranger.

 master of ordinance wrote:

That said, a week ago I turned up and opened my bag to find that I had at some point packed my GP-5 gasmask. This was not helped by the fact that my carry case of choice for my tanks is a 5.56mm ammunition box.

Surprised you didn't get a visit from the flippin' flying squad!

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 oni wrote:
Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

That would creep me out.

Anyone mumbling anything while rocking back and forth would creep me out, to be honest.

I only do that while mumbling the lyrics to Video Killed the Radio Star

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 Seneca wrote:
I've got one too.

Years ago, our local gaming group organized an Apocalypse battle. The evening before we met and discussed some houserules and the general plan, and I don't know who brought her, but a mid-thirty woman I've never seen before showed up too.
She played Eldar or got her hands on some miniatures, I don't know, because at no point did she made the impression that she actually knew what she was doing. Which was not the problem, no.....
what really irritated me was her touchy-feely way with the teenage boys from our group. I repeat, this woman in her mid-thirties was constantly touching the teenage boys, complementing them on their looks or how sweet they are. All of in a less than sober manner, at least I hope that she was drunk or stoned. Although her behavior was not entirely consistent with either inebriated state, so mental illness is not out of question.

I would have tapped that...
Though especially when I was a teenager (like 17-18) I went for women that age lol
Good times.

 zedmeister wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

That said, a week ago I turned up and opened my bag to find that I had at some point packed my GP-5 gasmask. This was not helped by the fact that my carry case of choice for my tanks is a 5.56mm ammunition box.

Surprised you didn't get a visit from the flippin' flying squad!

Luckily they know me!

blingman wrote:
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I really wish I saw the original post

 namiel wrote:

blingman wrote:
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I really wish I saw the original post

Based on the posters history, much of which was either barely English or heavily Modded, I don't think we're missing anything.

Completely nuking post usually is reserved for just unfocused profanity or hate speech.

 Rainbow Dash wrote:

 Seneca wrote:
I've got one too.

Years ago, our local gaming group organized an Apocalypse battle. The evening before we met and discussed some houserules and the general plan, and I don't know who brought her, but a mid-thirty woman I've never seen before showed up too.
She played Eldar or got her hands on some miniatures, I don't know, because at no point did she made the impression that she actually knew what she was doing. Which was not the problem, no.....
what really irritated me was her touchy-feely way with the teenage boys from our group. I repeat, this woman in her mid-thirties was constantly touching the teenage boys, complementing them on their looks or how sweet they are. All of in a less than sober manner, at least I hope that she was drunk or stoned. Although her behavior was not entirely consistent with either inebriated state, so mental illness is not out of question.

I would have tapped that...
Though especially when I was a teenager (like 17-18) I went for women that age lol
Good times.

same here. No way was she going home alone

 namiel wrote:

blingman wrote:
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I really wish I saw the original post

It was something racist about coloured people and their lack thereof in FLGS. Trust me, you missed nothing.

 Elemental wrote:

Yes, the Japanese Yakuza.

I got to share a bath with a yakuza once (at a public bath in Japan, so... not Yorkshire). He wanted to practice his English. I couldn't believe that people in real life actually had pompadours like that. Then he pulled off his fake pinkie and proudly proclaimed, 'I a gangster.' He was a nice enough guy, just had really ridiculous hair.

Although in general, this is not a story that I tell while at the game store.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 namiel wrote:

blingman wrote:
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I really wish I saw the original post

It was something racist about coloured people and their lack thereof in FLGS. Trust me, you missed nothing.

far enough was more sarcastic about wanting to see it

I used to be the weird one as I showed up to play games in a full suit. It was right after work and I had a long commute home.

I usually ditched the tie, and coat pretty fast and rolled up my sleeves for a game. However, sometimes i kept the tie on until it got too awkward.

 Seneca wrote:
I've got one too.

Years ago, our local gaming group organized an Apocalypse battle. The evening before we met and discussed some houserules and the general plan, and I don't know who brought her, but a mid-thirty woman I've never seen before showed up too.
She played Eldar or got her hands on some miniatures, I don't know, because at no point did she made the impression that she actually knew what she was doing. Which was not the problem, no.....
what really irritated me was her touchy-feely way with the teenage boys from our group. I repeat, this woman in her mid-thirties was constantly touching the teenage boys, complementing them on their looks or how sweet they are. All of in a less than sober manner, at least I hope that she was drunk or stoned. Although her behavior was not entirely consistent with either inebriated state, so mental illness is not out of question.

A little late on this reply, but are you sure she didn't play Dark Eldar or possibly Slaanesh?

A system hopper that would cycle through different miniature game systems, only play trick lists and ragequit tournaments when he lost. Charming fellow. He was coming from 40k when I met him playing WM/H and he immediately hopped to WHFB after losing at his first big (in Mk1 days, that meant 12 players in Denmark) tournament. Last I heard he was going into Infinity. I doubt he'll be staying.

An older conspiracy theorist with a severe hangup on WW2. A nice fellow in person but you begin to worry a bit if you followed him on FB.

A young man with the most severe case of analysis paralysis I have ever seen. Any game took 7+ hours.ANY game. Including Saga.

Kaptajn Congoboy wrote:
A young man with the most severe case of analysis paralysis I have ever seen. Any game took 7+ hours.ANY game. Including Saga.

I feel your pain, those games are never fun.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 oni wrote:
Older teenager... playing Astra Militarum... quietly reciting tenets to himself from the Imperial Infantryman's Handbook... while rocking back and forth as though he was in a trance.

That would creep me out.

Anyone mumbling anything while rocking back and forth would creep me out, to be honest.

Not saying it's always the case, but rocking mumbling and tucking their arms to their body are signs of an autistic person significantly out of their comfort zone. Sensory overload such as a gaming store or loud group can cause it.
It's a self-soothing involuntary response that releases de-stressing chemicals.
So uh, nothing to be frightened of.

If you're feeling overly kind and you see someone in that position, see if they'd like to go outside for a breather and a snack maybe. Or don't, I'm a random commissar, not your mom.

Good to know, but I stand by my comment.

Being creeped out doesn't necessarily translate to fear. Mumbling and rocking would make me uncomfortable. The person could be autistic or have some other issue, but regardless it wouldn't be something I'd want to deal with from a stranger.

Aye. I was just meaning they're very unlikely to return with a heavy bolter and shoot up the store, that it's really just showing classic signs of autism.
Hands pulled to the body, staring straight down, etc, are things that show someone is shutting down. They can be a little alarming.
Like I said, I'm a random person, not a childminder, everyone's got comfort zones.

I only raise the point because it helps to understand those around us, even if we don't like them.
40K and CCG were in the late 00s one of the most popular activities for kids and teens receiving help for autism/aspergers because of the linear rules, collecting aspect and understandable environment. So more often than not at any given point, there's somebody in your LFGS who's not mental-typical because it's their "safe" hobby. Or they were attracted without even realising - many folk go a lifetime without diagnosis because they function without outside aid.

Easy E wrote:I used to be the weird one as I showed up to play games in a full suit. It was right after work and I had a long commute home.

I usually ditched the tie, and coat pretty fast and rolled up my sleeves for a game. However, sometimes i kept the tie on until it got too awkward.

I don't know if this makes me weird, but I think the overall weird-image quotient of the hobby might drop a few notches with more suits and shirts.

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

I was sitting at the table for that one and I still laugh about it to this day.

 Ustrello wrote:

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

I was sitting at the table for that one and I still laugh about it to this day.

Yes!! That kid is a champion

So at a previous GW there was a kid he was probably about 12 or so I would guess at the time and he is autistic. Well he asks the manager to use the bathroom and he does his business. Well another customer goes into the bathroom and comes out to talk to the manager and says the bathroom is all messed up. Well it turns out there was a giant turd lodged in the toilet almost the size of a football (american football that is) that the kid left in the toilet bowl. So after some what the gaks and pictures were taken one of the lower totem pole employees had to break it up and flush it down the toilet. The worst part of the entire incident? There was no toilet paper in the toilet bowl.

Every time I read these, I need to check the location because some sounds like places I have played at.

The local store has a mid twenties larger type guy, a little odd and always wears basketball shorts. During a tournament a buddy got stuck playing the guy and from the start of the game he kept reaching into his pants to adjust himself every few minutes. Then "ball juggler" would try to help remove my buddy's models that he lost in combat or picked up the nicer painted model off the table to comment on them, not caring where his hand was just moments before. Luckily my buddy is the super nice type and a great painter, he just asked the guy that only he handles his models.

 col. krazy kenny wrote:

Another good one but kinda Sad was the GAy 40k player that posted on Craigslist that he was looking for another GAy male 40k player to hook up with.
.

I don't see what is weird about this?

I knew a guy who would go to tournaments wear a suit, and then named his white car Rarity (He was a Brony), while also putting a little gem sticker on the back of it that looked like the marks the ponies have.

whirlwindstruggle wrote:

 col. krazy kenny wrote:

Another good one but kinda Sad was the GAy 40k player that posted on Craigslist that he was looking for another GAy male 40k player to hook up with.
.

I don't see what is weird about this?

Probably because like most Craigslist ads, it sounds like a hookup request with a 40K pretense.

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

How did that nugget even crop in a conversation?

'You need to roll for perils...coincidently........'

"Yeah, genestealer cults are pretty awesome...also, like how genestealers infect humans..."

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

How did that nugget even crop in a conversation?

'You need to roll for perils...coincidently........'

"Yeah, genestealer cults are pretty awesome...also, like how genestealers infect humans..."

"Your Lord of Change is distracting me from the game, can you please put it away?"

 Tinkrr wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Met a guy who claimed to have given a chick chlamydia on purpose and then disappeared for a while after a manhunt was started on him for apparently molesting a child.

Good fething God that's a hard one to top.

How did that nugget even crop in a conversation?

'You need to roll for perils...coincidently........'

"Yeah, genestealer cults are pretty awesome...also, like how genestealers infect humans..."

"Your Lord of Change is distracting me from the game, can you please put it away?"

"I'm going to penetrate your tank's rear armor now. Which reminds me of that one time with an ex-girlfriend"

 the_Armyman wrote:

whirlwindstruggle wrote:

 col. krazy kenny wrote:

Another good one but kinda Sad was the GAy 40k player that posted on Craigslist that he was looking for another GAy male 40k player to hook up with.
.

I don't see what is weird about this?

Probably because like most Craigslist ads, it sounds like a hookup request with a 40K pretense.

Perhaps he should have gone to plentyofheretics.com.

I haven't met anyone half as weird as the ones listed above.

The only "weird" instance was when my dad was weirded out. An old dude in his 90's came in with his grandkid. My dad thought the old man was watching the kid. NOPE. Shooed the kid away to the store counter while he got out his army and started playing me. Didn't weird me out that much (I've seen weirder) but completely dumbfounded my dad.

Weirdest I've seen was someone who was (in all seriousness) hit by a truck and was apparently not all mentally there (I met him after the apparent truck accident, so I had no clue what he was like before). He wasn't bad or anything, but had a habit of jumping to the ground acting like a monkey for minutes on end. First time it was weird, then it's sort of just waiting out the monkey moments so we can get back on with the game.

 namiel wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 namiel wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

 namiel wrote:
On my list before I had totally forgot my favorite one.....

the shop closed for lunch and most went to get a slice of pizza around the corner. this kid orders some pizza and looks at it and says "this pizza needs bacon" he proceeded to open his wallet, yes a tri fold leather wallet, pulls out a paper towel which contained 3 slices of thick cut cooked bacon. he pulled bacon out of his wallet. he is still often asked if he has bacon on him. the waitress told him that they had bacon and he said "nah I got some right here" dumbfounded she walked away. I can't even write this without busting out laughing thinking about it.

That might be the most American thing I have ever read.

he didn't have a gun on him so....it wasn't that American but pretty stellar nonetheless.

Maybe he had a gun in his wallet.

as American as that would be, god I love America, we still don't let 14 year olds carry weapons.

Not true. You can't buy a firearm if you are under 18 but you can go hunting in just about every state as long as you are accompanied by an adult. Some states require a safety course and a junior hunting license. People in my high school would have gun racks on their trucks andtheir guns in their truck so they could go hunting after school. Now I think they would be thrown in Gitmo for doing that.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 namiel wrote:

blingman wrote:
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I really wish I saw the original post

It was something racist about coloured people and their lack thereof in FLGS. Trust me, you missed nothing.

Coloured people ????

we are all coloured


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This was a good thread until people got racist, its not on.
I edited as I am not sure the poster realised how bad it is to call people "coloured" it seems the mods dont have a clue either, sad times..

 Rayvon wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

 namiel wrote:

blingman wrote:
[MOD EDIT - COMMENTS OF THIS TYPE ARE AGAINST THE RULES OF THE SITE - ALPHARIUS]

I really wish I saw the original post

It was something racist about coloured people and their lack thereof in FLGS. Trust me, you missed nothing.

Coloured people ????

we are all coloured


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This was a good thread until people got racist, its not on.
I edited as I am not sure the poster realised how bad it is to call people "coloured" it seems the mods dont have a clue either, sad times..

"People of Colour" is now common acceptable use (news, equalities speakers, etc), so it's possible most folk are entirely unsure what flies these days.
The important part is the intent, to me. The modded poster clearly was not being civil, regardless of words used.

(The inherent sexism and homo/transphobia was fine? )

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

"People of Colour" is now common acceptable use (news, equalities speakers, etc), so it's possible most folk are entirely unsure what flies these days.
The important part is the intent, to me. The modded poster clearly was not being civil, regardless of words used.

(The inherent sexism and homo/transphobia was fine? )

Calling people coloured might have been acceptable in the 70s but try walking around any UK town calling people that and see how long it is before you get beaten up.

Pretty upset to see this crap tolerated on here although i guess its hard to keep up to date with what you can and cannot say nowadays.


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'People of colour' sounds condescending to me, and its a form of 'Othering'. Much better and simpler to call a spade a spade. If you're white, you're White. If you're black, you're Black.

I don't object when I'm called White.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
'People of colour' sounds condescending to me, and its a form of 'Othering'. Much better and simpler to call a spade a spade. If you're white, you're White. If you're black, you're Black.

I don't object when I'm called White.

Apparently "people of colour" is indeed the go to term to use in the states, or so I am told by a workmate, I guess this is the reason that the mods just ignore all the complaints regarding the issue.

Here in the UK my mates call themselves black and are pretty offended when they are called coloured people, the term has also been causing controversy recently with idiots such as Benedict Cumberbatch and even good old Alan Hansen getting labelled racists for using the term also.

I do not mean to derail the thread, I just get pretty offended when there is a blatant use of labels bouncing around, people are people at the end of the day and I do realise that its hard to keep tabs on what is and is not acceptable, sometimes its better just to keep your mouth shut.



anyway back to work for me and apologies if I offended anyone.

My brother got refused service because he curbstomped the manager of an old GW with 3.5 Chaos. The shop closed 4 days later.

The terms "coloured" and "people of color" confuse me, since so far I have not heard of translucent people.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:

whirlwindstruggle wrote:

 col. krazy kenny wrote:

Another good one but kinda Sad was the GAy 40k player that posted on Craigslist that he was looking for another GAy male 40k player to hook up with.
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I don't see what is weird about this?

Probably because like most Craigslist ads, it sounds like a hookup request with a 40K pretense.

Perhaps he should have gone to plentyofheretics.com.

To be fair if he wants to combine two types of pleasure, then go for it. I guess given the largely male demographic of 40k you're more likely to find both a lover and opponent if you're gay. I can see the appeal.

I've met several more gay guys then women in the hobby.

 Rainbow Dash wrote:
I've met several more gay guys then women in the hobby.

Precisely.

We have quite a few women that frequent my FLGS. Not just hangers-on or bored GFs, but actual gamers. We might have gay gamers, but tbh, unless a gay person is flamboyant, they don't stand out to me. Unless you know them personally or they're showing PDA towards someone of the same sex (of which I find distasteful even in hetero couples), how do you know if gamers are gay?

I wonder if some of these guys that really have a gamer-funk problem don't have that disease where you have severe body odor. Especially that guy who was well groomed and dressed otherwise.

I have encountered very many weird individuals at my FLGS, but I primarily hobby at my house and my friends' houses.

The only one I can think of was a guy who was waving around his gamer-card when he kept talking about playing with Gary Gygax and how he was there since the beginning. First, based on his remarks I highly doubt it, and two you don't have to be so obnoxious about it.

"I played with Gygax a few times."

"Cool!"

Move on.

 Gertjan wrote:

 Jehan-reznor wrote:

 jer155 wrote:
WOW. Reading you guys' comments really makes the Assassin's creed guy seem normal...

He is

Back in the Netherlands there was a guy who worked as an assistant at the gamestore, he was a really nice guy, but his thoughts were in a different plane, i played against him often because there was only a small group that played warzone and Chronopia. His armies looked like a psychedelic t-shirt, another guy had color blindness so his armies were a little off, but this guy just slapped paint on them with no logic. and went on monologues explaining why they looked like that and the armies history, he was an even worse tactical player then i am (and that says something). But it was always fun to play against him.

Sounds like a very familiar case, store was in the Southern part of the Netherlands? If so, the dude was a blast, his theories were pretty far out there but so much fun to hang out with.

I didn't check on the thread for like a week and suddenly there's all these fellow dutch people!

 the_Armyman wrote:

Apparently, you don't get it. Why do I have to defend a group and simulataneously belong to it (e.g, I don't care for anti-semites, but I'm not Jewish). Conversely, I can belong to the group I'm defending without bringing up the fact I belong to that group. But, stoners are narcissists, so they tend to broach the topic any time it's even remotely possible.

Sounds like Vegans....

Hey guys, did I mention I do Crossfit?

 Swan-of-War wrote:
Hey guys, did I mention I do Crossfit?

I don't think you did, but why mention it?

It's one of those "HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I DO! ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND THE ACTIVITY THAT I DO!" things.

 jer155 wrote:

 Swan-of-War wrote:
Hey guys, did I mention I do Crossfit?

I don't think you did, but why mention it?

It's a play on the old Morpheus meme. Goes something like "What if I told you it's possible to be a Vegan/do Crossfit/use Marijuana/etc, without telling everyone you know?"

The implied sentiment is that vegans/crossfitters/heavy marijuana users/etc feel the need to bring up their life choice/habit/etc constantly.


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 BrookM wrote:
It's one of those "HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I DO! ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND THE ACTIVITY THAT I DO!" things.

You fething NINJA YOU!

BrookM wrote:It's one of those "HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I DO! ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND THE ACTIVITY THAT I DO!" things.

gunslingerpro wrote:

 jer155 wrote:

 Swan-of-War wrote:
Hey guys, did I mention I do Crossfit?

I don't think you did, but why mention it?

It's a play on the old Morpheus meme. Goes something like "What if I told you it's possible to be a Vegan/do Crossfit/use Marijuana/etc, without telling everyone you know?"

The implied sentiment is that vegans/crossfitters/heavy marijuana users/etc feel the need to bring up their life choice/habit/etc constantly.


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 BrookM wrote:
It's one of those "HEY! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I DO! ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND THE ACTIVITY THAT I DO!" things.

You fething NINJA YOU!

WHY ARE THESE SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN TALKING ABOUT MORPHEUS MEMES I'M SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW

 jer155 wrote:

WHY ARE THESE SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN TALKING ABOUT MORPHEUS MEMES I'M SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/matrix-morpheus

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 jer155 wrote:

WHY ARE THESE SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN TALKING ABOUT MORPHEUS MEMES I'M SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/matrix-morpheus

dammit...

I'll be honest with you - I never liked this thread anyway.