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Whats your story of someone whom youve played (or just watched) and has been a sore looser?

Recently, as part of a league game, my opponent was deciding between which of his two armies to bring to the table, and after giving up about turn 3 or 4 he was just a major sore looser and kept saying had he used his other army he would have won.

I just found it funny, since I told him I didnt mind which army he brought and it was his choice >.<
So now Im curious what other stories there are of sore loosers?

Its funny how easy it is to win in your imagination. It sucks when some people take the fun out of the game, though. I think its much better to be friendly, win or lose, and just have fun. I find those types of people are also bad when they are winning, though.

The worst saw loser I've ever seen was when I was working for GW. There was this 10 year old who would love to play in the participation games. But whenever one of his guys died he would whine about, and then if he lost/got wiped out etc. he would go sit in the corner crying. My manager wouldn't do anything about it, I wanted to stop him from coming, but apparently having crying small children must be a good advert for wargames . . . so he kepy coming. =D YAY!

Oshova

I'd have offered to play a game with him with the other army.

Bunker wrote:I'd have offered to play a game with him with the other army.

I did, and we are playing another game this weeek!

whatever else happens, you make sure you kick his stinkin, whinin, cry baby teeth in in that game. Lord knows him winnin would just be feedin the troll.

The worst sore loser I ever saw was in the first year of 'Ard Boyz. My first opponent ahd brought a tyranid list and I was obliterating him with Eldar, he was making noises and cussing by the middle of the first turn, he grabbed my dice and said he would only play with those since they were obviously loaded, rolled even worse than he did with his own dice, and got even more upset.

Then he actually tried to grab the dice out of my hand and made like he was going to throw them. I was only about 6 days out of the Army and maybe still a little highly keyed so I stepped up to him and told him that wouldn't be a good idea. He then went tot he table and started picking up his models and slamming them in his bag, cussing at the TO, and accusing the entire eldar codex of being nothing but a huge cheat. Then we heard him screaming incoherently at the building fromthe parking lot.

He was probably about 40 years old. The worst loser I have ever seen. That was at the VFW hall in Greenwood, IN at the round hosted by the Game Preserve nearby.

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I'm so scared of the above posters opponent... Why do people like that play this game?

My worst sore loser acted up around turn two...

Stuff like:

"Do your genestealers have extended carparce?" me being the dunce that I was, not knowing you couldn't take it, "yes" as he procedes to roll his 4+ save... *sigh*

Rolls bad for reserves, two out of four genestealer squads get rolled on, as he places down three squads, "What? Two came on..." of course I had no way to prove it...

I lost that match, though last time I fought him at a tournament, I caught most of his shenanigans, and beat him...

"Ok, my terminators get four attacks..."

After I charge his MoT terminators, who are not aspiring champions...

"My predator moved 12", so I get a cover save..."

Why do these people play warhammer 40k?

Maybe I'm just lucky, I've had people whine about a list I ran in a tournament, and I agreed with them that it was a beardy list...because it was..but it was also a tourney with a decent prize so while I agreed I sure did not feel bad.

But that's about the extent of it. No screaming no crying somehow I think those guys get weeded out really quickly.

Had a lady get so upset that her orks were dying by the droves, that she started picking up the dead models and slamming them into her box. Arms and weapons were breaking off of her very well painted army.

After turn 3 I picked my models off the table and left. when she asked where i was going, I told her I was not about to play someone who was 10 yrs older than me and acted like a 2 yr old. I was in my mid 20's at the time.

I have had an opponent complain and whine that my ships in BFG were too overpowered and broken because I managed to do one damage on his ship, and I could churn out many fighters and bombers.

Even though he was playing Necrons and everyone who knows BFG should know that Necrons played properly can be a very broken race But complaining that I have more fighters and bombers than him even though I continued to do 1 damage seems like a sore looser but mid game !

He also seems to get very angry at when his ships get battered and begins to dangerously mess with your models to explain things that could happen, teasing models with the tape measure end then flipping the tape measure back with a model yours most of the time, hooked on the end.

Wolf your avatars is great.. haha.

If they become sour and hateful in a game.. I just take their skull. [stop playing them]

Rowan Atkinson? Really?

Played a guy back in 3rd in the old city fight. I was using Death Guard and he was using City Fight IG(old list in WD, viscious). By turn 3 the entire shooting of his army resulted in 1 immobilized rhino. It was checkmate. In a rage he crushed a squad of cadians(metal) in his hands and then stomped on them. He then proceeded to smash a basilisk into the bathroom door.

Wow, guys, wow! Those are very scary experiences!

I guess I've been a loser before when I lost with my necrons:

My ork buddy phased me out and asked me if I could've done better with my eldar and i was like "oh totally" the whole way.Tomorrow I will have to prove it


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Wish me luck

firstly, I've never had a really sore loser like anyone here, but i feel for you all. I have people in my group that kinda kill the fun in the game when they start losing (ie: a little whining, some complaining about bum luck) and honestly that bugs me, i have have no idea how anyone here didn't slug the losers they've met.


Secondly,

Wolf wrote:then flipping the rape measure

lol, i love how funny a simple spelling mistake can be

So glad I havn't played against anyone like you guys have described. I play to try my hardest but win/lose its more about having fun.

Orion_44 wrote:The worst sore loser I ever saw was in the first year of 'Ard Boyz. ... He was probably about 40 years old. The worst loser I have ever seen. That was at the VFW hall in Greenwood, IN at the round hosted by the Game Preserve nearby.
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Ironic how such a silly little girl entered into a tourney called 'ArdBoyz.

damn mates, every time I saw the words "picked up" I was worried they were going to break something of yours

but I'm the kind of person who talks in a loud voice about all the things that wend wrong DURING the game (such as rolling a 1 to wound a Necron Lord standing out in the open with no Invulnerable save witha Strength 10 Railgun RAAAARGH!). after the game I usually just gloat about what I've accomplished (such as the Railgun causing a Vehicle Explodes result in one shot against the Monolith). unfortunately the Tau don't get much in the way of a glorious victory

Joetaco wrote:
Secondly,

Wolf wrote:then flipping the rape measure

lol, i love how funny a simple spelling mistake can be

Oh dear ! I may have to call it that now... "hey can you pass me the rape measure please."

Is it strange of me if i dont like my opponent running off to do something else while im on my movement , dice rolling phase?

He says oh he trusts me so i can do w/e i want and tell him when im done , but it feels like im playing with myself like that -_-

I've had that on some occasions, I just sit and wait till he gets back. Nothing wrong in not liking it 'cause I don't like it to especially when I'm about to role dice.

I have a seconf little story for you. When I was at the Warhammer club at school there was this one guy (about 15/16) who was a really bad loser. But I will just share one story with you . . . I call this, "The tragic loss of The Greater Daemon"

So said Guy is playing the game just fine, his Chaos versus some Tau. He's whining a bit when his models die, but this is just normal for him . . . and tbh you should expect stuff to be shot to death by Tau. But then all Hell breaks loose. All the railguns in the army turn to the Chaos Leader. One hefty chunk of metal also known as a Greater Daemon of Nurgle. One turn of shooting later (yes just one turn =O that's some rolling right there) and the Daemon falls, riddled with Railgun holes. But as if that's not enough the Chaos player proceeds to shout profanity, pick up said model, and throw it into a wall. Thus proceeding in about a tonne of metal flying into a school wall, the wall been damaged, bits of model flying everywhere, blood coming from his hand (from slamming his hand onto the model to pick it up) and everyone in the room think "OMG! Where is the quickest way out of this room?"

And so today we have learnt the easiest way to kill a Greater Daemon of Nurgle . . . throw it against a wall. =p

Oshova

Had one kid in my club who used to throw things (mostly his)* when he was losing (he was 16) and try to cheat to improve his chances of winning.


*On one occasion, he picked up one of my models and was about to fling it to the floor.

I told him to go ahead. He would be out the door and not welcome back to the club while I was in it. He thought better of it and put it back on the table, breaking off a weapon from it instead. That got him a 3 month holiday from the club.
When his older brother told their parents why he wasn't welcome back - they grounded him for 6.

Now, several years later and he just whines and bitches when he's losing. Baby steps.

I remember one time a little over a decade ago, there was this regular who played space marines (blood angels, i think) and pretty much lost every game he ever played. He was young (fourteen) and had absolutely no grasp of tactics and strategy but he always had fun and never complained. eventually, he played against this other fellow (who was almost twice his age) and he finally won against this other creep's nazi painted imperial guard army.
Well, after the nazi creep lost, he flipped out, threatened the kid, threw the kid's rhino against the wall (smashing it and getting himself banned from the store for good) and proceded to go outside, scream racial slurs at the now terrified fourteen year old, and generally cause a ruckus before the cops showed up.
Later in the week he went to the kid's house, destroyed his bicycle and tried to beat up the poor kid until the cops came, again, and arrested him.
I have yet to see a bigger sore loser than that.

Buttlerthepug wrote:Whats your story of someone whom youve played (or just watched) and has been a sore looser?

Recently, as part of a league game, my opponent was deciding between which of his two armies to bring to the table, and after giving up about turn 3 or 4 he was just a major sore looser and kept saying had he used his other army he would have won.

I just found it funny, since I told him I didnt mind which army he brought and it was his choice >.<
So now Im curious what other stories there are of sore loosers?

i wouldn't say that's a sore loser. whiney, sure... but not a sore loser. as long as the anger/angst is directed to where it should be (the dice, the player's own choices), i have no problem with it. if a player starts resenting me for knowing/following the rules and making good choices in target priority and such, then i'd call them a sore loser.

I used to think I knew some sore losers, but after reading these stories, I have nothing worth mentioning.

Hmm Nazi Guard . . . I wonder if anyone would complain at my club if I used Soviet Guard . . . but then they probably expect it, as I play Reb Blok in AT-43, play with Soviet dice, wear Soviet T-Shirts . . . And yet I know full well Communism doesn't work =p

And seriously, that guy was a freak and should never be allowed to be within 100m of a child ever again. =/

Oshova

Sore losers....*phew*

How about beating someone in a tournament, and they register an account on Dakka and elsewhere to scream that you're a cheater, and a whiner, and only won because you screamed to get your way and threw hissyfits and use loaded dice.....*e-drama at its finest*

This just remindes me of this Pic