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Hey,

As we all know 40k/fantasy/miniature games have the stereotype of 'nerd' stuff.
Among us, there are some people that rarely shower...
(I assume most of us have played a game or two against an opponent that lacks personal hygiene.)
I know it's just a game, but when someone smells bad, is it allowed to hint that they have to shower next time before they play a game?
It's quite easy to shave, shower and put on some clean clothes before a game...
What are your opinions about this?

I would suggest just telling them they stink. It may be a little embarrassing but some people honestly don't realize that they smell.

Just wanted to add that you should not do it in front of other people and be nice about it and don't act like a prick.

Honestly, I'd rather be told I stink than be left to go around the entire day stinking. Then again, I shower prior to most days I go out to game.

.....oh, you're not playing Nurgle?

Be polite about it, but if a guy smells bad to you, let him know. It's for his own good.

Unless you're stuck at a tournament, you can always refuse to play against him till he bathes.

Be firm but polite in telling him about his odour,and that it should be taken care of right away, you can always have a game afterwards!

It seems that in this hobby there is a general acceptance that some people (well from my experience a very high percentage) have bad body odour. I for one have been put off attending events at my flgs due to the rather oppressive odours that are created by said people..... I have spoken to people who have had bad body odour and some off them just don't care....

I find that its less often the guy doesn't shower/use deodorant but instead its the close he's been wearing for a week without cleaning that brings that gamer funk coming forward.

Then I just ask him when laundry day is?

Bad body odour... i'll say it's fine to tell someone that, but shaving? Na. Unless you're planning to kiss him or rub up against his face at some point, I don't think how clean shaven they are is any of anyone's business.

Nothing like a good old "my opponent smells like cheese" thread to make me feel good about my own personal hygiene.

Shower every morning with loads of soap and slap a little deodorant on the pits before I head out.

I say just straight up tell them, “dude you smell like a cow with dysentery” and leave it at that.

So, fett, you're the sensitive type, then?

I would just say "ewwww it smells like piss" and hope he gets the hint

Throw soap at him until he gets the message.

Clothes pin on your nose the entire game. They'll eventually get the hint.

MagickalMemories wrote:So, fett, you're the sensitive type, then?

I just think that a person should have to be this close...



...before you smell the funk.

EDIT: Moar pics

I've told a few gamers "Bro you smell, take a shower" after/before a game. I've had some guys take offense... but seriously?

At my FLGS, we have tournaments once a month. Around 14-16 players in the events. The 40k events? yeah a little smell from the mass of players in a small area. The WHFB events? Horrid stench. A few players take it to the next level.

Taking a shower, putting on deodorant, a bit of cologne... it's normal hygiene for guys. I wake up everyday and have the same routine. Shower, hair, shave whatever. The guys that tend to have body oder look like bums for the most part, no care for their appearance/weight. Would I still play them? Yes. I'd make a comment, but it's etiquette to be presentable at any event/place you go to.

Can I just attack people with a few quick spray of Febreze?

I would just say spray them with Axe, but honestly I would prefer natural stank over the smell of way to much cologne.

Someone needs to convert a Rhino into a battery operated Glade plugin.

brainscan wrote: I have spoken to people who have had bad body odour and some off them just don't care....

Then they wonder why they cant get a woman...

Most guys at my FLGS are pretty sanitary. Not all, but most.

It helps that we actually have female wargamers The guys tend to be a bit less ...guy-ish... with them around.

The tournaments are another matter. I was up against a Nurgle Daemons player who looked like he really got into the part (boils, pustules, rashes) and wore funky grey-green clothes (original colour - who knows?)

He emanated a stench that was corroding the paint on my models and periodically would let loose, loudly, and then just carry on playing without comment or apology.

Sometimes Exterminatus is the only way to be sure...

I actually carry a stick of deodorant/anti-persperant in my case, so that if I play "That guy", I can toss him the stick. It's a easy solution to the problem, no harm, no foul, and the game can continue.

seriously people with some of your responses.......think about if someone said that to you...........you would be pissed off and ready to fight

and another touch of reality.......BO isnt the only thing that makes people smell offensive......cheap cologne....cigarette smoke

if everyone could automatically be able to make someone NOT do something that offends them.....we wouldnt have these events......imagine the society we would live in

so keep smoking, keep wearing your cheap ass cologne and thinking your gods gift to women, and keep not showering/washing your clothes cause even those things can be offensive to each other but at least we should be able to make these choices in life without being oppressed

Most of the warhammer players in my area smell fine: it's the Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh players who smell like something crawled into the store and died. But the Magic players all suck up to the boss, so he doesn't care if they smell, as long as they pay the bills...he just blames it on the warhammer players instead. And he wonders why we don't game there anymore...And no, I'm not exaggerating in the slightest. I used to work for the guy

LakotaWolf wrote:seriously people with some of your responses.......think about if someone said that to you...........you would be pissed off and ready to fight

and another touch of reality.......BO isnt the only thing that makes people smell offensive......cheap cologne....cigarette smoke

if everyone could automatically be able to make someone NOT do something that offends them.....we wouldnt have these events......imagine the society we would live in

so keep smoking, keep wearing your cheap ass cologne and thinking your gods gift to women, and keep not showering/washing your clothes cause even those things can be offensive to each other but at least we should be able to make these choices in life without being oppressed

I really hope you are kidding........ it isn't exactly imposing on someone if you ask them to not smell like rotted butt crack. I don't need you to take use cologne but a shower in the last week shouldn't be asking too much. And if someone told me I was stinking the place up I would thank them and go do something about it. What I wouldn't do is want to fight them........ if you stink fix it.

Sorry if it comes across as harsh...but I have no qualms about telling someone they need to take a shower.
And,while some may find the smell of cigarette smoke or cologne "offensive",they are no where as unpleasant as the aroma of some one who doesn't have sense enough to wash regularly.

I'd rather smell someone "dropping bombs" every 5 minutes or having nasty pits than smell their old cigarette stank-funk.

I have an allergy to cigarettes. Not only being around them while smoked, but just smelling that stench that comes off of smokers will set off my allergies.

That's just me.
Regardless, however, I'm a "grin & bear it" kind of guy. I just keep my distance, casually keep my nose covered and hope you get the idea. That goes for funkadelics and smokaholics.

Eric

The real problem is that the stinky guy is usually also TFG so.. He's a dual threat!

LakotaWolf wrote:so keep smoking, keep wearing your cheap ass cologne and thinking your gods gift to women, and keep not showering/washing your clothes cause even those things can be offensive to each other but at least we should be able to make these choices in life without being oppressed

Being asked to wash properly is not oppression. Being denied the opportunity to read subversive books is. Being beaten for your opinion is. Being unable to wash properly is just a state of delayed maturity.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's someone being unhygenic. It takes, what, 10 minutes to get a quick shower? 5 minutes to look out some clean clothes and slap on some deoderant, maybe some cologne/aftershave? 15 minutes a day. 15 minutes. Not a big ask.

Really grinds my gears when I have an opponent like that. There's one in my new LGS, and I've refused to play him so far. He thinks it's because, since he uses Wolves (terrible list), that he'll wipe the floor with me. Every time he does I have to hold back the urge to tell him the only wiping that should be going on is him with a towel after he's showered.

Really, there are some things that people can't help, like if you've stayed at a friends after a hard night of.. Erm... Not drinking alcohol... *cough* But even then, some spray/change of clothes really helps.