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

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:
[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.

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:
[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..

 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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