Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Sounds like a fungal infection to me.

Now that is hardcore, gaming until I got the Lurgee!

Grimm wrote:Huh?

If you didn't get the gist of that (it was pretty explicit), you may be who he is talking about...

I'm just sayin...

anyone ever have any luck converting Stink-O-Man into a soap loving fiend?

My FLGS has never had someone like this who came there regularly, but one time a water pipe leaking had cause a piece of the ceiling to have to be taken out, and it smelled horrible all night because of mold. Someone actually went around the store smelling everyone before we realized it was the mold.

MagickalMemories wrote:Gamer protip to keep from stinking:

DO NOT USE DEODORANT.

Seriously.
Don't.

Use antiperspirant, instead.

If I use deodorant and, say, go to a tournament, by the end of the day, I can smell my OWN pits (and, yes. That *IS* with a shower in the morning). And, you know the deal about smelling yourself. if you can smell yourself, then everyone else has been smelling you for a while, now!

Guess what, guys? I'm not the only one. Many of you are that way, too.

Just do everyone a favor and switch to antiperspirant. If your pits aren't sweating, then you don't need to worry about if they're funky (provided your hygiene is otherwise in order, as well).


Eric

Brother, you are almost at enlightenment. Preach the word my son; use Antiperspirant AND Deodorant. Men can multi-task, prove it to yourself. Prove it to the stinky bastard at your LGS, prove it to society.

By the way, this is the most crotchety (albeit correct) thread I've seen in a long time. Keep up the good work.

Kilkrazy wrote:

Kouzuki wrote:must be a white guy thing. I have yet to come across person at my local GW that smells bad.

You haven't got any kusai jiji playing 40K?

nope. I generally hang around Jimbocho store if I'm gaming, and haven't had that problem. Planning on checking out the Nerima club, and may or maynot have such problems there... but =/

I've run across a couple of genuine catpissmen in a couple of Japanese game shops - one was my opponent in a Magic tournament.

The wargaming community was pretty close knit and we usually went out for dinner afterwards, and there were no stinkers there.

See, this is why whenever I head to the FLGS I bring my mandatory gasmask/rebreather. It's the only way to be sure.

But, lucky for me, my FLGS is full of people who shower... or maybe I'm really unable to smell anything...

I know what you mean my FLGS is 2.3hr drive away. When I get there it's all you can freeeeeeekeeeennn smell.

I tell people they are smelly bastards, if they don't like it then they share the feeling of discomfort all those who smell them suffer. A hand flamer would be useful you could then set them and their models on fire.

The problem we have at my GW store is that the one guy who comes in that smells proper bad is a really nice guy. the thing is he must be around 35 stone (don't know what the equivalent is in lbs!) and so he must find it hard to get out of bed without sweating, and so this must have caused a buildup of cheesy-sweatiness which radiates from him and slowly fills up the the room suffocating all around him. This is particularly bad on Gaming nights when we have around 30 to 40 players in at any one time when it feels like you are wading through a solid wall of smell! Anyway my point is that he is a nice guy, a regular buyer and gamer and none of us want to upset him by telling him that he smells like a tramps bum crack. If he was a idiot or one of those guys who just hangs around the store only buying a pot of paint every 6 months then we'd just tell him to sort it out or bugger off, but as he isn't we don't want to upset the poor bloke!

Advice people!

The Decapitator wrote:The problem we have at my GW store is that the one guy who comes in that smells proper bad is a really nice guy. the thing is he must be around 35 stone (don't know what the equivalent is in lbs!) and so he must find it hard to get out of bed without sweating, and so this must have caused a buildup of cheesy-sweatiness which radiates from him and slowly fills up the the room suffocating all around him. This is particularly bad on Gaming nights when we have around 30 to 40 players in at any one time when it feels like you are wading through a solid wall of smell! Anyway my point is that he is a nice guy, a regular buyer and gamer and none of us want to upset him by telling him that he smells like a tramps bum crack. If he was a idiot or one of those guys who just hangs around the store only buying a pot of paint every 6 months then we'd just tell him to sort it out or bugger off, but as he isn't we don't want to upset the poor bloke!

Advice people!

35 Stone!? Damn! That's 490 pounds!

That's pretty big.

I thought only Americans got that fat!

I mean, put the fork down!

The Decapitator wrote:The problem we have at my GW store is that the one guy who comes in that smells proper bad is a really nice guy. the thing is he must be around 35 stone (don't know what the equivalent is in lbs!) and so he must find it hard to get out of bed without sweating, and so this must have caused a buildup of cheesy-sweatiness which radiates from him and slowly fills up the the room suffocating all around him. This is particularly bad on Gaming nights when we have around 30 to 40 players in at any one time when it feels like you are wading through a solid wall of smell! Anyway my point is that he is a nice guy, a regular buyer and gamer and none of us want to upset him by telling him that he smells like a tramps bum crack. If he was a idiot or one of those guys who just hangs around the store only buying a pot of paint every 6 months then we'd just tell him to sort it out or bugger off, but as he isn't we don't want to upset the poor bloke!

Advice people!

These are always tougher. Some adult who likes him/is friends with him needs to raise the issue politely and privately. Maybe just outside the store after gaming night has wrapped up or something. The person can present it first as a health question- say folks are worried that something may be wrong; that there's a strong odor which bothers people around him, and the friend is wondering if maybe the smelly person has a hormonal issue they should see a doctor about, or perhaps has an impaired sense of smell and is not aware of his own odor. Express gently that folks like him and think he's a good person, but the smell is just really unpleasant and makes game nights less enjoyable in general. Go into it privately, and with the attitude of a concerned friend and hopefully it won't be too embarassing for the poor guy.

+1

It's about communication. If smelly guy is actually nice and not a douche, take him aside, talk to him directly and not in front of a crowd of people to embarass him. Most nice folk understand they don't want to offend those around them.

I once dealt with a guy at work who smelled so bad I almost threw up. Management wouldn't do anything for fear of a lawsuit and we all had to suffer. I thought "hey, maybe no one has told him" so when I talked to him, I found he'd had some heavy personal issues going on and he knew it, felt bad about it but didn't have the cash to do laundry and his water had been shut off. At least he still had a job! So later that day I bought him some detergent, some febreeze, soap, body spray (which I made him use immediately) some food items and gave him $5 to head out to the laundromat to get some laundry done. Our work had a gym downstairs so he could at least shower there. He straightened up after that for a little while then was fired two months later. Apparantly his personal problems overwhelmed his ability to keep that job.

We all have personal issues but when they get in the way of other people, that's when common courtesy steps in to say "hey, nothing personal but go shower!" and if that person can't, perhaps we as the gamer community can help them understand the value of cleanliness.
... or take them outside and hose them down at the fire hydrant...

filbert wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

Kouzuki wrote:must be a white guy thing. I have yet to come across person at my local GW that smells bad.

You haven't got any kusai jiji playing 40K?

Is that some sort of smelly Japanese person?

Lol good idea.

Just Dave wrote:
Brother, you are almost at enlightenment. Preach the word my son; use Antiperspirant AND Deodorant. Men can multi-task, prove it to yourself. Prove it to the stinky bastard at your LGS, prove it to society.

By the way, this is the most crotchety (albeit correct) thread I've seen in a long time. Keep up the good work.

LOL
Actually, I'm there!
My antiperspirant is an antiperspirant/deodorant. Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance on the subject, but I just presumed that all anit-p's had deodorants built in.


Something else to keep in mind, folks... some of us just aren't built in a way that we can be mean to our FRIENDS. We also can't purposefully do something to hurt their feelings. If we have friends who REALLY need to bathe before coming over for gaming, we aren't going to say anything because we'd rather smell the funk for a while thank hurt them.
Say what you will. Some of us are just like that.

Eric

Mannahnin wrote:

The Decapitator wrote:The problem we have at my GW store is that the one guy who comes in that smells proper bad is a really nice guy. the thing is he must be around 35 stone (don't know what the equivalent is in lbs!) and so he must find it hard to get out of bed without sweating, and so this must have caused a buildup of cheesy-sweatiness which radiates from him and slowly fills up the the room suffocating all around him. This is particularly bad on Gaming nights when we have around 30 to 40 players in at any one time when it feels like you are wading through a solid wall of smell! Anyway my point is that he is a nice guy, a regular buyer and gamer and none of us want to upset him by telling him that he smells like a tramps bum crack. If he was a idiot or one of those guys who just hangs around the store only buying a pot of paint every 6 months then we'd just tell him to sort it out or bugger off, but as he isn't we don't want to upset the poor bloke!

Advice people!

These are always tougher. Some adult who likes him/is friends with him needs to raise the issue politely and privately. Maybe just outside the store after gaming night has wrapped up or something. The person can present it first as a health question- say folks are worried that something may be wrong; that there's a strong odor which bothers people around him, and the friend is wondering if maybe the smelly person has a hormonal issue they should see a doctor about, or perhaps has an impaired sense of smell and is not aware of his own odor. Express gently that folks like him and think he's a good person, but the smell is just really unpleasant and makes game nights less enjoyable in general. Go into it privately, and with the attitude of a concerned friend and hopefully it won't be too embarassing for the poor guy.

I think this is really damn good advice, however I'd suggest that you don't "express gently that folks like him and think he's a good person, but the smell is just really unpleasant" as that may give him the feeling that you've talked behind his back and/or are ganging up on him. Of course you tell him he's a nice guy, he sounds it, but I wouldn't give him the impression that everybody has talked about it if you can avoid it...
Also, as another poster said. Rather than just comment on the smell/hygiene, be sure to ask if he's OK. This will display genuine care and show how you're not being spiteful, but advising and caring and frankly, in many cases there is often something amiss in personal life to leave them ignorant to hygiene.

MagickalMemories wrote:

Just Dave wrote:
Brother, you are almost at enlightenment. Preach the word my son; use Antiperspirant AND Deodorant. Men can multi-task, prove it to yourself. Prove it to the stinky bastard at your LGS, prove it to society.

By the way, this is the most crotchety (albeit correct) thread I've seen in a long time. Keep up the good work.

LOL
Actually, I'm there!
My antiperspirant is an antiperspirant/deodorant. Maybe I'm just showing my ignorance on the subject, but I just presumed that all anit-p's had deodorants built in.


Something else to keep in mind, folks... some of us just aren't built in a way that we can be mean to our FRIENDS. We also can't purposefully do something to hurt their feelings. If we have friends who REALLY need to bathe before coming over for gaming, we aren't going to say anything because we'd rather smell the funk for a while thank hurt them.
Say what you will. Some of us are just like that.

Eric

Well Anti-perspirants are supposed to prevent smell, whereas deodorants cover it up. Anti-perspirants do have slight deodorant to them, but nothing significant and the problem of anti-perspirant/deodorants is that they can leave white marks.
As such, use both. You don't smell bad and you infact smell nice. Sorted.

Dont ask how I know so much on the matter...


I'm the kind of guy that really wouldn't want to criticise a friend, much like your bottom paragraph. However, I'm of a more utilitarian perspective in that I believe it would be worth it in the long-run. I'm a very caring guy, I admit, but I'd be willing to put my neck out and point out (kindly) such a thing to someone, particularly as it will benefit them in the long-run IMHO. Each to our own of course.

In general, I agree.
Depends on the guy, though.

I've got one buddy that... well, I'm not sure he could handle being told.

Others, though... I'll call 'em smelly fraggers to their faces, because I know they CAN handle it.


Eric

Actually... It's Christmas soon isn't it? (Rhetorical )

Get them a box/set of Lynx or whatnot; you know the ones with Deodorant/Antiperspirant and Shower Gel. Generous, subtle and effective.

Effective if he uses them that is. Otherwise it's very hit/miss.

Maxstreel wrote:I once dealt with a guy at work who smelled so bad I almost threw up. Management wouldn't do anything for fear of a lawsuit and we all had to suffer. I thought "hey, maybe no one has told him" so when I talked to him, I found he'd had some heavy personal issues going on and he knew it, felt bad about it but didn't have the cash to do laundry and his water had been shut off. At least he still had a job! So later that day I bought him some detergent, some febreeze, soap, body spray (which I made him use immediately) some food items and gave him $5 to head out to the laundromat to get some laundry done. Our work had a gym downstairs so he could at least shower there. He straightened up after that for a little while then was fired two months later. Apparantly his personal problems overwhelmed his ability to keep that job.

THIS is how to handle a problem. It's easy to be cruel, but that extra step of caring can really go a long way.

Thank you for posting this; it really is a good example of how to make positive changes.

Monster Rain wrote:That's pretty big.

I thought only Americans got that fat!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lambert
Fat, but still a most delightful chap.

Just Dave wrote:Actually... It's Christmas soon isn't it? (Rhetorical )

Get them a box/set of Lynx or whatnot; you know the ones with Deodorant/Antiperspirant and Shower Gel. Generous, subtle and effective.

Effective if he uses them that is. Otherwise it's very hit/miss.

Ah no, not Lynx! That stuff is vile and makes me want to vomit. Always gets right in the back of my throat, can't see why people would ever use it. Just makes you smell like a teenager who uses it instead of washing.

I do agree that anti-perspirant is far superior to deodorant.

I stand by Lynx myself, none of the other brands match them for deodorant. Ultimately, a let a woman choose your deodorant and she'll choose Lynx.

But the point remains. Christmas is the time for giving, they've given you imploded nasal cavity's, you can give them deodorant.

I have a real sensitive sniffer(should a been a wine taster I think). Anywhoo I pretty much treat a trip to the game store as though I were going out to the mall or something. You know I shower, shave(usually) and I even..gasp...put some cologne on.

A few weeks ago I was a at a gamestore (remains anonymous to protect the LFGS) There was a tourney going on and I was there just to game. The tourney player was assigned a table right behind me....and I'm telling ya he smelled like old nacho cheese, mixed with stale mushrooms. Every time he moved or I moved, my nostrils were filled with the overpowering stench. It was so bad I just moved my chair to the side of the table.

cough...coughhh

GG

Bookwrack wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:That's pretty big.

I thought only Americans got that fat!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lambert
Fat, but still a most delightful chap.

Misread that Wiki entry at first ... thought he was a goalkeeper. Man, he would have been excellent between the sticks!

Anti-perspirant doesn't stop you sweating, it just blocks the pores that you spray it on. Your body will still sweat from different areas instead, most likely the head/scalp - this can accelerate balding and generally screws your hair health. One reason I switched back to deodorant.

Ulver wrote:Anti-perspirant doesn't stop you sweating, it just blocks the pores that you spray it on. Your body will still sweat from different areas instead, most likely the head/scalp - this can accelerate balding and generally screws your hair health. One reason I switched back to deodorant.

There we go kids, don't use anti perspirant!

You'll go bald!

Ulver wrote:Anti-perspirant doesn't stop you sweating, it just blocks the pores that you spray it on. Your body will still sweat from different areas instead, most likely the head/scalp - this can accelerate balding and generally screws your hair health. One reason I switched back to deodorant.

Can you link me to some articles on this?
Out of curiosity, I did a bit of Googling. I couldn't find ANYTHING to support this claim.

There are plenty of sites that claim cancer risks, and plenty of places where you see those myths debunked, but I couldn't find anything regarding increased or accellerated baldness.

Thank you.

Eric