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I think it depends on the intent behind the words. I don't often swear when angry, for example.

Da Boss wrote:Ah well. It's not cursing like a sailor for no reason eh, Grizgrin?
I swear while playing too, but luckily it's fairly acceptable here.

Not that it's an excuse, but yeah. I try to hold back, and do a much better job than I did in my youth. My wife can almost take me out in public without the cattle prod these days. But yeah, I still slip. Also, while I may have the proverbial potty mouth something fierce; I make it pretty plain I am not cursing at my opponent, or anything they have done. Very infrequently do my opponents do anything other than laugh at me, or take notes.

One of my bad habits is giving my opponents good advice.

When I play a casual game, I'm fine. I find that when I play tournaments though, I tend to treat it like work a little too much. I work a lot (perhaps too much, but I'm sure there are lots of people able to say that these days) and some of my habits like working through breaks and lunches aren't terribly healthy.

I tend toward the same behaviour when I play tourneys. Off to the races and here we go. I'll play my games with a focus toward efficient put 'em on, take 'em off and go from there. I'll usually help out somehow over lunch and keep going. The problem is that after full work week, I tend to use weekends as (at least in part) rest time. So, after a full work week, an early morning for the tourney and 8 or 9 hours of gaming, having forgot food and such, I tend to start to want fresh air, a nap, a nice pint, that sort of thing. The problem is that at this point, there's usually a game or two to go. I'm not a jerk in the last few games or anything like that (at least I hope not), but I hold no illusions that I'm as good to play during those games as the earlier ones.

That's my cross though. I really need to learn to take a little more care during tourneys and it'll sort itself out.

back seat generaling. only with friends though, i dont go up to strangers unless theyre learning the game and help them out.

kirsanth wrote:One of my bad habits is giving my opponents good advice.

Its not a bad thing though. It shows you still have hope yet :"P

LunaHound wrote:

kirsanth wrote:One of my bad habits is giving my opponents good advice.

Its not a bad thing though. It shows you still have hope yet :"P

The BIG BIG problem with this, though, is when your good advice goes bad, either due to dice, or because it wasn't really that "good" in the first place. Then your opponent thinks you were just trying to get him to play poorly in your favor.

Somethings I loathe:

Correcting my opponent on something regarding THEIR army list rules-wise, finding that I AM correct, and them asking to "d6" on the rule because they state it's unclear.

People that don't know the rules what-so-ever. (New players aside.)

Unruly opponents. (Folks that are losing and completely take it out on me like it's my fault. I mean... Well, technically it is.)

People that bring the same unpainted miniatures in to play day in and day out w/ no progress.

Dice-throwers. (It's happened twice to me - different opponents. They get frustrated and throw their dice in anger.)

Back-seat 40Kers. (You know the ones... Sons' playing and Dad just has to throw in his two cents. Girlfriends' playing and the boyfriend has throw in his. Etc.)

-J.

Da Boss wrote:That would have me in stitches.

You know, I remember a day I was gaming with some fellas, and we'd joked around before
about various things. Had a good laugh about soulless Elven hookers (Eiryss from
Warmachine, in case you're wondering) and other odd cracks about various Iron Kingdom
rules and fluff.

Then one day I suggested that our game was a date, and my opponent just sort of froze.

Since that day, I've tried to rein it in a little.

malfred wrote:

Da Boss wrote:That would have me in stitches.

You know, I remember a day I was gaming with some fellas, and we'd joked around before
about various things. Had a good laugh about soulless Elven hookers (Eiryss from
Warmachine, in case you're wondering) and other odd cracks about various Iron Kingdom
rules and fluff.

Then one day I suggested that our game was a date, and my opponent just sort of froze.

Since that day, I've tried to rein it in a little.

Take it as a joke, literally as I don't care what side of the fence you are on, but that's call for suspicion.

-J.

I just realized the title said MY worst habit. Yeah, I've got one. Well, one that I know of at least...

I get easily angered when people come up and try to talk to me during tournaments. Friendly games are fine because it's all joking, but at a tourney I'm out for blood.

-J.

Alazahr wrote:

malfred wrote:

Da Boss wrote:That would have me in stitches.

You know, I remember a day I was gaming with some fellas, and we'd joked around before
about various things. Had a good laugh about soulless Elven hookers (Eiryss from
Warmachine, in case you're wondering) and other odd cracks about various Iron Kingdom
rules and fluff.

Then one day I suggested that our game was a date, and my opponent just sort of froze.

Since that day, I've tried to rein it in a little.

Take it as a joke, literally as I don't care what side of the fence you are on, but that's call for suspicion.

-J.

We stand on the sides of fences? Or do you mean the take it as a joke part to be the
literal part of your statement.

I used to carry an can of spray deodorant and mouth spray around with me. Just put them on the table and tell them to use it or leave. They usually leave.

malfred wrote:

Alazahr wrote:

malfred wrote:

Da Boss wrote:That would have me in stitches.

You know, I remember a day I was gaming with some fellas, and we'd joked around before
about various things. Had a good laugh about soulless Elven hookers (Eiryss from
Warmachine, in case you're wondering) and other odd cracks about various Iron Kingdom
rules and fluff.

Then one day I suggested that our game was a date, and my opponent just sort of froze.

Since that day, I've tried to rein it in a little.

Take it as a joke, literally as I don't care what side of the fence you are on, but that's call for suspicion.

-J.

We stand on the sides of fences? Or do you mean the take it as a joke part to be the
literal part of your statement.

Maybe I'll use a different analogy to keep it polite. I don't care what team you play for, but the OP's on gay watch.

-J.

P.s. The above poster has an interesting point. Usuaully that's CCGers though, but they do trickle in. I remember going to GenCon one year and literally had to leave 'cause it smelled so bad...

I always tell people whenever they declare any action against my units... "HOW DARE YOU".

punkisntdeadyet wrote:I always tell people whenever they declare any action against my units... "HOW DARE YOU".

I lol'd. +1 'net cookie.

I highly suggest a monocle... For some reason. Try to fit in the word "Touche'." somewhere too. Oh, and as you run down units (i.e. Massacre.) raise a pinky to your mouth and in your best Dr. Evil voice say, "No... I expect you to DIE!" You may cackle at this time.

-J.

Pet a cat.

I also tend to take a mouthful of creaming soda and swish it around noisily and gargling it. Once, I saw the look on my opponent's face and started laughing, spraying creaming soda in vast torrents out of my nose and all over the table. Thankfully, we were only just starting deployment, so only one land raider got sticky.

My worst habit is really, really strange.

Every time I play a wargame, I forget almost ALL the special army rules (I.E. Eternal Hatred, Cold Blooded, at one point I played a turn with no animosity for my OnG)

Of course, my soda-spraying habit isn't restricted to Warhams. I do it most of the time when I have a can; at the internet/gaming cafe, at my friend's place, even in public.

malfred wrote:

Da Boss wrote:That would have me in stitches.

You know, I remember a day I was gaming with some fellas, and we'd joked around before
about various things. Had a good laugh about soulless Elven hookers (Eiryss from
Warmachine, in case you're wondering) and other odd cracks about various Iron Kingdom
rules and fluff.

Then one day I suggested that our game was a date, and my opponent just sort of froze.

Since that day, I've tried to rein it in a little.

That's too bad. That stuff is funny, I never get why people get so uptight regarding some jokes. I would've laughed my ass off if you said that to me.

I get too gleeful when I'm thoroughly whooping ass (combination of good tactics, weak opponent and good dice rolls) and then I feel bad and sometimes back off the whoop ass a bit (which I really shouldn't). This leads into...

When I'm thoroughly losing (combination of/and/or a better opponent, lousy dice rolls and poor tactics) I get really mopey and frustrated. Thankfully (unlike my younger days) now I just clam up and sport a scowl. I feel bad because sometimes the opponent thinks I'm mad at them specifically (younger players usually) and I'm really not.

I get forgetful and forget to bring in reserves or forget about certain units, even if I dropped them in to do a certain thing..I also overlook stuff right in front of me, like a squad of IG Vets with Meltaguns sneaking up on my Predator..I shot at the tank two feet away, but ignore the Vets that kill my Predator..
I also obsess about things I've misplaced, even though we play at my house and it will turn up during the week.

wittzo wrote:I get forgetful and forget to bring in reserves or forget about certain units, even if I dropped them in to do a certain thing..I also overlook stuff right in front of me, like a squad of IG Vets with Meltaguns sneaking up on my Predator..I shot at the tank two feet away, but ignore the Vets that kill my Predator..
I also obsess about things I've misplaced, even though we play at my house and it will turn up during the week.

You made me remember one: I leave models in terrain. Especially Woods.

-J.

I mathhammer everything out loud.

I sometimes threaten to smite my opponents with my big book of house rules. I think by now they know it doesn't really exist. If it did, they would worship me.

Cheese Elemental wrote:I also tend to take a mouthful of creaming soda and swish it around noisily and gargling it. Once, I saw the look on my opponent's face and started laughing, spraying creaming soda in vast torrents out of my nose and all over the table. Thankfully, we were only just starting deployment, so only one land raider got sticky.

The mental image of this had me rolling on the floor....

I also have this "Movement Nazi" thing I kinda think if squads are going to move they move move in bunched up groups 2 inches apart as par with unit coherencey you know how squads will normally look moving.

Not in lines........DEAR GOD NOT IN A LINE! I had to stop a game on Monday because of this....

Top of turn 2 and I was like "no no no" opponent looks up I was like "Not in lines troops dont move across the battlefield in neat little lines least of all Eldar" so I watched like a sentinel hawk as my opponent rearranged his troops into proper movement formations.

Its my tick I know and it sounds bloody insane.

Yeah, it does kinda. I wouldn't be happy if somebody else told me how I could move my units, as long as I adhered to the measurement rules.

malfred wrote:Sometimes I forget I 'm not on the Internet and I crack jokes about our game being a
"play-date" and how pretty our dollies look at our tea party. I also make other kinds of homo-
erotic jokes incessantly.

Hehe...I feel you there.
I've been a Correctional Officer for over 17 years and we prison employees tend to have a very crude sense of humor when it comes to things like that. I sometimes slip up and will tell one of my non-prison friends something like "Do that again and I'll bend you over and f--- you!". The look of horror that I get is priceless.


As to my bad gaming habits, I have an annoying habit of "talking out" my opponent's dice rolls as i would my own. For example I will say something like "your looking for threes to hit, fours to wound". I don't know how I picked that up, and thnkfully my regular opponents don't seem to mind. However I did get a nasty comment from an opponent at a tourny who snapped "I know what I need to roll!" at me.

I also curse a bit. Although I do try to tone it down in public...especially when there are children present.

TR

Trench-Raider wrote:

malfred wrote:Sometimes I forget I 'm not on the Internet and I crack jokes about our game being a
"play-date" and how pretty our dollies look at our tea party. I also make other kinds of homo-
erotic jokes incessantly.

Hehe...I feel you there.

Gay!

I've been a Correctional Officer for over 17 years and we prison employees tend to have a very crude sense of humor when it comes to things like that. I sometimes slip up and will tell one of my non-prison friends something like "Do that again and I'll bend you over and f--- you!". The look of horror that I get is priceless.
TR

It doesn't help saying that to him during a shower or bath or something.