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So what is your hobby pet peeve?? What drives you insane or cause some form of OCD while playing games...

A few of mine are when someone paints their miniature beautifully then use large unpainted aquarium gravel to cover their base..

Also during a game when using my best painted stuff and your opponent wants move things for you when your standing right there.
Or just being crazy handsy with my stuff when we are almost complete strangers..

Nothing. It's a game. I get mildly irritated at a number of things, and then I remember that red wuns go fasta and my sense of proportion is generally restored.

Barrels that have been drilled slightly off center. Those drive me insane. Also, when I find surprise mold lines when I paint.

That little corner of plastic that just refuses to have paint or primer stick to it drives me insane.

Thick mold injection stubs of a metal miniature on concave areas. I always have trouble jamming my knife or file in there.

Seeing people just dump minis into a box. Even unpainted, things are going to break and snap. But painted. <cringe>

Have a little respect for your army!

My biggest annoyance is people who mishandle and break their figures. And by "people" i mean "me".

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Barrels that have been drilled slightly off center. Those drive me insane. Also, when I find surprise mold lines when I paint.

You'd hate to play a game with me then. I have trouble getting the gun barrel holes in the center. Some of mine are pretty bad, too.

One of my pet peeves is when a model kit has way too many mold lines. The Kroot Carnivores and Bloodletters of Khorne kits are two egregious examples of this.

Another of my (small) peeves is when players paint their stuff wrong, fluffwise. Like making their Ravenwing bikes green when they are supposed to be black. Doesn't bother me much, as at least they painted their stuff (that's a "hint hint" at me ), but I still shake my head on the inside.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Barrels that have been drilled slightly off center. Those drive me insane. Also, when I find surprise mold lines when I paint.

You'd hate to play a game with me then. I have trouble getting the gun barrel holes in the center. Some of mine are pretty bad, too.

Look closely at the ones in the 'how to paint' guides, and even a number of them are off center. Even pros have a hard time with it.


For me? Clear plastic flight stands. They look horrible. Always.

Oh, I got a couple...

Hundreds of dollars worth of models piled and jumbled into a shoe box for transportation and storage.
Beautifully sculpted models painted with cheap, crappy, craft store paint using cheap, crappy, craft store brushes.
Parents who come into the GW with toddlers in tow who are soon off the chain and grabbing miniatures off the gaming/demo tables while mom/dad chat with staff.
Hobbyists who think hygiene is what you say to a guy named Gene.
Gamers who can't put together a sentence without profanity and, by their volume, are more than happy to share their mastery of the language with the shop. -I'm not a prude, by any measure, but a dad that's been bringing his son into GW since he was 10, it's a game store, not a bar or your basement.
People that play with units that proxy empty bases for models.
Gamers that bring in food and/or drink and have it sitting on the table while playing.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Barrels that have been drilled slightly off center. Those drive me insane. Also, when I find surprise mold lines when I paint.

You'd hate to play a game with me then. I have trouble getting the gun barrel holes in the center. Some of mine are pretty bad, too.
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It's not about other people's barrels being off. It's about -my- barrels being off that drives me nuts. Drilling barrels is tedious and easy to screw up. I understand if people can't get it right. But it still drives me nuts if I see it on my own models.

 BigWaaagh wrote:
Gamers that bring in food and/or drink and have it sitting on the table while playing.

Heh, my FLGS serves hot food and hot and cold drinks, and don't have 'dining' tables in order to get more gaming tables in. They provide coasters for the drinks, but it's not uncommon to see vacant tables or empty demployment zones mid game with a plate with a burger and chips and bottles of water/soft drink/flavoured milk or mugs of coffee on the tables.

My personal pet peeve is just handling my stuff without asking me first. I don't mind, but if I'm mid game and someone wants to see something, I'd like to keep track of where it was so I can put it back. Also, due to the aforementioned hot food being served, I'd appreciate it if fingers weren't covered in oil and sauce.

I have a friend who despite being a genius; has ZERO common sense.
My hobby bench is an organised mess [despite it looking like a Bigmek's tool shed, I know where everything is]. He picks up unassembled and unfinished stuff and complains about the lack of accuracy. I make A LOT of custom action figures and he finds fault with them ALL THE TIME for not 'looking' like the real thing? You know how hard it is to turn Scarlet witch into Deynaris Tygarian? Its pretty hard when Scarlet witch looks nothing like Emma Clark in the first place.

He also finds fault with ALL my miniatures. Granted, my stuff isn't quite Golden Demon quality but he whinges, moans, criticises and finds fault with EVERYTHING on the table. And he paints his models by dunking them in thin Humbrol paint

Dont really have one for during gaming as I dont game in stores but I do have a pet peeve of when Magic players give me fowl looks for encroaching on their hangout space when trying to buy anything in a LGS. I know Magic sales likely make up most of the stores profits but all the product around 3 walls of the store isnt there just for decoration.

I also have one with hobby blades. I know I should change the blade when its getting dull but OCD kicks in and I go to finish that one last cut . Then peeved at myself for slicing open a finger. Everytime.

I play mtg and I find people constantly and noisily shuffling their cards very annoying, especially in my damn turn. They're not even looking at them, just aggressively flicking through them instead of doing something useful, because they've seen some 'pros' do the same. Maybe they think it's intimidating or perhaps they have ADHD, but they look ridiculous.

I understand the idea of shuffling your hand so your opponent can't see which cards you've been holding onto for a long time. But shuffling repeatedly is not needed, it achieves nothing beyond being irritating. I shuffle my hand at the end of my turn and put it on the table, I pick it up if I need to interrupt and play something.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

Another of my (small) peeves is when players paint their stuff wrong, fluffwise. Like making their Ravenwing bikes green when they are supposed to be black. Doesn't bother me much, as at least they painted their stuff (that's a "hint hint" at me ), but I still shake my head on the inside.

It's a good thing it's a small peeve because otherwise i'm sure i would drive you crazy. i struggle to bring myself to not break the fluff rules.

Back seat gamers, or people who start telling me stories or showing me photos of paint jobs when I'm having a game with someone else, and haven't shown any interest. Even worse when they are strangers. Space wolf players who think they are space wolves. Space wolf players who refer to themselves as "vikings" "Danish longaxemen" or "the Emperor's executioners". Players who make sound effects in the game. Players who don't bring lists and always have the upgrades that benefit them as and when situations arise. People who bring food then want to use my dice, cards, and handle my models. Anyone who has a chip on their shoulder and gets either passive aggressive or rude in a game. Players who treat you like you don't have a clue when you need to double check a rule or don't remember one accurately. People who get mad at the events of the game. I remember one guy throwing a unit across the table because it fled off the board and he had tried and failed to get away with mismeasuring the distance.

Luckily I don't have to deal with any of that really as I only normally play against people who I know and enjoy playing against.

I'm not sure how many pet peeves I have, but there are loads of aesthetic choices I dislike immensely. I don't suppose that's a peeve though. I don't think someone is doing something wrong - I just think it looks a bit crap.

My biggest pet peeve is probably just the "dude it's just a game!" kind of excuse for all manner of hobby laziness.

Pet peeve?
When a GW fan tells you any new model not designed by GW is "so 90's". Even though they were probably only born in the 90's.

People that start giving either side advice when it isn't their game.

Comment on the painting, but then STFU. I am playing against Bob, not the whole fething game store...

People who constantly gripe about pet peeves...Okay, that's a joke. I am the king of griping about such things!
My real biggest pet peeve hobby wise is getting criticism from people who don't try. I know I am no golden demon winner, but hey, if you don't paint or convert, or even play, don't tell me how I should have done something. I support everyone who is making a go no matter the skill or ideas. I have no respect for those who like to critique but are too scared to try it themselves (hey if you love the hobby but money, location whatever keeps you out, I understand, and you are excluded). Try is the key word here, as success is the most relative word in the language.

My dice roles, my save roles are higher than normal, on the other hand my hit roles are lower than normal, which makes for some hilarious games

Its been said already, but I'm going to have to second the finding surprise mold lines in the middle of painting. Just the worst.

Neckbeards [is that the term I'm looking for?]
Being accused of being a 'nerd' from a guy wearing a star trek shirt and holding an antiquated monster Manuel.
Even I've kissed more girls then he ever will. HA, I've done other things with girls too

Superglue that won't stick to resin, plastic or metal--but will instantly bond human flesh.

 ZergSmasher wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Barrels that have been drilled slightly off center. Those drive me insane. Also, when I find surprise mold lines when I paint.

You'd hate to play a game with me then. I have trouble getting the gun barrel holes in the center. Some of mine are pretty bad, too.

One of my pet peeves is when a model kit has way too many mold lines. The Kroot Carnivores and Bloodletters of Khorne kits are two egregious examples of this.

Another of my (small) peeves is when players paint their stuff wrong, fluffwise. Like making their Ravenwing bikes green when they are supposed to be black. Doesn't bother me much, as at least they painted their stuff (that's a "hint hint" at me ), but I still shake my head on the inside.

I do that, but I just say my Dark Angels are a successor Chapter to explain the differences in color schemes.


Mine is keeping track of multiple counts-as in a single game "OK, these Kroot are Blood Angels Scouts, the Shaper is the missile launcher, these Ogryn are Terminators and that Lunar-Class Cruiser is an Eversor..."

I try not to get too salty towards other folks' paintjobs/modelling (especially since I get that enough in my dayjob as an artist) but it always makes me clench my teeth a bit when i see even a halfway decent paintjob and the base is just left untouched.
See also! I really hate those clear acrylic bases (including flight stands for most things in 25-35mm scales.)
As to my own horrors, a big one is when i'm almost finished painting something only to find a massive gap or mold line that i completely missed.

On the one time I actually painted at my FLGS instead of in the safety of my house, i developed an instant pet peeve.

To the person that saw me layer painting my white one way and decided to come up and explain to me how I should do it a different way, mind your own business. I did not ask for help and have tried probably a dozen different ways of painting white before settling on the one that I do now.

In short: the people who think they know everything about the hobby and wontonly share their advice with everyone that does NOT ask.

Otherwise, I will second the people that touch models without asking. I spent days painting that pretty model you are fondling, and I will break your damn knees if you break/scuff/chip my model.

Also, metal models that like to jump off the table and how their arms like to pop off. Just... *sigh*...

 brushcommando wrote:
Its been said already, but I'm going to have to second the finding surprise mold lines in the middle of painting. Just the worst.

Here's how I deal with it:

I remove every single mold line from every single piece before even considering assembling the model.
That generally does the trick.

I think that's my OCD too... I can't stand any kind of mold line or even assembly line.
Ever since I've started working with Resin, I can't help but try and make every model flawless.

 Elemental wrote:
Superglue that won't stick to resin, plastic or metal--but will instantly bond human flesh.

Most of that comes down to oils ... and "oils ain't oils" when it comes to ACC adhesives.

It just so happens that some of the oils in human sweat will actively accelerate the curing of superglues (and no, they weren't specifically designed to stick skin - that's a later development and a different formula with a different molecule.)