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¿Question #5123?
puffinge: Has an opponent ever yelled at you for your strategy in a game? What game was it? Was his/her unhappiness justified?

0Shea0: Lewis and Clark is really hard to just click buttons through.....I'm doing my best.
pricero1: We keep yelling at Shea to tell him that it's his turn.
gerlof101: Yes, Siedler of Katan ; Knight and Cities, No (just pay attention if somebody is silently building his third cathedral, not accuse them of cheating)
HyperMan: Yes. Playing MTG with a creatureless deck Mirror Universe. "Are you ever going to attack?!"
Woelf: Probably
Bluto: Regularly. Almost weekly, I would say. Dominion is the latest, and the repeated attacks were brutal, so maybe a bit justified.
Mozai: Yes, it was Diplomacy, and mostly he was upset because he was literally a world-class player that was outmaneuvered by a tactic that everyone at the table recognized (and allowed to pass) except for him.
Polgara: no
Cygnus2112: no...no..no
pwilz: Most certainly yes. I don't remember. I expect it was because I was winning, and it was mostly in good fun.
utahBGG: I don't think so, but my GF's sister sure has gotten yelled at. It was completely justified, IMHO.
White Stone: Yep. Thurn & Taxis. Not really - he would always tell everybody their strategies.
WonderLlama: No. It's happened to people I played with though.
DHEK: I think so, but just in jest. Can't remember what game it was (probably more than one), and it was probably more of because I did them in rather than anything else.
themagni: My gaming friends all know it's just a game. Good, bad, interesting, or weird strategies are all welcome.
TheArchAngel: yes
aleo09: yes, settlers, no.
biggdork: Yes. World of Warcraft (sad, innit?). Not at all, he was on my team!
malloc: yes, Taj Mahal, It was in responce to his wanting me to do all the dirty work for him, so yeah my playing the way I did was working.
Brentoon: We always yell at my brother for his refusal to trade in Monopoly
delirimouse: Yes. In Killer Bunnies. Almost certainly.
tdyck: two player carcassonne. I joined into his castle. He's convinced that there is no use for that in a two player game. Generally I agree with him, except in large castles.
Leo-T: yes, and no -they were just irked because it hurt them more than the other players
cluegirl: rummy,..they say i'm a holdout,.....i am not!!!
tuva_lisa: No. usually I´m doing the yelling.
dmomo: When I was in early Middle School, my best friend (and a HUGE Nerd at the time, not in a good way) and I were playing Chess. He was used to winning (his parents always let him win), and known to be a smart guy. When I started to win, he flipped the board. My strategy was simply trying hard! He said "Butm I'm smarter than you" and just flipped the board over before I could take the game. We got over it quick. Still great friends in fact. Needless to say, we've matured.
djlg: Yes. HotW. Not to the extent they voiced it (its only a game).
scriptorum: I wasn't yelled at, but my opponent was very disappointed in me in a game of Kremlin. I had 8 influence points on one politician, and declared 7 of them. The other player indicated he was going to top me, and I suddenly feared I would lose because of the tie rules. So while he was fumbling around for the fiddly bit to lay down on the board, I quickly changed my influence from a 7 to an 8. He was upset because he thought it was unfair that I didn't wait for him to complete his declaration (and I was correct, he had 8 influence as well, so he lost to the tie rules instead of me). At the time, I thought I was in the right, that the rules didn't imply any sort of order or waiting, but upon reflection I shouldn't have done it because he was not a hard core gamer, and it soured him from the heavier games.
wolver: Never, all games, no
verandi: oh yes this happened plenty but it was always the same person so it was more his problem than mine.
kuhrusty: No, I'm the one who yells, and I'm always justified. No one ever yells at me because my strategies are always clearly the best. That may be because I'm a Wookie.
brainrob: No
RonStock: Yes our friend Vex got mad in Settlers cause he was losing. He threw a temper tantrum and ending up winning after he cooled down. Boy did he look like a dumbass.
hibikir: no
shawn_low: Yes. Guillotine. Not really.
jasta6: Yes, Dawn Patrol, Could have been!
ecasco_online: Yes. Playing World In Flames. Rules question.
Loquutus: Yes. PR. He's a miserable sob in general.
MisterCranky: Any opponent in any game who yells at me doesn't live to tell the tale.
puffinge: It's happened a couple times. El Grande or any game that I like even though I'm not particularly good at it. I'm making what I think is the best play, but maybe it isn't, I'm not very good you see. Is everyone supposed to make the optimal play every turn and if they don't should it be pointed out? I say no. So, to me, it' seldom justified.
POvidiusNaso: Nope. One friend is always berating is girlfriend, though, and usually justifiably.
CortexBomb: No...and I've played with some people prone to this...they just know better than to make me bitch slap them
skrutsch: No, not that I remember.
chaddyboy_2000: No.
CDRodeffer: Yes -- I have been accused of making up rules as we go along to my advantage. Never mind this was a game of Mao, so in this case, the yelling was not justified.
skelebone: Sure not.
Lord_Prussian: Probably. Don't recall a specific instance. Probably.
Dave: Not quite yelling, but someone once strongly opposed my bid in a game of Monkeys of the Moon. I calmly replied "wait to see who wins at the end"; indeed, I followed that up with the victory.
jttm: Pulling down my pants while yodelling isn't a distraction, so, no, it wasn't justified.
Randy Cox: Yell is a strong term. I've had people make snide comments (or pretty overt statements that I'm making stupid moves). I can't think of the games where this has happened, but it's happened numerous times. I love it when I happen to win with my "incorrect" strategy. Wait, I thought of one--Britannia. I wanted to change history, and apparently that's a no-no.