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¿Question #578?
statonv: What's the most shocking violation of gaming etiquette you have ever seen?

Grizzix: walking away in the middle of a game because you dont like something that happened. IT'S A GAME
Zedsdead: It was a session of histrionic whinging. Guy in a game shop, playing Talisman 4th edition. Every die roll resulted in utter disbelief, eyes cast theatrically to the heavens, arms flung about dramatically, why do I even PLAY this game, what utter BULLSHIT, psssh not AGAIN, why does this keep happening to ME... I never played with him again.
ricardofo: A friend leave the game after losing Moscow to the German Army in "War in Europe"
kathleenryan: cheating
bcooperok: We had a guy in our game group who regularly got pissy and quit games that he was not winning; but the worst was when he was the driver for half the players and made them leave after 3 hours of Robo-Rally.
Spirit of 70: Cheeting, followed by a tantrum when the person was caught.
jasta6: Guy next to me in a friendly game of "Dawn Patrol" cheating at his damage taken.........................................................................................................................................................
Hector Vortac: There is only one time I have ever been shocked by someone's behavior in a game. The game was Brass and most of us had very few plays of it. Near the end of the first half of the game I used Daniel's port which helped him but helped me even more. A player I consider very intelligent couldn't understand, thinking I was favoring Daniel. Things decayed from "I'm tired; take me home, Daniel" to "YOU ARE A BASTARD AND AN ASSHOLE".
Chatbus: Sirroco being ranked as G (General) on TV. Was a long time ago. I saw it with my father.
xofour: Whining.
jessitron: My daughter stood on a game board and pooped. Does that count? She was wearing a diaper, thank goodness.
daveroswell: Werewolf play.
tawnos76: Cat walking across game board
Tegre: Someone spilled a sauce or dip on a card for a game of mine. Then everyone chimed to her to lick it off. So she did. Off the whole card. Bastards all of them!
Rliyen: misreading dice for an advantage.
KrisVerbeeck: dirty greasy hands
Beyak: Loudly saying "Just let's start playing" before hearing all the rules then complaining loudly that I had not mentioned a particular rule.
tipigi: Saying "I guess my guys are dead!" and running out to leave after Darren had five of his D&D guys killed hahaha!
DHEK: I've not seen anything terribly shocking... But I heard about some chick who sat on her boyfriend's new Puerto Rico box and crushed it because she got upset that she lost... If I saw that that would qualify...
scriptorum: I really haven't seen anyone do anything shocking. Once a buddy was so flustered by his position in the game that he grabbed my face-down discards from the pile to examine them. Afterwards he apologized and said he never does things like that, which was true. Actually, that's a "gamer" etiquette violation. Non-gamers don't seem to have gaming etiquette. I've seen them flick my game parts onto the floor thinking it's funny and not understanding how much that infuriates me. That's a bigger violation, but they're non-gamers, I don't really expect them to have the same level of reverance for board games as I do.
Der Ubermolch: Just today I saw Ziadine Zedane head-butt a guy in the chest unprovoked. He got a red-card for it. I'm still in shock and awe over it.
Chris Page: Probably a session of teenage D&D that degenerated into tackle football.
bigbadsteve: people quitting in the middle of a game because their last turn didn't go like they hoped
MightyMike: Spilling coke over my A&A board
Nazhuret: when a guy i know lost a game of risk to total non gamers he threw his super cool collector's edition in the FIRE AND BURNED IT. true story
Sardukar: A former friend of mine refues to roll the dice, he just dropped them on the table...
greglios: Someone taking parts from another person's brand new game and sticking them to his forehead.
Shade006: Knocking over a whole game by a frustrated loser.
Dorque: After 4 hours of Shogun, one guy just proclaiming "I'm going to attack you with everything so Mike can win and I can go home."
Dale of the Bow: DM's allowing their close friend's to make up new spells and abilities, while the others had to follow the rule book
Burnham: my friend quitting in the middle of a game because he realizes that his chance of winning just got flushed down the drain. (he does this all the time)
Shotmagnet: A guy pulled a gun on his own brother
Helenoftroy: When playing WK, my brother in law was upset when he was reminded I hit him twice and he only moved his piece down by one.
brainrob: Repeat
_Kael_: One player kicking another during a Diplomacy tournament. Luckily the other dodged.
Loquutus: 04 PR @ WBC aainst an infamously unsportsmanlike player
POvidiusNaso: One time a guy wore a RED ascot on a SATURDAY game night. Talk about your gossip-starters!
mgringo: Table turning.
GrandpaDave: Anything Brad does...
Cavedog_pdx: The fact you've asked this question twice with just slightly different wording.
Nem Menuu: When I'm playing a four player game by myself and I make fake excuses to help out the other me.
GI Joe: Refusing to even try a game based on something ridiculous, like not liking the theme or the box art
erli: Eating shrimp in Reef Encounter
CharlieWonka: Flicking an opponents blood bowl figure across the kitchen into the sink on a blitz. He was not a happy man.
Lord_Prussian: I know I've already answered this. What's up with all the duplication?
The Unbeliever: 42
WasQ: To play other player's card in his turn because the end of a game was so clear than the other player want to finish
AWildEep: Cheating.
arkibet: Someone teaching incorrect rules for a game they supposedly know.
CapAp: I already answered this
Randy Cox: #2: Flipping a board of Settlers, very near the end; #1: having drinks (White Russians, at that) in the vicinity of my die Macher game (while I was away with a car with water in the gas tank) and then having someone spill it onto the board and all the green equipment. Games and food or drink do ont mix.
puffinge: It involved Settlers.
2amp: i think i answered this already
snoozefest: tantrum at dice/attacker
melissa: The usual "refusing to participate" - insisting on playing but then making random moves to disrupt the game
Asmoridin: Antyhing involving damaging someone else's components.
xlorp: Booger hands on my game pieces.
leece: Settlers of Catan Tournament. End of last game. Card was bent by sore loser. Not his game.
batman: Making a move to finish dead last instead of 2nd just so someone else wouldn't win.
m_r_tyler: I'm seen kingmaking which is never good gaming etiquette, but one time a player decided he couldn't win so he basically transferred all of his net worth to another player.
fellonmyhead: Spillage due to careless drinks placement on the games table. I also saw somebody carelessly eating his Chinese takeaway with his fingers then handling the cards from a game; had it been my game he might not have lived to do it again (I am serious - try me).
RaDiKal: False teeth flying onto the table in reaction to an outrageously naive bridge bid
DenverWolf: Getting up to use the bathroom so you peek at other people's cards. You know who you are.
gnomehome: I'm not easily shocked
tragicpoet: elbows on the table
jellospike: A 22 years old man putting dices in in mouth in a fit of rage over thinking he was losing a game he finally won.
dkeisen: Player sending his partner away in a bridge tournament and having a caddy sit down to play instead.
Jackwraith: Someone actually wanting to play Sorry.
GuyHill: my brother throwing his box of risk armies to me when losing
fsumarc: game destroying because of losing.
Blackwind: What is gaming etiquette?
CortexBomb: I could be funny, but in all seriousness, any of the numerous times my friend Dave has done all but flipped the board over when he was losing...I don't play games other than Spades with him anymore
chaddyboy_2000: A guy left during the middle of a game once.
shumyum: Perpetrated by me: I left in the middle of an Arkham Horror game. I later found out the other players succumbed to the darkness due to lack of help. I am haunted by the guilt. I also tend to absentmindedly bite the heads off the children when I play The Game of Life.
djlg: Chucking a hand of cards onto the board and storming off refusing to finish the game.
haraggan: It would take ages to describe... does anyone else know a gamer named Jonah?
raolsson: Kicking over the game board when you know you are going to lose
netfilterz: Chewing/sucking on game pieces that didn't belong to them... and even then...
game_boy: Cheating in a game of liar's dice (flipping already rolled dice)
Mike A: I have kids. The violations are inumerable. (Okay, they're really not that bad. Most of the time.)
Dave: Eating Cheetos at the table.
dietevil: Men who try to tell women what move they should make, esp. when the women are more experienced at the game than they are.
geberus: someone opening my newly purchased game without even asking if he could
dakarp: A friend once resigned a game of chess by pushing the pieces off the board so hard that he broke a pawn. He felt awful about it afterward, but he did hate to lose.
KakarisMaelstrom: One time a guy grabbed an expensive wargaming miniature and chucked it across the room. Since it was my model, he only got to use green army men painted different colors to represent what they were after that.
BobDodgerBlue: Somebody took the board and threw it across the room
Karlsen: Cheating
cornjob: Defacating on the game board....OUT OF TURN!
CDRodeffer: Someone punching someone else for winning.
Shakar: Alas cheating.
jttm: Placing a piece for someone else (and they are sitting right there)
MisterCranky: You know that whatever I say, you're just going to bring up the dice-off debacle.
sumo: I was once asked forcibly for a chocolate biscuit (cookie). Chocolate, mind. Not just any biscuit.
Draugnar: Asking for a mulligan after a whole turn has passed.
scribidinus: Can't name names but it involved a Taser.
WonderCinz: Playing a solved game with newbies, using an optimal strategy, and then berating the newbies for not seeing it.
Flyspeck23: Eating a card.
ScottBecker: Upperdecking at the host's home.
skelebone: I've not encountered any etiquette problems, but I would say cheating and collusion would be pretty egregious.
statonv: A guy with a really greasy head was rubbing the cards against his forehead between turns.