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Re: Picking on Newbies

Off topic to the thread' date=' but maybe the new player would have a better time, and be up to speed faster, if someone actually helped them, instead of yelling at them and abusing them for making errors. I like to get an experienced player to "buddy" the new player for a few sessions (freeing the GM from this task).[/quote']

 

Actually, that bit Rebar posted was not only a misquote, it wasn't even the GM saying those things, and it wasn't a "loud irritated booming voice."

 

As the GM of that particular game, I have to say, "T'weren't me." It was Rebar, and the newbie was Mrs. Rebar. I was about to answer her a simple, straight reply, when he piped up with the smart remarks, then laughed.

 

I think my actual quote was "Uh..."

 

This is not to say I'm not a bastard sometimes; I've had my moments. Most of the time I try to be extra nice.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

Here are a few quotes from a couple of Champions games I've run. Canadian Sheild was the "serious" game, and MegaCity was a "Mystery Men" style low-point comedy series of games.

CANADIAN SHIELD

"I feel silly, I'm a career soldier, I've been to Sereyevo. I've been to Somalia...I've been to New York..."

-Staff Sgt. Berton, on being unsettled by seeing Jean Codere transform into a werewolf.

"I'm going to pull a hissy fit and I need to concentrate."

-Siren

WILDCARD: You don't get a day off of Canadian Shield because you have a runny nose

SIREN: Yes, but today you have two runny noses.

- on Wildcard's latest transformation, with two heads, four arms and four legs.

"I don't talk to men covered in snot."

-Tempo to Wildcard, trapped in a liquid polymer entangle resembling mucous.

BLUEFIRE: Why is Tempo the only one listening to me?

SIREN: She's new; She doesn't know any better.

"There's somebody home, but he keeps hanging up."

-Siren, on having a hard time mind-controlling a villain with strong mental defenses.

"Dodge? Why I have a Dodge right here!"

-Wildcard, throwing another car.

"Arrow should have one of those FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY signs on his head."

-Wildcard, after Arrow's second successful Move Through maneuvre.

"Isn't that just like a man; Just when you want to talk to them, they're out cold" -Siren, on her frustration at being unable to mind-control an unconscious foe.

"It's like having a baby, only you're the baby."

-Jean (Loup Garou) Codere, on how it feels to change into a werewolf.

"Hey, let's not forget our communications protocol people! This is an official business channel! Yellow alert is reserved for second & third base. Red alert is for home!"

-Martin (Wildcard) Gideon, after Arrow signalled a Red Alert, thinking his cousin Jake was in trouble, when he was, in fact, making out with Stephanie Wright.

"I can't believe it. His eyes didn't even drop when he was shaking my hand. I don't think that's ever happened before."

-Siren, on the Prime Minister's uncanny ability to not stare at her breasts.

"It's not good guys and bad guys, it's bad guys and WORSE guys!"

-Siren

MEGACITY MEGAMEN

"Oh, well, being defeated by a superhero team is good press too!"

-Evil Guy

Ta ta! Going on patrol. There may not be crime, but I might get lucky.

-Pink Panther

You're so open minded you've got a door at the back of your head

-Red Rocket

Your contacts squeaked that?

-The Hero With No Name, referring to the Red Rocket's subway mice informants

METRO MAN: She talks to mice.

RED ROCKET: Yeah, well, he thinks Jennifer Love Hewitt actually likes him.

METRO MAN: But I SAVED her!

RED ROCKET: And yet, the Restraining Order.

Look, I'm the pidgeon of justice!

-Metro Man, meaning 'paragon'

THE HERO WITH NO NAME: She's going to save my ass again.

RED ROCKET: That's what I do.

RED ROCKET: You're not the brains of this operation, are you?

THE HERO WITH NO NAME: Who is?

Lets conch this guy on the head

-Red Rocket

Your clue train has pulled out of the station

- Night Watchman

Do you remember the good old days when we fought crime?

-Red Rocket

RED ROCKET: Well, we saved the day again

METRO MAN: No, we were present when the day was saved.