I played my first game in years this past weekend and the GM actually yelled at the players and even degraded them, especially when they were trying to be creative. It was like the gm was on defense the whole time. It was sad. It seems that the "toxic" gamers (player or GM) are the ones who play it like a win or lose kind of game, with the other gamers at the table as their competitive opponent. "I'm gonna beat (out smart) him/her" "I'm gonna win!"... or ...They are simply narcissists, in or out of game. Some people are just asshats.
I played my first game in years this past weekend and the GM actually yelled at the players and even degraded them, especially when they were trying to be creative. It was like the gm was on defense the whole time. It was sad. It seems that the "toxic" gamers (player or GM) are the ones who play it like a win or lose kind of game, with the other gamers at the table as their competitive opponent. "I'm gonna beat (out smart) him/her" "I'm gonna win!"... or ...They are simply narcissists, in or out of game. Some people are just asshats.
100% understand that. For me the game was always the story, not winning or losing
Hi Mike and Nick, Donald here. Game on.