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I dunno why the other players are mad at the DM in this one. Survival is more important than gaming, if only by a hair.
Its not like he could find a better job.
To be fair it's completely illegal to put in your code of conduct that you are allowed to fire anyone for no reason by law you have to have a reason to fire someone unless this takes place somewhere other than America then I wouldn't exactly know and even if they did firearm if this does take place in America even if they did fire him he just sue them and win the case because there's no way they could have made that look good on their end
@@TheAnonyomusGuy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment It's completely legal, depending on where you live.
@@TheAnonyomusGuy lawyers cost money. without a job how is he going to afford lawyers. Tbh the GM should've probably explained to Marty in private that if the campaign was all about him, the other players would leave and he wouldn't be able to play anymore. It was in Marty's own self interest to be a team player if he intended to keep playing within a team.
@@Reyn_Roadstorm Thank god I don't live in the US lol
I’m actually shocked the other players seemed to treat the DM as the one causing trouble, like, what? It was Marty and he did tell them that the guy was threatening him on the side.
I'm not. The others couldn't do anything about Marty since he's their boss, so they took their frustration out on the nearest other person they _could_ lash out against: OP, the DM.
It's scummy behavior and unfortunately very common in these sorts of toxic work environments.
I had the same thought. Poor guy literally was held hostage.
I hope things worked out for this guy. Screw Marty, too many good groups have died from a Marty.
A moment of silence for groups killed by a Marty
Why were the other players upset with the DM? "Yeah, let me kick out my boss who will for sure fire me." They work with Marty so they obviously know what he's like but they blame the DM for letting it happen? What else was he supposed to do? it's easy to say "just quit or get fired" but then he's gotta look for a new job in (judging if this is a recent story) an economy that is not great at the moment.
Fuck that. Real life problems come before DnD
This story has a relatively happy ending! OP ended up quitting and moving away, so while they can't revive the game with their former coworkers, at least they got out of that abusive employee-boss relationship.
Oh thank fuck!!
i would sent him a message after that to rub it in.
"Also it is canon in my sotry, that not japan was destryoed by the BBEG because you failed the stop his evil plan."
@@taddad2641
"You character is now his slave, and gets regularly belittled and abused, in many different horrifying ways."
That's great to hear. Man's gotta eat, but you can't live on bread alone. Working in an abusive environment isn't something anyone should be forced into. People deserve better than that.
@@Orrenn
I disagree. Turnabout is fair play. A boss that subjects their employees to this kind of situation, deserves to be put into it themselves.
Not that I expect it to actually happen, mind you. The world is unfair and many good people and many terrible people don't get what they deserve.
I would have searched for another job and after getting to NotJapan had the BBEG that was intended show up and wipe NotJapan out because the players didn't stop him from succeeding in his plot.
All the DM has to do now is get the other players back, explain the situation and apologize. Keep the game on the DL don’t tell anyone about it at work and continue the campaign as planned. The DM doesn’t have to take the L on this and be defeated by the Zebra from Madagascar.
Boom! Then again I would feel pretty burnt out after that. Maybe give it a week or so.
I think that I'd be somewhat scared to do that if I was the DM. You have a group of 4 people all keeping a secret from a 5th who they see regularly... that's bound to get out at some point and when it does, worse stuff happens. I do think it would be worth him talking to the other players, apologising and trying to make amends. They probably could see the veiled threats for themselves, after all.
@@andrewdarby8843 Well they could probably get away with it for quite a while. No one seems to like the manager so I doubt they are talking to him more than they have to, and not about anything outside of work. Not to mention this doesn't sound like OP's forever job, he's gonna want to leave eventually, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. If he finds out about the game just say its a different campaign, and the party was already full before he came in to work, and he's not comfortable balancing gameplay for large parties, pretty much tell the guy his character is too special for your sub-par storytelling skills (just be two faced and stroke his ego, while belittling your own skill). That's only if you still REALLY need the job though, I wouldn't go through all the hoops to keep working at a job with asshole administrators.
I wouldn't do that. Its not worth risking the manager finding out and firing everyone. Just start a game with different players outside work.
Bit late but I thought he did explain the situation when he mentioned to the other players that he was getting tired of it too but was getting threatened.
It's simple, you need to refuse to DM games with him because of harassment, he seems like one step away from using his power to sexually harass someone.
Warboss West might already be doing it...
Exactly. He should've found a reason to record their games / conversations, then talked to Marty's superiors about this.
@@filipferencak2717 "talked to Marty's superiors about this."
6:05 The Assholes father was the store manager(superior) and got him that position in the first place. With this level of nepotism that action would only result in op getting fired even faster.
@@DeHerg not if it was fucking over the business itself, which it was.
i actually just posted about this in the previous video, not realizing others had already suggested it. . .
the boss was creating a "hostile work environment"
demanding "favors" as a "condition" for continued employment.
this is "harassment " on every level except "sexual"
edit : I did a Google search and there actually is a type of harassment called "non-sexual harassment " and not only did this situation fit perfectly, DM's coworkers would have also had a case , because they were also affected.
unfortunately, it's probably too late by now, since this is over a year old..and the DM probably never gathered any sort of evidence to prove their case, other than the reddit posts and maybe kept the campaign notes and the character sheets...(boss likely kept his own character sheet) so yeah...if the DM had somehow been able to record the sessions..and the veiled threats afterwards. . .i dunno
honestly when he claimed himself emperor, and not responding "ok you have a country to run you can't be adventuring, roll a new character" when it seems like such a good out
There's no way Marty would let that slide though.
if that happened I would say something like "you have saved your kingdom and a ceremony will be held in your honour yadah yadah yadah (1 in game night of roleplay later) okay the party needs to return to their country to kill the BBEG so you can ether trust someone to stand in for you or you can make a new character since your character would be too busy"
A level 3 emperor
@@senilevideoenjoyer the easiest kind of emperor to defeat.
He'd probably just respond with some bullshit like "NOOO, I gotta play MY character"
Marty is the one guy we all knew as a kid that peed in a spinning fan for no reason.
I in fact have not had experience with someone like that (wtf :P)
@@monkeydragonson9851 I wish I had your luck.
@@theapexsurvivor9538 I'm pretty sure you just have bad luck
Marty is the kid whose dad "works at nintendo"
Marty is the kid who gets to play your game that you brought over first "because it's his house" and gets to play first when he comes over to your house "because he's the guest."
Oh god. A weaboo with power over you, thats some horrorstory.
"It's power only awakens when 'the chosen one approaches his destiny!'"
*Oh no*
Y o u a r e i n j u r e d
Unfortunately it is the DM's fault on this on because he oked the backstory without bothering to read it.
@@lilchristuten7568 I wasn't talking about whose fault it was. I was just referring to the coincidentally comedically timed gameplay at 3:30.
Whose fault it was is completely subjective here.
I made the same comment and then scrolled down and saw this. Mindmeld.
@@lilchristuten7568 it was a five page weeb backstory, even I would've zoned out while reading it
what if the DM pulled a "yOuR aCtUaL ChArAcTeR DoSn"t MaTtEr, OnLlY mY pLoT dOeS aNd YoUr DeStInY iS wItH tHe PaRtY!" that would be a good burn. or what if the DM made his character retire considering Marty did "Fulfil his destiny"
Life advice for the manager, a couple Japanese proverbs: "the clever hawk hides it talons" and "the nail that comes out gets hit"
i don't get it
@@thejurassicwarewolf3300 Showing off and asserting dominance over others is counterproductive, all it does is get you in trouble.
@@notoriouswhitemoth Or to quote Tywin Lannister: "A man who has to say _I am king_ is no true king."
I feel it's more often used like "If you stand out, you'll get hit."Very Japanese, actually.
Psh, those can't be Japanese proverbs, there's not one kawaii or baka-desu ne anywhere in there!
I can't believe none of the other players stepped up to support the DM,
Probably scared of getting fired too. Though they could have been more understanding afterwards.
They were all employees.
I'm surprised that the boss didn't threaten them to finish the game like he did the DM.
they thought he was legitimetly in on marty!
this is why everyone needs a union
I can. They couldn't lash out at Marty for fear of getting fired, much the same the OP... So they made OP their frustration punching bag instead. It's disgusting and sadly very common in toxic work environments like the one OP described.
This is one of those get back on the horse moments. I think I'd restart the campaign, but WITHOUT MARTY. Just keep it secret, keep it safe.
Dude, quit your job, and find something, ANYTHING, else. If your superior can fire you that easily, then you don't work for a good company, and if the father signed off on it, and refused to give you a good recommendation to find other work afterward, then start collecting unemployment (which his company will have to pay), and/or threaten civil action for wrongful dismissal of employment.
THIS
hes probably wimp
"wrongful dismissal of employment" when you can be dismissed for any reason? how does that work?
I don't think you realize how low-level employment works.
@@antonioscendrategattico2302 While I am certain you are being sarcastic with that excuse the answer is NO, they can not sexually harass you and then fire you for not giving in to their advances. Not even in a right-to-work state. There is wrongful termination everywhere if discrimination can be proven, it's just the matter of whether the employee being terminated can find an attorney to take their case and if they are willing to put the time, money, and effort into pursuing legal action against the employer.
Lesson of the story:
Being forced to favor one player over the others is toxic and kills the group fast.
I feel like he worked at game stop lol
Oh I'm definitely sure he works at game stop.
Gamestop management is notoriously bad, so sounds about right
My guess is Walmart, because of the previous video mentioning people working "in Electronics", and as somebody who has worked for that company and at a Gamestop, I can tell you the scummy shit that goes on at Walmart puts Gamestop's shenanigans to shame.
walmart, I got a walmart vibe.
I thought it was Walmart, tbh
Before this was over I was thinking"is he actually an heir to the throne or something" and in a stupid way he is.
Pretty sad that the DM's other players didn't think to have all these schedule conflicts earlier to derail the pathetic manager's power trip fantasy before it got started and then exclude him from future sessions. "No, I think I've decided to never play that game again. You're right, I just lack the ability to run a good campaign. We all can't be epic players like you and simply inherit those kinds of things from our fathers without having to earn them."
"Nah, man, you won. You're the emperor now. Roll another character."
marty: iF tHeY dOnT lEaVe ThEn I wIlL kIlL aLl Of ThEm!
(next session)
Marty: leave now!
sailor: but won't you want a ride back?
Marty: why would we go back?
Sailor: hey it would be nice to get some trade from this place
Marty: i StAb ThE gUy!
DM: roll initiative!
(show everyone beating the crap out of Martys PC)
The DM Should stealth invite the group aside from Marty and continue a campaign that Marty's character is now the bad guy they have to kill. Its cathartic enough to appease them I'd imagine.
That give-away you announced sounds a little..... dicey.
Damn! The weebness is too strong! It even destroys friendships.
By the power of my deity onii-san I cast "body odor" and then follow with "narcissism"
Weeaboo and manager, one of the most unholy alliances.
i would def. try to record the manager saying something like this, because the threat itself is blackmail plus you are not allowed to fire someone for this reason. even though his dad won't just fire him, talking to the boss about how his son is trying to blackmail you with being fired should already be enough to get him to stop.
Man, stories like this make me feel bad about being more on the anime style of things then the average dnd player, but while I would want my backstory addressed at some point depending on the context, I am a fairly patient person and I am very capable of not always being in the spot light. I hope people can realize that people like Marty don't represent everyone who likes anime. I try my best not to have the anime esc style of characters be overly imposing. However, I just enjoy and are better at playing character that more closely is like an anime character without trying to be the protagonist. It is how I prefer to make and play my characters. I don't except special treatment or for anyone to accommodate my anime ness. I want to enjoy the game just as much as anyone else and try my best to not get in the way of others funs
TL,DR: People like marty and similar people in stories don't act the way they do cause of anime, they act the way cause they are shitty people. Don't let someone liking anime turn you off from playing with them, they might be a cool person who just likes anime.
I do play anime style characters in DnD or Pathfinder from time to time. But there are ways to keep them balanced. I made a barbarian and selected rage powers to recreate a Claymore and in 5e Used fighter and some abilities to represent Asuna and flash strike. None of this broke the rules, made special concessions or stuff like that.
I agree Marty is not a Weeabu, he is just an entitled brat.
I'm kinda the opposite. If I were to play DnD and the DM was to throw in even just a character, let alone a town, from my character's past, without my approval, I would tell them NO. That's a severe violation of my character's integrity, and I would leave the game and never play with that DM again if they don't knock it off immediately.
Exception would be if a character is handed to me pre-made or, as previously mentioned, if I okayed it. If it's truly _my_ character, then no one touches their backstory but me. And characters and locations from that backstory, are part of their backstory.
This is why one of my friends is starting a RUclips channel. The only job close enough to her has a Marty boss, she feels unsafe on the bus, doesn’t have the cash to get her licence, let alone a car, and her family have their own lives so can’t help her out.
I don't understand how you're not a bigger RUclipsr. You read good stories and your voice is relaxing to hear. I sincerely hope this channel grows with time.
Thanks!
CritCrab I’ll be here as long as it takes ;)
@@legojet2456 my barely pulsating crab heart
I really like that you do follow up stories to your videos. 👍 I think it’s really cool. I feel like not a lot of channels do that. 🤷♀️ or I just miss them? Lol.
Thanks! I try to tell all of the stories in their entirety, and if I cannot I put the link to the sequel somewhere so those of you that want to can see what happened next. Thanks for noticing! Makes all the effort worth it. ^^
3:25 i spend most my free time reading manga/light novels and watch anime ....
THIS WAS SO WEEB IT HURTS ME
Love the content man. I’ve been binge watching this series. I’ve never been able to play a real game of dnd and it’s always sounded like fun. Crazy to think some people have had to deal with stuff like this over a game. Keep up the great work man!!
"The mighty sword, only to be wielded by the chosen heir. Its true power shall awaken when that heir approaches his destiny!"
Rust Monster: Nom
Hey bud hope you see this, i started watching your videos from first to a few days ago. You're killin it. Being stoked on 250 subs to see your nearly 90k in a little over a year is awesome.
The other players were being unreasonable for holding this against OP. They knew Marty better than OP did, and they knew what Marty was like. What options did OP have? None!
It's because they couldn't lash out at Marty for fear of losing their jobs, same as OP. So like complete tools, they made OP the object of their scorn instead.
I feel like, it’s because of stories like this one, that I overcorrect my own play style as much as possible to avoid being seen as a problem so I try to just be a team player (though often retaining a very no-nonsense attitude, like “he’ll fight to protect his friends, but he doesn’t care who gets hurt or screwed over in the process when profit or magic swag is involved”).
One of my favorite stories on your channel. Keep up the great work!
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I subscribed to this channel on the "Tim Returns!" video because I like this channel and its' content. It also makes it easier to enjoy these videos.
I love seeing how you started out. Am watching all your videos from the beginning
Poor guy, I use to work for Wal-mart too... Oh wait, we weren't supposed to guess that...
Still I worked for them for 2 years and I never considered playing DnD with my bosses.
CritCarp: "Shut up and take my dice!"
DO IT
If I was in his position I'd get rid of Marty without booting him. I'd say that now he's the emperor he has to take care of his country but he can't get help from outsiders as it'd be dishonorable for him if he can't even take care of his own problems then I'd have the rest of the players leave. If he argues against it I'd suggest that the BBEG is trying to conquer the world and leaving him be would bring destruction and devastation to his empire, and because he can't leave it'd be smartest to have the rest of the players handle it. And because he's not actively with them he doesn't know what's going on, so then just read his backstory and reach the end at which point it's reached full restoration.
Marty would just whine and threaten OP into changing the story to his liking by essentially chaining the story to not!Japan in some fashion.
You are assuming OP had any ability or authority here. He did not. Not with Marty hanging the threat of losing his job over his head. I'm glad OP eventually got out of this situation and moved somewhere where he could get a better job.
I guess I'm the rare case of a retail worker (in the past, I have a real job now) where we had a cool manager who was genuine friends with everyone in the team. Hell, it was such a wholesome team, every time someone would quit, we'd all go to a bar after their last shift.
"Okay, you're emperor, that was easy. Guess you're too busy bow to go adventuring. So all the other characters return to the original continent and..."
"I'm an Emporer who leads by example! I feel like you are not fully committed to task you have set out to accomplish...I wonder if this reflects in your work preformance...who knows!? I might even get confused and put this in your next evaluation." Marty's likely response to this. I think what commenters should know is: OP. Is. A. Hostage. In. This. Situation.
500 subs in June, 19k in August. love your stuff!
Thank you for the video! All of you friends are super awesome! Oh, moments in this video are sad.
Hey CritCrab new to DND and the channel my first vid was the one where the assassin killed the party flicking brilliant. Love your videos
Should have just given him everything he wanted and finished the story up as soon as possible. And created a secret game where Marty was not invited.
If I were the DM I'd tell the manager that I would absolutely reboot the game but on the condition that his father also take part and if his father doesn't take part I won't do it.
When the crab gives up you know its bad
lol 500 subscribers. such a long way in so little time, very well deserved.
The “you are injured” was perfectly timed 3:29
This is why I would not play *ANY* game with my boss in any job. It just won’t end well and they’ll always abuse their position to make sure everything goes their way regardless if it sucks the enjoyment out for everyone else.
People who keep their personal life separate from their work life tend to be happier.
not every boss is like that, some strictly put on a "company face" and as soon as they put their ass somewhere at home that entire face falls completely off, the only thing i would have problems with is that it can end up kind of awkward especially when you grow buddy buddy with your boss and at some point youre the "spy" of the boss and everyone grows paranoid around you
Only if there's a spike covered in deadly poison on the shoe doing the kicking, Crab.
And what do we learn from this? Things like that would not happen if the workers seized the means of production.
Working on my manifesto as we speak
If you mean Socialism, it's not the workers, but the government that seizes the MoP.
“Take my dice” mood
Real crab hours
I woulda went scorched earth
What kind of a bizzarro world is that where a person who plays board game rpgs can become employed, and even a manager?!
DM: LIQUID!
Marty: SNAKE!
The minute my job was threatened I would have either conspired with the other coworkers to have them quit the game and take all the blame from Michael like how it was inevitably going to play out anyway, or I would have faked a family emergency and trickle the game into a standstill and then let it die.
I hope I never land in such a situation. If that were me, I’d either find a new job, and only put laxatives in the boss’s coffee or not find a nee job, and do everything in my power to get back at said boss… and murder is not completely off the table there 😁
It's so incredible how much he's blown up in under a year
I know this was like a year ago, but I'm just finding it... and sitting here very confused why they didn't stage everyone quitting and then just keep playing without Marty, who would think the game is over.
I can't help but feel disasified with the situation. I know it is his choice but the DM still should leave his job and the fact that Marty's player got no consequences because he is the owners kid is total bullshit. Than again Marty is probely revealing in all the attention he is getting by this
Yeah. Looking it back up the guy left that job shortly after and moved to a state with more workers rights so yay him!
Fantastic. I am grateful for that
Best way to get pass this would be to coordinate with the players and have them drop out 1 by 1 so that way you could get rid of the boss. Then at this point turn around and collect them and write finish the story you originally intended.
I suggest splitting the group into a solo power fantasy campaign for the boss and a fun balanced game for the rest.
You know, the idea of a noble looking down his nose at all this in-game stuff is great. My Tiefling Sorcerous hates getting her expensive clothes dirty. She literally paid a Druid to use a spell to clean her boots and travel cloak after having to walk through a muddy forest. Why couldn't the player just be a decent person?
I don't think I could resist this manager's character, even if it meant I got fired.
This why one should be aware of their worker's rights and labor laws, as if Marty actually fired him, this would be a lawyer's wet dream of a 'wrongful termination/unfair dismissal' case.
This is why I’m kind of fearful to join a new D&D group because there might be a Marty there
Take the plunge, it's like finding a significant other, you will have to date a few bad ones to recognize the good ones.
IaIaCthulhuFtagn This is probably the best peace of advice I’ve gotten in a really long time.
Kick them out
A Marty can't harm you unless he's your boss.
I feel sorry for the citizens of Not-Japan. They now must suffer under the tyranny of the mad emperor Marty Stu.
Honestly, even if the manager's dad runs the business, I would seriously consider asking the manager directly. "Is that meant to be a threat against my job? Because if it is, I have three witnesses, and I wonder how your dad would take hearing that his son is willing to fire employees cause they won't do OUT OF WORK ACTIVITIES the way he wants them to?" LIke... even if you don't do that, do SOMETHING. There is no way any business owner, even one who hires through nepotism, would accept behavior this cringey.
The manager sounds like the guy who can't earn anything. Everything must be handed to him. What a spoiled prince.
I had a boss like that once. I scolded him when he decided to mess with me and told him to cry to his dad that I put him in his place. I ended up quitting that job. I through all of their "well wishes" back in their face. If you are going to be my boss, I need to know you earned the position.
Listening to this one just hurts in so many ways. This DM. This poor DM. No job is worth this abuse.
Easy way out: Alright, you are the emperor now. You decide to stay and rule Not!Japan. Everyone else leaves to go deal with the Alhoon. Three days later, you are assassinated by another potential claimant to the throne. Your sword disappears into the mists of history and Not!Japan collapses into numerous city states. We'll pick up this game next week. Marty, you aren't welcome. Do. Not. Come.
Explain the situation to Marty's dad ahead of time and ask him to knock some sense into the manchild.
Hoooo man. I would not be physically capable of letting it go on that long. Say what you will about GM being a bit of a pushover but given the circumstances his patience deserves a medal. I'd have laughed my boss right out the door if they dared disrespect me and my players like that in my own home.
oh that's awesome! I'd love to have a set of dice
Details for how the give away is gonna go are in the discord!
I add a lot of anime/manga/video game references to my campaigns and I even have a *notjapan* nation in my campaign but mostly because one of my players had a foreign ronin turned Dhampir rogue. Most of my PCs are former work friends and current work friends but one of my rules is that we dont mention work at the table. I was also their higher up when we worked together so kind of a reverse of this situation.
We only even got into DnD because I had read "Rick and Morty vs DnD" and introduced it to everyone at work who liked the series. Then we decided to do a session and have had one once a month since.
An easy solution to this is to never invite one's boss/manager. Ever.
Alternative moral of the story: if your boss threatens to fire you over a game, quit and tell them to gtfo of your house, especially if it's a retail job.
Maybe it won't do for some people, but as someone who was bullied first grade through eighth, I for one won't tolerate that bullshit.
"Leave a like if you enjoyed this video"
Enjoyed? I'm crying for poor OP right now. Poor, poor bastard.
(I left a like)
At least he learned that the other players were assholes too.
"How dare you let your self get manipulated like that."
"What? You chose your livelihood over entertaining me? You monster!"
DM dodged some machine gun fire there.
This is why companies usually have fraternizatiom rules in their ethics policy.
The Great War between Romespain and Notjapan all seems like a distant bad memory...
How I would solve the issue of the "moonlight sword"
(Find a setting where this player can get the killing blow on his enemy)
DM: As you swing your sword at the your enemy, your blade hits their armor and immediately shatters into pieces. You're bedazzled by hundreds of reflective shards and time seems to slow as your thoughts race. You were supposed to be the chosen one. This was your destiny. Was the blade false? Could you.. be false? No, it can't be. You are hit with with a sickening sense that something is clearly wrong but you don't have time for that right now. You pull a dagger from your belt and plunge it into the stomach of your surprised enemy. A sharp twist and it's over. He's on the ground, dead. You take another look at what remains of your moonlight sword. The blue sheen which always refracted from it's blade now fades on the individual shards. Roll an intelligence check (add or subtract details depending on the roll). You remember a legion of shamans who were in charge of the protection of this blade for eons. Although you may need to gather more information on where to find this sect, you know that you need to go to them for help. You hold the hilt in your hand, fragments of your sword lay at your feet. What would you like to do?
Now the player has an epic quest to find and visit four distant mountaintops where the shaman will help restore his blade under moonlight. Perhaps he can get his blade reforged and use it as a regular no bonuses weapon until he slowly builds up it's power over the course of the new quest. Having distance between the mountains means lots of time for sidequesting and letting other characters have the spotlight.
A part of me is upset he actually sat through all of that - to the bitter end - and did nothing to punish the troublemaker.
to be fair the trouble maker made it very clear he'd lose his job if he did. I doubt op thought his job was worth it.
@@canedy999 Clearly the DM and the boss both thought the boss had more power than he really had. It sounded like an entry-level job. You can get another one of those on a lunch break and start in the same day. If you report the boss to HR for the reason he fired you he'd lose credibility. The only one with anything to actually lose is the boss.
@@Aasha, unfortunately, sounds like this is the DM's first job and being fired from that will make getting hired again extremely difficult depending upon the country they live in. So they probably can't afford to lose it. That being said they should have started looking for another job the moment this started happening, which may have prevented this from happening if they could find a new one fast enough.
@@canedy999 Easy solution to that: Placate the boss and continue to work there for a while while already applying for other jobs, then quit (or make him fire you) as soon as you've got something else.
@@tarvoc746 Which is exactly what happened. It still is dissatisfying to watch the boss make off with everything he demanded (and no consequences), but... whatever.
Should have started recording sessions, when he tried to fire him bring it to HR and then ask about any policies that involve not being able to fraternize with employees. If you get fired than lawyer up and wait for the fat settlement and find another job. I've played with people who were my boss before they helped me get the job in the first place putting in a good word for me. So I guess the moral is only play with your boss if you knew them before working there.
Man, this one is real downer ending. Feel sorry for that DM
There is a good reason a prefer the parady/ satire version of any given genre
We need to make MAD relevant again.
That sucks, glad i dont work yet XD
That's word for word what I've been saying since I was 13.
Paranoid doormat GM versus ambiguous phrases that could just be a player who can't turn manager-speak off in his private life, a true battle of twits.
Dice roll!
Woot woot!
I didn't know there was a follow up. I guess this was a peaceful way to end. However, If he still wanted to play, he could secretly tell other coworkers about restarting the campaign and tell them to just keep it a secret from manager.
I still think OP should quit that job. That is a horrible place and the fact the guy can fire him for anything is a bad BAD job! I am not a quiet person. Trust me, I would be roaring like a dragon.
If DM live in a place where you can't do anything about this supervisor/manager then they need to find another job anyway. If you live in a place with actual labor laws, then contact the appropriate agencies and get it dealt with to make the lives of everyone there better.
Secretly record a session (at least with the consent of one other player) and when the threat pops up, you use that in court when you sue the boss and company for wrongful termination.
That's murky legal water if you don't live in a one-party consent state, because most of them will require you have the consent of everyone involved to be recorded and if you don't, that recording wouldn't be permitted as evidence. It's one of many ways at-will employment laws are designed to fuck workers as hard as possible and part of why company culture has become a desperate scrabble for basic survival in many underpaid industries: you have to present an airtight case for wrongful termination that they couldn't blame on something else, or even nothing else beyond 'he just wasn't a good fit,' and it's difficult to get that proof because many states (for understandable reasons, including combating voyeurism) require all recorded parties to consent to the recording.
@@Thagesthoughts It's actually reversed. Many states have one party consent, with a few having special provisions to that.
Okay, you're emperor now. The rest of the party goes back to notnotjapan and you continue doing country running duties. Okay in this session you guys will be fighting a beholder and you will be signing a peace treaty. Oh you want more action. Okay now a neighboring country attacks, but you're just going to send your army to deal with it.
Goddamn what a horrible story, and the OP is trapped depending on where he lives because the job market can suck.
Update: My advice to the OP would be when somthing like this happens in the future just emmediatly throw up IRL commitments to kill the game even if its fake.
I gotta come to DM's defense, That Boss (Rebranded That Guy) can't fire you for not being his sugar daddy in a TTRPG. If he did, then That Boss's actions are being done out of pettiness instead of actual proof that DM and the party are detrimental to the company. If the party and DM keep their noses clean both in and out of work, then That Boss has nothing to use against them and the party an DM could prove that. This could get That Boss fired himself for abuse of power. Sure you might say that his dad is his boss, ergo he's always right at the company, but we'd see what a jury and judge would say to that.
man. ive watched a couple of these now, and... my god theyre infuriating. not because of those "evil" players, but because of these no sack players who let themselves be walked all over.
A boss over entry level jobs doesn't really have negotiating power since employees can just get a new equal-or-better job in 30 minutes - and start the same day.
@@Aasha And where do you live where you can get a job in 30 minutes? Serious question, I've been job hunting for a month now.
@@bloodywanker49 many of my friends are foreign and find jobs others usually don't even consider.
If you hang out in front of Home Depot or any other hub of construction you'll have a job offered to you quickly. It's almost always a one-time-thing and related to cleaning/repairing a building, painting, or yard-work related. It's fast money that you can get in your hands _the same day_ as you just left the old job.
Marty is 1993, WCW Hulk Hogan.
Now Marty knows he can get away with that shit, just watch him push it even further. No further sessions? "Looks like you're not committed to creating a harmonious working environment." Run session for him but nobody else comes? "Looks like you don't work well with other people." Refuse to indulge any other whim he has, up to and including running the campaign, paying other people to come up if he has to and describing in lurid detail all the filthy things his waifu does for him, complete with girl voice? "Looks like you're not invested in people having a good time."