Did we really need 7 mins of explaining his group like to role play there sexual fantasies. Of course this nerd is 6 ft tall and not intimidated by people. We didn't need all that BS fluff.
I feel like Karen and Chad think the term “dungeon master” is a job title, and therefore can’t wrap their smooth brains around the idea that this particular DM might be doing this for free for his private friend group
Yeah, if the event probably mentioned that the store is going to have "expert/professional/experienced Dungeon Masters" or something along that vein, I can definitely see a misguided parent thinking it's something you need qualifications for. Also, Karen's "that doesn't sound like the game I read about" seems like she thought it's something like Monopoly or Risk where the story comes from rules, so the OP's explanation of the game being rated R and being heavy with its plot would have sounded like he's either not playing the right game or the game right, or that he's gatekeeping her son on a "ew, kids" basis. Still a grade A douchenozzle.
Yeah maybe. If you believe that the OP ran an awesome game, got into an argument with a real life Karen, a real life Chad, and then went home to have sex with two hot chicks. Personally the story sounds like a work of fiction to me.
@@aurora5481 well if you google dnd you get the current edition handbook, which is pretty family friendly. (i read it over the course of 3 days to prep for my session) its large just as basic guidebook. The campaigns people do are largely t or m, not AO. sad part ids, kids playing dnd has been the norm since the first edition back in the 70s.
Yeah it wasn't his fault any of this happened... Why was she trying to put him at the corner table anyway? Maybe I'm reading too hard into it, but it almost comes across like she's ashamed or trying to hide him away from the rest of the event.
The kid probably sat at the corner table because he felt too awkward and nervous at the other tables, because people on the spectrum often have a hard time in new social situations, and probably had no idea the table was claimed. That poor kid, poor OP, and what a horrible mother, it's just a shitty situation all around
@@Jermbot15 The description also said that the women were "in the corner" - which would probably make the child's back towards the rest of the store, making the room seem "smaller" with fewer people to see & get anxious over - his mom obviously would "protect" him from behind.
I mostly feel bad for the poor kid. Life is hard enough for neuroatypical people, having entitled parents that don't help them stay safe and sane in hard situations makes it harder. I hope things turned out good for them.
Plus, some neurodivergent people can find themselves gravitating towards a particular individual or group when they are in a social situation with unfamiliar people. Sounds like that may have been happening here, but no way to be entirely sure based on the information we have here
@Naukumaija Mau-mau yeah, from the story he just sat still and shaked/handed the character sheet. It's hard to say anything about it, but I wouldn't say "entitled", seems to me to lean more towards not being used to social interactions at all /being extremely nervous and anxious.
I've seen plenty of moms with children on the spectrum like that. She acted like that because she, at heart, hates her kid and was furious that she couldn't unload him at the first chance she got.
On top of that she probably plays the martyr card of "oh shes a mom to a special need kid, please worship me for the sacrifices i make" in order to get more clout in her HOA club as well as get away with shitty behavior because she's always "sooooo stressed." I have seen the type way too many times
@@tobiasp.3702 Or CritCrab will do as his name says, and roll a nat 20 on the persuasion check to avoid execution, and then another to get himself elected Crab President. :D Alternately, he nat 1s and doesn't even make it to trial.
This has to be one of the most depressing stories you've covered, not because of the horror itself, but because of how it ended. At least with the vast majority of other stories, there's some sort of happy ending, even if it's as simple as "the problem player was kicked out" or "the players left the awful campaign". Here, however, this can't be classed as anything other than a complete downer ending - the players and GM were forced to stop their campaign right as it was about to reach its conclusion, the Karen and the store owner got exactly what they wanted with zero repercussions and the neuroatypical kid was still stuck in an unhealthy situation.
@@haku8135 doubt it story doesn't add up. 1) claims to be regulars yet doesn't know the ownership changed hands. 2) the store not changing after changing hands. 3) use of buzz words when talking a decade old story. 4) claims no one can host dnd at their homes but op can get a 3some in his bedroom, that largely doesn't add up.
@@azadalamiq feeling kind of similar. The whole story smells a bit rank, starting at how they just feel the need to qualify the time period as if to prove that they were totally there at the time, to how our protagonist is some amorphous non-white all-inclusive chad martyr running a super duper cool quirky evil campaign. I've a feeling this story did happen, but some of this shit smells like a dead rat. I'm gonna have to assume the karen, her kid and the store owner are caricatures at best
Thing is this smacks of modern d&d. Nobody I know from when I started playing would turn a player away. I come from an age where finding players was a near impossibility.
@@joshuareynolds23 impossibility? They were a small group of friends that had an established game going. Why would they bring in new people, let alone strangers, LET ALONE children?
That's clever, but really all I wanted was to play one last game with my friends. I wasn't trying to push any more buttons than I already had. I figured if there was any way to salvage that night it was with a pizza and my friends at home.
@@silverblaze46 Or he was just a store owner that wanted a perverted non-customer grognard out of his store, reminded him that he had no entitlement to be there, no matter how long he had been going, and found a dude arguing with an actual paying customer..
I dunno man. Sounds like the new owner was running a big 4e launch event. If these guys werent strict regulars i get he was like : there is no private games on today. If i went to a store during a sealed event at a new mtg set release and me and my 4 friends showed up abd didint want to participate at event but take up space its understandable we'd be asked to leave. Its not bad business kicking out somebody thats not really a spending customer.
@@DJ_Kie Except, the person in the video clearly stated that he was able to secure their *usual* seat at the back. And also have been repeating that they have been regulars at that store. The newcomer didnt give a shit about anything to be honest. He didnt even asked them to leave, he tried to *order a CUSTOMER* to do something. You cant do that lol. I hope the overconfident 'chad' is broke as shit now.
That poor kid though. His first D&D experience ends with him not getting to play and his mom shrieking at some poor high school kid who doesn't even work at the place. He'll probably never want to try playing again
@@jamesgaston2745 Him being neurodivergent has nothing to do with the story. He was a innocent bystander. The parent being a overly entitled asshole and the new management being a clueless idiot was the entirety of the story. If you replace him with the usual kid that just wants to do something with yet another overly entitled asshole of a mom, the story doesn't change at all.
@@digital_u4ia You are spot on, except for the part about it having nothing to do with the kid. Just speaking from a clinical perspective, that kid was probably traumatized. That "vibration the OP spoke of was, most likely, the child trying to express distress, but having no outlet. It sux that those supposed adults had to ruin a "one-last-session" sort of night. Any reasonable adult will realize that when something is described as "R rated" it is not for children. As for the new owner, it should be illegal to monetize AL events. But, that child had to witness his mother going off. Any "normal" child gets upset when their parent does, especially when they don't understand. Very likely, this kid had no pressure valve of any kind. So, yes, this is an awful story around the kid, but it is so much worse because he had to be there for it. Sorry for the rant. I guess I'm a little sensitive about it since my 12 year old told her Nana that "Mommy and Daddy should get a divorce. They fight too much when they're around [each other]."
@@rodjacksonx I dont think kid cared slightest. Dude mentioned, despite the Karen screaming like a dying T-rex from Jurassic Park, Kid had the same expression and attidute through all of this.
I once had someone come up to me in a Ford Dealership and ask me a question (I forget what it was about). I had to tell them I didn’t work there, it was pretty embarrassing for both of us, but quite funny looking back. It was a fair mistake to make, I was electronically signing the contracts so was sat at the salesperson's desk to do this, and they had left me alone to do it, so I probably did look like an ordinary employee doing important work.
@@intergalactic92 Over a decade ago, I worked for a third-party merchandising company named Mosaic. I did work at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Office Max, Office Depot, and a few others. One day, I was working at a local Best Buy, setting up a planogram and putting up sales labels when a customer came and asked me where a specific movie was; I told them "If Best Buy has it, it should be there (telling them the section where the movie might be... I think it was in comedy)." [I told them the equivalent of nothing. I never said that BB had it, that they had it and it wasn't in another location, etc. Basically, the only thing I said/alluded to was that I don't work there.] The customer looked at what I was wearing and said "you don't work here, do you?" I said nope & told them that a Best Buy employee would be glad to help them. The customer said they were sorry and left to go find an employee, or to find the movie themselves.
@@jerryharris876 a few years back I was in a game shop putting a game back on the shelf because I had decided not to get it when a sweet old lady came up asking for a game to get her grandkid on the Nintendo switch I helped her and afterwards when I was browsing other games I heard her say “that young man is so sweet and a good employee” the guys in the game shop knew me and I didn’t work there and explained as such later she asked why I helped her and I just said “because I like to help others”
The "Do this or you're fired!" thing is equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Hilarious because every time I've heard that it was someone literally saying that they'd get me fired from my own business. Horrifying because of the sheer confidence behind the statement every time I've heard it. As if these people have actually gotten someone fired before and knew that they could do it again. x_x
Before covid, the local library near me had a weekly D&D session for those who were under 18, as there was a worker who loved D&D and wanted to show off to younger kids the fun of RPG. My husband and myself volunteered to be DMs as we had 20 kids show up every week and there was no way 1 DM was going to cut it (we had 4 DMs total). The weeks went on and certain kids wanted certain DMs; but with every group there is always the problem child, literally. I had a child that would throw a fit when they didn't get their way (when a roll failed, missed an attack) and my favorite: when this kid was talking they wanted the whole table to be completly silent and focus on him. (These are kids ranging from 10 years old to 17 so attention span is short) Eventually we had to get the kids parents involved and well.... let's say because of these parents we aren't able to do these weekly D&D sessions anymore. It always take just 1 person to ruin it for the rest. I'll miss DMing those kids as D&D is such a fun experience! Maybe one day there will be another opportunity to set this up
If there's a local game store you can often find them accommodating, a lot of community centers (and some libraries, not all) are decently cheap to rent space as well. There's always hope.
I honestly feel awful for the kid. Shaking like that and not changing facial expression is a trauma response. He was probably terrified and disheartened that he finally had a chance to do something he wanted and his mom ruined that too.
Trying to maintain a happy or smiling demeanor in the face of confrontation in order to deescalate the situation. It's probably second nature for him with his mom's psychotic behavior.
I teared up a little during this story. The poor kid has a mom who doesn't take interest in what they like, but also the way she acts does stop his progression of being able to grow and handle his disability better. Extreme stressful situations like that causes anyone severe anxiety, but with a disability it also causes them to sort of go into super panic mode. That can reverse a lot of therapy in the matter of seconds
Man, I feel so sad for that DM, this story couldn't end in any worse way, especially for the fact that the new manager was an idiot whom didn't even play that sort of game. I hope the world will punish her as deemed
Probably the new owner will soon discover tabletops are not so profitable, and as someone with no connection to the games at all, will probably lose a bunch of clients. Sad part is the store probably will fall with him...
this story gives me mad r/ThatHappened vibes. The bit about showing the karen his acceptance letter is what pushed it over the edge for me. I'm sure some version of this happened, but it seems a bit unbelievable as described. Like even someone who knows nothing about DnD knows what "I dont work here" and "this is a private game" means. But maybe im just a cynical asshole and it happened exactly like OP says.
That's fair, but I've had an experience with people getting upset at me when I was younger when they've mistaken me for a store employee, I tried to explain I can't help because I don't work there and don't know how to help, and they've gotten really pissy with me and... I don't even know, assumed I was lying or something? People are wild.
Remember that OP was going to surprise the players with their going to college. The acceptance letter is one such way to surprise the players. This is perhaps the only scenario I can imagine where it would actually make less sense for OP to not have the letter.
Yupp. I am happy that at least in this comment section there seems to be more than one person catching stuff like that. The last time I said "PC's shouldn't commit sexual assault" I got angry YT comments for 3 months.
@@EldritchMcPie murdering someone is borderline meaningless in a game with multiple afterlives, but sexual assault is always icky If someone brought that to the table and wanted to rape someone in one of my games... shoot, I wouldn’t know how to react, but I wouldn’t want to play with them anymore
@@darkartsdabbler2407 It could be merely implied, like a “I drag NPC into this alley and later walk out” but I totally understand still not wanting to play
The CritCrab lore just got deeper. Within the first two minutes, we see that not only is CC a "father", but also a King and Slave master. This is the sort of meta lore I live for.
Yeah, I'm getting real "Then everybody clapped while I banged all their girlfriends" vibes from this. Plus, who carries around a college acceptance letter as a handy racism shield?
Yeah that, along with a few other details, was kinda sus. Of course, I could still totally believe a karen acting like this, humanity never fails to disappoint.
@@delirob8721 Maybe someone planning on surprising their friends with the fact that they were going to college would be carrying around their college acceptance letter to the session they were planning on announcing said acceptance to college? As for the "I have sex" bit, my understanding was that it was the characters doing so in-character, not that the players were doing it. This one felt obvious to me, but I can also see how it could be interpreted differently, so that one makes a lot more sense to discuss.
"Couldnt play at any of our houses because of 1 reason or an-" Yea, yea, you didn't want your family to realize you were doing sec session via DnD we get it, we get it.
“I don’t think you’re a real Dungeon Master” 🤣 Obviously, she IS a Karen but but that sentence has to be one of the most Karen things I’ve read in a while. Seriously though, that poor kid probably never wants to play DND again thanks to his horrid mother. And poor OP and players not getting to play at all or wrap up their campaign before he moved away :(
And that's why whenever you're selling your store to someone, you make sure they know about what they're buying, wonder how he actually qualified for managing that store with this "you're playing your own game at my store where I allow people to play their games? Get out, you're banned!" atitude
lol wut, no. Selling a store to someone does not entitle them to knowledge of anything. Its up to the buyers to understand what they are getting into and how things work. The moment titles and money change hands, thats it. Its not the previous owners problem.
@@biggumstevens1784 I never said it's the previous owner's problem, I just said that he shouldnt have sold the store to such a moron, which may not even be his fault, maybe the guy sounded like someone who actually was worth selling to, but actually werent, it's just that I don't think someone that stupid would have enough brain cells to trick anyone into thinking they were a good option
@@stevenschnepp576 A PRIVATE game, with an entirely different system, off in the corner away from pretty much everyone... Between a set four-person group.
Worse still, they were just about to end their campaign in what could've been a spectacle. But no, the campaign probably still rests in campaign limbo, where all the characters of every unfinished campaign wander, alone and afraid, until they are chosen to be taken up, a fate which sadly only a few are fortunate to receive. Worse still, the likely neurodivergent kid was there to see the entire scene. That would surely be traumatizing, and quite likely left him at least a little disturbed.
And this is why many game stores and video game stores have strict child policies-parents want to abandon their children to a free babysitter while they go off and do whatever, not realizing these people are not trained to handle children.
Yeah, I did a bit of a 😬 when heard that. God I hate evil campaigns. The creep factor just goes through the roof for me every time I hear someone use that phrase.
When he said “rape” I’m like wait.. but no I read it back and it does say that. “rape, and other vile things, but all done with reason” oof. That’s weird sentence bruh.
GLORY UNTO HIS SHINING PINCERS!!! By the way, have I been using that "much less" phrase backwards? Lately, everyone seems to put the smaller thing at the end, but I always thought that you put the bigger, more impressive thing at the end. For example, "he doesn't even look like an employee, much less a manager," because I thought the idea was that you're saying that if the more mundane thing isn't true then there's no way that the more extreme one is.
I mean... that part of the story doesn't really make sense, because he seems to know it, but claims to have no explanation for the whole orgy thing... very weird.
TBH, if a Karen suddenly summoned a big intimidating guy who just so happens to agree with her on every point and had no idea about the product he supposedly sold, the employees or the store itself... No way I'd have believed it was the owner. Most likely to be either Karen's shitty husband or some random goon.
No offense to the author, but I find it funny that the the story starts with "Our games are very dark and edgy. We're evil and rape. Also I have girlfriends and lots of sex, not even a Chad dudebro scares me" and while it's entirely possible that this story is true, it's sounds like such a "unicorn" story to me.
@@crunch13leaf Uhh, yes. Yes it is. Most male nerds are inherently unattractive, a nerd having consensual relations with somebody is completely unrealistic.
Because a lot of /rpghorrorstories are posted from either frustration or need for attention IMO. Those in the first category generally omit the self aggrandizing preamble...
As above said, the majority of posts are biased in favor of the op, in one case the guy wasn’t even trying to hide that he was attempting to bias the story in his favor, let me see if I can find the video Yes, it’s the R saga, it’s a perfect example of the bias in a lot of these stories
Oh my god this has 'everybody clapped' energy. It has it all; girls who totally wanna bone us, you guys! Physical assault Karens. Tall nerd vs buff Chad faceoff. I was gonna give OP benefit of the doubt but there's too much here. Edit: Forgot to mention the chad was short. Because of course he is
Ooh boy. The guy kicking him out reminds me of Gaming Goat's CEO who was so salty about a guy leaving his chain and going independent he went on a 3 hour Facebook live rant.
OP being 6’6 and not backing down from the “Chad” and then the “girls leave with him to go back to his room” as well as everyone else being in the wrong except for him.... going to have to press X to doubt on this story being legit...
@@postalkisuke Most likely because it was vacant and the employees knew him and let him? And that said table CANT EVEN DO 4E? It's built around 5+ players. That seat supports only four. Do the math
The bit where the Mom said 'he filled out the paper and everything'. And the way here seemed neuroatypical. I feel like it might've been really hard for him to fill out his character sheet. Makes me sad.
Nobody: The kid in the video: *He stares at you with his doll like eyes and-* (In all seriousness, the Karen in this video was beyond infuriating, never have I wanted to punch someone I have never even met before)
Yeah... weird how "rape is never okay" comments seem to be like an oasis in the desert when the protagonist of the story of the day is the one doing it...
@@Kairos_Akuma I consider there to be a definite difference between "I can't dictate it" and "It's fine". When I'm at a big family gathering and my folks leave the table, it's not "fine" that they start to discuss how only white people are truly German, how you gotta have understanding for Nazis, how human rights activits have gone too far by changing the name of their favourite candy... but I can't dictate them to talk about something else, only observe that they are horrid people.
@@EldritchMcPie There is nothing wrong with simulating rape, or any other fcked up fetish, if literarly everybody there is okay with it and wants to do it. That being said, the OP clearly wasn't on board, so this is still pretty fcked up.
Or you could use your brain. There could just not be enough space in his room for a game, or not enough privacy. OP mentioned they're loud and swear a lot, so his family could take issue with that if they overheard them.
@@Draeckon right... but a game store manager is gonna be totally cool with customers acting out rape scenes in the corner loudly, with plenty of swear words...?
@@Thoron_of_Neto I've seen worse and stranger at a game store. I mean, most FLGS I've been in hosted CCG tournaments on the regular, never mind D&D, and were usually full of people playing Magic or whatever. Those get majorly foul, often as full of cussing and threats of rape and violence as your average FPS deathmatch game, and the shop owners routinely turned a blind eye. Also, when I hear OP saying his group got pretty loud, I presume it's more in the way of several teenagers talking to and over each other, and getting progressively louder, not that their RP was necessarily loud for the sake of being loud. Not all teenagers are good at volume control, or at waiting for a moment to speak, after all.
A semi-public rated R game feels a little weird to me, but I guess it depends on how far away from the other tables they were playing. Still a shame they didn’t get to finish the game. Hope they get another chance in the near future. Hope the kid is alright too.
I'm not sure which is more unbelieveable: The idea that this supposedly happened with such utterly stupid people to harass a random Mexican or Black guy. Or the idea that this guy has a ring of women he routinely beds and plays D&D with all in one group. Yeaaaaaah, my doubts are high on the validity of at least parts of this story. XD
If there weren't utterly stupid, they wouldn't be harassing random people like that, would they? I've gotten confused for an employee before (and I get it, we're in cali, 70% of any given walmart's staff is hispanic-looking). Reasonable people awkwardly laugh and leave. Stupid people double down.
I mean, it sounds like the story is set in a store that wasn't all that popular, only being busy on that day BECAUSE of the new release. So on any other day, they'd be happy to just have people in the store enjoying the games that were probably bought FROM the store.
Most game stores allow people to reserve tables in order to run private games. The idea is that, just like with card games, if you provide a space for people to play, they're more likely to buy stuff from your store and, even if they don't, having an active store attracts more customers. In fact, every MtG launch event I've attended has had at least one private dnd game running in the other room while the launch event filled the tables in the main room. It's a sign of a healthy store. It sounds like there was a miscommunication, where either the old owner didn't make the new owner aware of pre-existing reservations, or maybe the group just assumed that their old recurring reservation was still good. I'm assuming the former, because, from the sounds of it, the new owner didn't even have a DM lined up to run that table; He just mistakenly assumed that anyone running dnd at the store worked for him. If he did have someone lined up to run at every table, then they wouldn't have been able to plop down and claim the table. Some employee would've gone to setup there, or already been setup there when they arrived. As for whether or not the group should be covering sex acts with their roleplay, well, again, it was a private game, and they claimed an isolated table, so no one has to listen to them who would be uncomfortable with their actions. Also we don't actually know how explicit they were being. If it was just, "We bang everyone in the camp, and then get ready to disembowl some orcs!" then fine. If it was, "And then he slides his hot, glistening member inside her tight....." etc etc, then, sure, that's not appropriate for a public location.
@@CatacombD I think it was equal parts miscommunication and also the group having always laid claim to the one table that wouldn't be used for a big Adventure League-style group for an event. OP calls it out as being trashy, starting to come apart in places, and with barely enough room to seat the four of them (with basically no leg room, implying that it was narrow *and* short), in comparison to the larger, nicer tables that occupied the majority of the gaming floor. It's why their group always used it: because nobody else really wanted to grab it. And at the 4e launch event, most people would either be people who'd played 3.5e, and were coming to sample the new game, or newbies coming to sample the new game, who would probably be able to tell that the books on OP's table weren't the new ones, since 3.5e and 4e books are super-different at a glance. So they again would've been ignored as "not what we're doing today," by anyone except this possibly neurodivergent kid who just saw an open seat at the table, and his Karen mother who didn't know what any of this was really about anyway.
Love the COMPASS OF JUDGEMENT! Great addition to your channel! Karen D&D stories are something you’d THINK would be more rare than they are. But if crit crab has taught me anything, there’s a surprising amount of them ruining good things for everyone as usual. This is an especially interesting one. I love the angle of: “I’m gonna talk to the manager” “I don’t work here!!!!” “Not anymore you don’t!” Wh-WHAT?!??🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣
Can I point out how terrible it is to be in a store where you are: A) Roleplaying an R rated orgy in public B ) Taking up a valuable table on one of the biggest releases of the year, especially without the owners permission?
@@zinger73 ^This. And for the record, I don't buy into the bs of people that claim their PC's commit assault for story reasons. "Oh, no, I'm totally not living out a sick fantasy or anything, this is super important to the plot, you guys!" Especially, but not limited to, people that brag about doing it while RP'ing a "Good Luck Orgy".
I really don't understand people that don't think it's appropriare if literarly everybody at the table wants to do it. This game is ultimately about fun. If their idea of fun is to molest a bunch of imaginary people to get their rocks off, sure, go for it. As long as nobody is unwillingly trapped living through another person's creepy imaginary sexcapades, it's okay.
@@filipferencak2717 yeah if I’m dming a campaign where the characters are evil (and if everyone was ok with it ie not having any traumatic memories that could be brought up if it’s included and ok with it being implied) then I see no problem with it
Oh, like you've never been assaulted in the middle of your finale, tossed out by the store owner for running a private game, and had a consolation menage a trois. Puh-leez, happens to me like every other session.
The story is odd. I find it difficult to believe the new manager was trying to fire a DM running a private game. Also hard to believe people are playing R rated games at local game store. Especially when playing in an open area.
Yeah, the requirement of believing the store owner/manager couldn't comprehend a private game, and "I don't work here, strains my credulity to maximum level
@@CarburetorThompson Every new owners are expected to have names but that doesn't mean they got a chance to meet everyone in person yet. We don't live in a age where every owner/manager are competent in their roles.
@@briangronberg6507 honestly, I thought id meet a few 'Craig's' in my time but.... Clearly there was an ultimate Craig out there I am glad to have never encountered
25 years ago I went to a game shop that was running a Ravenloft game, one of the monsters was a six year old little girl that attack people a strait razor and feed them alive to rats. A woman that tried to butt into our game left with her son and came back with the police. One cop real was an azz hole about it, even after the shop owner .. order .. him to leave.
What was your first clue? A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies? Or the fact that he had been playing this campaign for a length of time, but seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left? Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen? or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)? Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament and not letting private games take place in house that night, especially since it was a "rated R" game and the tournament seemed to be for all ages (so PG at best)? Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created? I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline.
@@TheMagicman1971 "A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies?" Ingame orgies, not real ones, holy shit people read the stories before you bitch. "Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen?" Now i'm pretty certain that i didnt see that part to the story, however: It's more likely it would've been for his friends, not the "karen". Along the lines of said "i'm moving soon". "or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)?" not unreasonable for someone who JUST took the reins not long ago, honestly. Customer says an employee's acting up? You assume they're right. "Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament" Except he did explain, to quote: "I said no, I was running a private 3.5e with my friends." "Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?" Idunno, the Karen seemed to be the focus, as that's what RUINED it. Unless you're saying he shouldnt talk about the plot period? He gave a summary of it, background, and info about the moving, and got to the meetup for the session, stated player 4 was late, and the karen shit starts, and after it's over as an edit sums up how the ending WOULD have gone... Please fucking read. "I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline." Now you're just making blatant assumptions, despite the fact that he did state there were multiple routes they could take for the ending of the session alone, depending on how they acted, it's "railroading"... Not sure how orgy = railroading either, unless you mean the supposed luck? Even though that's still a semi-common thing even without an Orgy. Such as a guy slamming back an entire fucking bottle and getting wasted, and getting the most disgustingly lucky rolls you've ever seen or such... tl;dr, your argument is kinda bullshit and shows you havent read the story for shit, and more have an axe to grind than any valid points considering it takes zero effort to counter them all...
@@TheMagicman1971 "all girls that constantly had orgies?" this might be hard to believe but alot of females are actually openly sexual and very sexual at that. especially nerdy females. "seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left" some poeple have terrible memories especially with like add/adhd with the out of sight out of mind thing. if it doesn't come up while it's in front of you chances are you'll forget for months. "the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament" some people buy into nerd culture just because they see how much money is in it for them. they have 0 idea what's going on in the process which is likely.
..however, just before OP left for Coolest People In The World University, they stopped off at the store again, pulling a sick 720 jump through the door and landing on one of the tables in the middle. Jock owner comes out, only to be met by a flurry of D20s thrown at his feet. He immediately falls over and knocks himself out, flattening Karen who's also there as well. "Nothing personnel kid." Said OP, before Naruto running to the university in around 30 minutes. Everyone at Coolest People In The World University agreed that OP was The Coolest from day one, and as a reward could have sexy times with all the ladies and all the Jock guys are banned from campus even though the girls at Coolest People In The World University don't like them anyway.
This story has everything! A talented and ambitious young POC on the verge of leaving "corn country" for the big city going toe to toe with a racist Karen and a clueless manlet Chad. In the end they didn't even ruin the game because one of the players canceled so it wouldn't have happened anyway! And he just went home and had a threesome all night with his teenage female friends! The only part it's missing is everyone clapping while the OP strides out of the door while the Chad realizes his mistake too late and begs for OP to stay. That might have been too on the nose though.
If you like those, you should try Trailseeker, BattleSledge and Fight Machines! (Pathfinder, Warhammer and BattleTech, respectively. I have little confidence in my joke. Lol)
So uh, why didn't the owner (or other employees) know OP was holding games there? I think I'd try to clear it before starting. Also, taking up space while an event going on doesn't seem like a great idea to begin with.
From the sound of it, the employees were tied up running the tables, and probably knew the group and had of course left them to their business knowing they were going to use the back table no one else used. The owner was new and probably didn't know these teens were just regular patrons because it sounds like they'd missed a few sessions while OP was prepping to head to uni, so they weren't aware of/present for the change in ownership any more than the new owner was aware of his store's regular patronage. Heck, sounds like the new owner probably thought that D&D was only ever played in big events like this, rather than in a casual capacity, so it's unsurprising that he didn't expect anything but people coming for this launch event. As for "taking up space while an event was going on," it sounds pretty damn unlikely that this table would've been used for the event. It was pointed out to be kinda falling apart, and only big enough to seat a group of 4, which is basically useless at a big event like that where you'd want to be able to seat large groups in order to be able to run as many people through a module as possible. 4e modules in particular are mechanically scaled for a minimum 5 players, so you'd need a table that seats 6, at the very least, to run one.
Why wouldn't the new owner have meet with the staff beforehand and know that the DM wasn't an employee? Either way the kid having to be forced through such a distressing situation due to his mom is such a bummer and hopefully they're doing well now.
Except, reminder, it was in a corner, and many others in the comments have also stated they've done it, and that they usually hush down if anyone's close enough to overhear... Of course with larger buildings there's the back rooms for said sessions.
@@beepbop4368 So you've never had a quiet conversation in public that's been something you wouldnt be comfortable telling a stranger to their face? Especially when you *intentionally* put distance away from everyone else to prevent any accidental overhearings?
I have a few ideas & tips on how to avoid any future events like this/ actions that could have been taken to avoid the outcome that happened. If someone takes a seat at your table uninvited and unwanted, tell them that "that seat is taken, John just went to use the bathroom" or a similar line. Filling any empty seats up with bags also helps. If you are ever in a situation where a karen or kyle trys to force themselves/ their kids into something, assert yourself. Speak up, tell them that they can't force you to do anything and that they should mind their own darn business.
Good to know you're giving work to those who need it, poor Shell wouldn't be able to live such a lovely life full of freedom if he didn't have his job in the Storymines.
Wait a minute... they couldn't play at anybody's place for one reason or another so they were forced to play at the store...but they ended up staying in OP's room and talking all night long. Soooo...why couldn't they have been running their game there? they had all of their stuff.
That Karen really makes me angry. The entire ordeal could have been avoided by her just talking to people like normal humans do. Instead she technically assaulted that DM, made racist remarks towards him and got him thrown out of that games store for no real reason while at the same time causing all kinds of psychological trauma to her neuroatypical kid and making sure the kid could still not play the game. GREAT JOB, MAM!
The clarification was made at 5:32 through 6:10 that the orgies were not between the players, only the characters due to the uncanny luck it seemed to bring everybody's rolls. Just an in-game ritual. Just saw some people say they could d&d at home if they had the space for orgies and noticed it didn't hold up as an argument.
Really like the compass idea! So happy to see you growing. I empathize with the mother, who probably has to fight to make sure her kid is included in activities, but at the same time I can't understand people fighting so hard for something when they're so clearly in the wrong.
Lol I think there was a little bit of "creative re-interpretation" going on in this story. Probably got kicked out for running a rape game in a public store
@@thegreydragonangel2836 Things that seemed odd to me is that the Karen came over to their table instantly angry that they wouldn't let her kid play, even though her kid never went to tell her that there was a problem. She could've overheard what was happening but since the OP describes the shop as being the busiest it's ever been that seems unlikely, and if she was standing close enough to hear I would've thought that the OP would've noticed her and questioned why a woman was watching them. And then another thing that was weird was that Chad didn't know that the OP didn't work for him. I mean sure, he was new, but game stores aren't that big normally so it's not like he would've had to memorize dozens of employees. Of course he could've just been an idiot, but it's just fishy. And then there were lots of little things that weren't really "damning" but were still just odd, such as the OP being really close to his friends, but they didn't know that he was moving across the country? While none of this stuff proves that the story is fake, it makes it seem unlikely to me.
@@thegreydragonangel2836 The party was at least half female, the OP was tall, well-liked, and was supposedly sexually active with his players on an implied frequent basis, and just got his other-side-of-the-cointry college acceptance letter, yet none of them could find a private place to play. Furthermore, there was never any issue with them including sexual violence in their game in a public space in the store until then, and he was planning to wrap that up _while_ the store was packed with a bunch of new players and kids during a big event. While Karens certainly exist, the depiction of the woman and new owner (who was unfamiliar with all of his employees or how to even verify in a _game_ store, which usually have a very small staff size) is highly dubious in light of all of the former. The store was simultaneously sufficiently organized to rum a big launch event with a lot of employees active running games (which would be both a freakishly large staff size for a gaming store, let alone in Smallville, and expensive to run that many employees at once) under the new management, yet not organized enough for the new manager to even verify whether someone was an employee? Most of that setup was not even relevant (or at least far more detailed than necessary) to the horror story. This whole thing is overflowing with unnecessary self-aggrandizement, sketchy circumstances, and completely sets up the OP as a Gary Stue.
gonna be honest this sounds a lot like r/thathappened, with the OP having a group of friends since kindergarten that they knew in a biblically. Along with a game shop that allowed them to have a R rated campaign is frankly unlikely as is was the Chad New owner. this story seems completely made up
I think what makes this sound super fake to me isn't that the Chad owner didn't know how DnD works but that this guy would automatically align with one non-paying customer versus three paying ones. Like even if he thought op was an employee that's still two paying customers that he kicked out for nothing.
Crit Crib lore being expanded right here. On a more serious note, it always seems to me that kids with some kind of mental or neuro disorder often seem to have mothers who are unnecessarily protective and aggressive. While you can chalk it up to stress and constant pressures of having to look after them (my brother has severe mental disabilities, and my mum is very similar in many ways), I still find it completely unacceptable to act like that. The kid was clearly scared by it. I also feel bad for the DM, alway sucks not being able to wrap up a fun campaign, and having an important moment like that ruined just makes it worse.
This might be the only CritCrab story where the orgy havers are the protagonists.
Oh no, you reminded me of that DM and his god-like NPCs' orgies on a -spaceship- ...
EDIT: An airship.
Even weirder it seems the majority of the table was female
Did we really need 7 mins of explaining his group like to role play there sexual fantasies. Of course this nerd is 6 ft tall and not intimidated by people. We didn't need all that BS fluff.
@@smugscylla4481 or atleast half when their full group is together.
@@NobodySoldier It was an airship, but yes.
I feel like Karen and Chad think the term “dungeon master” is a job title, and therefore can’t wrap their smooth brains around the idea that this particular DM might be doing this for free for his private friend group
Lmao I'd imagine something completely different behind that job name
Yeah, if the event probably mentioned that the store is going to have "expert/professional/experienced Dungeon Masters" or something along that vein, I can definitely see a misguided parent thinking it's something you need qualifications for. Also, Karen's "that doesn't sound like the game I read about" seems like she thought it's something like Monopoly or Risk where the story comes from rules, so the OP's explanation of the game being rated R and being heavy with its plot would have sounded like he's either not playing the right game or the game right, or that he's gatekeeping her son on a "ew, kids" basis.
Still a grade A douchenozzle.
Yeah maybe. If you believe that the OP ran an awesome game, got into an argument with a real life Karen, a real life Chad, and then went home to have sex with two hot chicks.
Personally the story sounds like a work of fiction to me.
@@aurora5481 well if you google dnd you get the current edition handbook, which is pretty family friendly. (i read it over the course of 3 days to prep for my session) its large just as basic guidebook. The campaigns people do are largely t or m, not AO. sad part ids, kids playing dnd has been the norm since the first edition back in the 70s.
@@Jermbot15 lol, you so silly with your extrapolations. Ya little rascal
Out of everybody here i feel worst for the little kid, his moms a jerk, and he just really wanted to try a new game and his Mom ruined that for him
Yeah it wasn't his fault any of this happened... Why was she trying to put him at the corner table anyway? Maybe I'm reading too hard into it, but it almost comes across like she's ashamed or trying to hide him away from the rest of the event.
The kid probably sat at the corner table because he felt too awkward and nervous at the other tables, because people on the spectrum often have a hard time in new social situations, and probably had no idea the table was claimed. That poor kid, poor OP, and what a horrible mother, it's just a shitty situation all around
@@zodiachimera7557 The kid probably picked that table because he felt most comfortable at the only table in the store that was majority female.
Sounds like the kid was used to letting his mom bully for him.
@@Jermbot15 The description also said that the women were "in the corner" - which would probably make the child's back towards the rest of the store, making the room seem "smaller" with fewer people to see & get anxious over - his mom obviously would "protect" him from behind.
I mostly feel bad for the poor kid. Life is hard enough for neuroatypical people, having entitled parents that don't help them stay safe and sane in hard situations makes it harder. I hope things turned out good for them.
Same :/
He came off as pretty entitled himself. He's clearly used to getting whatever he wants, no questions asked.
Plus, some neurodivergent people can find themselves gravitating towards a particular individual or group when they are in a social situation with unfamiliar people. Sounds like that may have been happening here, but no way to be entirely sure based on the information we have here
@Naukumaija Mau-mau yeah, from the story he just sat still and shaked/handed the character sheet. It's hard to say anything about it, but I wouldn't say "entitled", seems to me to lean more towards not being used to social interactions at all /being extremely nervous and anxious.
Poor kid yeah. :-/
T°rd mother still.
I can see where the poor boy got his condition inheritred from.
Bruh, trying to get someone fired from where they do not even work is a new level of negative IQ.
That is pretty much the definition of negative IQ
The manager not knowing who works for him and who doesn't is honestly super embarassing.
If I was him, I'd want to dig a deep hole and hide
Nah we've seen that before. But BEING the one trying to fire someone that doesn't work for you....my god 🤣
@@runtergerutscht4401 if i understood correctly , he was the store owner , so even worse
@@Stuffman1861 no, there are less stupid thing that still are an indecation of negative IQ...
I've seen plenty of moms with children on the spectrum like that. She acted like that because she, at heart, hates her kid and was furious that she couldn't unload him at the first chance she got.
On top of that she probably plays the martyr card of "oh shes a mom to a special need kid, please worship me for the sacrifices i make" in order to get more clout in her HOA club as well as get away with shitty behavior because she's always "sooooo stressed." I have seen the type way too many times
Oh god, I hate people like that. This kinda the reason why I’ve been put off of parenting. I’d like a kid, but I know I couldn’t handle it.
You either become the monster parent or have to deal with parents who are like that and I’d rather not
@Walt Aistir I try to be optimistic, but this is one thing I can’t be optimistic about.
yep, shit like that is what leads to hate groups like autism speaks and movies like Music
Yay, my suggestion for a little crab assistant got implemented!
You made Crab Kingdom history
@@CritCrab Awesome!🦀
Just wait, soon they will be unionizing
A lot of people did appreciate more crabs, I forget which video had 3 entire crabs but it was unforgettable.
@@tobiasp.3702 Or CritCrab will do as his name says, and roll a nat 20 on the persuasion check to avoid execution, and then another to get himself elected Crab President. :D
Alternately, he nat 1s and doesn't even make it to trial.
This has to be one of the most depressing stories you've covered, not because of the horror itself, but because of how it ended. At least with the vast majority of other stories, there's some sort of happy ending, even if it's as simple as "the problem player was kicked out" or "the players left the awful campaign". Here, however, this can't be classed as anything other than a complete downer ending - the players and GM were forced to stop their campaign right as it was about to reach its conclusion, the Karen and the store owner got exactly what they wanted with zero repercussions and the neuroatypical kid was still stuck in an unhealthy situation.
Maybe the DM got to sleep with the girls that showed up?
It's something at least.
@@haku8135 doubt it story doesn't add up.
1) claims to be regulars yet doesn't know the ownership changed hands.
2) the store not changing after changing hands.
3) use of buzz words when talking a decade old story.
4) claims no one can host dnd at their homes but op can get a 3some in his bedroom, that largely doesn't add up.
@@azadalamiq feeling kind of similar. The whole story smells a bit rank, starting at how they just feel the need to qualify the time period as if to prove that they were totally there at the time, to how our protagonist is some amorphous non-white all-inclusive chad martyr running a super duper cool quirky evil campaign. I've a feeling this story did happen, but some of this shit smells like a dead rat. I'm gonna have to assume the karen, her kid and the store owner are caricatures at best
Thing is this smacks of modern d&d. Nobody I know from when I started playing would turn a player away. I come from an age where finding players was a near impossibility.
@@joshuareynolds23 impossibility? They were a small group of friends that had an established game going. Why would they bring in new people, let alone strangers, LET ALONE children?
If the Chad is so sure he can "fire" OP then OP should demand back wages for all of the games he has been running unpaid.
Probably chad would have gone mental and or violent because he sounds like the obey or be thrashed type of mentality
That's clever, but really all I wanted was to play one last game with my friends. I wasn't trying to push any more buttons than I already had. I figured if there was any way to salvage that night it was with a pizza and my friends at home.
@@silverblaze46 I say let him. Any injury he causes will come out of those deep pockets of his
@@ServantofBaal Yup, fuck'em!
@@silverblaze46 Or he was just a store owner that wanted a perverted non-customer grognard out of his store, reminded him that he had no entitlement to be there, no matter how long he had been going, and found a dude arguing with an actual paying customer..
That store is going to fail under management like that, guy doesn't even know who works for him.
I dunno man. Sounds like the new owner was running a big 4e launch event. If these guys werent strict regulars i get he was like : there is no private games on today. If i went to a store during a sealed event at a new mtg set release and me and my 4 friends showed up abd didint want to participate at event but take up space its understandable we'd be asked to leave. Its not bad business kicking out somebody thats not really a spending customer.
That's why I'm skeptical. Game shops rarely have more than six employees; no way the manager wouldn't know their staff.
@@DJ_Kie Except, the person in the video clearly stated that he was able to secure their *usual* seat at the back. And also have been repeating that they have been regulars at that store.
The newcomer didnt give a shit about anything to be honest. He didnt even asked them to leave, he tried to *order a CUSTOMER* to do something.
You cant do that lol. I hope the overconfident 'chad' is broke as shit now.
That game store closed down a few years ago. They sell farm equipment there now.
@@lerminator101 Fitting.
That poor kid though. His first D&D experience ends with him not getting to play and his mom shrieking at some poor high school kid who doesn't even work at the place. He'll probably never want to try playing again
No way to be certain, maybe he ends up at a different table where people understand neurodivergent people.
@@jamesgaston2745 Him being neurodivergent has nothing to do with the story. He was a innocent bystander. The parent being a overly entitled asshole and the new management being a clueless idiot was the entirety of the story. If you replace him with the usual kid that just wants to do something with yet another overly entitled asshole of a mom, the story doesn't change at all.
No D&D is better than bad D&D, after all
@@digital_u4ia You are spot on, except for the part about it having nothing to do with the kid. Just speaking from a clinical perspective, that kid was probably traumatized. That "vibration the OP spoke of was, most likely, the child trying to express distress, but having no outlet. It sux that those supposed adults had to ruin a "one-last-session" sort of night. Any reasonable adult will realize that when something is described as "R rated" it is not for children. As for the new owner, it should be illegal to monetize AL events. But, that child had to witness his mother going off. Any "normal" child gets upset when their parent does, especially when they don't understand. Very likely, this kid had no pressure valve of any kind. So, yes, this is an awful story around the kid, but it is so much worse because he had to be there for it.
Sorry for the rant. I guess I'm a little sensitive about it since my 12 year old told her Nana that "Mommy and Daddy should get a divorce. They fight too much when they're around [each other]."
I too am much more concerned about the fate of the kid.
Lmao I grew up in the ghetto, you randomly grab someones arm and dammit karen you getting smacked tf up, especially with this lady's attitude
I grew up a stones throw outside of Detroit and yea, you're not wrong.
Truth!
She certainly deserved it. Unfortunately, while it might have taught her a lesson, it would have just added more trauma for her poor kid.
@@rodjacksonx I dont think kid cared slightest. Dude mentioned, despite the Karen screaming like a dying T-rex from Jurassic Park, Kid had the same expression and attidute through all of this.
@@Kronosfobi - Well, yes... while visibly shaking. I just assumed the kid was on the spectrum or some such.
Ah nothing like a D&D flavored “I don’t work here lady”
I once had someone come up to me in a Ford Dealership and ask me a question (I forget what it was about). I had to tell them I didn’t work there, it was pretty embarrassing for both of us, but quite funny looking back. It was a fair mistake to make, I was electronically signing the contracts so was sat at the salesperson's desk to do this, and they had left me alone to do it, so I probably did look like an ordinary employee doing important work.
@@intergalactic92 Over a decade ago, I worked for a third-party merchandising company named Mosaic. I did work at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Office Max, Office Depot, and a few others. One day, I was working at a local Best Buy, setting up a planogram and putting up sales labels when a customer came and asked me where a specific movie was; I told them "If Best Buy has it, it should be there (telling them the section where the movie might be... I think it was in comedy)." [I told them the equivalent of nothing. I never said that BB had it, that they had it and it wasn't in another location, etc. Basically, the only thing I said/alluded to was that I don't work there.] The customer looked at what I was wearing and said "you don't work here, do you?" I said nope & told them that a Best Buy employee would be glad to help them. The customer said they were sorry and left to go find an employee, or to find the movie themselves.
@@jerryharris876 a few years back I was in a game shop putting a game back on the shelf because I had decided not to get it when a sweet old lady came up asking for a game to get her grandkid on the Nintendo switch I helped her and afterwards when I was browsing other games I heard her say “that young man is so sweet and a good employee” the guys in the game shop knew me and I didn’t work there and explained as such later she asked why I helped her and I just said “because I like to help others”
The "Do this or you're fired!" thing is equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Hilarious because every time I've heard that it was someone literally saying that they'd get me fired from my own business. Horrifying because of the sheer confidence behind the statement every time I've heard it. As if these people have actually gotten someone fired before and knew that they could do it again. x_x
I love the look on their faces when you tell them if they come back you have them arrested for trespassing.
Before covid, the local library near me had a weekly D&D session for those who were under 18, as there was a worker who loved D&D and wanted to show off to younger kids the fun of RPG. My husband and myself volunteered to be DMs as we had 20 kids show up every week and there was no way 1 DM was going to cut it (we had 4 DMs total). The weeks went on and certain kids wanted certain DMs; but with every group there is always the problem child, literally. I had a child that would throw a fit when they didn't get their way (when a roll failed, missed an attack) and my favorite: when this kid was talking they wanted the whole table to be completly silent and focus on him. (These are kids ranging from 10 years old to 17 so attention span is short) Eventually we had to get the kids parents involved and well.... let's say because of these parents we aren't able to do these weekly D&D sessions anymore. It always take just 1 person to ruin it for the rest. I'll miss DMing those kids as D&D is such a fun experience! Maybe one day there will be another opportunity to set this up
It's always one bad apple that spoils the bunch. XP
Some parents can't comprehend that not anyone will find their kids the most perfect and wonderful beings at the universe
If there's a local game store you can often find them accommodating, a lot of community centers (and some libraries, not all) are decently cheap to rent space as well. There's always hope.
Always the one person who's the reason everyone else can't have nice things
I honestly feel awful for the kid. Shaking like that and not changing facial expression is a trauma response. He was probably terrified and disheartened that he finally had a chance to do something he wanted and his mom ruined that too.
Trying to maintain a happy or smiling demeanor in the face of confrontation in order to deescalate the situation. It's probably second nature for him with his mom's psychotic behavior.
I teared up a little during this story. The poor kid has a mom who doesn't take interest in what they like, but also the way she acts does stop his progression of being able to grow and handle his disability better. Extreme stressful situations like that causes anyone severe anxiety, but with a disability it also causes them to sort of go into super panic mode. That can reverse a lot of therapy in the matter of seconds
Man, I feel so sad for that DM, this story couldn't end in any worse way, especially for the fact that the new manager was an idiot whom didn't even play that sort of game.
I hope the world will punish her as deemed
Probably the new owner will soon discover tabletops are not so profitable, and as someone with no connection to the games at all, will probably lose a bunch of clients. Sad part is the store probably will fall with him...
@@maestroicarodecarvalho3947 the store probably already fell, if I'm not an idiot it's a story of about 10 years ago
I feel bad for the kid.
@@The_mekboy_you_deserve i didnt get that.
@@The_mekboy_you_deserve While we can't rule out your being an idiot, the DM did say it happened some ten years ago.
this story gives me mad r/ThatHappened vibes. The bit about showing the karen his acceptance letter is what pushed it over the edge for me. I'm sure some version of this happened, but it seems a bit unbelievable as described. Like even someone who knows nothing about DnD knows what "I dont work here" and "this is a private game" means. But maybe im just a cynical asshole and it happened exactly like OP says.
That's fair, but I've had an experience with people getting upset at me when I was younger when they've mistaken me for a store employee, I tried to explain I can't help because I don't work there and don't know how to help, and they've gotten really pissy with me and... I don't even know, assumed I was lying or something? People are wild.
You underestimate the brain damage of the average American consumer.
Remember that OP was going to surprise the players with their going to college. The acceptance letter is one such way to surprise the players. This is perhaps the only scenario I can imagine where it would actually make less sense for OP to not have the letter.
I'm really cynical but also i know some people with negative iq so my opinion is op exaggerated some details but it happened
“My players with evil PC’s weren’t murder hobos, don’t worry... they did rape people though”
Did anyone else catch that?
Yupp. I am happy that at least in this comment section there seems to be more than one person catching stuff like that.
The last time I said "PC's shouldn't commit sexual assault" I got angry YT comments for 3 months.
@@EldritchMcPie murdering someone is borderline meaningless in a game with multiple afterlives, but sexual assault is always icky
If someone brought that to the table and wanted to rape someone in one of my games... shoot, I wouldn’t know how to react, but I wouldn’t want to play with them anymore
@@darkartsdabbler2407 It could be merely implied, like a “I drag NPC into this alley and later walk out” but I totally understand still not wanting to play
...and? It was explicitly stated that they DID kill people, and that it was an evil PC game.
And they did it in a PUBLIC SPACE..
like this is why victims of SA don't like playing D&D in public because this is rather common..
The CritCrab lore just got deeper. Within the first two minutes, we see that not only is CC a "father", but also a King and Slave master. This is the sort of meta lore I live for.
We must have an origin story!
Wait...king/slaver of crabs...is critcrab friends with Mr. Peanut?
>Squeaktoy noises
>Dog runs up to laptop and proceeds tilting head back and forth
>___>;;
HAHAHA
"We couldn't play D&D at my house. But anyway. I took the girls back to my room and we hung out all night."
Mmmmkay.
There was zero reason to cram in the "I've had sex with all these girls" in the story. Just say you run an adult game. I call bull@%# on this story.
@@Lordvoivod I got skeptical when Op claimed to be 6' 6"
Yeah, I'm getting real "Then everybody clapped while I banged all their girlfriends" vibes from this. Plus, who carries around a college acceptance letter as a handy racism shield?
Yeah that, along with a few other details, was kinda sus.
Of course, I could still totally believe a karen acting like this, humanity never fails to disappoint.
@@delirob8721 Maybe someone planning on surprising their friends with the fact that they were going to college would be carrying around their college acceptance letter to the session they were planning on announcing said acceptance to college?
As for the "I have sex" bit, my understanding was that it was the characters doing so in-character, not that the players were doing it. This one felt obvious to me, but I can also see how it could be interpreted differently, so that one makes a lot more sense to discuss.
"Couldnt play at any of our houses because of 1 reason or an-" Yea, yea, you didn't want your family to realize you were doing sec session via DnD we get it, we get it.
Lmao
Very true xD Clichey dark emo kid issues, haha !
“I don’t think you’re a real Dungeon Master” 🤣 Obviously, she IS a Karen but but that sentence has to be one of the most Karen things I’ve read in a while.
Seriously though, that poor kid probably never wants to play DND again thanks to his horrid mother. And poor OP and players not getting to play at all or wrap up their campaign before he moved away :(
The king is back baby 👑🦀👑
Edit: Also tiny crab needs to be a discord emoji
The king is backk!
The king is backkk!
And here I was binge watching some videos of yours I didn't finish.
*Stares at you with doll like eyes and says nothing*
What video is that from?
@@gertrudefart3082 "Edgelord repeatedly fails at murdering party"
One of my personal favorite videos on this channel lmao
@@jhalilxvii Thanks
@@gertrudefart3082 No prob👌
First video I saw of him!
It's been so long since I've seen a CritCrab vid! Hope that little crustacean is okay, he seemed very hungry 😢
Great time to come back! Just added a few new channel upgrades. 😎
What do crabs even eat?
@@austyn1061 crits
@@CritCrab sweet! I know what I'm binge watching for the next couple days! 😁🦀
@Austyn Nelson the souls of the damned
Yeah, definitely a creative writing assignment.
And that's why whenever you're selling your store to someone, you make sure they know about what they're buying, wonder how he actually qualified for managing that store with this "you're playing your own game at my store where I allow people to play their games? Get out, you're banned!" atitude
they paid, I guess?
lol wut, no.
Selling a store to someone does not entitle them to knowledge of anything. Its up to the buyers to understand what they are getting into and how things work. The moment titles and money change hands, thats it. Its not the previous owners problem.
Here is a trick, get them to do their job and then go to another person if there is a problem
@@biggumstevens1784 I never said it's the previous owner's problem, I just said that he shouldnt have sold the store to such a moron, which may not even be his fault, maybe the guy sounded like someone who actually was worth selling to, but actually werent, it's just that I don't think someone that stupid would have enough brain cells to trick anyone into thinking they were a good option
@@HiatoPDSS
>have buyer for store you no longer want to own
>be choosy about who you give it to instead of getting out from under it financially
no.
This is the first story in a while that genuinely ticked me off. Sucks they got away with that and probably still think they were in the right.
Let’s go find the place and show them what assholes they really are!
You say that like they weren't.
OP ran an X-rated game in a public place with kids running about. The store manager was right to kick him.
@@stevenschnepp576 A PRIVATE game, with an entirely different system, off in the corner away from pretty much everyone...
Between a set four-person group.
Worse still, they were just about to end their campaign in what could've been a spectacle. But no, the campaign probably still rests in campaign limbo, where all the characters of every unfinished campaign wander, alone and afraid, until they are chosen to be taken up, a fate which sadly only a few are fortunate to receive.
Worse still, the likely neurodivergent kid was there to see the entire scene. That would surely be traumatizing, and quite likely left him at least a little disturbed.
@@811brian Apparently, the place closed down already.
And this is why many game stores and video game stores have strict child policies-parents want to abandon their children to a free babysitter while they go off and do whatever, not realizing these people are not trained to handle children.
“You can’t fire me i quit! Wait.....”
You Cant Quit I Quit!
@@temdatemmie5720 You can't quit, I am your wife!
@@bengt1881 I'm Not Your Wife You're My Wife!
@@temdatemmie5720 Oh hey honey, how was work?
@@BalefulStr1x *World’s Greatest Storyline*
"I'm not saying there wasn't rape but it was all done with RESTRAINT and PURPOSE..." excuse me?
Yeah, I did a bit of a 😬 when heard that. God I hate evil campaigns. The creep factor just goes through the roof for me every time I hear someone use that phrase.
@@patjacksonpodium but the players are girls so it's fine
@@ExValeFor Say Sykes right now.
"See, it was totally integral to the plot, because... I created a character that would totally do that. I am therefore absolved of being a creep."
@@EldritchMcPie that was supposed to be sarcasm
When he said “rape” I’m like wait.. but no I read it back and it does say that. “rape, and other vile things, but all done with reason” oof. That’s weird sentence bruh.
Yeah I don't see how that can be "done with reason." That act is a no-go at my table.
These people are knew each other and their campaign was dark. A 101 about why you shouldn't intrude on people's *private* games.
@@KaitouKaiju Yes, let them be creepy and awful in the dark corners where they belong.
@@KaitouKaiju it’s gross.
@@patjacksonpodium go home and do that lol. Wtf not in public.
PRAISE BE THE CRAB KING!!
PRAISE
ALL PRAIS THE CRAB KING!!!
PRAISE THE CRAB KING
GLORY UNTO HIS SHINING PINCERS!!!
By the way, have I been using that "much less" phrase backwards? Lately, everyone seems to put the smaller thing at the end, but I always thought that you put the bigger, more impressive thing at the end. For example, "he doesn't even look like an employee, much less a manager," because I thought the idea was that you're saying that if the more mundane thing isn't true then there's no way that the more extreme one is.
When people are being like that just go “your bloodline is weak”
It confuses people since people are desensitized to normal insults
CritCrab: Introduce yourself Shell.
Shell: Father, i require sustenance. Please. I cannot live off of Reddit Gold alone.
Um...did anyone else catch the "we knew each other in the biblical sense"? Because... uh... I'm not sure it means what OP thinks it means
That's what I thought too.
Edit: at least I hope so 😬
I mean... that part of the story doesn't really make sense, because he seems to know it, but claims to have no explanation for the whole orgy thing... very weird.
I'm well aware.
@Paul Gauthier If you're claiming they had constant orgies, they dont, or at least OP doesnt allude to it.
TBH, if a Karen suddenly summoned a big intimidating guy who just so happens to agree with her on every point and had no idea about the product he supposedly sold, the employees or the store itself... No way I'd have believed it was the owner. Most likely to be either Karen's shitty husband or some random goon.
No offense to the author, but I find it funny that the the story starts with "Our games are very dark and edgy. We're evil and rape. Also I have girlfriends and lots of sex, not even a Chad dudebro scares me" and while it's entirely possible that this story is true, it's sounds like such a "unicorn" story to me.
Ehhh game wasn’t that dark, seemed like average villains story tbh
Lot of game nerds are polyamorous, especially in high school. Not that unrealistic.
@@crunch13leaf That too
@@crunch13leaf Uhh, yes. Yes it is. Most male nerds are inherently unattractive, a nerd having consensual relations with somebody is completely unrealistic.
@@thomasmorgan9768 Ima be real, it kiiinda sounds like you're talking out of your ass on this one? Unless you're confusing them with Incels...
Why does every story like this need to begin with OP monologuing about their rp skills and how cool and perfectly balanced their party is?
Because a lot of /rpghorrorstories are posted from either frustration or need for attention IMO. Those in the first category generally omit the self aggrandizing preamble...
As above said, the majority of posts are biased in favor of the op, in one case the guy wasn’t even trying to hide that he was attempting to bias the story in his favor, let me see if I can find the video
Yes, it’s the R saga, it’s a perfect example of the bias in a lot of these stories
I mean, I know *why* lol it's more of a rhetorical question.
"Now, lets strat the horror story"
Oh, the orgie part wasnt the horror History!?
I can't believe Shell is already my favorite thing to ever exist.
Hey Crit, Thanks for the uploads and hope you feel better soon.
Thanks! I'm working on it. 🦀
Oh my god this has 'everybody clapped' energy. It has it all; girls who totally wanna bone us, you guys! Physical assault Karens. Tall nerd vs buff Chad faceoff. I was gonna give OP benefit of the doubt but there's too much here.
Edit: Forgot to mention the chad was short. Because of course he is
Of course it ended with 'the girls spending the night in my room
Idk
What it is about this one, but it feels very fake and forced. Like, OP is fantasizing his own horror story.
Ooh boy. The guy kicking him out reminds me of Gaming Goat's CEO who was so salty about a guy leaving his chain and going independent he went on a 3 hour Facebook live rant.
The actual heck?
@@centurosproductions8827 wish I was kidding. Search Gaming Goat
Oh my god I knew the guy that broke away lol.
OP being 6’6 and not backing down from the “Chad” and then the “girls leave with him to go back to his room” as well as everyone else being in the wrong except for him.... going to have to press X to doubt on this story being legit...
And how did he acquire the table during an event without speaking to the owner first
Also him saying r**e is okay in his campaigns.
@@postalkisuke Most likely because it was vacant and the employees knew him and let him? And that said table CANT EVEN DO 4E?
It's built around 5+ players. That seat supports only four. Do the math
Damn, I feel for that kid so much. He was probably just really nervous and didn't know what to do, just wanted to play a cool new game :(
The bit where the Mom said 'he filled out the paper and everything'. And the way here seemed neuroatypical. I feel like it might've been really hard for him to fill out his character sheet. Makes me sad.
Nobody:
The kid in the video: *He stares at you with his doll like eyes and-*
(In all seriousness, the Karen in this video was beyond infuriating, never have I wanted to punch someone I have never even met before)
Sheesh, I've just wanted to write about doll like eyes, but you came first
Feel the same way bro
That brings back the memories
@@CaptainKiLL83 it brought back all the memories. All. Except. Fekar.
@@colossaltitan3546 He'll totally heal in the water because he's a fish, right???
This is why I still keep the old gods; when you ask for a "manager", you get the real deal (whether you like it or not)
🦀🦀🦀
The amount of people who s**ualy assult both PCs and NPCs in TRPGs truly should make you conserned-
If every player is fine with it - it's fine lol.
You can't dictate how others play and if everyone is on the same boat why be concerned
Yeah... weird how "rape is never okay" comments seem to be like an oasis in the desert when the protagonist of the story of the day is the one doing it...
@@Kairos_Akuma I consider there to be a definite difference between "I can't dictate it" and "It's fine". When I'm at a big family gathering and my folks leave the table, it's not "fine" that they start to discuss how only white people are truly German, how you gotta have understanding for Nazis, how human rights activits have gone too far by changing the name of their favourite candy... but I can't dictate them to talk about something else, only observe that they are horrid people.
@@EldritchMcPie There is nothing wrong with simulating rape, or any other fcked up fetish, if literarly everybody there is okay with it and wants to do it. That being said, the OP clearly wasn't on board, so this is still pretty fcked up.
@@EldritchMcPie It's not the same as being a literal nazi 🤣
"We can't play at our houses for various reasons."
"The girls stay the night at my house in my room."
Make it make sense
Or you could use your brain. There could just not be enough space in his room for a game, or not enough privacy. OP mentioned they're loud and swear a lot, so his family could take issue with that if they overheard them.
@@Draeckon right... but a game store manager is gonna be totally cool with customers acting out rape scenes in the corner loudly, with plenty of swear words...?
@@Thoron_of_Neto I've seen worse and stranger at a game store. I mean, most FLGS I've been in hosted CCG tournaments on the regular, never mind D&D, and were usually full of people playing Magic or whatever. Those get majorly foul, often as full of cussing and threats of rape and violence as your average FPS deathmatch game, and the shop owners routinely turned a blind eye.
Also, when I hear OP saying his group got pretty loud, I presume it's more in the way of several teenagers talking to and over each other, and getting progressively louder, not that their RP was necessarily loud for the sake of being loud. Not all teenagers are good at volume control, or at waiting for a moment to speak, after all.
*sees tiny crab* oMIGOSH!! It’s a babyu!! > u < he speaks in squeaks!! :o I gotta giv him food!
When the edgy, rapy, murders are the good guys; it's because there are more evil powers at play.
A semi-public rated R game feels a little weird to me, but I guess it depends on how far away from the other tables they were playing. Still a shame they didn’t get to finish the game. Hope they get another chance in the near future. Hope the kid is alright too.
It's even weirder when Op mentions that they just "head back to his room" at the end of it and like why didn't they do that to begin with?
I'm not sure which is more unbelieveable:
The idea that this supposedly happened with such utterly stupid people to harass a random Mexican or Black guy.
Or the idea that this guy has a ring of women he routinely beds and plays D&D with all in one group.
Yeaaaaaah, my doubts are high on the validity of at least parts of this story. XD
I was quite surprised it didn't end with "And everybody cheered"
@@Michaeljack81sk lol
Euh, I think it's in-game orgies. Not out of game.
If there weren't utterly stupid, they wouldn't be harassing random people like that, would they? I've gotten confused for an employee before (and I get it, we're in cali, 70% of any given walmart's staff is hispanic-looking). Reasonable people awkwardly laugh and leave. Stupid people double down.
I would have been so happy if everyone was like. “I am leaving not playing here
In fear of sounding like a boomer, they were essentially loitering and playing verbal pornography in broad daylight during a new game release date.
I mean, it sounds like the story is set in a store that wasn't all that popular, only being busy on that day BECAUSE of the new release. So on any other day, they'd be happy to just have people in the store enjoying the games that were probably bought FROM the store.
Most game stores allow people to reserve tables in order to run private games. The idea is that, just like with card games, if you provide a space for people to play, they're more likely to buy stuff from your store and, even if they don't, having an active store attracts more customers. In fact, every MtG launch event I've attended has had at least one private dnd game running in the other room while the launch event filled the tables in the main room. It's a sign of a healthy store.
It sounds like there was a miscommunication, where either the old owner didn't make the new owner aware of pre-existing reservations, or maybe the group just assumed that their old recurring reservation was still good. I'm assuming the former, because, from the sounds of it, the new owner didn't even have a DM lined up to run that table; He just mistakenly assumed that anyone running dnd at the store worked for him. If he did have someone lined up to run at every table, then they wouldn't have been able to plop down and claim the table. Some employee would've gone to setup there, or already been setup there when they arrived.
As for whether or not the group should be covering sex acts with their roleplay, well, again, it was a private game, and they claimed an isolated table, so no one has to listen to them who would be uncomfortable with their actions. Also we don't actually know how explicit they were being. If it was just, "We bang everyone in the camp, and then get ready to disembowl some orcs!" then fine. If it was, "And then he slides his hot, glistening member inside her tight....." etc etc, then, sure, that's not appropriate for a public location.
Ah so I am being a boomer lol. Fair enough folks.
@@CatacombD I think it was equal parts miscommunication and also the group having always laid claim to the one table that wouldn't be used for a big Adventure League-style group for an event. OP calls it out as being trashy, starting to come apart in places, and with barely enough room to seat the four of them (with basically no leg room, implying that it was narrow *and* short), in comparison to the larger, nicer tables that occupied the majority of the gaming floor. It's why their group always used it: because nobody else really wanted to grab it.
And at the 4e launch event, most people would either be people who'd played 3.5e, and were coming to sample the new game, or newbies coming to sample the new game, who would probably be able to tell that the books on OP's table weren't the new ones, since 3.5e and 4e books are super-different at a glance. So they again would've been ignored as "not what we're doing today," by anyone except this possibly neurodivergent kid who just saw an open seat at the table, and his Karen mother who didn't know what any of this was really about anyway.
Love the COMPASS OF JUDGEMENT! Great addition to your channel!
Karen D&D stories are something you’d THINK would be more rare than they are. But if crit crab has taught me anything, there’s a surprising amount of them ruining good things for everyone as usual. This is an especially interesting one. I love the angle of: “I’m gonna talk to the manager”
“I don’t work here!!!!”
“Not anymore you don’t!”
Wh-WHAT?!??🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣
Nice compass.
(please feed Shell, they are a good crab)
Knowing that crabs eat their young, I fear for Shell.
So he knew all his gaming buddies in high school "in the biblical sense? So the orgies were out of character as well as in character?
Can I point out how terrible it is to be in a store where you are:
A) Roleplaying an R rated orgy in public
B ) Taking up a valuable table on one of the biggest releases of the year, especially without the owners permission?
To each their own if the group agrees to it, but the fact the "hero" group in this story all commit rape in-game is disturbing.
OP said it was an Evil-aligned game. Adventurers, yeah. "Heroes" not so much.
I just personally think there are lines that shouldn’t be crossed, that being one of them...
@@zinger73 ^This.
And for the record, I don't buy into the bs of people that claim their PC's commit assault for story reasons. "Oh, no, I'm totally not living out a sick fantasy or anything, this is super important to the plot, you guys!" Especially, but not limited to, people that brag about doing it while RP'ing a "Good Luck Orgy".
I really don't understand people that don't think it's appropriare if literarly everybody at the table wants to do it.
This game is ultimately about fun. If their idea of fun is to molest a bunch of imaginary people to get their rocks off, sure, go for it. As long as nobody is unwillingly trapped living through another person's creepy imaginary sexcapades, it's okay.
@@filipferencak2717 yeah if I’m dming a campaign where the characters are evil (and if everyone was ok with it ie not having any traumatic memories that could be brought up if it’s included and ok with it being implied) then I see no problem with it
i respect the dude who didnt let a kid in on a orgie filled DnD Game and not backing down despite being confroted by karen and dude bro guy.
On another edition of: IT NEVER HAPPENED
Oh, like you've never been assaulted in the middle of your finale, tossed out by the store owner for running a private game, and had a consolation menage a trois. Puh-leez, happens to me like every other session.
@@Dream0Asylum Not to mention he had to allude twice to how he was fine with player characters commiting sexual assault.
The story is odd. I find it difficult to believe the new manager was trying to fire a DM running a private game. Also hard to believe people are playing R rated games at local game store. Especially when playing in an open area.
Yeah, the requirement of believing the store owner/manager couldn't comprehend a private game, and "I don't work here, strains my credulity to maximum level
All lgs i’ve been to have employee numbers you can count on one hand, hard to believe an owner wouldn’t recognize one of their own.
The guy explained it he was actually a new owner and took over a business he had no idea what it really entails.
@@Chris-jk6wd Even new owners know all their employees that's kind of a day 1 one thing
@@CarburetorThompson Every new owners are expected to have names but that doesn't mean they got a chance to meet everyone in person yet. We don't live in a age where every owner/manager are competent in their roles.
Absolutely love your channel, found it a few month ago and I've binged every video!
Thanks! Glad you like them!
I remember joyfully the days before I knew about Craig, questionable airship bonding practices, and “That’s no island ...”
@@briangronberg6507 honestly, I thought id meet a few 'Craig's' in my time but.... Clearly there was an ultimate Craig out there I am glad to have never encountered
:...Or you're Fired!"
"Okay where's my final paycheck?"
Might as well get paid for your trouble.
I gotta put a big X to doubt for this story.
And even if true, who plays R games in public?
Evidently, MANY people. Because controlling the volume when people are nearby is a thing... And of course not seating next to the nearest family.
The squeaking from "shell" made my dogs lose it lol. They are currently on the hunt for a toy that isn't real
This story feels massively embellished. I'd believe the skeleton of the story, but it's full body doesn't seem plausible.
25 years ago I went to a game shop that was running a Ravenloft game, one of the monsters was a six year old little girl that attack people a strait razor and feed them alive to rats. A woman that tried to butt into our game left with her son and came back with the police. One cop real was an azz hole about it, even after the shop owner .. order .. him to leave.
I was thinking the same thing while watching,
"No I don't work here"
Karen starts shrieking
I'm sure it was heated on both sides
What was your first clue? A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies? Or the fact that he had been playing this campaign for a length of time, but seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left? Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen? or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)? Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament and not letting private games take place in house that night, especially since it was a "rated R" game and the tournament seemed to be for all ages (so PG at best)? Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?
I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline.
@@TheMagicman1971 "A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies?" Ingame orgies, not real ones, holy shit people read the stories before you bitch.
"Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen?" Now i'm pretty certain that i didnt see that part to the story, however: It's more likely it would've been for his friends, not the "karen". Along the lines of said "i'm moving soon".
"or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)?"
not unreasonable for someone who JUST took the reins not long ago, honestly. Customer says an employee's acting up? You assume they're right.
"Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament"
Except he did explain, to quote: "I said no, I was running a private 3.5e with my friends."
"Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?"
Idunno, the Karen seemed to be the focus, as that's what RUINED it. Unless you're saying he shouldnt talk about the plot period? He gave a summary of it, background, and info about the moving, and got to the meetup for the session, stated player 4 was late, and the karen shit starts, and after it's over as an edit sums up how the ending WOULD have gone...
Please fucking read.
"I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline."
Now you're just making blatant assumptions, despite the fact that he did state there were multiple routes they could take for the ending of the session alone, depending on how they acted, it's "railroading"...
Not sure how orgy = railroading either, unless you mean the supposed luck? Even though that's still a semi-common thing even without an Orgy. Such as a guy slamming back an entire fucking bottle and getting wasted, and getting the most disgustingly lucky rolls you've ever seen or such...
tl;dr, your argument is kinda bullshit and shows you havent read the story for shit, and more have an axe to grind than any valid points considering it takes zero effort to counter them all...
@@TheMagicman1971 "all girls that constantly had orgies?" this might be hard to believe but alot of females are actually openly sexual and very sexual at that. especially nerdy females.
"seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left" some poeple have terrible memories especially with like add/adhd with the out of sight out of mind thing. if it doesn't come up while it's in front of you chances are you'll forget for months.
"the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament" some people buy into nerd culture just because they see how much money is in it for them. they have 0 idea what's going on in the process which is likely.
..however, just before OP left for Coolest People In The World University, they stopped off at the store again, pulling a sick 720 jump through the door and landing on one of the tables in the middle. Jock owner comes out, only to be met by a flurry of D20s thrown at his feet. He immediately falls over and knocks himself out, flattening Karen who's also there as well. "Nothing personnel kid." Said OP, before Naruto running to the university in around 30 minutes. Everyone at Coolest People In The World University agreed that OP was The Coolest from day one, and as a reward could have sexy times with all the ladies and all the Jock guys are banned from campus even though the girls at Coolest People In The World University don't like them anyway.
I want to be on the dm’s side, but honestly I get the impression from the way he tells the story that he did NOT handle this well at all.
This story has everything! A talented and ambitious young POC on the verge of leaving "corn country" for the big city going toe to toe with a racist Karen and a clueless manlet Chad. In the end they didn't even ruin the game because one of the players canceled so it wouldn't have happened anyway! And he just went home and had a threesome all night with his teenage female friends!
The only part it's missing is everyone clapping while the OP strides out of the door while the Chad realizes his mistake too late and begs for OP to stay. That might have been too on the nose though.
I've had so many great times playing games like dungeons and whatever, Vampire: the mask hidey thing, and Call of the big tentacle dude
If you like those, you should try Trailseeker, BattleSledge and Fight Machines!
(Pathfinder, Warhammer and BattleTech, respectively. I have little confidence in my joke. Lol)
Im hoping i can be a source of a good happy story for critcrab some day
So uh, why didn't the owner (or other employees) know OP was holding games there? I think I'd try to clear it before starting.
Also, taking up space while an event going on doesn't seem like a great idea to begin with.
From the sound of it, the employees were tied up running the tables, and probably knew the group and had of course left them to their business knowing they were going to use the back table no one else used. The owner was new and probably didn't know these teens were just regular patrons because it sounds like they'd missed a few sessions while OP was prepping to head to uni, so they weren't aware of/present for the change in ownership any more than the new owner was aware of his store's regular patronage. Heck, sounds like the new owner probably thought that D&D was only ever played in big events like this, rather than in a casual capacity, so it's unsurprising that he didn't expect anything but people coming for this launch event.
As for "taking up space while an event was going on," it sounds pretty damn unlikely that this table would've been used for the event. It was pointed out to be kinda falling apart, and only big enough to seat a group of 4, which is basically useless at a big event like that where you'd want to be able to seat large groups in order to be able to run as many people through a module as possible. 4e modules in particular are mechanically scaled for a minimum 5 players, so you'd need a table that seats 6, at the very least, to run one.
Why wouldn't the new owner have meet with the staff beforehand and know that the DM wasn't an employee? Either way the kid having to be forced through such a distressing situation due to his mom is such a bummer and hopefully they're doing well now.
Roleplaying sex in public spaces is pretty gross (esp. nonconsensual stuff). Group probs should have been kicked out long before Karen got involved.
Except, reminder, it was in a corner, and many others in the comments have also stated they've done it, and that they usually hush down if anyone's close enough to overhear...
Of course with larger buildings there's the back rooms for said sessions.
@@beepbop4368 So you've never had a quiet conversation in public that's been something you wouldnt be comfortable telling a stranger to their face? Especially when you *intentionally* put distance away from everyone else to prevent any accidental overhearings?
I have a few ideas & tips on how to avoid any future events like this/ actions that could have been taken to avoid the outcome that happened.
If someone takes a seat at your table uninvited and unwanted, tell them that "that seat is taken, John just went to use the bathroom" or a similar line. Filling any empty seats up with bags also helps.
If you are ever in a situation where a karen or kyle trys to force themselves/ their kids into something, assert yourself. Speak up, tell them that they can't force you to do anything and that they should mind their own darn business.
And then everyone clapped
Good to know you're giving work to those who need it, poor Shell wouldn't be able to live such a lovely life full of freedom if he didn't have his job in the Storymines.
I've never been this early before this is awesome
Yeah!
@@CritCrab and a reply from critcrab himself??? This must be my lucky day!! I love your videos man keep up the good work😊
This was an Interesting story. But honestly things feel too convenient to be true. Maybe parts are. But a lot of it feels exaggerated or made up.
Wait a minute... they couldn't play at anybody's place for one reason or another so they were forced to play at the store...but they ended up staying in OP's room and talking all night long. Soooo...why couldn't they have been running their game there? they had all of their stuff.
Because this completely fabricated story needed an antagonist.
That Karen really makes me angry. The entire ordeal could have been avoided by her just talking to people like normal humans do. Instead she technically assaulted that DM, made racist remarks towards him and got him thrown out of that games store for no real reason while at the same time causing all kinds of psychological trauma to her neuroatypical kid and making sure the kid could still not play the game. GREAT JOB, MAM!
😍 *Grabs and hugs tiny crabbies!!* Love you Critty!!
The clarification was made at 5:32 through 6:10 that the orgies were not between the players, only the characters due to the uncanny luck it seemed to bring everybody's rolls. Just an in-game ritual. Just saw some people say they could d&d at home if they had the space for orgies and noticed it didn't hold up as an argument.
Oh my God, Shell is adorable!
everyone send shell a dorrito chip ;_;
Yeah - I don't think this story really happened.
I love your channel, keep up the good work
Thank you so much!
Really like the compass idea! So happy to see you growing.
I empathize with the mother, who probably has to fight to make sure her kid is included in activities, but at the same time I can't understand people fighting so hard for something when they're so clearly in the wrong.
Lol I think there was a little bit of "creative re-interpretation" going on in this story.
Probably got kicked out for running a rape game in a public store
If only he could see the future to see that 4th Crashed and Burned
I can't be the only one who thinks this sounds way to fake
Tbh after listening to this while story I'm pretty convinced op made up the entire thing.
why's that?
@@thegreydragonangel2836 Things that seemed odd to me is that the Karen came over to their table instantly angry that they wouldn't let her kid play, even though her kid never went to tell her that there was a problem. She could've overheard what was happening but since the OP describes the shop as being the busiest it's ever been that seems unlikely, and if she was standing close enough to hear I would've thought that the OP would've noticed her and questioned why a woman was watching them. And then another thing that was weird was that Chad didn't know that the OP didn't work for him. I mean sure, he was new, but game stores aren't that big normally so it's not like he would've had to memorize dozens of employees. Of course he could've just been an idiot, but it's just fishy. And then there were lots of little things that weren't really "damning" but were still just odd, such as the OP being really close to his friends, but they didn't know that he was moving across the country? While none of this stuff proves that the story is fake, it makes it seem unlikely to me.
@@oatmeal4brkfst ahhh, okay Thanks dude :)
@@thegreydragonangel2836 The party was at least half female, the OP was tall, well-liked, and was supposedly sexually active with his players on an implied frequent basis, and just got his other-side-of-the-cointry college acceptance letter, yet none of them could find a private place to play. Furthermore, there was never any issue with them including sexual violence in their game in a public space in the store until then, and he was planning to wrap that up _while_ the store was packed with a bunch of new players and kids during a big event.
While Karens certainly exist, the depiction of the woman and new owner (who was unfamiliar with all of his employees or how to even verify in a _game_ store, which usually have a very small staff size) is highly dubious in light of all of the former. The store was simultaneously sufficiently organized to rum a big launch event with a lot of employees active running games (which would be both a freakishly large staff size for a gaming store, let alone in Smallville, and expensive to run that many employees at once) under the new management, yet not organized enough for the new manager to even verify whether someone was an employee?
Most of that setup was not even relevant (or at least far more detailed than necessary) to the horror story. This whole thing is overflowing with unnecessary self-aggrandizement, sketchy circumstances, and completely sets up the OP as a Gary Stue.
@@nevisysbryd7450 thx
gonna be honest this sounds a lot like r/thathappened, with the OP having a group of friends since kindergarten that they knew in a biblically. Along with a game shop that allowed them to have a R rated campaign is frankly unlikely as is was the Chad New owner. this story seems completely made up
I think what makes this sound super fake to me isn't that the Chad owner didn't know how DnD works but that this guy would automatically align with one non-paying customer versus three paying ones. Like even if he thought op was an employee that's still two paying customers that he kicked out for nothing.
This is definitely made up
Crit Crib lore being expanded right here.
On a more serious note, it always seems to me that kids with some kind of mental or neuro disorder often seem to have mothers who are unnecessarily protective and aggressive. While you can chalk it up to stress and constant pressures of having to look after them (my brother has severe mental disabilities, and my mum is very similar in many ways), I still find it completely unacceptable to act like that. The kid was clearly scared by it. I also feel bad for the DM, alway sucks not being able to wrap up a fun campaign, and having an important moment like that ruined just makes it worse.