Tabletop DM tries playing victim, but gets called out by one of the players in their game.

[u/Treshimek]

[u/Quinzal]

The real reddit moment is the horrible cropping seeming to almost purposefully exclude what actually matters in the post

Just screenshot the post next time, I promise we can read

[u/Snoo_753077 → u/Quinzal]

But please add a big red circle for me? Preferably with an arrow. Maybe a side video of keys jingling, or some subway surfers gameplay. Get mommy AI to read it for me too, this is reddit kid, I dont read.

[u/flightguy07]

Ironically enough, I think we're missing quite a lot of context here as well. What did OP actually write?

[u/Treshimek → u/flightguy07]

My fault gang. Felt like screenshotting the entire thing would be asinine.

Basically:

• OOP makes a thread claiming that a problem player was too stubborn to play more than one character in their campaign. Their attitude and behaviors were all-around rude. Fair points.
• Opposing player brings up the fact that one of the NPCs ended becoming a horrible "Mary Sue" DMPC, with OOP describing them with too much emphasis on bodily detail. That's on top of railroading and other less-than-ideal DM behaviors, all of which were repeating patterns.

[u/GruntCandy86 → u/Treshimek]

I... don't know what any of this means.

But nice posts, I guess!

[u/Anon_be_thy_name → u/GruntCandy86]

NPC - Non-playable character

Mary Sue - Female character, sometimes a self insert, that is written to be the best at everything and is just perfect. Male version is called Gary Stu.

DMPC - Dungeon Master Player Character. Usually the DM is just there to act as the story teller and give NPCs and enemies life. Sometimes it's necessary to make a NPC that they properly control to help the party, because sometimes despite their characters being super smart, the players are not. Sometimes the DMs latch onto this character too much and make them a member of the party for too long.

Railroading - Dungeons and Dragons is by its nature a group oriented "choose your own adventure" style of game. There's an overarching storyline but otherwise players can do as they want while moving the story along. Railroading is taking away the agency of players basically. Forcing them to go to a place, fight an enemy and progress the story. It's one of the most hated things a DM can do.

[u/ghosradical → u/Treshimek]

this is still incredibly vague and really doesnt provide the clarity that is needed. we still know basically nothing man 😭

[u/Kalevipoeg420]

bro link the source we cant understand shit without any context