Quote from: ArrozConLeche;983443I can see how someone with their own issues might mistake this about being tough...

Your issue is about appearing tough. Not being tough.

QuoteYour girlfriend is uncomfortable around a guy who got belligerent with her over a game (I assume?). Seems pretty obvious to me that you don't put your gf in an uncomfortable situation over a damn elf game.

Putting her in an uncomfortable situation? Over react much? He's not throwing her out of the car in a bad part of town or leaving her alone and passed out at a frat party.

She's his girlfriend. The other guy is a friend to both of them. So they are both his friends. All three of these friends are playing an elf game. If the GM's girlfriend isn't an immature drama queen and their friend isn't a total asshole the two ought to be able to resolve their disagreement over an elf game like two people who might one day grow up to be adults.

Or not.

If not, that's good to know now and should inform decisions about who he spends time with in the future. Because immature folks who have tantrums about an elf game are certain to immaturely have tantrums about other things that matter a whole lot more in life.

Quote from: Bren;983463Your issue is about appearing tough. Not being tough.

The only person talking about toughness is you.  One of your many issues is that you're projecting. The other one is that you might lack basic social awareness.

QuotePutting her in an uncomfortable situation? Over react much?

This OP exists exactly because it isn't an uncomfortable situation. :rolleyes:

Quote from: Bren;983395I'm always amused when people talk tough on a forum about playing elf games.

Tough talk is what the Internet was invented for. Aside from porn distribution.

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;983473The other one is that you might lack basic social awareness.

Your projection of your own flaws onto others just doesn't stop does it?

QuoteThis OP exists exactly because it isn't an uncomfortable situation.

Make up your mind. Is the situation uncomfortable or isn't it?

Quote from: Dumarest;983474Tough talk is what the Internet was invented for. Aside from porn distribution.

In this thread we seem to be missing the more money making of the two. I suppose we should be thankful for small favors.

Take a break and let tempers cool. It would suck for anyone to lose friendships over an elfgame.

Shit sock beatings are still an option. Just saying...

QuoteMake up your mind. Is the situation uncomfortable or isn't it?

The fact that you read that literally just proves my point. Next time I'll double the amount of emoticons so you don't miss the cues.

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;983493The fact that you read that literally just proves my point. Next time I'll double the amount of emoticons so you don't miss the cues.

Gamers are often uncomfortable with how to handle any level of conflict among their friends. That some geeks are uncomfortable doesn't make the discomfort reasonable. There's a reason its one of the geek fallacies. The OP may be an example of that. You certainly are an example of geek fallacies.

Quote from: Opaopajr;983484Shit sock beatings are still an option. Just saying...

I hear you. It's still the second best answer category in the thread.

Quote from: ArrozConLeche;983371Dude offended your girlfriend...in front of you...and you're trying to be all King Solomon about it.

Yeah, I was gonna say...

A friend who disses his friend's significant other, especially over a game, doesn't sound like much of a friend to me. (Thems just shitty manners).

Quote from: cranebump;983545Yeah, I was gonna say...

Careful with that tough guy stuff...someone  may get triggered...

Quote from: Dumarest;983547Careful with that tough guy stuff...someone  may get triggered...

Heh. Well, not so much tough guy. I just figure if I have a friend, and they're involved with someone, it might be, I dunno, just an expectation that I might treat them with respect because I want to be a good friend.  A tough guy would pick a fight, I think? I'd just ask the douche to leave.

Quote from: cranebump;983550Heh. Well, not so much tough guy. I just figure if I have a friend, and they're involved with someone, it might be, I dunno, just an expectation that I might treat them with respect because I want to be a good friend.  A tough guy would pick a fight, I think? I'd just ask the douche to leave.

Well, we're all tough on the internet, right? So the correct response is to brag about this loser who acted up in an elf dispute and how you kicked his ass until his nose bled. And then you measured each other's genitals and yours was bigger. Whether it actually happened is beside the point.

Quote from: Dumarest;983553...kicked his ass until his nose bled. And then you measured each other's genitals and yours was bigger.

Well, of course, all of that is true.:-)

Yours truly,
Chuck Norris

Quote from: cranebump;983545Yeah, I was gonna say...

A friend who disses his friend's significant other, especially over a game, doesn't sound like much of a friend to me. (Thems just shitty manners).

Okay I'm not the only one.