..g'won...

Also I just noticed that there actually is already a thread for that guy stories.

My bad, people.

>>15719912

I'm pretty sure that's where the story ends, mate.

Because if not, the OP must have suffered a brain aneurysm.

Jesus Christ how horrifying

But I do like the thought of a race of Skunk Men with olfactory powers. I'd love to flesh that out into something not terrible

>>15719922
I know, I'm not even against furries. I've run a game before that had three or four homebrew 'beastmen' races in it. Each had appropriate level adjustment/etc.

This character had two class levels in a class they literally made up for themselves and had no level adjustment for a race with three at will racials.

It also had +3 Charisma. But -1 dexterity to 'balance it out.'

>>15719912
Not sure what more to say. We played one session. The one stipulation I had given them for their characters was that they'd need to come up with a reason why their characters were on a ship sailing for the 'new world.'

His? 'Sandy is sailing to the new world to take her place is regional ruler over the colony of anthros that invaded and conquered that land.'

>>15719942
See, that's weird. I don't understand how people can justify this. Skunks STINK. People stay away from skunks because they're foul animals. This has got to be one charming motherfucking race if every single one of them gets +3 charisma. Hell, I'd call a -3 because hurrlogic.

>>15719942

Tell us of this class.

>>15719972
I don't really recall the specifics of the at-will powers, partially because it wasn't specific whether they were actually for the race or the homebrew class. 'Olphactomancer.'

But basically, one gave her a +5 on any charisma skill checks (diplomacy, bluff, etc) due to her being able to 'manipulate the emotions of lesser beings through scent control.' Lesser beings were specified as 'any non-skunk or non-feline anthro.'

The second one was basically turn undead, but for anything that could smell. I remember that it was named 'Spray.'

And lastly, my favorite, 'Mark Property.'

Guess what it did.

>>15719999
...

Okay.

This thread is officially too much for me. Good luck.

>>15719907
>And lastly, my favorite, 'Mark Property.'
>Guess what it did.

Oh god

>4e
>level 2
>triple digit hit points
I smell bullshit. That's my at-will power.

>>15719999
Before I go, allow me to leave you with this image

>Party is discussing a matter of some import with their Captain
>Captain is being a hard ass, no one can convince him otherwise.
>"IT'S OKAY GUYS, I GOT THIS"
>She bends over and spreads her butthole
>The captain is sprayed with a sickly sweet liquid. He is now giddy and eager to please.

>>15720022
It wasn't actually 4e. It was a mostly rules-light 3.5. My group knows that I'm more likely to say, 'Nah, fuck that, roll ____ instead.' for something. I can run full on, by the books 3.5, but people usually have more fun my way. Or so I'm told. The game is usually an excuse to get together and have a few shots and just unwind anyway.

The triple digit hit points, by the way, came from hit point bonuses from each and every piece of gear. It was all enchanted. Cuz the skunk was a princess.

>Guy says he wants to make the party face
>No problem right? Just roll a rogue with high int or something...
>He wants to make the party face that is useless in combat, convinces DM to let him use some custom class, something like low bab, no weapon proficiencies, etc
>Okay, no problem, at least he will be awesome in social situations and his backstory seems interesting...
>First social situation, party needs to gather info, expect party face guy to take the lead
>"My character chooses to spend the entire time flirting with the barmaid."
>What?
>"Yea i changed my mind, in the end i wanted to make a character that was as useless as possible. Btw shes also a lesbian."

>>15719999
>And lastly, my favorite, 'Mark Property.'

Please say it involved a realty agent...

Also, your quads demand you continue with your horror stories.

>>15719999
It's like a train wreck. It's horrible, but I can't look away.

>>15720023

>>15720035
Oh, so it's a freeform with dice. Then every possible bullshit is expected, you shouldn't be surprised or shocked.

>>15720067
Ideally, no, but the sheer DEGREE of derp here manages to do it anyway.

>>15720035
See, that's when you grab their sheet and start crossing things out. If they bitch, remind them that everyone else built there character using a set of rules and he shouldn't be able to backstory his way out of the rules.

That said, your friend, the one who invited him. I'd start to wonder about him too. He's friends with the blatant furry, and is likely already tainted.

>>15720039
>>15720046

Little else to say about the character, specifically. I'm about 80% positive that the guy was faking most of his rolls because he was using a dice roller on his iphone. I'm pretty sure he just rolled over and over until he got something sufficiently high, and then kept that on his phone until he actually needed to roll, then would act like he had just rolled it. He would then show everyone what he 'rolled.'

Also, he did bring snacks. A family sized bag of cheetos and two 32 OZ Monster energy drinks. I didn't bust out the miniatures for this one, specifically because I saw him come in with the bag of cheetos. I have 300+ miniatures, dungeons tiles, set pieces, etc, all kinds of tools of the trade. Nobody asked where they were or why I didn't bring them out, because after about fifteen minutes after the session had begun, before everybody's initial roleplaying mumbo jumbo was finished, his sheet was smathered in cheese prints.

I had to specifically tell him that using a coaster was a request, not a suggestion. His response? "It's a can though."

>>15720023

>>15720067
Not really freeform. I actually do stat the enemies, you probably wouldn't be able to tell it was anything but normal 3.5. I just won't go digging through books in order to find the absolute specifics on the density of obscuring mist and whether or not one could reasonably use it to weigh down a swarm of moths.

>>15720080
>He's...likely already tainted.

You play DH don't you?

>>15720023

Are you sure this guy isn't just master troll?

>>15720080
I dunno. Afterwards he apologized up and down. He still games with that guy, apparently, they've been friends since elementary school. Maybe he knew this guy was a furry, maybe he didn't. But I don't think he expected this. He told me that the guy had said he was making a rogue.

Also, the friend that had invited Skunk Princess didn't even opt to play a beastman in the one game I did that involved them. He almost always plays humans. Sometimes a dwarf.

>>15720117
No dear, that's just how skunks work. That's exactly how you would describe a skunk using its olf.. olafac... smelly powers.

>>15720087
>furry
>game-breaker
>eats messy cheetos
>doesn't share snacks
>fetishistic

Jesus, what did he look like? How impressively filthy was his neckbeard?

>>15720117
As funny/morbid as that would have been, nothing like that happened in the game.

And I'm pretty sure the guy wasn't trolling, I honestly think he believed that this was all entirely acceptable.

Not just the furry shit, cuz as I've said I could care less about that stuff if it isn't interfering with the game in any way. But he either was serious about thinking his marysue class was balanced or just thought we were retarded.

>>15720087
>using coasters

Seriously? Do you have some unsealed teak tables or something?

Because I have news for you on the necessity of coasters on varnished/lacquered/cheapass chipboard tables.

Seriously though, unless you have 1000 dollar unprotected wood tables (enjoy having children), coasters are pretentious. Wipe that shit down with a damp cloth afterwards and you're good to go.

>>15720100
But can you do that with it?

Seriously, though, that guy is awful. I don't even play D&D but spreading shit all over someone's house, especially the first time you meet said person, is retarded beyond belief. I'm casual about that shit at my house because hey, I'm the one stuck in a pile of shit if I don't clean it (which I do), but if I visit someone else it's napkins and coasters all up in this bitch. Don't spread shit all over other people's houses, that shit is NOT cool.

>>15720135
No neckbeard at all. Picture a 19 year old fellow that's probably 10 lbs underweight. Black, greasy hair coming down to his shoulders. Slightly pimply skin. Smells like cat piss (or meth, but probably cat piss), laughs too loud and too often, and says 'BOOYAH' when he 'rolls.'

>>15720154
>he thinks everyone has kids and/or furniture bought at IKEA
>laughingwhores.jpg

It's true that coasters aren't necessary in many places but it's about common courtesy, yo.

Her claws are magic missiles?
Have that deal 10d4+10 damage every round until she can cut off her fingers.

>>15720170
>it's about common courtesy

I agree, but don't expect people to come back.

Ever had to sit on a couch wrapped in plastic so that "we wouldn't damage the upholstery"?

I bet you wouldn't do it twice.

>>15720154
That's how I've felt about any table I've ever owned. This is a pool table though. Like, for billiards, or whatever you may call it. Handed down to me by my grandfather who bought it overseas when he was in the army and had it shipped over here afterwards. Men that he told me stories about played on this table days before they died. It's not pristine, by any means, but I want it to last, and right now I don't have room for it AND my shitty wal-mart table.

Otherwise, fuck it, I wouldn't even have coasters.

>>15720157
I allowed it, the one time a guy wanted to do it. It ended up working.

>>15720154
>Hey I'm just putting lots of rings of sugary drink on your table you don't mind having to clean this up later do you? What, use a coaster? You are a fucking shit host let me just put my drink anywhere goddam I am so entitled to do this you pretentious faggot.

>>15720179
>playing on an antique pool table
>rolling dice, grabbing dice, scratching it with your nails while grabbing dice
>general wear and tear from use other than perfectly smooth balls
>bitching about coasters

I think you need to pick your battles. Disassemble your pool table, put it in your storage space draped in a few sheets, and bust out your walmart table until you have space for both.

>>15720172
Putting your drink on a piece of wood/leather on a table means you won't go to someones house?

>>15720187
>5 second wipe witha damp cloth after everyone goes home
>acting like a faggot about having to do this, at least 20 seconds

It's part of being a host to expect some level of mess to clean up. Wiping down a table is not fucking hard, time consuming or unpleasant.

>>15720112
Shockingly, I'm not really that into Warhammer.

OP sounds like a nice guy
>I don't want a stranger in my house
Damn right.
>generally speaking, they 'don't know' that it's polite to bring along a snack
Some sympathy for them there, maybe their friend will share his
>or something to drink
Again maybe his friend can share.
>at least a few bucks to chip in for pizza.
For sure

>The friend's friend has brought a level 2 homebrew-class anthropomorphic skunk girl with high-end triple digit hit points, three different scent-oriented at will powers, damage reduction, and +1 "mythril claws of magic missile."
Yeah no. No way.

>She also happened to be the princess of a nation of anthropomorphic animal people, of which she was the only skunk in her family, and they were, quote, 'Considered to be the nation where all life began.'
JESUS CHRIST HOW HORRIFYING!

This is hopefully where OP went "I'm sorry bro you have to leave."

>>15720188
Do you realise how rude and stupid and stuck up you sound? you're at the hosts house, using a coaster isn't going to cost you any effort.

>>15720188
Dice are rolled on the tiles/dry erase board/closed books/etc. Rarely, if ever, rolled on the table itself. I'd say it's in pretty good shape, if not the same as the day I bought. Never had a problem with scratching anything with my nails when picking up dice, though. But I sure as hell wouldn't let a beverage or a bag of cheetos near the table.

>>15720196
Someone being the sort of person who doesn't actually live on their furniture bothers me. When they extend the same rules to me, it bothers me more.

As mentioned, putting in the effort to grab a cloth and go *wipe, wipe* is part of being a host. If you want to play D&D but don't want to do any cleaning, go to someone else's house, don't force arbitrary rules on them at yours.

>>15720199
>I don't want to use a coaster at your house, clean your table after I'm done! HAHAHA!

>>15719999
>Read beyond first post
>Must be more stories here
>Nope OP is telling us more
>Read this post

JESUS CHRIST HOW TOTALLY HORRIFYING
OP YOU MUST HAVE NERVES OF STEEL

>>15720212
>I value my furniture more than your presence
>leave me so that I can get back to watching dust settle on my precious possessions
>fucking filthy scrubs actually trying to USE you, my precious

>>15720210
>As mentioned, putting in the effort to grab a cloth and go *wipe, wipe* is part of being a host.
Sure it is. And part of being a guest means respecting the hosts shit, using a coaster is just respectful.

>>15720210
Sounds like you might be one of "those guys". Seriously, using a coaster is not a big deal. It is their house, don't tell them how they should run things in it. If they want people to use coasters they have every right to expect this of them because its THEIR house.

>>15720222
respectful, but annoying. Like having to bow to his personal shrine to Shadowsun or something.

>>15720219
>I'm entitled to use anything in your house the way I want or you are a terrible and stuck up host. What is your problem I'm a great guest telling you how you should let me use your furniture. Respect your wishes to keep the table clean because dried on sugary drinks are a bitch to clean?

>>15720231
>Putting my drink on a drink mat is like having to prostrate yourself before a shrine
Is this what you really believe?

>>15720219
>I value my furniture more than your presence
Yeah, I think most people would value their furniture more then your presence.

>>15720223
Again, if you have legit valuable furniture, then I don't mind using a coaster.

If you have garage sale furniture, I'm going to feel awkward about having to go the extra mile, and would rather just game somewhere else.

>>15720219
Look, fellas, anybody that knows me know I -really- do not care. But this is something personal to me. Something I -can't- take an alcohol swab or a bottle of windex and paper towel to. On the wood, sure, I could do that, but it's old. As hell. And the green isn't made of plastic, that shit's going to soak up a spill.

Like, really, I don't ask people to take off their shoes, I don't ask em to keep their feet off the coffee table, I don't ask em to stand a block away and smoke.

Just please, man. Use the coasters on my grandpa's table. It's already on the table. It's right there.

Anyway, I gotta go for about two hours. If this thread is still kicking when I get back, I'll tell you about some of my other horrifying experiences while gaming. Including DM fetishes (not mine), and the guy who put a cigarette out in someone's arm.

>>15720231
How is it annoying? It takes less effort just to place your drink on a fucking coaster than to clean up the mess after. If you're so annoyed at being respectful to others, maybe you shouldn't game with them.

>>15720232
>sugary drinks spills are hard to clean

Let me tell you about something called water...

Annnd now
ITT: /tg/ Discusses whether we should respect peoples property by using coasters when asked.

>And one guy trolls us all.

>>15720243
>don't take off your shoes
>but use coasters

God damn, do you have your priorities backwards. If your house is so dirty that people would feel uncomfortable taking off their shoes, you have bigger worries than some sugar on the wood.

Jesus Christ it's just a coaster! This tiny piece of what-the-fuck-ever that you put drinks on! Up to this day I had no idea people could create so much drama over that stuff!

>>15720241
>I'm going to feel awkward about having to go the extra mile
...about putting my cup on a leather square?

>>15720229
>their house, their rules

I agree.

Stupid rules lead to a different house, with the likelihood of you being invited rather lower.

Ikea furniture does not need a fucking coaster.

It is a stupid way of saying "I'm too lazy to do a ten second tidy when you all leave, please spend your whole night being conscious of where your drinks are placed, precisely."

One asshole turns this whole thread into shit because of fucking COASTERS. I sure hope the troll is enjoying all the attention he's got.

>>15720255
Hello, you must be new here. /tg/ has the power to create endless drama over stuff that doesn't even exist. What do you think happens when people from all over the world with wildly different cultures debate cleanliness?

*Takes a drag off his cigar*

Jesus christ. All this whining about coasters? You go into a mans house, you respect the mans rules. A mans house is his castle, you don't spit in that mans face by not obeying his rules.

Is it really that fuckin' hard, guys? This table might only be a fucking 5$ walmart plastic card table, but if he asks for coasters, you god-damn use the mother-fucking coasters.

Not hard.

*Squints*

Anyone got a light?

>>15720272
>try to establish some basic etiquette for hosting games
>OMFG TROLL Y U TROLL US COMPANY NEVER LEAVES A MESS

Something tells me you've never had company. If you can't clean up afterwards, don't invite them in the first place.

>>15720254

This would be a 0/10 troll post except
>some sugar on the wood.
sounds like an awesome euphemism for somebody being gay.

>>15720280
Or, or, or.

You game somewhere else.

If you aren't in high school this isn't hard.

It wasn't so much "That guy" as it was "Those two."

I joined up with a newly formed group, and everyone was fine except this one pair of people that I want to say were a couple, but could have just been "friends."

They were, unironically, making pretty heavy use of the book of erotic fantasy. When the DM started to pipe up, the girl started to get really defensive about it saying that some of the stuff in there (some kind of dominant thing) was absolutely vital to both her and his character.

Their character were an abomination of a Sorcereress and a Cleric of "The Mistress" (using that "Belief = divine power" rule.) All interactions at the table between them were cringe worthy at best.

>>15720280
>Name fagging
>Asterisk roleplaying
God I hate summer.

>>15720282
Some mess is a given, but only cunts come around and treat the place however they want.

>>15720293

in b4 a furfag "scritches" someone.

*prepares +3 Flamer of Purging*

My mother always said, if you see someone not using a coaster on a table, they're probably a coaster...in life.

I have a shitty chipboard coffee table. I still ask my guests to use coasters. Do you know why? Condensation leaves rings, man. A nice little warped ring of chipboard, unless you clean it up quickly.

I use coasters so my crappy table lasts longer and looks nicer.

>>15720282
Or you simply get proper friends that aren't assholes.

These threads always make me wonder what beasts you must call your friends. Or why, for that matter. Don't you know decent people? When my regular group meets for a game, we go buy snacks and drinks together, where everyone pitches in, sometimes we cook together (we mostly order some pizza, though), when we make a mess, we clean it up together, everyone is incredibly chill, we rotate the hosting, so one guy doesn't have to make room at his place all the time, etc.

Just get some proper friends and all your "that guy" troubles will instantly disappear.

>>15720297
No one is saying they can shit in your tub, or put their feet on your dining room table, that's all obviously bad stuff.

Any small mess from a drink on a table is the smallest of troubles. I hate to use the word autism, because it's truly overused on 4chan, but to be okay with shoes in the house, but not some condensation on your table?

>>15720293

Keep on topic, please, and keep your furfaggotry to yourself, please.

>>15720286
>Woah, you want us to use a coaster?! I'm never gaming with you again you arrogant fuck. I know the rest of you agree with me. Right guys? ...guys? We can't put up with this oppression and tyranny. You're so fucking lazy for not wanting to clean up, now let me just put my drink anywhere I want!!!! guys why aren't you getting ready to leave too?

>>15720311
>Don't you know decent people?

To be honest? In our hobbies, they are kind of few and far between. You'll read a hundred stories of shit FLGS's, shit gaming groups and shit friends to every one "I had a good time" thread.

>>15720320
>put your drink anywhere you want

You say this in the same way you would say

>Let me fuck your wife and mother

And it's a little disturbing. Drinks are not a anti-table weapon. Believe it or not, some scientists believe tables were actually meant to have things like drinks on them.

>this thread

>>15720354
OH GOD THE HUMANITY

Now with five minutes less in paint.

>>15720327
You read
>use a coaster please bro
As
>I'm Lord Tightwad Dumbassington, don't you know that in my house peasant you should grovel at my feet and obey all my commands, for my waiters are on holiday.

Fuck, you ACTUALLY compared it to wrapping furniture.

>>15720370
It's the same damn shit.

Again, unless you have some ultra amazing furniture, then your furniture is meant to be used, and lived on.

If YOU can't handle that, then YOU have a problem and shouldn't host games in your autism bubble.

Don't make YOUR problem THEIR problem.

Posting some more gore for you.

>>15720282
Company is expected to reduce their mess in the appropriate manners.

In my house, use a coaster. I have a damn fine wooden coffee table, you best not stain it. And if I see you put your feet on it, you damn right I'm gonna be mad. That shit is valuable and sentimental.

If I gamed on that table, I'd put up the same rules.

And if you spill any messy food and drink on my floor, you help me clean it up. That's courtesy, especially if it's really hard.

Different rules apply to something like a party, but just for a few friends visiting? Try not make being a host a pain. I'm providing a place for us to game, food and drink. I'm GMing for you. In return, you can try and reduce my work.

I don't mind coasters, but, weeeeell.

The Magic of Furniture wax!

>>15720381
>I won't game at your house because you ask me to use a coaster
>because you are autistic and care about your cheap furniture more than your guests
>man I'm a fucking good guest and friend to people who let me use their house. don't they know how lucky they are to have someone like me remind them that using coasters is for autists?

Jesus christ people. How the hell can you make such a big deal about coasters? If you're a guest at a house and the host asks you to use coasters? You fucking use them. Yes, it might be anal-retentive. Yes, it might be annoying. Doesn't matter. He's afforded you the courtesy of inviting you to his house. Only a jerk would not obey his rules, especially if it's something as simple as watching where you put your drink. How is that even up to debate?

>>15720381
Furniture is meant to be used and lived on But some people want to spend less time cleaning that shit.

So you can take a second to put your drink on a coaster. It's less time that it'd take the host to clean up and they're the host. You should respect their house.

>>15720399
>people come over to my house
>I have cheap furniture
>we game all night long, just take your shoes off as you come in
Ten Hours Later
>everyone leaves happy
>I spend literally five minutes cleaning up

I don't see what your problem is with this scenario. If you can't afford to use your furniture, you can't afford your furniture.

>>15720403
I never said don't follow his rules, I said don't use his house since it obviously gives him night terrors to wipe up after everyone leaves.

Fucking lazy children ITT.

>>15720408
>Guy who tells people to take their shoes off when they come in
>Complaining about fucking COASTERS
Jesus Christ man, can you smell the irony? You do realise in public opinion this is regarded as far closer to putting plastic on your couch? It takes far more effort and makes the guests far more awkward.

And YOU complain about COASTERS?

>>15720432
...

What country do you live in? I have never seen anyone wear shoes inside their houses where I am from.

Pavement is filthy, your shoes are all over it (unless you don't go anywhere), why would you grind oil and dirt into your carpet/hardwood?

No one actually does this right? You're trolling?

>>15720408
Well first of all, some of us have nice furniture. Second of all do you have autism? Normal people do not care about coasters. They obey the host's rules. It's common courtesy, and nobody really cares.

Well, except THOSE GUYS like in OP's story.

>>15720408
>everyone comes to my house
>they put drinks on coasters
>not an issue for anyone
>new guy comes along
>You guys use coasters? How is it going SLAVES? Oh MASTER what would you have me do? Do you hate cleaning up so much?? You fucking autistic piece of shit
>No one else has this opinion or thinks using hosts coasters is a big deal
>host cleans up a the end of the night anyway, doesn't have, apporeciates guests courtesy for using coasters

You know if someone uses coasters it doesn't mean they never clean up, right? You've been using that strawman shitty argument since the beginning.

>>15720444
I've lived in the USA and the UK.

Anyone who asks you to take your shoes off inside their house is being tremendously awkward. What, you don't think we keep our shoes clean? You don't clean your floors? I respect it, and I do it when asked and I'll visit the house again because I'm not an autistic fuck.

But yes, in my experience in these two countries those kind of hosts are complained about because it is awkward.

>>15720445
>some of us have nice furniture
If you can't clean it use a tablecloth.

If it's THAT nice, you shouldn't be gaming on it.

>obey the rules his house yadda yadda

Again. Not the issue. I'm saying I wouldn't go back because he's a lazy host.

>>15720457
Oh, and Australia for like a year. But I don't think that gives me enough of a frame of reference.

>>15720457
>you think we don't keep our shoes clean?

Every step you take picks up dirt. Every, step.

No, you do not keep your god damn shoes clean.

I can understand not taking off your shoes in australia though, given what might crawl into them once off your feet.

So if I'm going to break free of the coaster tyranny, do I wipe up the spot after every person picks up their drink or what?

I mean, sure I could wipe up after everyone's gone, but after six hours of gaming and drinking the condensation would have already done its damage to the surface in question so I'm guessing it's okay to be OCD and poised with a little sani-wipe ready to pounce on the forming condensation ring instead of JUST USING A FUCKING COASTER TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE DAMAGE OR DISCOLORATION THAT MIGHT OCCUR

Are you afraid using a coaster might make you look like a faggot or something?

>>15720452
>implying I'd make a scene at someone's house

You've been using this shitty strawman argument for some time as well.

By agreeing to host a party, you are accepting a degree of cleaning will have to be done afterwards. It is your job to ensure this is done, not to enforce odd rules on your guests to do your job for you.

>>15720459
I'm sorry, asking you to take a second of your time to make me avoid taking quite a while cleaning a stubborn stain is lazy and you won't visit again? I mean I think I'd be glad, but still.

You sound like the lazy one. It takes you a second as a guest.

>>15720469
>six hours of moisture will damage my table

Where do you live, the desert? It's routinely 80% humidity where I live, and my tables all seem fine.

>>15720457
I'm pretty sure that in practically every European country except UK people don't wear shoes when indoors, except in public space. At least in Finland where I live it's not even up to question whether you'll take your shoes off when going to someone's home, unless it's an event where everyone is in formal wear.

>>15720466
>Every step you take picks up dirt
Tiny amount. Not a problem for anyone who cleans their floors regularly and thoroughly.

So yeah. In those countries? You are by far the more lazy host.

ITT: /tg/ turns into a bunch of old women argueing about cleaning

>>15720478
>it takes you a second as a guest

Every time I pick my drink up, and every time I set it down. say I do this three times an hour, which is hilariously conservative, that's 36 times over six hours. Times say, four guests, that's 144 seconds of keeping an eye on our drinks.

So, if five seconds of your time, ten on the outside chance someone was drinking sterno, is worth 144 seconds of your guests time, then by all means, never host again because you are very very bad at it.

>>15720476
>not to enforce odd rules on your guests
>like using a coaster
>already set out on the table nice and ready or in a small stack in the middle of the table

It's not like you're being asked to bring your own coaster or you can't put your drink down.

>>15720485
Actually, yes, I -do- live in the desert.

And you know what else happens with those condensation rings? They get dragged around, smudged, smeared, leaned in accidentally, and there's always some goofy fuck who drops a card, book, die, or something you don't otherwise want wet in a smear of water on the table that a fucking coaster would have kept in one place instead of dribbled dripped and run in a beaded up puddle.

Well, if anyone keeps a list of easy ways to troll /tg/ we have a new one. Coasters and/or other matters of basic etiquette.

>>15720502
Are you for fucking real?

>>15720495
>tiny amount

Again, where do you live? Does it never rain? Are there no cars dripping oil?

Your shoes are dirtier than you think.

>>15720459
He's not being lazy, it's just smart. Provide everyone with coasters so he doesn't have to clean up, or having to go around cleaning all the stains left afterwards. It's a simple choice.

ESPECIALLY if you're gaming, because your players aren't expected to move around. They're sitting there, so there coaster can be their.

If this was a party, it'd be different. But it's a gaming session.

>>15720499
I'm sure Miss Manners would be proud.

>>15720514
>go around cleaning up all the stains
>all the stains

A 24x48 inch table can be cleaned in three sweeps. This is not fucking difficult.

>>15720502
>Every time I pick my drink up, and every time I set it down.
Wat. Does the coaster get put away while your drink is lifted or something? Do you not sit in the same place? I think most people keep their drink in the same place anyway when they're not drinking it. There's no thinking involved.

>>15720512
I clean my shoes every day. I live a quite suburban life.

My shoes are good enough to be on your floors. They will leave no noticeable difference, and you'll barely be able to tell so long as you clean them regularly and thoroughly. This is what I do as a host, and I've had no problems with it.

>>15720528
Sometimes the coaster sticks to the bottom of my drink, and falls off as I drink it. Sometimes the coaster moves. Yes, there is a small level of thought in coaster use.

>>15720521
Not if it's one of those stubborn drinks that's gone sticky on the table.

>>15720530
I have white carpets. Not my choice, but there you have it.

I must commend you on your shoe cleaning regime, but you must know that hardly anyone cleans the bottom of their shoes nearly as often as you.

>>15720539
WATERWATERWATER.

Not even like that, just a damp cloth.

I have never encountered a regular liquid stain that required more than *rubrubrub*.

Seriously, are you guys drinking glucose on cork tables or something?

>>15720502
>implying it takes you any time to put it down again
What, you can't do it on auto? Most people can.

I sit down on a table, I've a coaster. Takes me a second to put my drink on the coaster.

I then reach out, drink from it, and put it back on automatic. Like a normal person.

>>15720518
I hope she is because I'm ashamed to be associated with these ocd clean freaks, jesus christ the drama that must occur if someone sneezes or coughs

Huh. I don't use coasters myself but now I kinda want to just to see people's reactions. Would they even care? Would I get death threats? Would people suddenly start avoiding my house? [-Dude, you know, I'd like to drop by but those coasters, man. Those coasters.]

>>15720542
Most people do it at least weekly or two times a week.

I realise that I do it more regularly than most. It used to be for my work but now it's just ingrained into my regime.

>>15720550
>if someone sneezes or coughs

If someone looks like they might cough or sneeze on my furniture, I ask them to step outside.

If they do it indoors once, they get a dirty look.

Twice, and I never invite them back.

>>15720545
I don't know where you're from but I treat hosts differently to you, I don't expect them to have to wipe up after me like I'm a fucking baby taking a shit in their house.

>>15720555
>Most people wash their shoes every two weeks

Man, I have some bad news for you.

Jesus fucking Christ this is some sperg-level shit. What happened to you, /tg/?

And again you faggots proved that you will argue over anything.

>>15720558
And I don't treat a host like a limbless god.

When I host, I clean, when you host, you clean.

There shouldn't be anything hard about this. If you can't do a minimum of cleaning, don't host. No one will hate you for it.

>>15720457

Removing footwear happens in the US too. In Hawaii the norm is for people to take off their shoes either outside the doorway or in the entrance alcove.

I think it sucks that I never get to use my awesome gem-quality jade coasters because we always game on the big glass table in front of the bigscreen.

Oh and to the shoe people. There's a reason US people keep a doormat out in front and why people wipe their feet before coming inside. Unless you have white carpet, nobody cares.

Muddy shoes are left on the porch though. Everybody does that without even being asked unless they're some kind of socially retarded neckbe...nevermind.

>>15720572
So basic courtesy is too much for you to handle?

Stop going on about the coasters
It's his house, if he asks you to put your drink on a coaster, then do it.
Especially if it's an antique pool table

>>15720586

I know right? It's like he never learned from his parents that you treat other people's stuff better than your stuff, not the same or less.

>>15720581
Well played

>>15720586
>basic courtesy
>I can't handle cleaning, you fuckers do it for me
>no I don't care that I invited you

>>15720576
>Hawaii
>US
I've only been around the mainland, but Hawaii always struck me as very different from what I've heard and seen on the mainland. It seems to only be American through technicality.

Should have had princess skunk gang raped by a gang of dogmen or something. And all her enchanted shit stolen.

>>15720600
Yes, he invited you. He's letting you into his house. And you can't even use a coaster when he's asking you to?

>>15720600
>doing cleaning
>implying that is how using a coaster works at all
Seriously, in my country a coaster is the norm for a guest.

The require burned of a host is to offer refreshment, conversation and to clean any mess you drop by accident. Mess that can be prevented, you prevent.

Because I, as a guest, usually like my host and want to lessen his burden in return for having me. I offer to help clean the dishes if I have had a meal there. Or help tidy up any mess I've left behind.

Because the relationship between guest and host is meant to be friendly.

>Seriously though, unless you have 1000 dollar unprotected wood tables (enjoy having children), coasters are pretentious. Wipe that shit down with a damp cloth afterwards and you're good to go.

you are that guy. someone invited you, a stranger, into their home. they made a simple request that takes no effort on your part. your response is to argue that its easier for them to go get a rag and dampen it to save you the terrible burden of using a coaster. the fact that he even has coasters should be a clue that you are wrong.

>>15720600

You still don't seem to understand the difference between a host not wanting you to clean and a host not wanting you to break their stuff.

You don't get to make the judgment about whether you damage something you don't own. You honor the hosts judgement.

>>15720626
Looks like the basic idea of hosting changed somewhere along the line.

Of course there is a certain amount of respect involved. If you live in the desert and humidity is a problem, or you have a thousand dollar table, I will take steps to help protect it.

If you do not have some similar issue, and your only problem is "I don't want to wipe up later", then I have no sympathy for you.

Don't invite people over if the burden is too great for you to bear. Just live forever in your hugbox.

>>15720647
>you don't get to judge damage on something you don't own

You can really spot the americans these days.

Yes, in most cases you can judge damage to an item. Breathing, will not damage most furniture. Talking will also not. Minor condensation also should not. If you are some messy fuck who gets their drinks all over the place somehow, then a coaster will not save the hosts table.

how the hell do you people manage to get sticky drink rings, anyhow? I've never understood it.

Miss your mouth? pouring one out for your homies? Please, explain.

>>15720649

>Looks like the basic idea of hosting changed somewhere along the line.

I'm sorry, you're right. Please come in while I offer my virgin daughters to the mob outside.

Refusing to have your feet washed though? Get the fuck out of my house!

>>15720665

>Arguing marginality.

Really man? They made a judgment as host and you are trying to overturn it with false self-entitlement.

Good troll all around though. Got me a little ticked. I'll leave you to continue to bother the rest of the posters.

Courtesy works both ways.
I invite you to my house -> you follow my rules
I let you use my stuff -> you respect my stuff
You try not to make a mess -> I clean up whatever mess does occur.


If I go to someone's house and they tell me to take off my shoes, I do. If I go to someone's house and they tell me to leave my shoes on, I do. Their house their rules. If I don't like it I don't go there.

>100+ replies of bickering about host having christlike dominion over his ten dollar ikea table and coasters
>0 sages

So.../tg/, you wanna go take a walk behind the shed with me? Let's take the shotgun for safety.

One should abide by the hosts rules, even if they appear to be without reason.

ITT: 50% social inept fucks who will never have meaningful and plesant human interaction and 50% polite people who go along with simple requests on the hosts behalf, not because they nessecarily agree that its useful but because they want to be nice people and for everyone to have a plesant time.

>>15720681
>if I don't like it I don't go there

EXACTLY. One's job as a host is to ensure that everyone does enjoy themselves, and one sure way to allow that is to pass on all the niggling bullshit like coasters.

If you were going on a roadtrip with two friends, and a third one suddenly was able to come along, would you just ask him to chip in for gas as well, or would you stop and recalculate the added cost of gas due to his extra weight in the car?

Sometimes you have to let shit slide to have fun.

>>15720649
I'm sorry, how is this different that with shoes?

So a coaster is not something a guest should do, and the host should clean up.

But removing shoes is something they should do and the host shouldn't have to clean up eventually.

Yeah, this is ass backwards to me. In my country, total reverse.

Just because you had to take a few seconds from your time, in return for me hosting, GMing and providing food and drink for a game, you're still going to refuse to come back because a few seconds were taken to lighten the load on me. You don't think this is childish? Sounds pretty damn childish to me.

Any more stories. I love /tg/'s stories on TTRPGs and RLRPGs.

>>15720682
Are you kidding? This is the funniest thread on /tg/ right now.

>>15720696
Well I don't like taking my shoes off.

To be quite frank whenever I visit someone who asks this, and it has only ever been people of asian descent in my experiences, I am always slightly annoyed by it and aware of it throughout my visit.

So I come over to your house, you gonna let me keep my shoes on?

No. Because it's not in your rules. And I'll abide by them and won't let it affect my decision on whether to come back.

>>15720698
>deepcleaning carpets
>a few seconds

>wiping a table with a cloth
>a fucking travesty that should be put upon every guest there

Also, GM should not provide all the food and drink, that should be obvious.

But you can't just say "I bought all the food, you assholes do all the cleaning". That's taking something on yourself so you can put something on someone else.

>>15720699
>stories

This one time I was DMing and I was like "Here are some coasters" and this one guys is like "FUCK YOU! FIGHT THE POWER! SAY NO TO COASTERS YOU LAZY FUCKS!" and he stormed out. The end.

>>15720701

/tg/ - Tables and Glasses

>>15720707
>I don't like taking my shoes off

Why? You only have to do it once. Your feet can breathe with them off. Surely it can't be comfortable to wear shoes from the time you exit your home in the morning until you return at night.

But if you are the sort of person who really, really hates taking his shoes off, say, he has a fear of his feet or something, I'd allow you to leave them on, provided they were reasonably clean.

It is for the host to make the guest comfortable.

>>15720696
Let shit slide is alright when it is not done on purpose or there are extenuating circumstances. But when the host requests that you to use a coaster, something which requires minimal effort from the guest side, you don't just say well fuck, i don't want to cause i think you're lazy as wiping a table requires little effort, so I won't spend an even lesser effort of using a coaster.

After reading this thread I have made a breakthrough that will change table top gaming forever.

You are now aware that you may use "the coaster test" to pre-screen your games for THATGUY.

>>15720712
COASTERS AREN'T CLEANING. THEY ARE PREVENTION.

You are not "put upon". A normal person uses a coaster on automatic, putting the drink back on it's place nearly subconsciously. The only effort needed is the initial placement.

Unless you're moving around the house, you will lift, take a drink from it, and put it back without any effort.

>>15720733

My god, you're right! This thread has given me a new tool in my arsenal.

Protip- Also prescreens for Whitetrash

This would make a great episode of Seinfeld.

"So what was the problem?"

"He made me use a coaster! A coaster, Jerry!"

"...and?"

"HE MADE ME USE A COASTER! I'm never going back, Jerry, never. I can't do it. Coasters! Coasters!"

*slam*

"Well."

>>15720731
I would rather PERSONALLY wipe the hosts table after all the gaming was done than use coasters the whole night.

>>15720736
>coasters are easy to use

>coaster sticks to drink
>coaster slides around table
>coaster falls off of drink on to the floor

Coasters are fucking stupid.

just keep a damp rag around if your table is made of rare elephant dicks or something.

>>15720724
I like wearing my shoes. My shoes are damn comfortable and of damn fine quality. I find it weird to walk around in someone's house with my socks on.

Alright, fine then, If you really mean that, then be free to refuse to return to a coaster using house. But this is abnormal behaviour.

>>15720749
I find wearing shoes for 16 hours a day to be abnormal behaviour.

Lrn 2/notegocentrism.

>>15720747
I think a coaster has only ever stuck to my drink once.

In a lifetime of using them.

Even then I just planted a fine on the coaster, pushed it down and it unstuck and landed on the table.

>>15720760
More abnormal than not returning to a house because they made you use a coaster?

There are degrees of abnormality. Mine is a fringe one. His is really fucking weird.

>>15720747
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"

Or however the saying goes.

>>15720696
Yes, but my pint was that guests have responsibility as well, and that is to be courteous to the host and follow their rules.

Where I live nobody, absolutely nobody, ever cleans their shoes. A doormat is just something that says "welcome" that you have to step over when you walk in a front door. I make people take off their shoes, and I've yet to find someone who doesn't respect that.

>>15720681
THIS.

Being a guest and a host is not hard.

I bet you guys don't even ask to help clean up when you have dinner, do you? Ungrateful sods.

>>15720747
So you say. But from what little effort is required to use a coaster, you are already projecting yourself as an arse who can't be bothered with a give and take relationship that is always present in most symbiotic relations.

Keyword here being give and take. Regardless of whether you know it or not, you are That Guy. That Guy who thinks his character is making the game fun when it is ruining it for everyone. That Guy who blows a fuse because of a simple request by the host.

This thread

>Coasters are for nazis.

>I'm not your fucking maid, bro, get out.

>No.

>Shitstorm!

>>15720769
I can kind of see his point.

Coasters make it sound silly because apparently everyone on /tg/ has ivory and teak tables, but imagine it this way.

Imagine you went to someone's house for game night, and it was fun. The only thing was they required is that you wash the dice every time you used them. Dice germs.

It only take you a second to wash the dice, and it's subconscious after that.

Would you rather go there, or somewhere that you don't have to scrub dice?

>>15720780
>you're being that guy

Except I've never said a word about this in real life.

There are a few places I don't go anymore, but that's hardly an issue.

>>15720791
I would, if only it guarantees that the game would not be plague filled with self centered americans

FUCKING HELL, this is fantastic! How the fuck does /tg/ manage to argue about coasters of all fucking things?

This is how it works, okay? You go to someone elses house, you follow their rules. It doesn't matter if you think they are stupid, unnecessary, over the top, autism mode, out of sheer laziness, WHATEVER. You follow their rules. If you don't like it, you leave. And 90% of people will see you as "that faggot who can't use a coaster, lol", as I'm sure /tg/ does now.

One more time, see if you can get this. Their house, their rules. You're living proof that "That Guy" isn't just an entertaining story made up by /tg/

>>15720791
...I do clean my dice after every game. Well, give 'em a little squeak with a cloth.

I'd go wherever I had the most fun. That doesn't sound hard and if it make things easier for the host, I'm guessing that this scenario is one where we all share dice for some reason, then I'll follow the rules because he's had me here.

>>15720803
THEIRHOUSETHEIRRULESTHEIRHOUSETHEIRRULESTHEIRHOSUETHEIRRULES

No shit. Seriously.

I've never contended this.

What I have said is that their rules are dumb.

Reading comprehension is pretty bad on this board.

So I shall double space my posts to assist in this manner.

gracious host that I am.

>>15720800
Yea, of course you didn't. You're still that guy.

>>15720812
>no one knows I'm that guy

>I'm still that guy

That's...nice.

>>15720811

>anyone else's rules are stupid because they don't think like me

You're a real piece of shit, y'know that?

>>15720809
not after every game sir.

after every roll.

and you don't share dice.

He doesn't want your dice germs on his table.

So every time you are about to throw, you have to clean your dice first.

if you would seriously return to this scenario, you have a problem.

>>15720814

Of course it is, That Guy. Actions are usually louder than words they say. But I'm sure you've convinced yourself that you're not.

>>15720816
>you're dumb because you don't think like me

Wow, having a real abyss staring moment, are we /tg/?

>>15720811
Then you either shut your mouth and suck it up or leave and don't come back. Why is this even an issue? If it really bothers you that much, host games at your house and command all guests to never use coasters while under your roof. Hold a ritual coaster burning or something.

>taking off shoes

Not even once /tg/!

>>15720830

That's nothing like using a coaster.

OPERATION OF A COASTER:

1:Take glass off coaster
2:Drink
3:Put glass back in same spot.

But that's way to hard for you, isn't it?

>>15720841
>don't come back

I don't.

There are no pithy little rules at my house when I host, and everyone is happier for it.

>>15720830
Those who would return does not necessarily would have a problem.

mainly the reason being they wouldn't have to tolerate people like you, That Guy. Sure it's a pain. But it sure beats ahving to play with That Guy

This entire fucking thread.

/tg/, confronted with a dire situation requiring requiring basic social skills, turns to furious debate about whether to use coasters.

Never change, /tg/, never change.

>>15720830
>OCD dice cleaning
>That's almost as bad as the time I had to move my drink six inches to the left onto a coaster.
>and it totally stuck to my glass too. Worst day of my life.

>>15720847
1: pick up dice

2; rub dice

3: throw dice

But that's way too hard for you, isn't it?

HISHOUSEHISRULES

Hey, "-," if I had little jackets for my glasses, instead of coasters, would you object to using them? They'd serve the same purpose, except they'd be attached to the drink instead of sitting on the table.

>>15720851
Sure it is, That Guy.

>>15720853
my favorite part is how one of the main anti-coaster arguments is you don't need them for cheap modern furniture, when the reason for the whole argument is anything but.

>>15720858

You're the one telling me it'd be a problem.

>>15720860
...No, that would be fine, I suppose. It's not inconvenient in any way to the guests, or the host.

That is a fine solution.

>>15720867
And you're the one telling me that nothing he does in his house is bad, by virtue of being in his house.

>>15720868
Awesome.

Coasters = Skub.

Prove me wrong.

>>15720869

I'm telling you it's not hard to either rub dice to throw or put your glass on a 2" disk. You're the one throwing a shitfit about either.

>>15720865
Actually I find that my older well-made furniture needs coasters even less than my cheap modern furniture. Even if I bought my stuff at the goodwill store, I'm still going to take care of it though. I want that shit to last forever.

>>15720874
You shouldn't be required to do either.

Either is grounds for either speaking to the host, or just not coming back, depending on your comfort with confrontation.

>>15720879

Or not being a pissy bitch. Where do you get off ruining his stuff? it's for him to live in as he sees fit, not you. You want to make the rules, go home.

>>15720879

I bet you don't bathe either.

>>15720881
>ruining his stuff

>implying condensation ruins tables

>HISHOUSEHISRULES

Again, no shit.

>COASTERS

I lold, this thread is fuckin great.

But honestly, does anyone else see a problem with op being ready to fuck this awesome, delicate antique pool table that his granpappy and granmammy conceived his daddy on. Covered in that felty shit on pool tables.

Yet he lets a bunch of gesticulated nerds put various drinks on it for hours at a time with a serious risk of a spill every gaming night.

Yeah, that giant pool of beverage? A lot worse than a tiny amount of condensed water.

>>15720872
There are many people on each side of the fence on the Skub debate. There is exactly one anti-coaster guy trolling this thread.

>>15720888
Condensation ruins -my- table, faggot. And that's why I have coasters.

Yes, my table is a cheap piece of bargain crap. But those $2 coasters will make my $50 table last a lot longer.

>>15720892
>Yeah, that giant pool of beverage? A lot worse than a tiny amount of condensed water.

This is what /tg/ won't get. Condensation happens all the time. Unless you live in an arid climate, and have untreated wood furniture, then it will have no effect on your stuff.

>>15720888

Took this just for you guys.

Made by a trashy That Guy of course.

>>15720900

I live in an arid climate.

>>15720899
>with condensation your table will last 15 years

>with coasters, 30 years

If you are such a neckbeard as to not replace your goodwill furniture every ten years, then I don't want to know you.

>>15720908

So tables are like socks? You change them?

>>15720888
So you agree on the issue of HISHOUSEHISRULES, but you think that no good host should have any rules. I'm certain that there's at least somewhere you draw the line when it comes to what gets done in your house. It may even be something that seems like common sense, but I'm sure you still have some rules.

>>15720906
Is your wood untreated?
>>15720904
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_stain

Or, another 5 dollar table from a garage sale. Your choice.

>>15720908

>Old=Bad

>Value=What you pay for something

There's a special circle of hell reserved just for people like you.

>>15720926

The Circle of Herpaderp?

>>15720915
My rules are all common sense. I can't really think of any.

Bring food and or drink.

Try to pay attention to the game if you're playing it.

Just stuff like that really.

>>15720908
Wow, an honest-to-goodness richfag walks among us.

>I distinctly remember playing cards on this very table ten years ago this day. Dispose of it, or I shall never play here again.

>>15720908
And for those ten years, I'd like it to look like I just bought it. Not let people run rampant all over it.

>>15720926
>old and easily replaced
>value=what it's worth=nearly nothing

Stop being lazy and change up your furni once a decade. It feels good, man.

>>15720936
>expect people to shell out 40 bucks every ten years for a decent new old table

>"OH GOD MISTER UR SO RICH U DRIVE A LXS LUL"

Really?

Really?

>>15720932
Yes, but your common sense may not be the same as other people's common sense. Where I live it's almost rude to bring your own food.

>>15720954
Regional common sense is all one ever needs with house gaming.

Obviously if I went to china to play Varhanner 40C, then I would learn their house rules.

>>15720868

EVERYONE SHUT UP NOW, CASE CLOSED

>>15720950
>1 new table $40
>10 new tables $400
>New desks
>New shelves
>new bedframes
>new sinks
>Changing all furniture every 10 years
>Cheap
>LOL

Also, do you know how much other stuff I could buy with $40?

>see thread
>233 posts hidden
> a third of them are this retard with a hyphen trip
>He has been crying for two fucking hours about coasters

>>15720978
>implying I meant you had to change your sink

Main table.

Couches, chairs.

Anything else is at your discretion.

You can change them every 25 years if you buy new, but goodwill furniture should have a ten year span in your house.

>>15720950

Same kind of guy that would take a 2011 Honda Civic over a 1965 Corvette...

No class, just no class at all.

>>15720991
I drive a 1976 Gran Fury.

Eat a dick.

>>15720995
I'd love it if you woke up tomorrow morning and it was filled with coasters.

>>15720999
What, the coasters?

>>15720999
Motherfucker I have a dashboard, what would I need coasters for?

>>15720941

> Keeping your furniture for more than ten years is laziness

You would throw out a perfectly good table once it reaches a decade of use? This staggers me. What ever happened to thrift?

Consumerism gone mad, I tell you.

>>15721003
Err, the morning rather. I derped there.

A coaster within a coaster.

>>15721007
I didn't say throw it out.

Give it back to the store you bought it from if it's still good.

Buying from thrift stores is good for the community, and surely you can afford to do something like that 6 or 7 times in your life.

>>15721007
Every day I melt all my tables down, pour them into my replicator, and print new ones.

>>15720995
A 36 year old car? Why would you do that?
Your car should, at most, be from 2001. Right?

>>15721007

I know. Half the furniture in my place is over 100 years old and it looks fucking sweet.

People fucking it up just brings the day closer when I have to strip and refinish the thing.

You ever have to strip a 200 year old lion-foot library table? Fucking tedious, all because some lazy neckbeard wouldn't use a coaster.

>>15721015
Cars become classics.

Thrift store tables do not.

Apples and Strawmen.

COASTERPOCALYPSE 2011

>>15721022
>implying I meant you had to replace century old antique furniture

I was discussing shitty goodwill furniture. Well made furniture can be worth the cost of protection and restoration.

>>15721024
>Look back at your posts ITT
Strawmen indeed. Strawmen.. indeed.

>>15721031
Don't bother reading. It's mostly just a shitstorm about coasters. Make a new thread.

>>15721024
There is such a thing as sentimental value.

>>15721024

Real antiques can still be found at garage/estate sales and thrift stores.

I think you're confusing shitty $5 70's wood tables with real classy old wood tables.

>>15721031
Reading it is totally worth it for the laughs, but I'd really like to see more content.

>>15721031
Post more stories in an attempt to bring the thread back on topic, and maybe other people will start ignoring this coaster troll.

>>15721039
>I think you're confusing shitty $5 70's wood tables with real classy old wood tables.

I think a lot of people in this thread are.

>>15721031
I'd honestly recommend continuing the tales of your wondrous and terrible mishaps on another thread. This one seems to be a tad preoccupied with furniture etiquette.

Seriously, you know who has arguments about proper table procedure? Those stereotypical snooty upper-class characters in movies. The ones that are supposed to be despicably pretentious and dull.

>>15721031
All of it is about coasters.

All of it.

I guess I'll probably just make a new thread.

>have old, thick ass, heavy wood table that's been in the family for ages
>drinks on it, eat on it, any manner of activities, kids playing all around it, pets walking on it
>still looks fine

poorfags with plywood tables itt

>>15721070
Why the fuck would you let people game on that?

You deserve all the MTNDEW spills you get.

>>15721071
It is clearly enchanted with damage-resistance charms.

>>15721073
...you realize that's a pool table, right?

>come into thread late
>OP: "Oh hey brb"
>scroll all the way down to the bottom hoping OP is back
>FUCKING COASTER DEBATE OF THE CENTURY

Should we...should we archive this?

>>15721104
NONONO

>>15721073
Seriously, good god.

I think you'd either have a giant nasty ass stain or have to reupholster the whole top which fucks up it's antique nature.

>nerds rolling dice, eating snacks, having a good time, reaching across the table for papers, etc
shudder

>>15721071

Depends bro. All the wiping down of a table removes the varnish eventually or at least exposes enough wood grain to stain.

Really dark stuff like mahogany and ebony are usually fine but even oak and maple are prone to that crap.

God I love red cedar though. My parents have a dining table made out of that that has been in our family fr 5 generations.

Mine's from the 20's and made out of Cherry. Stains like a motherfucker. That was my pic earlier in the thread.

Long before I was born:
>Dad and friends having mystery drinks imported from somewhere
The next morning:
>What the hell were you guys drinking?
>Dunno, why?
>You just stripped the varnish clean off the table.
>...

ITT:
OP "Let's have a That Guy story thread. I'll start off"

2 minutes later

HUUUURRRRRRRRRR DUUUUURRRRRRRR COASTUUUUUUURS!!!

Stay classy, /tg/. In a different thread, obviously.

>>15721104
I just did before refreshing. Go vote it up.

This thread is amazing. I really don't see how using coasters is that difficult. I mean, I wouldn't force guests to use coasters as my room is a mess and my table is cheap, but if I was at someone's house and they had coasters out I would use them (even if they didn't ask me, just because they had them out). A drink on the table next to an empty coaster would be weird to me.

>>15721013
I've got some furniture from the beggining of XX century that's been in our family for generations. Should I sell it out as well?

Jesus, you've been discussing coasters for nearly 3 hours.

wtf

>>15721070
Sorry OP.

(Nice table. I'd coaster the FUCK out of that.)

This thread's been a real coster ride.

Well, in my country it's considered normal to take off your shoes before entering a house, using coasters and so on and so on; bringing snacks, generally, is a matter of a good will, and providing food and drinks should be a duty of a host.

Please make a new thread OP. Your stories were amazing and I like the sound of the new ones you promised.

Even though this is a trollercoaster, i woudl liek to point out that in my country, you take off your shoes out fucking side. no spiders to rape you, but you may get a gecko (no it's not australia)

must.... not .... archive...

So, Stopped in to this thread, to amuse my self with THAT GUY story's, and here i come to find the /tg/ i have loved for years debating the minor frivalicies of etiquette and the function and useage of coasters. I can not believe my eyes at what has been transpiring here in this thread.

I don't know if you are prepared to hear this guys. but debating and 'rules lawer-ing' small unimportant details, give everyone posting in this thread a +2 to your THAT GUY score.

>>15719999
>one gave her a +5 on any charisma skill checks (diplomacy, bluff, etc) due to her being able to 'manipulate the emotions of lesser beings through scent control.' Lesser beings were specified as 'any non-skunk or non-feline anthro.'
>Anthropomorphic skunk with huge charisma that doesn't work on cats

He was a Warner bro and you didn't get it.

Good thread guys, off to work.

Will be sure to post something about how I hate having to print off my own character sheet later today.

>>15721636
still doesn't make it make sense because nobody like Pepe le Pew

Using coasters while playing an rpg is a no-brainer, and I'm not talking about for protecting the table. Nobody wants to get their books or character sheets wet.

Also, good story OP, maybe sometime you can tell one that isn't complete bullshit.

>>15721928
Yeah. Pretty much the whole joke in those cartoons is that nobody wants to be near the skunk Pepe _because he's a goddamn skunk_.

Also, only slobs do not employ coasters.

We play on a messy old table that is used for... well anything by its owner... He once used it to make a fuckload of dough for tortillas or whatever.

However we use coasters for one simply reason:
The ice cold beer we drink often causes some water to get on the table, using coasters prevents our character sheets from getting wet.

>>15721073

>amazingly find 500 year old violin at a garage sale for $60 from someone who has no idea
>lol, not buying old stuff

I'd love someone to go over your place and take a dump in your laundry because it is "not interfering with the other guests" and is something "you as a host can clean up after".

Welcome to the world of being civilized where we use coasters, utensils and plates.