Dear me, that was some astonishing level of stupidity in the PsychoDM story. Now I know it's in the US, but as far as I am aware the law re trespass is the same as it is in England (not sure about Scotland*) - all it takes to turn someone from an invited guest to a trespasser you are entitled to remove via reasonable force is to say "you must leave now". The guy did the right thing though - calling the police and then very politely asking them to ask the jerk to go.
I suspect what really freaked PsychoDM out was the breach of one of the Geek Social Fallacies - that you never, ever, ostracise someone. I've seek geeks and fans get very upset when they are actually told plainly that they are out of order, because in their view of the world that never happens.
*Scotland's legal system is actually more different from England's than that of most US states. The exception is Louisiana, which has substantially French-based law.
I loved the way that most of the article is talking about the details of the character and the game stuff, rather than more details about the whole refusing to leave and the police turning up business. Admittedly it's in a gaming forum so the audience almost certainly appreciated it (I know I did) but it is a cheeringly geeky way to write it up.
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I suspect what really freaked PsychoDM out was the breach of one of the Geek Social Fallacies - that you never, ever, ostracise someone. I've seek geeks and fans get very upset when they are actually told plainly that they are out of order, because in their view of the world that never happens.
*Scotland's legal system is actually more different from England's than that of most US states. The exception is Louisiana, which has substantially French-based law.
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I loved the way that most of the article is talking about the details of the character and the game stuff, rather than more details about the whole refusing to leave and the police turning up business. Admittedly it's in a gaming forum so the audience almost certainly appreciated it (I know I did) but it is a cheeringly geeky way to write it up.
(BTW, the followup stories are interesting too, and shed a little light:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93633
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95189)