>go to FLGS to play our TTRPG campaign
>midpoint distance-wise between all of us so it works well
>around 30 minutes into session, whole group of D&D players come in
>immediately loud as fuck
>laughing makes it hard to hear
>raise my voice to talk over them but it's fucking impossible
>half-tempted to turn and yell at them to quiet down a bit but don't want to look like a sperg
>they finally quiet down a bit, but regularly volume rises like each one has to talk slightly louder than the last
This isn't even the first time this sort of shit has happened. I remember some dude's wife DMing Adventurer's League at the store and multiple times she had to tell other people to shut the fuck up because she couldn't hear what her own group was saying. How difficult is it to talk at a normal fucking volume? It's not a competition, and just because someone rolled a natural 1 doesn't mean you need to laugh raucously for like 30-straight seconds.

>>95981724 (OP)
Sounds like you are a little bitch and the other guys are having fun.

>>95981724 (OP)
Grow a fucking spine and tell them to shut the fuck up. If the problem persists get the staff involved.
If they're an actual problem that consistently happen, Do. Something. About. It.
Coming onto the internet to whine about something you let happen is just pathetic.

>>95981816
They won't do jack shit because they don't want to piss off customers.
You tell them to shut up and they will grow quiet for like 2 minutes, then immediately return to the same volume.
It's not worth it. They are always so fucking loud. They can't help it it's like the default volume for autism. They always regress to the mean of shouting at like 85 dB.
The only way to "do something about it" would be have them all rounded up by the govt and their vocal cords cut.

>>95981883
You've never even tried and are making up things to cry about.

>go to FLGS to play our TTRPG campaign

There's your problem right there. Every time I've tried this it's ended in disaster. Cardtards screaming in the background, random gawkers wandering over, etc. Just play at someone's house.

>>95981724 (OP)
>Groups of socialy awkward tards all yell and do dumb shit and don't notice normalfags feeling awkward nearby
No? Really? Tell me more!

>>95981724 (OP)

It's their chance to cut loose since there are no bullies around and everyone there shares their interests. Trying to out-volume each other as you've observed is an autism thing since they're oblivious to the normie pecking order and unspoken rules about when it's okay to join in/interrupt.

>>95981724 (OP)
Why didn't you draw your gun on them?

>>95981777
FPBP and trips of truth

I was in my local and a group actually started playing music on a little portable speaker. Not like blaring but like very noticeable and you could see everyone in the store's head pivot straight at them when they did.
After like ten minutes and a couple song changes someone went up and said "hey what's the deal with the music?" and the guy doing it got excited because he thought he was interested in it or something and didn't realize at first that he was being told to knock it off. Just playing regular normal music out loud in the store on a shitty speaker for no reason.

>>95982112
Off topic, but I've actually read the Sandman comic this is from and distinctly remember this panel, except I remember the old guy kinda looked like Morgan Freeman instead of a white jinj. Anybody else notice that? Did they change it in a later edition because Freeman threatened to sue or something?

>>95981890
Nta but I tried in my local ttrpg/board games place and it was exactly as he described, after complaining about noise.
There's some autist who sometimes shows to game who's just so insanely loud and prone to overreacting to the dumbest shit (such as his character being targeted by some weak enemy), I always end up with headaches if that faggot joins a game and I'm in close. I complained a bunch of times already, if anything he gets louder, now I feel I'll just think of excuses to leave if I go there and the fag is around.

>>95981724 (OP)
>half-tempted to turn and yell at them to quiet down a bit but don't want to look like a sperg
This is pathetic even by /tg/ standards.

>I want to do a thing where people talk and we need Quiet environment to speak
>Should I go to a public space or private??
Own fault, run at your own private get together.

>>95981981
>go to FLGS to play our TTRPG campaign
>There's your problem right there.
Like I said it's the best place to play.
But even my other group is at my friend's house and 2 of them are so fucking loud. It's fine to speak in a clear discernible voice. It's annoying to fucking shout. And these FLGS cocksuckers don't need to either. It's not a competition. The only consolation is that like most 5e shit groups they'll probably fall apart in 2 sessions so I don't have to see them anymore.

>>95981724 (OP)
>half-tempted to turn and yell at them to quiet down a bit but don't want to look like a sperg

You sound like a bitch. Only bitches care what other people think about them. Be a man and stand up for yourself.

>>95982195
Same thing happened at my FLGS too. I don't hate music in an RPG session but dude keep it at home.

>>95982579
Yeah if you complain to management you just look like a cunt even if you're in the right and if you ask them to quiet down directly you look like a faggot. And to be quite honest I would have to literally yell just for them to HEAR me asking them to calm down. From how fucking loud these faggots are getting excited over some gay "i seduced the guard captain!!!1!" meme moment.

>>95983711
>people are loud in the store
>other people loud in a private home

You might have some kind of hearing damage that makes everything seem louder than it is. Maybe get hearing tested?

>>95981724 (OP)
>wojak thread
The other party is in the right and you’re in the wrong, whatever the dispute actually is.

>>95983723
No nerds are just fucking loud. They're fat and it gives them more in their diaphragm or some shit. Yet I've met plenty of of big dudes who can talk in a normal volume and they also tend to be more "alpha" than these guys. It's just large fat betas. Fuck, even loads of skinny guys are loud. It's just fucking autism.

>>95983903
Or maybe your ears are oversensitive because you're apparently naturally drawn to autist mating calls

>>95981777
OP raped by those trips

>>95983711
>Like I said it's the best place to play.
You are officially retarded.
Especially considering the time of the year

>talk normally
>people mishear what I say so poorly it would make a hallucinating AI bot blush
>make effort to talk clearly
>"anon why are you shouting?"

>>95981724 (OP)
Hyperacusis, defined as decreased tolerance to sound at levels that would not trouble most individuals, is frequently observed in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33577214/

Get tested, OP.4g8pt

>>95984176
Me and the other players cannot hear what each other are saying, while speaking at the same volume that is considered acceptable for communicative speech in all other aspects of our lives.

Fatfuck söys are too loud. Get over it.

>>95984525

>>95981981
>>95983711
im so blessed my flgs has a separate room for my group to play in and all the card tards are shoved into the basement.
i also run an open table campaign so gawkers who wonder back are invited to watch and maybe even play if they want

>>95984547
No, what he says happens all the fucking time.

>>95985492
Should probably get yourself tested then, anon, you might have the same hearing condition

>>95983723
>You might have some kind of hearing damage
Oversensitivity to noise is actually a common symptom of autism. Which would explain most of OP's issues based on this thread.

>>95981724 (OP)
This is a glorp thread. It's too glooby, not even glump. Not nearly enough gumpf. Just pure glorp, the gloobiest even.

>>95985627
It's zip zibbg*p. Not even glorp.

>>95984663
>im so blessed my flgs has a separate room for my group to play in and all the card tards are shoved into the basement.
This was another D&D group.
>i also run an open table campaign so gawkers who wonder back are invited to watch and maybe even play if they want
They had their own game.
Which is totally fine, but they don't need to be that loud. It's just fucking pathetic. Like it's not a library but it's a public area where multiple people hangout. Why do nerds always have to yell and shout and laugh extremely loudly?

>>95987104
>>95985627
>le epic reddit quirk chungus faggotry
kys

>>95982195
There is only one solution

>>95982545
It's a stylized presentation, kind of like monochrome.

>>95988597
I know there are four of them, but just look at him. He's head and shoulders taller than all of them and looks like he weighs 400lb of pure muscle. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses.

>>95988578
What's really pathetic is coming here to seethe in impotent rage over some dudes having a good time, being too much of a pussy to do anything about it when it happened

>>95988578
>kys
Zeep blop nigger-bop

>>95981724 (OP)
Our newest hire is a gangly 23-year old cosplayer who's very openly and loudly queer - and sounds all too proud when she points out that "everyone she knows is queer" - and has no ability to converse about anything other than books ("omg i just bought the whole witcher books series, and also I speak Quenya") and her D&D escapades including the hundreds of hours of audio recordings of every session with the same faefaggotry sparklegobbo character. Most of the staff is in their mid-30s to late-40s, so whenever we're talking about other hobbies or life choices, she's either sternly quiet and stares into the wall, or loudly attempting to steer the topic into her narrow arena of nerdcore narcissism. She always talks 60% louder than whoever else is participating in conversation, and always laughs/reacts like a goddamn anime character or youtube shill. She's a lanky goblin with an aggravating social skills deficit, but she had precisely the technical profile our department had looked for for a very long time.

tl;dr - it's not just when surrounded by their ilk that these people are decibel douchefucks

>>95981724 (OP)

One time I started a TTRPG at a very quiet time for our LGS. It was great for 3 sessions and on the 4th time we arrived and there were 2 other RPG groups in the back and they were annoying/rowdy.

Not to sound schizo but I feel like the simulation or demiurg or whatever you want to call it spawns way more nuisance NPCs these days. I like to visit state parks and hike around to clear my head but it always feels like even if I go deep into the trees and down side-trails there's always some loud moron there.

>>95981724 (OP)
Maybe learn how to have fun? Stop being such a source of negativity in people's lives, girl.

>>95981883
RPG players are barely customers. They don't buy shit like plastic or cardboard crack addicts, and claim a table for hours.

>>95991570

I suspect this is why the suits are losing interest in DnD other than movie/vidya rights and the corny collectibles.

It's too easy to pirate or share the books among multiple players, miniatures are optional and there's tons of manufacturers, the fanbase is violently resistant to attempts to monetize the OGL or incorporate subscription services, etc.

>>95991657
Yeah that's why they make miniatures and dice and shit.
If they just brought back the old DND miniatures game and supported it with prizes and tournaments, and made games less than 3 hours, they could probably get a lot more money out of the brand. But shit like Onslaught is too fucking expensive. Make Nolzurs into a wargame mini line that you can also use for tabletop.

>>95981883
You are trying like a bitch and actively refusing to try to do anything to fix your problem, out of fear that it will fail. This is why you are a loser and this is why you have no friends

Solo roleplaying is the best choice for me.

>>95991657
Maybe this is anecdotal but most DMs I played have their own OC settings and never any official setting. So I don't think even the settings can be sold either.

>>95992641
I have friends. That's who I'm playing D&D with. But they're not loud ass fucking faggots who have to shout everything because they're fuckin tone deaf autists.

>>95993437
Might not be true. What sounds normal to you and your friends might be unbearably screechy to other folk cause they haven't built up that tolerance to your own lack of volume control.

>>95981724 (OP)
Something tells me OP is one of them fat, smelly, lonely people who fantasizes about going into public, but is so big they'd have to cut a wall out and get a forklift to accomplish such, so he makes up stories to make himself feel better.

It's ok, OP.
You'll probably, hopefully, die soon.

>>95983711
It certainly is not the best place to play, from your own description of it.

>>95981724 (OP)
Outgoing nerds are seriously the worst subhumans on the planet. Quiet nerds are helped by a good dose of self awareness.

>>95993595
Not at all.

>>95995170
Never say never, some self-reflection might help you

Ironic.

>>95993992
Holy projection.

>>95994355
It's the best of my current options so yes.

>>95994875
Yeah they really need to shut the fuck up and quiet down. And also realize that no one gives a fuck about their ten minutes rant about Bionicle lore.

No.

>>96001179
>And also realize that no one gives a fuck about their ten minutes rant about Bionicle lore

>>95981724 (OP)
I think most instances similar to these are a result of autists who were never socialized growing up. I'm an autist and after many, many years of LARPing as normal, I can now do it convincingly and have gained a great deal of self-awareness in the process. I hate obnoxious spergs in the same sense that a fatass-turned-/fit/izen hates obese people.

fuckken nerds!

>>95988717
The entire plot of the Reacher series is this 6'4 250lbs of pure muscle dude being approached by manlets who weigh 50lbs soaking wet.
It's kinda fun.

>>95981724 (OP)
Did you know that poor volume control is a common symptom of Asperger's Syndrome, OP?

>>96005024
yeah so a lot of fags that play this game are aspergers, so what? That's not an excuse.