When Players Interrupt - Running RPGs

Players blurting out interruptions over other player or the Game Master can be annoying and hurt everyone's fun. Here's reasons why Blurters do it and ways to stop them from doing it anymore... hopefully.

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00:00 Intro
01:46 Not Paying Attention
04:57 Afraid They'll Forget
07:01 They're Excited
09:46 Attacking Mid-Monologue
11:29 Closing

[RodBatten]

This video should be made a mandatory part of the school curriculum.

[johanneskaiser]

One big disadvantage of online games. Due to delay and not being in the same room it can be really hard to pick up when another person is truly finished speaking and when they are just making a little pause.

[thenecromancer]

The absolute savagery with which he called out all of his players

[epochrpg]

In the BASH! Ultimate Edition superhero rpg, interrupting a Villain's monologue gives the Villain extra HP!

[richardleatherman]

Thanks for this one. Our group (including me) suffers from the jokey McJokester problem. Feeling we gotta get the gag in before the moment is lost.

[alexbarrett]

I once had a player interrupt me three times while I was trying to set the scene for a big boss fight. As I tried to describe the room he kept going "then I do this..."
we politely asked him to wait, but he did it again and again. The most frustrating thing? He wasn't even first up in the initiative order. Same guy has literally interrupted my description to ask questions I was in the process of answering before being interrupted!

[smangle]

When the DM is monologuing before the big fight, please let them. They're saying goodbye to that character

[FugueNation]

OMG 😂 The horse part got me so hard. I’ve seen this happen so many times

[KyleMaxwell]

I was waiting for the “They’re excited” part… my players LOVE to interrupt either my descriptions or whatever the NPCs are doing to show how tough they are.

[AravisX]

The best part about Seth is he doesn’t talk down to us and is very kind in his advice

[danielbroening]

You should make a video about players who don't pay attention

[MTCHSMLN]

As a player/DM also with ADHD... these things are exactly why I have to keep a special notepad or paper separate from my campaign notes at the table. Taking note when others are speaking helps me pay attention more and having space to jot down stray thoughts is the only way I can avoid being the worst.

[Wgaberle]

Got to meet Seth at Origins. He was amazing and friendly in person. Thanks for the chat, Seth!

[erih]

Seth, I can't thank you enough for your videos. I've been following your for several years now and you are the main reason I managed to go from failure GM to someone whose players are asking for the next session and more content. Your videos helped me understand my own mistakes, but also recognize when its the player's fault AND most importantly to accept that some player-GM-combinations shouldn't be playing together for the benefit of all at the table.

[GM_Darius]

I had a Blurter I use to play with back in the late 2000s-early 2010s. We'll call him Jim, cause that's his name. While we'd be watching a new movie or playing any game, video game or TTRPG, as the plot is playing out or the DM/GM is describing the area or role playing an NPC, Jim would always blurt out "Dude, I bet there's [Insert a wild guess or cliche here]" usually right as the DM is getting to it or the movie's about to reveal a twist, like he's doing a modern Let's Play or something. And like 75% of the time he was right. This pissed off me and the one other DM friend we had, to the point that the other friend just didn't want to DM anymore. One game, after confronting Jim about it *multiple* times, said DM tossed aside the DM screen. The DM friend yelled "You be the fucking DM then!" and stormed off to play a video game. Don't recall him really playing as any sort of Game Master since.
There were multiple other things Jim did we didn't like but he was the friend with the place with the space for 5-6 people. His parent's basement, his dining room table and so on. So we just kinda lived with it.
Long story short, don't be a Jim.

[EurojuegosBsAs]

The "what do you do?" part is the best advice. I always do a round 0 of combat in every combat so monologues are never interrupted

[roarkthehalf-orc]

Holy guacamole! I literally just had this in my game last night. Can you see the future? Putting out exactly what I need

[roundishwhale]

As someone with quite heavy ADHD, I highly recommend figuring out some ways to keep your focus halfway on the game even when your only listening for prolonged period of times, like in combat rounds. If possible I try to play characters that are obsessive note takers tinkerers or something like that. Cause it allows me to just kinda method act their behaviors as a fidget at the table. And when I do get distracted I can just assume my character would be distracted as well, which allows me to use this for role-play and the occasional comedic moment.

[Torvik]

For a moment I thought Todd was going to make it through the outro without being interrupted. That would've been a missed opportunity.

[barlotardy]

Todd and/or Dweebles: * Says anything *
Mike: "...Idjits."