Did we really need 7 mins of explaining his group like to role play there sexual fantasies. Of course this nerd is 6 ft tall and not intimidated by people. We didn't need all that BS fluff.
Yeah it wasn't his fault any of this happened... Why was she trying to put him at the corner table anyway? Maybe I'm reading too hard into it, but it almost comes across like she's ashamed or trying to hide him away from the rest of the event.
The kid probably sat at the corner table because he felt too awkward and nervous at the other tables, because people on the spectrum often have a hard time in new social situations, and probably had no idea the table was claimed. That poor kid, poor OP, and what a horrible mother, it's just a shitty situation all around
@@Jermbot15 The description also said that the women were "in the corner" - which would probably make the child's back towards the rest of the store, making the room seem "smaller" with fewer people to see & get anxious over - his mom obviously would "protect" him from behind.
I mostly feel bad for the poor kid. Life is hard enough for neuroatypical people, having entitled parents that don't help them stay safe and sane in hard situations makes it harder. I hope things turned out good for them.
Plus, some neurodivergent people can find themselves gravitating towards a particular individual or group when they are in a social situation with unfamiliar people. Sounds like that may have been happening here, but no way to be entirely sure based on the information we have here
@Naukumaija Mau-mau yeah, from the story he just sat still and shaked/handed the character sheet. It's hard to say anything about it, but I wouldn't say "entitled", seems to me to lean more towards not being used to social interactions at all /being extremely nervous and anxious.
@@tobiasp.3702 Or CritCrab will do as his name says, and roll a nat 20 on the persuasion check to avoid execution, and then another to get himself elected Crab President. :D Alternately, he nat 1s and doesn't even make it to trial.
I feel like Karen and Chad think the term “dungeon master” is a job title, and therefore can’t wrap their smooth brains around the idea that this particular DM might be doing this for free for his private friend group
Yeah, if the event probably mentioned that the store is going to have "expert/professional/experienced Dungeon Masters" or something along that vein, I can definitely see a misguided parent thinking it's something you need qualifications for. Also, Karen's "that doesn't sound like the game I read about" seems like she thought it's something like Monopoly or Risk where the story comes from rules, so the OP's explanation of the game being rated R and being heavy with its plot would have sounded like he's either not playing the right game or the game right, or that he's gatekeeping her son on a "ew, kids" basis. Still a grade A douchenozzle.
Yeah maybe. If you believe that the OP ran an awesome game, got into an argument with a real life Karen, a real life Chad, and then went home to have sex with two hot chicks. Personally the story sounds like a work of fiction to me.
@@aurora5481 well if you google dnd you get the current edition handbook, which is pretty family friendly. (i read it over the course of 3 days to prep for my session) its large just as basic guidebook. The campaigns people do are largely t or m, not AO. sad part ids, kids playing dnd has been the norm since the first edition back in the 70s.
I dunno man. Sounds like the new owner was running a big 4e launch event. If these guys werent strict regulars i get he was like : there is no private games on today. If i went to a store during a sealed event at a new mtg set release and me and my 4 friends showed up abd didint want to participate at event but take up space its understandable we'd be asked to leave. Its not bad business kicking out somebody thats not really a spending customer.
@@DJ_Kie Except, the person in the video clearly stated that he was able to secure their *usual* seat at the back. And also have been repeating that they have been regulars at that store. The newcomer didnt give a shit about anything to be honest. He didnt even asked them to leave, he tried to *order a CUSTOMER* to do something. You cant do that lol. I hope the overconfident 'chad' is broke as shit now.
This has to be one of the most depressing stories you've covered, not because of the horror itself, but because of how it ended. At least with the vast majority of other stories, there's some sort of happy ending, even if it's as simple as "the problem player was kicked out" or "the players left the awful campaign". Here, however, this can't be classed as anything other than a complete downer ending - the players and GM were forced to stop their campaign right as it was about to reach its conclusion, the Karen and the store owner got exactly what they wanted with zero repercussions and the neuroatypical kid was still stuck in an unhealthy situation.
@@haku8135 doubt it story doesn't add up. 1) claims to be regulars yet doesn't know the ownership changed hands. 2) the store not changing after changing hands. 3) use of buzz words when talking a decade old story. 4) claims no one can host dnd at their homes but op can get a 3some in his bedroom, that largely doesn't add up.
@@azadalamiq feeling kind of similar. The whole story smells a bit rank, starting at how they just feel the need to qualify the time period as if to prove that they were totally there at the time, to how our protagonist is some amorphous non-white all-inclusive chad martyr running a super duper cool quirky evil campaign. I've a feeling this story did happen, but some of this shit smells like a dead rat. I'm gonna have to assume the karen, her kid and the store owner are caricatures at best
Thing is this smacks of modern d&d. Nobody I know from when I started playing would turn a player away. I come from an age where finding players was a near impossibility.
@@joshuareynolds23 impossibility? They were a small group of friends that had an established game going. Why would they bring in new people, let alone strangers, LET ALONE children?
I've seen plenty of moms with children on the spectrum like that. She acted like that because she, at heart, hates her kid and was furious that she couldn't unload him at the first chance she got.
On top of that she probably plays the martyr card of "oh shes a mom to a special need kid, please worship me for the sacrifices i make" in order to get more clout in her HOA club as well as get away with shitty behavior because she's always "sooooo stressed." I have seen the type way too many times
That poor kid though. His first D&D experience ends with him not getting to play and his mom shrieking at some poor high school kid who doesn't even work at the place. He'll probably never want to try playing again
@@jamesgaston2745 Him being neurodivergent has nothing to do with the story. He was a innocent bystander. The parent being a overly entitled asshole and the new management being a clueless idiot was the entirety of the story. If you replace him with the usual kid that just wants to do something with yet another overly entitled asshole of a mom, the story doesn't change at all.
@@digital_u4ia You are spot on, except for the part about it having nothing to do with the kid. Just speaking from a clinical perspective, that kid was probably traumatized. That "vibration the OP spoke of was, most likely, the child trying to express distress, but having no outlet. It sux that those supposed adults had to ruin a "one-last-session" sort of night. Any reasonable adult will realize that when something is described as "R rated" it is not for children. As for the new owner, it should be illegal to monetize AL events. But, that child had to witness his mother going off. Any "normal" child gets upset when their parent does, especially when they don't understand. Very likely, this kid had no pressure valve of any kind. So, yes, this is an awful story around the kid, but it is so much worse because he had to be there for it. Sorry for the rant. I guess I'm a little sensitive about it since my 12 year old told her Nana that "Mommy and Daddy should get a divorce. They fight too much when they're around [each other]."
That's clever, but really all I wanted was to play one last game with my friends. I wasn't trying to push any more buttons than I already had. I figured if there was any way to salvage that night it was with a pizza and my friends at home.
@@silverblaze46 Or he was just a store owner that wanted a perverted non-customer grognard out of his store, reminded him that he had no entitlement to be there, no matter how long he had been going, and found a dude arguing with an actual paying customer..
Before covid, the local library near me had a weekly D&D session for those who were under 18, as there was a worker who loved D&D and wanted to show off to younger kids the fun of RPG. My husband and myself volunteered to be DMs as we had 20 kids show up every week and there was no way 1 DM was going to cut it (we had 4 DMs total). The weeks went on and certain kids wanted certain DMs; but with every group there is always the problem child, literally. I had a child that would throw a fit when they didn't get their way (when a roll failed, missed an attack) and my favorite: when this kid was talking they wanted the whole table to be completly silent and focus on him. (These are kids ranging from 10 years old to 17 so attention span is short) Eventually we had to get the kids parents involved and well.... let's say because of these parents we aren't able to do these weekly D&D sessions anymore. It always take just 1 person to ruin it for the rest. I'll miss DMing those kids as D&D is such a fun experience! Maybe one day there will be another opportunity to set this up
If there's a local game store you can often find them accommodating, a lot of community centers (and some libraries, not all) are decently cheap to rent space as well. There's always hope.
The "Do this or you're fired!" thing is equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Hilarious because every time I've heard that it was someone literally saying that they'd get me fired from my own business. Horrifying because of the sheer confidence behind the statement every time I've heard it. As if these people have actually gotten someone fired before and knew that they could do it again. x_x
I once had someone come up to me in a Ford Dealership and ask me a question (I forget what it was about). I had to tell them I didn’t work there, it was pretty embarrassing for both of us, but quite funny looking back. It was a fair mistake to make, I was electronically signing the contracts so was sat at the salesperson's desk to do this, and they had left me alone to do it, so I probably did look like an ordinary employee doing important work.
@@intergalactic92 Over a decade ago, I worked for a third-party merchandising company named Mosaic. I did work at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Office Max, Office Depot, and a few others. One day, I was working at a local Best Buy, setting up a planogram and putting up sales labels when a customer came and asked me where a specific movie was; I told them "If Best Buy has it, it should be there (telling them the section where the movie might be... I think it was in comedy)." [I told them the equivalent of nothing. I never said that BB had it, that they had it and it wasn't in another location, etc. Basically, the only thing I said/alluded to was that I don't work there.] The customer looked at what I was wearing and said "you don't work here, do you?" I said nope & told them that a Best Buy employee would be glad to help them. The customer said they were sorry and left to go find an employee, or to find the movie themselves.
@@jerryharris876 a few years back I was in a game shop putting a game back on the shelf because I had decided not to get it when a sweet old lady came up asking for a game to get her grandkid on the Nintendo switch I helped her and afterwards when I was browsing other games I heard her say “that young man is so sweet and a good employee” the guys in the game shop knew me and I didn’t work there and explained as such later she asked why I helped her and I just said “because I like to help others”
At a Wal-Mart, we had folks asking the EASTER BUNNY where something is because they know it's an employee in there. "Screw the illusion, I need to know there the condoms are."
@@rodjacksonx I dont think kid cared slightest. Dude mentioned, despite the Karen screaming like a dying T-rex from Jurassic Park, Kid had the same expression and attidute through all of this.
The CritCrab lore just got deeper. Within the first two minutes, we see that not only is CC a "father", but also a King and Slave master. This is the sort of meta lore I live for.
"Couldnt play at any of our houses because of 1 reason or an-" Yea, yea, you didn't want your family to realize you were doing sec session via DnD we get it, we get it.
I teared up a little during this story. The poor kid has a mom who doesn't take interest in what they like, but also the way she acts does stop his progression of being able to grow and handle his disability better. Extreme stressful situations like that causes anyone severe anxiety, but with a disability it also causes them to sort of go into super panic mode. That can reverse a lot of therapy in the matter of seconds
I honestly feel awful for the kid. Shaking like that and not changing facial expression is a trauma response. He was probably terrified and disheartened that he finally had a chance to do something he wanted and his mom ruined that too.
Trying to maintain a happy or smiling demeanor in the face of confrontation in order to deescalate the situation. It's probably second nature for him with his mom's psychotic behavior.
this story gives me mad r/ThatHappened vibes. The bit about showing the karen his acceptance letter is what pushed it over the edge for me. I'm sure some version of this happened, but it seems a bit unbelievable as described. Like even someone who knows nothing about DnD knows what "I dont work here" and "this is a private game" means. But maybe im just a cynical asshole and it happened exactly like OP says.
That's fair, but I've had an experience with people getting upset at me when I was younger when they've mistaken me for a store employee, I tried to explain I can't help because I don't work there and don't know how to help, and they've gotten really pissy with me and... I don't even know, assumed I was lying or something? People are wild.
Remember that OP was going to surprise the players with their going to college. The acceptance letter is one such way to surprise the players. This is perhaps the only scenario I can imagine where it would actually make less sense for OP to not have the letter.
“I don’t think you’re a real Dungeon Master” 🤣 Obviously, she IS a Karen but but that sentence has to be one of the most Karen things I’ve read in a while. Seriously though, that poor kid probably never wants to play DND again thanks to his horrid mother. And poor OP and players not getting to play at all or wrap up their campaign before he moved away :(
And this is why many game stores and video game stores have strict child policies-parents want to abandon their children to a free babysitter while they go off and do whatever, not realizing these people are not trained to handle children.
Yeah, I'm getting real "Then everybody clapped while I banged all their girlfriends" vibes from this. Plus, who carries around a college acceptance letter as a handy racism shield?
Yeah that, along with a few other details, was kinda sus. Of course, I could still totally believe a karen acting like this, humanity never fails to disappoint.
@@delirob8721 Maybe someone planning on surprising their friends with the fact that they were going to college would be carrying around their college acceptance letter to the session they were planning on announcing said acceptance to college? As for the "I have sex" bit, my understanding was that it was the characters doing so in-character, not that the players were doing it. This one felt obvious to me, but I can also see how it could be interpreted differently, so that one makes a lot more sense to discuss.
@@stevenschnepp576 A PRIVATE game, with an entirely different system, off in the corner away from pretty much everyone... Between a set four-person group.
Worse still, they were just about to end their campaign in what could've been a spectacle. But no, the campaign probably still rests in campaign limbo, where all the characters of every unfinished campaign wander, alone and afraid, until they are chosen to be taken up, a fate which sadly only a few are fortunate to receive. Worse still, the likely neurodivergent kid was there to see the entire scene. That would surely be traumatizing, and quite likely left him at least a little disturbed.
And that's why whenever you're selling your store to someone, you make sure they know about what they're buying, wonder how he actually qualified for managing that store with this "you're playing your own game at my store where I allow people to play their games? Get out, you're banned!" atitude
lol wut, no. Selling a store to someone does not entitle them to knowledge of anything. Its up to the buyers to understand what they are getting into and how things work. The moment titles and money change hands, thats it. Its not the previous owners problem.
@@biggumstevens1784 I never said it's the previous owner's problem, I just said that he shouldnt have sold the store to such a moron, which may not even be his fault, maybe the guy sounded like someone who actually was worth selling to, but actually werent, it's just that I don't think someone that stupid would have enough brain cells to trick anyone into thinking they were a good option
Wait a minute... they couldn't play at anybody's place for one reason or another so they were forced to play at the store...but they ended up staying in OP's room and talking all night long. Soooo...why couldn't they have been running their game there? they had all of their stuff.
Yupp. I am happy that at least in this comment section there seems to be more than one person catching stuff like that. The last time I said "PC's shouldn't commit sexual assault" I got angry YT comments for 3 months.
@@EldritchMcPie murdering someone is borderline meaningless in a game with multiple afterlives, but sexual assault is always icky If someone brought that to the table and wanted to rape someone in one of my games... shoot, I wouldn’t know how to react, but I wouldn’t want to play with them anymore
@@darkartsdabbler2407 It could be merely implied, like a “I drag NPC into this alley and later walk out” but I totally understand still not wanting to play
Ooh boy. The guy kicking him out reminds me of Gaming Goat's CEO who was so salty about a guy leaving his chain and going independent he went on a 3 hour Facebook live rant.
GLORY UNTO HIS SHINING PINCERS!!! By the way, have I been using that "much less" phrase backwards? Lately, everyone seems to put the smaller thing at the end, but I always thought that you put the bigger, more impressive thing at the end. For example, "he doesn't even look like an employee, much less a manager," because I thought the idea was that you're saying that if the more mundane thing isn't true then there's no way that the more extreme one is.
The bit where the Mom said 'he filled out the paper and everything'. And the way here seemed neuroatypical. I feel like it might've been really hard for him to fill out his character sheet. Makes me sad.
@@briangronberg6507 honestly, I thought id meet a few 'Craig's' in my time but.... Clearly there was an ultimate Craig out there I am glad to have never encountered
This story has everything! A talented and ambitious young POC on the verge of leaving "corn country" for the big city going toe to toe with a racist Karen and a clueless manlet Chad. In the end they didn't even ruin the game because one of the players canceled so it wouldn't have happened anyway! And he just went home and had a threesome all night with his teenage female friends! The only part it's missing is everyone clapping while the OP strides out of the door while the Chad realizes his mistake too late and begs for OP to stay. That might have been too on the nose though.
If you like those, you should try Trailseeker, BattleSledge and Fight Machines! (Pathfinder, Warhammer and BattleTech, respectively. I have little confidence in my joke. Lol)
Yeah, I did a bit of a 😬 when heard that. God I hate evil campaigns. The creep factor just goes through the roof for me every time I hear someone use that phrase.
TBH, if a Karen suddenly summoned a big intimidating guy who just so happens to agree with her on every point and had no idea about the product he supposedly sold, the employees or the store itself... No way I'd have believed it was the owner. Most likely to be either Karen's shitty husband or some random goon.
Because a lot of /rpghorrorstories are posted from either frustration or need for attention IMO. Those in the first category generally omit the self aggrandizing preamble...
As above said, the majority of posts are biased in favor of the op, in one case the guy wasn’t even trying to hide that he was attempting to bias the story in his favor, let me see if I can find the video Yes, it’s the R saga, it’s a perfect example of the bias in a lot of these stories
Love the COMPASS OF JUDGEMENT! Great addition to your channel! Karen D&D stories are something you’d THINK would be more rare than they are. But if crit crab has taught me anything, there’s a surprising amount of them ruining good things for everyone as usual. This is an especially interesting one. I love the angle of: “I’m gonna talk to the manager” “I don’t work here!!!!” “Not anymore you don’t!” Wh-WHAT?!??🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣
I mean... that part of the story doesn't really make sense, because he seems to know it, but claims to have no explanation for the whole orgy thing... very weird.
I have a few ideas & tips on how to avoid any future events like this/ actions that could have been taken to avoid the outcome that happened. If someone takes a seat at your table uninvited and unwanted, tell them that "that seat is taken, John just went to use the bathroom" or a similar line. Filling any empty seats up with bags also helps. If you are ever in a situation where a karen or kyle trys to force themselves/ their kids into something, assert yourself. Speak up, tell them that they can't force you to do anything and that they should mind their own darn business.
No offense to the author, but I find it funny that the the story starts with "Our games are very dark and edgy. We're evil and rape. Also I have girlfriends and lots of sex, not even a Chad dudebro scares me" and while it's entirely possible that this story is true, it's sounds like such a "unicorn" story to me.
@@crunch13leaf Uhh, yes. Yes it is. Most male nerds are inherently unattractive, a nerd having consensual relations with somebody is completely unrealistic.
Really like the compass idea! So happy to see you growing. I empathize with the mother, who probably has to fight to make sure her kid is included in activities, but at the same time I can't understand people fighting so hard for something when they're so clearly in the wrong.
Good to know you're giving work to those who need it, poor Shell wouldn't be able to live such a lovely life full of freedom if he didn't have his job in the Storymines.
Man, I feel so sad for that DM, this story couldn't end in any worse way, especially for the fact that the new manager was an idiot whom didn't even play that sort of game. I hope the world will punish her as deemed
Probably the new owner will soon discover tabletops are not so profitable, and as someone with no connection to the games at all, will probably lose a bunch of clients. Sad part is the store probably will fall with him...
Back earlier this year, I finally found my first group to Play some D&D with, and im glad I found your channel before that. I've always loved hearing stories of "Dont be that guy!" And these stories and comments have really helped me avoid doing exactly that.
Why wouldn't the new owner have meet with the staff beforehand and know that the DM wasn't an employee? Either way the kid having to be forced through such a distressing situation due to his mom is such a bummer and hopefully they're doing well now.
Ive been binge watching critcrab the past few days since finding the channel and just laughed so hard my dog got scared and jumped on me when I the little crab appeared, love it
A semi-public rated R game feels a little weird to me, but I guess it depends on how far away from the other tables they were playing. Still a shame they didn’t get to finish the game. Hope they get another chance in the near future. Hope the kid is alright too.
Crit Crib lore being expanded right here. On a more serious note, it always seems to me that kids with some kind of mental or neuro disorder often seem to have mothers who are unnecessarily protective and aggressive. While you can chalk it up to stress and constant pressures of having to look after them (my brother has severe mental disabilities, and my mum is very similar in many ways), I still find it completely unacceptable to act like that. The kid was clearly scared by it. I also feel bad for the DM, alway sucks not being able to wrap up a fun campaign, and having an important moment like that ruined just makes it worse.
25 years ago I went to a game shop that was running a Ravenloft game, one of the monsters was a six year old little girl that attack people a strait razor and feed them alive to rats. A woman that tried to butt into our game left with her son and came back with the police. One cop real was an azz hole about it, even after the shop owner .. order .. him to leave.
What was your first clue? A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies? Or the fact that he had been playing this campaign for a length of time, but seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left? Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen? or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)? Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament and not letting private games take place in house that night, especially since it was a "rated R" game and the tournament seemed to be for all ages (so PG at best)? Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created? I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline.
@@TheMagicman1971 "A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies?" Ingame orgies, not real ones, holy shit people read the stories before you bitch. "Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen?" Now i'm pretty certain that i didnt see that part to the story, however: It's more likely it would've been for his friends, not the "karen". Along the lines of said "i'm moving soon". "or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)?" not unreasonable for someone who JUST took the reins not long ago, honestly. Customer says an employee's acting up? You assume they're right. "Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament" Except he did explain, to quote: "I said no, I was running a private 3.5e with my friends." "Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?" Idunno, the Karen seemed to be the focus, as that's what RUINED it. Unless you're saying he shouldnt talk about the plot period? He gave a summary of it, background, and info about the moving, and got to the meetup for the session, stated player 4 was late, and the karen shit starts, and after it's over as an edit sums up how the ending WOULD have gone... Please fucking read. "I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline." Now you're just making blatant assumptions, despite the fact that he did state there were multiple routes they could take for the ending of the session alone, depending on how they acted, it's "railroading"... Not sure how orgy = railroading either, unless you mean the supposed luck? Even though that's still a semi-common thing even without an Orgy. Such as a guy slamming back an entire fucking bottle and getting wasted, and getting the most disgustingly lucky rolls you've ever seen or such... tl;dr, your argument is kinda bullshit and shows you havent read the story for shit, and more have an axe to grind than any valid points considering it takes zero effort to counter them all...
@@TheMagicman1971 "all girls that constantly had orgies?" this might be hard to believe but alot of females are actually openly sexual and very sexual at that. especially nerdy females. "seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left" some poeple have terrible memories especially with like add/adhd with the out of sight out of mind thing. if it doesn't come up while it's in front of you chances are you'll forget for months. "the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament" some people buy into nerd culture just because they see how much money is in it for them. they have 0 idea what's going on in the process which is likely.
I’ve been binging your videos, and just bought my starter kit for D&D and will be getting it today. Thanks so much Crab Lord for inspiring me to finally start DMing. Also, I love shell. He’s always a pleasure to see, and the fact he’s a rare and small occurance just makes me love him more. Shell is absolutely adorable ans I hope they keep making appearances randomly, like a shiny Pokemon.
That Karen really makes me angry. The entire ordeal could have been avoided by her just talking to people like normal humans do. Instead she technically assaulted that DM, made racist remarks towards him and got him thrown out of that games store for no real reason while at the same time causing all kinds of psychological trauma to her neuroatypical kid and making sure the kid could still not play the game. GREAT JOB, MAM!
I don’t even play D&D, I just like hearing the stories. Spent the past couple of months binging these videos; definitely great storytelling and commentary. 😊
OP playing an adult game session in busy public store, crazy mom throws a temper tantrum, and store owner threatens to fire a customer... .....and OP thought the neurodivergent kid was the weird one? That kid is the only reasonable person in this situation. Poor kid just wanted to play D&D.
When he said “rape” I’m like wait.. but no I read it back and it does say that. “rape, and other vile things, but all done with reason” oof. That’s weird sentence bruh.
Imagining that poor kid shaking while mom is screaming honestly brings tears to my eyes. Poor fellow made a sheet and tried to play just to get into this situation.
Nobody: The kid in the video: *He stares at you with his doll like eyes and-* (In all seriousness, the Karen in this video was beyond infuriating, never have I wanted to punch someone I have never even met before)
Lookin good! I like the compass but i think it needs a little more wind up. Like on a gameshow when the wheel spins for a few seconds before you find where it lands.
The clarification was made at 5:32 through 6:10 that the orgies were not between the players, only the characters due to the uncanny luck it seemed to bring everybody's rolls. Just an in-game ritual. Just saw some people say they could d&d at home if they had the space for orgies and noticed it didn't hold up as an argument.
For some people THEY are the center of the universe and everything else bows to their whims. Really hope the kid got help but judging from the description of the mom I sincerely doubt it. No doubt the new owner turned the game store into a bar, which seems to be his speed. The OP's ending would have been great if they had a chance to finish it- too bad it ended like it did.
I mean, on the one hand some of the coolest gaming stores ive been to were a game store/bar and grill where you can rent out board games/rent a console while you wait on your food. And then shop around before or after/get a table for gaming. But on the other hand, i doubt that that is how it played out.
Oh, like you've never been assaulted in the middle of your finale, tossed out by the store owner for running a private game, and had a consolation menage a trois. Puh-leez, happens to me like every other session.
OP being 6’6 and not backing down from the “Chad” and then the “girls leave with him to go back to his room” as well as everyone else being in the wrong except for him.... going to have to press X to doubt on this story being legit...
@@postalkisuke Most likely because it was vacant and the employees knew him and let him? And that said table CANT EVEN DO 4E? It's built around 5+ players. That seat supports only four. Do the math
So uh, why didn't the owner (or other employees) know OP was holding games there? I think I'd try to clear it before starting. Also, taking up space while an event going on doesn't seem like a great idea to begin with.
From the sound of it, the employees were tied up running the tables, and probably knew the group and had of course left them to their business knowing they were going to use the back table no one else used. The owner was new and probably didn't know these teens were just regular patrons because it sounds like they'd missed a few sessions while OP was prepping to head to uni, so they weren't aware of/present for the change in ownership any more than the new owner was aware of his store's regular patronage. Heck, sounds like the new owner probably thought that D&D was only ever played in big events like this, rather than in a casual capacity, so it's unsurprising that he didn't expect anything but people coming for this launch event. As for "taking up space while an event was going on," it sounds pretty damn unlikely that this table would've been used for the event. It was pointed out to be kinda falling apart, and only big enough to seat a group of 4, which is basically useless at a big event like that where you'd want to be able to seat large groups in order to be able to run as many people through a module as possible. 4e modules in particular are mechanically scaled for a minimum 5 players, so you'd need a table that seats 6, at the very least, to run one.
This one just hurts. i have listened to a lot d&d horror stories. the Craig saga etc but its the fact that the op was moving away and that they never got to have a great send off before moving and its all because a effing karen and a guy who thinks he is a chad that op and the group never finished the game. people just suck sometimes
This might be the only CritCrab story where the orgy havers are the protagonists.
Oh no, you reminded me of that DM and his god-like NPCs' orgies on a -spaceship- ...
EDIT: An airship.
Even weirder it seems the majority of the table was female
Did we really need 7 mins of explaining his group like to role play there sexual fantasies. Of course this nerd is 6 ft tall and not intimidated by people. We didn't need all that BS fluff.
@@smugscylla4481 or atleast half when their full group is together.
@@NobodySoldier It was an airship, but yes.
Out of everybody here i feel worst for the little kid, his moms a jerk, and he just really wanted to try a new game and his Mom ruined that for him
Yeah it wasn't his fault any of this happened... Why was she trying to put him at the corner table anyway? Maybe I'm reading too hard into it, but it almost comes across like she's ashamed or trying to hide him away from the rest of the event.
The kid probably sat at the corner table because he felt too awkward and nervous at the other tables, because people on the spectrum often have a hard time in new social situations, and probably had no idea the table was claimed. That poor kid, poor OP, and what a horrible mother, it's just a shitty situation all around
@@zodiachimera7557 The kid probably picked that table because he felt most comfortable at the only table in the store that was majority female.
Sounds like the kid was used to letting his mom bully for him.
@@Jermbot15 The description also said that the women were "in the corner" - which would probably make the child's back towards the rest of the store, making the room seem "smaller" with fewer people to see & get anxious over - his mom obviously would "protect" him from behind.
I mostly feel bad for the poor kid. Life is hard enough for neuroatypical people, having entitled parents that don't help them stay safe and sane in hard situations makes it harder. I hope things turned out good for them.
Same :/
He came off as pretty entitled himself. He's clearly used to getting whatever he wants, no questions asked.
Plus, some neurodivergent people can find themselves gravitating towards a particular individual or group when they are in a social situation with unfamiliar people. Sounds like that may have been happening here, but no way to be entirely sure based on the information we have here
@Naukumaija Mau-mau yeah, from the story he just sat still and shaked/handed the character sheet. It's hard to say anything about it, but I wouldn't say "entitled", seems to me to lean more towards not being used to social interactions at all /being extremely nervous and anxious.
Poor kid yeah. :-/
T°rd mother still.
I can see where the poor boy got his condition inheritred from.
Yay, my suggestion for a little crab assistant got implemented!
You made Crab Kingdom history
@@CritCrab Awesome!🦀
Just wait, soon they will be unionizing
A lot of people did appreciate more crabs, I forget which video had 3 entire crabs but it was unforgettable.
@@tobiasp.3702 Or CritCrab will do as his name says, and roll a nat 20 on the persuasion check to avoid execution, and then another to get himself elected Crab President. :D
Alternately, he nat 1s and doesn't even make it to trial.
I feel like Karen and Chad think the term “dungeon master” is a job title, and therefore can’t wrap their smooth brains around the idea that this particular DM might be doing this for free for his private friend group
Lmao I'd imagine something completely different behind that job name
Yeah, if the event probably mentioned that the store is going to have "expert/professional/experienced Dungeon Masters" or something along that vein, I can definitely see a misguided parent thinking it's something you need qualifications for. Also, Karen's "that doesn't sound like the game I read about" seems like she thought it's something like Monopoly or Risk where the story comes from rules, so the OP's explanation of the game being rated R and being heavy with its plot would have sounded like he's either not playing the right game or the game right, or that he's gatekeeping her son on a "ew, kids" basis.
Still a grade A douchenozzle.
Yeah maybe. If you believe that the OP ran an awesome game, got into an argument with a real life Karen, a real life Chad, and then went home to have sex with two hot chicks.
Personally the story sounds like a work of fiction to me.
@@aurora5481 well if you google dnd you get the current edition handbook, which is pretty family friendly. (i read it over the course of 3 days to prep for my session) its large just as basic guidebook. The campaigns people do are largely t or m, not AO. sad part ids, kids playing dnd has been the norm since the first edition back in the 70s.
@@Jermbot15 lol, you so silly with your extrapolations. Ya little rascal
That store is going to fail under management like that, guy doesn't even know who works for him.
I dunno man. Sounds like the new owner was running a big 4e launch event. If these guys werent strict regulars i get he was like : there is no private games on today. If i went to a store during a sealed event at a new mtg set release and me and my 4 friends showed up abd didint want to participate at event but take up space its understandable we'd be asked to leave. Its not bad business kicking out somebody thats not really a spending customer.
That's why I'm skeptical. Game shops rarely have more than six employees; no way the manager wouldn't know their staff.
@@DJ_Kie Except, the person in the video clearly stated that he was able to secure their *usual* seat at the back. And also have been repeating that they have been regulars at that store.
The newcomer didnt give a shit about anything to be honest. He didnt even asked them to leave, he tried to *order a CUSTOMER* to do something.
You cant do that lol. I hope the overconfident 'chad' is broke as shit now.
That game store closed down a few years ago. They sell farm equipment there now.
@@lerminator101 Fitting.
Bruh, trying to get someone fired from where they do not even work is a new level of negative IQ.
That is pretty much the definition of negative IQ
The manager not knowing who works for him and who doesn't is honestly super embarassing.
If I was him, I'd want to dig a deep hole and hide
Nah we've seen that before. But BEING the one trying to fire someone that doesn't work for you....my god 🤣
@@runtergerutscht4401 if i understood correctly , he was the store owner , so even worse
@@Stuffman1861 no, there are less stupid thing that still are an indecation of negative IQ...
This has to be one of the most depressing stories you've covered, not because of the horror itself, but because of how it ended. At least with the vast majority of other stories, there's some sort of happy ending, even if it's as simple as "the problem player was kicked out" or "the players left the awful campaign". Here, however, this can't be classed as anything other than a complete downer ending - the players and GM were forced to stop their campaign right as it was about to reach its conclusion, the Karen and the store owner got exactly what they wanted with zero repercussions and the neuroatypical kid was still stuck in an unhealthy situation.
Maybe the DM got to sleep with the girls that showed up?
It's something at least.
@@haku8135 doubt it story doesn't add up.
1) claims to be regulars yet doesn't know the ownership changed hands.
2) the store not changing after changing hands.
3) use of buzz words when talking a decade old story.
4) claims no one can host dnd at their homes but op can get a 3some in his bedroom, that largely doesn't add up.
@@azadalamiq feeling kind of similar. The whole story smells a bit rank, starting at how they just feel the need to qualify the time period as if to prove that they were totally there at the time, to how our protagonist is some amorphous non-white all-inclusive chad martyr running a super duper cool quirky evil campaign. I've a feeling this story did happen, but some of this shit smells like a dead rat. I'm gonna have to assume the karen, her kid and the store owner are caricatures at best
Thing is this smacks of modern d&d. Nobody I know from when I started playing would turn a player away. I come from an age where finding players was a near impossibility.
@@joshuareynolds23 impossibility? They were a small group of friends that had an established game going. Why would they bring in new people, let alone strangers, LET ALONE children?
I've seen plenty of moms with children on the spectrum like that. She acted like that because she, at heart, hates her kid and was furious that she couldn't unload him at the first chance she got.
On top of that she probably plays the martyr card of "oh shes a mom to a special need kid, please worship me for the sacrifices i make" in order to get more clout in her HOA club as well as get away with shitty behavior because she's always "sooooo stressed." I have seen the type way too many times
Oh god, I hate people like that. This kinda the reason why I’ve been put off of parenting. I’d like a kid, but I know I couldn’t handle it.
You either become the monster parent or have to deal with parents who are like that and I’d rather not
@Walt Aistir I try to be optimistic, but this is one thing I can’t be optimistic about.
yep, shit like that is what leads to hate groups like autism speaks and movies like Music
That poor kid though. His first D&D experience ends with him not getting to play and his mom shrieking at some poor high school kid who doesn't even work at the place. He'll probably never want to try playing again
No way to be certain, maybe he ends up at a different table where people understand neurodivergent people.
@@jamesgaston2745 Him being neurodivergent has nothing to do with the story. He was a innocent bystander. The parent being a overly entitled asshole and the new management being a clueless idiot was the entirety of the story. If you replace him with the usual kid that just wants to do something with yet another overly entitled asshole of a mom, the story doesn't change at all.
No D&D is better than bad D&D, after all
@@digital_u4ia You are spot on, except for the part about it having nothing to do with the kid. Just speaking from a clinical perspective, that kid was probably traumatized. That "vibration the OP spoke of was, most likely, the child trying to express distress, but having no outlet. It sux that those supposed adults had to ruin a "one-last-session" sort of night. Any reasonable adult will realize that when something is described as "R rated" it is not for children. As for the new owner, it should be illegal to monetize AL events. But, that child had to witness his mother going off. Any "normal" child gets upset when their parent does, especially when they don't understand. Very likely, this kid had no pressure valve of any kind. So, yes, this is an awful story around the kid, but it is so much worse because he had to be there for it.
Sorry for the rant. I guess I'm a little sensitive about it since my 12 year old told her Nana that "Mommy and Daddy should get a divorce. They fight too much when they're around [each other]."
I too am much more concerned about the fate of the kid.
If the Chad is so sure he can "fire" OP then OP should demand back wages for all of the games he has been running unpaid.
Probably chad would have gone mental and or violent because he sounds like the obey or be thrashed type of mentality
That's clever, but really all I wanted was to play one last game with my friends. I wasn't trying to push any more buttons than I already had. I figured if there was any way to salvage that night it was with a pizza and my friends at home.
@@silverblaze46 I say let him. Any injury he causes will come out of those deep pockets of his
@@ServantofBaal Yup, fuck'em!
@@silverblaze46 Or he was just a store owner that wanted a perverted non-customer grognard out of his store, reminded him that he had no entitlement to be there, no matter how long he had been going, and found a dude arguing with an actual paying customer..
Before covid, the local library near me had a weekly D&D session for those who were under 18, as there was a worker who loved D&D and wanted to show off to younger kids the fun of RPG. My husband and myself volunteered to be DMs as we had 20 kids show up every week and there was no way 1 DM was going to cut it (we had 4 DMs total). The weeks went on and certain kids wanted certain DMs; but with every group there is always the problem child, literally. I had a child that would throw a fit when they didn't get their way (when a roll failed, missed an attack) and my favorite: when this kid was talking they wanted the whole table to be completly silent and focus on him. (These are kids ranging from 10 years old to 17 so attention span is short) Eventually we had to get the kids parents involved and well.... let's say because of these parents we aren't able to do these weekly D&D sessions anymore. It always take just 1 person to ruin it for the rest. I'll miss DMing those kids as D&D is such a fun experience! Maybe one day there will be another opportunity to set this up
It's always one bad apple that spoils the bunch. XP
Some parents can't comprehend that not anyone will find their kids the most perfect and wonderful beings at the universe
If there's a local game store you can often find them accommodating, a lot of community centers (and some libraries, not all) are decently cheap to rent space as well. There's always hope.
Always the one person who's the reason everyone else can't have nice things
The "Do this or you're fired!" thing is equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Hilarious because every time I've heard that it was someone literally saying that they'd get me fired from my own business. Horrifying because of the sheer confidence behind the statement every time I've heard it. As if these people have actually gotten someone fired before and knew that they could do it again. x_x
I love the look on their faces when you tell them if they come back you have them arrested for trespassing.
Ah nothing like a D&D flavored “I don’t work here lady”
I once had someone come up to me in a Ford Dealership and ask me a question (I forget what it was about). I had to tell them I didn’t work there, it was pretty embarrassing for both of us, but quite funny looking back. It was a fair mistake to make, I was electronically signing the contracts so was sat at the salesperson's desk to do this, and they had left me alone to do it, so I probably did look like an ordinary employee doing important work.
@@intergalactic92 Over a decade ago, I worked for a third-party merchandising company named Mosaic. I did work at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Office Max, Office Depot, and a few others. One day, I was working at a local Best Buy, setting up a planogram and putting up sales labels when a customer came and asked me where a specific movie was; I told them "If Best Buy has it, it should be there (telling them the section where the movie might be... I think it was in comedy)." [I told them the equivalent of nothing. I never said that BB had it, that they had it and it wasn't in another location, etc. Basically, the only thing I said/alluded to was that I don't work there.] The customer looked at what I was wearing and said "you don't work here, do you?" I said nope & told them that a Best Buy employee would be glad to help them. The customer said they were sorry and left to go find an employee, or to find the movie themselves.
@@jerryharris876 a few years back I was in a game shop putting a game back on the shelf because I had decided not to get it when a sweet old lady came up asking for a game to get her grandkid on the Nintendo switch I helped her and afterwards when I was browsing other games I heard her say “that young man is so sweet and a good employee” the guys in the game shop knew me and I didn’t work there and explained as such later she asked why I helped her and I just said “because I like to help others”
At a Wal-Mart, we had folks asking the EASTER BUNNY where something is because they know it's an employee in there.
"Screw the illusion, I need to know there the condoms are."
Lmao I grew up in the ghetto, you randomly grab someones arm and dammit karen you getting smacked tf up, especially with this lady's attitude
I grew up a stones throw outside of Detroit and yea, you're not wrong.
Truth!
She certainly deserved it. Unfortunately, while it might have taught her a lesson, it would have just added more trauma for her poor kid.
@@rodjacksonx I dont think kid cared slightest. Dude mentioned, despite the Karen screaming like a dying T-rex from Jurassic Park, Kid had the same expression and attidute through all of this.
@@Kronosfobi - Well, yes... while visibly shaking. I just assumed the kid was on the spectrum or some such.
The king is back baby 👑🦀👑
Edit: Also tiny crab needs to be a discord emoji
The king is backk!
The king is backkk!
And here I was binge watching some videos of yours I didn't finish.
*Stares at you with doll like eyes and says nothing*
What video is that from?
@@gertrudefart3082 "Edgelord repeatedly fails at murdering party"
One of my personal favorite videos on this channel lmao
@@jhalilxvii Thanks
@@gertrudefart3082 No prob👌
First video I saw of him!
The CritCrab lore just got deeper. Within the first two minutes, we see that not only is CC a "father", but also a King and Slave master. This is the sort of meta lore I live for.
We must have an origin story!
Wait...king/slaver of crabs...is critcrab friends with Mr. Peanut?
>Squeaktoy noises
>Dog runs up to laptop and proceeds tilting head back and forth
>___>;;
HAHAHA
"Couldnt play at any of our houses because of 1 reason or an-" Yea, yea, you didn't want your family to realize you were doing sec session via DnD we get it, we get it.
Lmao
Very true xD Clichey dark emo kid issues, haha !
I teared up a little during this story. The poor kid has a mom who doesn't take interest in what they like, but also the way she acts does stop his progression of being able to grow and handle his disability better. Extreme stressful situations like that causes anyone severe anxiety, but with a disability it also causes them to sort of go into super panic mode. That can reverse a lot of therapy in the matter of seconds
I honestly feel awful for the kid. Shaking like that and not changing facial expression is a trauma response. He was probably terrified and disheartened that he finally had a chance to do something he wanted and his mom ruined that too.
Trying to maintain a happy or smiling demeanor in the face of confrontation in order to deescalate the situation. It's probably second nature for him with his mom's psychotic behavior.
Yeah, definitely a creative writing assignment.
this story gives me mad r/ThatHappened vibes. The bit about showing the karen his acceptance letter is what pushed it over the edge for me. I'm sure some version of this happened, but it seems a bit unbelievable as described. Like even someone who knows nothing about DnD knows what "I dont work here" and "this is a private game" means. But maybe im just a cynical asshole and it happened exactly like OP says.
That's fair, but I've had an experience with people getting upset at me when I was younger when they've mistaken me for a store employee, I tried to explain I can't help because I don't work there and don't know how to help, and they've gotten really pissy with me and... I don't even know, assumed I was lying or something? People are wild.
You underestimate the brain damage of the average American consumer.
Remember that OP was going to surprise the players with their going to college. The acceptance letter is one such way to surprise the players. This is perhaps the only scenario I can imagine where it would actually make less sense for OP to not have the letter.
I'm really cynical but also i know some people with negative iq so my opinion is op exaggerated some details but it happened
“I don’t think you’re a real Dungeon Master” 🤣 Obviously, she IS a Karen but but that sentence has to be one of the most Karen things I’ve read in a while.
Seriously though, that poor kid probably never wants to play DND again thanks to his horrid mother. And poor OP and players not getting to play at all or wrap up their campaign before he moved away :(
And this is why many game stores and video game stores have strict child policies-parents want to abandon their children to a free babysitter while they go off and do whatever, not realizing these people are not trained to handle children.
"We couldn't play D&D at my house. But anyway. I took the girls back to my room and we hung out all night."
Mmmmkay.
There was zero reason to cram in the "I've had sex with all these girls" in the story. Just say you run an adult game. I call bull@%# on this story.
@@Lordvoivod I got skeptical when Op claimed to be 6' 6"
Yeah, I'm getting real "Then everybody clapped while I banged all their girlfriends" vibes from this. Plus, who carries around a college acceptance letter as a handy racism shield?
Yeah that, along with a few other details, was kinda sus.
Of course, I could still totally believe a karen acting like this, humanity never fails to disappoint.
@@delirob8721 Maybe someone planning on surprising their friends with the fact that they were going to college would be carrying around their college acceptance letter to the session they were planning on announcing said acceptance to college?
As for the "I have sex" bit, my understanding was that it was the characters doing so in-character, not that the players were doing it. This one felt obvious to me, but I can also see how it could be interpreted differently, so that one makes a lot more sense to discuss.
“You can’t fire me i quit! Wait.....”
You Cant Quit I Quit!
@@temdatemmie5720 You can't quit, I am your wife!
@@bengt1881 I'm Not Your Wife You're My Wife!
@@temdatemmie5720 Oh hey honey, how was work?
@@BalefulStr1x *World’s Greatest Storyline*
This is the first story in a while that genuinely ticked me off. Sucks they got away with that and probably still think they were in the right.
Let’s go find the place and show them what assholes they really are!
You say that like they weren't.
OP ran an X-rated game in a public place with kids running about. The store manager was right to kick him.
@@stevenschnepp576 A PRIVATE game, with an entirely different system, off in the corner away from pretty much everyone...
Between a set four-person group.
Worse still, they were just about to end their campaign in what could've been a spectacle. But no, the campaign probably still rests in campaign limbo, where all the characters of every unfinished campaign wander, alone and afraid, until they are chosen to be taken up, a fate which sadly only a few are fortunate to receive.
Worse still, the likely neurodivergent kid was there to see the entire scene. That would surely be traumatizing, and quite likely left him at least a little disturbed.
@@811brian Apparently, the place closed down already.
And that's why whenever you're selling your store to someone, you make sure they know about what they're buying, wonder how he actually qualified for managing that store with this "you're playing your own game at my store where I allow people to play their games? Get out, you're banned!" atitude
they paid, I guess?
lol wut, no.
Selling a store to someone does not entitle them to knowledge of anything. Its up to the buyers to understand what they are getting into and how things work. The moment titles and money change hands, thats it. Its not the previous owners problem.
Here is a trick, get them to do their job and then go to another person if there is a problem
@@biggumstevens1784 I never said it's the previous owner's problem, I just said that he shouldnt have sold the store to such a moron, which may not even be his fault, maybe the guy sounded like someone who actually was worth selling to, but actually werent, it's just that I don't think someone that stupid would have enough brain cells to trick anyone into thinking they were a good option
@@HiatoPDSS
>have buyer for store you no longer want to own
>be choosy about who you give it to instead of getting out from under it financially
no.
Wait a minute... they couldn't play at anybody's place for one reason or another so they were forced to play at the store...but they ended up staying in OP's room and talking all night long. Soooo...why couldn't they have been running their game there? they had all of their stuff.
Because this completely fabricated story needed an antagonist.
Hey Crit, Thanks for the uploads and hope you feel better soon.
Thanks! I'm working on it. 🦀
“My players with evil PC’s weren’t murder hobos, don’t worry... they did rape people though”
Did anyone else catch that?
Yupp. I am happy that at least in this comment section there seems to be more than one person catching stuff like that.
The last time I said "PC's shouldn't commit sexual assault" I got angry YT comments for 3 months.
@@EldritchMcPie murdering someone is borderline meaningless in a game with multiple afterlives, but sexual assault is always icky
If someone brought that to the table and wanted to rape someone in one of my games... shoot, I wouldn’t know how to react, but I wouldn’t want to play with them anymore
@@darkartsdabbler2407 It could be merely implied, like a “I drag NPC into this alley and later walk out” but I totally understand still not wanting to play
...and? It was explicitly stated that they DID kill people, and that it was an evil PC game.
And they did it in a PUBLIC SPACE..
like this is why victims of SA don't like playing D&D in public because this is rather common..
When people are being like that just go “your bloodline is weak”
It confuses people since people are desensitized to normal insults
"Now, lets strat the horror story"
Oh, the orgie part wasnt the horror History!?
Ooh boy. The guy kicking him out reminds me of Gaming Goat's CEO who was so salty about a guy leaving his chain and going independent he went on a 3 hour Facebook live rant.
The actual heck?
@@centurosproductions8827 wish I was kidding. Search Gaming Goat
Oh my god I knew the guy that broke away lol.
PRAISE BE THE CRAB KING!!
PRAISE
ALL PRAIS THE CRAB KING!!!
PRAISE THE CRAB KING
GLORY UNTO HIS SHINING PINCERS!!!
By the way, have I been using that "much less" phrase backwards? Lately, everyone seems to put the smaller thing at the end, but I always thought that you put the bigger, more impressive thing at the end. For example, "he doesn't even look like an employee, much less a manager," because I thought the idea was that you're saying that if the more mundane thing isn't true then there's no way that the more extreme one is.
Damn, I feel for that kid so much. He was probably just really nervous and didn't know what to do, just wanted to play a cool new game :(
The bit where the Mom said 'he filled out the paper and everything'. And the way here seemed neuroatypical. I feel like it might've been really hard for him to fill out his character sheet. Makes me sad.
Absolutely love your channel, found it a few month ago and I've binged every video!
Thanks! Glad you like them!
I remember joyfully the days before I knew about Craig, questionable airship bonding practices, and “That’s no island ...”
@@briangronberg6507 honestly, I thought id meet a few 'Craig's' in my time but.... Clearly there was an ultimate Craig out there I am glad to have never encountered
Nice compass.
(please feed Shell, they are a good crab)
This story has everything! A talented and ambitious young POC on the verge of leaving "corn country" for the big city going toe to toe with a racist Karen and a clueless manlet Chad. In the end they didn't even ruin the game because one of the players canceled so it wouldn't have happened anyway! And he just went home and had a threesome all night with his teenage female friends!
The only part it's missing is everyone clapping while the OP strides out of the door while the Chad realizes his mistake too late and begs for OP to stay. That might have been too on the nose though.
I've had so many great times playing games like dungeons and whatever, Vampire: the mask hidey thing, and Call of the big tentacle dude
If you like those, you should try Trailseeker, BattleSledge and Fight Machines!
(Pathfinder, Warhammer and BattleTech, respectively. I have little confidence in my joke. Lol)
I can't believe Shell is already my favorite thing to ever exist.
"I'm not saying there wasn't rape but it was all done with RESTRAINT and PURPOSE..." excuse me?
Yeah, I did a bit of a 😬 when heard that. God I hate evil campaigns. The creep factor just goes through the roof for me every time I hear someone use that phrase.
@@patjacksonpodium but the players are girls so it's fine
@@ExValeFor Say Sykes right now.
"See, it was totally integral to the plot, because... I created a character that would totally do that. I am therefore absolved of being a creep."
@@EldritchMcPie that was supposed to be sarcasm
TBH, if a Karen suddenly summoned a big intimidating guy who just so happens to agree with her on every point and had no idea about the product he supposedly sold, the employees or the store itself... No way I'd have believed it was the owner. Most likely to be either Karen's shitty husband or some random goon.
This is why I still keep the old gods; when you ask for a "manager", you get the real deal (whether you like it or not)
🦀🦀🦀
Why does every story like this need to begin with OP monologuing about their rp skills and how cool and perfectly balanced their party is?
Because a lot of /rpghorrorstories are posted from either frustration or need for attention IMO. Those in the first category generally omit the self aggrandizing preamble...
As above said, the majority of posts are biased in favor of the op, in one case the guy wasn’t even trying to hide that he was attempting to bias the story in his favor, let me see if I can find the video
Yes, it’s the R saga, it’s a perfect example of the bias in a lot of these stories
I mean, I know *why* lol it's more of a rhetorical question.
Im hoping i can be a source of a good happy story for critcrab some day
Love the COMPASS OF JUDGEMENT! Great addition to your channel!
Karen D&D stories are something you’d THINK would be more rare than they are. But if crit crab has taught me anything, there’s a surprising amount of them ruining good things for everyone as usual. This is an especially interesting one. I love the angle of: “I’m gonna talk to the manager”
“I don’t work here!!!!”
“Not anymore you don’t!”
Wh-WHAT?!??🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣
The squeaking from "shell" made my dogs lose it lol. They are currently on the hunt for a toy that isn't real
Um...did anyone else catch the "we knew each other in the biblical sense"? Because... uh... I'm not sure it means what OP thinks it means
That's what I thought too.
Edit: at least I hope so 😬
I mean... that part of the story doesn't really make sense, because he seems to know it, but claims to have no explanation for the whole orgy thing... very weird.
I'm well aware.
@Paul Gauthier If you're claiming they had constant orgies, they dont, or at least OP doesnt allude to it.
I have a few ideas & tips on how to avoid any future events like this/ actions that could have been taken to avoid the outcome that happened.
If someone takes a seat at your table uninvited and unwanted, tell them that "that seat is taken, John just went to use the bathroom" or a similar line. Filling any empty seats up with bags also helps.
If you are ever in a situation where a karen or kyle trys to force themselves/ their kids into something, assert yourself. Speak up, tell them that they can't force you to do anything and that they should mind their own darn business.
I love your channel, keep up the good work
Thank you so much!
No offense to the author, but I find it funny that the the story starts with "Our games are very dark and edgy. We're evil and rape. Also I have girlfriends and lots of sex, not even a Chad dudebro scares me" and while it's entirely possible that this story is true, it's sounds like such a "unicorn" story to me.
Ehhh game wasn’t that dark, seemed like average villains story tbh
Lot of game nerds are polyamorous, especially in high school. Not that unrealistic.
@@crunch13leaf That too
@@crunch13leaf Uhh, yes. Yes it is. Most male nerds are inherently unattractive, a nerd having consensual relations with somebody is completely unrealistic.
@@thomasmorgan9768 Ima be real, it kiiinda sounds like you're talking out of your ass on this one? Unless you're confusing them with Incels...
So he knew all his gaming buddies in high school "in the biblical sense? So the orgies were out of character as well as in character?
i respect the dude who didnt let a kid in on a orgie filled DnD Game and not backing down despite being confroted by karen and dude bro guy.
Knowing that crabs eat their young, I fear for Shell.
Really like the compass idea! So happy to see you growing.
I empathize with the mother, who probably has to fight to make sure her kid is included in activities, but at the same time I can't understand people fighting so hard for something when they're so clearly in the wrong.
When the edgy, rapy, murders are the good guys; it's because there are more evil powers at play.
I've never been this early before this is awesome
Yeah!
@@CritCrab and a reply from critcrab himself??? This must be my lucky day!! I love your videos man keep up the good work😊
Good to know you're giving work to those who need it, poor Shell wouldn't be able to live such a lovely life full of freedom if he didn't have his job in the Storymines.
Man, I feel so sad for that DM, this story couldn't end in any worse way, especially for the fact that the new manager was an idiot whom didn't even play that sort of game.
I hope the world will punish her as deemed
Probably the new owner will soon discover tabletops are not so profitable, and as someone with no connection to the games at all, will probably lose a bunch of clients. Sad part is the store probably will fall with him...
@@maestro3947-b9g the store probably already fell, if I'm not an idiot it's a story of about 10 years ago
I feel bad for the kid.
@@The_mekboy_you_deserve i didnt get that.
@@The_mekboy_you_deserve While we can't rule out your being an idiot, the DM did say it happened some ten years ago.
😍 *Grabs and hugs tiny crabbies!!* Love you Critty!!
Back earlier this year, I finally found my first group to Play some D&D with, and im glad I found your channel before that. I've always loved hearing stories of "Dont be that guy!" And these stories and comments have really helped me avoid doing exactly that.
Why wouldn't the new owner have meet with the staff beforehand and know that the DM wasn't an employee? Either way the kid having to be forced through such a distressing situation due to his mom is such a bummer and hopefully they're doing well now.
Why’d you do that to my dog, bro? Lmao
Gilgamesh is NOT fond if your antics 😂 🐶
Ive been binge watching critcrab the past few days since finding the channel and just laughed so hard my dog got scared and jumped on me when I the little crab appeared, love it
whoever drew that chart at the end, major props, it looks damn good
THANK YOU SO MUCH AHHH
A semi-public rated R game feels a little weird to me, but I guess it depends on how far away from the other tables they were playing. Still a shame they didn’t get to finish the game. Hope they get another chance in the near future. Hope the kid is alright too.
It's even weirder when Op mentions that they just "head back to his room" at the end of it and like why didn't they do that to begin with?
Crit Crib lore being expanded right here.
On a more serious note, it always seems to me that kids with some kind of mental or neuro disorder often seem to have mothers who are unnecessarily protective and aggressive. While you can chalk it up to stress and constant pressures of having to look after them (my brother has severe mental disabilities, and my mum is very similar in many ways), I still find it completely unacceptable to act like that. The kid was clearly scared by it. I also feel bad for the DM, alway sucks not being able to wrap up a fun campaign, and having an important moment like that ruined just makes it worse.
This story feels massively embellished. I'd believe the skeleton of the story, but it's full body doesn't seem plausible.
25 years ago I went to a game shop that was running a Ravenloft game, one of the monsters was a six year old little girl that attack people a strait razor and feed them alive to rats. A woman that tried to butt into our game left with her son and came back with the police. One cop real was an azz hole about it, even after the shop owner .. order .. him to leave.
I was thinking the same thing while watching,
"No I don't work here"
Karen starts shrieking
I'm sure it was heated on both sides
What was your first clue? A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies? Or the fact that he had been playing this campaign for a length of time, but seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left? Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen? or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)? Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament and not letting private games take place in house that night, especially since it was a "rated R" game and the tournament seemed to be for all ages (so PG at best)? Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?
I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline.
@@TheMagicman1971 "A guy that basically ran a game of apparently all girls that constantly had orgies?" Ingame orgies, not real ones, holy shit people read the stories before you bitch.
"Or how he dramatically pulled out his acceptance letter to the college to prove his intellectual prowess to the Karen?" Now i'm pretty certain that i didnt see that part to the story, however: It's more likely it would've been for his friends, not the "karen". Along the lines of said "i'm moving soon".
"or a manager that didn't have a clue as to who his actually employees were and unprofessionally threatened to fire an employee in a crowded shop (Defamation and managerial harassment aka lawsuit)?"
not unreasonable for someone who JUST took the reins not long ago, honestly. Customer says an employee's acting up? You assume they're right.
"Or the fact that the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament and didn't bother attempting to explain that they were having a private game and wasn't part of the tournament, especially when the proper thing to do would be to designate all the tables for that night to the tournament"
Except he did explain, to quote: "I said no, I was running a private 3.5e with my friends."
"Or the fact that the entire subject of the story (the Karen) seemed to be seconded to his 'amazing' story that he created?"
Idunno, the Karen seemed to be the focus, as that's what RUINED it. Unless you're saying he shouldnt talk about the plot period? He gave a summary of it, background, and info about the moving, and got to the meetup for the session, stated player 4 was late, and the karen shit starts, and after it's over as an edit sums up how the ending WOULD have gone...
Please fucking read.
"I would take bets that this guy is probably one of those DMs that creates a story in a few hours, thinks that if he shows it to Wizards of the Coast, they would buy it from him and hire him on the spot to create for them, tries to railroad (AKA probably has something to do with any orgy sections added to the story) and gets offended if they venture too far off his absolutely amazing storyline."
Now you're just making blatant assumptions, despite the fact that he did state there were multiple routes they could take for the ending of the session alone, depending on how they acted, it's "railroading"...
Not sure how orgy = railroading either, unless you mean the supposed luck? Even though that's still a semi-common thing even without an Orgy. Such as a guy slamming back an entire fucking bottle and getting wasted, and getting the most disgustingly lucky rolls you've ever seen or such...
tl;dr, your argument is kinda bullshit and shows you havent read the story for shit, and more have an axe to grind than any valid points considering it takes zero effort to counter them all...
@@TheMagicman1971 "all girls that constantly had orgies?" this might be hard to believe but alot of females are actually openly sexual and very sexual at that. especially nerdy females.
"seriously "forgot" to tell his players that he was going off to college until right before he left" some poeple have terrible memories especially with like add/adhd with the out of sight out of mind thing. if it doesn't come up while it's in front of you chances are you'll forget for months.
"the "new Owner" who obviously "could care less about gaming etiquette" was hosting a tournament" some people buy into nerd culture just because they see how much money is in it for them. they have 0 idea what's going on in the process which is likely.
I’ve been binging your videos, and just bought my starter kit for D&D and will be getting it today. Thanks so much Crab Lord for inspiring me to finally start DMing. Also, I love shell. He’s always a pleasure to see, and the fact he’s a rare and small occurance just makes me love him more. Shell is absolutely adorable ans I hope they keep making appearances randomly, like a shiny Pokemon.
That Karen really makes me angry. The entire ordeal could have been avoided by her just talking to people like normal humans do. Instead she technically assaulted that DM, made racist remarks towards him and got him thrown out of that games store for no real reason while at the same time causing all kinds of psychological trauma to her neuroatypical kid and making sure the kid could still not play the game. GREAT JOB, MAM!
I don’t even play D&D, I just like hearing the stories. Spent the past couple of months binging these videos; definitely great storytelling and commentary. 😊
*sees tiny crab* oMIGOSH!! It’s a babyu!! > u < he speaks in squeaks!! :o I gotta giv him food!
OP playing an adult game session in busy public store, crazy mom throws a temper tantrum, and store owner threatens to fire a customer...
.....and OP thought the neurodivergent kid was the weird one? That kid is the only reasonable person in this situation. Poor kid just wanted to play D&D.
My dog went nuts when Shell started talking, guess he's a fan
This is why I'm glad that either i know or someone in the groups knows the store owner and not just as them being the owner but as a friend too
I'll take "Sh*t That Never Happened" for $200!
the little crabs on the compass are so cute!!!!
When he said “rape” I’m like wait.. but no I read it back and it does say that. “rape, and other vile things, but all done with reason” oof. That’s weird sentence bruh.
Yeah I don't see how that can be "done with reason." That act is a no-go at my table.
These people are knew each other and their campaign was dark. A 101 about why you shouldn't intrude on people's *private* games.
@@KaitouKaiju Yes, let them be creepy and awful in the dark corners where they belong.
@@KaitouKaiju it’s gross.
@@patjacksonpodium go home and do that lol. Wtf not in public.
Imagining that poor kid shaking while mom is screaming honestly brings tears to my eyes. Poor fellow made a sheet and tried to play just to get into this situation.
Idk
What it is about this one, but it feels very fake and forced. Like, OP is fantasizing his own horror story.
Something about me thinking I'm at the beach is so nice love the background
It's been so long since I've seen a CritCrab vid! Hope that little crustacean is okay, he seemed very hungry 😢
Great time to come back! Just added a few new channel upgrades. 😎
What do crabs even eat?
@@austyn1061 crits
@@CritCrab sweet! I know what I'm binge watching for the next couple days! 😁🦀
@Austyn Nelson the souls of the damned
Oh my God, Shell is adorable!
everyone send shell a dorrito chip ;_;
:...Or you're Fired!"
"Okay where's my final paycheck?"
Might as well get paid for your trouble.
Nobody:
The kid in the video: *He stares at you with his doll like eyes and-*
(In all seriousness, the Karen in this video was beyond infuriating, never have I wanted to punch someone I have never even met before)
Sheesh, I've just wanted to write about doll like eyes, but you came first
Feel the same way bro
That brings back the memories
@@CaptainKiLL83 it brought back all the memories. All. Except. Fekar.
@@colossaltitan3546 He'll totally heal in the water because he's a fish, right???
Lookin good! I like the compass but i think it needs a little more wind up. Like on a gameshow when the wheel spins for a few seconds before you find where it lands.
I want to be on the dm’s side, but honestly I get the impression from the way he tells the story that he did NOT handle this well at all.
If only he could see the future to see that 4th Crashed and Burned
adorable little crab is adorable.
Well said...
The clarification was made at 5:32 through 6:10 that the orgies were not between the players, only the characters due to the uncanny luck it seemed to bring everybody's rolls. Just an in-game ritual. Just saw some people say they could d&d at home if they had the space for orgies and noticed it didn't hold up as an argument.
For some people THEY are the center of the universe and everything else bows to their whims. Really hope the kid got help but judging from the description of the mom I sincerely doubt it. No doubt the new owner turned the game store into a bar, which seems to be his speed. The OP's ending would have been great if they had a chance to finish it- too bad it ended like it did.
I mean, on the one hand some of the coolest gaming stores ive been to were a game store/bar and grill where you can rent out board games/rent a console while you wait on your food. And then shop around before or after/get a table for gaming. But on the other hand, i doubt that that is how it played out.
According to Google Maps, they sell farm equipment now.
There is literally not a single like-able person in this story.
On another edition of: IT NEVER HAPPENED
Oh, like you've never been assaulted in the middle of your finale, tossed out by the store owner for running a private game, and had a consolation menage a trois. Puh-leez, happens to me like every other session.
@@Dream0Asylum Not to mention he had to allude twice to how he was fine with player characters commiting sexual assault.
"I don't even think you're a real Dungeon Master" is great.
What makes a real dungeon master? That's the question my next sage is gonna be asking if I ever stop being a forever dm
OP being 6’6 and not backing down from the “Chad” and then the “girls leave with him to go back to his room” as well as everyone else being in the wrong except for him.... going to have to press X to doubt on this story being legit...
And how did he acquire the table during an event without speaking to the owner first
Also him saying r**e is okay in his campaigns.
@@postalkisuke Most likely because it was vacant and the employees knew him and let him? And that said table CANT EVEN DO 4E?
It's built around 5+ players. That seat supports only four. Do the math
So uh, why didn't the owner (or other employees) know OP was holding games there? I think I'd try to clear it before starting.
Also, taking up space while an event going on doesn't seem like a great idea to begin with.
From the sound of it, the employees were tied up running the tables, and probably knew the group and had of course left them to their business knowing they were going to use the back table no one else used. The owner was new and probably didn't know these teens were just regular patrons because it sounds like they'd missed a few sessions while OP was prepping to head to uni, so they weren't aware of/present for the change in ownership any more than the new owner was aware of his store's regular patronage. Heck, sounds like the new owner probably thought that D&D was only ever played in big events like this, rather than in a casual capacity, so it's unsurprising that he didn't expect anything but people coming for this launch event.
As for "taking up space while an event was going on," it sounds pretty damn unlikely that this table would've been used for the event. It was pointed out to be kinda falling apart, and only big enough to seat a group of 4, which is basically useless at a big event like that where you'd want to be able to seat large groups in order to be able to run as many people through a module as possible. 4e modules in particular are mechanically scaled for a minimum 5 players, so you'd need a table that seats 6, at the very least, to run one.
This one just hurts. i have listened to a lot d&d horror stories. the Craig saga etc but its the fact that the op was moving away and that they never got to have a great send off before moving and its all because a effing karen and a guy who thinks he is a chad that op and the group never finished the game. people just suck sometimes