[UA] Unbeatable PCs

[con_job at excite.com]

> >After talking to one guy last night, who kept
> >insisting on making a murderous software magnate (sort
> >of American Psycho meets Bill Gates) without any
> >concessions to the rest of the party (mostly a group
> >of inner-city kids who made art with urban refuse), I
> >discovered he'd gone with the character because he
> >didn't like my idea for a campaign and was even more
> >incensed that everyone else did.  I gave up and let
> >someone else run a mecha game instead (in which we all
> >played inner city kids who made art with urban refuse.)

Why not just tell the guy to play his murderous software magnate somewhere else?  I've noticed a tendancy in many games I've played for a GM to let themselves be bullied by one player who isn't having fun.  If he isn't having fun, tell him to leave and replace him with someone who will.  There are always more gamers, and if there aren't there's no rule saying you can't play smaller games.  

Me and my best bud mike in high school used to run single player games.  We'd make two matched characters who worked as a team and swap running games where our character would become back-up and the player would become the main guy.  We had metric assloads of fun.  If one guy insists on being a jerk, you don't need him, why keep him around?

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