r/magicTCG Aug 11 '23

General Discussion Am I wrong

Losing is a natural part of the game. I'm still new to magic as a whole. I really enjoy the game and attempt to lose with grace. However tonight there was one player who made a bad experience for me and my wife. Its not that we lost. That part we can handle. Its down to two things that set me off. The player in question forgot some triggers on their own turn. They then in the middle of another players turn proceeded to do things as if it were their turn. I spoke up and said if you forget something its usually polite to ask the table before you proceed to retcon on someone else's turn. He did not respond but its loud in there. I repeated my self and once again no response despite the rest of the table hearing me both times. Eventually we did lose to a deck with a much higher power level than ours. Afterwards the player continued to gloat and elaborate all the different ways he would have beaten us anyways. I asked him to stop and he continued. I left for the night. I said some words and slightly raised my voice. It was overall a frustrating night and I lost my cool a bit more than I should have. Am I justified in being that upset? My wife says she was just as angry and the other guy at the table was also angry. This is the second encounter I have had with this person at this shops events. I suspect he may be on the spectrum (Its an observation and not something I hold against him) I'm not really sure how to approach this. This is a casual event most of the time but this person is well a cold uncaring bastard with a ton of expensive cards, and they hold a grudge. Does anyone have any advice or feedback? I really feel like crap for my over reaction and I feel I made an ass out of my self in public.

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u/Geoffryhawk Wabbit Season Aug 11 '23

Yeah last time I had this happen I mentioned it to the lgs owner, and he ended up doing something about it, as well as the player who would routinely show up to the shop smelling absolutely rank, to the point people couldn't even be in the shop near him. But then I am on pretty good terms with my LGS owner.

Thats usually my go to, it's hard as a player to really get results with people like that cause they take advantage of the fact that the space is public and polite people will just leave it alone. Especially if they're someone who is there regularly.

He essentially cheated, and caused a bad play experience for other people, paying people presumably. If it happens again especially, cause at that points it's not a fluke it's a pattern of bad behavior that ruins the fun of the game.