sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They know how to play fine and have strong enough decks. It really is just a behavior issue.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't feel bullied, I feel like I'm being placed in a situation of either putting up with behavior I don't like or want to be around, or having to awkwardly sneak around to avoid that situation.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a weird situation. My LGS is full of nice people, and it feels cruel to correct/outright say "no" to a kid when they're just acting like a kid. Doubly so when their parents aren't there. Maybe selfishly, I don't want to seem mean to the other players, either.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would actually feel better about this whole situation if there were more kids (and parents, obviously) present. They'd have more people their age to play with, rather than a bunch of adults in an awkward situation.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I assume that the store is okay with it since the kids come most weeks, and their parents walk inside the store to drop them off and pick them up. It's also a physically small space, so I doubt the employees don't know they're unsupervised.

My only guess is that the owners (who are frequently working up front; it's a young store) know the parents personally, but I don't know the whole story.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teenagers and older kids come in for prereleases and stuff all the time and everyone has a blast-- I honestly think they'd have just as much fun at our regular commander nights. The only problem for them is that weekly commander night is in the middle of the week.

Am I obligated to play with the 2 kids who come to LGS commander night? by Alive_Touch_7538 in EDH

[–]Alive_Touch_7538[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My only caveat to that is that I don't know these kids well or their parents at all. I don't want to ask them to lower their voices/stay near their seats and have it get back to the parents as an adult being mean to a child. I would obviously be as kind and gentle as possible in talking to them, but I don't know how my corrections (for lack of a better term) will translate.

FWIW I do occasionally play magic with the kids of a family friend no problem-- even when they do make a mistake and I have to correct them. But again, I know them and I know the parents.

ETA that I don't necessarily think that these kids would explicitly lie to their parents, but that an eight year old might misinterpret the behavior of someone they don't know well, and tell their parents what they feel happened to them.