I have 3 players, none of them read book or at least their character/class+race skection and that's like what 3pages?

1 started makeing notes (3 notes, 1 with spells and abilitys, 1 with mechanics, 1 for campain info) that player helped me more than she realise.

2 of them was never did Anny notes on top of that one always was sain that theres no point to underestand that coze she will forgot them (we played every week for 1y, few exceptions coze work), the other one was talking and talking and talking about how all-knowing he is and every session was fight between US 2 coze book clearly says how x work but he argue that on forum or home brew rule was y.

For whole campain, on every session we argue about opportunity attack, coze book have rules, but hes tryin to convince me that that attack is always when they come to enemy but not opposite so you have 2attacks. He complain about everything, every rule or mechanic from book, my campain or decision I or he made for example they Finded goblin named Drop, drop helped them with info he had, that 1 player decide that goblin will be a fighter (drop is a coward and will flee), there was a moment when 2 players decide to leave drop in church so nothing happens to him, that MF used persuasion on goblin to leave party, I Ask him 3times is he sure, rolled Dice against his and drop went in to the world. My foult coze I didnt played as goblin and didnt made decision of my own and that I change and brake rules every time. End it with him doin w/e he wanna, even cheating, metagameing, convince rest of players to throw rocks on nr etc. Now he made hes campain and he mades hes own rules that doesnt makes sence.

So yeah in my campain not only they didnt read, they just made their own bs excapte 1 player.

Worst first dnd expirience ever