History YMMV / ThatGuyDestroysPsionics

* CommonKnowledge: The Narrator claims that the power of psions in the setting (D&D 3.5) comes from "the plane of force". This is further implied not to be a houserule, as it is "meta knowledge of the books the DM is using". However, psionics in the 3.5 rules has nothing to do with the plane of force, or any plane. In fact, no psionic supplement released for 3.5 mentions the plane of force, and it's unlikely such a plane exists in the setting at all.

* CommonKnowledge: The Narrator claims that the power of psions in the setting (D&D 3.5) comes from "the plane of force". This is further implied not to be a houserule, as it is "meta knowledge of the books the DM is using". However, psionics in the 3.5 rules has nothing to do with the plane of force, or any plane. In fact, no psionic supplement released for 3.5 mentions the plane of force, and this editor cannot find any proof that such a plane exists in the setting at all.

* CrazyAwesome: How else can you describe killing the BigBad ''three times in a row in the '''first''' session'' by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using the GM's own house rules against him?]]

* GameBreaker: As several commenters in the thread pointed out, telling a wizard to "Minmax or GTFO" is a ''terrible'' idea, because it always ends in an apocalyptic game-busting character. (See LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards and [[GameBreaker/TabletopRPG the tabletop game breaker page]] for details as to why wizards are stupidly overpowered.) Elsimore destroyed the entire campaign three times over without breaking a sweat (though he did break reality).

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There is some debate as to whether Elsimore's annihilation of the campaign was justified. Some people have called him out for taking his frustrations against the '''players''' out on the DM and his story. Even the author himself admits that he may have overreacted a little. He ''did'' title the story "That Guy Destroys Psionics," with "That Guy" being [=4chan=] for {{Jerkass}}. However, most people seem to agree that the DM had it coming too, especially since he roughly told Elsimore's player to "[[{{Munchkin}} minmax]] or GTFO" but was completely unprepared to deal with the consequences. The DM also did nothing to curb the other players' misbehavior, which led directly to Elsimore's first kill of the BigBad (Elsimore was only defending himself after the other players made it look like he'd attacked the BigBad, intending to get Elsimore killed in the ensuing fight). And the DM was stupid enough to have the BigBad follow the ''[[TooDumbToLive epic-level wizard to his own private demiplane]]''.

* GameBreaker: As several commenters in the thread pointed out, telling a wizard to "Minmax or GTFO" is a ''terrible'' idea, because it always ends in an apocalyptic game-busting character (See LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards and [[GameBreaker/TabletopRPG the tabletop game breaker page]] for details). Elsimore destroyed the entire campaign three times over without breaking a sweat (though he did break reality).

* {{HSQ}}: The story in how it went off the rails in such a way it could not be rerighted barring just outright removing the guy from the house. That and the whole "had two entire planes cancel each other out to depower the BigBad" thing.

* GameBreaker: As several commenters in the thread pointed out, telling a wizard to "Minmax or GTFO" is a ''terrible'' idea, because it always ends in an apocalyptic game-busting character (See LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards and [[GameBreaker/TabletopRPG the tabletop game breaker page]] for details). Elsimore destroyed the entire campaign three times over without breaking a sweat.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There is some debate as to whether Elsimore's annihilation of the campaign was justified. Some people have called him out for taking out his frustrations against the '''players''' out on the DM and his story. Even the author himself admits that he may have overreacted a little. He ''did'' title the story "That Guy Destroys Psionics," with "That Guy" being [=4chan=] for {{Jerkass}}. However, most people seem to agree that the DM had it coming too, especially since he roughly told Elsimore's player to "[[{{Munchkin}} minmax]] or GTFO" but was completely unprepared to deal with the consequences. The DM also did nothing to curb the other players' misbehavior, which led directly to Elsimore's first kill of the BigBad (Elsimore was only defending himself after the other players made it look like he'd attacked the BigBad, intending to get Elsimore killed in the ensuing fight). And the DM was stupid enough to have the BigBad follow the ''[[TooDumbToLive epic-level wizard to his own private demiplane]]''.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There is some debate as to whether Elsimore's annihilation of the campaign was justified. Some people have called him out for taking out his frustrations against the '''players''' out on the DM and his story. Even the author himself admits that he may have overreacted a little. He ''did'' title the story "That Guy Destroys Psionics," with "That Guy" being [=4chan=] for {{Jerkass}}. However, most people seem to agree that the DM had it coming too, especially since he roughly told Elsimore's player to "[[{{Munchkin}} minmax]] or GTFO" but was completely unprepared to deal with the consequences. The DM also did nothing to curb the other players' misbehavior, which led directly to Elsimore's first kill of the BigBad (Elsimore was only defending itself after the other players made it look like he'd attacked the BigBad, intending to get Elsimore killed in the ensuing fight). And the DM was stupid enough to have the BigBad follow the ''[[TooDumbToLive epic-level wizard to his own private demiplane]]''.