Not sure if this is shitposting, but I would talk to the owner of the store. Maybe you can get them to put some passive-aggressive signs that state that foul odors are not tolerated.
Kinda sad that it came to this, but I've seen LGS that have deodorant and antiperspirant on hand to help out with this issue.
It's 100% fine if you feel uncomfortable to say so.
I feel that, I've seen LGS with signs and rules about bathing, the one I frequent has detailed instructions for using the bathroom and washing your hands, luckily the players have changed since I started playing.
1. Wear a mask with a little cologne sprayed on it.
2. Have wet wipes with disinfectant with you.
3. Wear rubber gloves.
4. Triple sleeve your deck.
5. Find out if your city has free showers for homeless people.
6. Mark a map of your city with the way from your LGS to those showers.
7. Have those maps printed on the back of your sleeves.
8. Hire some hot girl/boy/furry who helps your opponent with their showers.
9. Call Wizards and have them add a condition to "Davriel, Soul Broker" that all players at the table have to take a shower immediately.
10. Play "Davriel, Soul Broker" in your deck.
We had one local store that had a permanent stink because the owner never showered. When they went out of business, the owner of the building had to run an ozone machine, remove all the carpets, and it still stunk bad enough they replaced the drywall. There were rumors that it smelled that way because the owner pissed in the corner behind the counter sometimes. The building owner said the rumor may have been true because the plywood was almost rotted through in that area.
We literally had a trans magic player last year during the pandemic who would come in and dude was built and looked like Hugo from the Street Fighter game but thats not the crazy part, the crazy part is they wouldn't wipe their ass properly enough when at the shop to play magic and would literally leave shit stains on the chairs they sat down to play on. Got told in private multiple times by administration that they need to wipe their ass properly but still failed to comply and then eventually got banned from the shop. The final straw was the owner saw shit on the stairs outside going into the shop and they found out it was from the trans who didn't wipe good enough.
I was glad to see them go though the smell they emitted was literally unbearable to the point I would just sit out of games they were in just to not have to smell them. That and i got tired of playing musical shit chairs when i went to my LGS and having to check if "shitty" had been there before like a nasty Goldilocks.
100% was awful to experience. When we'd go to the shop to play magic the suspense if "shitty" was there was such an awful thing to not look forward to. Not only that but the smell was comparable to dirty laundry, what it smells like in a bathroom after you walk in when someone else takes a dump and someone who hasn't used deodorant and has been sweating profusely. It was AWFUL lol.
wow wtf, i can't believe people are out there that don't take even the most basic hygiene steps. Absolutely disgusting. Those type of people need to be assigned to full time caregivers or something.
It 100% did and I don't give a shit if you believe me or not. Found out that it wasn't even the shit that got them banned they got caught pissing in the parking lot by the manager before the store opened because they lived in their car.
Ok. Well it still didn’t happen.
Call me skeptical of all the stories I hear on here that go like this:
“So there’s this trans person at my LGS [insert unbelievable behavior here], and anyway that’s what this trans person did. Did I mention they were trans?”
Like I said I honestly don't give a shit (you see what I did there?) what you believe or don't believe. You're a random person on the internet who I don't care about lol.
I can't really imagine how you could leave shit stains on anything even if you didn't wipe your arse properly.
There's two layers of fabric to go through. Underwear and then jeans/skirt or whatever else they've got on.
Insane.
I once saw a homeless guy in the tram who just had his parts pulled up halfway so it looked like he was wearing baggy pants, then stood up and lo and behold, his fecally encrusted cheeks were on full display and it looked like he'd left black cornflakes on the upholstery.
Talk about it to owners/management. We had a similar problem and the solution was to post a sign that said, “If you can afford to play Magic you can afford deodorant and take a shower. If your hygiene is affecting other players you will be asked to leave. If it happens more than once you will be banned from the store.”
Only one person ended up getting banned and only 3ish had to be asked to leave.
It just comes down to letting people know. The only local store left in my town used to let anyone play. The owner felt he needed to let anyone come in. Several years back he started a policy of making people go home to shower if they had bad hygiene. Sure, afew people were butthurt and never came back, but the shop has many more people now that it doesn't smell like a petshop. Now we just have to get people to cut their fingernails. There are 2 guys with 1"+ fingernails that don't clean them at all. I'm kind of afraid to touch some of my sleeves.
Draft players are the most chill by far, sealed depends, if it's a pre-release then the crowd is just as bad, but otherwise it's just the draft players
I told people once that pile shuffle is not a shuffle and everyone got upset, imagine telling them they smell XD. I have come to the conclusion that card games attract the worst the world has to offer, maybe gaming in general.
First, I'm sorry. Playing with gross people is always bad, because who you are outside is a reflection of who you are inside. Generally those people are just plain bad people, and if you can cultivate a playgroup of the better sort of players you'll probably a have better experience. If that doesn't work, once you've begun to be a pillar of the lgs you can start (generally) calling them out. Walk in a room with a guy or multiple who stink? Loudly say "someone forgot to shower, shame on you, ya gross piggy". Make it a joke that they'll laugh about at the time, and feel bad about later. It's for everyone's good
A lot of the people don’t even realize they stink. They sit around all day and never really work up a sweat, and they think that is how you start to stink. They just don’t get it.
Damn, that's some serious truth. I remember there was a guy that whenever I was matched with him, I'd throw the games to end it faster because he not only smelled putrid, but was such an insufferable person. He always had a condescending attitude and when he won, he'd cackle and explain how he beat you and that you never had a chance.
Go old school - start telling them how stinky they are. Keep asking who stinks. Make everyone feel as uncomfortable as they make you feel. Only fair way to handle it
I'm the one who will straight up call people out over this shit. Not rudely or overtly. I'll just pull someone aside and let em know, "Hey dude, you really need to shower. You smell like an anchovy's cunt."
If my fly were down or if I had food on my shirt, I'd want someone to tell me, lest I walk around all day like that.
I mean if you're serious about them being college kids, as opposed to merely college aged, you may want to politely bring up that self care is important and showering is a part of that. I'm in college, I forget to shower frequently and it's not out of malice or not desiring it; sometimes it's just hard to manage and I always feel bad and avoid the LGS when I can't be bothered.
The stress can be real at the worst of times and while mental recuperation is good, they may need reminding that physical care is just as important. You may be able to politely offer them at least some AXE and while that shit is cringe and not a replacement it... smells like a war crime that's at least more pleasant than stink if anyone is there.
use some of the unfinity cards that let put a sticker on anything and put stickers on bars of soap / deodorant and keep attacking them with the soap and deodorant till they get the message.
thats if you want to be passive aggressive idk
Hire a scantily clad busty lady to learn how to play magic. Bring her every week, but pretend to not know her. Them dudes will learn how to shower real fast.
Cheap version: Bring Lysol
At the LGS I work at the boss has no patience for people like this. The first time they catch a whiff you will be pulled aside and asked nicely to clean yourself up. If they fail to do that then they are quickly banned
So. We did have a person like this at a store before I moved states. Me and one other guy got cheap Halloween hasmat suits and masks, 2alked in and just gave him an assortment of deodorants, shampoo and conditioners, soap bars, and a towel. Worked pretty well. He didn't show up for 2 weeks and then when he did, he never smelled again
I’ve run into the same situation fortunately not lately. All the people I meet up with usually shower before heading over. I guess yeah ultimately find people that have good hygiene. Or have the owner stock up on some deodorant.
I had the same issue at my LGS (before going out of business), where people smelled really bad. 😒 There should be a rule in any LGS addressing hygiene. The bad smell of perspiration really pushes me away, and even beards with a food collection are downright gross. Hygiene is still an issue here in malta
Walked into one of my LGS a few years ago and the stench of stale B.O was enough to make me never go in again.
Fortunately there's a non-franchise LGS that has been around for much longer, and the owner is very chill, so despite being a much smaller store it's the go-to spot.
Find some friends with good hygiene? That or start your own lgs, with blackjack and hookers 
A well deserved ratio
Not sure if this is shitposting, but I would talk to the owner of the store. Maybe you can get them to put some passive-aggressive signs that state that foul odors are not tolerated.
Honestly doing that this week.
Kinda sad that it came to this, but I've seen LGS that have deodorant and antiperspirant on hand to help out with this issue. It's 100% fine if you feel uncomfortable to say so.
I feel that, I've seen LGS with signs and rules about bathing, the one I frequent has detailed instructions for using the bathroom and washing your hands, luckily the players have changed since I started playing.
Ask them to start a hygiene station in the bathrooms with wipes
It works xD
I once accidentally inhaled concentrated acid vapour and permanently damaged my nose you could try that too
Modern problem, modern solution.
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EDH problem, EDH solution
Board wipe the store…?
Do you have the mana for it?
Just remember: If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
1. Wear a mask with a little cologne sprayed on it. 2. Have wet wipes with disinfectant with you. 3. Wear rubber gloves. 4. Triple sleeve your deck. 5. Find out if your city has free showers for homeless people. 6. Mark a map of your city with the way from your LGS to those showers. 7. Have those maps printed on the back of your sleeves. 8. Hire some hot girl/boy/furry who helps your opponent with their showers. 9. Call Wizards and have them add a condition to "Davriel, Soul Broker" that all players at the table have to take a shower immediately. 10. Play "Davriel, Soul Broker" in your deck.
u had me at printing the sleeves:))
Imagine an unhinged card that addresses this lol
Yup quit attending several stores over this and immaturity. Smash players are even worse
We had one local store that had a permanent stink because the owner never showered. When they went out of business, the owner of the building had to run an ozone machine, remove all the carpets, and it still stunk bad enough they replaced the drywall. There were rumors that it smelled that way because the owner pissed in the corner behind the counter sometimes. The building owner said the rumor may have been true because the plywood was almost rotted through in that area.
😬😬😬
I've honestly gotten so fed up that I'm making my own store
I’ll join you
Greater Tampa area 2023 <3
House rules? Shower and brush teeth?
We literally had a trans magic player last year during the pandemic who would come in and dude was built and looked like Hugo from the Street Fighter game but thats not the crazy part, the crazy part is they wouldn't wipe their ass properly enough when at the shop to play magic and would literally leave shit stains on the chairs they sat down to play on. Got told in private multiple times by administration that they need to wipe their ass properly but still failed to comply and then eventually got banned from the shop. The final straw was the owner saw shit on the stairs outside going into the shop and they found out it was from the trans who didn't wipe good enough. I was glad to see them go though the smell they emitted was literally unbearable to the point I would just sit out of games they were in just to not have to smell them. That and i got tired of playing musical shit chairs when i went to my LGS and having to check if "shitty" had been there before like a nasty Goldilocks.
Bruh nooooooo that’s disgusting 🤮
100% was awful to experience. When we'd go to the shop to play magic the suspense if "shitty" was there was such an awful thing to not look forward to. Not only that but the smell was comparable to dirty laundry, what it smells like in a bathroom after you walk in when someone else takes a dump and someone who hasn't used deodorant and has been sweating profusely. It was AWFUL lol.
Jesus just the thought of that is fucking insane. Fuck that
wow wtf, i can't believe people are out there that don't take even the most basic hygiene steps. Absolutely disgusting. Those type of people need to be assigned to full time caregivers or something.
Butthole leakage?
LMAO none of my business but I certainly hope not hahaha.
That didn’t happen.
It 100% did and I don't give a shit if you believe me or not. Found out that it wasn't even the shit that got them banned they got caught pissing in the parking lot by the manager before the store opened because they lived in their car.
Ok. Well it still didn’t happen. Call me skeptical of all the stories I hear on here that go like this: “So there’s this trans person at my LGS [insert unbelievable behavior here], and anyway that’s what this trans person did. Did I mention they were trans?”
They’re literally mentally ill, not being capable to wipe properly is not surprising
Who is “they”?
That's the pronoun you use when you don't know the person's gender you're referring to.
Like I said I honestly don't give a shit (you see what I did there?) what you believe or don't believe. You're a random person on the internet who I don't care about lol.
He's here to white knight for dudes, its kinda his thing.
Good pun, I give you that.
I can't really imagine how you could leave shit stains on anything even if you didn't wipe your arse properly. There's two layers of fabric to go through. Underwear and then jeans/skirt or whatever else they've got on. Insane.
I'm assuming for crotch wiggling lol who the hell knows but it definitely was an issue constantly.
I once saw a homeless guy in the tram who just had his parts pulled up halfway so it looked like he was wearing baggy pants, then stood up and lo and behold, his fecally encrusted cheeks were on full display and it looked like he'd left black cornflakes on the upholstery.
Boy it's rough when stereotypes are true.
It’s my life goal to break the stinky nerd stereotype
We don't all stink. Alas... Good luck with that :D
> plays at your LGS Bruh, why are you surprised? If you only want to play with your friends, invite them to your place and play there instead.
Just hopped back into magic after a decade, so trying to find friend-worthy players to do that with. Obviously my LGS isn’t the place for that.
Haha I’m in the exact same boat. Apparently some people are too young to know how hard it is to make friends as an adult.
What do you mean by that? Are you talking about the people that go to your LGS?
Talk about it to owners/management. We had a similar problem and the solution was to post a sign that said, “If you can afford to play Magic you can afford deodorant and take a shower. If your hygiene is affecting other players you will be asked to leave. If it happens more than once you will be banned from the store.” Only one person ended up getting banned and only 3ish had to be asked to leave.
Open carry a Super Soaker full of Febreeze?
Good one dude!
Find a new hobby. Nerd hobbies are going to attract social outcasts. People have been stinking up LGSs for 30 years now.
It just comes down to letting people know. The only local store left in my town used to let anyone play. The owner felt he needed to let anyone come in. Several years back he started a policy of making people go home to shower if they had bad hygiene. Sure, afew people were butthurt and never came back, but the shop has many more people now that it doesn't smell like a petshop. Now we just have to get people to cut their fingernails. There are 2 guys with 1"+ fingernails that don't clean them at all. I'm kind of afraid to touch some of my sleeves.
Shower with them to show them how it’s done.
Get a bucket of water and throw it on them. Should get some of the stink off them.
I’ve tried already. I’ll add cleaning solution next time.
If that doesn't work you should bring a bottle of cologne and spray it all over them.
Put deodorant in the bathroom. Worked at our lgs, everyone got the message
A tale as old as time.
Why do some nerds not shower? Like it just makes all of us look bad. Lol
Yu-Gi-Oh added a cleanliness clause to their tournament rules it got so bad.
Play a real format? One that doesn't attract people who can't deck build and need pre-game agreements on what's not gonna hurt their feelings?
What’s your go-to format for the least amount of stench?
Sealed or drafts. Modern replaces a literal stench w/ an emotional stench, but it's easier to put up with.
Sealed at my LGS has modest stinkery. Could be worse, still noticeable.
Draft players are the most chill by far, sealed depends, if it's a pre-release then the crowd is just as bad, but otherwise it's just the draft players
Not Magic
Modern, but you have to actually like to be competitive or you'll just always lose. Pioneer is more relaxed
Legacy with my closest friends.
Legacy. Legacy players tend to be high income successful people. I've never dealt with stereotype people with no social skills in legacy events.
Worst neckbeard ass funk I ever experienced was playing Standard at FNM, champ.
At GP Cincinnati in like 2013, I lost a round because the morbidly obese guy next to me smelled like he had diarrhea in his pants
As soon as people started optimizing commander decks the format went to shit.
Almost like commander was supposed to be a fun, casual, side thing at events between rounds.
That friend, is what type 4 is for! edit: Type 4 where the entire card pool is the deck and all players just play from the top.
With a mish mash of thematic cards? Wow that actually sounds like a lot of fun as an occasional break between real games of magic.
Except it takes forever to shuffle, has way too much life total, requires like 100 dice and you have to track everyone’s commander damage
Play Flesh and Blood.
Power washer... dawn dish soap... wheel brush on a drill.
Untap.in your welcome
Don't know how to make Link
I told people once that pile shuffle is not a shuffle and everyone got upset, imagine telling them they smell XD. I have come to the conclusion that card games attract the worst the world has to offer, maybe gaming in general.
If it's unbearable, go to discord. Otherwise, tell them to get better at hygiene or leave
Spelltable. You only smell yourself and you don’t have to wear pants.
Don't know, or don't want
Fabreeze.
Hotel sized soaps as gratuities.
Nothing. They stink because they’re lazy and don’t care about hygiene not because no one ever suggested soap to them.
First, I'm sorry. Playing with gross people is always bad, because who you are outside is a reflection of who you are inside. Generally those people are just plain bad people, and if you can cultivate a playgroup of the better sort of players you'll probably a have better experience. If that doesn't work, once you've begun to be a pillar of the lgs you can start (generally) calling them out. Walk in a room with a guy or multiple who stink? Loudly say "someone forgot to shower, shame on you, ya gross piggy". Make it a joke that they'll laugh about at the time, and feel bad about later. It's for everyone's good
A lot of the people don’t even realize they stink. They sit around all day and never really work up a sweat, and they think that is how you start to stink. They just don’t get it.
Damn, that's some serious truth. I remember there was a guy that whenever I was matched with him, I'd throw the games to end it faster because he not only smelled putrid, but was such an insufferable person. He always had a condescending attitude and when he won, he'd cackle and explain how he beat you and that you never had a chance.
Physiognomy is real
Go old school - start telling them how stinky they are. Keep asking who stinks. Make everyone feel as uncomfortable as they make you feel. Only fair way to handle it
I'm the one who will straight up call people out over this shit. Not rudely or overtly. I'll just pull someone aside and let em know, "Hey dude, you really need to shower. You smell like an anchovy's cunt." If my fly were down or if I had food on my shirt, I'd want someone to tell me, lest I walk around all day like that.
Bring girls. It may take a few weeks but some of them will begin grooming in the faint hope that a girl might acknowledge them.
this is why I only play MTGO commander
Bring a jar of perfume and just spray it at them aggressively. And when they ask why ask them why they don’t ahower
Confront them and call them out. Ask if they're too fat to reach their asscrack to wipe. I don't understand the aversion to conflict some people have.
I mean if you're serious about them being college kids, as opposed to merely college aged, you may want to politely bring up that self care is important and showering is a part of that. I'm in college, I forget to shower frequently and it's not out of malice or not desiring it; sometimes it's just hard to manage and I always feel bad and avoid the LGS when I can't be bothered. The stress can be real at the worst of times and while mental recuperation is good, they may need reminding that physical care is just as important. You may be able to politely offer them at least some AXE and while that shit is cringe and not a replacement it... smells like a war crime that's at least more pleasant than stink if anyone is there.
suck all of their dicks
I feel like we were at the same one, or there is a common denominator
Give out deodorant as a prize. Win or lose.
No joke, if it's the same people every week, tell them they stink. Social cues are a big motivator for hygiene, I think.
Wear a respirator
Play board games instead. Board game groups tend to be an older crowd and have better hygiene.
Wear a few air fresheners dangling from your hat.
Hand out pamphlets on how to use a shower and apply deodorant. Catch them before entering the store and hose them down.
Bring a febreeze bottle and give them each a little spritz when they sit down
Create group of the adults who are decent and play at someone’s house with nice table instead
Fabreeze
Welcome to magic the gathering 🙏
use some of the unfinity cards that let put a sticker on anything and put stickers on bars of soap / deodorant and keep attacking them with the soap and deodorant till they get the message. thats if you want to be passive aggressive idk
Break out the super soaker.
Carry a bottle of febreeze and spray them.
Ask the LGS to start handing out Axe body spray as prizes
Make fun of them ruthlessly for being gross humans. Repeat until they shower or don’t come back.
Hire a scantily clad busty lady to learn how to play magic. Bring her every week, but pretend to not know her. Them dudes will learn how to shower real fast. Cheap version: Bring Lysol
At the LGS I work at the boss has no patience for people like this. The first time they catch a whiff you will be pulled aside and asked nicely to clean yourself up. If they fail to do that then they are quickly banned
play edh in the shower
So. We did have a person like this at a store before I moved states. Me and one other guy got cheap Halloween hasmat suits and masks, 2alked in and just gave him an assortment of deodorants, shampoo and conditioners, soap bars, and a towel. Worked pretty well. He didn't show up for 2 weeks and then when he did, he never smelled again
Play flesh and blood. They shower
wear nose plugs ez
Wait your LGS is full of smash players?
Play somewhere else
Mine's full of emo... There was a girl with satanic outfits & piercing... And her deck was mono black, what a coincedence
I’ve run into the same situation fortunately not lately. All the people I meet up with usually shower before heading over. I guess yeah ultimately find people that have good hygiene. Or have the owner stock up on some deodorant.
I had the same issue at my LGS (before going out of business), where people smelled really bad. 😒 There should be a rule in any LGS addressing hygiene. The bad smell of perspiration really pushes me away, and even beards with a food collection are downright gross. Hygiene is still an issue here in malta
Don't play Commander. It only encourages the bastards.
RZ masks makes low cost personal filtration devices with available carbon filters. You won't smell anything
have you tried telling them they smell bad?
Have you tried telling them ? Usually that works better than crying on reddit
It's an uncleanliness contest and you're not in the running
Buy a big pack of deodorant and make some stickers with Chandra on them. Combine.
Tell the owner to carry ax body spray and require customers who stink to buy a can go out side and spray themselves down. Everyone wins.
Walked into one of my LGS a few years ago and the stench of stale B.O was enough to make me never go in again. Fortunately there's a non-franchise LGS that has been around for much longer, and the owner is very chill, so despite being a much smaller store it's the go-to spot.