I have a person in my guild that I consider to be a very good friend.
He is great fun to run quests with.
There is one small problem I have though.
He will usually join the group knowing full well that there is a very high likelyhood of newer inexperienced players in our groups.
This leads to the dilemna..
Knowing that I will have the star, he will wait until opportune moments when proper instruction is crucial to the success or failure of any particular task we may have before us.
At this moment, with near perfect timing to keying up the mic he started with simple things such as:
?r Slink I told you not right now, I'm still sore from the gerbil you gave me last night.
'Hey Big Sexy'
'Your voice makes me wet'
He would type these things in party chat.
I grew immune to these small catchphrases but he has moved onward with his party chat to more hysterical notions thru /tells.
Things such as:
/tell <xxxxxxxx> tells you: My nipples are popping
I can not contain myself when these things occur and have no choice but to ROTFLMAO.
These incidents have caused party wipes and I have decided the best way to handle it is to /squelch add when I know that proper instruction is crucial to the success or failure of a particular quest.
He has taken this one step further by sending /tells to other members of the party in advance and now has them conveying his messages thru copy/paste.
What should I do?
Give up leading or grow a thicker skin?