It sounds like a different degree of phony. Phonies are all over the place and show up in many social situations. Many times it arises due to wanting to fit in.
In my weekly RPG, we had a new person join who claimed some experience with the gaming system, but didn't oversell herself and was eager and knew her competencies well enough to pick it up fairly quickly. That's pretty much the trick. Too bad the phonies you encountered (it sounds like) oversold themselves too much and couldn't keep it up.
In my weekly RPG, we had a new person join who claimed some experience with the gaming system, but didn't oversell herself and was eager and knew her competencies well enough to pick it up fairly quickly. That's pretty much the trick. Too bad the phonies you encountered (it sounds like) oversold themselves too much and couldn't keep it up.