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The Four H's of MMOs: Hatred, Happiness, Hope

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  • rizriz Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Hate: A guild "member" that is apparently a friend of an ex-guild member, never talks, never responds to anything, hasn't done one single run of anything with us in the 6 months she's been in the guild. No one knows who she is, no one knows a thing about her other than "Oh, she's Mathies' friend."

    We have a few people like this. I don't understand why they're in the guild at all, except to see some green text when they log on and/or to feel special because they're in a "top" raiding guild. Still, their presence doesn't really bother me since they're usually harmless.

    What does bother me is the people who get ginvited because they're friends with a raider, and then do nothing but be dicks to our raiders/casuals and use our Vent to do arenas with their friends and such. They don't seem to like anyone in the guild EXCEPT for their little clique so why the fuck aren't they just in their own guild?

    riz on
  • IshtaarIshtaar Fun is underrated. Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    riz wrote: »
    What does bother me is the people who get ginvited because they're friends with a raider, and then do nothing but be dicks to our raiders/casuals and use our Vent to do arenas with their friends and such. They don't seem to like anyone in the guild EXCEPT for their little clique so why the fuck aren't they just in their own guild?

    Or, even though they knew in the first place they were being invited as a F&F casual non-raider, then they CONSTANTLY try to get into raids, then after weeks of us being nice they get the boot because they flipped out in gchat, then their original raiding friend goes with them... Because well, bros before bosses-I-no-longer-need-loot-off-of.

    At least we finally figured out who was giving out our vent password to the ignorant douches that came in and spammed racial slurs in text-to-speech keybinds. Seriously, some people have really crappy friends.

    Ishtaar on
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  • PierceNeckPierceNeck Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    First of all, YOU gave me the vent info...

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    riz wrote: »
    Hate: A guild "member" that is apparently a friend of an ex-guild member, never talks, never responds to anything, hasn't done one single run of anything with us in the 6 months she's been in the guild. No one knows who she is, no one knows a thing about her other than "Oh, she's Mathies' friend."

    We have a few people like this. I don't understand why they're in the guild at all, except to see some green text when they log on and/or to feel special because they're in a "top" raiding guild. Still, their presence doesn't really bother me since they're usually harmless.

    What does bother me is the people who get ginvited because they're friends with a raider, and then do nothing but be dicks to our raiders/casuals and use our Vent to do arenas with their friends and such. They don't seem to like anyone in the guild EXCEPT for their little clique so why the fuck aren't they just in their own guild?

    gkick them

    Munkus Beaver on
    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • rizriz Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ishtaar wrote: »
    riz wrote: »
    What does bother me is the people who get ginvited because they're friends with a raider, and then do nothing but be dicks to our raiders/casuals and use our Vent to do arenas with their friends and such. They don't seem to like anyone in the guild EXCEPT for their little clique so why the fuck aren't they just in their own guild?

    Or, even though they knew in the first place they were being invited as a F&F casual non-raider, then they CONSTANTLY try to get into raids, then after weeks of us being nice they get the boot because they flipped out in gchat, then their original raiding friend goes with them... Because well, bros before bosses-I-no-longer-need-loot-off-of.

    :lol:

    But yeah, those too. It pisses me off even more though that some of ours are people we did recruit to raid, who said they could and would make our raid schedule, and then either did for two weeks then fucked off, or kept making excuses and saying they'd be better after finals/new job training/vacation but didn't... But instead of gkicking them as failed trials they just get demoted to honorary members because they have friends in the guild. But most of their friends are other honoraries. :x

    gkick them

    Believe me I look for an excuse every day. Another officer really likes them and they suck up to him, so if I just gkicked them because I think they're assholes, he'd invite them back or argue that we should gkick half of the people in the guild for being assholes.

    riz on
  • -Phil--Phil- Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Hate: A guild "member" that is apparently a friend of an ex-guild member, never talks, never responds to anything, hasn't done one single run of anything with us in the 6 months she's been in the guild. No one knows who she is, no one knows a thing about her other than "Oh, she's Mathies' friend."

    Sounds like Mathie's friend is a gold farmer...

    -Phil- on
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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wavechaser wrote: »
    mastman wrote: »
    I showed an entire group of people how to sneak around all the mobs in ZF to get to Ghazrilla about 6 weeks ago. Climbing all the hills, mountains, leaps of faith, and traversing over the walls and such. They were all "gosh I've been playing forever and never knew" and I was all like, no I've been playing forever, you've been playing since BC.

    then I found five dollars

    That was an awesome story. :^:

    Agreed.

    I hope there was a bitching guitar solo going when you found the five dollars, if only in your head.

    The best part being, of course, "no, I've been playing forever, you've been playing since BC." That's pretty badass.

    Forar on
    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    815165 wrote: »
    Hate: A guild "member" that is apparently a friend of an ex-guild member, never talks, never responds to anything, hasn't done one single run of anything with us in the 6 months she's been in the guild. No one knows who she is, no one knows a thing about her other than "Oh, she's Mathies' friend."
    This seems like a pretty rational dislike.

    Happy: I can run WoW to work on my UI while queing to get onto my WAR realm without the computer saying no.


    Sorry, I should have worded that differently. I don't hate the person. I don't like the person. I don't know the person. That's what I hate.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
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  • mastmanmastman Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Forar wrote: »
    Wavechaser wrote: »
    mastman wrote: »
    I showed an entire group of people how to sneak around all the mobs in ZF to get to Ghazrilla about 6 weeks ago. Climbing all the hills, mountains, leaps of faith, and traversing over the walls and such. They were all "gosh I've been playing forever and never knew" and I was all like, no I've been playing forever, you've been playing since BC.

    then I found five dollars

    That was an awesome story. :^:

    Agreed.

    I hope there was a bitching guitar solo going when you found the five dollars, if only in your head.

    The best part being, of course, "no, I've been playing forever, you've been playing since BC." That's pretty badass.

    there was, it was the same one that is at the end of Topgun when Maverick throws Goose's dogtags into the ocean

    mastman on
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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    riz wrote: »
    Ishtaar wrote: »
    riz wrote: »
    What does bother me is the people who get ginvited because they're friends with a raider, and then do nothing but be dicks to our raiders/casuals and use our Vent to do arenas with their friends and such. They don't seem to like anyone in the guild EXCEPT for their little clique so why the fuck aren't they just in their own guild?

    Or, even though they knew in the first place they were being invited as a F&F casual non-raider, then they CONSTANTLY try to get into raids, then after weeks of us being nice they get the boot because they flipped out in gchat, then their original raiding friend goes with them... Because well, bros before bosses-I-no-longer-need-loot-off-of.

    :lol:

    But yeah, those too. It pisses me off even more though that some of ours are people we did recruit to raid, who said they could and would make our raid schedule, and then either did for two weeks then fucked off, or kept making excuses and saying they'd be better after finals/new job training/vacation but didn't... But instead of gkicking them as failed trials they just get demoted to honorary members because they have friends in the guild. But most of their friends are other honoraries. :x

    gkick them

    Believe me I look for an excuse every day. Another officer really likes them and they suck up to him, so if I just gkicked them because I think they're assholes, he'd invite them back or argue that we should gkick half of the people in the guild for being assholes.

    You really need me as the guild leader for a month just to clean house

    Munkus Beaver on
    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    We just kicked a good hundred characters from our guild, but they were mostly long term innactives, people who hadn't logged on (or logged onto that character) in 7-8 weeks or more.

    Clearing out some asshats would be nice, but most of them aren't quite douchebag'y enough to sweat.

    Have heard some chittering and chattering about class prospects for the expansion raid crew, and apparently my seat is still warm and there's already a few people looking to sit in it.

    I'm not gods gift to roguery or anything, but man, I know these people, and they've got their work cut out for them.

    Forar on
    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
  • CharusCharus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    riz wrote: »
    Believe me I look for an excuse every day. Another officer really likes them and they suck up to him, so if I just gkicked them because I think they're assholes, he'd invite them back or argue that we should gkick half of the people in the guild for being assholes.

    Only half?

    Charus on
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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    Actually, my policy is usually to abuse the offending members to hell and back until they quit of their own volition.

    Munkus Beaver on
    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • douglydougly Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    We had a few people that annoyed the shit out of me on friends invites.

    I asked for a promotion so I could get a gem out of the bank and then gkicked them with my temporary officer goodness.

    I was promptly demoted but they weren't invited back to the guild . Win.

    In my last guild, a couple people joined (Who I recognized as trade chat retards) and I ridiculed them so heavily in the first hour of their membership that they gquit, called me a fag and told the guild they don't play with fags. It was deliciously satisfying.

    dougly on
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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    We're starting to have issues with friend invites too.

    I'm pretty cool with friend invites, cause it's just more people to bullshit with and run BRD boss with and such. But we do a poor job of screening "friends" and some of them are really starting to get to me.

    Eat it You Nasty Pig. on
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  • Beyond NormalBeyond Normal Lord Phender Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Mild Hate: When people poach the "good" items from an outdoor chest/lockbox. I opened one and only found a piece of cheese and a crochet belt. So irritating.

    Beyond Normal on
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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Mild Hate: When people poach the "good" items from an outdoor chest/lockbox. I opened one and only found a piece of cheese and a crochet belt. So irritating.

    Yeah, that's annoying. Whenever I find a chest outdoors and don't have enough room to get everything, I usually get the crappy stuff first and delete them, and then keep the good stuff.

    reVerse on
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    reVerse wrote: »
    Mild Hate: When people poach the "good" items from an outdoor chest/lockbox. I opened one and only found a piece of cheese and a crochet belt. So irritating.

    Yeah, that's annoying. Whenever I find a chest outdoors and don't have enough room to get everything, I usually get the crappy stuff first and delete them, and then keep the good stuff.

    I find it beyond annoying that I am fighting ontop of the chest and they come along and open it
    I agree that it's annoying to find people who take the cash and maybe some items but leave the junk in it



    I tend not to talk in guild chat or on vent
    I don't talk on vent because my onboard sound is broken
    BUt when a question or trash was tossed to me I would reply

    Brainleech on
  • MayGodHaveMercyMayGodHaveMercy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    This isn't a "quiet person." This person has never said a single word in /g. I've asked several people, and no one can remember ever having seen a peep from her.

    MayGodHaveMercy on
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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    We had a guy like that in my previous guild. Turns out he didn't talk in g because he didn't speak English.

    Which is funny, because the guy who recruited him assured us that he gave him a very thorough interview. When we asked him about, he went all "well if he doesn't speak English I didn't recruit him" and yet, there it was, in the guild log, that Mr No Speaky Inglesi was invited to the guild by Mr Douchenozzle.

    reVerse on
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    At last my warrior tanking brewfest since it began got the brightbrew charm

    And my annoyance is Iron Rock of War everyone I have found is a gold seller

    Brainleech on
  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Hate: that I can't get a group for any BC instance past Slave Pens but before the real endgame 70 stuff

    Balefuego on
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  • EWomEWom Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Burning Seething Hatred: No matter which character I choose to raid with, a pair of boots drop that benefits that character. My boots are the hardest thing for me to replace on all my characters for some reason. We use the simple Need if you need, pass if you don't, designated enchanter greeds to DE system.

    NO matter what fucking character I'm on, the boots I need drop. Most people would love this. However, every single fucking time, some asshole rolls need on them, wins them over me, and never wears them. Just says "Oh LOL maybe for offspec someday, but wut I have is better."

    I am seriously about to just stop wearing boots to raids all together. Fuck it, if the guild won't let me have any boots, because filling up their bank space is more important than letting other people actually upgrade their fucking shattrah jumpers or some piece of shit random "green of the whatever the fucks" and helping with progression, then I'll just go with out boots period.

    Yes I know I could get badge boots, but now I'm so frustrated with this scenario, that has happened all the last times I've raided, regardless of zone/character, I'm going to refuse to spend my badges on boots. Simply because, they'll probably end up in some other fucks bags somehow.

    (As an aside most my characters also have the PVP honor boots, but generally speaking it's not hard to find a dungeon blue/green that's better for raiding, especially as any of my ranged DPS characters)

    This shit, is just wearing me down, and I'm so looking forward to the expansion, so I can roll a DK, and go bootless again.
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Hate: that I can't get a group for any BC instance past Slave Pens but before the real endgame 70 stuff

    I notice that too. Tons upon tons of Ramparts and BF runs. Then you hit Zangarmarsh, and the same people you just fucking ran BF with the other day, now, when you question them about running an instance, perhaps Steamvaults, or Underbog respond with
    "What's instance?"
    "That like devil worship? I'm not in to that kind of thing, and you really need to find Jesus."

    then you get to 70, and seek an instance

    "LOL u don't have a single piece of hyjal loot nub, u can't run heroic Slave pens!"

    EDIT: Number 2:

    My first rant seals the deal, because of my bootlessness, my DK will be nothing other than a troll. Fuck boots I say! Fuck them hard!

    EWom on
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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Happy = Transporter Malfunction + Brewfest Kodo + Idiots in Stormwind.

    Thomamelas on
  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Annoyed: I love playing my fury warrior, it's my favourite class.
    I can't get anything done on it though. I try and get into a heroic and I get "Huuuuur I can't tank more than one mob at a time, so we need a mage duuuuuuuuuuuuur"
    Every.
    Single.
    Time.

    Rizzi on
  • ArthilArthil Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    You know, funny thing. Shouldn't they not even be looking at it if it's off-spec? I mean... in all systems I've seen, Main Spec comes first, and have a priority over off-spec people. For instance a balance druid wouldn't have priority of a piece of melee leather gear over a fury warrior, since their main spec is for being a spell caster.

    Arthil on
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  • EWomEWom Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    That's exactly the problem. We went from solid trustworthy raiders, to people who just fucking roll on everything they think they might be able to use some day maybe.

    >:(

    EWom on
    Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet.
  • WavechaserWavechaser Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Leave the guild?

    Wavechaser on
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    OVERJOYED!: Heroic Daily. Shattered Halls. Pug group. Druid Tank. Mage with a crashy computer. Dead Healer. Dead Warlock. Me and my huntery self.

    Unused Axe of the Execution GET!


    I'm coming for you Magtheridon.

    Undead Scottsman on
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Happy they are getting collecter's editions at work
    They are not putting them out till the 19thD:

    Brainleech on
  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Happy: Got a broken bottle dagger on my rogue.
    Reminds me of pre-tbc :P

    Rizzi on
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Rizzi wrote: »
    Happy: Got a broken bottle dagger on my rogue.
    Reminds me of pre-tbc :P

    It was a hate of mine and to tease fellow rogues
    I could solo the bartender for his broken bottle in vallina wow in my rogue's shiity gear to up to bloodfang without any help it took a lot of prep time though
    The barman shanker dropped for me that summer after TBC came out two years off and on of farming him for it

    Brainleech on
  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    It's like the same dagger, but minus the terrible proc!

    Rizzi on
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Happy: The romance goggles are the greatest things ever. Everyone is a female orc now; including Razorthorn Flayers. I find them INCREDIBLY less annoying as huge lumbering orc amazons.

    Undead Scottsman on
  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'd like to use my goggles for fighting the stupidly large bosses but I can't stand to take the dps hit from losing my helm :(

    Rami on
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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    EWom wrote: »
    That's exactly the problem. We went from solid trustworthy raiders, to people who just fucking roll on everything they think they might be able to use some day maybe.

    >:(

    In the second guild that I raided with, I was nixed out of the Untamed Blade by one of the warrior offtanks. It should be noted that I was using destiny at the time and bid more DKP than the other dude.

    I quit the guild about a week later.

    Really, you have no negotiating power unless you are willing to walk away from the table, and if people are going to be greedy dicks to you, then I think you should evaluate how much you enjoy your guild and how well your guild treats you.

    Cause right now it seems to me that your guild is telling you to get back in the kitchen.

    Munkus Beaver on
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  • Lunatic ClamLunatic Clam Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Happy: T6 Shoulders get, at a steep discount from what they went for 1-2 weeks ago
    Hate: I'll miss a Council kill this Sunday and Illidan attempts as well
    Hope: That 3.0 holds off a bit longer so I can sneak in a Bagtheridon kill for the Naaru title. Once I got Hand of A'dal I just stopped caring about it

    Lunatic Clam on
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  • The Muffin ManThe Muffin Man Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Hate: People with no concept of value.

    On my server, Blade of Misfortune goes for about 80-100 gold. Some guy whispers asking me if I wanted one, so I said of course! My Paladin would love one. He supposedly got offers of 14-170g.

    ...Either you are ripping people off or you have no idea what that thing is worth.

    The Muffin Man on
  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    hate: enhancment "pvp"
    hahahahhahaha

    autono-wally, erotibot300 on
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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Happy they are getting collecter's editions at work
    They are not putting them out till the 19thD:

    wtf, do they not like money, or are they assuming that the addicts will buy the regular edition AND and collector's edition a week later?

    Forar on
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