Phar, I'll give you credit -- you always find me on my troll alts.
Phar, I'll give you credit -- you always find me on my troll alts.
Omg I was mudding before there were graphics!!Originally Posted by Valiksuhr
*crawls under rock*
This makes me want to cry.
I was told today on my new char if I bought some weapon they would lvl me, cause, you know, cap increase is coming
Sisfart in their face bro :|and I've done that too, gotten the entire room to follow the beggar around farting and puking on him. That kept me entertained all day!
A while back, there was a thread on begging. If that one makes you want to cry ... check out what Parth captured:
Saw a beggar in SL yesterday already.
PL Characters Timbabird-55 Oldsillymage-55 SL Character Oldblaster-10+
Timbabird lvl 55 Oldsillymage lvl 50+
ROFL Good screenie Pharcyde
Some one asked me for 10k, and I said I don't give thing so beggars, he said I'm not begging, I ask him what he is doing then, and he says, I'm just asking...so sad to see this
That's what I was talking about..in the written description. Using macroed emotes that would print out stuff like "Eva pours water from the fountain all over herself" [note - that's a PG rated version] Yeah..an "old fart here." Oh and elf shot the food.Omg I was mudding before there were graphics!!
*crawls under rock*
I"Z noteh begin! Iteh simple asking yeh!
Gah! Saw one in the CS this morning named Pleasegiveme or something similar. A char made just to beg? And since I'm a 56 I "can give me pinks or gold". Told him since I had a 56, I probably had less gold than he did.
Rauen Haikus' dex 60 sammich-maker; Grievousangel Haikus' 58 Mage/Butler, Jeffrey; Diffie Wounded's 55 drink-mixer; Ghazaal Noobmigo's 47 cheerleader. SL: Rauen, 36 Op & Bod's turkey baster; Yosinabe 36 Engi; Chedaka 36 Comm
As you can see by my sig, I'm fairly new to the MMO thing. I stayed away for fear it would begin to consume my life... Turns out I was right!
I was surprised right away by the amount of begging in PL! I actually PM'ed one player to knock of the beg-spamming before he/she got themselves banned! Maybe the devs/moderators should ban for excessive begging...
I wonder what makes one player beg and not others. I seem to think it is related to the integrity of the player; they beg in RL, they also do it in-game. I for one could never bring myself to do it! Just wouldn't feel right. Besides, what am I playing the game for if not to play! It's fun to kill stuff and sell your accumulated treasure for your own hard-earned gold (and now credits)!
Someone above (too lazy to quote right now, you know who you are!) mentioned they have occasionally checked around for players with high kill/low death ratios (yay, that's me!) and given them something better than they had. I have been on the receiving end of such generous giving, and feel it greatly increases the togetherness and spirit of the game. Who knows, that generous player may have even been someone on this very forum (you told me you were "f-ing Santa Claus" when I asked why you gave)! If so, thank you!
One neat story: While most beg for the crazy sums you have described here, I ran into one player that was only asking for 600 gold. Without asking why, I gave them the gold. Turns out they wanted to buy a new mage shield (auction, I think). They were very thankful, and did not abuse my generosity (which means they were not a beggar).
There's my two cents. Anyway, great rant, Pharcyde! Try not to let the bad apples spoil it for you. There are still plenty of great players for every bad one. Find me if someone pisses you off. I'm always happy to listen.
It has been forseen...on 11-11-2011 the beggar issue will go pandemic. Behold the prophetic warning!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlBtlDj-ARE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Last edited by Valiksuhr; 07-15-2011 at 07:48 AM.
It bugs me when people complain about SL when the are only lvl in beta.
I don't give beggars items ever, but sometimes I like to stop in Forest Haven and give random people 10k.
Yes, I also don't give to beggars but have made it a common practice for a long time to give random pinks away to appropriate level people. Then disappear. It is fun. Someone did that for me way back when I was level 40 trying to get good gear.....was amazing, so I pass it on....
"All is fair in love and war, but remember, this is just a game"
IGN CowboyJim lvl 100 Bear, Juraviel lvl 100 Mage, CowboyJimArch lvl 100 Dex Bird, Cowboytwink lvl 22 Bird, duckorcroak lvl 10 bird
SL Juraviel lvl 40 Engineer DL Juraviel lvl 21 AL CowboyJim lvl 21 Sorcerer
The "but you're a 55!" reply is too common for me. I just reply "yeah, and I got there without begging"
OMG WHY IS BRANDON (pharcyde) BANNED?! D:
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