Booting ethics

**jaminn** · 04-30-2011, 08:34 PM

I hope this post will influence every one in the future not to just boot anyone. I am going to go through my personal rules on booting players in hopes that I will be heard.

Sometimes people on pocket legends are in a certain place because they are doing a quest and will only be there for a small duration. So Rule #3 find out why they are there it may not bother you if they aren't interfering and are only there for a short period of time.

Even though it is many times not their place to be there, a lot of people hate being booted for such reasons as J or K. My personal Rule #2 when you do boot use a real reason such as "to low of a lvl" or "we have a set team", at least write a full "sorry/sry".

My final rule is the easiest way to get respect in the booting game. Rule #1 ask before you boot simple as that it gives no right to be angry at you and in my experience it works about 19/20 times at least

**MysticEntity** · 05-01-2011, 03:42 PM

I totally agree with everything you said. I haven't booted anyone from a game yet because I use a password when I don't want anyone to join my game, but 99% of my games are open and everyone is always welcome to join.

**KaotiicxDream** · 05-01-2011, 03:43 PM

If I boot someone I use: Too low

**azulflame** · 05-01-2011, 06:43 PM

the too low excuse is obsolete since the latest update. at least give them a try. Since I can romp shadow caves as a 43, I can do it at 48.

**Corpser** · 05-01-2011, 06:52 PM

well this is great and i hate those that just boot as quick as possible for reason k but i dont think those lazy booters will bother to come on here and check this out.

worst time i had was farming the shadow caves i got booted for reason to low at a lvl 50 campaing and i was lvl 51, 53 , 51 (i changed my charecters)

**Fyrce** · 05-01-2011, 08:49 PM

LOL. I ran shadow caves as 48, 50 and 51 and of course, higher. No problems. You probably don't want to run with those in Caves who boot you anyways.
They're either running with friends or aren't very good at it, since they find it difficult at level 55 or 56, and therefore "have" to boot lower levels.

**jaminn** · 05-02-2011, 03:37 PM

Thanks for your input guys glad to know some people are agreed on this issue

**jaminn** · 05-05-2011, 08:10 PM

how many other people agree with my ethics and plsease negative response is always welcome

**Tamino** · 05-06-2011, 03:00 AM

I completely agree with #1 and #2. Rule #3 seems legit, but only if game is already started, not while team is building up.

**Bobloblaw** · 05-06-2011, 04:17 AM

I'm with ya on these jam. Pretty basic thing I wish more people did. # 2 is a big personal sticking point of mine.

**romgar1** · 05-06-2011, 10:15 AM

So you are saying it would be bad to boot someone with reasons like" Hope my foot didn't hurt to bad on the way out" or "Enjoy the ride on the boot train"?

**Tamino** · 05-06-2011, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by romgar1

So you are saying it would be bad to boot someone with reasons like" Hope my foot didn't hurt to bad on the way out" or "Enjoy the ride on the boot train"?

Someone will be amused by the joke

, someone will be disappointed by your rudeness

. In no way I can consider this a "polite" boot reason...

**jaminn** · 05-06-2011, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Tamino

I completely agree with #1 and #2. Rule #3 seems legit, but only if game is already started, not while team is building up.

Yea #3 was something that I rarely do but I. Needed to have something to do for 3 haha

**azulflame** · 05-06-2011, 06:49 PM

pm;y reason I do #3 is when we have been farming VL for half an hour with the same, very good party, and some random noob pops in, which seems to always take the spot of the tank. He gets the boot. I don't like it, but if I want a speedy run of Gurg and Keeper for totems, I will do it with a tank, a nuke mage, a pally, and two pure dex birds. not a mage, a pally, and 3 birds. we die too fast that way. although the pally rezzes us, we nuke em fast enough to take 5 or 6 mob groups and nuke em at once. cool fireworks display, ans all die fast. we need a good tank, and the pally just doesn't have the armor to take on all the groups, that's why we have a tank AND a pally.

**F1zzzzp0p** · 05-07-2011, 12:51 AM

When I usually bOot i say sorry but it can be annoying if u keep
Getting hotter cuz ur a mage or bear or archer......

**F1zzzzp0p** · 05-07-2011, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by F1zzzzp0p

When I usually bOot i say sorry but it can be annoying if u keep
Getting hotter cuz ur a mage or bear or archer......

I meant getting booted lol I wrote hotter XD!!

**Angrybird** · 05-11-2011, 01:16 PM

I get a lot of under lvl 50s when I'm playing sewers so I just say "sorry, need 50+"... I think that it valid enough?

**kamikazees** · 05-11-2011, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Angrybird

I just say "sorry, need 50+"... I think that it valid enough?

I think it is good enough. A person may not like that reason but at least it's a reason. I really disliked being booted for "55+" especially when I was lvl 53 and there was no other place to level, but that's better than being booted for "asdfkj".

**jaminn** · 05-11-2011, 06:30 PM

I understand where u guys ar coming from but I realy think you should try #1 it works almost always and I personally I think it is a much better way to be liked, I always remember the "be friendly" clause of the pl game...catchphrase I guess