Curse

beerelf · Mar 23, 2011, 01:43 PM // 13:43

Spam away buddy. That guy was just being a jobs worth.

garethporlest18 · Mar 23, 2011, 01:52 PM // 13:52

I always do it in an outpost, most of the time people never complain so that's why I do it. Plus it makes someone say something all the time, it's pretty cool.

Except when the ghost bug happened and they got stuck like that and someone spammed 500 ghosts in Grotto and I had 2 FPS. Well even then I was having fun.

Quaker · Mar 23, 2011, 02:08 PM // 14:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godrik Gandolfi

Have I broken any game rules or been unknowingly rude (in which case sorry!) or was I just unlucky enough to meet a stroppy adolescent on a bad day?

I wouldn't say you were particularly unlucky - it's hard to go anywhere (in-game or r/l) without finding stroppy adolescents these days.

Best advice - ignore him/her/it.

MithranArkanere · Mar 23, 2011, 02:18 PM // 14:18

That's what those items are for.

Spam them away, kiddo!

Zebideedee · Mar 23, 2011, 02:22 PM // 14:22

I find the ghosties annoying too, I always get someone standing almost next to me when I've got GW's minimised and waiting for the 'Ping' noise of a pm when selling (volume usually up quite high to hear over Windows Media Centre). More than once I've had to panic and jump over to turn volume down on speakers when the ghosties starting moaning

I'd never pm anyone about it though I move to another part of town and go back to watching what I was.

Godrik Gandolfi · Mar 23, 2011, 02:22 PM // 14:22

Thank you all for your kind replies and helpful comments. It's been a nice welcome into the community and I've been very impressed with the politeness and courtesy in the game for the most part - as I mentioned earlier I have been quite comfortable with my children playing the game with me.

Having said that I just went through a few more ghosts with speakers on and after that I will stick to spamming the quieter things in public :-)

Hobbs · Mar 23, 2011, 02:25 PM // 14:25

It's brilliant! I love it when I see someone in Kamadan blasting off thousands of Ghosts/Snowmen! I just regret being cheap and buying non-spammable Pary points, the spammable ones are much more fun.

Dosearius Takerius · Mar 23, 2011, 02:29 PM // 14:29

to hell with that. If you don't like me doing what Anet has allowed me to do, then YOU can switch districts. I'm not going to. In fact, if someone actually has the nut to send me a rude whisper like that, you can bet your last dollar that I'll spend the rest of my time in that district standing right next to that person while i continue to pop off more snowmen or ghosts.

ian1421 · Mar 23, 2011, 03:07 PM // 15:07

Don't worry, he is just afraid of ghosts

jazilla · Mar 23, 2011, 03:12 PM // 15:12

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Originally Posted by distilledwill

Ignore him, you're totally free to spam consumables in outposts. It doesn't bother me.

^this. there are no rules against using the in game consumables as you see fit.

aspi · Mar 23, 2011, 03:14 PM // 15:14

Noway that I am doing this alone in my GH, I share the fun

Verene · Mar 23, 2011, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Spam them wherever you want.

I generally go through my spammables in my GH, but that's because they annoy me personally, and I don't want to bother other people. But if someone's spamming them in Kamadan or LA, I just ignore it, or go to another district myself instead of complaining...or sometimes add to the fun by setting off some fireworks.

AngelWJedi · Mar 23, 2011, 04:41 PM // 16:41

i dont mind people spamming ghosts in town. thought they do make it lag and no i shouldnt have to leave when they can go find a unmanned town for it. that saying he was rude in saying what he did. but i do have how those people run around people spamming it if you have to spam in a full town why not just stand in a spot and spam? works just as good as runing all over town spamming. <3

Dzjudz · Mar 23, 2011, 04:47 PM // 16:47

They are pretty annoying when you have GW minimised and then you open it to hear a thousand of these things at once though

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shoesbags · Mar 23, 2011, 05:17 PM // 17:17

I think the consumable spam is kind of entertaining to watch, really. Watching a candy corn abomination run around dropping snowmen and firing off sparklers just cracks me up, I don't know why.

Wyndy · Mar 23, 2011, 05:49 PM // 17:49

one might have a good spot in the trade queue that they would lose if they left the district to pop points.

Leohan · Mar 23, 2011, 06:19 PM // 18:19

1. Person who dislikes it can, turn down their volume, leave the district, learn to enjoy life and fun.

2. It's not your fault people don't have a computer to handle simple graphics, if people lag out because of some effects on screen, the need to lower the settings more in options. Plus if they can't just simply look away from what you are doing so their frames per second (FPS) doesn't drop than just...wow.

3. It's not against the user agreement to use your items continuously but, if you got a bunch of people together with the purpose to crash the server than it would be.

4. Next time someone whispers you like that, as others have said "ignore list". Don't walk up to them and use your items then wouldn't be any better than him.

Hearing stories like this of people who just can't leave others alone to have some fun the way they want to, just annoys me.

Kosar The Cruel · Mar 23, 2011, 06:24 PM // 18:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godrik Gandolfi

or was I just unlucky enough to meet a stroppy adolescent on a bad day?

This.
People just hate when others spamming Ghosts and Snowmen. Ghosts like someone stated make a noise(I wouldn't know though, Havent heard GW in 2ys now) and it can make other people lag sometimes, well snowmwn can atleast from what I've heard and experienced on my old computer.

enter_the_zone · Mar 23, 2011, 06:56 PM // 18:56

Yeah, it's a faux pas, but it's not an offense or against the rules or anything, just impolite. I wouldn't care because I haven't played GW with the sound on since.... um, about the time Factions came out, but the GIB are annoying if you have the sound on.

shinta_himura · Mar 23, 2011, 07:32 PM // 19:32

1) You only get 10 ignore slots in your friends list. If you act like some of the people here and waste them on trivial reactions like what you described, it's going to fill up fast. The ignore list is there to prevent continued harassment (if someone is PMing you non stop, or if the current all chat is offending you with racist conversation or something).

2) put your headphones on and spam some Ghosts and listen to the noise it makes. It is really loud ESPECIALLY when a lot of them are going off at once. But there's an easy solution that will both avoid irritating other players and allow you to stay in your district and watch the trade. Go to an empty part of the town where there aren't many people standing around.

3) Don't intentionally harass people by going next to them and spamming them, even if they react rudely. The game has been around for 5 years so it's taken for granted that most people know how loud a Ghost is. If someone reacts rudely, it's because they assumed you know that Ghosts are loud. Being rude isn't the best way to react but they are in their rights to react that way. If you are really sore about it, you can report them for offensive language (IF THEY USED ANY), because in that case they did do something wrong, and being reported is the correct punishment.

Don't forget you can organize parties or something in certain districts or with your guild in your guildhall for spamming items!