Curse

Talin Verderben · Jan 03, 2006, 06:29 PM // 18:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soflaz

Now, what I really don't understand is why so many people dwell on the fact that a large number of people who play this game are children. For goodness sake its a game after all is it not? I think it is more sad when a 30 year old is sitting there playing a game- making fun of kids who play, insted of ahving a job or life.

Okay now this comment I will take issue with.

I am 29 and play GW every night from 9 to 12, does this mean I have no life, or job? I dont think so, I have a job that provides me a very good living, I own a house and have two vehicles that are new.

Just because I am sitting at home everynight playing GW after my wife goes to bed does not mean I dont have a life. It is something I enjoy doing with my free time. Which is my right.

All the generalizations should just stop, fact of the matter is you have NO idea who the other people are. You can make assumptions based on spelling attitude and actions, but ther just assumptions.

Its a game we all play it to have fun right?

Pevil Lihatuh · Jan 03, 2006, 06:39 PM // 18:39

lol i'm nearly 22, gamed for the last 5 years and intend to game til i'm dead

I work in a game shop, we have customers who are 80 buying for themselves. There's nothing wrong with being over 12 and playing games.

There IS something wrong when you're 30 and running round in-game shouting "n00b" though. I don't think many people do dwell on the fact that people playing this game are children; i think many people dwell on the fact that most who play this game ACT like children. There's a difference

antialias02 · Jan 03, 2006, 06:45 PM // 18:45

Anybody who claims somebody else shouldn't be playing (short of violating the ToA) is a jerk in and of themselves, I think. I do wish more people would act more mature, but hey... if I have a problem with how someone is presenting themselves, I have plenty of districts to choose from.

That said, I would give all my plat from now until next Wintersday if more GW players - whether 13 or 30 - would use more intelligible English. But that's just me.

Takeko Nakano · Jan 03, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talin Verderben

Okay now this comment I will take issue with.

I am 29 and play GW every night from 9 to 12, does this mean I have no life, or job? I dont think so, I have a job that provides me a very good living, I own a house and have two vehicles that are new.

Just because I am sitting at home everynight playing GW after my wife goes to bed does not mean I dont have a life. It is something I enjoy doing with my free time. Which is my right.

All the generalizations should just stop, fact of the matter is you have NO idea who the other people are. You can make assumptions based on spelling attitude and actions, but ther just assumptions.

Its a game we all play it to have fun right?

I'd have to agree. I'm not 30, but think it's so passe to take the "oi, 'grandpa', go put your slippers on" line that says you can't play computer games if you're over 21. IF it was a question of just living off welfare and playing games, fine. But I doubt very much that most of the "senior" players do that.

I wonder how many of the "little kiddies" glue themselves to the PC screen and scrounge cash off their parents when they could get a job.....

Teufel Eldritch · Jan 03, 2006, 07:29 PM // 19:29

Silly, silly, silly Talin. Doncha know once you reach 21 you are supposed to stop playing games & sit in a rocking chair all day?

A little OT but along the same lines.... I really wish game makers would make a game with adults in mind. I am getting extremely tired of dealing with all the "lil kids" in games & am also tired of the Disneyesque(game devs keep adult elements out of games) censoring that goes on in games.

When is a QUALITY video game(SEX GAMES 3 does not count as quality)going to be strictly marketed to adults? I would love to play a ADULTS ONLY version of GW. Not only because a lot of the frustration would be removed but also the reality of the game would be heightened.

peterwestonc · Jan 03, 2006, 08:46 PM // 20:46

i agree but when u get a 30 y.o hu still lives with parents on the game 10 hours a day i get worried

but lets get back to wot the threads about

peterwestonc · Jan 03, 2006, 08:47 PM // 20:47

i agree but when u get a 30 y.o hu still lives with parents on the game 10 hours a day i get worried

but lets get back to wot the threads about

Wes the Wonder · Jan 04, 2006, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Heh I got a story that im sure you all will enjoy, Just happened today! I will admit I lie a bit in the story but it all turns out good trust me. Long but keep reading it gets inturesting.

So this all started out, a friend I had met asked me if I had the shield around Thirsty river that a collector handed out for 5 bleached shells. I said No, I asked for the stats and they were VERY nice! SO it is now my mission to get those 5 shells.

I meet a guy named ***** Hammer ( the rest of his named deserves to be revealed, but Ill spare him from you guys :P ). He answered my call when I asked for 5 Bleached shells, he asked for 1000 each as he had 8, I simply asked him if I could pay 4607 for the 5 as I was low on money, he agreed without thought.

( Next paragraph, see if you notice what is wrong )

So I got my 5 bleached carpaces and went to the collector, saw my shield, BUT he would not take my bleached shells. I checked my invintory and saw " 5 Bleached CARPACES ". AHHHHH!!!! What is this?!?!? I have finally been scammed!

So in seconds I message Hammer and he simply sais " Hehe you fell for it " when I ask it back as it could have been a mistake. I was so infuriated, I had been scammed and then laughed at for the first time. And I tell people all the time to ALWAYS check their stuff, but I sure didnt.

Could I get my money bacK? Read in the next paragraph ( I dont know text limit ).

Angel Develin · Jan 04, 2006, 01:34 AM // 01:34

LOL,
Where do I start?? OMG
ok how about this 1?
I help a group to go to Augury rock ( with necro ) for free, just for fun and helping, there comes a warrior that want to help to, so ok we take him, first he want to run, and I say that its realy hard and we should all fight till the teleprot and then he can run, so nope he goes his own way and get killed with in 10 sec, so all back in to remove His DP (yep) and then we start to fight and go till the teleporter and use it, I tell him: see this is much easyer and we get some cash 2. he start calling me a Noob and tell the rest to fallow him and not me, so I dont say anything. 2 sec later I tell him:
me: Stop you are going the wrong way
he: No I have finished the game
me: o_O so have I 2 times ( that was 6 moths a go)
he dont listen to him and fallow me

I just fallow and the poor players just fallow him for 5 more sec
he stops
me: whay u stop??
he: I have to look the map

rest of the team to at once: And u call him a Noob ???
he: ------------

and the rest just fallowed me to the end.

second noob:

me: WTS max dmg Ivory Bow with +13% allways -5 energy
buyer: can I see?
me: sure
buyer: how much?
me: make an offer
buyer: 1k
me: ???? 1k? you cant get a bow like this for 1k
buyer: its not that good
buyer: I have the same
buyer: show me the bow, purple ivory bow+ crapy upgrade
me: how much u bought that 1?
buyer: 3k
me: and u want to buy this 1 for 1k??
buyer: f#@$ you
me: If u dont have any cash u should not offer for an item
buyer: %$$#%$^@#$@ ^%&%#$ @$#$%# noob
me: OMG dude get a live
The buyer has Ignored you
buyer what do you think about that you F$#@#% Noob

So I have ignored him 2.
There should be a jerk helm for ppl that get banned for this kind of thing and come back in 10 days, so everybody can see them and just dont speak to them, or dont invite them in groups.

Wes the Wonder · Jan 04, 2006, 01:49 AM // 01:49

>>>>>>>>>>> If you have not read my first one, scroll up as this is the second part of it<<<<<<<

SO I imiedietly message my good friend and tell him to message the enemy child with this message as quick as possible, for he had ignored my account after I told him that I " Will report you to the EULA for going against your agreement ". Now I know they cant do much, but I was hoping he didnt know that.

Anyway, I told my friend to tell the child this.

" This is the EULA, we have a screenshot from a " Wes the Wonder " proving you have stolen his/her gold currance from Guildwars, being against your agreement. You will pay him or be banned "

Now he didnt respond after that, and man I got so sad and depressed, I really was saving up for that good shield and this had happened. So with 1 last trick up my sleeve, I told my friend to tell him this last message.

" You now have 29 minutes left, you will pay " Wes the Wonder " or your account will be banned for a minimum of 2 weeks. You have your warning "

NOW he messaged me and it was time to do business. I was jumping, but the job was not done yet. We met at thirsty river in a district of 1 and he started the trade. But that scammer would just risk it all to scam me some more. I only Saw 500 in the trade. Fast and furiosly I told him to pay me my full amount NOW. " Take the ******g money or Ill ******g leave you hear me? " He kept yelling, it was getting bad.

SO I was so eager to be thankful and take my small amount that was shown before me. However, I wanted that 4607 of mine back, bad... So I told my friend to lay this riskful final punch on him.

" This is the EULA, you now have 19 minutes to pay " Wes the Wonder " his full amount of 4607 or your account will be banned. Thank you "

IMIEDIETLY he starts threatning me! Telling me to accept or he would hire a hitman to blow my brains out! But I laugh knowing this was impossible and tell him one last time to give me my full price or he could get banned for months for all I could care.

And thank god, he gave in and gave me my full 4607 amount of gold. Well I wanted to yell back to him " THE SCAMMER HAS BEEN SCAMMED B! " BUT my friend suggested that he should just tell Hammer:

" This is the EULA, your gold payment has been met, thank you. If this is ever reported again your account will be banned permanatly. "

So I did lie but I got my money back and HOPEFULLY he learned his lesson.

-Wes

zeldamaster · Jan 04, 2006, 02:27 AM // 02:27

GJ wes. Quite a thrilling story. Quite ingeneous statements u provided.

I'll remember them if i ever get scammed. Hopefully scammers dont read this :P lol

Jas · Jan 04, 2006, 02:34 AM // 02:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wes the Wonder

So I did lie but I got my money back and HOPEFULLY he learned his lesson.

-Wes

You are eeeevyl!

I really hope that little kid (which he obviously was) really learnt his lesson.

The other day (I think it was on Sunday) I was doing Northern Wall with my "Oh so über W/Mo 7" and just picked 3 peeps to my team (an ele, a mesmer and a monk). As you know, the mission is quite simple, and the bonus is not much harder, if you have ever done it before.
Before we leave, I remember to remind everybody we're really doing the bonus too and they all agree. And off we go.
There was nothing special until the 1st of the Bonus items should have been picked up. Unfortunately it was to picked up by our monk. I told him: "[monk's name] pick that up." Nothing happened. I repeated myself. Nothing. Then I used caps. He started to move, but not to pick up the thingy but to continue the mission. Luckily none of the other 2 decided to follow him but helped me to spam him to "GET BACK AND PICK UP THAT #@$$@# THING!!!" Nothing... he just went on to face the Devourers himself and died away quite soon without our help. I went to rez him, after he promised (yes, he asked for rez and proved that he wasn't a bot) to get back and pick that thing up.
For a while everything seemed to go rather well... until I guided the team towards the last part, which takes us away from the main route for mission. The monk started to complain that it's the wrong way "I have done this so many times that I know." After we had a debate which way to go, I told him to take us to bonus guy, if he so well knew where he was.
After killing the Charr boss before the end of the 1st part of the mission, I asked him to give me the part he had, for they must be with the same person (that's what I told him... I know, I know, they don't have to be with the same person, but if he had ever done the mission, he should have known that too). And then I told him to stop and follow me. He stopped, but as we (me and the other 2) headed back to get the 4th part and the bonus - he started to dance there and I guess he just went AFK.
Luckily he wasn't the one to whom the last part was assigned to and we got the bonus done.
Then we went to do the Run back to the Wall. Again, I think he was AFK as he didn't follow us after the cutscene.

That is just one example of the people who want to lead even if there was someone more capable of doing it than themselves.

If any of you identify yourself as that monk from this, I apologize my behaviour then, I usually don't swear

Mavrik · Jan 04, 2006, 02:39 AM // 02:39

Thats funny Wes! HAHA can't feel bad for scamming a scammer.

I don't come across to many rude people thankfully.

During Dragon's Lair... a warrior threatoned not to help unless someone gave him a sword. Well none of us had any swords and he couldn't have mine, then what would I use? Besides I don't deal well with threats so we all ignored him. We then asked that anyone wanting to cap some skills wait by the portal until all were ready to proceed. What happens? The warrior runs through the first portal while we're all capping and then drops from the game. Thankfully we got the skill.

First jerk/scammer I encountered was on a run to droknar. People are smarter now but back in the day when this all began... people didn't know any better... well I didn't. I was a newb. A necro (yes I know better now) was offering to run people to Droknar for 1.5k. Now me being a newb, thought this was pretty cool but being cautious said "Can I pay 500g now and 1k there?" I was told sure that would be fine so I paid her 500g... we zoned and she promptly dropped from the game. We all knew right away we had been scammed and unfortunatly for the rest in the group... they had paid 1.5k.

I added the person to my list and still see him/her online hehe... but I haven't done anything about it. I could care less at this point.

This winterday event brought out some jerks to. When Dwayna was dropping gifts, I was standing in the circle edge where they were falling. I stood in a spot that every second drop was getting one. I collected quite a few. But along would come someone and stand right there beside/in me and call me a b*tch for picking up the gift before they could. I'd just "haha" and keep on picking them up. Hello this is my spot, find your own.

MadOnion · Jan 04, 2006, 02:40 AM // 02:40

^^Excellent ending to that story. I have met many, many jerks in my time, but one thing that always annoys me is when I run to Granite Citadel from the war camp. This is a 1.5k run (even that is underpriced compared to what many charge). I have done this run so many times that I am now somewhat of a pro (though that run is very hard to get a 100% guarantee on). Anyway, when I ask for pay on arrival, usually only half the people pay. This is odd to me, since I always make near flawless runs. I now ask for payment at the zone (Spearhead), but I always have to answer questions about whether or not I can make it :-P

And about the age thing: age should not matter in judging someone, rather, their maturity level should be what they're judged upon (though I'm sure the majority of jerks are 12 or under). I'm only 16, but am (hate to brag), one of the more mature people in the game, though I don't talk on TS much simply because I'm afraid of getting prejudged (like I tend to do when I hear a mickey mouse over the channel, though my voice is somewhat normal

)

DeathDealer · Jan 04, 2006, 02:43 AM // 02:43

there is really some ignorant people who play this game huh? It cracks me up reading this thread and witnessing conversations like this ingame...they never cease to amaze me.

Lord Iowerth · Jan 04, 2006, 02:43 AM // 02:43

Had another one the other night ... helping out a friend in Yak's ... was going to run to Lion's Arch for him so he could participate in the Wintersday festivities and such, figured i'd be nice and ask if anyone else wanted to "hop on the train", so to speak, while I was already doing it. I keep my local chat off most of the time, so I typed:

"Running to Lion's Arch for free (tips always appreciated, but not expected). Invite self"

My invites fill up, I make sure that's where everyone wants to go, and am about to head out ... when ...

(all in private messages, btw)

Jerk: "--ck you buddy"
Me: "I beg your pardon?"
Jerk: "You don't know how to read?"
Me: "Who the hell are you, and why are you sending me nasty-grams?"
Jerk: "I just don't appreciate you trying to scam me"
Me: "Ok ... um ... how am I trying to scam you?"
-Player Jerk is ignoring you-

So I turn on local chat, and come to find out the reason this Jerk is so ill, is that he had said "Running to LA, 1k each, invite self" or something similar just before I had typed that I was running there. Now some of you may be quick to jump on the "well you're the jerk for lowballing him" bandwagon, but here's my rebuttal:

1) It's the holiday season, and I was trying to be nice to folks who wanted to enjoy the Wintersday stuff ... and
2) I didn't even have local on, nor did the Jerk tell me why he was mad, nor give me the chance to explain.

So you be the judge on who's the jerk, but that's the story

Wes the Wonder · Jan 04, 2006, 02:46 AM // 02:46

Well I am going to say this, so the people who atleast read all of my story will be well aware. Guild Wars is NOT responcible for items you were scammed for the way I was. So PLEASE check your stuff good! I thought I had checked mine perfectly when I saw the word bleached and the picture of a shell. It had to be a bleach shell, but it wasn't! So read your item no matter how sure you are. Because some people will be alot smarter than this kid was.

Glad you enjoyed it btw, if im in guild wars talk to me if ya want. My name is the same as the one provided.

-Wes

Lord Iowerth · Jan 04, 2006, 02:53 AM // 02:53

Hahaha, a very nice story, Wes ...

*runs off to make a PvE char named "The EULA"*

DeathDealer · Jan 04, 2006, 02:54 AM // 02:54

I dropped into LA (no specific district..just clicked enter) and ended up in LA d9 to find a present just sitting there. I stood there for a second and the only other person in that district was a long ways away (by the edge of my onscreen map). I decided since he was just standing there to pick it up and go to the child and get a present. The instant I picked it up, He started spamming me with all kinds of nastiness saying I need to find my own DISTRICT to go to for present farming or whatever he called it. I was actually quite amused by all the the crap he spammed me. I remind you that the present was sitting there and I didnt pick it up for about 5 seconds while he stood semi-nearby....what a jerk-off...

Mavrik · Jan 04, 2006, 03:00 AM // 03:00

if the present remains to long, the grentchs actually will come over to it and destroy it anyway.