Curse

eudas · Jul 13, 2006, 09:11 PM // 21:11

i wound up running one of those captain rujiyo quests with a 13 yr old kid from australia... almost finished it, too. he was pretty good.

i dunno, the alt-f4 thing doesn't strike me as anything to get all worked up over. it could be annoying if overdone, but i rarely see it very often. by its very nature, it's a joke that, if it were to become a "Fad", too many people would see it/know about it for it to fool anyone. so, it winds up being a joke with Longevity, so long as it stays below a certain attention-threshhold.

i don't want to seem like i'm defending the jerks, but some of the examples given (like the one a few posts up about jumping off cliffs, and cults) are just... stupid. it's a joke, cmon, lighten up. nobody dies. people might even learn something (alt-f4 closes programs! wow!)...

and, as a final note, no, i don't go around telling people to do this. i just think it's marginally funny when someone else does it, and suddenly there's only 3 people left in the zone... :P

eudas

DrSLUGFly · Jul 14, 2006, 04:48 AM // 04:48

press Alt-F4 to see the hidden text below:

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Poison Ivy · Jul 14, 2006, 05:02 AM // 05:02

I only fell for the Alt F4 trick once playing Halo multiplayer ages ago, it was so embarassing

Also, a weird event today, I was on tombs the fourth level clearing out the chamber, and we were talking about rage quitting, and I said : Alt F4, rage quiter's best friend.

X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game.

*Feels anger coming from the other 2*

Clerihew · Jul 14, 2006, 02:31 PM // 14:31

I just came out of an afternoon in factions and - honestly - I have never had such a stressful experience on gw. I had to start and restart things over and over again because people kept quitting over the smallest mishap and spamming that the whole party were RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing noobs etc. etc.

I was flamed and trash talked for letting someone lower than lvl 20 into the group and yelled at about my build. I had someone pm me with insults because I wasn't ready when they went into a mission (even though I had said wait a sec plz) and on and on.

I haven't been playing in cantha much so far. It seemed to me that people were a lot nastier and all that jazz there than in prophecies. I don't have a big guild but don't want to leave mine either so I have to do things with just hench and one guildie or suffer abuse and mappers. Reading this I am wondering if all the decent people playing this game only play in closed guild groups now which means that there are a higher percentage of gits in pugs.....

sigh.

eudas · Jul 14, 2006, 03:02 PM // 15:02

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Originally Posted by Clerihew

I just came out of an afternoon in factions and - honestly - I have never had such a stressful experience on gw. I had to start and restart things over and over again because people kept quitting over the smallest mishap and spamming that the whole party were RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing noobs etc. etc.

I was flamed and trash talked for letting someone lower than lvl 20 into the group and yelled at about my build. I had someone pm me with insults because I wasn't ready when they went into a mission (even though I had said wait a sec plz) and on and on.

I haven't been playing in cantha much so far. It seemed to me that people were a lot nastier and all that jazz there than in prophecies. I don't have a big guild but don't want to leave mine either so I have to do things with just hench and one guildie or suffer abuse and mappers. Reading this I am wondering if all the decent people playing this game only play in closed guild groups now which means that there are a higher percentage of gits in pugs.....

sigh.

I just posted this on another thread:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...8&postcount=50

Let me know if it helps, or if you'd like to group sometime.

eudas

Clerihew · Jul 14, 2006, 03:08 PM // 15:08

Thanks for that Eudas - it's pretty helpful and comprehensive

I'll try and put your suggestions into action on my next try!

Eviance · Jul 14, 2006, 06:38 PM // 18:38

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

I only fell for the Alt F4 trick once playing Halo multiplayer ages ago, it was so embarassing

Also, a weird event today, I was on tombs the fourth level clearing out the chamber, and we were talking about rage quitting, and I said : Alt F4, rage quiter's best friend.

X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game
X has left the game.

*Feels anger coming from the other 2*

LOL they didn't even ask what it did before they tried it, LOL! That's just sad, I feel so sorry for you. We were doing a bout of HoH and the other team told us to press Alt F4 for something special, of course none of us did but two on their team did... LMAO!

I thought we would fall out of our chairs... Then another one logged cause the other two did... I just... wow LMAO! It's mean but also so funny when it happens.

shmek · Jul 14, 2006, 09:05 PM // 21:05

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Originally Posted by echo envitas

Of course I haven't just noticed. but it has gotten alot worse lately, especially in the low level areas. I think what really brought it to my attention was making a new char in Cantha and making a new monk who had to go through Pre-searing again. People were especially horrible in the newbie areas, and I'm afraid that's turning off new players. I've been playing GW since March '05. And I do think its as bad as I made out.
Have you ever played another online game? They're not usually like this. Not even in the Barrens in WOW, which was famous for being horrible. At least people were helpful.

Indicative of more 13 year olds out of school on computers unsupervised.