That Guy Was Really Rude- Player Etiquette- Express Yourself

Well here we go, let's talk about the general level of politeness and good etiquette in Guild Wars.

I have to say that, in general, most players are very polite and friendly, compared to most other MMO's, we have a great player base. However, there are some exceptions.

For example, when I'm buying or selling things in Kamadan, I get the occasional idiot who is blatantly only PMing me in order to hack me off. This mostly happens when I'm selling. For example, if I am selling something which is rare, about one in 20 people will just have a fat go at me and start "lol"ing because they can't understand why something with the same stats is worth more. I generally can keep my temper in situations such as these, but it's not easy.

Anecdote Alert! (Sort Of)- the other day I was selling a pair of wintergreen daggers for my mate, and I had a fairly good offer of 30 ecto. I decided to keep selling for another 20 mins to see what more I could get. What followed was 4 consecutive time-wasters. All of them in awkward districts, all of them asking "Show Plz", and being the good-natured person that I am, I obliged to go to their district and show them. Basically it ended up with them insisting they were useless pieces of crap and I'd be lucky to get 5k for them. I'm fine with explaining to people why they are valuable but if they just ignore you and carry on whisper spamming you, it gets a little indecent.

Another thing that annoys me is people who ask for a price, or ask for you to show, then when you respond or show the item, they simply blank you, no "nty" or "not for me thanks", just silence. It doesn't really make me angry, just seems a little insulting and disrespectful.

So really this thread is just a general whinging thread for you to post and talk about rude people you've met in game, or what rudeness annoys you. Let us wallow in each others miseries!

Well most of the time I agree people are friendly, at least thats my experience of it

But theres been once or twice someone was being rude.

Now Im no pvp player, never was. So admittedly when I do try Im not all that good at it. Seeing as RA supposedly is the most begginner friendly (except maybe from AB which I actually do now and then with the guild) that was my choice of pvp. But in the end I was really put off from trying anymore pvp, because what I got was rude responses and alot of blame, even though it was not all my fault. And the "go back to pve" and "pve noob" was completely unneccesary.

Oh this reminds me of one time when I was helping recruit new members for my guild. I would whisper people with no guild, "Hello do you have a second to talk?". If they responded yes then I would ask them if they wanted to join my guild. Well after asking one guy if he had some time to talk and seeing if he wanted to join he told me, "F-off, I dont have time for X#*($@& like you, I have lead top guilds" etc etc. Before I could even respond he put me on ignore. Either way I was not trying to annoy people and I was in total polite mode, but he pretty much killed it for me >:I Got him back though

No offence but whispering people to join your guild is actually kinda rude. I know you are just trying and all, and are probably friendly, but people see that kind of stuff as being akin to telemarketers. While the guy's response was rude, I also cant exactly blame him for acting that way either

I know that feeling

I would say the worst experience i ever had was when i was just haning out in LA chatting with some people when some one PMd me

Rude guy-"Hey derv run me to ToA"
Me- "Sorry im not up to it right now"
Rude guy-"f***ing noob, cant even run to ToA, What kind of derv are you"
Me-"I CAN make the run but choose not to."
Me-"why dont you fight your way if your so leet"
Rude Guy-"seriously douchbag, 2k lets go"
Me-"LoL. welcom to the ignore list"

Other than that my experience with this game has been great!

ima whine, too.

join RA on war few times. no monks. no consecs.
join RA on ele few times. no monks. no consecs.
join RA on ranger few times. smiter monk. no consecs.
join RA on monk. 3 monks. followed by 2 monks. followed by 2 monks. no consecs.
i am absolutely convinced there's a critical error in the team matching code for RA.

There is team matching code in RA?

Not saying OP is one, but the puritan retards who run around reporting everything they see just because they wanna polish their little inner cross or whatever are equally bad.

There are idiots all over the internet, people who can't ignore them are equally retarded.

I can't think of any real rudeness from players in 5 years of playing. Of course when I played a monk in the early days with PUGs, I got all kinds of evil remarks thrown at me; but that goes with the territory. Nor in the other online mmo that I have played.

Please don't ever do that ever again. I use to be guildless, and I really enjoyed it. However I RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing hated the fact that wherever I went I got pm's from random people asking if I waned to join their guild. And I'm not just saying once every two weeks, I'm talking about every time I ever loaded into ToA or GToB (Euro/American districts), for about 2 months straight. Although you may not realise it, you're actually pissing people off. If people wanted to join a guild, they would indeed be in a guild. If you want them to join your guild, do something that gets your guild noticed. Pm'ing random people/sending invites (this bit isn't just for you @ quoted person) randomly is highly frustrating.

That's because you wanted to specifically target individuals. This thread has it worded into a more general category.

OT: More often then not, a foreign player will abuse you in Kamadan over something being sold or bought.

Rude: When guild recruiters don't even say hello and send an invite for me to join some guild.

I've been guildless for over two years now and, to be honest, have done more anti-guild than actually being in one. The only thing I can say I've done with the help of a guild is reach my R7 status in the Kurzick title. What I consider rude is when a guild recruiter doesn't even bother to say hello and/or make some kind of statement to you and expect you to join his/her guild because they sent an invite.

If you can't say hello, you must not give a GO RED ENGINE.

I know what you mean about wintergreen weapons. I've bought a few off guru, but normally check Kamadan first. Inevitably, I get people trying to sell me the worthless peppermint-style candycane weapons.

'sup.

qq threads abound.

How did you get him back?

oh yea i get my share of people when i try to do pvp. Kinda killed the whole HA/RA thing for me. I mena jsut b/c u arent doing something ur new @ doesnt mean ur a "pve f***tard. I mean some ppl jsut want to have fun and play the game. i think alot(mostly in pvp but alot in SCs) that ppl jsut gotta realize its a game. Ok so what if u wipe 10mins inot a SC? uve lsot 10mins.. not a big deal. So yes ive had my fair share of blame/hate. It comes w/ games. ppl on an internet that cant be seen face to face w/out consequence will do really stupid stuff ;p.

Ya man.

Can't believe Anet is still letting crybabies and self-righteous retards keep their little /report tool. Seriously, has ANYONE EVER reported someone for actually leeching or having an offensive name? No, someone loading late in RA or having to answer his phone is NOT leeching.

I find it somewhat ironic that people who sync RA can ask the poor sod ending up on their team to leave and if he doesn't comply he's reported for leeching. Dishonor pts eh?

So very this. I ended up forming my own one man guild just to stop randoms asking me the same thing all the damn time.

Even if I ever do change my mind and decide to start looking for an actual guild, I'm sure as hell not just going to say yes to some random invite. :\

I love GW and have had mainly good experiences with the people playing it but, when it comes to pvp there are alot of people who trash talk you whether its cuz of your profession or the skills you have...what gets really annoying is when you have a PvX build that has the highest rating in pvp and people slam you cuz you die...well, im sorry, my build is meant for a team and is not self sustaining...genius assholes