>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Something fun to try
>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 23:43:45 -0500
>
>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>
>Well it's all a matter of intent. How can Verant say you intended to be
>chased by a sand giant to lead it into some jerk? They'll ban the idiot
>doing this over and over, for the intent is clear. But you do it once as a
>matter of revenge, nobody can prove anything. Just say, "Ah, sorry about
>that, I was being chased." End of story. (Besides, don't think they'll
>ban
>anybody enacting this once as revenge on a jerk.)
>
>Roop
>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Something fun to try
>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 23:43:45 -0500
>
>From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>
>Well it's all a matter of intent. How can Verant say you intended to be
>chased by a sand giant to lead it into some jerk? They'll ban the idiot
>doing this over and over, for the intent is clear. But you do it once as a
>matter of revenge, nobody can prove anything. Just say, "Ah, sorry about
>that, I was being chased." End of story. (Besides, don't think they'll
>ban
>anybody enacting this once as revenge on a jerk.)
>
>Roop
Jeez ppl, clip yer quoted messages =)
Anyways, I am not guilty of ever doing this intentionally, however I am
guilty of wishing it upon people. However cheesy I think the saying may be,
Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right. And you may find yourself on the receiving
end of an intentional mob train by your last victim some time in the future.
Over the last week I have been killing the oasis orcs in the camp at the end
of the beach. While I was resting, a troll player (name witheld) trained an
orc warrior, 2 orc priests, and "a" orc warrior (yes the badass orcs) on me.
I was killed (starting with a double-smack to the head for 40 points each
while i was sitting, and so on), and found myself back at the South Gate
wondering who the hell that troll was. Well I found out who, and I was
seriously considering training something on him, but I didn't. I am pretty
sure it was unintentional, but either way I was pretty ticked off. I'm not
that spiteful, though I may think it =)
Later, Lockjaw spawned right on top of me near the camp and I acclerando'd
the hell down the beach (not thinking about S Ro zone being so close in my
paniced state). I shouted warnings that I was zoning LJ a few times. Well,
halfway to zone I found that LJ was no longer following, and about 5 minutes
later had been killed. Then my party started receiving /tells from that
troll and his group. Lockjaw killed his entire party! I thought it was
humorous irony.
Shortly thereafter, I saw the troll again. He was looking at an SG, then
looking at me and my party...back and forth...hmmm what was he thinking?
Well it became obvious when he ran up to the SG, tried to hit it and then
tried to run over to us. He didn't get very far though (not even close to
us), the SG splattered him all over the dunes.
But you start to think, what if he is succesful one of these times? This
shit has to stop, we have enough trouble avoiding SG's on our own. So we
ended up having a talk with him and grouping up to kill crocs. Turns out he
wasn't such a bad troll after all, if a bit vengeful.
Just think twice before doing things like this. Not only is it possible to
be banned (of course it's easier to get proof of this when you get a
screenshot of the text a would-be mob-trainer sends as he is gloating over
your corpse), you also risk the other party trying to exact revenge.
Sometimes it fails (as in my case), but who knows when they will succeed?
It's no fun trying to have a good time playing a game while someone is
trying very hard to spoil it.
Sartori D'Elsiraad
Bard of Kelethin of the 16th Chorus
Veeshan
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