Funny thing... I met what I considered to be an Ebay druid the other
night on The Rathe. "Golrian" (No, I'm not shy about naming names ;p ) was
a level 25 druid who I had the misfortune to meet when he logged on at the
hermit's hut in SK. Not only did he KITE the hermit at lvl 25, but wasited
all of his mana each time. Once he realized that I and my wizzie friend
wanted to rotate kills, he got quite impatient (even though he couldn't get
his mana back up in time for the next spawn) and left. During the night he
continually asked me if we were done hunting the hermit yet.
Just when I thought he was going to aggrivate me into sending him off
"to the Hall of the Mountain Giants" (rofl!), he REALLY showed his newbness
with the /ooc question "What is topaz?" To top it off, the very next night
a friend of mine was in the same zone as this more-dollars-than-sense idiot
when he /shout'd "I want to buy druid stuff and have 4,000 platinum."
Maybe it's just me, but I don't want someone operating on me whose
maxximum medical experience is to have watched somoen play Operation (insert
lil tm logo here :p )
Back in the days of NWN (no, not that crap that Bioware is putting out,
the REAL NWN that was on AOheLl), someone like that would have been lured
out to the Lost Hills (a pvp zone) and mercilessly killed over and over. If
they can't earn their own exp, I'll answer their first few questions, but
I'm damn sure not waisting night after night trying to teach this lugnut
things that are easily learned from the manual.
Sorry for the rant... just had to get that off of my chest.
-=B=-
-----Original Message-----
From: James Schuldes <
jgs@...>
To: '
_eqbards@onelist.com' <
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Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 3:50 PM
Subject: [eqbards] What to do with a bad bard?
>From: James Schuldes <jgs@...>
>
>Saw this on bard message board - made me really sick to read it:
>
>Sylly.
>
>(p.s. I sent him a nasty gram back - tellin him he sucks for hurting a
>newbie - albeit a ebay twinkie - and hoping the high levs on MM have a few
>words with him. Maybe its just a troll and I am over reacting - like
always
>but I hate to think that someone would do such a thing.)
>
>Dear God...They are Here!!
>by Windolas (MM) posted 8/30/99 3:21:07 PM
>
>Ok,
>We knew they were out there. EBay be damned. WHY?!?? I flinched when I saw
>other classes sold (well, I'd heard about it anyway) but last night, I saw
>what HAD to be a bought BARD char.
>Ok...Im calming down. Here it is.
>
>Last night, on Mith Marr, I was hunting in North Karana (Im level 17 now,
>and unless I want to kite, the only way I can go solo anywhere is to kill
>Borer beetles in NK - why I didnt want to group is another story), when I
>saw a fellow Bard appear in front of me. He was decked out in nice Steel
>Armor. He spied me playing my trusty mandolin (I was healing up) and
>proceeded to ask me a TON of newbie questions...spammed me with them in
>fact.
>
>"Where am I?" North Karana "Where is that?" hmmm..level 35...You don't
know?
>"What city is near by?" Qeynos "What race is that?"
>
>At this point, I really want to see how new he is...
>
>It's the Hall of the Mountain Giants, says I..
>
>"WOW, Can you lead me there?"
>
>Sorry, but they don't like elves there, and I'll get killed. Giants like
you
>though, being human...just go West till you see them.
>
>"This is sooo cool" "WOW...look at that"
>
>Why not go say hello? He may give you a quest...
>
>(NOTE: at this point, he is still in WALK mode)
>
>"HEY! HELP ME!"
>
>"Hey...Im in a place called Freeport. Can you tell me how to get to my
>body?"
>
>Sorry pal, you lose everything when you die. Its a shame, but its part of
>the game.
>
>/ignore (unnamed newbie)
>
>
>Ok. It wasn't nice. But, I wasn't in the mood to be nice. That sort of
thing
>really irks me. Just a shame to see it happening to US too. I'd have
thought
>bards a bit too, well, cerebral to be big buying items.
>So....I decided to look at EBay today. After seeing this firsthand, I HAD
to
>know how bad it was. My feelings? People are lazy.
>
>
>Finale note: I'd do this again and again. Save all flames. I just cant
>respect anybody who didn't at LEAST get the exp themselves. This makes the
>twinking issue moot.
>
>Windolas Stormsong, Bard of the 17th Song, MM
>
>
>
>
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