I'm not normally a fan of Ashton Kutcher. I put up with him in "That 70's Show" for the laughs. Oh, the laughs. I came across this article today and it got me thinking about entitlement and players.
Think about it. How many times have you seen a player complain that you "took their mob" or "stole a piece of gear"?
I was east of Drybone the other day farming some aldgoat leather, making my circles to kill as many mobs as possible in a short amount of time with a dragoon. For those of you keeping track at home, that's a lot of mobs and a lot of leather. I hit the jump button on my mouse to grab the next one when a player runs past me:
Player> Asshole
I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was a mistell, or he was talking to a friend. I kill a few more billies when I get a tell:
Player> Your such an asshole
I'm not sure what I did, I sure as hell don't know the player, so I respond in the only way I know how:
Me> *You're
Player> F***ing prick
Me> I've been known to go by that title...
Player> your dumb
Me> You're
I know, trolling the person calling me an asshole isn't the best way to diffuse a situation, and it definitely won't help me find out why he's insulting me very quickly. It is, however, more fun.
Player> Stop stealing all my mobs
Me> Stealing... your mobs?
Player> Yeah, I've been farming this spot longer then you have
Me> *than
Me> I'm so sorry. I'm so, so sorry. I didn't realize this was your farm! It should have a tag on the map that says "Player's Farm"
Player> Wut? Your dumb
Me> *You're
I don't mind if you send me tell and ask if we can split up an area for farming. There are usually plenty of mobs to go around for a couple of people to farm an area. If you call me an asshole though, I'll be an even bigger asshole than you thought I was. I spent the next twenty minutes killing things even faster. I even went out of my way to tag the billies and nannies he was after just so he couldn't get any mats. A little kindness can go a long way. When you approach someone in hostility though, don't expect any kindness in return. Has that ever worked in real life? Of course not, and it can only get worse behind the anonymity of a game. He eventually logged out and by that point I had so much leather I started to give some way. It was ridiculous.
Remember, nothing in the game is yours. Nothing belongs to you. If you lose out on tagging monsters, too bad, you were slower than the other guy. Better luck next time. If you roll on a piece of gear and lose out to the spoony bard, too bad. The bard won the piece you badly need, the piece you've run this dungeon 10 times for. It sucks, but you're not entitled to that piece. Get over it and run that dungeon again.
Friday, November 8, 2013
On Gil Sellers
So I logged in yesterday, after a wave of gil seller bans, expecting just a little bit of quiet. Hope and optimism have this funny way of dying. (Seriously, it's like they spin around and fall to the ground like Crash Bandicoot). Within half an hour of logging in I was whispered by four different RMT bastards. Normally it's one or two so four seemed a little ridiculous. If there was an easy way to mess with them, I totally would. I try to keep my general distance for a few reasons:
1) I want to avoid making contact with stupidity as much as possible.
2) It's never a good idea to be around any in-game illegal activity.
3) My hatred levels can only rise so high before everything goes red and hazy and I wake up the next day with a handful of ears.
So I did the most sensible thing. I sent them tells insulting them, blacklisted them, and reported them. Sending them creative insults does wonders in letting out the steam of frustration.
Gilseller1> real time money transfer! garanteed delivery! go2 all(plus)your(add)gil(and) isours (.(com)
Me> Go suck a chocobo dong.
Classy, I know.
Gilseller2> all your gold not enough? add more 2 uour collectin! at our sight pleasegiveusyourinformation.hax we garen-t delivery!
Me> *Do you find yourself lacking the *gil you need? You can add more....
Me> Eh, screw this
Me> Go sit on a cactuar
Not my best material, I know, but I was just getting warmed up.
Gilseller3> buy some gold from us at buysomegold.wewanturlogininfo.net
Me> Really? You're going to be that lazy? Most gil sellers take the time to make their tells unreadable, with a link that may or may not be right, even if you type it how they have it. You're just going to be lazy and give me the website and tell me to buy gold from you?
This really must have been the bottom of the barrel for RMT. I told this guy to go kiss a marlboro before blacklisting and reporting him. You know what would be really useful? If they made reporting/blacklisting people as easy as friending them. Like, add them as options when you right-click their names. That'd be great.
Gilseller4> אנחנו יהודיים, ואנחנו רוצים למכור לך זהב. בוודאי, אנחנו הולכים לגנוב את המידע שלך, משתמשים בזה ליטול פיקוד על החשבון שלך, ומגדילים את .com הצבא שלנו של מוכרי זהב. כסף אמיתי העברה היא דבר שלנו, כל כך באה לאתר האינטרנט שלנו.
Me> I don't speak Chi... Hebrew?
That's right. We have Jewish gil sellers. They aren't just Chinese anymore folks. I've never seen any Jewish RMT before in any MMO. Not this one, not WoW, not FFXI. I didn't even know what to say. I didn't see an auto-translate for Hebrew, so I blacklisted that asshole, reported him, and finally started playing the game.
1) I want to avoid making contact with stupidity as much as possible.
2) It's never a good idea to be around any in-game illegal activity.
3) My hatred levels can only rise so high before everything goes red and hazy and I wake up the next day with a handful of ears.
So I did the most sensible thing. I sent them tells insulting them, blacklisted them, and reported them. Sending them creative insults does wonders in letting out the steam of frustration.
Gilseller1> real time money transfer! garanteed delivery! go2 all(plus)your(add)gil(and) isours (.(com)
Me> Go suck a chocobo dong.
Classy, I know.
Gilseller2> all your gold not enough? add more 2 uour collectin! at our sight pleasegiveusyourinformation.hax we garen-t delivery!
Me> *Do you find yourself lacking the *gil you need? You can add more....
Me> Eh, screw this
Me> Go sit on a cactuar
Not my best material, I know, but I was just getting warmed up.
Gilseller3> buy some gold from us at buysomegold.wewanturlogininfo.net
Me> Really? You're going to be that lazy? Most gil sellers take the time to make their tells unreadable, with a link that may or may not be right, even if you type it how they have it. You're just going to be lazy and give me the website and tell me to buy gold from you?
This really must have been the bottom of the barrel for RMT. I told this guy to go kiss a marlboro before blacklisting and reporting him. You know what would be really useful? If they made reporting/blacklisting people as easy as friending them. Like, add them as options when you right-click their names. That'd be great.
Gilseller4> אנחנו יהודיים, ואנחנו רוצים למכור לך זהב. בוודאי, אנחנו הולכים לגנוב את המידע שלך, משתמשים בזה ליטול פיקוד על החשבון שלך, ומגדילים את .com הצבא שלנו של מוכרי זהב. כסף אמיתי העברה היא דבר שלנו, כל כך באה לאתר האינטרנט שלנו.
Me> I don't speak Chi... Hebrew?
That's right. We have Jewish gil sellers. They aren't just Chinese anymore folks. I've never seen any Jewish RMT before in any MMO. Not this one, not WoW, not FFXI. I didn't even know what to say. I didn't see an auto-translate for Hebrew, so I blacklisted that asshole, reported him, and finally started playing the game.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
A Sweep with the Ban Hammer!
So every time I log into Final Fantasy XIV I find myself just standing there. Sometimes it takes a few seconds, sometimes a few minutes, but it always happens. I get a tell. "Go too bysomegilanhavuraccnthaxed.com for a fun time!" I take a small amount of pleasure in blacklisting these guys. Of course, I wish I could do so much more, but there's only so much a mere player can do against RMT assholes.
Then, this morning, I came across this story.
Just take that in. Go on, I'll give you a minute. Read that story, take it in. There, are you good? Oh, you may want to celebrate a while. I'll give you another minute. I'll be right here.
In case you're too lazy to click a link, here's the information:
Because we have confirmed the existence of players who are engaging in these illicit activities, we have taken the actions listed below.
Time Period: Oct. 31, 2013 to Nov. 6 2013
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT advertising: 810
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for illicit activity: 689
Action Details: Permanent ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV
Time Period: Oct. 31, 2013 to Nov. 6 2013
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT activity: 753
Action Details: Permanent or temporary ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV
*Players with negative intentions will be banned permanently.
It's a good day to be a player. 1499, nearly 1500 accounts banned for breaking the damned rules. This is a beautiful, beautiful day for Eorzea. The only thing that could have made this better is if they rounded up all these characters in a public square and had a dragon scorch them to death. Or a swarm of cactuars running through them, shootings their thousands of needles into every blasted gil seller in sight. And we would all be standing around the square in stands watching, cheering, clapping.
Then we'd get a tell: "come 2 our site and bye som gil 2day!!1"....
Dammit.
Then, this morning, I came across this story.
Just take that in. Go on, I'll give you a minute. Read that story, take it in. There, are you good? Oh, you may want to celebrate a while. I'll give you another minute. I'll be right here.
In case you're too lazy to click a link, here's the information:
Because we have confirmed the existence of players who are engaging in these illicit activities, we have taken the actions listed below.
Time Period: Oct. 31, 2013 to Nov. 6 2013
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT advertising: 810
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for illicit activity: 689
Action Details: Permanent ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV
Time Period: Oct. 31, 2013 to Nov. 6 2013
Accounts receiving disciplinary action for RMT activity: 753
Action Details: Permanent or temporary ban from FINAL FANTASY XIV
*Players with negative intentions will be banned permanently.
It's a good day to be a player. 1499, nearly 1500 accounts banned for breaking the damned rules. This is a beautiful, beautiful day for Eorzea. The only thing that could have made this better is if they rounded up all these characters in a public square and had a dragon scorch them to death. Or a swarm of cactuars running through them, shootings their thousands of needles into every blasted gil seller in sight. And we would all be standing around the square in stands watching, cheering, clapping.
Then we'd get a tell: "come 2 our site and bye som gil 2day!!1"....
Dammit.
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