Be wary of the player Nekolyas

[ajohnymous]

Sorry if this doesn't belong here. I messed up, made a mistake, and traded Nekolays (Dark Elf SK) 1500p and clicked accept thinking it was a friend of mine standing directly next to him. Like anyone else would do, he accepted. Then went LD.

When he eventually logged back on, I asked for it back and explained what happened. Long story short, he denied, denied, denied then eventually changed his story and began flaming and whatnot. You know, typical EQ drama stuffs.

It's totally my fault, he's not entitled to give it back in any way. What I would really like to have happen is to give that money to fresh players who actually need it.

If you end up grouping with him, just be wary with loot and whatnot.

[Octopath]

At least he is a SK. I’d expect that kind of behavior from them.

[ajohnymous]

I never considered that he was role playing =]

[kaev]

Originally Posted by ajohnymous [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I never considered that he was role playing =]

A solid majority of the players here are playing the role "greedy child" 24x7, or would be if they didn't have to sleep sometimes.

[chaosegg]

I find, as a general rule, you get what you give/bring... out of your personal interactions with other players.
So if you come with a good attitude and are nice/generous,
then you're more likely to receive similar treatment.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The above is a fairly important point,
since it only takes one person in the group to start the grump-fest-snowball rolling.

Originally Posted by LoganVivisected [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've seen that particular character throw a fit in a recent Unrest PUG over tanking while refusing to tank himself even though the group was having 0 issues with the mobs/pace.

My recommendation is just to avoid the player.

Uhg. I personally avoid games where I have to be around lots of people like that;
fortunately people like that are so super rare on p99 blue [in my exp] that they stand out.
It sounds like a "childish personality issue"... inexperience, incomplete physical development, or some other brokenness perhaps.
Whatever the cause avoidance is a good idea, if possible, after trying the nice/polite /tell* with benefit-of-the-doubt first, and having that fail.
*/tell to find out if they were just having a bad day/life,
and/or let them know their behavior is unacceptable
to the point that the admins may have to take action to protect the other players and the server's reputation.
Maybe someone is their parent who should be notified that they are failing in their primary duty as a parent:
to teach their child how to be vaguely acceptable to the rest of humanity...
better yet, to make the child more likely to be invited back, instead of shunned after first contact.
We all choose to spend our free time here with certain expectations of the types of interaction / stimuli ranges we may encounter;
if someone wants to act outside those acceptable ranges they should find somewhere else to play so our time spent here is not unnecessarily wasted.

Originally Posted by LoganVivisected [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The vast majority of people on this server have been awesome so far, (I caveat that with the fact that I'm new and haven't made it to raid levels yet lol).
Also 1500 is significant for some of us...
... I would be a bit ticked off for losing that,...

I agree. I have met few better mmo communities (EVE-Online maybe?).
People here have been especially excellent to me and others who are new to p99;
helping out with items/cash where needed/wanted, info when asked,
and little or no maliciousness/mean jokes.
Why? My theory:
Compared with the average online game server population RL ages,
most p99 people tend to be more mature due to older ages
(having lived longer, gained more RL exp which usually, although not always, increases maturity in people).
As for raid levels, I think the nice/decency/maturity generally holds true,
though with a limited and time-consuming resource (raid mobs),
potential chance for "personality issues" to cause conflict does increase.

and yeah... I think 1500pp is a huge amount of money to anyone who does not yet have a 46+ character on the server.
On a personal note, the dishonor in refusing to return the money would be inconceivable for me personally to bear, but everyone is different I suppose
(and this adds to my belief that the individual in question is under the age of 25, probably under age 16 iRL).

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by ajohnymous [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I never considered that he was role playing =]

If he was RP'ing I would expect some quality banter about the glory of Neriak/Grobb or Oggok (depending on his race) with the latter two being "spokn lik dis" since those two races are idiots.

Smash da Huumies! Green Con, Green Skin!

Edit: Might've been a human or Erudite.. something about the hard knocks streets of East Freeport or living in the Hole, so they don't know, got all your gold, punk ass robbed cold.

[mizzbiscuits]

I probably would have done the same. Cut your losses and move on, 1500 isn’t much.

[LoganVivisected]

I've seen that particular character throw a fit in a recent Unrest PUG over tanking while refusing to tank himself even though the group was having 0 issues with the mobs/pace.

My recommendation is just to avoid the player. The vast majority of people on this server have been awesome so far, (I caveat that with the fact that I'm new and haven't made it to raid levels yet lol).

Also 1500 is significant for some of us... I know I've made maybe 2500ish total leveling my main to 32 as a High Elf pally. I'm only just now starting to make about 200p per bank run from MM in my 30s where before it was about 70 or so in Ugukk in my 20s. I would be a bit ticked off for losing that, that would be enough for my next round of bronze armor upgrades! Lol

[fadetree]

I don't know about 'as anyone else would have done'. I personally would not have clicked accept, and I'm sure that most people would not have clicked. If I did it by accident or something I'd have messaged you asking if you really meant to give that to me.

[Lanzellot]

Originally Posted by fadetree [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't know about 'as anyone else would have done'. I personally would not have clicked accept, and I'm sure that most people would not have clicked. If I did it by accident or something I'd have messaged you asking if you really meant to give that to me.

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