Cringy shit from the good ol' days

[sox7d]

Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"May I inspect"

"NO YOU MAY NOT!!"

"Nice bracer fag"

Lol'd

[towbes]

I think it's a good way to start a conversation with someone if nothing else. It's a courtesy that I will always make an effort to extend to players. Inspecting someone is like peeking at the tag on their T-Shirt to see what brand it is, I'd rather have someone ask before doing that. However it's not something that I immediately /ignore a player for doing. Rather, the ones that do ask set themselves apart as g33k mentioned above. Reminders of older times.

[Kayso]

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

...Inspecting someone is like peeking at the tag on their T-Shirt to see what brand it is...

No, it's nothing like that at all. You can't reasonably equate someone using an in-game ability without your permission to someone violating your personal space and touching you IRL.

If we were not meant to be able to inspect people without their permission, it wouldn't have been implemented into the game without a way for players who didn't want to be inspected to elect out in some form.

What it evolved into after this is both player-made and completely stupid.

[towbes]

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

No, it's nothing like that at all. You can't reasonably equate someone using an in-game ability without your permission to someone violating your personal space and touching you IRL.

If we were not meant to be able to inspect people without their permission, it wouldn't have been implemented into the game without a way for players who didn't want to be inspected to elect out in some form.

What it evolved into after this is both player-made and completely stupid.

You're violating my personal space in game, and the game lets me know by giving me a message that you're doing it. I think the fact that there were a lot of players that decided it was an invasion of personal space is just another part of the community that made old MMOs what they were. It created a grey area which sparked debate that brought the entire population closer by giving them the ability to decide right and wrong use of a feature. The very fact that there is something for us to argue about is what makes it so awesome.

[sox7d]

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

You're violating my personal space in game

[IMMERSION INTENSIFIES]


Anyone that got offended by it, other than the handful of roleplayers who started it, were only offended because it was socially acceptable to be and made them feel a tiny bit superior. *cough* (tumblr)

[towbes]

Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyone that got offended by it, other than the handful of roleplayers who started it, were only offended because it was socially acceptable to be and made them feel a tiny bit superior. *cough* (tumblr)

Point taken, you're right it is a way of setting myself up on a pedestal. One day I'll decide what my new pronouns are, still haven't worked that out yet, struggling with my inner self

[curtischoy]

Beggars, just target me and type '/d', its the donation command.

[Monty405]

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

Beggars, just target me and type '/d', its the donation command.

I remember leading a begging level 3 (i think) half elf paladin into the North Freeport bank vault with a trail of mrylokar's summoned daggers.

I bet his ghost still haunts the Xegony server Nfp bank to this day...

[Voland]

Originally Posted by Monty405 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I remember leading a begging level 3 (i think) half elf paladin into the North Freeport bank vault with a trail of mrylokar's summoned daggers.

I bet his ghost still haunts the Xegony server Nfp bank to this day...

I don't get it, what happened next?
Pally should have good faction in NFP and Xegony was a PVE server...

[Mendo]

He's stuck behind the locked door...