The "Please" word

[Leuan]

<nods solemnly>
I know what you mean. The other day i was playing my warlock on WoW and this guys pm'd me for a teleport, he said:
xxxx - "could i ask you a question?"
Ringo - "sure^^"
xxxx - "teleport me plz"
xxxx - "PLZ"
So i instantly did /afk

Another time this night elf comes up to me and asks "money plz" so i told him what i thought of him and he goes. "Shove it Ringo".........yeh like that attitudes going to get you reeeeeeeal far.

 

[Septima]

So a buff ask should be along the lines of:

Apologies for being so forward, but i find you very leet, and was wondering if you could spare a moment to buff me up? I know what you're thinking, "you're juts going to get the buffs and never call me again". But i assure you, i'm not that kind of a character. I promise this isn't just a one-buff-stand. So, what do you say, could we maybe go somewhere and talk some more? Who knows, i may be the buff of your dreams *smile*


Or?

lol (please)

 

[Dreami]

plizx

 

[Shan]

Personally i never helped anyone who didn't bother typing "please".
And /rpfilter fixed most acronyms easily ^^

 

[anioal]

Regarding the "buffs pls"

I got my ranger up to rr6l7 w/o owning a bb and i did asked for buffs from time to time. ofc, most of the time i was polite and said things like: "lo, can u spare some buffs pls" but i'm pretty sure i also said "buff me pls" when i was in a hurry or i was angry after losing a fight because i wasnt buffed to the teeth like my opponent. That's not really a big deal and u cannot expect to be treated nice if u just tell ppl to FO at the slightest sign of unpolite behaviour (ofc there are twats that eventually end on /ignore but they really are not that many).
Now i got myself a bb and while buffing my toons i also spare buffs to people around and often im using yellow buffs intead of purp ones just to be able to spare one more buff and when i'm logging / zoning i usually do a /send to them warning about buffs dropping.

morals: if u act nice there are better chances that ppl around u will act nice and eventually start a "nice" chain reaction as opposed to tellin them "FO, get ur own bb" or "u need to /beg to get buffs". i mean i got myself a bb to be able to kill buffed enemies not to patronise my realm mates who dont own a bb.

 

[Svartmetall]

"if u act nice there are better chances that ppl around u will act nice and eventually start a "nice" chain reaction"

Abso-fucking-lutely.

I apply the same principle when I'm driving - if there's a queue and some guys are trying to get in, let one guy in. If everyone did that, instead of going "NOES! I must save the 4 seconds off my journey time that cutting this guy off will give me!" then driving would be a more pleasant and less stressful experience for everyone.

Same with DAOC (and all games, really. Hell, life itself). If someone comes up to me and goes "money plz" I just say "manners please"...and am usually met with variations on "huh?" by the moron. However, if someone says "could you spare some money for porting please?" or whatever I give 'em some cash. It just takes a tiny micro-amount of effort to show some manners, and will be much more likely to be a successful plea. On a similar theme, if you've got a BB in a dungeon and you see a solo player, hell, give him/her some buffs if you have any spare conc. Will make his/her gaming more fun, and make them more inclined to do the same for someone else, and so on.

On the theme of 'crappest things people say', I find it particularly amusing when some obviously /lvled (translation: I have a level 50 somewhere who could bankroll me, but I'd rather scav off you) 20 comes to you and asks for money, and especially this utter peach: "do you have any nice items I could have? Armour, weapons, anything?" (which someone actually said to me while I was ME-trawling the other night. Do I have any nice items, he asks me, who is wearing a size XXXXL Feathered Wrap + Eirene's Hauberk and with Malice hanging off my belt. God, I wish I'd taken a screenie of that one.

Oddly enough, I didn't give him anything.

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