What has the game come to?

Loxleyhood

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So I'm standing on pad this morning, chewing my toe nails, and along comes some little lvl20 irritation in free gear. And he says to me he says, "Can I have some money for armour and weapons?"
And I said him, "Nay, get some from your level 50."
"I don't have a level 50."
"Yes you do. You've used /level."
"My 50 is on another realm."
"On the same acount?"
"You're rude. My 50 is on another server, dmass."

Rude! Rude he calls me! I am, but he couldn't have known that. I asked, "Why am I rude?"
"Because I asked for money and you didn't give it to me."

Every single copper piece on my character is hard farmed, sold or conned for. Why should I give it to this little whelp from Prydwen in the first place, and secondly, why the hell should I be rude for refusing his rude request. I also pointed out the irony of calling me rude and then calling me a dmass, but irony never settles well with people in DAoC.
 

Hercules-DF

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Repeat:

I must read the CoC.
I must read the CoC.
I must read the CoC.
I must read the CoC.
 

Kian

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Aren't beggars great? MInd you, best one I saw was a level 8 asking for 300 gold to buy an emblem for his new guild... then he upped it to 500 gold because after all as a guildmaster he needed proper dyes for his gear!

Personally, I have a simple rule of thumb - I'll give some money to people who say 'please' when they ask me the first time. That's 'please', not 'plz' or any other such semi-literate rubbish. Haven't had to pay out yet :)
 

Draylor

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/ignore is a wonderful thing, saves you having to deal with the whines.

Sad that it has to be used - but it does.

People are still fairly generous to beggars though, as a few people "experimenting" have discovered :p
 

Antedeluvian

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Personaly i dont have a problem whit begginers when they ask for some coins, but the /level pple are a bit annoying yeah.
 

Brynn

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Whats a dmass?


I usually just say "be creative" and if they can make me laugh then i give them some money :p
 

Belomar

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Be happy Alb/Excal doesn't have /level 30. It's hell on Hib/Prydwen.
 

Cyradix

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Usually I don't give money to those beggars, but last week some lowbie ran upto me and said : Gentle sir can you spare some coins for a poor lass who wants to visit the old lands....

The roleplayer in me can't refuse someone like that :D

The other 1456987 beggars going "plzzzz givf gold" can f*** off ;)
 

Tilda

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If they use "please" not plz or pls they get 5-10 gold.
If they role play I give them 50 gold,
If they use plz, or swear etc they get nothing.

Tilda
 

burg

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Tilda said:
If they use "please" not plz or pls they get 5-10 gold.
If they role play I give them 50 gold,
If they use plz, or swear etc they get nothing.

Tilda

I've been robbed by Bandits near Prydwen keep, I was on my way to Castle Sauvage looking for a guard job, could you please GIVF ME 50 GOLD?

:)
 

Dukat

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same here as with most other ppl, usually roleplaying ppl coming up to meh saying 'hail kind sir' etc i just cant say no :) but some nub coming round spamming '30g plz' usually gets 20s at most, all depends how im feeling :)

some of the ppl who are like lvl 1-5 and come and ask for 5g + are downright rude tho, why the hell do they need more than 5g at that lvl??!!

and with the bloke lox had i think i would /slap, /ignore and walk away, ppl like that just get me all annoyed
 

Ekydus

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Ugh! Roleplayers eh? When I use my Minstrel to entertain people on the Sauvage portal I make 1g top per performance... and that's a dedicated performance of a full song to an individual! Although I wasn't actually begging. :p

That's right Fedaykin! It was meeee!

"Oh Feddy! Oh Feddy!"
:D
 

old.Odysseus

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Loxleyhood said:
Every single copper piece on my character is hard farmed, sold or conned for.
Heh, not excactly true ....
Remember when I gave you my 40 plat for keep doors ;)
(or am I in the conned category :eek2: )
 

Ala

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and don't you just love it when you actually do give them some cash and they just run off without so much as a /bow :(
I'm less likely to help n00bs out these days as the greedy beggers have ruined it for them.
Don't blame me, I didn't do it!
 

Naewae

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Ala said:
and don't you just love it when you actually do give them some cash and they just run off without so much as a /bow :(
I'm less likely to help n00bs out these days as the greedy beggers have ruined it for them.
My sentiments entirely.
 

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