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Do not send a tell with an invite right behind it when someone has in their search comments, "No blind invites."
Do not expect that someone will want to sk with you, just because its uber XP!
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Thank you! 
Do not follow my female toons around making lewd commentary. You will not be rewarded with anything resembling sex. You WILL have to explain to your mom why you need her credit card again so you can make a new account after I /petition your booty.
(How do I know this? Read on.)
When you get back into the game with a new account, DO NOT send a /tell to my toon stating:
"U STUPID <bleep> U GOT ME BANNED!!!!!!"
I wonder if his mom let him use her credit card a third time. 
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<ul type="square">[*] 1. Lose your temper. It's just a game, s**t happens.[*] 2. Tell other people how to play. Some of us play our ATs well, and some of us enjoy playing them badly. As long as my 'incompetence' isn't getting you killed, it's not your business.[*] 3. Get really drunk IRL and then be a jackass in the game. You'll say things you regret.[*] 4. Chat up your PUG about J-lo's latest crazy boyfriend. We don't care. No, really. We don't. Stop talking.[*] 5. Harass people in-game because you think they might be GURLS. Most ESPECIALLY don't do this if you're drunk.[*] 6. Make obscene comments in Team about "wife aggro". Chances are, that guy's wife is the eight-foot Brute behind you.[*] 7. Hold a grudge. Use /ignore, use /petition:harassment if things get really ugly, but never try to "settle a score". That path leads to the Dark Side.[*] 8. Bring Real Life into the game, or demand IRL details about someone. Ain't your business. Ain't my business either.[*] 9. Get offended when I don't chat back. It doesn't mean I'm unfriendly (though I am) or antisocial (though I am). I'm also a slow typer, and I'm usually busy SMASHing things.[*] 10. Demand other ATs make up for your mistakes. We're all doing the best we can, and even the toughest Brute in the world is gonna kiss asphalt sometimes. That's why they make Awakens.[/list]
Good for you. 
I have a female controller that gets that sort of thing occasionally. The worst was the guy that offered to "cyber" me. When I said "um I'm a guy"
He said "that's ok"
EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
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A SG mate got really fed up with that type of thing. His latest female character is named "imreallyafathairyguy".
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A SG mate got really fed up with that type of thing.
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To the community's credit, that kind of garbage seems less prevalent. I made a new toon last night, clearly in the mostly-nekkid school of costume design (tiger stripes with matching skin color and leather accessories). I was being checked out by one toon in particular (you know the signs, come up close and spin 360), so I turned and popped claws at him. *SHENK* He ran to the corner of the room and executed the cower emote. I gave him an /em goaway and ran off to my mission.
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His latest female character is named "imreallyafathairyguy".
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Heh. The only person I know IRL that has done this is female. She made up a rather repulsive personal profile in her Background and she refers would be lechers to it. They go away fast.
Thus:
DO NOT make gender assumptions.
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6. Make obscene comments in Team about "wife aggro". Chances are, that guy's wife is the eight-foot Brute behind you.
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Odd. I use the term "wife agro" whenever mine wants me to spend time with her instead of the game, or she needs help with something, or if she just bats her eyes at me.
Never knew folks were assigning some horrific meaning to it.
Be well, people of CoH.
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6. Make obscene comments in Team about "wife aggro". Chances are, that guy's wife is the eight-foot Brute behind you.
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Odd. I use the term "wife agro" whenever mine wants me to spend time with her instead of the game, or she needs help with something, or if she just bats her eyes at me.
Never knew folks were assigning some horrific meaning to it.
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Can't call mine wife aggro, so Girlfriend aggro for now. But I do say that when I'm asked to get off the game by her for one reason or another.
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Send mistells to the person that you were complaining about with a friend.
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A friend of mine did that once. There was someone who I had on my friend list and teamed with occasionally and all three of us were on a mish. At some point my RL friend was trying to say something scathing to me about the other person, who they had learned to hate through teaming on a different occasion, but MTed it at them.
It was hilarious. I find human suffering to be amusing though.
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8. Bring Real Life into the game, or demand IRL details about someone. Ain't your business. Ain't my business either.
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This one I have to disagree with on a small level. When you team with someone for a long time, you usually become.... what's the term I'm looking for.... friends! Friends can talk about RL stuff and usually have it not be a big deal. Obviously, there is a limit to how much.
Demanding RL stuff from someone especially if you don't know them, ya that definitely is a big NO.
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To the community's credit, that kind of garbage seems less prevalent. I made a new toon last night, clearly in the mostly-nekkid school of costume design (tiger stripes with matching skin color and leather accessories). I was being checked out by one toon in particular (you know the signs, come up close and spin 360), so I turned and popped claws at him. *SHENK* He ran to the corner of the room and executed the cower emote. I gave him an /em goaway and ran off to my mission.
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That reminds me... Do not assume and insist that just because my Domi's dressed in a long-sleeved bikini, thigh-highs, chains and fishnets and looks hawt because she's just over 6 feet tall does not instantly mean that she's fair game to hit on and flirt up via tells or that I can't possibly be a *gasp* female playing a female toon that happens to not have a whole lot on costume-wise, but is also tastefully designed. Repeatedly.
Do not assume that my Bot/Dark MM lass is a h34l3r when looking for other AT's for a PuG. Yes, she has a healing power... with a close radius... that is mostly used for her henches... and not to bail the idiot in front of me out of trouble because they can't figure out how to play without a h34l4r holding their hand every step of the way.
Huron: "...with Coffee primary / Attitude secondary"
Charnage: "Please. Think of the poor defenseless desks."
"The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed... In the year of the Praetorian War, it became something greater... our last, best hope for victory."
Just because my information says "looking for any team", my icon still says "not looking for team". I'm not going to change my information box every time I switch between the two. If I'm looking for a group, I'll put myself into "looking for any group" status.
might have been mentioned before but i didn't read the whole thing =P
i ran the justin augustine tf this weekend and had a teammate that decided it was a good idea to make a comment on how i was 'the worst blaster build ever'.
how about you wait and see just what someone can do with the build before making commentary like that? talk about rude. if it were a perfect world pve and pvp powers wouldn't need to be so different for the win, but they are. deal.
Kittens give Morbo gas.
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8. Bring Real Life into the game, or demand IRL details about someone. Ain't your business. Ain't my business either.
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This one I have to disagree with on a small level. When you team with someone for a long time, you usually become.... what's the term I'm looking for.... friends! Friends can talk about RL stuff and usually have it not be a big deal. Obviously, there is a limit to how much.
Demanding RL stuff from someone especially if you don't know them, ya that definitely is a big NO.
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Yeah, that's pretty much how I read it.
Join PUG, complete strangers: "w0w UR teh h0tzors, whuts UR number?" (OK, or even "So are the girls here really girls?" or whatnot. You will notice several people not answer.)
Play with someone a while, you get to know their ups and downs, and a "what's wrong? You OK?" is often appreciated.
RU girl IRL?
<silence>
RU girl IRL?
<silence>
RU girl IRL?
<silence>
RU girl IRL?
<silence>
Y dont U answer?
If I pretend you didn't ask, then I don't have to get upset and call you stupid.
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Odd. I use the term "wife agro" whenever mine wants me to spend time with her instead of the game, or she needs help with something, or if she just bats her eyes at me.
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Yeah.. me too. It's kind of a running gag with my SG mates and I. My wife thinks it's funny too, as she'll come up when I'm playing and poke my arm or mess up my hair and saying "wife aggro" while she does it.
Of course, I'd never use that term about somebody else's SO to them though, which I guess is the point the OP was making.
The list here is pretty comprehensive... about all I can add of the top of my head is:
Do not discuss religion or politics unless you really know the people you're playing with, and never in broadcast... it isn't accepted in mixed company in RL, why do you think it's any better accepted here? Moreover.. if you do start that topic, don't get upset when someone in the team disagrees. After all... you started it.
"I play characters. I have to have a very strong visual appearance, backstory, name, etc. to get involved with a character, otherwise I simply won't play it very long. I'm not an RPer by any stretch of the imagination, but character concept is very important for me."- Back Alley Brawler
I couldn't agree more.
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Blind group invites are good in my book. At times its hard enough to get a group in the first place. A lot of people are like me and pass right over people that are bitter to blind invites. To me and my friends if the comment says "no blind invites" what it really means is "I don't want to team with anyone". I also noticed something else strange... if you say "no blind invites" you tend to get spammed with team invites a lot, lol. That should tell you something...
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No..this means that we may be on another team or fighting and we dont want the join team box continually poping up in our face. If a tell is sent then we can inform the other party of what we can and can not do. It is also polite to do so. I dare say that you would not enjoy 50 blind invites in your face before you told that person not to do so.
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(and to many alts to mention)
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Quote:
| Originally by Arcanaville: Everything in Praetoria was designed during a drinking binge in which the devs temporarily forgot the rules. |
DO NOT...
...refer to other teammates by some obscure voice-based nicknames left over from WoW, and then expect everyone to know who that is. Or care who that is.
"blastoid-> Goomba is loggin! WE DOOMD!"
"Zapgrrl-> Who is Goomba?"
"Archer0987-> ME U DUMA55!"
Playing with a bunch of ex-WoW'ers was really, really tedious. They stated that only pure weirdos refer to each other by toon names. Is this a CoX-WoW Cultural Barrier?
DO NOT...
...spam blind-invites. I understand that people who blind-invite despite my "No Blind Invites" are probably either retarded, lazy, stupid or sneaking time on dada's computer, and so I've stopped assuming they even (could) read it. But how many times do I have to say no? Do these poor souls feed on rejection? Even once I've stated I'm logging off and my countdown is started they still invite? Twice? To these I give words of latex-puppy wisdom:
"Triumph The Insult Dog-> Spoiler? You want a spoiler? Here's a spoiler: YOU WILL DIE ALONE!"
DO NOT...
...ask for help with your cape mish, only for me to realise you're doing it with lower level people, and set on RELENTLESS!
"(idiotVillain-> Okay! Now we're set! Only need 1 more!"
(this type of dialogue on arriving in a PUG always rings a danger alarm)
"DarkGrrl-> Hey y'all"
"othervictim-> Hey ho"
"patientperson-> greetings"
"otheridiot-> I still dont have a SK!!!"
"idiotVillain-> DG sk him pls?"
"Darkgrrl-> Sure, as soon as he gets to the zone"
"otheridiot-> NOW!"
"otheridiot-> NOW!"
"otheridiot-> NOW!"
"idiotVillain-> lol Relax! She can only SK you when in same zone"
"otheridiot-> THIS GAME SUXXORZ! HOW DO I GET THERE"
(at this point I get suspicious and search to realize- behold! otheridiot is level 5!)
"otheridiot-> OK INCOMING"
"Darkgrrl->idiotvillain: we could be finished by the time he gets here"
"idiotvillain->Darkgrrl: hez ok, not used to the game yet lol"
"otheridiot-> THERZ NO FERRY! [censored]!!!"
"Darkgrrl->idiotvillain: ...friend of yours?"
"idiotvillain->Darkgrrl: no but trying to get full team"
At this point I get more suspicious and search info on all my teammates- mostly in the 13-17 range except the 2 18's... and the 5. Leader/mission owner/idiot was set to relentless (da bomb!) because "Dying is ok if we make more XPS".
Let's chew on that one for a while.
"Dying is ok if we make more XPS"
Following a discussion about how debt NEGATES xps, what the difficulty slider does and why 2 20's can't sk 4 people (and incidentally that they cant sk the 2 18's either), I left. Nice guy though. Meant well.
DO NOT...
...ask me for 'help' when what you mean is 'Infamy' or 'Influence'. I know all about the pain of turning any multiple of 5 (+ 2) after level 10 and I lived through it fine. So can you.
DO NOT...
...leave your /rad corrupter near a shop or arbiter on auto-heal. The healing badges don't work that way, and it's irritating. Your SG only has 3 people and you'll never get the badges for an auto-doc? PM the devs, that might actually help.
DO NOT...
...Assassinate the boss of the mobs we're street fighting, and then say it has anything to do with roleplaying. If it's RP'ing you want, the 8-foot werebeast behind me would have scrunched your skinny little darkity-dark [censored] the moment it appeared in OUR melee. Go PvP, you'll meet people equipped for and interested in interacting with you. Briefly. And sharply.
DO NOT...
...ask if you can join my SG. There are SG's who actively 'recruit' (aka 'spam the req.channel') but I don't. There's a reason, and it's not that I don't like you. I don't KNOW you.
DO NOT...
...use L33T5P34K, and then have the nerve to try and correct my spelling INTO THAT GARBAGE! A boss is a boss, not 8055. Well, maybe with you and your little friends. And that's fine. And kind of cute. Kind of. But don't try and impose this stuff on everyone else- SOME of us have finished school, the big school after that and the bigger school after that. We're not about to start misspelling because you think its cool.
(And as an aside, We aren't disconnected from the modern world, kiddo; Eminem, Marilyn Manson and the guys from all those pseudo-punk and scandinavian death metal bands aren't YOUR age, dimwit. They're MY age.)
DO NOT...
...invite me just to kill a boss. Or finish a tough mission. Or whatever. Feel free to ask for help, but don't say it's for missions when what you want is for me to smackdown a boss so you can log off afterwards. If you want help, just ask. Honestly.
DO NOT...
...do something stupid and try to justify it with a list of your 50's. You can have any amount of high level toons and yes this means you have a lot of experience (or whoever's account that is does...) but that doesn't make you immune to screwing up- it means you know EXACTLY just how badly you DID screw up. Everyone screws up. Even 50's. Maybe even Statesman
DO NOT...
...keep [censored] about I5, and how great I3 was, etc... It's like being told stories by your grandparents about village life, or scary 'back then' stories of driving cattle in bad weather. It *was* great. Now it's over. Live with it.
(I was there. I remember. I5 sucks. Let's move on)
DO NOT...
...play with your enhancements during fights. Optimization is fine and good, but I'd hate to die because you're adding ++ to your swift. This is especially important if there's a scrapper or brute in the pack, as they may 'scout' a bit while you do that. Which reminds me;
DO NOT...
...'scout' while anyone is afk. I have been as guilty of this as anyone else. The temptation can be overwhelming but I've had people do this on respec trials and mishes that could be failed! Not smart! Remember, if you open the door you might FIND SOMETHING!
Okay, one exception: you can do it but NOT open doors or enter new rooms. Enjoy.
DO NOT...
...refuse to use a rez just so you can soak up 'no-risk' XP's. I hate debt- who doesn't? But if you just bought the farm, chances are some or all of us are pretty close to dyin' too and we NEED you!
(some guy actually said this was the ultimate technique for xps- he said his SG had been tporting a dead body around for a month. Please- say it ain't so...)
DO NOT...
...go for a 'quick something' without at least a 'brb'. We need to know this stuff, otherwise you may come back to a dead body. Or many. And sometimes, you just drop the bottle and 10 seconds becomes 3 minutes. I've been there.
DO NOT...
...ask for PL'ing on the premise that 'The Hollows sucks!'. Its tough, i'll grant you that, but if nothing else it's the best zone to learn how to run about without aggro'ing the entire city. Consider it the hard-core tutorial.
DO NOT...
...kill-steal one of my mobs in a streetfight, and then turn around to face me and expect an invite. There are so many good ways to ask for an invite, why use a bad one? It's not cheerleader tryouts- I'm quite certain your level 5 brute can kill stuff- I don't want him killing MY stuff as proof, and it's not I repeat NOT A GOOD WAY TO MEET SOMEONE. It's like meeting someone in a bar by dropping an ashtray on them... "Yay! He noticed me!" Huh?
DO NOT...
...Hang around specialized vendors and try to panhandle enhancements off me. Or if you must, as with all favors you ask strangers, accept 'no' for an answer. My vocabulary is considerably more diverse than 'no' and you don't want all the putdowns I can dish out. Besides, I have shopping to do.
DO NOT...
...ask for my build. If r-click>info isn't enough for you, and my toon is the shining godlike being you wish you were then yes, I can chat with you a bit. But not. During. A. Mission. With 4 other people! And no, I won't 'blow 'em off'! Notice how we all have the same SG name?
DO NOT...
...incrementally write an incredibly long rant on a forum during a day at work. It'll ramble, be way too long AND make your boss think you're on forums all day 8)
Pax
Zapgrrl, 45 EleEle VIRTUE
Darkgrrl, 50 DrkDrk INFINITY
Nuqular Skwirl 37 IllKin VIRTUE
Bayushi Rei, 50 KatReg CHAMPION
Corvus Corone 32 NinDrk INFINITY
...and too many others to admit
"Don't dream it- be it"
Frank'n'Furter
Speaking of blind invites I have a story. Gather round!
So I was on my tank which has "Please no blind invites, please send tell" in his search comment.
So, as usual, someone sent me a blind, which I declined.
I then proceeded to send a tell to the person saying, very politely and with no intended malice I might add, "Hey I would appreciate it if you could send me a tell first. I put that in my search comments, in case you didn't see."
How does he respond? He sends me another blind invite...I ignore it...he sends another and proceeds to spam blind invites to me without even responding to my tell.
Seriously what is wrong with some people?
So I called him a jerk and /ignore'd him. Too harsh? Should I have petitioned?
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So I called him a jerk and /ignore'd him. Too harsh? Should I have petitioned?
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Nope. I'd have left an invite on there, sent him a rather scorching /tell, then /ignore, then decline.
But I'm like that.
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Maybe this one is just me but if you have a name like "Evil God of Satan's Womb", don't expect me to even talk to you or give you the time of day. Hey, I'm a hero and I have my personal beliefs. I have the option to ignore you over just your name.
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On the flip side of this, if you don't like a persons name, ignore them... I don't mean /ignore them, but just don't acknowledge them. If you're on a team with them, I can understand, but if, say, I'm running around with my fire tanker 'Burning Hobo', I don't want to hear about how I'm a disturbed individual... I already know that.
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My SG is guilty of that, myself included. We call our fellow SG members by abbreviated versions of their main's name no matter what character we are currently playing. I'll be playing as Frozen son and they still call me Lux. :-P
...I forgot what experience means.
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DO NOT...
...ask for PL'ing on the premise that 'The Hollows sucks!'. Its tough, i'll grant you that, but if nothing else it's the best zone to learn how to run about without aggro'ing the entire city. Consider it the hard-core tutorial.
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QFT
o NOT /friend a Lvl 50 empath/Kin that helped you out in the hallows while you were on your -14 toon... Just because they helped you dose NOT mean they are your "friend"
Do not send tells to above emp/Kin asking "are you going to be in the hallows today?" or "will you come to this zone and tp me?" - Yes iv had this done to me...
Do not Ask the lvl 50s in the hallows who are fly by buffing (or buffing in ANY manner) for influence Or PL
Do Not Stand in Portal Crops and say "lvl w/e Looking for PL" or "Will Somebody PL ME?" - yeah buddy.. there are people JUST standing around looking to go "Oh boy! a N00b Id LOVE TO PL THEM! what a way to spend the day!"
Dont send a Defender/controller a tell saying any from of "R U Healer" - Happened Many times
Dont as an Emp "DO you want to leave your group and come team with us?" - again iv had this done
If your below lvl 14 and in the hallows and your health goes red, and i heal you... dont yell at me because "Im using defiance you idiot", and to top it off When you die because your health went red and i didnt heal you, dont send me tells saying "you jack [censored] why didnt you heal me" Sorry buddy... i didnt want to get reported for griefing...
Do not assume because some ones on a Khilden... they know how to play... (as nice as this would be...)
Because i was running by and saved your [censored] once, doesnt mean i will a second time...and when im not there the second time.. Dont get mad at me
DO NOT stand at edge of ANY ZONE and ask "dose any body tp? " or "can somebody tp me to *any location" - better yet, DO NOT stand in Atlas park, and ask for a TP to the train... If your at THIS dumb.. goto Menu, Quit, Quit to Desktop... and save us all some time...
WoW/EQ carry Over piss me off... Your playing a different game... Learn the Lingo...
Do NOT call Endurance Mana
Missions ARE NOT Quests
You do NOT craft Enhancements...
There ARE not MOUNTS, we have travel powers! we get those at 14!
DONOT Skip a power pool because you have a holiday Jet Pack - just because it has 30 days left or 90 min or w/e time, i promise you, that IS NOT enough time, Yes i understand you have 4 or 5 other toons below lvl 13 that doesnt have travel powers and get along fine, Trust me - THIS changes....because when you get to lvl 38 and realized you dont have a way to get around any more...kiss your toon good by and hit the delete button...no body wants to team with you...
[edit] checked for spelling again.. this whole being sick on top of being dyslexic realy sucks...
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*Did that hurt? Sorry man, took the wrong arrow. I was sure it was the healing one! Ah well... can I have you're stuff?*
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Stop it hurts.
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