Awful SG recruiting practices
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BBQ_Pork,
Posted on: 2010-09-24 11:08 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
The only SG-recruiting that annoys me is when I get a tell out of the blue asking me to join an SG (usually very poorly written as well), only to turn around and see the sender standing more than close enough to target me and see that I already have an SG name.
If one can't be bothered to even do a cursory check before sending the tell then I can't be bothered to even answer back.
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Or worse, getting a blind SG invite while I'm IN THE TUTORIAL. I've seen that several times.
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Originally Posted by Lazarus
If one can't be bothered to even do a cursory check before sending the tell then I can't be bothered to even answer back.
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Ugh. Kill me now. This playstyle ranks pretty high on my list of ways to take a very fun game and drain the fun out of it.|
Originally Posted by Fury Flechette
What's worse is that the player in question plays a herding fire tank who has to telegraph directions that they are going to herd to this spot on every single spawn. Not a good player. Not a good person and a piss poor SG.
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Of course, I realize not everyone enjoys the same style of play. My SG generally employs the "run ahead at full speed and kill kill kill! Oh sorry, you wanted us to wait for buffs? I'm in the next room already!" playstyle.
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Ahh, yeah. Him.|
Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
Instead I discovered a mission in Peregrine island and the Tank
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The guy who has sent me something like 30% of the requests I've ever had as to whether I'd like to join a super group.
Yes, he's a sucky tank. Yes, he's a jerk. Grats on finding yourself back in Atlas Park -- he booted my level 9 tank out in the middle of a mission, leaving me in PI at, well, level 9. Lucky for me I had a WW teleporter.
And yes, he's an abysmal tank. It's not enough that he yells at people about "herding" and so on... He doesn't even actually pick up all the groups in the room! We're not talking about high level blasters managing to peel a couple of critters off him; we're talking critters on which he has no aggro at all.
I think I have him on global ignore, but maybe I shouldn't, because I suspect I could have endless fun stringing him along. "Oh, yeah, I'd love to join your SG, but I have to say goodbye to my current SG." "Oh, man, the guy I was gonna talk to logged while we were in the mission, can you hang on a bit?"
I mean, hey, it's free levels for lowbies, as long as you bring wakies for yourself.
(I should point out, BTW, that he's done this to multiple toons ALL OF WHOM have clear RP backstories. And the reason I gave for not joining his supergroup was that he's not my spouse, and I'm pretty particular about only being in supergroups which are run by my spouse. My spouse knows where I sleep, and perhaps more importantly, where I don't sleep.)
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Well all i know is to the first dude, i would have said..."well you know i would think about it, but your group seems to be kinda crappy at leveling. In my current group a new toon would go from 1-2 to about 12-13 off one mission. But thanks for the offer."|
Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
Okay so we all have seen the ads that fill you chat box screen as some Super Group tries desperately to recruit new members. It can be annoying when they feel the need to do it over and over but check this "new" technique I encountered today....
I was in Atlas park with my new 4 level Kinetic Melee Scrapper when I got a tell asking if I wanted to join a team. I was at the entrance to the sewers about to broadcast and see if I could form one of my own and assumed whoever was contacting me was doing the same. Instead I discovered a mission in Peregrine island and the Tank that was the leader even asked if I wanted to use his bases teleporters to get there. I told him I was fine MY BASE had teleport and I'd be there shortly. I arrived and made my way to the mission and was actually impressed .. the guy was a very good herding tank and the mission went very quick with no team defeats. I felt a little embarassed since I had a grand total of 4 attacks and hadn't even bothered to enhance with TOs yet let alone anything stronger but SSK was only giving me same amount of XP I'd have gotten if I was on a 4-5 level team and I was in the thick of every battle doing what I could to help.. hey if they didn't want a 4 level on a 50 level team then DON'T invite me right? Okay mission ends and we start off toward the next one when this series of tells begins... [Tell] Exxxxx: Hi.... Lookin for an sg? [Tell] -->Exxxxx: I run one lol [Tell] Exxxxx: unfortunate, i assume thats a no Before I could even answer, and remember while I was STILL back in Atlas I mentioned I had a BASE with teleporters, the mission disappeared from my screen and I was back to level 4 again. I contacted the team leader and this was what I got in reply.. [Tell] -->Exxxxx: opps what happened? I got bumped off the team [Tell] Exxxxx: no u were removed [Tell] -->Exxxxx: I see Well THANKS so much for the 2 levels oh and I am putting you on global ignore Jerk So Mister TACT contacted me out of the blue, I was not advertising that I was looking for a team and certainly didn't send him a tell begging to join, and then after one mission because I didn't jump at the chance to join his SG.. he kicked me and left me sitting in the middle of Peregrine Island with a character now facing villains 10 times stronger than my own. Fortunately I wasn't far from the Vanguard base and managed to get there without being killed. I reported him for grieving.. although I have no clue if what he did falls into that category under the TOS. Regardless it's a pretty sleezy way to recruit new members. Invite some low level to your team in a 40-50 level zone and then if they don't JUMP at the chance to join your group strand them there. If I'd run into anything I'd have been one shotted and then would have had an even LONGER run to get from the Hospital to the Vanguard base.. or run the OTHER way toward the base portal and TOWARD even higher level villains. Anyone else have any stories like this? |
I mean seriously you got 2 levels? Seriously if your ever starting a toon on liberty look me up, i can get you to DOs atleast in one missions. LOL
Somebody PM this guy's name, thanks.
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Done!
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Somebody PM this guy's name, thanks.
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Got a tell tonight asking to join his SG on Virtue, and I recognized who it was. Guess he's back playing the game. Stryke out for him. 
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careful. you may get reported. sounds like lulz though.|
Originally Posted by Defenestrator
I often like those because I'll join and see how long it takes to get kicked out when I won't run in SG mode and spam the SG chat to be promoted so I can raid their bins.
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They were reaming into him last night in PI broadcast. Public awareness is one thing, which I appreciate, but where's the point where it gets excessive?
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OMG, everyone STOP PMing me! 
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Normally I'd probably agree with you, but in this case it's warranted |
Originally Posted by Doman
They were reaming into him last night in PI broadcast. Public awareness is one thing, which I appreciate, but where's the point where it gets excessive?
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Spines/ D A lvl 50 Scrap, stone/wm lvl 50 tank, Kat/reg lvl 50 Scrap
Grav/Kin lvl 50 Cont, Fire/Enegry lvl 50 Blast
Warshade lvl 50, PB lvl 39, nightwidow lvl 50, crab lvl 42
plant/thorns lvl 50 dom, ice/fire lvl 40 dom, grav/nrg lvl 41 dom