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I'm sure one would get kicked for it, but this is the best response to such idiocy. Well, that or excusing yourself from the team in a polite yet expeditious manner: I favor "Cat on fire, gotta run".
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Him:"You don't have any IO sets on you?"
Steelclaw: 3) "Enhancements are for wimps who don't know what REAL heroing is..." |
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i've actually used that one. Mind you i was hoping they wouldn't believe me. After all it was a lie. It was the dog that was on fire.
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Originally Posted by Clave_Dark_5
I'm sure one would get kicked for it, but this is the best response to such idiocy. Well, that or excusing yourself from the team in a polite yet expeditious manner: I favor "Cat on fire, gotta run".
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Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
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Fallout I get, we tend to be of the type that if someone died then someone screwed up (often someone other than the person who died)|
Originally Posted by _ACFU_
He then asked me if I had Fallout and Lingering Radiation in my build???
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but Lingering Radiation is a good power...it debuffs speed, recharge and regeneration (mostly that's only for AVs and monsters, admittedly)
Though I guess your problem was more that he was asking for very specific power builds
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
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You sir, are my hero! lol
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Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Him:"You don't have any IO sets on you?"
Steelclaw: 1) "Well, I have recipes and I have salvage... if you have an hour or so I can hook myself up." Steelclaw: 2) "Input/Output sets? Umm... please tell me that isn't a computer nerd euphanism for dirty rp..." Steelclaw: 3) "Enhancements are for wimps who don't know what REAL heroing is..." Him:"Are you sure that you want to do this TF then? It's gonna be really hard and you're gonna get owned alot." Steelclaw: 1) "Get owned? Are you SURE IO set isn't a euphanism?" Steelclaw: 2) "Owned? Allow me to provide you with your own copy of the Emancipation Proclomation." Steelclaw: 3) "S'okay... I'm working on my debt badge anyway." Steelclaw: 4) "Wait... Owned? Nah... I'm just planning on hanging out by the mission door anyway..." Him:"Hmm okay, I'll let you join us, but please make sure that you don't slow us down." Steelclaw: 1) "You have a Granite Tank in the group and you're worried about ME slowing us down?" Steelclaw: 2) "Oh sure, sure... no problem... ummm... The ITF is that one Positron gives out right? Should I meet you in Steel Canyon?" Steelclaw: 3) "Oh thank goodness! The last team that let me join forced me to have dirty rp with the guy holding the star. It wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't kept passing the darned thing around." Granite: SB Plz (team chat) Leader: Please don't forget to SB him! Steelclaw: 1) "If he doesn't stop complaining SB gonna stand for Smacka B**ch..." Steelclaw: 2) "Don't look at me... YOU hired him." Steelclaw: 3) "I'm sorry... you see... I don't have IO's slotted... so my SB recharge takes foreeeeeeeeeeever." Leader: But you didn't have him. A good kin is always aware when SB is fading Steelclaw: 1) "When exactly did I say I was a good kin?" Steelclaw: 2) "Excuse me, but I'm an ILLUSION/Kin... any goodness on my part is a figment of your imagination." Steelclaw: 3) "Oh come on... you can't tell me that you don't find it funny as heck when he runs in place and only inches forward like that..." Steelclaw: 4) "And ruin my entertainment?! Heck no! Beg for my SB... BEG FOR IT!! Who's your daddy... who's your daaaaaaddy?!" Leader: What are you doing!? Why'd you summon them? Now she's gonna heal off of them Steelclaw: 1) "I didn't summon them! Okay... who the heck summoned the store manequins?! Come on... own up!" Steelclaw: 2) "Yes, but since they're illusory the damage she heals won't be real... it's genius!" Steelclaw: 3) "Huh? Oh PA stands for Phantom Army... sorry, I thought it stood for Public Announcement... I was going to inform everyone not to summon pets since she'd just heal off of them." Leader: You're phantom army! Steelclaw: 1) "Wait... you can SEE them? The guy who sold me this power said they were PHANTOMS... what a rip off!" Steelclaw: 2) "Wow... I bet Masterminds must really love you..." Steelclaw: 3) "Hey... you're one of those time-travelling team leaders aren't you? You know... the one who travel backwards in time so they think the proper way to manage a team is to warn people what not to do AFTER they've already done it." Leader: Yes she can, I've seen it before! Steelclaw: 1) "And I've seen intelligent and effective leadership before... doesn't mean it's ALWAYS true." Steelclaw: 2) "Really? Then do you see the gremlins too? Please tell me you do... they've been stealing my left socks." Steelclaw: 3) "Well huh... I have an idea... why don't we just sit here and watch her and see if she is able to heal off them? We can even make a wager about it... just to warn you though... if I win my winnings are going to involve your mouth and some duct tape." Leader: Yes really, now please unsummon them. Steelclaw: 1) "I can't unsummon a summoned pet without the Kick option... pass me star so I can get rid of that troublesome team member for us..." Steelclaw: 2) "You know... you really put the Task in Task Force... and I don't say that about just anyone." Steelclaw: 3) "Sorry... I can't just this moment... I have to SB the tank." |
- Im Not Talking Fast, You're Just Listening Slow.
- To Each His Own
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Me: "Do you prefer an Irrelevant/MoreThanSufficient Controller or a BetterThanYou/KnowsWhatHe'sDoing" Scrapper?
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Originally Posted by _ACFU_
A call came out that a STF was forming and was asking for tells with AT and powersets.
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Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
Oh, and in retrospect:
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Me: I am?!?
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Originally Posted by Rowdy
Leader: You're phantom army!
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Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
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Repulsion Field and Group Fly on Follow for you!
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Originally Posted by Scythus
I would have simply told you, "Tab, n00b."
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*makes notes for next pug TF*
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Funny, that is precisely what I was thinking.
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Originally Posted by Bloodspeaker
Oh, and in retrospect:
Me: I am?!? |
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Me and my compatriots that occasionally run all scrapper ITFs laugh at dillholes like this. |
Originally Posted by SteelDominator
Long story short: ITF can't be successful without a tank and Emp
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There are very few things that you NEED an AT/powerset for, and the ITF isn't one of them. Even the ones you do need them for are debatable.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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Yup, leaving out the part where their momotard behavior made them persona non grata.|
Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Next thing you know those losers are coming onto the forums and whining how their server is dead because they can't find any teams.
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The OP makes me glad I don't play any of my kins in PUGs.
@Remianen / @Remianen Too
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I had a differently-annoying sort of "encounter" with an ITF last night.
I log on to a 50 which has been parked in Cim for the day job. I get a /tell out of the blue; the guy is forming an ITF and wants to know if I'd join.
Hrm. I check the time, estimate that a PUG ITF will take 90-120 minutes in my experience, look at my character and determine this isn't one that can earn Incarnate shards. So I type out a sentence saying I'll join if he doesn't mind my switching characters, and send it by return /tell. Elapsed time maybe 2 minutes of cogitation and typing, tops. Probably closer to one minute.
"Oh," he replies. "That didn't happen. I couldn't find enough people."
Yes, you may have noticed, he's talking in the past tense for some reason. It turns out this guy expects to talk a bunch of strangers into spending perhaps two hours cooperating for a major Task Force, but if it takes longer than a minute or two to find everyone and organize it, he's not going to bother.
Some questions spring to mind. Has this guy been able to start a Task Force from cold calling strangers in under two minutes at some point in the past? Maybe he's just been spoiled. Why the past tense? Is he living at an accelerated rate like that old Star Trek episode? Maybe the player isn't a "he" at all, but a Valley Girl: "Honestly, the ITF is SO two minutes ago."
I don't get it. if you're going to give up and move on before I can even finish typing, I
If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
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I had a 'stupid tell' the other day. Some bozo sent me a tell asking if I wanted to participate in a Hamidon Raid. Presumably he found me using the Search window. I say "presumably" because the Search window would list my level and he would see that I was TOO LOW LEVEL to get into the Hive. Sheesh.
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Originally Posted by Sailboat
Yes, you may have noticed, he's talking in the past tense for some reason. It turns out this guy expects to talk a bunch of strangers into spending perhaps two hours cooperating for a major Task Force, but if it takes longer than a minute or two to find everyone and organize it, he's not going to bother.
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Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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There's also /optionset showvillainname 1
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Originally Posted by Scythus
I would have simply told you, "Tab, n00b."
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My level 35ish Dominator recently got asked to join a Tin Mage TF...
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
I had a 'stupid tell' the other day. Some bozo sent me a tell asking if I wanted to participate in a Hamidon Raid. Presumably he found me using the Search window. I say "presumably" because the Search window would list my level and he would see that I was TOO LOW LEVEL to get into the Hive. Sheesh.
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I know I really shouldn't, but when I get tells like that I have the STRONG as hell urge to get nasty with the sender.|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
I had a 'stupid tell' the other day. Some bozo sent me a tell asking if I wanted to participate in a Hamidon Raid. Presumably he found me using the Search window. I say "presumably" because the Search window would list my level and he would see that I was TOO LOW LEVEL to get into the Hive. Sheesh.
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I usually just quietly put them on ignore, then go get a drink.
Blazara Aura LVL 50 Fire/Psi Dom (with 125% recharge)
Flameboxer Aura LVL 50 SS/Fire Brute
Ice 'Em Aura LVL 50 Ice Tank
Darq Widow Fortune LVL 50 Fortunata (200% rech/Night Widow 192.5% rech)--thanks issue 19!
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I'll reply with "You can limit your search to appropriate level ranges - which I'm not in - by..." and give them a quick rundown of what to do. Similar to seeing "Level 35 xyz lft" in Atlas - I'll quietly point them at the appropriate zones. A search 2-3 minutes later will tend to show them in the right place.|
Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
I know I really shouldn't, but when I get tells like that I have the STRONG as hell urge to get nasty with the sender.
I usually just quietly put them on ignore, then go get a drink. |
If they get snippy back, well, then things can get interesting. Or not, if I choose to just one-star them and throw them on ignore.
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I guess I'm just too much the "teach a man to fish... the hard way..." kind of guy. I'd be far more likely to accept the invite and wait for them to try to start their TF, only to find out that SOMEone is an inappropriate level, and have to figure out who it is. Has the advantage of teaching them to actually read the TF contact dialog. Also, oddly enough, has the advantage of getting far fewer snippy responses. One of the few I ever got was along the lines of:|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
I'll reply with "You can limit your search to appropriate level ranges - which I'm not in - by..." and give them a quick rundown of what to do. Similar to seeing "Level 35 xyz lft" in Atlas - I'll quietly point them at the appropriate zones. A search 2-3 minutes later will tend to show them in the right place.
If they get snippy back, well, then things can get interesting. Or not, if I choose to just one-star them and throw them on ignore. |
TF Leader: "Why the $%@ are you here wasting my time?" (Was actually WITH them, standing patiently at the contact, waiting for the inevitable realization)
Me: "I don't know, why AM I here wasting my time?"
TF Leader: "Why didn't you tell me you were the wrong level for the TF?!?"
Me: "I didn't have to - the TF contact and the search window already did that."
Other TF Members: *rofl*, *lol*, etc.
Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
Am I the only one here who read the word "Annoying" as a verb and was disappointed that this wasn't a how-to guide?
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)
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Originally Posted by TonyV
Am I the only one here who read the word "Annoying" as a verb and was disappointed that this wasn't a how-to guide?
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::jots down that idea for a later thread concept::
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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Touche'
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Originally Posted by TonyV
Am I the only one here who read the word "Annoying" as a verb and was disappointed that this wasn't a how-to guide?
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- Im Not Talking Fast, You're Just Listening Slow.
- To Each His Own
I have met a few but this one takes the gold medal....
I was on a good team working through a looong mission but gathering lots of shards, and this Scrapper, for the 2 mission in a row, has entered the door and then stopped in his tracks. We carry on for another 20 minutes and still no movement and no replies to tells.
We complete and miracuously he leaves the mission and enters the next. The leader (at last) asks what he is doing as it looks like leeching and he answers -
"I was having router problems so I popped to PC World bought a new one and installed it"
Amazing!!
Then a week later same guy appears in another team and this time lead is from my SG so I warn him about possible leeching. True to form the guy stops after 2 mins as we gather shards for him. A team message "What you doing??" get this response -
"I am POOING"
LOL - crapping at your keyboard or a very long flex into the bathroom?
You have to admire the originality of his excuses.
"I am Pooing" has become our new SG call-sign when someone is lost/dead/slow/afk
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They could be looking to exemplar down you know...
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Similar to seeing "Level 35 xyz lft" in Atlas - I'll quietly point them at the appropriate zones. A search 2-3 minutes later will tend to show them in the right place.
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Recently a friend was going to hook me up with someone who was going to run a master STF. I needed the badge so I messaged the guy.
Me: Hi, I heard you're doing a MoSTF?
Him: What are you bringing?
Me: I have a widow with all the team buffs.
Him: Tell me when you're here.
Me: Do you have people signed on yet? I need to head to the market.
Him: Didn't you read my text in the channel?
Me: No, a friend told me about it.
Him: Just come on over.
Me: Do you have a source of +RES? I can stop and get oranges if not.
Him: How about you let me build the team?
Me: I just wanted to know whether to get inspirations.
Him: Either you want to come or you don't.
Me: Nevermind then!
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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Next thing you know those losers are coming onto the forums and whining how their server is dead because they can't find any teams.