Hi,
I'd like to tell a true story about something that happened to me in-game the other day. Basically this is a story about how despite what many might think, there are extremely nice people that play this game.
My main character was created long ago, and upon creation, I mistyped the character name. I only recognized this mistake a while later and didn't want to remake the character due to the time I had invested in her.
Up until recently the name couldn't be changed but with the recent update, it could be. As this typo bugged me and the 15$ aren't too big of a deal for me, I decided to do it.
The problem was, that someone else had already taken the correctly-spelled name. I decided to try to contact this person and negotiate a deal where I pay him/her to delete (or rename) the character so that I may correct the spelling mistake in mine.
I added the correctly-spelled name to my friend's list and when the person logged in, I contacted her and explained the situation. She told me that the character in question was a level 18 pre-searing character, at which point I was sure she would never delete the character. Nevertheless, After a short chat, to my amazement, she deleted her character without taking anything in return, only saying "pay me later what you think is fair".
After 24 hours, I renamed my character and opened a trade box with her to pay for her service. She was pretty shocked and said she didn't want to take the payment and that she assumed I'd never contact her again. I had to insist for her to take the payment.
Now there's an angel if I have ever seen one.
There are Angels in GW
Lucia
M1EK
That's touching. It reminds me of A Walk to Remember.
GhostKairi
*shocked*
There are still nice people in Grind Wars?
There are still nice people in Grind Wars?
Deimos Zargarda
I would have blackmailed you til the right price. 
Chocobo1
Seriously, whats so wrong with giving up a character? If I had invested months and months of work into it, I would change my own name but hell it's only a game, and if it means more to the other person than it does to me then they can have it.
bena
you probably should have paid the 15 dollars or whatever to THAT person to change their name, and then spent another 15 on yourself for the name you wanted. maybe thats what they did and simply told you 'the name is available now?' and you assumed they deleted?
lvl 18 presearing is a buttload of work....
i mean... this just feels like some homeless guy giving up his only box, his only home, to some rich dude who was packing boxes to move to a bigger house.i dunno i assume the payment was adequate...
lvl 18 presearing is a buttload of work....
i mean... this just feels like some homeless guy giving up his only box, his only home, to some rich dude who was packing boxes to move to a bigger house.i dunno i assume the payment was adequate...
Stolen Souls
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you probably should have paid the 15 dollars or whatever to THAT person to change their name, and then spent another 15 on yourself for the name you wanted. maybe thats what they did and simply told you 'the name is available now?' and you assumed they deleted?
lvl 18 presearing is a buttload of work.... i mean... this just feels like some homeless guy giving up his only box, his only home, to some rich dude who was packing boxes to move to a bigger house.i dunno i assume the payment was adequate... |
I agree with this, pretty much. If she really just deleted a level 18 pre character so you can have the name, then yes she is indeed very nice (or just very easily manipulated). The only way I'd change my name for someone is if they actually gave me the $15 to do it...I am nice, but I don't want to throw away hundreds of hours worth of a character for some random person that whispers me, and who I will never hear fom again after this. If she did it out of the goodness of her heart, good for her. If she was talked into it/manipulated...*shakes finger*
Hopefully the payment you gave her was adequate.
Reason
@ Everyone saying "OMG you made them delete a pre char that took hundreds of hours!!!" - Obviously that did not matter to that person. I personally posted my lvl 16 pre sear because I needed the 21 black dye for some quick cash (yes I know I could have had a friend or guildie post it). Granted lvl 16 is not lvl 18, but past lvl 16 is all AFK anyway. If the work did matter to this person they would not have gone through with it.
Kumu Honua
The OP didn't force anyone to do anything. They asked, and the other person decided to oblige.
Artisan Archer
You coulda bought the guy/girl a namechange..
Fril Estelin
It's a matter of a "virtual character name", for hours of "fun" and not work (if the person a lvl18 presear char, they didn't loose their fun, and now it's not so hard in presear with new additions).
It was indeed a nice person. We need more of these in the community.
I miss the "random acts of kindness" of the Scribe.
It was indeed a nice person. We need more of these in the community.
I miss the "random acts of kindness" of the Scribe.
maraxusofk
I think the lvl 18 pre searing person must have simply had a name change. Nobody would be that dumb to delete a char after hundreds of hours when they could have simply renamed it.
Wish Swiftdeath
Is it possible to post the nice person's name? They did in the scribe...
Proff
It's nice to hear about, but I don't think this is the right crowd. Honestly, what does it matter if she spendt xxx amount of hours getting to lvl 18 if she no longer plays on that character. People seem to forget that this is just a game, and the "work" you put into your account's only as good as the joy you get out of it.
Wish Swiftdeath
Actually this so called 'angel' probably spent 15 dollars to change her name, only to be compensated with ingame money. This is a clear case of rmt...
lighten up guys
lighten up guys
Artisan Archer
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Actually this so called 'angel' probably spent 15 dollars to change her name, only to be compensated with ingame money. This is a clear case of rmt...
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hahaha /ban for sure
stretchs
It's good to hear that people still do things genuine in the game anymore, and as for all the trolls just trying to flame the OP and "angel" leave it alone, good people do exist even if you aren't one of them
I Will Heal You Ally
I think you're mixing GW with Aion :P
toromaga
Cool story. :3
However, I have to agree that it seems more likely that this individual purchased a name change for her character. Deleting it would be a waste.
Unless OP can say otherwise?
However, I have to agree that it seems more likely that this individual purchased a name change for her character. Deleting it would be a waste.
Unless OP can say otherwise?
wilebill
Yes there are. There are whole guilds of angels, but they stay well hidden.
Rocky Raccoon
I have seen many good people in game, but a small percentage on Guru just have to be negative about any and all things. It's nice to hear about the good people.
Lyphen
Nice person! It's good to hear stuff like this, makes the forum and it's members seem so much more dour.
savage vapor 33
It was probably a pvp character...easy to delete those
Nonetheless very cool.
Nonetheless very cool.
Daesu
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But I think she could probably just rename it rather than delete it, if she doesn't really like that name anyway.
skinnydarn
i think its highly unlikely that she'd delete it. More likely just renamed the character...
alluring athena
If you read the story carefully...
The angel made the first gesture.
Doesn't matter if the angel paid to rename or they actually deleted the lvl 18 chr
The gesture is the same and was made initially without any payment.
OP could have easily taken advantage and never contacted the angel again.
Seems to me we have at least TWO good people left in GW
/doubletake
/cheer
The angel made the first gesture.
Doesn't matter if the angel paid to rename or they actually deleted the lvl 18 chr
The gesture is the same and was made initially without any payment.
OP could have easily taken advantage and never contacted the angel again.
Seems to me we have at least TWO good people left in GW
/doubletake
/cheer
xron
A very nice story and I agree with above post that this shows there are at least 2 nice people.
I have met some kind and good people on this game, and have become good friends with a handful of them; so there are definitly still the nice and good people around, although most seem to avoid the forums by the looks of the responses so far.
I have met some kind and good people on this game, and have become good friends with a handful of them; so there are definitly still the nice and good people around, although most seem to avoid the forums by the looks of the responses so far.
phan
She / he probably realized that he RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOed up somewhere and couldn't reach lvl 20 in pre ;
Mr. G
Why is this a shocking thing? I run into nice people in Gw all the time. It's nice to hear about acts of kindness, but their not as rare as everyone seems to think...
xron
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Why is this a shocking thing? I run into nice people in Gw all the time. It's nice to hear about acts of kindness, but their not as rare as everyone seems to think...
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There are always nice people, but they are far more horrible people 
Mordiego
that's pretty amazing to delete a lvl 18 pre searing char just to amuse a total stranger. She must of a great heart or siriously crazy. 
Sword Hammer Axe
How nice ^^ I've met quite a few of that kind of people. It really gives good karma <3
Daesu
I used to find nice people when the game was newer. They would give free runs and free stuff.
redstarx
Nice story, thanks for sharing!
Kattar
There are loads of nice people in game. They just tend to keep quiet. They don't usually come to forums. They don't promote e-drama. They don't get their panties in a wad every time there's an update.
They just play.
They just play.
shoyon456
First off, that "angel" is something of an idiot. If that was their only LDOA char, they threw a decent amount of death levelling down the toilet.
Secondly its surprising that the person who had that char name even still plays! That's VERY rare.
Thirdly, If it meant that much to you, you would have made another char way back with the correct name. You could have always retained the misspelled char name. Most people serve their own interests (as you were doing), but everyone knows nice people do exist. Don't exaggerate the meaning of the situation.
PS The reason the person didn't mind, now that I think of it, is that he doesn't play often anymore or only logs in to chat
Secondly its surprising that the person who had that char name even still plays! That's VERY rare.
Thirdly, If it meant that much to you, you would have made another char way back with the correct name. You could have always retained the misspelled char name. Most people serve their own interests (as you were doing), but everyone knows nice people do exist. Don't exaggerate the meaning of the situation.
PS The reason the person didn't mind, now that I think of it, is that he doesn't play often anymore or only logs in to chat
Lyphen
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Originally Posted by shoyon456
First off, that "angel" is something of an idiot. If that was their only LDOA char, they threw a decent amount of death levelling down the toilet.
Secondly its surprising that the person who had that char name even still plays! That's VERY rare. Thirdly, If it meant that much to you, you would have made another char way back with the correct name. You could have always retained the misspelled char name. Most people serve their own interests (as you were doing), but everyone knows nice people do exist. Don't exaggerate the meaning of the situation. PS The reason the person didn't mind, now that I think of it, is that he doesn't play often anymore or only logs in to chat |
Rocky Raccoon
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Originally Posted by shoyon456
First off, that "angel" is something of an idiot. If that was their only LDOA char, they threw a decent amount of death levelling down the toilet.
Secondly its surprising that the person who had that char name even still plays! That's VERY rare. Thirdly, If it meant that much to you, you would have made another char way back with the correct name. You could have always retained the misspelled char name. Most people serve their own interests (as you were doing), but everyone knows nice people do exist. Don't exaggerate the meaning of the situation. PS The reason the person didn't mind, now that I think of it, is that he doesn't play often anymore or only logs in to chat |
byteme!
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First off, that "angel" is something of an idiot.
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Empress Amarox
Sooo.. Nobody's gonna pop the question?
How many armbraces did you give 'em, eh? eh?
How many armbraces did you give 'em, eh? eh?