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Calista Blackblood

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18 Mar 2011 at 18:19 - 1841

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bright Star Shine

Nop, but I think some guru rule dictates it. In trader's outpost "Trade of the Day" thread, they ask for it too. It's also to protect his privacy, although he's a retard.

Correct. Names you don't have permission to share/post should be blacked out.

Kunder

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Join Date: Nov 2010

18 Mar 2011 at 19:11 - 1842

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calista Blackblood

Correct. Names you don't have permission to share/post should be blacked out.

We don't have to ask whether we can post stuff that comes from Anet employees. Surely if he's the son of the boss of Guild Wars then we don't need his permission. He's practically a public figure speaking on behalf of the company

RedDog91

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18 Mar 2011 at 20:47 - 1843

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kunder

We don't have to ask whether we can post stuff that comes from Anet employees. Surely if he's the son of the boss of Guild Wars then we don't need his permission. He's practically a public figure speaking on behalf of the company

He's probably the 6 year old that thought of hamstorm.

his name must be shown so in game we can find and congratulate him on a job well done.

Fay Vert

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18 Mar 2011 at 20:54 - 1844

I never understood that rule. If I want to see in-game names I just log into the game and the place is full of them!

HigherMinion

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18 Mar 2011 at 23:42 - 1845

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fay Vert

I never understood that rule. If I want to see in-game names I just log into the game and the place is full of them!

Trolls finding specific idiots

Marty Silverblade

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Join Date: Jun 2006

18 Mar 2011 at 23:54 - 1846

Well, originally the rule was 'you're not allowed to post the names of people that are portrayed negatively in any way', but people generally dumbed it down to 'don't post names'. It's much the same as people in Campfire who say 'omg omg you can't ask for builds', when it's just the 'can you spoonfeed me things because I can't be bothered to read stickies, look on PvX, or use the search button' threads that we don't like.

Snograt

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19 Mar 2011 at 07:20 - 1847

Exactly. Screenshots of (for example) a good drop, "something interesting that happened in that mission that one time", the scenery of an outpost - there's no reason to blank names in those. It's the ones identifying alleged scammers/people saying stupid stuff/people having PvP rages - that is when we don't want to see any names.

Kook~NBK~

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Natural Born Killaz

19 Mar 2011 at 07:44 - 1848

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

Exactly. Screenshots of (for example) a good drop, "something interesting that happened in that mission that one time", the scenery of an outpost - there's no reason to blank names in those. It's the ones identifying alleged scammers/people saying stupid stuff/people having PvP rages - that is when we don't want to see any names.

And yet the SS that y'all are talking about is still there with the person's name not blacked out.

EPO Bot

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21 Mar 2011 at 09:05 - 1849

One of the stupider things is often see is players who have FoW armor and chaos gloves who don't even bother dying them. Seemingly to casually show of how much money they have. Like throwing away a half eaten caviar sandwich.

"Yeah i got me this expensive stuff, but only bacause my status demands it, not because i actually care about it."

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

21 Mar 2011 at 09:18 - 1850

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

One of the stupider things is often see is players who have FoW armor and chaos gloves who don't even bother dying them. Seemingly to casually show of how much money they have. Like throwing away a half eaten caviar sandwich.

"Yeah i got me this expensive stuff, but only bacause my status demands it, not because i actually care about it."

You're no better, juding people who enjoy buying and wearing virutaly valuable items. It's the same in real, I'm sure if you bought a new car, you'd have some pride in driving it. Sigh...

EPO Bot

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21 Mar 2011 at 09:45 - 1851

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekodesu

You're no better, juding people who enjoy buying and wearing virutaly valuable items. It's the same in real, I'm sure if you bought a new car, you'd have some pride in driving it. Sigh...

Oh come on! If you get yourself some super expensive armor, you are at least going to put some 100 gold dye on it.

Quru

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21 Mar 2011 at 10:04 - 1852

Yesterday I was doing Glint's Challenge for cores and cloth of brotherhoods and when I was merching stuff at Central Transfer Chamber I saw conversation on the local chat:

"Player X: LFG a CLOCK for heroes normal mode!!!" (he was spamming this desperately)
"Player Y: Why chaos gloves have to be so expensive

(("
"Player X: Im going to do this mission where they drop a lot, want to come along?"

Nice try to form a group...

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

21 Mar 2011 at 11:43 - 1853

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

Oh come on! If you get yourself some super expensive armor, you are at least going to put some 100 gold dye on it.

I agree, but not for the 'just dying it'-case. I know some people who actually like the default color on obsidian armor. I don't think those people don't dye them because they are lazy or something. For anybody to keep that nasty color, they gotta like it :P Atleast that's what I'm thinking o,o

Lasai

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21 Mar 2011 at 14:57 - 1854

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quru

Yesterday I was doing Glint's Challenge for cores and cloth of brotherhoods and when I was merching stuff at Central Transfer Chamber I saw conversation on the local chat:

"Player X: LFG a CLOCK for heroes normal mode!!!" (he was spamming this desperately)

Nice try to form a group...

I think this is more translator fail than stupidity.. Time-- Clock. Im sure most of us Americans would even be more fail in a Foreign language zone.

I recall trying to use a translator to welcome a french girl to our guild and having it come out, "hello, you are a nice boy"

shodannet

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24 Mar 2011 at 07:56 - 1855

Just saw someone say "Running ATFH HM 2k" right after someone offered the same for free...

AngelWJedi

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24 Mar 2011 at 15:42 - 1856

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Originally Posted by shodannet

Just saw someone say "Running ATFH HM 2k" right after someone offered the same for free...

rofl. i saw someone offer a nm atfh run for 2k and hm for 3k right after someone said they were doing it for tips. and kept spamming it after other cheaper runners advertised their runs.

Bright Star Shine

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24 Mar 2011 at 15:47 - 1857

Not one of the stupidest, but still deserves a post:

EDIT: sorry, repost without showing his name^^

Cale Roughstar

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24 Mar 2011 at 18:27 - 1858

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

He's probably the 6 year old that thought of hamstorm.

his name must be shown so in game we can find and congratulate him on a job well done.

When pigs fly, Kurzicks die!

@ the post two above me, why is buying a +10 vs demons shield dumb? Those are extremely useful in DoA.

Iuris

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24 Mar 2011 at 18:52 - 1859

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cale Roughstar

When pigs fly, Kurzicks die!

@ the post two above me, why is buying a +10 vs demons shield dumb? Those are extremely useful in DoA.

Oh, yes, they'd be so nice... except they don't exist. +10 Vs. species inscriptions don't exist. They only exist as random non inscribable drops and greens. And the guy is looking for an inscription specifically...

Kook~NBK~

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Natural Born Killaz

24 Mar 2011 at 19:02 - 1860

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iuris

Oh, yes, they'd be so nice... except they don't exist. +10 Vs. species inscriptions don't exist. They only exist as random non inscribable drops and greens. And the guy is looking for an inscription specifically...

He did say "insc/shield" (where "/" = "or")

Voodoo Rage

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24 Mar 2011 at 19:14 - 1861

Quote:

Originally Posted by Missmelady

As for the dumbest thing I have ever heard in game:

Standing in Lions Arch last week a guy was trying desperatly to get new set of armor for himself, he was spamming this:

Wtb New armor. Armor 60 or more please. Have it runed for me please. Thank you

We do need to realize that a lot of the funny things in this thread are more ignorance about the game more than actually stupidity.

I will admit that I was guilty of trying to buy armor. I remember I had the brilliant idea that if I stood in Droks, people would give me their old armor as they were buying their new armor:

"Hey if any dervishes are buying new armor [which you can't in Droks of course... lol...] do you mind if I have your old set?"

Hobbs

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25 Mar 2011 at 17:32 - 1862

Some guy was selling "q9 Perfect Sword RARE SKIN" in Kamadan, I sort've wanted a Shinobi but not so badly I was going to put up the the whole "offer" business. The following occurred.

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[mod note: you may want to re-upload with that particular word removed, hmmm?]

Skyy High

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25 Mar 2011 at 17:44 - 1863

Heh, that's tame, imo...

Verene

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25 Mar 2011 at 18:39 - 1864

Still stupid, though. Any misogynistic language is uncalled for.

go cubs

Jungle Guide

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25 Mar 2011 at 19:03 - 1865

Although tbh, it is frustrating when you are just looking for an offer for it, and someone says No thanks and then just doesnt respond. I am fine with someone not having an offer for it, but when someone says offer, then nty, then the seller says a price, at least respond to the person, Dont just ignore them. Obviously that kind of language is uncalled for.

Anyway, so I was selling a mini in kama. I tell them the price, (Avg price is around 500, I say 515). They Lol at me, tell me that the HoM calc screwed everything up and it is now 300. Of course this is not the case because I have had other offers around the average price. They lol at my price and tell me that I will never get that.

Does anyone else get extremely frustrated when someone Lol's at your price? It makes me so mad. Anyway, Thats mine.

Fay Vert

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25 Mar 2011 at 19:59 - 1866

Consequence of not having a useful trading system in-game. Basically they can't afford it at the going rate.

T1Cybernetic

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25 Mar 2011 at 20:22 - 1867

When people are trying to sell something they should have a price in mind, Not get disgruntled when people don't want to offer. I've met a few people like this, Go research a price it's not too difficult.

go cubs

Jungle Guide

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Chicago

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25 Mar 2011 at 20:44 - 1868

Quote:

Originally Posted by T1Cybernetic

When people are trying to sell something they should have a price in mind, Not get disgruntled when people don't want to offer. I've met a few people like this, Go research a price it's not too difficult.

Its not always clear what the price is for an item. I dont get frustrated when people dont want to offer. I get frustrated when people just say "ok, bye" when I say offer. I am just looking for an offer, if you dont want to, Ill go ahead and guesstimate at a price, but I just want to find a reasonable price for both of us.

Fay Vert

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26 Mar 2011 at 12:11 - 1869

I never offer because I know that whatever I say will be responded to with an insult. Offer = end of conversation, one day the idiots who say offer will realise that, but then again, they won't.

RedDog91

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26 Mar 2011 at 13:00 - 1870

I always low-ball it when people say offer.
Once in a blue moon you'll get lucky and the person either doesn't know what its worth or they just want to get rid of it for any amount. And if they call me a noob for offering low, I just ignore them and go on my way because I have better things to do than argue with people who often just say "offer" in hopes you offer more than its worth.

Quru

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26 Mar 2011 at 14:18 - 1871

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

I always low-ball it when people say offer.
Once in a blue moon you'll get lucky and the person either doesn't know what its worth or they just want to get rid of it for any amount. And if they call me a noob for offering low, I just ignore them and go on my way because I have better things to do than argue with people who often just say "offer" in hopes you offer more than its worth.

I very rarely trade anything else than picks and mats and that sort of things that have widely known value. If I'm trading anything else, like weapons and shields and so on, I have no clue about the value and I ask for an offer. Usually I accept it, as I don't enjoy sitting at Spamadan, but I want quick trades. I don't mind if I lose plat of few or even more. Just sold R8 Skull shield for 20k, I don't know if the price was right but I didn't need it anymore, it was blue and inscripable.

go cubs

Jungle Guide

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Chicago

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26 Mar 2011 at 15:26 - 1872

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fay Vert

I never offer because I know that whatever I say will be responded to with an insult. Offer = end of conversation, one day the idiots who say offer will realise that, but then again, they won't.

That may be true, but it also works the other way around. Many times when I give a fair price on an item, people just say LOL not worth that much, ill buy the yeti for 200e, thats what its really worth. Then I just say RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO off. It usually happens a lot though, so I typically say offer, if they lowball, then I just give em my price and either haggle with em or they say nty.

I would just prefer if everyone was civilized about it, not a bunch of 10 year old RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOs.

Zebideedee

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26 Mar 2011 at 18:37 - 1873

When people say offer I usually ask what the current offer is? That sometimes works and that way you can get an idea of their hopes and sometimes dreams (or is it delusions?). When I was buying a mini Gwen Doll one guy in Kamadan said c/o was 150 ectos. We never spoke again

Swingline

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26 Mar 2011 at 18:41 - 1874

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zebideedee

When people say offer I usually ask what the current offer is? That sometimes works and that way you can get an idea of their hopes and sometimes dreams (or is it delusions?). When I was buying a mini Gwen Doll one guy in Kamadan said c/o was 150 ectos. We never spoke again

99% of current offers in game are complete bull sh*t. Its easy to tell right away when its like 5 ectos from the b/o price.

Lasai

Lion's Arch Merchant

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27 Mar 2011 at 14:50 - 1875

More sad than stupid.. The Sin in Beacons Perch yesterday spamming LFG ZVanq NM.. for a loooong time in spite of folks trying to enlighten him.

Urcscumug

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28 Mar 2011 at 12:25 - 1876

This one's recurring rather frequently, so I don't have any particular screenshot. But it goes like this: I'm in a low level outpost and decide to get rid of some of the accumulated cruft in my storage/bags. So I say something like "I'm giving away free low level stuff to beginners". Which is when the comedy begins.

Instantly, of all people, I get a bunch of lvl 20's who come and try to open trade. Some of them even have high rank titles. Some of them will try to say "it's for my other low level char" but most don't even bother. I say "dude, it's random crap, don't waste your time". Nah, they insist on seeing it. So I show it.

You're probably imagining they laugh and excuse themselves politely once they see the stuff?

I fear not; often they get mad. Sometimes very mad. And the killer is when they insist on showing me their gold or green whatever, to make me understand exactly how badly I've insulted them. I guess some people have no sense of irony.

vader

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

P/W

28 Mar 2011 at 13:21 - 1877

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedDog91

I always low-ball it when people say offer.
Once in a blue moon you'll get lucky and the person either doesn't know what its worth or they just want to get rid of it for any amount. And if they call me a noob for offering low, I just ignore them and go on my way because I have better things to do than argue with people who often just say "offer" in hopes you offer more than its worth.

I love doing this. I see "WTS caster Voltaic spear. Whisper offer" and I'll shoot them a 10k offer. Sometimes I'll get a LOL, sometimes I'll be called a noob but most times I'll just be ignored.

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

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28 Mar 2011 at 15:21 - 1878

Quote:

Originally Posted by vader

I love doing this. I see "WTS caster Voltaic spear. Whisper offer" and I'll shoot them a 10k offer. Sometimes I'll get a LOL, sometimes I'll be called a noob but most times I'll just be ignored.

i do this alot when i see the people doing offer on a item. look its not hard to get a pc on a item. when i sell a item i start with the highest i can get for the item; example say a q9 VS i start with something like 100e then work my way down. 9/10 times i get the amount i want and let the buy think he gets the deal. other wise ill get people trying to lowball me. like 2k for a elite tome someone wanted me to accept. oo;

go cubs

Jungle Guide

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Chicago

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28 Mar 2011 at 18:37 - 1879

Quote:

Originally Posted by vader

I love doing this. I see "WTS caster Voltaic spear. Whisper offer" and I'll shoot them a 10k offer. Sometimes I'll get a LOL, sometimes I'll be called a noob but most times I'll just be ignored.

Do you expect a different response?

Aba

Wilds Pathfinder

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28 Mar 2011 at 21:27 - 1880

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