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It's kind of like... (WoW foibles)
Soooo, I had a li'l incident in game tonight that I think might amuse some of you gamers. However, I'm struggling to put it into understandable terms for non-gamers.
So, for once there's a real use for multiple LJ-cuts, and here you go.
The non-gamers' explanation:
So, let's say that you're over at a friend's house and you meet this guy who's a friend of your friend's. You and he decide to go out on a date together to a nice restaurant.
You go to the restaurant, and as he parks the car he says, "Here, I've prepared some secret signals so you'll know what to do:
"When I tug my hair, put your napkin in your lap.
"When I cross fingers on my right hand, use your little fork.
"When I rub my pinky with my thumb, use your big fork.
"When I drum the fingers of my left hand, use your spoon."
Assuming that you are an adult of reasonable age who is familiar with the basics of eating with silverware, wouldn't you wonder why this guy felt obligated to tell you that he would be ordering you through the entire meal?
(And for the record, I don't find ordering FOR someone to be degrading, but I do find ordering someone degrading unless it's mutually agreed on.)
--And the gamer's explanation:
So, my level 47 priest gets invited by a guildie to a Maraudon group. I start on my way there, and just as I am about to arrive at the meeting stone to summon the rest of the group, this guildie (a warrior) says:
"Hey Nhinx I've made some macros for you so you'll know to heal me.
--Cast Renew on me now!
--Cast Lesser Heal on me now!
--Cast Heal on me now!
--Cast Greater Heal on me now!"
My response was "I'll know to heal you because I agreed to be the healer in this group. I also think I might have enough experience to know which heal to use when. It's not necessary to order me around." (By the way, he also said he'd be "panicking" if he got down under 1000 HP, when he only had 3100 to start with; I tend to be kind of a purple-club cutting-edge healer, which I am WORKING on improving, but I don't want to hear people whining that I let them go under 50% without a heal. That does happen in a decent group sometimes.)
He then responded that I should "have a sense of humor"-- apparently, it should be funny to have someone treat me like a bot. I left the group, at which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pentane informed him that I'd been playing a priest since the day I started playing WoW and had been playing a healer in EQ before that (since 2001) and that I did, in fact, know what the hell I was doing.
pentane told me that I probably could have laughed it off-- and then hammered a macro of "Sunder NOW!" five times on every pull. Unfortunately, I was too pissed at being treated like an idiot to continue to play with the guy.
While I do miss the "Incoming Target" macros of EQ days, I don't miss the constant "Tanking Target" and "Assisting Tank on Target" window spam. It all reminds me of why I had exactly two macros when I was dual-boxing, and typed the rest:
a) Nhinx tells the group, "I'm doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing."
b) Stormeraven tells the group, "And I'm doing what Nhinx tells me to do."
So, the other story that I remembered after leaving the group is that this guy ninjaed something out of the guild bank-- a level 70 priest codex (a book that teaches a level 70 priest a spell they can use, one time use only). He picked it up using his level 53 warrior. He was asked "Why do you need that?" and said he wanted it for his priest-- who is level 22. He refused to put it back unless he got a refund of all the money he put in the guild bank, which was turned down.
Mind you, we have a 68 priest and a 69 priest in the guild, who are going to need that codex long before he ever will for his alt. And they're contributing members of the guild and plan to raid with us. I don't think his behavior is very guild-positive, but apparently I'm the only one, as he's still in the guild.
So, for once there's a real use for multiple LJ-cuts, and here you go.
The non-gamers' explanation:
So, let's say that you're over at a friend's house and you meet this guy who's a friend of your friend's. You and he decide to go out on a date together to a nice restaurant.
You go to the restaurant, and as he parks the car he says, "Here, I've prepared some secret signals so you'll know what to do:
"When I tug my hair, put your napkin in your lap.
"When I cross fingers on my right hand, use your little fork.
"When I rub my pinky with my thumb, use your big fork.
"When I drum the fingers of my left hand, use your spoon."
Assuming that you are an adult of reasonable age who is familiar with the basics of eating with silverware, wouldn't you wonder why this guy felt obligated to tell you that he would be ordering you through the entire meal?
(And for the record, I don't find ordering FOR someone to be degrading, but I do find ordering someone degrading unless it's mutually agreed on.)
--And the gamer's explanation:
So, my level 47 priest gets invited by a guildie to a Maraudon group. I start on my way there, and just as I am about to arrive at the meeting stone to summon the rest of the group, this guildie (a warrior) says:
"Hey Nhinx I've made some macros for you so you'll know to heal me.
--Cast Renew on me now!
--Cast Lesser Heal on me now!
--Cast Heal on me now!
--Cast Greater Heal on me now!"
My response was "I'll know to heal you because I agreed to be the healer in this group. I also think I might have enough experience to know which heal to use when. It's not necessary to order me around." (By the way, he also said he'd be "panicking" if he got down under 1000 HP, when he only had 3100 to start with; I tend to be kind of a purple-club cutting-edge healer, which I am WORKING on improving, but I don't want to hear people whining that I let them go under 50% without a heal. That does happen in a decent group sometimes.)
He then responded that I should "have a sense of humor"-- apparently, it should be funny to have someone treat me like a bot. I left the group, at which
pentane informed him that I'd been playing a priest since the day I started playing WoW and had been playing a healer in EQ before that (since 2001) and that I did, in fact, know what the hell I was doing.pentane told me that I probably could have laughed it off-- and then hammered a macro of "Sunder NOW!" five times on every pull. Unfortunately, I was too pissed at being treated like an idiot to continue to play with the guy.While I do miss the "Incoming Target" macros of EQ days, I don't miss the constant "Tanking Target" and "Assisting Tank on Target" window spam. It all reminds me of why I had exactly two macros when I was dual-boxing, and typed the rest:
a) Nhinx tells the group, "I'm doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing."
b) Stormeraven tells the group, "And I'm doing what Nhinx tells me to do."
So, the other story that I remembered after leaving the group is that this guy ninjaed something out of the guild bank-- a level 70 priest codex (a book that teaches a level 70 priest a spell they can use, one time use only). He picked it up using his level 53 warrior. He was asked "Why do you need that?" and said he wanted it for his priest-- who is level 22. He refused to put it back unless he got a refund of all the money he put in the guild bank, which was turned down.
Mind you, we have a 68 priest and a 69 priest in the guild, who are going to need that codex long before he ever will for his alt. And they're contributing members of the guild and plan to raid with us. I don't think his behavior is very guild-positive, but apparently I'm the only one, as he's still in the guild.