Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Some people need real stoneskin
I wasn't really paying attention to any of this. During sky farming I just hit F8 and cast on whatever is purple or red and hope I don't die. I think I was playing FFIII.
We are killing golems in Ru'Avitau for diorite as an alliance as that is the last item we need for the night. The melee have engaged one golem and a couple black mages have started on their own by alternating damage with sleep spells. The melee's golem dies and they engage the black mage's. The black mage with hate ends up kiting for a bit and almost dies because the melee keep waking the golem.
After the golem dies and no one is dead the black mage says in party to never wake a mob the black mages have been sleeping and casting on. I don't remember exactly what he said but he was clearly angry or annoyed. 'Never' is a bit extreme in my opinion because sometimes you want them to, but the tank needs to make sure they have hate first. I say the same thing semi-regularly as well and it goes ignored. I don't really care because normally I don't die because of it.
The paladin in the alliance seemed to take offence to being told what to do. The paladin replied with 'If you want to nuke make your own fucking party'. I'm paraphrasing this quote, but it is close enough. All that is important is that he overreacted. The original quote seemed to be an attack directed at the black mage. There was no reason for it. Of course, there was no apology. I doubt he saw anything wrong with what he said. I proceeded to throw in a bad joke to lighten the mood after I scrolled up to see what the problem was.
Awhile later I was told the black mage left the linkshell because of what the paladin had said. I noticed earlier that he wasn't in my party. I assumed he had disconnected again. Part of me was surprised while another part was not. I didn't think the black mage took things so personally despite knowing almost everyone in FFXI overreacts to almost everything. This isn't the first person who has left due to such stupidity and I doubt it will be the last.
This is just a game. Some people need to learn to act their age. They would not treat colleagues like this at work. The anonymity provided by the Internet does not give the right to treat anyone like this. You do not have to like everyone you work with. Everyone needs to sit back and let minor insults slide off them. It isn't worth getting worked up about. While it may still be a game there is a person on the other side of the world somewhere who doesn't like being insulted anymore than you do. Be considerate of other people's feelings. There is always a better way to relate how you are feeling without resorting to insults. Treat others how you want to be treated.
I know if I overreacted to every stupid mistake people made in Limbus or Salvage that they didn't apologize for I wouldn't have anyone to do either with.
We are killing golems in Ru'Avitau for diorite as an alliance as that is the last item we need for the night. The melee have engaged one golem and a couple black mages have started on their own by alternating damage with sleep spells. The melee's golem dies and they engage the black mage's. The black mage with hate ends up kiting for a bit and almost dies because the melee keep waking the golem.
After the golem dies and no one is dead the black mage says in party to never wake a mob the black mages have been sleeping and casting on. I don't remember exactly what he said but he was clearly angry or annoyed. 'Never' is a bit extreme in my opinion because sometimes you want them to, but the tank needs to make sure they have hate first. I say the same thing semi-regularly as well and it goes ignored. I don't really care because normally I don't die because of it.
The paladin in the alliance seemed to take offence to being told what to do. The paladin replied with 'If you want to nuke make your own fucking party'. I'm paraphrasing this quote, but it is close enough. All that is important is that he overreacted. The original quote seemed to be an attack directed at the black mage. There was no reason for it. Of course, there was no apology. I doubt he saw anything wrong with what he said. I proceeded to throw in a bad joke to lighten the mood after I scrolled up to see what the problem was.
Awhile later I was told the black mage left the linkshell because of what the paladin had said. I noticed earlier that he wasn't in my party. I assumed he had disconnected again. Part of me was surprised while another part was not. I didn't think the black mage took things so personally despite knowing almost everyone in FFXI overreacts to almost everything. This isn't the first person who has left due to such stupidity and I doubt it will be the last.
This is just a game. Some people need to learn to act their age. They would not treat colleagues like this at work. The anonymity provided by the Internet does not give the right to treat anyone like this. You do not have to like everyone you work with. Everyone needs to sit back and let minor insults slide off them. It isn't worth getting worked up about. While it may still be a game there is a person on the other side of the world somewhere who doesn't like being insulted anymore than you do. Be considerate of other people's feelings. There is always a better way to relate how you are feeling without resorting to insults. Treat others how you want to be treated.
I know if I overreacted to every stupid mistake people made in Limbus or Salvage that they didn't apologize for I wouldn't have anyone to do either with.
# posted by Mazzic @ 10:04 AM 
