28 AUG 2009, tonight I just re-discovered my old thread I posted on Allakhazam years ago, back in 2004. I think it should also be recorded here. So, I’m posting it in my blog, but using the old date to mark when it really happened. Since the thread was written on 13 September 2004, I’m using that date here too. Oh, and I’m putting this story in my FFXI Peeves category because he’s such a big pet-peeve as well as a big headache.
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With some corrections and paragraph relocation.
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*Newly added Disclaimer*
I still regret it until today that I didn’t react sooner by kicking this WHM out from my party or just make everyone disband and reform PT without him. So, I do apologize to everyone who reads this post and finds me an inefficient PT leader. I’m deeply sorry I let this thing happen. I’m especially sorry towards other PT members in both incidents.
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Original post is below;
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This will be a long story, and maybe kind of a rant. But I just need third (& fourth, fifth, sixth?..so on) opinions. For those who think I’m babbling too much, I have a very very short summary too.
Summary:
In case it’s too long, I have sum up the matters here.
In Qufim, I and my LS mates have ran into a WHM who:
1. Was extremely demanding.
2. Orders people around.
3. Replaces a ‘Connection Lost’ member at once.
4. Has little, or no, patience.
5. Looks down on others.
6. Camps NM on the other computer while playing a WHM in a full party.
7. Abandons his duty during battles.
8. Being rude, or at least seems to be rude.
I told myself I would never forget his name and that I will never ever want to party with him again.
Later I told my LS mates that this WHM is a type of player that makes my head explode.
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First of all I must confess that there are too many people involved so I might not be accurate about their jobs in the game.
Intro:
Patience is a virtue
3 Days ago I and my 2 LS mates headed to Qufim for a level 19-21 party. We were THF DRG and WAR (me.) We found ourselves another Damage Dealer (which I think was maybe a THF) and 2 WHMs. While we were heading out to Qufim, my drg friend realized his HP was in the dunes so he ran to the HP in Port Jeuno to set HP as well as getting Signet. Meanwhile, one of our WHMs whose name is Mythrain (he’s the star of this story) kept saying a lot of things like;
“hurry!”
“I want my EXP”
“let’s pull”
“if you don’t come soon I’m gonna solo this Clipper.”
This was fine for me, though my ls friends were complaining in LS chat a little about his big mouth. I thought he might mean no harm, and was only a little too enthusiastic or just a hyper player.
However, things got worse when he started to get bossy and demanding. Sometimes he fired an unkind response to us when we were just suggesting something. For instance; (these are not exact words, but I try to recall the most correct context)
Someone: You can switch turns to heal so we can keep exp rolling in.
Mythrain: PULL! We know what we’re doing.
Or
Someone: Why don’t you sit now and let her cure us?
Mythrain: You guys just go pull. Don’t mind my business.
During the fights, our drg lost his connection twice, and came back as soon as he could. I reinvited him when he got on, too. At night, we got aggroed by a Banshee so we all scattered, many of us zoned except me who was bound and slept. We managed to survived somehow and the Banshee stopped aggroing (maybe some high level player killed it in the tunnel) The other WHM had to leave. So we had to find new member as well as reform the party (we disbanded in an attempt to lose party hate)
I tried to reinvite the WHM, he declined 2 times. So I sent a tell asking him whether he wanted to join us again or not. To which he replied?
“Invite me when you have 5 members”
Granted. Not many people are willing to wait around for a party which has no idea when will it be full.
But 10 seconds later, he told me to invite him because he had to run to town to fetch new scrolls. I did so and we rested for a while. Trying to find other members, we found that a RDM (maybe) popped in Port Jeuno. Mythrain told me to pass the leadership so he could invite him, and I did. We started killing those crabs again. At one point, the WHM remained sitting after we fought for a while, and my HP got to the orange zone. He got up, Divine Seal and threw a big cure on me. At the moment he got aggroed, my Provoke was 10 secs until ready, the DRG Voked but couldn’t take it off him. So the WHM ended up kissing the earth.
Mythrain: OK Find yourselves a new WHM! I have had hate for too long.
Me : I’m sorry, my voke wasn’t ready.
DRG : I’m sorry, I voked but it wouldn’t come.
Mythrain: His voke was no good! If I die again I’m outty.
Me : I’ll try my best not to let you get hit next time.
He HP’ed and ran back again. After we got back to killing the crabs, my drg friend lost connection again, this time during the resting period. 2 Minutes later (maybe less) I saw him coming back into the game so I tried to invite him back, but it said I can’t because I wasn’t the leader. I hardly pay attention to whether people give me back the leadership or not, so I made a big mistake that day. Just as I was about to ask Mythrain to invite him, the 6th member popped into our party list. I went like “WTF” in my mind. While my THF friend was swearing into our LS chat. I told the ?kicked? friend to wait for a while because someone had already pulled. He stood around for about 1-2 battles. Then, bitterly, he logged off.
Our new member was a WAR, I think. At one point the WHM examined him and?
Mythrain: OMG You need a better gear!
WAR : This is my sub. My main is way higher so I don’t have gear for level 20.
Mythrain: My armors are bad but yours are CRAPS!!!! (or something similar, I cannot remember the exact word he used, I only remember that it was a very mean comment to make)
WAR : I could run back to buy new ones if I need to, would you wait?
Mythrain: Pull!!! Let’s kill for EXP.
During one fight, the WHM got too much hate, I spent my voke. Then he got aggroed again so the other WAR voked and said:
WAR : Don’t cast big before 30 secs.
WHM : Don’t whine (or something to that effect, I can’t remember the word he used), I’m dealing more dmg than you!
All : ??!!
After a few battles, he started to cease curing, then he only stood around. I think he lost his connection, and yes he got D/C’ed and never returned. We continued our PT by getting back our sad DRG and invited a new PLD. I told myself I would remember his name forever and would never ever party with him again. He wasn’t just rude as a WHM, but also as a player, as well as a human.
But no, unfortunately, my encounter with him didn’t end here.
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