LOL!!!!! 3 days passed and I’ve just found out why that guy, Dogmangler, was so pissed! OMG He really had a reason to be pissed. (Although his behavior/speech was unacceptable to me, and didn’t help the situation to get any better, he did have a valid, yet childish, point.)
Well today I saw in the AH history, that there’s another seller by the name of Mrsmangler. His mule, without doubt. Last time when I checked I overlooked it, either because the name wasn’t very similar (well, had he named it Dogmango, Dogmangy, Dogmanglar, or even Dogmanager, I would have recognized it right away!) or because he wasn’t the sole distributor on the AH and his name didn’t stand out among other sellers.
So, he’s pissed because I invaded HIS market. Huh?
LOL!
Let’s see….
It would be extremely laughable if I go out of my way to hunt down the people who invaded my food market, selling same stuff I’ve been selling. It would be stupid if I run into them in my farm, Onion farm for example, and send tell asking them if they’re farming for sell or for what, and much more stupid if I get angry because they’re farming for ingredient to compete me in the same recipe. And….it would be even more outrageously ridiculous to send a childish threat by /tell, saying I, the powerful market manipulator (<< sarcasm) will dump the price to discourage you guys, my competitors. Bwahhahahahahah!!!!
*Hello! Come back! (<< Calling myself before I went off the planet, oops, I mean the topic)*
Ahem ahem! Anyway, I won’t blame him lol! It’s the world of free-speech, isn’t it? One is entitled to speak anything they would like (yeah, even the F* word!) No one can hush them or force them to not speak (or to not send /tell) what they want. Although some kind of message would make other frown, or even get angry back at the sender. Or…better yet, laugh at the sender! That’s the freedom in reaction too.
Well, like I said in previous entry, I have no intention in staying in the market. I know really well how disheartening it is to have new competitors in YOUR market. But hey, wake up, look at the fact! It’s MMORPG, the server doesn’t belong to me! Everyone is free to come and go. And there’s no secret in this world. Things that you, and ONLY YOU knew would someday be known by others too. Sooner or later people will stumble on it and found out about it (like how I found this market) Some may decide to leave, some may decide to stay, and worse yet, some may even try to undercut you (which I hadn’t.)
So yeah, I won’t be an ass (like him?) and stay in HIS market. As much as I wish to see him destroy his own profit margin, I have a life and must move on. 
Ah no, frankly, the truth is that without me, he already has a lot of competitors. Like I said before, his mule’s name didn’t stand out among others. So, it actually wasn’t HIS market alone. Ah, but some people can be incredibly, and unreasonable, possessive. How sad!
Oh wait, there isn’t just one way to be evil! Even if I don’t compete him in the market, I can still go there everyday and farm his target monster. Though there were plenty to share, but if I show up, he would be able to claim only about half the population of the animals in that camp. And thus he would get less hides than he usually do.
But no, I won’t do that. It’s against my personal standard of valor.
And oh, before someone start thinking I’m a mean girl, I must make a note here. A very important note!
I wouldn’t laugh at him or make fun of him here in my blog if he hadn’t taken such a negative approach.
Action = reaction.
Negative action leads to negative reaction. Although I held my negative reaction in and kept to myself, instead of firing back at him, in this blog – which is my personal space – I would rant about it. Well, I won’t pretend to be an angel and say that I didn’t get upset at all. Yes I was very upset. But no, I didn’t insult him back or act angry towards him. My policy is still the same in that incident I posted in Allakhazam Forum. It’s useless to fight anger with anger. It’s useless to exchange insults.
Like I said before in that thread, “There is no point in swearing or yelling BACK at people who’s been mean to you. Getting angry back at an angry person won’t help the situation, but will only double the anger on both sides. I’m trying to say that by reacting with politeness and peace, the situation is more likely to resolve in a better way.”
Unfortunately, this new situation didn’t resolve well, partly because the person did not respond to my polite question, partly because his first reaction was so negative, and partly because I became unwilling to solve the situation nicely due to his disruptive behavior.
Back to the topic in this entry…. Why am I saying I would yield to politeness?
There used to be a time when a solo player at Land Worms camp sent me a tell asking me to move away from HIS place because my presence was “inconveniencing.” Oh wow, he’s got guts….and I thought yeah he was selfish. There were plenty worms, as well as bats, to share. But maybe I was slowing down his kills by taking some of the mobs. Well, since he was polite, I was willing to suppress my disapproval and did as he requested. I moved to the other camp, which was more condensed, easier to link, but has very limit number of worms, as well as was inconvenient to go to.
Also, I met a Taru craftman who was farming Dhalmels in Buburimu Peninsula. We ran into each other trying to pull the Dhalmels many times. He never got upset and never showed any sign of frustration that his preys were getting shared with a competitor. Anyway, he got bored of the slow drop, and probably he’s getting a lot of the items he doesn’t need, so he asked me what I was hunting. I told him I was hunting for the bone, and I don’t mind the hide because I could craft it too, but I didn’t bring the ingredients. So, we had the same problem, he was also about to throw away the bones too. So, we teamed up. We traded. Then, when the bone dropped I would lot it, and him the hide.
We parted happily that day, with far more drops than we would have got if we were to solo.
Had he resorted to an angry reaction in the first place like, for example, yelling at me why I was stealing his mobs, it wouldn’t have resolved like that.
Another example would be in Fei’Yin, when I went there to camp a replica Cross-Counter. I ran into a guy who’s been camping it for many days as well. But since that NM has like 24 hrs respawn window, the competition at the camp was really tense. Anyway, instead of growling at each other, we talked. And he came out with an idea. He asked if I keep camping it regularly, he won’t come to camp against me until I get the drop. Then, it will be his turn. So I agreed and promised him the ToD of NM whenever I’m done with it. He also promised to come and camp to keep the ToD if I couldn’t come. Peacefully solved. Although I was never lucky enough to get the NM to drop what I wanted, that guy got it during the days I was absent, unable to camp it.
I’m not saying one should grovel and beg to a competitor to gain what one wants. It’s just pointless and stupid to start a war. Given that that specific competitor has a neutral attitude towards you, not hatred, if you pick a fight, now you just made a new enemy. A neutral person turned into enemy by one bad move. Isn’t that silly? If you, instead, remain calm and remain neutral towards your competitor as well, neutral will still be neutral. You won’t make any new enemy. Even though we compete, there’s no need to be rude and create an enemy. It’s just as simple as that. And so, politeness is what could really help.
I hate confrontational situation. Well, actually I even hate camping NMs against competitors. I hate to compete. I think MMORPG is here to make people help each other, not to try to win against each other. So, when situation arises, I tend to yield to others (except when I feel that there were enough preys to share.) Even if I don’t realize I’m competing or invading someone’s place, but if later they send tell asking politely, and I see that their request is reasonable, I’m usually more than willing to leave or make a pact that benefits both.
But this guy, Dogmangler, picked the impolite approach. He hasn’t only chosen to send a threatening(?) tell to me, but also swore the F* word at me! So that’s why I got confused and upset so much I have to blow out my steam in this blog. Honestly, he didn’t even try to ask me whether I was farming for skillup or for profit. He didn’t want to know if I was planning to be in the market temporarily or permanently. He didn’t even try to ask for my reason. He didn’t want to talk. He’s been rude, that’s it.
I targeted this market because there was 0 leather on AH, moron. <<< No!! I MUST not swear!
I’m not stupid enough to go farm, let alone going through all the trouble gathering ingredients and holding the hides that waste my slots just to ask a friend to craft for me, something that people are swarming all over, flushing the market with much more amount than it sells per day.
If he thinks the market belongs to him, well, don’t leave it empty. Why, why did he leave the stock at 0 if he’s so possessive over it? What’s the point of getting angry when someone move into the EMPTY market (or the market that WAS empty when they check) and sell several pieces of it? That’s just stupid. Oh yeah I forgot, he never knew that FACT because he was too angry, too silly, too lazy, or too selfish, to ask.
I despise people who get angry and attack other people before even knowing what their target was doing. It’s like you could hit or kill the wrong guy before you realize it. All due to misunderstanding or misinterpretation, etc. That’s just stupid and laughable. It never hurts to be nice and at least ask first! So that’s why I tend to refrain and try to use rational approach first when conflict arises. When it worked out well and resolved in a nice or friendly way, I become all glad and happy. But gah! When it doesn’t work well and the person ignores my polite approach and continue to be hostile, I get enormously upset!
My bottom line, if you ever come to read this page, I won’t stay in this market. But that’s not because I’m afraid of you, I am just, indeed, afraid of seeing your stupid threat, I’m afraid I would fall dead laughing when I read it. I’m also afraid of myself getting angry over stupid matter like that. So I’ll avoid it. And as far as the market concerns, since this is not my main craft, I’ll only just dip in when I see my chance. There’s nothing wrong in selling things that more people want but less people offer, you can’t deny this. It’s call opportunity. And I like opportunity. Who doesn’t?
LOL!!!! <<< Trying to laugh out loud to get rid of my frustration.
P.S. I don’t care if the price drop. It’s none of my business. Dump it if you want, baby.
P.S.2 The reason why I mention this incident was stupid or childish was because…. Using this standard of his, it means he might need to go threaten 5 or more people, not just me, to discourage and prevent all competitors from invading this leather market. Because it wasn’t just me who was there. There were, and are, a bunch of people selling the same stuff. So, though he did have a valid reason to get mad, his way of solving the problem (or maybe just solving his emotion?) was invalid.
Tags: Auction House, Competitor, Dogmangler, Leather, Leathercraft, Sylph
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