Coyle Award Resurrected?

[MistressofDeath]

Hey Mystikill is it time to resurrect the award and get some stories?:D

[Ringos]

Me thinks a few of the posters are spending more time at the 'other' forums! :)

[Murgatroyd]

And me with all this spare time at work...

Too bad DDO crashes a lot under Linux :(

I have to ask though...what's the Coyle Award? And don't give me no "it's no good, we must find another way!"

[Ironforge_Clan]

Think of the Coyle Award similar to the Darwin Award (if you know what they are). If you don't then in simple terms it is an award to be given out to someone that should have been eaten at birth for doing something totally ridiculous or pulling a total boneheaded move.

[MistressofDeath]

Think of the Coyle Award similar to the Darwin Award (if you know what they are). If you don't then in simple terms it is an award to be given out to someone that should have been eaten at birth for doing something totally ridiculous or pulling a total boneheaded move.

Okay, I will officially resurrect the Coyle Award. Let's say we collect stories for 3 weeks and all vote on the winner to get a prize. It will be the same prize as the last time!

So if you have any stories out there get posting! I am looking for a few laughs and mind boggles after work!

Emma! :cool:

[Deriaz]

So if you have any stories out there get posting! I am looking for a few laughs and mind boggles after work!

I suppose I could start off with an easy one to top. Based on myself. This just happened a bit ago:

After a long day of school (end of quarter), I came home and hopped on DDO to group with some friends. I said hullo in guild chat, and they invited me to their group.

"We're in the Vale," one of 'em said.

I had seen it in the guild roster, so I said, "Yup. On my way."

So, I went about my merry way, munching on Doritos as I ran through. . . House Jorasco. . . To the Necropolis wagon. . . Through the Necropolis, and all the way to the Orchard gate.

Well, groups are coming and going as I'm munching on Doritos. I see my 3 friends are in Meridia, and here I am, standing in front of the gates to the Orchard. After about, I dunno, 5 or 10 minutes, I ask in party chat, "Hey, uh, you guys coming back to the Vale for another run? Or going somewhere else?"

"Another run, yup," one answers over voice chat. . .

I continue for another, oh, 2 minutes, eating happily, until it finally dawns on me. . .

This isn't the Vale at all. This is the Orchard.

Embarrassed at the mistake, we all got a good laugh out of it, at least. ;)


Not a huge story, filled with party wipes and stuff, but hey, if it brought a laugh or a chuckle, I'm fine with that. ;)

-D

[MistressofDeath]

Not a huge story, filled with party wipes and stuff, but hey, if it brought a laugh or a chuckle, I'm fine with that. ;)-D

It did thanks for sharing! :p

[MistressofDeath]

My group was doing Coalescence Chamber on elite. The cleric just had some strange issues going on that day. First let me say he was a great guy, but his computer kept d/c him every two minutes. Very frustrating...the paladin stepped up though (good ole Gillianne)! But I think the clinker for us was that this a level 18 quest on elite, and the group consisted of those level 13-16. Ok one should note that by now it is a given that one should already have a FF item in ones inventory...right?! Anyway not only was the cleric d/cing every 2 minutes he also was doing the quest with no ff... Thank goodness he had a lot of hit points becuase he sure did fall often...

On a more positive note...we waited very patiently for him to reconnect after the end boss was defeated so he could collect his chests! :p

[Ringos]

My group was doing Coalescence Chamber on elite...

Why?!?!? WHY!?!!?!!!?!

:)

[moorewr]

Why?!?!? WHY!?!!?!!!?!

:)

Man, you know why.. FOR THE FAVOR. Just like the Pit and the Necropolis. :P

[Murgatroyd]

I've never done anything boneheaded :D

A long time ago we were running the dragon. Being on my paladin I volunteered to pull the mobs to the back island (this was before they changed how they reacted). After having finished pulling the ice flensers I ran back up the bridge to accept my rez. I took my rez and lagged for a split second and was no long running to the group, but off the bridge. In the end the group killed Velah and so my death was worthwhile.

Henceforth whenever we ran the dragon and I was on my Paladin I would be asked to pull and reminded throughout the run not to run off the bridge.

[Murgatroyd]

Oh I've got another VoN story.

We were gathered by the north door in VoN 5 waiting for everyone to come back when the group leader (on his wizard) decides to make a bet that he can run through the lightning and blade traps and not die. After the wager amount was agreed upon, the wizard casted haste and was off to the races. As soon as the wizard had timed the first lightning trap, two spells went off.

The wizard was greased by another group member while I had cast dispel magic. The blade traps made quick work of the wizard and he lost his bet. He then owed myself and person who greased him 500 pp. :D

[MistressofDeath]

Why?!?!? WHY!?!!?!!!?!

:)

Eriik prefers elite....sigh! Favor of Course!

[JacknCoke]

The wizard was greased by another group member while I had cast dispel magic. The blade traps made quick work of the wizard and he lost his bet. He then owed myself and person who greased him 500 pp. :D

lol!!!!


was he mad or did he find it funny?

[JFeenstra]

Oh I've got another VoN story.

We were gathered by the north door in VoN 5 waiting for everyone to come back when the group leader (on his wizard) decides to make a bet that he can run through the lightning and blade traps and not die. After the wager amount was agreed upon, the wizard casted haste and was off to the races. As soon as the wizard had timed the first lightning trap, two spells went off.

The wizard was greased by another group member while I had cast dispel magic. The blade traps made quick work of the wizard and he lost his bet. He then owed myself and person who greased him 500 pp. :D

bwahahaha that's awsome

[Murgatroyd]

was he mad or did he find it funny?

He was a guild mate and the person who who cast grease was also a guild mate. He swore when we did it, but then we all had a laugh.

[Kaldaka]

This one is good:

Doing Xorian Cypher on elite in level 7 to 10 group. I was clericing the quest. We got all three keys and proceeded to treasure room. We had 2 rogues in group, both spash builds. One was mostly rogue level 7, the other a ranger with only 1 level of rogue, level 8. The ranger got the traps prior to the green room, and before we went in the treasure room I specifically stated, "don't open the chests until the rogues have disabled the traps". The rogue went into the green room and did a full search with no results so he proceeded to open the chest .... BLAAAMMOOO ... The two force traps instantly killed him. The ranger was working the traps in the other room. I was none too happy and said, "why did you open the chest?, I told you there were traps." To which he replied, "Well I didn't spot any so I thought it was ok". D'oh.

The worse part is, I decided to time it just to take a peak in the chest for myself, just to see if I got any of the good loot. Rez shrine right there and all. I was able to peak in the chest just before I died, and while I didn't get anything, I did spy HIS planar gird in there, which needless to say, he never got.

[Judo]

that wizard in von5 would have totally nailed the run, not saying it was me...
if not for the childish antics of certain guildies

and that wizard shall be redeemed, again, totally not Rosa were talking about,

and when the revolution comes, Murgatroyd and Hey You will be first against the wall...

or so i heard from said halfling (badass) wizard....

[Partisus]

My favorite story is one involving Coyle himself. I was on my wizard, and I was put in charge of escorting Coyle. Now, of course, I decided to buff him. I gave him blur, displacement, stoneskin, etc. Then...then I gave him invisibility. I then LOST COYLE. :eek: Fast forward a few minutes, and the rest of the party finds out by him just suddenly appearing in the middle of a fight he had decided to join. I don't think I was ever allowed to escort Coyle again.

Edit: Right, I should probably mention that we were doing threnal east part 2.

[MistressofDeath]

My favorite story is one involving Coyle himself. I was on my wizard, and I was put in charge of escorting Coyle. Now, of course, I decided to buff him. I gave him blur, displacement, stoneskin, etc. Then...then I gave him invisibility. I then LOST COYLE. :eek: Fast forward a few minutes, and the rest of the party finds out by him just suddenly appearing in the middle of a fight he had decided to join. I don't think I was ever allowed to escort Coyle again.

Edit: Right, I should probably mention that we were doing threnal east part 2.

LMAO...priceless! Thanks for sharing!

[Dozen_Black_Roses]

Oh I've got another VoN story.

We were gathered by the north door in VoN 5 waiting for everyone to come back when the group leader (on his wizard) decides to make a bet that he can run through the lightning and blade traps and not die. After the wager amount was agreed upon, the wizard casted haste and was off to the races. As soon as the wizard had timed the first lightning trap, two spells went off.

The wizard was greased by another group member while I had cast dispel magic. The blade traps made quick work of the wizard and he lost his bet. He then owed myself and person who greased him 500 pp. :D


Omg thats hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lostinjapan]

Setting: Thrall of the Necromancer (part 4 of Delera's)

Difficulty: Elite

Character Levels: 4-7

Scenario: A certain unnamed individual decided he, in his infinite wisdom, wanted to test a theory, so he asked the rest of the group to line up in a row from one side of the hall to the other side (like you do for a shield wall) just before the fire trap. Now this fire trap had not been disabled even though the party contained, among other classes, a rogue, because the illustrious leader had asked that it not be so he could test his theory.

Like lemmings to the cliff edge, the entire party, which were all buffed with House P buffs (including the 20 point fire resist) dutifully lined up for the firing squad. The leader then proceeded to run through the trap, setting it off.

After the initial shocked silence in which the party saw nothing but soulstones lined across the hall, everyone (except the rogue and the leader) began laughing hysterically. Within moments the rogue DCd, never to be seen (in that group) again [evidently he didn't find it as amusing as the rest of the party].

Moral of the story: Never trust it when a certain unnamed person says he wants to [eerie music] test a theory [/eerie music].

Unfortunately I do not have screenshots...as I was laughing too hard.

[JFeenstra]

lmao

'just stand over here a minute'

[objar]

My favorite story is one involving Coyle himself. I was on my wizard, and I was put in charge of escorting Coyle. Now, of course, I decided to buff him. I gave him blur, displacement, stoneskin, etc. Then...then I gave him invisibility. I then LOST COYLE. :eek: Fast forward a few minutes, and the rest of the party finds out by him just suddenly appearing in the middle of a fight he had decided to join. I don't think I was ever allowed to escort Coyle again.

Edit: Right, I should probably mention that we were doing threnal east part 2.

That's why I keep you around.

I tend to shuffle items around on different characters, which just sit in the mail. Every now and then, I delete guys. I misplaced an assortment of greater bane weapons last week in the mail. I bet they'll show up in a few weeks all folded up, crumpled, and torn (yes, torn) and with postage stamps from all over Eberron with a postit note saying sorry.

I tend to lose a lot of items. What's a reverse-packrat? But, I still GATHER the stuff, I just can't hang onto it. Silly inventory management laziness.

[Strakeln]

Warning: Khyberian posting on Thelanis forums!

My favorite little prank when sitting around bored is to ask if anyone has a high UMD. Usually one member will chime in that they have an UBER UMD and can use ANY scroll/item in the game. So I innocently ask if they can use "this scroll".

I pop a trade window with them and hand them two word of recall scrolls ("in case you fail on the first one").

Would probably work best in a quest like VoN 6, but I haven't been able to bring myself to go that far :D

(not a Coyle award, but the thread seems to be leaning towards prank tales)

/slinks back to own server

[Mystikill]

Hey Mystikill is it time to resurrect the award and get some stories?:D


Thanks for bringing it up again, I could always use a good laugh. In the first days of the Vale I did manage to see a pally drown in the beginning part of dust. We had just entered and someone noticed that the pally's health started declining. I said 'so + so' you might want to put on your ua item...it was followed by "oh *&^% i think i sold it in the vendor." (health bar still going down). someone says umm maybe you want to recall.... which so + so responded "well genius if i recall I'm still underwater"............your party member so+so has died....."can someone pick up my stone, I'd rather not take an xp hit".... :D

I myself had a couple coyle moments in the vale. Also in dust, cleared final room about to drop the barrier. Me "make sure you have your death ward on; this cat (politely altered) has a tendency to slay you or cast insta-death spells on you. Smart Cleric in the group "Gather around for mass death ward" Me (the good little farmer that I am) "Ah don't worry about me I have my TR deathward clicky" The barrier drops i throw a couple magic missiles at the cat to draw him out of the room and blamo 'Slay Living'..***... i know i clicked my ............false life clicky....ah fudge.

Another moment: and I know I'm not alone here...I've witnessed others do it...taking a soul train to meridia only to be in a hurry and jump out of the bar without featherfall on and plummet to death.... $$$$cha ching repair bill aisle 1..

[Clay]

Setting: Thrall of the Necromancer (part 4 of Delera's)

Difficulty: Elite

Character Levels: 4-7

Scenario: A certain unnamed individual decided he, in his infinite wisdom, wanted to test a theory, so he asked the rest of the group to line up in a row from one side of the hall to the other side (like you do for a shield wall) just before the fire trap. Now this fire trap had not been disabled even though the party contained, among other classes, a rogue, because the illustrious leader had asked that it not be so he could test his theory.

Like lemmings to the cliff edge, the entire party, which were all buffed with House P buffs (including the 20 point fire resist) dutifully lined up for the firing squad. The leader then proceeded to run through the trap, setting it off.

After the initial shocked silence in which the party saw nothing but soulstones lined across the hall, everyone (except the rogue and the leader) began laughing hysterically. Within moments the rogue DCd, never to be seen (in that group) again [evidently he didn't find it as amusing as the rest of the party].

Moral of the story: Never trust it when a certain unnamed person says he wants to [eerie music] test a theory [/eerie music].

Unfortunately I do not have screenshots...as I was laughing too hard.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

I think I was on a medication at that time that interfered with my cognitive abilities.

And there were only 5 soulstones...

[Dozen_Black_Roses]

Setting: Thrall of the Necromancer (part 4 of Delera's)

Difficulty: Elite

Character Levels: 4-7

Scenario: A certain unnamed individual decided he, in his infinite wisdom, wanted to test a theory, so he asked the rest of the group to line up in a row from one side of the hall to the other side (like you do for a shield wall) just before the fire trap. Now this fire trap had not been disabled even though the party contained, among other classes, a rogue, because the illustrious leader had asked that it not be so he could test his theory.

Like lemmings to the cliff edge, the entire party, which were all buffed with House P buffs (including the 20 point fire resist) dutifully lined up for the firing squad. The leader then proceeded to run through the trap, setting it off.

After the initial shocked silence in which the party saw nothing but soulstones lined across the hall, everyone (except the rogue and the leader) began laughing hysterically. Within moments the rogue DCd, never to be seen (in that group) again [evidently he didn't find it as amusing as the rest of the party].

Moral of the story: Never trust it when a certain unnamed person says he wants to [eerie music] test a theory [/eerie music].

Unfortunately I do not have screenshots...as I was laughing too hard.



/signed thanks for posting this Lost, as a member of the party let me assure you was the funniest thing I have been a part of in some time. Now if only we had a screen shot, the devious things we could do with it ^_^

[Quill_De_Fin]

Warning: Khyberian posting on Thelanis forums!

My favorite little prank when sitting around bored is to ask if anyone has a high UMD. Usually one member will chime in that they have an UBER UMD and can use ANY scroll/item in the game. So I innocently ask if they can use "this scroll".

I pop a trade window with them and hand them two word of recall scrolls ("in case you fail on the first one").

Would probably work best in a quest like VoN 6, but I haven't been able to bring myself to go that far :D

(not a Coyle award, but the thread seems to be leaning towards prank tales)

/slinks back to own server

Are you joking me , are players on your server SO ******** that they don't even look at icons?

(guild) <You> hey guys , i just got a +2 fire shield of stab at a end reward!
(guild) Nice!
(guild) Gratz man!
(guild) Cool
(guild) <You> ya i i've wanted that for a long time! could have taken a +3 vorpal of greater evil outsider bane , but with that instead.
(guild) i would have too!
(guild) Same here Bro /=)
(guild) me too

<<you hear the distance laughter from Xoriat in your face>>

[Strakeln]

Are you joking me , are players on your server SO ******** that they don't even look at icons?If you've never played a cleric, you may not have even heard of the spell, much less seen the icon. :D

[Quill_De_Fin]

Whats a Cleric?

[Ministry]

A "cleric"?

Never heard of one.

[Strakeln]

A "cleric"?

Never heard of one.Here, try this scroll :p

[Ministry]

Here, try this scroll :p

Mmm... yummy scroll.

Okay, I'm full, but still don't see any of these "clerics".

;)

[MistressofDeath]

A "cleric"?

Never heard of one.

Ummm helllo...I am greatly hurt. :p

[Ministry]

Ummm helllo...I am greatly hurt. :p

Alright young lady... that does it. I see you out here and I see Eriik in game regularly, but you... NEVER!!!

I think you are this fleeting fantasy in Eriik's mind and don't really exist... just like those... umm... "clerics"...

You best be logging on and sending me a team invite... and soon.

:)

[lostinjapan]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

I think I was on a medication at that time that interfered with my cognitive abilities.

And there were only 5 soulstones...

Cognitive abilities. ROFL! :p

And just because you had enough HP (barely) to survive the over 120 point fire blast that erupted and the rest of us didn't....

Anyway...I'm going to post another one. Maybe that will detract from your [eerie music] test a theory [/eerie music]. :D

[MistressofDeath]

Alright young lady... that does it. I see you out here and I see Eriik in game regularly, but you... NEVER!!!

I think you are this fleeting fantasy in Eriik's mind and don't really exist... just like those... umm... "clerics"...

You best be logging on and sending me a team invite... and soon.

:)

Any invite from Maldie, Brinkley, Gimmeallyour, Gillianne, and Langly would be before 9pm EST. This chickie likes her sleep before work! And I am ususally grouped with Eriik, or members of Rebel Iron Guild (my family...literally). And as your signature states if we don't know your alts....SIGH :rolleyes:

[Murgatroyd]

I saw that Coal run that Brinkley had up and was tempted to join, but the guild wanted to run the Shroud. :(

[MistressofDeath]

I saw that Coal run that Brinkley had up and was tempted to join, but the guild wanted to run the Shroud. :(

It was a very interesting run once again. The cleric's FF item got broken, but we did it... :eek: