Bronko
07-13-2008, 04:09 PM
I would like to extend a formal apology to the members of Katet along with my fellow guildies for the actions of an unnamed player during our Shroud run last night.
During this cross-guild/PUG run we were forced to pick up two unknown players. Names will not be use of course to avoid getting banned but the character of discussion was a Sorcerer from neither of our guilds.
Near the completion of Part 4 one of the clerics from Katet indicated he was having a connection problem. Shortly thereafter we killed the Pit Fiend and made our way to the shrines/chests. I went back to the DCing player and confirmed he wasn't moving. I and one of the other players asked that everyone NOT open the chests to ensure he would get his loot. Unfortunately this Sorcerer opened one of the chests.
Thing happen, no biggie. The Sorcerer apologized and said he was already opening the chest while we said not to and couldn't interrupt the animation. Fine. I accepted that at face value. Almost immediately after the Katet player went link dead.
I gave my usual instructions to shrine up and delegate who was doing what for Part 5. I told everyone to take a break while we waited for the other player to come back. Shortly after that same Sorcerer (who really needs to be named but won't be named) walked over to the other chest and opened it.
I stared incredulously at his actions and asked, "Why did you just open that chest? I told you to wait until the other player came back." His reply was, "I didn't open this one. It was already open. I heard what you said but I had already opened that first chest before you said anything." The entire party then watched as his loot messages scrolled up the chat window.
An outright lie? To my face? To everyone standing around watching? What did this guy take us for?
I was outraged but didn't see what else I could do. After a bio break of my own I came back to find the link-dead player back in the instance (and luckily not out in the Harbor). We gathered and went into Part 5, defeated the Pit Fiend, and I took a Dimension Door out as I didn't get the regular Shard I needed to craft in Part 1 and I didn't want to wait three days to craft. The Sorcerer, who had already indicated that he would be doing the same, left as well.
There was no excuse for his actions. None. This was an impatient greedy person who is now blacklisted by me and several of my guild-mates. You know who you are and even though I'm not saying "don't group with such-and-such" in this post it will NOT stop me from spreading this story so that others on our great server can know what you did and hold you accountable for it.
And if there are any final questions as to his integrity I would like to put a cherry on the sundae for this story. Once we were outside this Sorcerer had the gall to send me a tell asking, "Can we go back inside to the chests after we have come out?" Anyone that thinks they deserve to loot chests or use the crafting altars without paying the price of a 3-day lockout for completion is a complete ass and a waste of server space. A simple "no" was all I could send in a reply without fear of berating him and using language that my have given me a perma-ban.
You know who you are and you will never be welcome in my groups again. I know I can't really apologize to my own guild-mates (let alone any other guilds) for the actions of one person but I felt compelled to offer one anyways and to make sure this story got told.
During this cross-guild/PUG run we were forced to pick up two unknown players. Names will not be use of course to avoid getting banned but the character of discussion was a Sorcerer from neither of our guilds.
Near the completion of Part 4 one of the clerics from Katet indicated he was having a connection problem. Shortly thereafter we killed the Pit Fiend and made our way to the shrines/chests. I went back to the DCing player and confirmed he wasn't moving. I and one of the other players asked that everyone NOT open the chests to ensure he would get his loot. Unfortunately this Sorcerer opened one of the chests.
Thing happen, no biggie. The Sorcerer apologized and said he was already opening the chest while we said not to and couldn't interrupt the animation. Fine. I accepted that at face value. Almost immediately after the Katet player went link dead.
I gave my usual instructions to shrine up and delegate who was doing what for Part 5. I told everyone to take a break while we waited for the other player to come back. Shortly after that same Sorcerer (who really needs to be named but won't be named) walked over to the other chest and opened it.
I stared incredulously at his actions and asked, "Why did you just open that chest? I told you to wait until the other player came back." His reply was, "I didn't open this one. It was already open. I heard what you said but I had already opened that first chest before you said anything." The entire party then watched as his loot messages scrolled up the chat window.
An outright lie? To my face? To everyone standing around watching? What did this guy take us for?
I was outraged but didn't see what else I could do. After a bio break of my own I came back to find the link-dead player back in the instance (and luckily not out in the Harbor). We gathered and went into Part 5, defeated the Pit Fiend, and I took a Dimension Door out as I didn't get the regular Shard I needed to craft in Part 1 and I didn't want to wait three days to craft. The Sorcerer, who had already indicated that he would be doing the same, left as well.
There was no excuse for his actions. None. This was an impatient greedy person who is now blacklisted by me and several of my guild-mates. You know who you are and even though I'm not saying "don't group with such-and-such" in this post it will NOT stop me from spreading this story so that others on our great server can know what you did and hold you accountable for it.
And if there are any final questions as to his integrity I would like to put a cherry on the sundae for this story. Once we were outside this Sorcerer had the gall to send me a tell asking, "Can we go back inside to the chests after we have come out?" Anyone that thinks they deserve to loot chests or use the crafting altars without paying the price of a 3-day lockout for completion is a complete ass and a waste of server space. A simple "no" was all I could send in a reply without fear of berating him and using language that my have given me a perma-ban.
You know who you are and you will never be welcome in my groups again. I know I can't really apologize to my own guild-mates (let alone any other guilds) for the actions of one person but I felt compelled to offer one anyways and to make sure this story got told.