Proof is in the Partykick

[Llewndyn]

To the kid last night who was yelling into his mic "OMG" over and over and also trying out your newly-learned cusswords on the PUG for "Proof is in the Poison" - you can do one of a few things after being tricked into recalling and then kicked from the group: You can either assume it was an isolated incident, that we all genuinely want to listen to you backtalk your mom and scream into your mic as you, from the sound of it, placed it into your mouth so we could hear you breathing as well as making snide comments, and keep it up, always somehow getting tricked into giving up party leader status and then promptly kicked after getting told to recall (seriously, when someone says "stay away from the acid" and you die 5 times by walking through it, it only speaks to how easy this game has gotten that you made it to level 5), you can learn something from it and try to join a few PUGs and keep your mouth shut (as I think at least one of the other members I had partied with before and learned something from, as I try to do in EVERY PUG), or you can infest the trade channel with random insults until you are summarily squelched/reported.

The sad part about stuff like this is this is why I do not bother joining PUGs for the most part, outside of guild groups and that ONE Tempest PUG and the Pit, most of my experience with any missions lower than those seem to be completely infested with these kinds of players. I know this has been beaten to death over and over again here... but the main reason I came to DDO is to get away from games where that is the norm (I hear WOW is like that, I came from 2Moons with the "GINORMOUSINFLATABLEGOBLINKILLINGSWORDS2200K! GINORMOUSINFLATABLEGOBLINKILLINGSWORDS2200K! GINORMOUSINFLATABLEGOBLINKILLINGSWORDS2200K!" infesting gen chat almost all the time)... and it is scaring vets away who are really what we n00bs need around to teach us to appreciate the D&D aspects... before they are gone.

Anyway, that's my rant. I know we are all a little dysfunctional, and maybe that kid didn't need to get kicked like that, but seriously, this is common courtesy, even if this is your first MMORPG... how do you all generally handle stuff like this? I was of the "take them under your wing and teach them the ways of the force" school until recently when my give-a-crapometer broke...

[DoctorWhofan]

It's called Push to talk people. It should be a requirement rather than an optional. I figure if someone is more talkitive than me, we have serious issues.

[kingfisher]

+1 for pciking on a kid, nicely done. bonus points for the trickery and booting.

[herzkos]

quick question was he really screaming OMG or was he doing the OH MY ...
cracks me up when people say OH EMM GEE anyway.

[Daggaz]

quick question was he really screaming OMG or was he doing the OH MY ...
cracks me up when people say OH EMM GEE anyway.

I always slap people up the backside of the head when they say it like that. Hard. Its an involuntary reflex.

[DoctorWhofan]

I always slap people up the backside of the head when they say it like that. Hard. Its an involuntary reflex.

Can you practice it? Sounds like a reflex I need.

[Llewndyn]

quick question was he really screaming OMG or was he doing the OH MY ...
cracks me up when people say OH EMM GEE anyway.

IIRC he was switching between both, and the worst part is WHEN... when the fire trap went off over the bridge because no one waited for my rogue or the ranger to disable trap, THEN a little alarm is ok. When (and I am NOT exaggerating) 2 iron defenders ran at us at the same time and the 6 of us started pounding on them and he started screaming "Oh My God OOOOOoOOoOOOH" Literally screaming, well you get what you get. I kept waiting to hear his mom walk over and slap him in the mouth, but it never happened

[Llewndyn]

from kingfisher's location maybe she was busy.... cooking a delicious meal, gutterbrains :P

[GhoulsTouch]

+1 For Pciking On A Kid, Nicely Done. Bonus Points For The Trickery And Booting.

Lol XD

[herzkos]

oh wow, sorry to hear about your experience.
at the first bridge, i woulda suggested to him that he calm down.
if he didn't, I would have squelched or announced to the party I'm recalling
and will reform without the screamer if anyone is interested.

[k1ngp1n]

This thread has potential. Unfortunately, I doubt the offender will arrive and make a fine show. Off to the Khyber forums it is... my nachos are getting cold.

[DarkAlchemist]

It's called Push to talk people. It should be a requirement rather than an optional. I figure if someone is more talkitive than me, we have serious issues.

That is a requirement in The Old Timers Guild when I was in it (regardless of which chapter) and I like it. If it is now or not I am unsure but it should be for every guild and party.

If it isn't the sort of idiotic trash mentioned it is the people who are coughing up their lungs every few seconds that blasts your ears away. I go through coughing fits but I always use PTT so it doesn't disrupt others.

I brought it up to a non PTT person and was told they are just lazy and can't use PTT and fight at the same time. I told them they were lazy alright and inconsiderate of their fellow party members then I quit. I have little time in my life to tolerate idiots, stupid people, the non caring, and the inconsiderate morons I have ran into in DDO pugs.

[wamjratl1]

it sux playing in an annoying person (just ask my guildies :P) but did anyone bother explaining push to talk or asking him to calm down or quiet down? Not that I haven't ever gotten supremely irritated by a kid in-game but he's probably gonna keep playing so we may as well at least TRY to get him to be more enjoyable to group with.

[DarkAlchemist]

IIRC he was switching between both, and the worst part is WHEN... when the fire trap went off over the bridge because no one waited for my rogue or the ranger to disable trap, THEN a little alarm is ok. When (and I am NOT exaggerating) 2 iron defenders ran at us at the same time and the 6 of us started pounding on them and he started screaming "Oh My God OOOOOoOOoOOOH" Literally screaming, well you get what you get. I kept waiting to hear his mom walk over and slap him in the mouth, but it never happened

You sure you didn't play with Leeroy Jenkins' kid brother or something?

[Dogchair]

it sux playing in an annoying person (just ask my guildies :P) but did anyone bother explaining push to talk or asking him to calm down or quiet down? Not that I haven't ever gotten supremely irritated by a kid in-game but he's probably gonna keep playing so we may as well at least TRY to get him to be more enjoyable to group with.

Quit making sense Mav.

~chair

[Ashurr]

You were prolly playing with this kid -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTnO...eature=related

[twix]

You were prolly playing with this kid -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTnO...eature=related

LMFAO What a ****ing spazz rofl

[KillEveryone]

I figure if someone is more talkitive than me, we have serious issues.

This one time DoctorWhoFan talked my ear off so much that there wasn't anything left of them when she finally took a breath.

[Picker]

I always slap people up the backside of the head when they say it like that. Hard. Its an involuntary reflex.

Its called a Gibbs slap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ras1MGeQ8&feature=fvst

[Nysrock]

You were prolly playing with this kid -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTnO...eature=related

Wow! Glad that wasn't my kid or I'd be up on child abuse charges when I beat his *** and washed his mouth out with soap.