Beware of Share !!

[soloman]

Over the last few months I have had multiple bad experiences with peeps joining my LFMs asking for a share. Today was no different.

First off, I am a simple dude. I am not an elitist powergamer or a jerk but every time I have allowed those folks who ask for shares to stay in my groups, I have regretted it.

They lose crates in Gwylands, wont go to the barriers with the shards in Stormcleave, cant find a way show up in the quest without dying. They are constantly DCing or ignoring direction.

If the first thing someone says when they join is that they are new to the quest or "what house?", I have no issue with that. It seems that those who are willing to admit their ignorance to something, are more likely to play hard and take direction.

Today I get a guy in group from a guild that has enjoyed a decent reputation as of late. The first thing he did was ask for a share.

I considered booting him but decided to let it go. He never stepped into the quest even after we were underway for 10+ (doing god knows what) so I decided that he wasnt set on contributing to the group and removed him.

After that he sent me mulitple tells calling me an A**hole, telling me he wasnt a noob and that he planned on /ignoring me. Then he apparently reported ME for harassment for telling him "eat me noob".

Maybe it was a bit childish for me to tell him that but I had to say something, he was ****ing me off....

Anyways, if you are a solid player but a bit on the lazy side, please refrain from asking for a share if you join one of my groups. And for the rest of you party leaders out there,...Beware of Share!!!!!!

[Delt]

"share pls" is one of the 10 not-so-secret warning signs you got a noob. I auto-boot for it for any quest that has the giver relatively near the entrance. But then again, I put BYOH/No Babysitting/etc in the LFM.

I won't usually kick anyone for not zoning in though, unless they start asking questions that indicate they clearly failed to read the lfm (what quest, what house, help me guys, blah). Come in or don't though...I don't care. I'm probably zerging alone anyway

[Purgatory]

share pls = auto boot each and every time

[Vint]

share pls = auto boot each and every time

For sure!

[Skull_49]

no no no you all got it wrong its Shr plz get it right jesus

[sirgog]

share pls = auto boot each and every time

Yep, I've started doing that.

Funniest is when you get a /tell saying something like 'hey, it's *******'s alt (someone you know), just said shr plz to mess with you'. Sometimes I forgive these people...

[TheDearLeader]

Party: Nooblet1234 has joined your party.
Party: Nooblet1234: SHR PLZ!

[Lorz]

Yep, I've started doing that.

Funniest is when you get a /tell saying something like 'hey, it's *******'s alt (someone you know), just said shr plz to mess with you'. Sometimes I forgive these people...

Oh i never forgive them....i call them guildies

[ZyTark]

Over the last few months I have had multiple bad experiences with peeps joining my LFMs asking for a share. Today was no different.

First off, I am a simple dude. I am not an elitist powergamer or a jerk but every time I have allowed those folks who ask for shares to stay in my groups, I have regretted it.

They lose crates in Gwylands, wont go to the barriers with the shards in Stormcleave, cant find a way show up in the quest without dying. They are constantly DCing or ignoring direction.

If the first thing someone says when they join is that they are new to the quest or "what house?", I have no issue with that. It seems that those who are willing to admit their ignorance to something, are more likely to play hard and take direction.

Today I get a guy in group from a guild that has enjoyed a decent reputation as of late. The first thing he did was ask for a share.

I considered booting him but decided to let it go. He never stepped into the quest even after we were underway for 10+ (doing god knows what) so I decided that he wasnt set on contributing to the group and removed him.

After that he sent me mulitple tells calling me an A**hole, telling me he wasnt a noob and that he planned on /ignoring me. Then he apparently reported ME for harassment for telling him "eat me noob".

Maybe it was a bit childish for me to tell him that but I had to say something, he was ****ing me off....

Anyways, if you are a solid player but a bit on the lazy side, please refrain from asking for a share if you join one of my groups. And for the rest of you party leaders out there,...Beware of Share!!!!!!

As always, please PM me if the individual was from AfterDark.

[soloman]

As always, please PM me if the individual was from AfterDark.

I have to say I have never had issue with peeps from Afterdark. Yall are doing a solid job over there from what I can tell. /cheers to ya

[ZyTark]

I have to say I have never had issue with peeps from Afterdark. Yall are doing a solid job over there from what I can tell. /cheers to ya

Thank you. We do try. I just always like to make sure. As we continue to grow it becomes nigh impossible to group with everyone.

If you could PM me the names as well, I'd appreciate it. Not only would I like to avoid them, but I'd also like to make sure they don't end up with us

[NaturalHazard]

lolz next shroud pug i join im going to go share plz!!!!

Be interesting to see what happens lolz

[Razcar]

Just piping in to remind folks that Jesus was a Ninja, as he could walk on water.

A ninja huh... I don't know. But there is only one way to know for sure - was he wearing these:



or these:


The New Testament is bit muddy about the important split-toe Tabi issue.

[MerlinSylver]

Not exactly a noob here... but not exactly a vet either. I played DDO a couple of years ago and am just now getting back into it..

What are these people asking for when they ask for a Share? I was under the impression that every chest gives dedicated treasure to every member of the party...

[Cauthey]

Not exactly a noob here... but not exactly a vet either. I played DDO a couple of years ago and am just now getting back into it..

What are these people asking for when they ask for a Share? I was under the impression that every chest gives dedicated treasure to every member of the party...

They are asking that the LFM or the party they just joined share the quest with them. Since they just joined up, they may not have spoken to the quest giver yet. It's a matter of pressing "L" to go to the quests menu, finding the quest listed there, and clicking Share.

"Shr plz" appears to be a sentiment along the lines of "feed me! feed me!," illustrating a player who is unwilling to do for themselves and wants everyone else to do for them, instead.

[MerlinSylver]

So... it's essentially a way of asking to join the group after they have already joined the group?

Yeah, that would aggravate the heck out of me...

[Cauthey]

So... it's essentially a way of asking to join the group after they have already joined the group?

Yeah, that would aggravate the heck out of me...

Not quite. Well, perhaps some might characterize it that way. Consider it like this:

I want to do VoN2 on Elite, and I need some people. So, I put up a Looking For More (LFM) notice through the social panel ("O"). In the LFM description, I type "VoN2 on Elite, bring your own heals."

Someone joins my LFM. The first words out of their mouth are "shr plz." Now, if they joined my party from the LFM, they ought to know that we're forming up to run VoN2. They don't need me to tell them that - they should have read the LFM. That being the case, there is no reason why they can't go to the quest giver while waiting for the party to fill out. They demonstrate that instead of doing the work for themselves, they want everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. There is a presumed high chance that the player is going to pike, and not do their part in the quest.

Less aggrivating from the Pick Up Grouper (PUGer) would be "I don't know the quest. Who do I need to talk to in order to get it?" This shows a willingness to do their part.

[begbie]

Here I am, running from Abbot on my DPs to Epic Chronos and I asked "hey can somone share the raid, it'll save me a cpl minutes" lol.. I heard the groans.. someone shared and then the server went off-line!!!!!!!

eek

Yes, the downtime is my fault :P