April 29th 2009 11:45 pm
CYBERBEGGING: THE NEW DAILY QUEST?
As a warm-up to a rather serious topic, let’s start this post with something funny.. Reader and frequent commenter Oli forwarded me this list of "The top 10 Signs You Need to Buy WoW Gold". (Dude, where’d you get this?)
TOP 10 SIGNS YOU NEED TO BUY WOW GOLD
1. Your start begging for WoW Gold from random toons.
2. You walk around shouting “Will drop pants for gold!”
3. You actually have no pants to drop because you already sold them to buy food for your pet.
4. You abandon your pet ’cause you can’t afford to feed him any more.
5. You can’t afford the flight master’s fees, so you walk AND swim from one zone to another.
6. You enter an inn and the NPC innkeeper mistakes you for a beggar and shoos you away.
7. You go to the Auction House to window-shop. And only to window-shop.
8. You’re the only one in the guild who hasn’t made a deposit in the bank.
9. Your guildies affectionately call you “Oliver Twist”.
10. Your guild rank is “Moocher”.
Har har. Okay, now on to the serious stuff.
Last night I played a quick game of WoW and after finishing a simple quest, flew to Orgrimmar to check out stuff at the AH. Wasn’t really looking to buy anything, just wanted to check the prices.
Then I got a whisper and at first I thought it was another spammer. But no, it was a lowbie toon — a Level 9 Orc Shaman - who wanted something from me.
He wanted me to buy him a mace. Just like that.
"Hi, please buy me a mace."
Well, at least he said please. But…
"Excuse me but doI know you?" I said.
"I need a better mace pls."
"Then go buy yourself a new one," I said.
"Don’t have money."
Oh Christ. "So is this your way of getting a new weapon? Asking people you don’t know to buy stuff for you?"
"F*** YOU!" he said.
Ah, such a charming lad. And he’s not the only charming lad in these parts. Remus, Cletus, and the other guys in the guild have reported their own experience with "cyber beggars" in WoW. And believe us, if you haven’t been bummed for a weapon, it’s actually a bit annoying. Imagine some random person accosting you and, without much pleasantry and preamble, says outright, ‘buy me something’. What ever happened to etiquette - and dignity - in the game?
Look, I know what it’s like to be a lowbie with lousy gear and little money. You see your measly silver and copper going mostly to repairs. The NPC vendors don’t give you much when you sell them your stuff. And there’s no guarantee that people will buy your junk in the AH.
BUT!!!
But being a "po’ toon" does not give one license to beg. All of us start from scratch when we roll a new toon, and the key to building your start-up moolah is to WORK IT — yeah, that means completing quests, killing as many bad guys as you can..everything that you do to pay your dues as a newbie. Do everything and anything EXCEPT beg. And don’t think that just because you’re in a guild you can mooch for gold. Heck no, kiddo, you have to prove your worth as a member by going through the baptism of fire that everyone else went through. You’re insane if you think that a guild will pamper you with all the gold you need.
And what if you find yourself still guild-less, broke and desperate for better gear?
Well, kiddie, you do what I do: BUY SOME WOW GOLD AND QUIT BUGGING PEOPLE IN THE GAME!
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2 Comments »
herbertus bigend on 30 Apr 2009 at 10:11 am #
How to turn annoyance into entertainment:
Ask the beggar to duel another lowbie toon unarmed, promising a gold if he wins.
If he wins, laugh at him.
If he loses, /spit.
Works in real life too.
Lestat de Lioncourt on 03 May 2009 at 11:44 am #
These beggars really tick me off. Give something to them, they’ll abuse you. If you don’t, they’ll curse you. I mean, where would you put yourself?