May 4th 2009 07:13 pm
TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE: That is the Question
Back in Org for more training. Checked the AH again. Saw nothing I liked. Then as usual, a plea for gold came up via yell:
Everyone ignored the guy, then 10 minutes later…
You know what? I started feeling sorry for him, and stood outside the AH with my pet debating on whether to give him the 35 gold or not.
Being a broke toon sucks and I want to help but…
If I help him, it might encourage him and others to keep up the cyber-begging (which infuriates a lot of players). But at least he’ll shut up and quit bugging people, and that’s one more happy toon for the Horde (cripes, I am such a friggin’ ambassador of goodwill!!!)
If I don’t help him, well does that make me a selfish, insensitive SOB?
Ha! And people say I don’t have a soft spot for lowbies.
What would you do in that situation, kiddies?
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7 Comments »
paul on 05 May 2009 at 9:04 pm #
Ah the beggars…I find the old chestnut, Open trade….Then AFK, works a treat. A timeless classic.
The Dread Lord Bubbles on 06 May 2009 at 3:26 am #
Ooh beggars. Me likey them.
What me do is whisper them “Come to Ashenvale, me give you 100g.”
Me log in to Alliance toon if he Horde or vice versa then gank him to bits.
Love and peace, xoxo
Aetherian on 06 May 2009 at 7:44 am #
Don’t give. It may shut him up for a while but give him a few seconds and he’ll start doing it over again with another person. Who knows, he may be richer than you..thanks to the soft hearted players ^^
meatwad on 06 May 2009 at 10:36 am #
Report them for spamming! ROFL!
hell in bed on 07 May 2009 at 2:24 am #
tell them you’ll give them gold but only after they strip and dance and yell “me love you long time!” then after they do it log off.
Lestat de Lioncourt on 07 May 2009 at 3:35 pm #
According to my experience and studies, (Yes, I’ve done a research on these cyber beggars! What a loser! LOL), most cyber beggars were kids ranging from 7 - 16 YO.
Aetherian has a point that these beggars, when given their needed gold, may shut up for a while, maybe wait for you to get out of the “yelling” AOE so that you won’t see him beg for more gold, and repeat ’til he gets enough money to buy what he needs in the AH. Plus the fact that since your kind, he may add you as a friend so that when he time comes that he needs gold again, he can just send you a tell/whisper. XD
Hot "F"udge on 09 May 2009 at 10:48 am #
I was a beggar turned to Ninja Looter turned to beggar… I wanna kick myself off. Nyu~~ :3