Whoever can get a picture with themselves next to a GM in this day and age. YOU WIN.
Edit- Discussion of recent GM experiences is apart of this thread. Because there has been a lack of them existing. Thus the reason for this thread.
This will end well.
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Just for some background I tried calling a GM five times today with no luck.
Fucking LOL.
That is all.
why can't i kill people w/ the power of hatred
If it's any consolation, I'm sure you'll find the administrative staff here more attentive.
Because haters can only hate.Originally Posted by Rocl
Well played sir. At least we got something out of this thread.
I saw a GM the other day speaking with some JP.
Then theres me, who placed a GM call and didn't get a response for THREE DAYS, and the response was an Auto-message informing me i Should report it to Playonline.
Lazy pricks
They're collaborating on the best way to use an English<=>Japanese dictionary to take part in BG's anthropology discussions.
Last time I called a GM I got an automated messaged telling me to inform the STFU, about a week later.
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Uh oh. Is the isa ban stick bout to be swung? me thinks so O.o!
Islador is a girl right? Wouldn't it be more likely swinging a bag of douche than a stick? Or as they say in Spain: "El Bago de doucho".
So you people now think that any new thread made is worthy of a ban? He has a point and I haven't seen it said. I called a GM because I was stuck and couldn't move. This is the most basic need for a GM, pretty cut and dry. I got no response at all. There IS something up with GMs, they must have cut their staff big time and not told us.
Alright, I'll help you. On BG, if you're going to make a thread, phrase it as a discussion. If it's a question you want answered, you go to the randomest questions thread (Which *appears* to be the direction the OP is headed). Now, the discussion has to be meaningful. What does that mean? It means that if you derive information during the discussion, that it will change playstyle, gear choice, or foster action towards SE. The last category is ambiguous because BG is resentful towards petitions for change, so if you don't know, ask a Yugl. That said, BG does not, and is probably unwilling to, put enough effort into getting people to the correct thread (Titles of threads, Restrictions on making new threads, and so forth). At the same time, the small text near the "New Thread" button does ask you to use the randomest questions thread. Unless this person accumulated 50+ posts outside of the FFXI forums, it is unlikely that they did not notice the thread.
Since we're now discussing the rules of BG posting - what about trite, unimportant findings that people might want to hear about anyway...
Say I figured out the latent effect on Fatality Belt is triggered by Doom status. It's worthless information - but people would be interested in hearing it anyway.
New thread worthy. I doubt it... the only thing I could think of is rephrasing my hypothetical findings into a question... "I was messing around with Fatality Belt and found the latent effect is triggered by Doom status. Has anyone else figured this out yet?"
Yes, I know how it works. I just thought it was fairly obvious from the not so cryptic first post that the point is GMs seem to have disappeared without notice. Yes, that may be an overestimation of people's ability to discern that. However, the GMs disappearing seems somewhat noteworthy and something people may want to know about. There are a ton of pointless threads started, this one seems like it has a decent reason though. I was merely noting that people seem to just shout ban because it is the cool thing to do.
That typically (And since I'm referring to history, I'm not saying this is how it SHOULD be done) comes in the form of a new thread. You might face ridicule, but it's generally not something that brings the mod work unless the ridicule turns into a pointless argument. For example, Malachite tested the abyssite of prosperity and posted about it. He was ridiculed, but I don't recall mods taking action. At the same time, unless someone is willing to challenge your data (And if it's a mundane topic, it's unlikely), whether your thread remains open is irrelevant since there is no room for discussion. You have the answer and no one else. Hence, responses from others are pointless.
@Rames: Presentation matters (Sadly). In this case, it was not up to par.
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