Random Fail X: also im the fastest MA

[vanessoutra]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...inandCroin.png

Hmmm...

O.o Are you kidding? Is there really 2 ppl in cerb named that way or the GM went to work drunk that day?

[Greatguardian]

I think the GM was trying to be funny, and it gave me a good laugh so it definitely worked. It totally made my day.

[rog]

It's emdub, he was probably srs.

[Darkmagi]

Oh god that is amazing lol

[vanessoutra]

well, that made mine as well xD I think I read it like 10 times just to make sure I read right lol

[rog]

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...og/lolpepy.png

Totally called him on that.

Also, he can't subtract 4 from 10, which is pretty fail as well.

[Wakabo]

Just saw one of his lol posts and was about to call him out on trying to get 10 but then read this.

[Shenrien]

counting to 10 is hard, let alone posting anything more than 3 letters.

[danthebk]

Wasn't able to get a screenshot because it happened so fast while I was exping; but there was a JP group fighting Rani, one of them popped a brew, he then got charmed and began to kick the shit out of the alliance. But they managed to recover and win in the end. It was still very funny.

[Gra]

Wasn't able to get a screenshot because it happened so fast while I was exping; but there was a JP group fighting Rani, one of them popped a brew, he then got charmed and began to kick the shit out of the alliance. But they managed to recover and win in the end. It was still very funny.

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Shit sounds so good I'd have stopped exping just to get the SS.

[Cairthenn]

http://i56.tinypic.com/6hrvx5.png

[Kidnoftle]

Exercising with...skulls?

skull......fucking?

[Kohan]

Sit down with me, children, and hear a tale, spun by a long-time casual yet ambitious player of "Final Fantasy XI" who wishes to share a fresh story with you.

Oftentimes, after spending a day on FFXI, I feel exhausted, though also accomplished; occasionally, things do not go so well, and I question why I ever play this game. This usually happens when I'm in a dreaded pick up group, and -- as someone who recently returned to playing relatively often -- I've been in an awful lot of them lately.

Today, what was the end result?

Well, I have a series of fantastic screenshots -- and stories to go along with them -- to delight you fine folks with.

You see, it all started when someone decided to create a PUG for Rani. I didn't know if it would go well, but to be honest, I didn't really care; I'd just wanted the kill. If it was utterly terrible, my friend and I (who joined together) would eventually leave; several times, we thought of doing exactly that, but stuck it out for the entire misadventure -- and I couldn't be happier that I did.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2...swithrani0.jpg

That alone is nothing spectacular, but consider this: most of our alliance was dead, and I told people, "it's over." It was; anyone who wasn't on the ground was once or double weakened, and the few remainders couldn't hope to hold it. Furthermore, we must have been hogging Rani for an ungodly period of time. It was absolutely humiliating to be a part of it anymore. So, the PUG I was fighting with lost claim, and another Linkshell hurried to claim it.

By then, the majority of people were gone, but...

Spoiler: show

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2...swithrani0.jpg

So you see, everyone, not only does it pay to have friends, but it always works in your favor when you're not a relentless douchebag, so you can keep said friends and make new ones. You'll even be remembered.

Spoiler: show

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2...swithrani0.jpg

And those who decide it's better to be foolish and run around kicking and screaming...

Spoiler: show

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/200...swithrani0.jpg

Things don't always end so well for people like that poor sap.

You would think, after such a glorious battle in Abyssea - Altep, that I'd be through. I'd take my win, thank my friends, and head off to do something else with my day. Well, I did, but right around dinnertime, someone shouted for the Atma of the Gnarled Horn. Monk is my favorite job, and as I didn't have that, I'd have been a fool to pass it up; I joined and was, tragically, reunited with a BLM I'd had... altercations with in the past.

Really, is there any reason to not understand an alphabetical Stun order? Is there, could you say, justification for entirely failing to follow it while people are going for a red stagger, and subsequently, a blue stagger -- throughout which, none of the BLMs involved are supposed to nuke? Perhaps for an entirely new player, but even then.

As if that weren't enough, when it did come time to trigger yellow, we asked each of the participating BLMs to mention the spells as they're casting them. He relentlessly fired off every trigger, refusing to mention a single one's name, though we naturally recognized they were casting. They ripped hate off of the admittedly mediocre tank, and completely ignored any of their other tasks all throughout, such as stunning.

Upon being admonished, they proceeded to scream in all caps all of the spells they had cast, and spammed it a few times in the chat log. Isn't that just shameful?

I decided I'd let them know my feelings...

Spoiler: show

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2...theuseless.jpg

One can only hope they'll walk away a better person, though that hope may be in vain.

I'll tell you what, though -- I've got the Rani win, and Gnarled Horn! Ah, yes; today has been fantastic.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot to mention -- as an end result, I had three new friends requests in my message box today!

[Dooom]

I wanna say "cool story bro" but not in that asshole way it's normally used in, but in that that is actually a pretty cool story, of how not being a total jerk and moron pays rewards in the end. Grats on the atmas! You deserve them for sticking it out.

[fredjanx]

And those who decide it's better to be foolish and run around kicking and screaming...

Spoiler: show

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/200...swithrani0.jpg

Things don't always end so well for people like that poor sap.

Win.
Also, lol'd at the blm GH part.

[ArwynOfOdin]

Sit down with me, children, and hear a tale, spun by a long-time casual yet ambitious player of "Final Fantasy XI" who wishes to share a fresh story with you.

Oftentimes, after spending a day on FFXI, I feel exhausted, though also accomplished; occasionally, things do not go so well, and I question why I ever play this game. This usually happens when I'm in a dreaded pick up group, and -- as someone who recently returned to playing relatively often -- I've been in an awful lot of them lately.

Today, what was the end result?

Well, I have a series of fantastic screenshots -- and stories to go along with them -- to delight you fine folks with.

You see, it all started when someone decided to create a PUG for Rani. I didn't know if it would go well, but to be honest, I didn't really care; I'd just wanted the kill. If it was utterly terrible, my friend and I (who joined together) would eventually leave; several times, we thought of doing exactly that, but stuck it out for the entire misadventure -- and I couldn't be happier that I did.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/2...swithrani0.jpg

That alone is nothing spectacular, but consider this: most of our alliance was dead, and I told people, "it's over." It was; anyone who wasn't on the ground was once or double weakened, and the few remainders couldn't hope to hold it. Furthermore, we must have been hogging Rani for an ungodly period of time. It was absolutely humiliating to be a part of it anymore. So, the PUG I was fighting with lost claim, and another Linkshell hurried to claim it.

By then, the majority of people were gone, but...

Spoiler: show

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2...swithrani0.jpg

So you see, everyone, not only does it pay to have friends, but it always works in your favor when you're not a relentless douchebag, so you can keep said friends and make new ones. You'll even be remembered.

Spoiler: show

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2...swithrani0.jpg

And those who decide it's better to be foolish and run around kicking and screaming...

Spoiler: show

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/200...swithrani0.jpg

Things don't always end so well for people like that poor sap.

So because he was an unskilled player who acted like a jerk when his Rani pop was being lost, your new group felt it justified not to reward the effort he put into building the pop set by not inviting him to get the win? This being the very popset your entire group did nothing to earn?

In case you missed the memo, two wrongs don't make a right.

[isladar]

He was rewarded for his effort. He had a shitty PUG and lost claim.

[ArwynOfOdin]

He was rewarded for his effort. He had a shitty PUG and lost claim.

More like punished when you put it that way.

[Toshiko]

Kohan, I don't post much but I read a lot, and you are my favorite casual pro player on BG. Grats on your win and atmas~

[Pharaun]

More like punished when you put it that way.

Which is exactly what should have happened. If you are going to do a PUG for something like Rani you make damn sure that the people you pick know what the fuck they are doing, because he didn't know what the fuck he chose a bunch of retards and was rewarded with a wipe. If you actually read the whole story you'd know that there was no chance they were going to win, better a group come along that can actually get the win and clean up his mess than it go completely to waste.