Good excuses to leave a party

[iobane]

I'm sorry, I have to go

My grandma has caught on fire.

[Immortaldonut]

one that i actually used because it was true:
me> "fuck, someone lit one of the kitchens on fire again because they dont know how to make microwave popcorn. fire drill, gotta log"
party memebers> rofl, bye

[Wizerd]

While we're talking about bad pt etiquette, another thing I really hate is when some anon person without a /seacom sends you a tell out of the blue that's just "Party?" or something to that effect. In the good old days people used to say what jobs were in the pt, and where they planned to xp. It's so easy to do, yet so few people do it anymore.

I used to tell people what was in the party, but it's hard to get started that way. Usually I start an exp party if there are good jobs seeking, which means getting those good jobs first. If you tell a BRD there is no one else in the party yet, they're gonna say no. If you get 4 others before inviting the BRD, they're taken by the time you go to invite them. I always take anon off to invite though and I always tell them the level range. My typical party invite looks like this:

(Hello!)~Lv64-66(Party)(Do you need it?)

or in the case of a merit party:

(Hello!)~merit(Party)(Do you need it?)

They both work out quite nicely and I rarely get negative responses. Granted, I often come with 2 BRDs already in the party and only need to invite a DD or two, but still (in merit, anyway).

[Zarathustra]

"Dammit they're shootin... bbl."

[Garret]

afk carwash

[TsingTao]

Good party and something just comes up: "Ohshit, wife aggro. Gotta go!" Funny and usually the truth.

Terminally stupid PT not worth wasting 5 more seconds on: Conrtol Panel > Network Connections > Disable NIC.

[Maguspk]

afk carwash

lol

[XxSlusherxx]

I'm usually pretty blunt, and just say I'm done and this isn't working.

I left a pt once because someone got a rep without asking

I left a pt once because a rep showed up w/o the sub I requested.

[Snowknight26]

Good party and something just comes up: "Ohshit, wife aggro. Gotta go!" Funny and usually the truth.

Terminally stupid PT not worth wasting 5 more seconds on: Back of computer > Grab ethernet cable > Pull.

Fixed.

[Sudai]

Good party and something just comes up: "Ohshit, wife aggro. Gotta go!" Funny and usually the truth.

Terminally stupid PT not worth wasting 5 more seconds on: Front of computer > Power Button > Press.

Fixed.

Fixed for the lazy people.

[Secksi]

Sorry, gonna go figure out how to pop goblin wolfman.

[Saito]

Only pussies need an excuse to leave partys. Real men fake dc, or just tell the party to go fuck themselves.

[Asy]

Good party and something just comes up: "Ohshit, wife aggro. Gotta go!" Funny and usually the truth.

Terminally stupid PT not worth wasting 5 more seconds on: Front of computer > Power Button > Press.

Fixed.

Fixed for the lazy people.

I do that when I don't feel like logging out to restart.

[Dakin]

I gotta go, my dog just farted

[Brennon]

If i want to leave a pt, i just say "hey i'm gonna leave in 15 minutes, do you want me to find a rep or do you want to find one"

if there's a *real* excuse or reason why i'm leaving, then i give it, otherwise i don't lie.

i really hate it when people find a replacement for themselves without asking though. its one of my biggest pet peeves in the game probably.

[Khamsin]

gotta go, hoofprint

[Elcura]

(Maxanlax) Wait, you wanna fuck NOW?
(Maxanlax) mt
(Maxanlax) Sorry g2g, family emergency

that explains a lot...

LOL

[ikariffxi]

Fake D/Cing sucks because sometimes you wanna continue doing things in FFXI but you don't want to be in that horrible party anymore.

If the leader has an IQ > 75, I usually just tell them that things aren't working out well and I'm glad to get a replacement if they want one.

If the leader has an IQ < 75, I'll use one of the excuses in this thread.

[Gulkeeva]

"Shit.. the popup pr0n is taking over... I might..." D/c's

[Miruka]

one that i actually used because it was true:
me> "fuck, someone lit one of the kitchens on fire again because they dont know how to make microwave popcorn. fire drill, gotta log"
party memebers> rofl, bye

Like, this was totally way back in the thread but I felt I had to comment since I got to use that excuse TWICE Freshmen year. The first time was funny, and the second time triggered a long downward spiral of growing apathy for humanity. And FFXI addiction.