The most I have done, and I still think it was funny, was to answer the guy in trade that asked “What is the command to leave a raid group?” I checked and saw that he was in Dalaran, so I knew he wouldn’t be screwed over and told him “/quit”. About 3 minutes later I got a whisper from him that said “LOL, fuck you”. He then asked “Seriously, do you know?”. I honestly told him how, he thanked me and that was the end.

Life without trade, other than when I’m trying to sell something fast or buy something fast, is indeed blissful. I stay in general, but trade is the bane of being in any major city.

Was with this hunter a while ago who would MD to me while in Tree spec then pull every mob in a 100 yard radius, trying to kill me…

Their better off spamming in a single channel then spamming in your group.

-Cyonisper (Feral/Resto) [Draka]
(BTW love your blog)

First three things I do on any toon:

/leave 1
/leave 2
/leave 3

(Granted, the second one usually has to wait until I reach a major city, but it always happens. ALWAYS.)

I haven’t been on Trade Chat or General Chat on any toon at all since I rolled my DK, and it’s brightened my WoW playing experience considerably.
.-= Stop´s last blog ..A little flavor =-.

I got whispers from him or something imitating him (for the sake of giving him benefit of the doubt) urging me to go to a URL and log in for a free mount.

I first thought the toon name wasn’t an actual person playing, just a toon used to fool people into account hacks. Will definitely keep an eye from now on and report him next time.

My issue with people doing this kind of thing is that it’s not friendly… it’s not a joke played on a friend, where you expect retaliation and are prepared to take it, for the sake of the laugh. It’s a malicious prank, meant to hurt or inconvenience a complete stranger, where the coward fully expects to walk away with no repercussions at all.

That’s not a practical joke, it’s someone being a dick to a stranger. Sometimes it’s still funny for a minute, as you project how you’d feel on the target, but the simple truth is, when it’s a stranger that’s hurt, it’s being a dick. Really. You don’t think so? Go pour sugar down a compelte stranger’s gas tank and then stand there and wait for the funny moment when his car stalls, and stand there and wait for him to share the joke with you. No? Why? Think he might pound the shit out of you?

Do the same to a good friend, and they may get mad as hell, but if it’s one of my kind of friends, the mind instantly turns to thoughts of how to pay him back… and I’d darn well expect it. If you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. It’s not a real practical joke if you don’t tell the person it was you. :) They’ve got to be able to get you back. That’s how it works.

My second issue on this, is that if I were in Trade chat, and a new player, I’d like to have some idea what kind of guild I’d be getting invited to. Maybe I’d like that kind of thing and feel right at home, but maybe I’d like to know they’re into that kind of behavior, and I’d want to avoid having that guild tag over my head. It’s my reputation that I’d be trashing if I’m in a guild of asshats, and a new player doesn’t need that. So, a caution doesn’t seem too outrageous to me.

I don’t see why they have fun doing this sort of thing but each has is own definition of fun I guess

Glad to see that the tard in trade has a guild that thinks the same way he does, let the idiots all group together, makes them easier to spot LoL.
.-= ArchDruid Angela´s last blog ..Things trees take for granted…. =-.

In fact, after posting this, Blizzblade lol’d. He whispered me saying, “Oh, he was only trying to get people to leave OTHER guilds.”

Apparently, he misunderstood what I said as me suggesting Raptures was trying to get people to leave Blizzblade’s guild, and thus the concern. Once blizzblade understood I meant the old tired trick of screwing over new players or those that were unwary, his concern evaporated, and he was happy.

At which point, I added another to the ignore list.

Redaurora, what i like about Elephant is that it splits all chat into their own channels when it saves them, so you never get them all mized up. Like in this example, where I visited the recorded Trade chat, and didn’t have any Guild chat to block out.