Hello @ all
I am Delf a lvl 60 druid on Arathor server Alliance side.Since i was in the incident described above from Gregory the Watcher (or Neoczar as is his char name) i will try tell "the other side" of the story.
I have to mention that the guy with which the whole thing happened is a guildy of mine but i will try to be as fair as i can be on both sides.And i also have to mention that the only reason made me post in here is that Gregory is skipping,altering,hiding (dont wanna say lying...)etc specific points of the "quite common" incident that happened.
So lets...and i think most of you will change your opinions after what i have to say...
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
So I'm gathering up a raid for UBRS, hoping for chromatic scales and the Chromatic carapace to drop. Of course, the less plate, the possible is always better for me, since any plate wearer rolls N as soon as he/she sees purple and plate.
So this paladin (I'm a paladin as well) whispers and begs to get in...etc. I let him in, and we head for the instance.
True..you starting gathering a raid to do your job at 3-4 am in the morning.Rule first:of course you want to do your job in there as most likely each and every one joining this but....since you are the leader and you need help remember to respect your raid members
Foul one: the paladin doesnt wispers you.At the same time me and the paladin mentioned try to form a raid to Strath Scarlet.we re 2 of us or maybe one more in our group.Early morning hours not a lot of ppl around.So YOU wisper me proposing to unite raids to ubrs.The problem was that you didnt have any healers......remember??
I m answering that if it is so you ll invite the others in my raid.that is the pala who made the icident at the end and another one pala (i think its in your guild cant recall name).Your next question is if he has full set.....he has.So all ok.We join.Me personally dont have ANYTHING to do in there except wait for a rare mob appearance (jed rudewatcher that drops brianwood reed trinket)....
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
Towards the end, after clearing the beast, my fiancee signs on Yahoo, and i switch to windowed mode, to chat with her, discussing the tickets and accomodation for when she comes next week. I tell the raid that I'll be AFK till Drakk, and that they can go ahead and clear the bridge/hall ...etc.
While chatting with her I notice this same paladin ******** about not getting BoK (we had more than enough paladins, 4 of them, and enough firepower, we never wiped) ... and when Drakk's turn came, I told my fiancee to hold, and focused on the game..
Ok....first of all i have to mention that personally didnt notice when you said you re going afk.maybe you did maybe you didnt.That might have happened with others in the raid too.The only ones who could really tell if you were afk and they didnt have noticed the afk chat line is your group members which one of them was the pala mentioned.
So the Beast is for you towards the end?Well my opinion is that from the Beast till Draggi there are 40 full mins more.In the speed we were going with that dwarf rage warrior leading we have done fast till then but even though i no case the beast is towards end.it s quite far actually.most wipes happen eaxctly on that room -bridge-room area.You all know that...
Now as much as it concerns BoK firepower palas etc you know what i think?
i dont think this was the real reason for him to go on you.I justthink he was the first to notice your absence and the fact that you were the leader made this look even worst.This was a pick up raid so most ppl wouldnt care of what the rest are doing or if there even afk but some ppl maybe care more for teamwork and want things to be done as they should be.Afterall 4 am in the morning is not a nice time for wipes....
and also...so far you have played the part of the dungeon that chromatic scales drop...you go afk and then you return fom the plate drops at draggi.....excellent
I have to add that firepower was enough really and since you were afk so long (as mentioned from some in here) you could have leave raid as well.And i dont think you really focused at draggi.Afterall the fiancee was still there still.she could "break" your focus anytime again....
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
Suddenly, out of no where, the paladin yells : Our leader sucks, f*ck him!
I ask him to repeat what he said, and he calls me a useless fool ...etc. And uses the F-word another dozen times.
I ask him to be quiet and that i needed to chat with my fiancee, and his reply: F*ck you! fuc*king noob! ST*FU!
By then I'm at boiling point. Specially that some other members of the raid hadn't seen me type that i was gonna be AFK. Some other members threaten to leave the raid, if we dont shut up. So I just decide to ignore the named paladin...
Well it was not sudden to me or out of nowhere.he repeatably asked where are you what are you doing etc.Probably you were focused elsewhere and you never replied.I didnt know and most other raid members were focused at where they should be focused....so it was up to you to handle things especially as a leader...which never happened but only was already late
Now....i dont remember exact chat dialogue "love lines" but its true he was offensive on you ok maybe more that he should be.But for sure you didnt handle things AT ALL good enough for a raid leader because the only thing was provoke him for more,get offensive too,and not trying to explain or asking a sorry.
And all this while all others raid members wait for you 2 to finish and shut up to play draggi...enough mess already
What was missing? "the cherry on top"... read on
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
Halfway through fight, he was still going on with (Noob! FU/CKING idiot ...etc) , so I just decide to inflict some pain on him, and i kick him out just before killing Drakk.
Suddenly some people in raid go ballistic on me, some understood, and just wanted to get it over with ...etc. ..
Thats BIG foul 2: again you re describing as you would like to be but not as things have been done....
you kick from raid the guy although both of you have shut up during the fight and you kick him EXACTLY at draggi's hp to 1% or less i could say.....so by other words u used him to get to where you wanted to go.....excellent again
Suddenly?? Suddenly?? all of these come from you out of nowhere or suddenly? hmmm... maybe its this focus thing....you were completely elsewhere for 2/3 of raid so yes that explains it i guess.Of course ppl in raid went ballistic on you cause you simply did the worst you could do...i was one telling that i wont go in raids with you anymore.the dwarf warrior too.some others too....so nomatter what everyone understood from this story or how much they follow reading chat or whatever,when you have few ppl (actually something like half of them )from your raid saying that they wont go to raid with you again doesnt this alone proves that you simply have ****** it up the worst possible way?
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
To cut a long story short, I probably got blacklisted in half the high-end guilds on my server. Although I had apologized if I had offended anybody, and that I thought he deserved a little arm-twisting...
to cut a long story short you didnt blacklisted ....yet...but if you go on behaving like this,posting such "half true" messages in public forums,and being out of focus in 2/3 of a raid well...i guess that all will get you blacklisted quite soon...
GregoryTheWatcher wrote:
Was I right or wrong?
my opinion? if this pala who went on you was wrong once for using harsh language you were multiple times wrong for all that you did OR didnt do...
ps: i fopund this on a later post of yours...
"Most of the people in this guy's guild are eastern-european, not exactly the "Allakhazamic" crowd, not the regulars at least. I get into this heated private messaging debate"
Yes most ppl in that guild is Greek.so is me.Is this a problem to you? you look donw to us???GM is Greek too...the pala you mentioned is living in UK and he is non-greek.
The heated debate private messaging thing you all started again.i never /w you.you got me online saying all about this thread and GM etc.so please.....drop it and face it like a man.You messed it up (and thats the most polite expression i can use)
As for the looking down to us cause we are "east europeans"...well i m sorry but if this is the way you think you have a real problem and you re a real jerk....
have a nice day
Edited, Thu Dec 22 17:26:14 2005 by Delfgr