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Hi all,
sometime in some games, most with low reward rate like runescape (worst of all), and some others, I see beggars chat: *FREE ST00F plox* and such.
from my part I never give anything for several reasons, but I saw people giving items and cash to them.
what do you think about and do you give anything to random beggars?
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I help them.
By giving them nothing.
Otherwise how will they understand the value of anything?
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I've done that before.
I also sometimes reply with something to the effect of, "So let me get this straight: you spend real-life money to come beg for fake online-game currency?"
If it's just "halp fr33 stuff pl0x" then forget it.
But... if they do a decent RP job of playing it out in-character, thereby contributing to the atmosphere of the setting, I'll give them something.
ive always thought begging really differed according to which game your playing, in games like anarchy online and DAOC a little bit of $$ can really help out a new player where as games like WOW etc. begging is completely pointless.
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Well...in Age of Wushu there is a Beggar's Sect and there is a Begging Profession - I find it to be annoying when on the receiving end. Having to do the begging yourself, when the game allows such a method, was also pretty harsh. Lots of denials and slaps in the face.
Now begging in a game without an actual Begging Profession is incredibly annoying, and I will most likely just ignore the person.
Voted "depends on beggars". If person asks for some stuff, like "I need that Shiny Sword..." - I can craft it just out of the fun. Hve your sword and fight, if you wish.
I met other persons (in Istaria I code-named it "Person A"). Annoying type - "plz plz help me kill as much spiders as u could, plz", "You help me get to Point XYZ", "Craft me that Halberd". I ended in ignoring him and helping only when I thought it was rational. And if we refused - he went almost crying, telling he would go to the very dangerous area and commit (virtual...) suicide here.
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no (i'll tell my reason):
I've found through past experiences that the majority of these "beggars" that I've come across are actually people in game that have alts and or mains that are pretty well off or doing just fine in the game. They roll new characters and beg for gold, credits, etc., just for the hell of it or to pad their pockets.
I made the mistake of helping some of these beggars before and afterward would add them to my friend list to track their advancement, sadly almost all of them never progress passed that level they beg at, never sign on again, or actually delete the character completely.
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From the poll responses, it seems a high effort for low yield "profession".
And yet, the buggers just flood mmo space.
What's going on here?
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Simple.
It's a volume business - like Nigerian Lawyers for dead US GI's needing to put twenty million through YOUR bank account to get it out of the country and giving you a 20% slice of the 'action'.
99.99% of people erase it from their spam folder, the others get fleeced and the spammer makes their money.
The only question for me is how does the time/reward formula work against just going out and earning it...
... one presumes, unless all beggars are retards, that it is favourable towards the begging method, but I do wonder...I mean there is always some muppet who will let the BMW (that's just jumped the 1 mile tailback) cut-in in front of them - therefore making it a dead cert the BMW crowd will keep doing it...
... so these people do exist in numbers...
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In roleplaying I can see it, and if done well I will also give a little for it. But on non-rp servers I just laugh at them and go on my way.
Sometimes I think they are a product of our economy, "you have and I don't so give me some" But that's just me.
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I ignore them.. if they persist I block them.
I really hate it in games.
The worst are the ones that run after you and pm you asking. DIrty Nezzers.