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What's the biggest jerk thing you've ever done in a video game to another person.
Cryomatrix
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Well,
I used to backstab in starcraft 1 on comp stomps, it was friggin hilarious. I also used to PK actively in Diablo 2 HC USeast with no hacks. I'd go in with low characters lvl 13-17 and try to take out higher level players, up to lvl 40 or so.
Now when I play, I don't do any of that stuff, I feel kind of bad. I also never lie, cheat, break my word, or steal from other players ever. If you ask me to hold your in-game item that is literally worth $1,000 USD, I'd give it back without a problem. Even if you trusted me to hold your lottery ticket, I'd hold it for you and give it back.
But yeah, back in 1999-2003 i'd backstab in SC1 and PK in diablo 2.
Cryomatrix
I used to backstab in starcraft 1 on comp stomps, it was friggin hilarious. I also used to PK actively in Diablo 2 HC USeast with no hacks. I'd go in with low characters lvl 13-17 and try to take out higher level players, up to lvl 40 or so.
Now when I play, I don't do any of that stuff, I feel kind of bad. I also never lie, cheat, break my word, or steal from other players ever. If you ask me to hold your in-game item that is literally worth $1,000 USD, I'd give it back without a problem. Even if you trusted me to hold your lottery ticket, I'd hold it for you and give it back.
But yeah, back in 1999-2003 i'd backstab in SC1 and PK in diablo 2.
Cryomatrix
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I used to do more stuff like show new players around and give out money and gear.
I'm just not wired that way.
Cool you could take out higher level players in Diablo!
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This was the legit post I made when I was a kid back then
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=osmethne
It made it to the urban dictionary rofl
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I do that stuff too, but my jerk ways ended about 15 years ago.
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I WOULD UNLOAD ON THEM. I would beat 'em down until they had 1-5% health left and then chase them around the entire zone. Haha. They must have thought the agro-range was insane.
I'm laughing now just thinking about it. Sigh. The glory days.
Well, maybe not - because I'm also a bit selfish in that I rarely go out of my way to help new players. I just don't have the patience for it.
That said, I don't ever do anything to annoy others that don't ask for it - at least not on purpose.
Except for one specific time that I'll never forget.
It was during the early WoW days - where PvP didn't have an honor system, and it was pretty much just random open world encounters.
Well, one day - my girlfriend at the time and myself were playing - just going about our business questing and what not.
For whatever reason, some gank team had decided we were their targets for the day. So, we were ganked several times - and I remember being particularly annoyed, because I was very focused on getting to the next level for a specific reward (or ability - I forget).
Anyway, after being ganked a number of times - we had to relocate and go do something else, abandoning our current quest progress.
So, we summoned our mounts and started riding towards Ashenvale (IIRC).
Soon after arriving, I spotted a lone Horde low-level character coming towards us, heading in the opposite direction (probably a fresh noob from the Barrens on some hopelessly long quest) - and I was still really frustrated and pissed from being ganked just moments before.
So, naturally, I dismounted and proceeded to start slaughtering the poor guy - with my nostrils flaring.
Now, that's not unusual - or even particularly nasty.
But, the thing that stood out about that moment - for me - is that, just before I delivered the final blow - he actually emoted that he was literally begging me to stop killing him!
My girlfriend was pretty shocked and tried to stop me from executing him.
At any other time during my WoW era - I would have immediately stopped what I was doing and spared him - but I was so angry about the ganking that I went completely against my instincts and nature to be a kind player.
I felt really, really bad afterwards. I'm not kidding!
From that moment on, I learned never to let my rage over being ganked impact my normal peaceful style of playing
If someone would pk me and cut up my armor on Ultima Online, I would do the same to others.
If someone used a specific build/character to unfairly kill me on Lineage 1, I would create the same character (final burn dark elf).
It was mostly for in-game profit. I wouldn't waste my time just to make someone else's day pointlessly bad. Cutting up armor would also teach those players to stay out of my territory. But being greedy isn't much better, I suppose.
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Maybe it was a vanquishing spear... but that would be giving you the benefit of the doubt no wouldnt it.
Stole a few houses, sold one on ebay. Used a friends house to scam a few hundred thousand gold from a group of people, spent most of my days stealing magic weapons, rares, boat keys, black dye tubs from dungeoneer's banking at Ocllo (Great Lakes, represent). I regret most of it, but playing a thief was pretty fun when I was young and had no morals.
"This is life! We suffer and slave and expire. That's it!" -Bernard Black (Dylan Moran)
They were unique games, since they were text based - you could blind people (they can't see any text that described anything around, or perform actions that involved sight. You could mute people - they couldn't type anything in a chat channel. Etc. etc. etc.
I used to go around on a PK MUD and cast my spell "cocktail" as a mage that would blind, mute, weaken, curse (makes it impossible to teleport, or be teleport-saved by friends), sleep and Plague. If they failed to resist at least half of those, they were mine to toy with.
At the very least, that combination would weaken them to the point of dropping their weapons... which I then took for myself.
If they forgot to set their characters up properly (in game options menu), I could even Charm Person, them, and force them to unequip themselves, drop their gear and follow me around naked. Of course, I looted everything they dropped.
You could also join guilds, fire all the officers, and take over the leadership for yourself, doing the Charm Person tactic. *whistles innocently*
We often forget that there are people out there,struggling every single day in life,some. can barely pay the bills,we just assume seeing people in games means they are all well off,ok doing great,but not the case.We should be more careful how we treat people,we only have one life on this planet and will soon be gone before we know it.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
In SWG I was an Entertainer in a cantina with a few others jamming out collecting tips. This newbie runs in and starts harassing people. SO I ask him to stop. He doesn't.
I finally send a Duel request. And perhaps he didn't know what was going on but it accepted.
I immediately sick my Probe Droid on him. I can't remember if it was around the time pets were OP or not but it dropped him fast. He got up eventually and I did it again. And again and again. He ran outside yelling Stop. I chased him and dropped him a few more times. I did this for as long as I could because at this point I was having fun.
He logged out eventually.