"Carl Procter" <c.procter@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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: Begging over ooc or tells seems to be happening more and more to me.
:
: Whilst learning players often handed me pieces of armour or a weapon and
it
: was gratefully received but I never asked for this.
:
: I have recently received tells from players who obviously know how to play
: due to the rapid communication skills (it took me an age to work out all
the
: buttons) these tells are begging for money or equipment - so I give a
little
: why not I don't need horns of beast or a wooden shield these goods are
worth
: little to me now.
:
: But when I think back most of my equipment in the early days was earnt
: through quests or damn hard work and although I have given and still do to
: be honest part of me wants to tell these guys to get lost and earn the
goods
: they want.
:
: Is there a perceived etiquette to this? Is it to be frowned upon?
:
:
:
The only time I give anything away is when I choose to give something away,
and then I will hit a newbie zone and watch awhile before I ask a particular
character if they need equipment. I never OOC. When a beggar hits me up, I
graciously decline to give them any plat or equip, but offer to buff. Most
of the time the beggar is happy with my offer, but a few times I've gotten
"Bah" or some other comment and then I know what kind of player they are.

Drahlien Verlorenherz
Barbarian Shaman