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[Dfoley]

What kills me is the naming policy.

Why are names like:
Fagut
omgwtfismyname
dimebag

Allowed? Just because you got to 90 doesn't mean the name is okay and shouldnt be changed, I reported all 3 of those names on my server and a GM told me "I dont see what the problem is with a name like Fagut".

Really? Nothing comes to mind?

[Babygyrl]

What kills me is the naming policy.

Why are names like:
Fagut
omgwtfismyname
dimebag

Allowed? Just because you got to 90 doesn't mean the name is okay and shouldnt be changed, I reported all 3 of those names on my server and a GM told me "I dont see what the problem is with a name like Fagut".

Really? Nothing comes to mind?

yea there are some names out there that go right over GM's heads i think..

my only issue with GM's is a lot of the time i dont feel like im talking to a real person i feel like im talking to a robot/computer program, I mean i work in customer service and i know there are scripts you gotta follow but still, at least breath some life into it!!

What would be cool/neat to see is in stead of GM's always being invisable they should always have a presence like just see them afking in town, or watching a dyna run or hanging around in aby.. then maybe will feel like the GMS care more.. lol

[Rambus]

Apparently I'm one of the few people that has had nothing but good experiences with GMs.

There was one time my LS and I were in Abyssea - Altepa, doing a pt on the dolls. Now, since it's LS only, we don't do the typical setup for an alliance exp session. It changes from week to week depending on who isn't leeching and their jobs (we rotate). This particular week we were doing BLM Nuke-ga's. One of the BLMs would gather 5 dolls, sleepgs and the other two would join the first BLM and we'd Firaja, simple enough. Well, this new group comes in, and their WHM decides to start casting Diaga on the slept mobs, often getting claim, but we would keep hate (he tried to time it to land right after a Firaja barrage most of the time so his group had less work to do to kill them).

Now, we all know that yellow mobs are fair game - at least by the games rules. And none of us were dying because we know how to keep ourselves buffed, time cures, etc. But it was stupidly annoying. Now, two of us called a GM. My buddy got a response first, and he explained the situation. Normally, you'd expect a GM to advise us to just move, or advise the other group to just move, or at worst say that yellow mobs are fair game and he can't do anything. The GM popped himself in between our two groups and stayed there for a few seconds - probably to scare the douche WHM or some such (which I thought was cool). The WHM didn't care and kept doing it.

Well, The GM immediately jailed the guy. It was approximately 30 minutes before the guy was released to his homepoint. While he was in jail, one of his ally members was shouting for the GM to release him. Annoying at first, but then he started making threats to the GM. That guy got jailed too, and to my knowledge, nobody even called a GM on him.

Anyway, the original guy was technically working within game mechanics, but the GM still took care of it regardless. Which I thought was pretty damn spiffy.

that is another good point, there is no damn consistency!

I had people do worse things to me then that and I had to sit there and take mob is yellow mob is fair game line.

This is something I would like cleared up, what are the exact rules and who do we report to when one is not doing ther job properly? I had one friend do /random spam at KA camp, he was teleported to jail ( in pt you see the zone name) but the next guy nothing is done, there is no consistency.

as far as names why does wow have in thier ToS that is anti stupid naming but not in ffxi?

like i find it fun seeing names like Wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and Orzorzorzorzorzorz

how is that RP with names like that?

[Laraul]

ToS states that one party pays a fee for service the other party thus provides. At anytime for any reason either party may terminate the agreement, i.e. reason is not necessarily needed.

GMs are not Judge, Jury, and executioner. Remember that.

[Greatguardian]

ToS states that one party pays a fee for service the other party thus provides. At anytime for any reason either party may terminate the agreement, i.e. reason is not necessarily needed.

GMs are not Judge, Jury, and executioner. Remember that.

What about [GM]Dredd?

[Fiarlia]

What about [GM]Dredd?

Laugh out loud.

[Starcade]

The question is simple:

Does Square-Enix have an active interest in enforcing the rules, even if doing so probably means the meaningful end of FFXI?

With the number of cheating idiots who use Windower and hack and grief and Astral Burn and all that kind of stuff, one has to wonder just WHAT SIDE SQUARE-ENIX IS ON???

[Starcade]

ToS states that one party pays a fee for service the other party thus provides. At anytime for any reason either party may terminate the agreement, i.e. reason is not necessarily needed.

GMs are not Judge, Jury, and executioner. Remember that.

Actually, they are Judge, Jury, and Executioner -- and for the very reason you just stated. The STF usually takes on more meta-violation kind of stuff.

[Starcade]

What kills me is the naming policy.

Why are names like:
Fagut
omgwtfismyname
dimebag

Allowed? Just because you got to 90 doesn't mean the name is okay and shouldnt be changed, I reported all 3 of those names on my server and a GM told me "I dont see what the problem is with a name like Fagut".

Really? Nothing comes to mind?

Because these people are griefing pieces of crap. Very common in the American sphere of gaming.

[Tohihroyu]

What kills me is the naming policy.

Why are names like:
Fagut
omgwtfismyname
dimebag

Allowed? Just because you got to 90 doesn't mean the name is okay and shouldnt be changed, I reported all 3 of those names on my server and a GM told me "I dont see what the problem is with a name like Fagut".

Really? Nothing comes to mind?

I seen Tarutaru named stuff like smallballz, tarukoc & no ban for them...see a Galka named Dckinabox...less then 5 mins later ban't...if it was a Tarutaru with that name they probably wouldn't have been banned ._.

I haven't done many GM calls and out of the few 1 was seeing obvious bots (tarutarus & a galka in starter gear casting spells at random, think the Crawlers Nest ones, I got an automated message telling me to report it to STF.

The GM's I have talked to seemed decent, I remember one I talked to about Astral Flow Burns (It was lagging the crap out of my computer) he or she wais not only would they look into it but find out if they used 3rd party tools...but only a few of them got banned I think.