So I got kicked from my FC for...

This is just the most ridiculous thing. I got ninja'd an invite for a mid-size FC a couple of days ago, accepted on whim, went up the 'ranks' for being active, helpful, and contributing a load to the Hunt Linkshell they had going. Thought I'd found my dream team. Today I got kicked for using an emoticon. Yes. That's right. I added a friendly little 'xD' on the end of a help message to a new player and sh*t hit the fan. I got kicked from the Linkshell, demoted to the 'fools' rank they'd created just to house me, and then got kicked altogether after a few others in the FC reacted in my defence. So that's my story. Anybody else had any drama in FCs they want to share?

There must be more to the story.

Now you know what they are really like I guess. Consider what happened convenient, now you can look for a less retarded FC.

I would really like to get the entire story anyways.

Wow that is super lame and you are better off without them

If that is the reason they gave you it sounds like total bull. I doubt that is the main reason they kicked you, just their flimsy excuse. Did you ever ask any of them why? I'm sure some of them have to be on your friends list. And what happened to the people you said defended you? Were they kicked as well?

In my opinion, any FC with a "fools rank", used to give players a hard time, whether as a joke or not, is not a good FC to start with; no harm meant by that though. Because, how are you supposed to know what will make the leader, or any officers with the ability to promote or demote people, decide to give you that rank. They might take offense to something, which while understandable for somethings, may not be warrented, especially if they don't get the whole conversation.

The only acceptable rank, in my eyes, is an AFK one, for those member who have been gone for an extended amount of time.

There is more to the story: Apparently "no emoticons" was a rule I wasn't aware of, and when I tried to explain that I didn't expect there to even be a rule like that, I got put in the fools' rank. And yeah, the other people got kicked too, and not because they came to my defence, but because they decided to use emoticons as well. I was more incredulous than mad! Not like I gave them a real reason to kick me... Ah well, a few friends I did make on there are going to start up a small FC. Am I the only one whose had drama? I expect people to throw their toys out of the pram in dungeons and raids, but over emoticons is just... It's just laughable. Anyway guys, thanks for the replies. I feel better for a vent. :p (Hope nobody minds the tongue face.)

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Originally Posted by Finnyh

There is more to the story: Apparently "no emoticons" was a rule I wasn't aware of,

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Yech! >.> Sounds like those people don't need to be running around throwing out blind fc invites. Especially if they feel it's okay to outright harass and bully people for not following rules they had no clue of. I'd just blist the whole group honestly, and join your friends' fc.

Several months ago, I stumbled on an fc or ls ad somewhere out there (can't remember where or which it was for now) that stated somewhere in the middle of their long-winded discription of their fc/ls that if your character name was LOTR-related, their group was Not for you! :P So yeah, every once in a while you can come across people who are uptight about the oddest things.

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Originally Posted by Sakuraluna

Yech! >.> Sounds like those people don't need to be running around throwing out blind fc invites. Especially if they feel it's okay to outright harass and bully people for not following rules they had no clue of. I'd just blist the whole group honestly, and join your friends' fc.

Several months ago, I stumbled on an fc or ls ad somewhere out there (can't remember where or which it was for now) that stated somewhere in the middle of their long-winded discription of their fc/ls that if your character name was LOTR-related, their group was Not for you! :P So yeah, every once in a while you can come across people who are uptight about the oddest things.

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yea, it's called assholes. Plain & simple.. people are like that now-a-days. lol

Wait there is no emoticons allowed? XD I would have spammed them with emoticons out of principle.

And then you would have been kicked as well.

A group set a rule that applies for its members. If you dont approve it or find it dumb then dont join the said group.

This is simple as that. Same as with the ToS for example.

Well, to each his own..
I'd personally prefer not to invite any Kiritos into my FC either.. Or any overtly Japanese names for that matter, just seems too fanboyish..

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Originally Posted by Ultear_Milkovich

And then you would have been kicked as well.

A group set a rule that applies for its members. If you dont approve it or find it dumb then dont join the said group.

This is simple as that. Same as with the ToS for example.

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According to the OP though, the group then went around blind-inviting members apparently without going over said rules with them. So if the new members aren't informed, do those rules still stand? Because tbh if I was in such an fc and watched this behavior toward someone else, I most probably wouldn't want to continue to be in that fc whether or not i chose to troll them until kicked or leave on my own.

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Originally Posted by Sakuraluna

According to the OP though, the group then went around blind-inviting members apparently without going over said rules with them. So if the new members aren't informed, do those rules still stand? Because tbh if I was in such an fc and watched this behavior toward someone else, I most probably wouldn't want to continue to be in that fc whether or not i chose to troll them until kicked or leave on my own.

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Agree , agree but hey we dont even know if he has been told about the FC rules.

Like "hey have an invite but please read about us in our website before joining" this kind of stuff. Or maybe a login prompt displaying "check & respect the FC rules - have a nice day in Eorzea".

As already said we got only one side of the story so far

sounds like they did you a favor. I wouldnt want to be a part of that type of toxic community.

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Originally Posted by Ultear_Milkovich

Agree , agree but hey we dont even know if he has been told about the FC rules.

Like "hey have an invite but please read about us in our website before joining" this kind of stuff. Or maybe a login prompt displaying "check & respect the FC rules - have a nice day in Eorzea".

As already said we got only one side of the story so far

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True, though the OP did say that they weren't aware of the rule until after the drama. But it is possible that the person inviting could have tried to link them to information about the fc that the OP just didn't bother to read. Still, I think that if the group were that uptight about any certain thing, that it should have been stated directly to the op so there was no room for error.

On the other hand, there's also no way to know how the OP reacted immediately after the emoticon that might have contributed to their behavior, but I do have to say that if it was me in a leadership position, that I would have sooner kicked the troublemaker before singling them out in such a harassing and bullying way, just because it would have solved things quicker with less drama and stress for everyone involved.

It's a piece of shi- FC trying to amuse themselves with adventurers. People defending this type of FC are in the same toxic part of the community, be glad you're gone. The twelve have cured you from cancer!

TBH your better without them they crazy if they have a rule that you can't use a dam :) or XD in there FC. I would just laugh at them and leave before they could even kick me.

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Originally Posted by Finnyh

I feel better for a vent. :p (Hope nobody minds the tongue face.)

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Why vent? You should be celebrating to be removed from that band of morons.

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Originally Posted by Finnyh

This is just the most ridiculous thing. I got ninja'd an invite for a mid-size FC a couple of days ago, accepted on whim

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That was your first mistake. Never join "ninja invite"'s.

If don't know them, haven't partied with them at all, and haven't been helped/helping them at all, there is no reason to join.

I've been through enough guild drama's in the last 3 MMO games I played, that I'm hellbent on not joining any FC in FFXIV unless I regularly party with them.

That said, any FC that does this kind of thing is probably full of people of random quality. (In one game I was in the "top" guild on the server, and there was absolutely no end to people wanting in... so again, any FC that spams invites, is desperate and probably trouble.) If the FC has such a high churn rate that they spam invites to keep their ranks up, it's probably a lost cause.

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Originally Posted by Finnyh

... Ah well, a few friends I did make on there are going to start up a small FC....

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By the way why this new FC has a name that admits "the fools' rank"...?? ^^;

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Originally Posted by Finnyh

I got ninja'd an invite for a mid-size FC a couple of days ago, accepted

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There's you're problem, you accepted a blind invite. In all my years playing MMOs I have never once seen a positive experience come from a blind invite to anything. Just stay away. Stay. Away.