You should get a mapping achievement for visiting GM gaol.

Bonus points if you can have some extra time to gpose there.

No, i dont think they will.

thats an achievement i'll never get

Then you end up with idiots doing stupid stuff just to get pulled into the gaol so they can get the achievement.

I'm only behind the idea if the achievement includes a permanent account ban for a reward.

Don't take it too seriously, I guess you could vet people for content if such a thing would exist but they are probably punished enough already.

Irony is a past Rising event many years ago had players actually go to an instance of the GM Gaol (Mordion) legitimately as part of the event (and met the Wandering Minstrel in there who was also imprisoned there - it's a long story) - and it had all the restrictions of the actual Mordion (communication other than say was disabled, you couldn't use teleport/return while there, abilities and items were also disabled.).

Alas there was no achievement specifically for visiting it, but getting the achievement for completing that event quest sort of qualifies by default. :D

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Irony is a past Rising event had players actually go to an instance of the GM Gaol (Mordion) legitimately as part of the event (and met the Wandering Minstrel in there who was also imprisoned there - it's a long story) - and it had all the restrictions of the actual Mordion (communication other than say was disabled, you couldn't use teleport/return while there, abilities and items were also disabled.)

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The gaol restrictions did not actually apply (The minstrel even says the enchantments in the cell should already have worn off). When you enter the real gaol, your UI is disabled for everything but the chatbox, where only Say chat is available. If you log out/disconnect in the real gaol, the support desk is automatically opened for you when you relogin. In the event gaol, you had your full HUD and there were no chat restriction.

The chat restriction in the real gaol weren't even actually functional until SHB or late SB, you could simply use hotkeys to use other chat channels just fine.

https://youtu.be/SE5Z_jQ4888?t=167 A random video on youtube

Alternatively, for those of us who are likely never to see that, put a "Wall of Shame" on the lodestone with a mugshot of all the people who get sent there.

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The gaol restrictions did not actually apply (The minstrel even says the enchantments in the cell should already have worn off). When you enter the real gaol, your UI is disabled for everything but the chatbox, where only Say chat is available. If you log out/disconnect in the real gaol, the support desk is automatically opened for you when you relogin. In the event gaol, you had your full HUD and there were no chat restriction.

The chat restriction in the real gaol weren't even actually functional until SHB or late SB, you could simply use hotkeys to use other chat channels just fine.

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Oh! Thank you for that clarification, the event was so long ago I couldn't remember clearly, and as I have never actually experienced the real Mordion personally (I've never had to call a GM or interacted with one, and I'm a good law-abiding kitty! :D) so I relied on my terrible memory and second-hand info about it, which, is rarely completely right.

Either way, thank you again for clarifying that for me! :D

The fun part is that anybody with public achivements, you could easily check to see if they had been there, and then never interact with them if you can help it.

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I have never actually experienced the real Mordion personally

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Neither have I, but there's been plenty of less fortunate souls posting their Ls on youtube. :P It was only until a few years ago when videos appeared where the chat features were actually restricted.

Never get Gaoled.
But if I do, i'll perform a one big mandervile dance in front of GM.

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Then you end up with idiots doing stupid stuff just to get pulled into the gaol so they can get the achievement.

I'm only behind the idea if the achievement includes a permanent account ban for a reward.

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And when there are too many idiots it will only encourage square to go the blizzard route, which is to replace support with bots...

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Irony is a past Rising event many years ago had players actually go to an instance of the GM Gaol (Mordion) legitimately as part of the event (and met the Wandering Minstrel in there who was also imprisoned there - it's a long story) - and it had all the restrictions of the actual Mordion (communication other than say was disabled, you couldn't use teleport/return while there, abilities and items were also disabled.).

Alas there was no achievement specifically for visiting it, but getting the achievement for completing that event quest sort of qualifies by default. :D

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I remember that! Wasn't that the one with the old-school DOOM type of segment?

I think, to give the GMs a little pleasure, anyone pulled into Gaol for more than a caution should be required to 1 on 1 PvP under double or nothing rules.

But, to make it fun for everyone, all such fights can be queued and held weekly in the BLU arena with public access.

I assume "GM" must stand for "Geological Monster," in which case I have been in that gaol plenty while fighting Titan. It's no biggie, other players can just break you out.

The real achievement is breaking out of Horny Gaol. There are some prisons one can never escape from...