Quote Originally Posted by RuriStone View Post
Fact is if you really were sociable you would be against what OP experienced as well. They were treated badly and rudely and the only people who would want to join in playing with players like that believe they literally have no other choice. It's sad.
Counterpoint: op was politely asked not to join their group run and warned they wouldn't be raised ahead of time. Then took to the forums to complain that they followed through. If it were me i'd let them know I looked at the mechanics ahead of time and ask if they would be cool with me joining if I joined their call for callouts and coordination. If they're cool with it i'd join, if not i'd wait for the next one or find a group running it. Part of being sociable is respecting other people and having sympathy for them because of the insane entry requirements of the content. It may seem like standing up for the little guy is the right thing to do but at the same time, given the evidence presented through the forum post, they made no effort to be sociable. Nor should the behavior of prioritizing one persons experience over a group of 48 peoples experiences normalized. While its rude for one person to buster another person, its also rude to waste 48 other peoples time(including the potential person whose spot they potentially sniped) because they didn't feel like respecting anyone else on that pad. No they don't own the content. But no they don't have to leave a red herring in their group that could potentially waste an hour of prep work.