[jilena]

I want to try to explain the situation omg!!!!

First off some background being that the OP is old. And thus crotchety. Old people are known for this.

So with that and mind... From the perspective of the OP/Old Person:

1.) He thought a nice normal group would be fun, he'd make some exp, have a few laughs, enjoy him some KC.

2.) Once in the group was formed and things started moving along, someone suggested taking the normalcy of the group and shaking it up a bit with the addition of out of group DPS and some changes to the loot rules.

3.) The old person, disliking change of any kind, responded with "In my day we didn't do this silly DPSing outside of the group. We had to walk to our camps uphill and we held them with the proper 6 individuals in our group. And our group contained the perfect trinity of warriors and clerics and enchanters and there was no question of doing it any other way. That's how we always did it and that's how we are going to do this now!"

4.) The TMO members in the group, convinced that the OP had alzheimers or something and would quickly forget his complaints went ahead and told their friends to show up anyway, figuring the old guy would chillax once he realized the benefit he would receive from the TMO members DPSing outside the group!

5.) They did not account for the OP being of sound mind in addition to being crotchety and when the people showed up he raised hell, refused to accept any compromise, and left the group to come here and complain.

6.) The group went on without him only to have all of the TMO help need to abandon them anyway to go fight over pixels. EVERYONE LOSES.

The end.

While this does seem to be poking fun more at the OP, I to some degree sympathize with him. Most days I just want a normal exp group, I don't want people DPSing outside the group, I don't want random pullers "helping" out, I just want to play the game and relax. In a perfect situation the extra DPS and higher level monk pulling would probably equate to more EXP for me, but I have had enough of those types of situations go sour and/or just be utter fail, that I would personally rather not deal with any of it.

I probably wouldn't complain if most of the group was okay with it, and I would definitely not cry it up in RnF. It doesn't matter in the end all that much because it's just a game and whatever happens to my character isn't going to make me lose sleep at night. I'm just saying were the situation 100% my decision I'd rather not deal with the nonsense involved.

That said, the OP should have just left and went about his biz. This thread, while entertaining, really served no purpose beyond losing him credibility. Shit doesn't always go the way you want it to, but you always have the choice to move on and not let it get to you. *shrug*