Two-Boxing

[Amelinda]

Originally Posted by obie26 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Unfortunatly i will no longer be logging into P99 due to this rule. The reason i started on this server was to play with a good friend I met back while playing Live. Back then things were different as i had no obligations in life. I dont remember how many times Ive counted 8+ hour grind sessions. As i seen some say they play on top of work, kids, etc. I ask how you do it? Having a 6 month old daughter now, my play times are random at best. Not only that, when (not if) she decides to wake up i must walk away from my computer/group. That said, proper group etiquette is compleatly gone. Find a replacment? Not likely. Piss people off to the point they wont group you anymore? More often than not. Now if i could create a little healer bot, It wouldnt be compleatly pointless to log in for any less that 2-3 hours. Because lets face it if you cant get at least that much time you aint getting xp. I see both sides of the fence however. I understand the rules and would never break them. I started on Live with a computer that could barely run the game so boxing was out of the question. It used to grind my gears when i would see a boxxer that wouldnt group me. BUT. An elitist d*ckhead is still an elitist d*ckhead no matter what! They exsist in every game, and they arent going away. Basically what i found is if they have that mentality, would you really want to group with them anyway? Now after having boxed up to 5 toons on Live I never once turned down a player that found me and asked to join. Key words, found me. I would camp deep knowing that anyone that did find me would more that likely be a quality player. Not because im an elitist d*ckhead, but because a bad player is a liability. Just like in any group. Also if that player happened to be a healer/slower/tank, thats a bonus, less work i had to do. I guess thats where the difference stands, i was always willing to drop toons to add real people to my group. Which is why i dont agree with the no boxxing policy. If i start with a group i will always have a group, where as building a group takes time and effort along with agreement and understanding. I do think a lot of good can come from allowing 1 boxed toon per person for the simple fact that 2 chars alone cant take on what a full group can. Everyone says RL comes first, everyone plays to have fun, why cant i do both?

I'm sorry to hear that you feel this way. When I started on P99 I was the single mother of a barely 3 year old little girl and a 20 month old son. They are not able to care for themselves any better than a 6 month old. In fact they could just climb better and had better fine motor skills to get into trouble. I limited myself to a few hours a night of EQ. I have 3 soloable classes. Bard, Mage, Necro. I never logged in when they were awake.

I did start playing when they were awake at times and you know...I had to walk away from my group occasionally. They almost always understood. One or two people would be miffed out of like 20 that it happened with. but whatever. They could suck it up. My babies are far more important to me than some dumb game. Just like your baby is far more important to you than Everquest. I bet most players would be totally fine with you walking away mid-group to settle her or just logging suddenly due to emergencies. it happens.
PS: To the people worried about ip exemptions, it's coming. real life & other stuff has gotten in the way. also computer problems got in the way. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

just please be patient and do not pm me about them.