What's the deal with all the "Donating" for ports?

[Tallenn]

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

Just curious, are you a level 50 cleric that's never anon? If not then please don't act high and mighty. If I took "just 10 minutes out of my day" to help everyone who asked I would never get a single thing done in this game. Ever. You are correct they are paying for my time. And my time is not for sale every second I am logged into the game. *shrug*

If you ask why I am anon, the answer is simple. Every time I want to farm something, and I type /who all zone, and then run there thinking there are lots of free camps just waiting to be plundered, only to find the whole zone filled with anons, I wanna stab someone in the dick. So I do everyone the courtesy of not being one of those people.

I'm so nice.

I think this is something a lot of people tend to overlook. Sometimes (often, actually) it's not a matter of how much money you're willing to give me (or whoever) to help you out with a port, rez, or whatever. For example, when I'm experiencing, I'm unlikely to respond even to a promise of a couple hundred plat for a port. Others might feel differently, but I get comfortable in what I'm doing, and I just don't want to leave until I'm ready to leave.

I don't speak for every porter, but for me, porting for donations is something I do to help people out, and if I'm lucky, make a little side cash. I've never made all that much from it, because I can never stand doing it for very long- it's boring. Therefore, most of the time, my time simply isn't for sale.