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[cd288]

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

I did post a thread on the ban forum there last night. I don't know what /q o-o-o-p-s means and I've never really been active on any forums most of my life. This is my only character and I'm really not whatever you are making me out to be. I'm just a 35yr old dude who wanted to play EQ again for most likely the same reasons as everyone else here. I really meant no harm, and did actively try to seek him/her out EVERYTIME i was online. I was never active on forums and I just log in to play and contribute in the ways I can through being an active player.

You guys are burning down the wrong guy on this one, this sucks.

Could also have a temp ban due to a character name. What's your char's name?

[Encroaching Death]

Alright, so there are a few red flags here:

1) You went AFK for a long time with another player's items on you without warning them.

2) You don't remember his name, but you were close enough that he lent you the item and I assume he spammed you with tells while you were AFK.

3) He was online long enough to petition about you but he wasn't online when you got back?

Something seems off here...

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[Airplanethemonk]

I'm still in the same zone, have never left. I again start by shouting, /friends, and /petitioning for a GM to take this item from me. I have yet to see him again, and it is a sad state of the community to meme on me for this. I guess it is now my responsibility to spend my entire P99 career trying to get an FBSS back to someone who has seemingly little to no overlap with my playtime, or a friends group large enough to let him know. I'm just a guy who played EQ back in the day like you, and was glad to find a way to do that again. I had just had my first group after grinding solo in Kunark. I'm sorry that is troll bait to you.

[Airplanethemonk]

I was not close with this person at all. He was in my group and I was doing my job well and he just seemed nice and prolly wanted me to be able to do more DPS. I remember being surprised he had one because he was a caster but said he was cleaning off his monk. I friended him after he traded it to me. I exclaimed how amazed I was. That was it. I'm really hoping that it was his name on my friends list, but I cannot be 100%.

I went AFK for a long time, that is the nature of playing in my 30s and not in my teens. Sometimes things take a while. In this case, it was pulling ribs out of the smoker and going to feed my dogs. I think I got sidetracked and went to bed, and continued my work schedule. I forgot about p99 for I think like two days, logged in the whole time. Didn't even know that was possible, but I remember coming back and being amazed the game was still on. I immediately began trying to contact my former group to track him down.

Maybe bad shit has happened to people in this forum a lot, and I understand having that perspective. But occasionally people aren't pieces of shit. I have nothing to gain here by telling this, as a GM unbanned me. If anything, you may have something to gain knowing that not everyone is guilty. Sometimes mistakes are made. This was one, and I am still trying to do what I can to make it right.

[Kich867]

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

I was not close with this person at all. He was in my group and I was doing my job well and he just seemed nice and prolly wanted me to be able to do more DPS. I remember being surprised he had one because he was a caster but said he was cleaning off his monk. I friended him after he traded it to me. I exclaimed how amazed I was. That was it. I'm really hoping that it was his name on my friends list, but I cannot be 100%.

I went AFK for a long time, that is the nature of playing in my 30s and not in my teens. Sometimes things take a while. In this case, it was pulling ribs out of the smoker and going to feed my dogs. I think I got sidetracked and went to bed, and continued my work schedule. I forgot about p99 for I think like two days, logged in the whole time. Didn't even know that was possible, but I remember coming back and being amazed the game was still on. I immediately began trying to contact my former group to track him down.

Maybe bad shit has happened to people in this forum a lot, and I understand having that perspective. But occasionally people aren't pieces of shit. I have nothing to gain here by telling this, as a GM unbanned me. If anything, you may have something to gain knowing that not everyone is guilty. Sometimes mistakes are made. This was one, and I am still trying to do what I can to make it right.

Regardless of whatever, if you want to go figure out who they are, just...go look it up? EQ saves literally all of your logs, it'll have timestamps of every line of text you've seen in the game.

Go to your p99 install directory, logs, character name log file, search for "flowing black silk sash" since it shows up when they put it in the trade window, and you'll know exactly who gave it to you.

[cd288]

Anyone who thinks this dude is an intentional scammer or a thief is a moron. Scammers aren't coming to the discussion forum to make this post. They're taking the item and rolling out and usually just eat the ban if they get one.

GM ain't unbanning him if he stole something, so the fact that they unbanned him is proof enough

[Airplanethemonk]

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

That's exactly what I was thinking. Typical entitled thief. I'm so sorry, now that I'm banned.... But did you make a thread before you were forcibly removed from the server? No.

Sad the levels people like you go through to steal from someone who was trying to help you. Maybe try to reroll and don't be a scumbag this time.

holy what?!? jesus man

[Airplanethemonk]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regardless of whatever, if you want to go figure out who they are, just...go look it up? EQ saves literally all of your logs, it'll have timestamps of every line of text you've seen in the game.

Go to your p99 install directory, logs, character name log file, search for "flowing black silk sash" since it shows up when they put it in the trade window, and you'll know exactly who gave it to you.

I just tried this but the only thing in there is a file named dbg.txt and it is not very long. I don't see any text even from the group I was just in an hour ago. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Honestly these forums are cruel, all I've wanted to do is whatever I can to do the right thing and I am just being shit on for it. This is awful, and probably why I was never really into forums before. Goddamnit why

[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyone who thinks this dude is an intentional scammer or a thief is a moron. Scammers aren't coming to the discussion forum to make this post. They're taking the item and rolling out and usually just eat the ban if they get one.

GM ain't unbanning him if he stole something, so the fact that they unbanned him is proof enough

Seriously?

There are like 4-6 of these style of posts here a day, which is why the guy is getting such a hard time.

[Kich867]

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

I just tried this but the only thing in there is a file named dbg.txt and it is not very long. I don't see any text even from the group I was just in an hour ago. Maybe I'm doing something wrong. Honestly these forums are cruel, all I've wanted to do is whatever I can to do the right thing and I am just being shit on for it. This is awful, and probably why I was never really into forums before. Goddamnit why

I didn't think you needed to enable them, I don't ever recall updating my .ini file to start logging.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Logfiles

But maybe you do.

And people are being mean to you because this is every single "I got banned and I don't know why" post ever. It sounds like you've already been unbanned though. People here can't help you get unbanned so posts like this are pointless, just communicate to the GM's and they'll sort it out.

From their perspective: you took a valuable item from someone and did not return it, it's pretty irresponsible to take something like an FBSS and then just go AFK without returning it first, you somehow don't even have logs to demonstrate what happened, and you got banned probably for this event. Instead of being upset at them, you should understand what it looks like and acknowledge its incredibly suspect.

Good luck finding whoever gave it to you, though!