"Porting for donations"...a little selfish?

[Telin]

If you can afford it, you should pay for their time and services. It's just economic sense to me. That's why I add donations are accepted but not required. If I know someone could afford to pay and they don't i do get a little annoyed. One time I sarcastically thanked someone for their nonpayment and they ran back and paid embarassed to have forgotten.

[Atmas]

As a guy who played a wiz I always donate for ports.

If you don't want to tip someone for their time, don't take the ride. I imagine anyone who announces porting for donations is trying to make some money.

[Jingleson]

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

As a guy who played a wiz I always donate for ports.

If you don't want to tip someone for their time, don't take the ride. I imagine anyone who announces porting for donations is trying to make some money.

Then they should say something like "donations appreciated but never required." Not "must donate or no port."

[susvain0362]

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

Now I realize it's common courtesy to tip someone for buffs, revives, and ports. I always tip when I ask for any of these services (what I can afford, anyway), but the point is that it's technically a free service from most people and clients don't HAVE to tip if they don't want to. It's extremely petty and tacky, but they don't have to.

But I've run into a few people now that say things like "Porting for donations, at least 25pp" or "Will buff for tips." which gives the impression that they won't port you or buff you unless you give them a donation, turning a complimentary service into a paid one. I've even seen a few cases where newbies have been turned down for buffs or ports after asking politely for one, and I get the feeling it was because the people they were asking knew that they were broke and likely wouldn't have money for a donation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for tipping someone who spends their time and mana to help you out, I always tip when I can, but when did donations turn into a MANDATORY thing? When did people start acting like "no donation? no port."?

Did you really see a noobie get turned down because they couldnt tip enough? Idk how you could see that going down. Maybe you fibbing about that.

Anyway, its your choice if you want to buy a port from the guy. If a guy is advertising his services and stating there is a payment then it is your choice to do it or not. Dont complain and make a thread about it. Its their choice, why should you get a say in it?

Also, the guy is probably using this as his primary way to farm money. Who wants to spend a couple hours porting and buffing and only make 500p? If someone is gonna spend their time doing this they want to make sure its worth their while

[Bardalicious]

ITT: People acting self-important as if the world, and the time of other players, should revolve around them for free.

[Furniture]

its funny that the guy is trying to act like porters/buffers are the assholes when hes the one who pays 1000cp for ports because they said "buffing/porting for donations" and then makes this thread about them

[susvain0362]

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

its funny that the guy is trying to act like porters/buffers are the assholes when hes the one who pays 1000cp for ports because they said "buffing/porting for donations" and then makes this thread about them

LOL. The OP did that? What a douche bag lmao.

[Jingleson]

Originally Posted by susvain0362 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

LOL. The OP did that? What a douche bag lmao.

If someone wants to make donations MANDATORY for their ports or buffs, they get 1cp from me. If someone says "donations appreciated, but never required" I happily give them 25-50pp.

[apio]

cant believe how many people went for this obv trollbait.

just goes to show, after a while the dumbness of TMO will rub off on the server

[Triangle]

As someone who has never played a porting class:

I wouldn't dream of expecting, let alone asking, for a free port from someone I didn't know. I always tip well. Even when I was poor I tipped at least 40pp for a port. You are getting great value for that small amount of plat, sometimes saving you 20-30 minutes worth of running. Hell if its x-continent then it can save you upwards of an hour of your time!

You are also tying up someone else's time, so it seems normal that some incentive would be necessary for them to bother with you - hell, most of the time when I am in game I am not dilly daddling around looking for people to waste my time, but scheming to take over the world of course!

People complaining about some druid trying to make a meager 25pp porting your sorry ass around need to get fucked =P.