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What grinds your gears?
Cerberus.Jiko
サーバ: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1741
By Cerberus.Jiko 2009-02-24 07:09:14
Ugh. Originality ftw >.>
サーバ: Siren
Game: FFXI
Posts: 10387
By Siren.Enternius 2009-02-24 07:10:28
The only thing worse than an overused name is a name with the X at the beginning and the end. It's like everywhere, or some combination of xX, oO, or IXI at the beginning and end.
サーバ: Garuda
Game: FFXI
Posts: 13
By Garuda.Darkfurycult 2009-02-24 07:28:08
many things grind my gears but just like many other ppl number 1 thing is ppl lfp and nt responding
Carbuncle.Corrderio
サーバ: Carbuncle
Game: FFXI
Posts: 178
By Carbuncle.Corrderio 2009-02-24 11:58:48
Here's another: People that have a /p line in every macro they got.
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サーバ: Odin
Game: FFXI
Posts: 6473
By Odin.Blazza 2009-02-24 12:07:15
Corrderio said: Here's another: People that have a /p line in every macro they got. /s and /em are much much worse. Although /dance4 motion in my friends ballad macro amuses me.
サーバ: Odin
Game: FFXI
Posts: 6473
By Odin.Blazza 2009-02-24 12:07:49
Blazza said: Corrderio said: Here's another: People that have a /p line in every macro they got. /s and /em are much much worse. Although /dance4 motion in my friends ballad macro amuses me. lol /s and /em <_<
サーバ: Fairy
Game: FFXI
Posts: 5645
By Fairy.Xxnumbertwoxx 2009-02-24 12:15:40
Corrderio said: Here's another: People that have a /p line in every macro they got. Ya, seriously...and to all the Monks out there: We don't need to be informed every time you Boost, nobody cares.
Midgardsormr.Frobeus
サーバ: Midgardsormr
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1498
By Midgardsormr.Frobeus 2009-02-24 12:18:46
Xxnumbertwoxx said: Corrderio said: Here's another: People that have a /p line in every macro they got. Ya, seriously...and to all the Monks out there: We don't need to be informed every time you Boost, nobody cares. Or utsusemi casts >.>
Carbuncle.Corrderio
サーバ: Carbuncle
Game: FFXI
Posts: 178
By Carbuncle.Corrderio 2009-02-24 12:20:12
Don't get me started on utsuemi casting, I swear to god if I see "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!!!!" again there will be hell.
サーバ: Carbuncle
Game: FFXI
Posts: 80
By Carbuncle.Nightmarelord 2009-02-24 12:30:37
Gimps who cause drama and ***between friends over "nms"
i mean, if u dont even have 18 people in ur ls to kill a mob, why cause drama?
not to mention the little things, but people and their stupidity in this game "grinds my gears"
Ifrit.Haseyo
サーバ: Ifrit
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1755
By Ifrit.Haseyo 2009-02-24 12:51:40
Only time I don't mind is when two tanks Nin or /Nin are dual tanking and need to know when each others' shadows are down.
Out of all the annoying emotes for a job, the worst is those Smns.
/s "Goddess of the Wind, come to me and assist my friends in battle!" /s "You have done well, return to the heavens from where you came from."
Only exception I will make is:
/s "I choose you, Carbychu!"
Carbuncle.Corrderio
サーバ: Carbuncle
Game: FFXI
Posts: 178
By Carbuncle.Corrderio 2009-02-24 13:10:05
Another one, Paladins and Ninjas that do gear swaps that blink and when a healer complains they can't target them they tell them to get the BlinkMeNot plugin, and if they don't play on PC then they tell them to buy a new PC.
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サーバ: Siren
Game: FFXI
Posts: 69
By Siren.Khellendros 2009-02-24 13:36:22
The only /p chat macros I use are for Savage Blade after I've used Chain Affinity... Might as well tell the one guy who can actually burst a skillchain that one's happening, or he'll never get another chance for 2 minutes.
Along with what Korpg said, my g/f soloed Roc on Drg but no one seems to believe her even after the screenshot since the typical response is "loldrg".
Bahamut.Citag
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1230
By Bahamut.Citag 2009-02-24 13:39:19
Bartimaeus said: People who troll these forums hoping to accomplish anything.
Also people who use names like "***" to demean any group of people. Yes you, find some new insults.
What else grinds my gears? Idiocy.
Edit: OMGSRS[loch]ness Thank you. People are stupid.
Asura.Korpg
サーバ: Asura
Game: FFXI
Posts: 7782
By Asura.Korpg 2009-02-24 14:00:37
Khellendros said: Along with what Korpg said, my g/f soloed Roc on Drg but no one seems to believe her even after the screenshot since the typical response is "loldrg". I believe, although I also say loldrg all the time (mostly to annoy my DRG friends though)
サーバ: Siren
Game: FFXI
Posts: 69
By Siren.Khellendros 2009-02-24 14:11:01
Korpg said: I believe, although I also say loldrg all the time (mostly to annoy my DRG friends though) I'm guilty of the same thing with certain friends (whether they're Drg or not), but it's hard to shake off the desire to kill someone when they're intentionally doing it to be an *** and your Drg (or someone sitting nearby you) is wearing gear they could only HOPE to wear on any job.
Lakshmi.Jaerik
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サーバ: Lakshmi
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3834
By Lakshmi.Jaerik 2009-02-24 14:16:38
Bartimaeus said: Also people who use names like "***" to demean any group of people. Yes you, find some new insults.
This annoys me as well. Not because I'm into the whole political-correctness thing? But because it makes no sense. For example, calling someone "HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE" for doing something stupid isn't PC either, but while potentially offensive, at least it makes sense. However calling something "gay" when you mean "stupid" or "lame" doesn't make any sense at all. A lack of intelligence doesn't seem to be the reason some dudes like other dudes. If you're gunna be edgy, or offensive, and non-PC, that's fine, but at least use an insult that makes sense. Otherwise you end up looking like the stupid one.
サーバ: Asura
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1169
By Asura.Yotevol 2009-02-24 14:17:17
Liela said: It bugs me when people dislike my bow because it's not Euryto's Bow. When you are willing to plop down 3 mil for me for an E-bow, then you can gripe about it! Or when paladins tell me I need a better bow, but then they cannot keep hate off me. That actually amuses me more than annoys me, though. Wooooodum said: Two things:
When you're partying with somebody or something else and they're telling you your job, how you should play it, what you should be doing, etcetera... Then you find out they don't have the job levelled or unlocked. This really irritates me. I hate it when people assume that they know so much about the game that they can tell people how to play their jobs when they've never so much as touched them themselves. Part of this comes from levelling (and living on at 75 as my favourite job) Corsair, since next to everyone underestimates Corsair but at the same time thinks they know it inside out; it leads to a lot of resentment on my part because of people thinking they know how the job works when actually they have no idea.
Secondly, and this is perhaps my biggest bugbear of all in and out of the game, when people feed you a line of excuses as to why they did something or can't make something when you know full well they're lying to you. Better yet, when you know full well somebody is lying to you and they keep lying. It really infuriates me. When people don't bother showing up to linkshell events multiple times in a row because of reasons you know is nonsense. If people are not happy with the way we run things, I prefer them to be straight with me rather than feed me loads of *** and bull nonsense. At least if they tell me why they can't be bothered I could improve it.
So there we have it. Any trolls reading know my weak spots now! But oh well, it always feels good venting about them. Hypnotizd said: You know what really grids my gears? When people are, you know looking for a party and have their flag up. So I send Mr. Looking For Party a tell and they don't respond. What are you too good to respond? Are you AFK? If you are AFK why are you seeking in the first place? And that is what really grinds my gears. Yes, to all of these. They all grind my gears. No, I haven't disappeared, I'm just busy with work. Also, what grinds my gears: People that show up late to a static or event. I mean, seriously, everyone else shows up on time. It's a STATIC, it's not like it's a surprise! You knew it was coming! Then people complain that is takes too long to start... wtf is this? Do they not understand the complexities of organization? Do they not know how much thought goes into an event to make it as easy as possible and not "wing it"? ~Yote
サーバ: Shiva
Game: FFXI
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By Shiva.Artemicion 2009-02-24 14:24:18
People that use AOE foods without warning others around them. 99% of these AOE foods are useless as it is.
Lakshmi.Jaerik
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サーバ: Lakshmi
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By Lakshmi.Jaerik 2009-02-24 14:25:33
On a more on-topic note, when I still played FFXI my biggest gripe was a lack of respect for other people's time. I started playing the game back when it was JP-onry, and Japanese culture is really big on this. One thing you do not do is ever, ever waste another person's time by making them wait for you. Whether 30 minutes or 30 seconds, it doesn't matter. This includes something as major as not having a quest/mission flagged when you join a group to complete it, to something as minor as not bringing oils/powders and demanding someone else wait behind to sneak and invis your cheap, lazy ***. NA players seem to laugh this stuff off as not a big deal, whereas JP players partying with other JP players would rather jump off a bridge than commit such transgressions.
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Fairy.Raikan
サーバ: Fairy
Game: FFXI
Posts: 284
By Fairy.Raikan 2009-02-24 14:36:51
Littledarc said: what grinds my gears? when people wont party with certain jobs! (i had a pld not pt because we had a thf) Yay for grabbing a quote from the first page! Anyway, one of the lovelier /seacoms I've seen on Fairy: All I can say is this guy better never apply to any Endgame that I'm a part of. If he's too good to help people of certain job classes get exp, why should these same people be expected to help him get Endgame gear?
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By Asura.Yotevol 2009-02-24 14:38:10
Jaerik said: On a more on-topic note, when I still played FFXI my biggest gripe was a lack of respect for other people's time.
I started playing the game back when it was JP-onry, and Japanese culture is really big on this. One thing you do not do is ever, ever waste another person's time by making them wait for you. Whether 30 minutes or 30 seconds, it doesn't matter.
This includes something as major as not having a quest/mission flagged when you join a group to complete it, to something as minor as not bringing oils/powders and demanding someone else wait behind to sneak and invis your cheap, lazy ***.
NA players seem to laugh this stuff off as not a big deal, whereas JP players partying with other JP players would rather jump off a bridge than commit such transgressions. Agreed. What happened to us? When I was late, my parents punished me accordingly. It's a sad cultural transposition. We used to be BIG on people never being late and enjoyed liesure when it arrised. I don't make any presumptions, but we may be getting this from our multi-national influences in the US. In a lot of countries (Spain, Mexico, Bahrain, etc.), if it's not work, it's ok to be late. For instance, in Mexico, if I was having a party at 3pm, people wouldn't think of showing up at 3pm unless they want to help set it up. They would mostly show up about 5-6pm. Where as, in Japan, punctuality is a big sign of dedication. They go by the old saying, "if you are 5 min early, you were 10 min late". ~Yote
Ifrit.Haseyo
サーバ: Ifrit
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1755
By Ifrit.Haseyo 2009-02-24 14:40:43
A JP Whm in a past party of mine didn't have Haste or Erase. (Crawlers' Nest mind you.) So we had the right to throw her off a bridge? D:
On that note: When mages do not have spells that are critcal. (Had a Rdm without Refresh in a party once. Boyyyy did that person get removed fast.)
Asura.Korpg
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Game: FFXI
Posts: 7782
By Asura.Korpg 2009-02-24 14:44:32
Jaerik said:
NA players seem to laugh this stuff off as not a big deal, whereas JP players partying with other JP players would rather jump off a bridge than commit such transgressions.
Still happens in Japan to this day. I had a date with a Japanese girl just recently, and when she was 30 seconds late, she apoligized the entire date (which was annoying). So yeah, don't be late for dates.....or you will have to apologize the entire date :D
Ifrit.Haseyo
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Game: FFXI
Posts: 1755
By Ifrit.Haseyo 2009-02-24 14:50:16
Should've made her pay the tab! Such incompetence!
サーバ: Siren
Game: FFXI
Posts: 69
By Siren.Khellendros 2009-02-24 14:53:23
Heh, I've partied with quite a few bilingual Japanese players, and each and every one of them was an awesome person. Extremely polite and courteous, made it seem like everyone should be like they are. The one who was late for something was only behind us by about 5 seconds (would've been more if he'd not been wearing crimson cuisses) and attemped to apologize several times. The rest of us had to take 5 minutes to convince him it wasn't that big a deal and he could stop apologizing for the next 3 hours of colibri burning...
Let's see... The other thing that really bugs me is when people can't take one second out of their grind while they have downtime to help you out (specifically Garlaige Citadel when people party at the First Banishing Gate). I know the argument is "Oh bring your own friends, don't rely on a party to get you through", but when you're only looking to get through one gate, calling out 3 others seems like a waste of time to me. =/
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Game: FFXI
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By Garuda.Hypnotizd 2009-02-24 15:05:45
Triet said: BLMs(who have Retrace) and shout for retrace in WG/Jeuno. I'm guilty of this and will openly admit to it. If I want to get some quick campaign exp, it is definatly worth my time to shout for a retrace and pay 1k. Otherwise its: Zone into my Mog House Change to BLM/THF Zone out of my Mog House Retrace myself Zone to Southern San d'Oria [S] Flee Make it 3/4 the way to the Mog House Walk the rest of the way Zone into the Mog House Change jobs Zone out of the Mog House Walk all the way back to the Auction House Then warp to wherever I want to battle. Is 1k worth it? You bet your *** it is.
Bahamut.Atrithk
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 284
By Bahamut.Atrithk 2009-02-24 15:37:45
When I camp an NM and claim fifty+ times (Quu Domi and Mee Deggi both, 0/51, 0/56), then get outclaimed by someone just appearing, who promptly proclaims "1/1 !!!!!" When PLD/WAR don't provoke, or when anyone with Provoke vokes off a PL.
サーバ: Fairy
Game: FFXI
Posts: 86
By Fairy.Conchita 2009-02-24 15:42:08
Jaerik said: On a more on-topic note, when I still played FFXI my biggest gripe was a lack of respect for other people's time.
I started playing the game back when it was JP-onry, and Japanese culture is really big on this. One thing you do not do is ever, ever waste another person's time by making them wait for you. Whether 30 minutes or 30 seconds, it doesn't matter.
This includes something as major as not having a quest/mission flagged when you join a group to complete it, to something as minor as not bringing oils/powders and demanding someone else wait behind to sneak and invis your cheap, lazy ***.
NA players seem to laugh this stuff off as not a big deal, whereas JP players partying with other JP players would rather jump off a bridge than commit such transgressions. Tell me about it. Me being in Germany and in an EST LS is NO FUN sometimes. Einherjar and Dynamis starting past midnight - say Einherjar on Fridays at 2am for example and people have the nerve to show up 30mins late. Please. I don't think I'm exaggerating, and I really hate when people bring the "well this is an EST shell" arguement, but am I asking for too much when I just want people to show up on time? That's just so disrespectful.
サーバ: Shiva
Game: FFXI
Posts: 2838
By Shiva.Artemicion 2009-02-24 15:49:08
I don't know what it's like on other servers but; being on time to dynamis would be equal to dividing by zero. SE's servers would probably explode along with everyone's heads should anyone arrive on time.
Well, what grinds your gears? :P (Go go Family Guy reference!)
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