What should you do when you see a message in your chat box that contains racial slurs or other derogatory remarks?

Well for me it is quite simple, I don’t reply back but instead I take a screenshot and I also log the chat. Once I have done that I immediately open a trouble ticket. Why open a ticket? It is simple really the CSR/CCR/GMs don’t know negative behavior is happening unless they are told about it and proof is given. I would hate to think that they naturally assume everyone is holding hands and singing by a campfire but that seems to be the case, well most of the time.

I can only speak for myself and the games I play, but I do talk trash to people as I am PvPing them or just grouped with them having fun. It can make an otherwise boring gaming session spring to life, give it some friendly competition or even piss off your enemies. It’s all in fun and most of us know that. But like I said, I can only speak for myself and sometimes I have to remind myself it’s just a game. Read more… »

So it has been a month or so since I joined The Great Escape. I really like the people in the guild and have some fun times chatting in our city. I hope they like me as well and want to keep me around.

I respeced my Vamp Scout this morning and have been having fun learning how to PvP with him. It is a change going to a range character to being melee, but I gained so much more control over combat. For example, a nation member and myself killed a group of CN in the hotzone without any trouble. I kept the priest on lockdown so he only got off 1 heal maybe two the whole fight.

I decided to make the change after Mark and I made new toons yesterday morning. We actually got them to r5 before we called it a day. Mark made an Irekei UA NightStalker and I made an Irekei UA Assassin.

I just need to buckle down and farm the materials for my weapons. My Assassin is currently wearing the full set of Vorgrim LA I have and my Scout is wearing his old Scout Leather. I am going to farm a second set of Vorg LA for him and finish off the set for Mark’s Bard.

In other SB news, a nation baned one of our cities and then tried to back out of the bane about 10 minutes before it went live. Actually one member from this nation keeps sending me tells on my toons. I don’t know what point he is trying to make but telling me I suck at PvP when he rolled my r2 on his r7 is no point. I logged on my Scout to fight him and he refused to meet me in the Strife Zone to fight. I did almost kill him today on my Scout when he went to Oblivion but he ran back to Aeldreth to get heals.

That is pretty much the jist of the past few days.

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