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Date Posted: 05:16:23 03/31/01 Sat
Author: Nonaame
Author Host/IP: cc178229-c.hillcrest1.al.home.com / 65.14.72.6
Subject: *cries*

Hey all. Something very disheartening happened to me today while I was fighting in the City of Mist. As you all probably know, there was only one reason for my being there in the first place. I was hoping to get my hands on that almightiest of monk weapons, Master Wu's Trance Stick. Can you imagine what devastation a monk could do wielding a weapon that is 1hb 7/18 with an 83 pt. direct damage proc???!!!! Yes, that is the fabled Trance Stick. One of the most wonderful 1hb weapons in the game for monks. But, alas, it's an extremely rare drop, so I was looking forward to spending many hours camping this fabled stick. BUT ALAS!!!!!!!! I had only been there for two hours when one of these most wonderful sticks dropped. I held the "corpse loot" screen up so it would not disappear (didn't want group members thinking I'd ninja loot it and then /q...gotta earn the trust somehow) and politiely told the group what had dropped. Not many of them knew what it was except for the druid who had been there for three or so levels. So, being the kindly monk that I am, I told them the stats and politelyasked them if they wanted to roll for it. Oddly enough, it is a monk only weapon..of no use at all to casters, warriors, hybrids, whatever...only can a monk of the Lost Circle wield this mighty weapon. None of my groupsaid anything. Until...the $^#%$^#@ CLERIC said "We rollin...I want to make a monk twink." WTF is that bull$hit????????? A CLERIC!!!!!!!!! WITHOUT EVEN A MONK TWINK ALREADY STRUGGLING TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS???? Surely not????? But, alas, he was serious, the ^$&&$%* @$$hole. And,of course, me being the unlucky monkey that I am, lost the role to a SHAMAN...who nevertheless DID have a monk twink. This really pissed me off,for reasons that I will explain to you. First of all, it was a monk only weapon. I was not only the only monk in the group,but the only monk in the entire FRICKIN zone. It had already been agreed upon that I would not participate in any other roles as A). I have no use for a jade reaver. B). I have no use for a green jade broadsword.And C). I couldn't carry the weight anyway. My whole group KNEW this going into the roll for the Wu Stick...but did that stop them?? No. but, being the kind-hearted soul that I am, congratulated the shaman on the roll (meanwhile seething with fury on the inside),which earned me a private /tell from the ranger on the group saying that it was very sportsman like of me to not complain of having a rake stuck up my ass sideways (ie having to roll on a monk item,me being the only monk). After that, I figured the day could only get better, because I did not complain to my group about the way things were run, nor did I bitch after the rolls were done. I proceeded to be amiable towards them in offering to roll in the first place and did not ever chastise them for their greed.Might I also add that we were helping the shaman who won the roll complete his epic quest by letting him loot all of the no drop papers that dropped in the zone. Anyway, as time wore on, and group members came and left, I realized something. All of my group members were talking about rolling on the next Wu Stick to drop because they either wanted to twink an alt or sell it for cash... all the while with no consideration for the monk in the groupwho's sole purpose in life is to obtain a Wu Stick or two (or, Quellious willing, a tranquil staff). Fellow guild members, the whole purpose of this post is to implore you to follow kind hearted looting procedures that benefit EVERYONE in the group. Casters should role for caster items, and melee should role for melee items. If an agreement is reached, wonderful. Just don't back out of it because you are awestruck with the chance of owning a 9k weapon that you can't even use. Need before greed people, that's the way to make a name for yourself server wide. Respect the wishes of others and let them have the items they need; and in turn, they will someday do the same for you. Need before greed,primarys before twinks.It's the only way to /random. I hope that cleric remembers that when one day, he is camping the GEBS, and I happen to be in his group. He will not want to roll because they are caster items,and I will promptly tell him that since because he insisted upon rolling for the Wu Stick, I have every right to rollfor his GEBs because since I couldn't have the drop, I now need the 9k to BUY the frickin stick...and he will then realize that unkosher rolling for class specific items has come back to haunt him. And then, when inevitably win the roll, I will turn around and laugh at him. Then, I will throw up the GEBs in the window, click trade, and walk away...because I follow the kind-hearted loot procedures. Need before greed, caster/caster, melee/melle, and class specific/class specific...and he will then feellike an @$$holefor cheating a monk out of his dream. And that is all the satisfaction that I need.

Nonaame Needbeforegreed

Monk of the 42nd Order of the Lost Circle

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