Image Designer Archive
Thread: Can I Continue?
/anon works wonders if people are using the search tool.
I'm a very, VERY blunt person. And I don't do anything I don't want to do. If I don't feel like doing ID on someone, I tell them. If they don't like it, they can scratch and get glad, because I really don't care. I'm sure you've noticed this before... but I don't sugarcoat things, LOL. I can say things without being rude, but I can also be very, very pissy if people get too pushy. For example, if a conversation were to go like this:
Random person: Can you give me a makeover
Me: I'm not working right now... sorry! :/
Random person: Awwww, come on, plz plz plz I tip good
Me: No, I'm sorry.
Random person: plz plz plz plz plz.....
This is where I start to get rude. How dare other players think they can dictate MY gameplay and what I do with MY time? This is generally when I tell them, not always nicely, to go away. If I'm feeling generous, I just ignore them. If I'm not, they get the business end of my rather sharp tongue.
Basically, your game time is just that... YOUR game time. You do what you want. It's your 15 bucks a month. And if you want to wear your title.. go for it! You earned it! Just because you have it on doesn't mean you are OBLIGATED to do ID work on any schmuck that comes along. It's your prerogative to work on people at your leisure, and if they don't like that or understand that, they can go somewhere else. The people who DON'T understand that your game time is yours, and yours alone, probably aren't the kind of people you want as clients anyway.
I was playing last night and there was some random n00b running around begging everyone he saw for money. Now, I totally sympathize with new players... God knows, I was there once myself. But if they ASK for money, on principle, they don't get it. So, eventually he gives up and spots me and my master ID title. He asks if I can do some work on him... I tell him no. He asks me why, and I tell him it's because he doesn't have the money to pay me. He proceeds to spew profanities at me and tell me I'm a **edit** and that he's going to report me. I tell him to be my guest. Last night was just not my night for player relationships, LOL.
Personally, I always have /anon on, and I have a startup macro I run that turns off my title (/setcurrentSkillTitle) and does a couple other things (sets mood, sets language, joins a couple chat channels.) The other thing I've found that seems to work on Kettemoor, is that when asked for pricing if I'm busy RPing, or killing things, I won't even quote a price—I just say that I'm busy and can't ID right now. I also never travel for anyone but friends. I'll walk from one side of Coronet to the other, if you're any further than that you come to me. I guess what it comes down to is what Fuschia said: your $15 a month, your play time, so do what makes you happy and what you consider fun. To that end I'd suggest checking out n'Jessi's article on staying sane in tailoring—a lot of it holds true in ID and any social/support profession. Make rules and stick to them, it'll really help in the long run. (Or you could change your title to Novice Entertainer and not worry about forgetting to turn it off… 
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Well except for two times that there were very specific reasons it was necessary, one guy that wanted to look like Han Solo and was standing next to him, and a girl that was roleplaying she had been bitten by a cyberdog and had been confined to her house by her rp town In my experience, the rude ones are not willing to travel If they go on and on add them to /ignore, you don't need their business anyway. Good luck! Don't let meanies get you down!
dont leave us rashiida
just tell them that they need to make an appointment and that you will be availible tomarow
thats what i do
sometimes they get rude but then you can just ignor them or tell them oh well lol or /ignore)
-Biana
i dont generally get real nasty people for ID, but i have had a few moan a bit.
Like fuschia im not one to be pushed around, i never go to them, im never not busy, if they find me il ID them, if im in bestine on a resource run il meet them in cantina,if im waiting for shuttle - tuff, if im in my shop i email them the wp, if they dont come -tuff.
) Seems like he can afford me.Myica, I would have given him a smart comment back like:
" Hey, how come you're jackass title isn't up, it matches you perfectly."
but then again, staying calm is better =) good job
_Flash_ wrote:
Myica, I would have given him a smart comment back like:
" Hey, how come you're jackass title isn't up, it matches you perfectly."
but then again, staying calm is better =) good job
I knew I liked you, Flash.
Breestan wrote:
What I've done is made an E-mail with my prices for both Ahazi and Starsider. If someone asks me the price, I e-mail them that. It goes on to say that since slicers were fiddling with the bank system I only accept cash, no exceptions. And there's a link to plasmaworks if they need help. It's put together like a salon's posted advertizement