Easton Dark said:
Scarim Coral said:
One time on Guild Wars, we eere doing this dungeon and we reach to the final boss room and then one player went AFK. We were annoyed and calling him a leech and etc (he left no message to say he was going to be away and we waited a while incase either he was D/C or had to restart his pc) until he had return.
He had pretty much blown a fuse and went on that he away because his little daughter had fallen over and hit her head. He then went on to say alot of means stuff (like us having no life and being incosider A holes and etc). Heck he even deliberately drop all of his loots including his rare stuff and log on (his character disspear).
No he didn't make me feel bad afterward. Yes I felt sorry that his daughter was hurt but how hard to simply click on the chatbox, type "AFK"? I would of tolatate to that extent.
He left no message and we waited long enough to assume the worse of that person.
How... how could you think like that? If someone you love hurts themselves, fuck the game and fuck the people that have the luxury of playing that game, they need your help. God damn man. It might take more effort to type something when you're panicking than you think.
Yes I have a cold logical view from that situation (and no suprised, I don't have a kid) and I apologise for thinking so.
Honestly I not exactly a believer in the whole "every second count" well for that to apply in that situation. What I mean is that he had rush off to attend to his daughter and let say if he did type "AFK" in less than 5 second (probably even faster in a hurry) and then rush off to attend to his daughter, it would of been the same result.
Before you even mention the agony of what the daughter had been through, that the thing, I have no idea how bad/ seriously the situation was. For all I know, it could of been minor but hey the guy wasn't in the right mind when he came back onto the screen to explain the situation clearly which is reasonable from his viewpoint.
Lastly no I am not that selfish to think he should of type AFK, more like he could of anticipated some opinions for being away without mentioning it to anyone, after all this is the internet/ online gaming when you're with a bunch of stranger who have no idea what you're doing in your room right now (other than surfing the net/ playing the game of course).