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#1 May 17 2005 at 6:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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Random Acts of Kindness.

Title of this post.

This post is not for flaming. This thread is not to bring a dead horse in and beat it some more.

This post is however for a l'il chest thumping. Even if you don't post what you've done lately for someone else, maybe you'll take to heart this thread and do something nice for someone.


I mine in the mornings between Gusgen and Oldton. In Gusgen, I see usually beastmasters leveling. I like to throw 'em cures and protects as I'm running back and forth looking for darksteel for leveling my smithing. Every once in a while I'll see someone farming in Oldton and I'll toss 'em cures too.

I've helped three ls mates get Erase from BCNM 40, another one Phalanx and a friend get Ni.

As you go through your day, ask yourself, what've I done lately?
#2 May 17 2005 at 7:49 PM Rating: Good
lol i dont do much but last week i woke harrybeanbag from a sound nap and lugged him accross vanadiel so he could get sam, >_,< the shame,..... putting anouther sam on shiva lol
#3 May 18 2005 at 12:14 AM Rating: Decent
Wouldn't a random act of kindness mean the person is usually a d*ck that does one thing nice once in a great while?
#4 May 18 2005 at 5:32 AM Rating: Good
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Not necessarily. Most of us are nice to our friends, but how many of us just do something helpful to someone we don't know?

How many would offer to gather up some friends and go do a bcnm to help a whm get a scroll of Erase? Or help the friend of a friend travel the world in search of the weather patterns for Carby? Or join the random genkai 1 or 2 party just for kicks or just to pay forward what someone once did for you?

Helping a friend is easy. Helping someone ye don't know isn't.
#5 May 18 2005 at 8:05 AM Rating: Good
In the past couple weeks I have helped with 7 PLD af boots and only knew 1 of the people I helped. I also helped with lb2. I am not sure if this is what you are looking for.
#6 May 18 2005 at 8:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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I saw a guy I have not seen in a while last night (Cmz). We first me when we were both trying to get the Mist Silk Cape drop many months ago. We agreed to let each other know if we got the pop to save time and frustration.

Last night, he was helping a friend try to get the drop, so I offered to help hunt the NM. We partied up and about an hour later, we got the NM and the drop. In the process, I made two new friends. Well worth it.
#7 May 18 2005 at 9:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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I was finishing up a quest in King Ranperres Tomb the other day (monday I think). As I headed out through that tunnel, I saw a lvl 9 war getting his *** beat by a gob and catching aggro. I Took on the 2 gobs aggroing him so he could kill the one he had initially attacked. He told me he was doing bat hunt quest, so after he rested, I partied up with him and showed him the tombstone, and escorted him back to ronfaure ^^ and I killed all the gobs along the way so it would be easier for him...

/em beats chest
#8 May 18 2005 at 9:34 AM Rating: Excellent
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And that's why Papawarlock rocks ^^.
Thanks for the help with that promy, we kicked ***!

Edit: I decided to add something to this thread. There is a major difference betweem RAK and abuse...
Example: being a THF I am always willing to help friends and unknown people getting a drop, like items for LB1 for example. Now getting random tells: "eh can you help me camp the Emp?" or... "hey can I have some gil?"...
<no thanks> =/

Edited, Wed May 18 10:39:55 2005 by Camilleclaudel
#9 May 18 2005 at 10:36 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yeah I was warned by LS mates that once I became a Mentor, I'd be hounded by people asking for gil...

And someone asked if my war could PL them... ><
#10 May 19 2005 at 1:53 AM Rating: Good
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While camping NMs in Quifim, yes I was bored, I raised a war in pt that was struggling outside the tower. I PL for a bit, only stepping in if they really needed it. I even gave up Valkurm Emperor to go raise someone at the beach; I did end up claiming it though, no one was there lol.

Currently I just helped an LS member get their Phalanx for his rdmage. Since I can't lvl (stuck on LB1 since November ><)I just spend my time camping, crafting or helping ppl.
#11 May 19 2005 at 5:30 AM Rating: Excellent
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i have helped tons of people in lufaise meadows find there way after being dumped there after beating their last promy. i have been know to drop what i am doing and help out LS members who i know are getting there and i have even help out people i see lost when farming gaints. i give tours help with the map quest and show them to the moogles. i have turned down money before. so if you ever see me there when you get dumped out just ask for a little help and i will be glad to show you the way.
#12 May 19 2005 at 1:10 PM Rating: Good
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I am prolly one of the biggest R.A.K. guys around. Not to brag, but thats what i enjoy doing.

I have killed the rank 3 dragon i would guess about 53 times (i lost count at one point, but thats a close guess).

Ive been tagging along with coffer key hunts for strangers for awhile now. I am trying to lvl Gaxe, but it seems non of the coffer key mobs will lvl my Gaxe but 2-3 points in 3-4 hours, but i stay as long as i can. The other day i was a helper in getting 3 beadeaux coffer keys for total strangers.

I used to contact 1 new WAR a week, and assuming they didnt "Know it all", i would meet them where they were, give advice/strategies, and eventually take them to town and get them some new armor (new players have very bad armor usually), and some food. Id make them spend their gil, and then use mine for whatever was left. So far i think ive spent about 300K on new players that are total strangers. Thats not a lot of gil, but most people wouldnt spend it on strangers. I havent done this in awhile, so i think ill do it again this weekend.

I helped 4 RDM's kill that ghost (i remebered the name, its miser murtphy !!), for their RDM AF. I dindt know any of them.

I helped a random stranger look for the eldemine coffer box, which i needed as well. I told him he could have it first if we found it, and we looked for hours but never did find it. I truley would have let him have it though.


Ive helped 2 people get their paper for LB1 recently, and helped some people kill exorays in CN when i was looking for my coffer (got the drop 4 fights in :).

And prolly the biggest of all of that, is i went back into promy holla, and helped some people with a god awful party setup beat the boss so they could be done with the first 3 promys !!!


All of these things are outside of LS, i help my LS mates as much as possible as well.

EDIT:

Forgot to add that i rated everyone up for participating in a great thread (which gave revenant scholar status BTW so you can now rate folks).

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Currently I just helped an LS member get their Phalanx for his rdmage. Since I can't lvl (stuck on LB1 since November ><)I just spend my time camping, crafting or helping ppl.
Since I can't lvl (stuck on LB1 since November ><)

All you need to do is post on this board, and there are tons of people here that will help you with this. I for one will, but you need to put together a few people including a healer or 2.




Edited, Thu May 19 14:15:25 2005 by acepod
#13 May 19 2005 at 3:23 PM Rating: Good
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My current time zone usually means by the time I log in most people I know are logging out to go to sleep. Btw Ace haven't seen you in game for a long time.
#14 May 19 2005 at 3:35 PM Rating: Good
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What time zone rev?

Maybe we can set something up for a weekend or something. I sometimes play from 1:00 AM-5 or 6 am EST on the weekends depending on whats happening in my house.


And come to think of it i havent seen you in ages either rev

#15 May 19 2005 at 3:44 PM Rating: Decent
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All I know is that I'm 5hrs behind the continental US. I actually might be going on an LB1 run tonight with a mage on my LS if he logs in. If your on your welcome to help cause we need a tank lol.

Reason for my absence, I quit for 2 months after both my Sniper Rings were stolen and pawned for Leaping Boots, and Emp. Hairpin. This was when the rings were worth more than they are now lol, but I'm came back about 2 weeks ago.
#16 May 19 2005 at 3:52 PM Rating: Decent
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RevenantVDA wrote:
All I know is that I'm 5hrs behind the continental US.


...

Hawaii?
#17 May 19 2005 at 3:55 PM Rating: Decent
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Correct, but heading to Japan in a few months to just check it out there, so I guess it would still be the same time zone, usually when I'm on its mostly JP players.
#18 May 19 2005 at 5:15 PM Rating: Decent
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It isnt the same time frame as japan, but you get the better part of JP time. I think your 5 hours behind is actually 8 hours behind me (EST), and so if it is midnight here, it is 4 PM there. So say 1:00 am -5:00 am would be 5-9 PM for you, and we maybe we can pull it off.

Anyone else here do late nights on the weekends? maybe a healer and another DD?

#19 May 19 2005 at 6:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Wouldn't a random act of kindness mean the person is usually a d*ck that does one thing nice once in a great while?

damnit pok dont talk about me behind my back like that :D
#20 May 20 2005 at 1:06 PM Rating: Default
Giving R.A.K.? Bah Humbug. I prefer giving M.P.K. lol
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