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Captain_IcyHot

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"No blind invites" snobs

Why are people snobs when it comes to blind invites? A team is a team is a team. Ya, some of them suck, so what? If you don't like the team, then just say you're going to be on your way and leave.

I dunno, it's just a major hassle to have to explain to every blaster that yes, I have a tank a healer and a controller and the mission is set on invincible and not to worry you'll get plenty of xp... blah blah blah

It just seems like this "blind invites rejected" fad needs to die out, and the sooner the better.

If there's something you want - put it in your description! Like I do this: "Pick me! I Rock! But I'm not interested in playing on a small team or hunting!" or I say something like, "My level or higher baddies only please." And if I get invited to a team, and they don't fufill the the things I asked for to get invited, I just say, "I said in my search description I wanted to play on a big team, so, see ya later, good luck" And click quit. Very simple!

Ya ya ya... I know some of ya'll are blind invite snobs, and I love you even if you are a stick in the mud and don't want to consider changing your ways... :-) I just feel sorry for people who are sucky typers trying to build a team.....

04/10/06 19:12

Sunshine

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RE: blind invite snobs

well, i am one of those blind invite snobs.
good thing: u dont se too many blind inviters in the higher lvls (40+)
Ordianrily, whenever i do get a blind invite it means i am soloing (and would actually much prefer a team to soloing), but the team it turns out once i get from PI all the way to the hollows a bunch of lvl 12s invited me thinking "with a 47 well be invincable! invite him before someone else thinks of this!!"
so i have to go back to pi and restart the mish... *sighs*
Its just polite to ask ppl if they would like to team before inviting. if u dont feel like typing the invite every single time, do what i do and make a bind:

/bind p "tell $target, would u like to team for lvl ## *diffoculty* missions?"

then they answer yay or nay and u saved a lot of time. i have built teams in less than 20 seconds doing this.

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04/10/06 19:21

Captain_IcyHot

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I suck at the whole making a bind thing, but that is a really good idea!

So, are you sure it's spelt like this:

/bind p "tell $target, would u like to team for lvl ## *diffoculty* missions?"

I'm a dummy when it comes to binds... do I have to type this every time I log in, how's it work? And this means that all I have to do is click on thier name and press "p" -right?

You know, you make a good point about early levels and the teams. Man, I like to play alts a lot... but early level people just suck... I know most of them don't know any better, but they really do suck... The teams are terrible, half the team quits first time a couple knuckleheads get plastered, or they spend so much time AFK it's sad. And the tanks! Man... doesn't anyone have ANY kind of taunting power (blazing aura.. etc), it's like they want to play scrappers that are tougher then scrappers...

lol - whatever

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04/10/06 19:33

DeathFetish

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Not a snob but my main issue is that it's distracting when you are in the middle of a heated battle & the message comes up in the middle of the screen, then if you don't answer right away or you click no while you are still fighting off hordes of baddies they get snotty with you. :)

04/10/06 19:48

blacktomcat

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I usually don't put up the 'No Blind Invites' sign unless I'm playing someone that can heal. If I'm playing a controller with Radiation secondary, I want to know if they are asking me to be the solo healer, when I'm not very good at it. Chances are, when I fail to heal effectively, I'll have to hear the whining. I'd rather save myself the trouble.

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04/10/06 19:57

singularity

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RE: "No blind invites" snobs

Well, I do like to have a tell before I get someone asking for a team out of the blue.

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04/10/06 20:01

Sunshine

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yes, the bind is spelled just like that. and by that i mean...

/bind p "tell $target, would u like to team for lvl *lvl* *diff* mishes?"

just like that. but u insert ur lvl and the diff u r playin (just had to be sure u caught my drift). u do not have to type this every time u log in, and yes u may taregt soem one (even target them out of the search window) and press p to say that. u dont have to use p either.

thats alls aboot binds..

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04/10/06 20:54

Midnight_Rook

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This is my perspective on blind invites. I hate them. Why? Because I express in my search options that I do not wish to receive invites to a team. I'm fortunate enough to run with a most awesome group of people on almost a nightly basis. These people I've worked with in range of months to a year. So I'm not particularly excited about learning someone elses style of play. I know that sounds harsh, but once I find a comfy niche I'm not moving. It's either teaming with people I know or solo.

That being said... The search function of CoH is not used to its potential, in my opinion. Frankly, people who are not looking for a team at all need to not show up. Granted, it does show someone grayed out on the search list if they aren't looking for a team or are currently in a team... but that hasn't stopped folks before.

Now,I don't mind a tell asking if I want to join a team. I prefer it actually. That way I can explain to the person that I either don't want to team or I'm teaming. The new trend of asking to join a team already built is a bit annoying though... I mean, if we were looking to add in people to our team we would have invited people. Not wait for them to come to us.

I'm not a fan of flaming a person for doing any of these above. I'll express my distaste in my own home outside of the game. I keep everything polite unless the person becomes belligerent. Then I get rather unpleasant about the situation.

That's my take on the blind invites ordeal. I don't expect people to like my take, but this is just me.

04/10/06 21:57

Firespray_uk

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I usually put up a message saying blind invites ignored. I'd rather know what the team is I am joining, the mission etc.

I just think it's 'rude' to throw out a blind invite to someone, especially if they have a 'no blind invites' message up.

It doesn't make me a snob, I just prefer people to have a little more in game respect and manners for people than to just toss out a join my team invite.

I tend to throw out a PM first, ask if they are interested - yes it takes more time but at least if they decide to say no, they have been asked politely first.

To be considered a snob just because I flatly decline blind invites is like saying everyone who dishes them out is an rude mannerless goit.

I decline them because it's my choice not go blindly into a mission that's gonna get me debt or to just 'deal with the bad guy at the end'.

That's just me and we're all allowed to have our own opinions of what we like and dislike, but to be honest, this is one thing I won't change my opinion on.

MAybe it's coz I'm british hehehe :o)

And it's not a flame LOL

Just my $2 worth heheh

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04/10/06 22:36

Captain_IcyHot

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Goit here... lol, I guess what I meant to say is, if you have a certain criteria for joining a team, you should state that your search description thingy. Like, if I don't want to team, I type (amazingly enough) "Not right now".

I just think it's lame to have to overexplain yourself. I usually just say "Wanna team up?" or "Mission, lvl 18 baddies" and send them the invite. That's not that big a deal, but when they ask WHAT specific mission it is.. I think THAT is soooooooo. My answer usually is something like, "Um, it says defeat all hellions in warehouse... ever done that one before?"

Well, it's late, I'm logging off.

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04/11/06 01:57

Firespray_uk

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so if I had no blind invites as my search criteria, you'd sling off a "wanna team?" and invite me at the same time?

9 times out of 10 from me, it'll get declined. Maybe its the way I am used to teaming and getting into missions. I prefer the "wanna help on X mission? Got X already looking for X archetype. Interested?"

I just prefer a little more detail before I shoving my head under the axe of debt, plus 9 times out of 10, I'm either just logging on, in a team already, waiting for friends I am going to team with or about to log off.

Putting it another way - blind invites are like double glazing salesmen. They call to see if you want it and 9 times out of 10 you arent interested in any of the cold callers yap, so you hang up.

The invite comes from nowhere, I'll say no. If I get asked before the invite comes, and I want to team, I'll say yes, or no depending on what Im doing.

I just think its rude to sling out an invite and when you don't get a reply (take that as a small hint they said "no") that you go and send another one.

Maybe its a difference in the way we like to build teams and run missions. I'd just team and run a mission with people I know because my chances of debt are lower than with a pick up team.

That's just me :o)

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04/11/06 02:24

VinceVoltage

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Well, to add my opinion to an ever-debatable topic...

I don't usually accept blind invites. I have several exceptions/criteria:

First and foremost, my search info clearly says "No blind invites, please." I don't know how to make it more clear without writing a page and a half of notes there.

Second, when I get blinds, I'm usually off solo'ing by myself and don't have myself flagged for "looking for a team." If I'm not looking for a team, and it says "no blind invites" in my search box, why would I want one now?

Next, there are times where I will accept a blind invite. If I am looking for a team, and I'm not in the middle of a mission (or a group of baddies), I will sometimes accept a blind invite.

Now, because of my policy of never quitting a team until after the mission is done or until we all agree to disband (I'm a very honest & dedicated player and person), I will not join a team, fly across 4 zones, look at the team, and say "nope, not for me" and then quit. So, rather than break my stance on not quitting and not breaking my word when I agree to team, I'd rather not team in the first place.

I also don't like teaming in the early levels with people that I haven't played with before. Yes, I mainly play a blaster. Yes, I die easily, good team or not. If I can't be with people I know aren't complete idiots, I'm very hesitant to team with people I don't know due to the next point I'm about to make...

You know, this game is all about having fun. And very rarely do I say this, but losing is NOT fun. When you join a team of people you don't know, and the team gets wiped, all the insults and accusations come flying out. "The defender should do better healing...the tank couldn't hold the aggro...the troller wasn't holding well enough...blah blah blah blah blah." (in CoV, I always hear "the MMs pets got in my way..."). I don't want to deal with that $@&#. I came to CoH to play and have fun. I'm not playing when I'm face down on the ground. I'm not having fun when my whole team is arguing with one another and calling each other names and swearing. I'm not having fun when I'm lying face down on the ground. I'm not having fun when it takes me FIVE MONTHS to work off my debt from bad teams. And if all these reasons that I've given (reasons that I feel are well justified and well supported) make me a "snob," then a snob I shall be.

If you don't feel I'm important enough to tell what the mission/team is, then I feel that you don't feel that I'm important enough to have on your team.

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04/11/06 03:12

xtreme_hippy

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It's exactly the same with me, if you aren't Fire, Hobs, Dark side, or one of my other in game friends, then I'm going to be a little reluctant to team. Although saying that, since getting CoV and joining the House of Counted Shadows, I've met some distinctly cool people.

I've just had far too many awful pick up groups to be accepting blind invites willy-nilly. Back when Esprit was still a baby, teaming in the high end of the hollows, I got a blind invite, the team was about 6 levels lower than me, and were just expecting me to exemp down, as if they were doing me favor.

I'm in no hurry to get back on teams of hyper active Blasters who will activley go off looking for extra aggro, or Tankers who refuse to get either taunt or their damage aura.

So yeah, call me a snob all you want, but that won't make it true, I'd just rather team up with people I know, people I know what piss up on a regular basis. Heck, I'm often regailed by tales of the 100k of debt that Firespray went and harvested whilst on a PuG, it's a rare occasion that he gets debt teaming with me and Hobs, because we know eachothers play styles and function better as a team than we would with people we've never met.

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Edit: On a side note, I hate it when people send me a tell saying "invite me plz" or something to that effect. I mean, if you're walking down the street and you see someone eating a sandwich, you wouldn't say, "Hey, I'm hungry, give it here!". If I wanted more people on my team, I'd be looking.

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04/11/06 03:17

Hobsnob

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I also decline blind invites. My reason is along the same lines as everyone else's. If people want you on their team, you'd think they could take the 5 seconds or so out of their time to simply write a short message. It doesn't take much really. If you can't bothered to do that much, it obviously suggests to me how little I am wanted on the team.

If I am looking for a team, I might accept a blind invite. But if there is an option, who wouldn't go for the one that comes with an invitation? Not only is it courtious (meh, can't spell), but you go into the mission in a better frame of mind.

It's tied in with being invited to a team, then not acknowledged at all. Fair enough if they are in a tough fight, or caught out by an ambush, but if they can't be bothered to say a simple "hi" (no capitals required) then again you start to question how much you are valued.

Also, if you have just been invited to a team and you find they have recently started a new mission, or a new mob, its just a bit rude. If you were needed on the team so much that they invited you after it was formed, then surely they couldn't cope with one more mob?

When recruiting, it doesn't take much to send out messages. Which is quicker, sending out message then an invite after conformation or waiting for 5 of the same AT to see the message (I never notice them without the little noise you get from a PM) then reply, but most not doing so as its blind?

P.S. A little flattery also works for me too. Play the ATs strengths. Eg, "We're struggling a bit, we could do with some bigger damage output. Can you help?". Works a treat.

Edit: Seems me and Esprit posted at the same time, and I just saw his 'edit' which reminded me. OMFG! It is the rudest, most annoying behaviour I've witnessed on the game so far. Fair enough, if it someone you know thats asking for an invite, but some random guy? Some of them even think it is their predestined right to be on the team. I don't even bother sending an angry tell to these people, they just get a good ignoring.

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04/11/06 03:35

VinceVoltage

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On a side note, I hate it when people send me a tell saying "invite me plz" or something to that effect. I mean, if you're walking down the street and you see someone eating a sandwich, you wouldn't say, "Hey, I'm hungry, give it here!". If I wanted more people on my team, I'd be looking.

First off, that's a freakin' hilarious metaphor. One which I also happen to completely agree with.

I also despise it when people ask to join my team. If they're my friend and they ask if I'm running with a team or if I could fit them on my team, then that's one thing. But when its some random person out of the blue saying "got room on your team?" or "can I join?"...GRRRR! I wish there was an emote where I could slap them from a distance.

I'd like to come up with a metaphor as creative as Hippy's but this is the best I can do...
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04/11/06 03:58

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You know with Red Scout, his invite message is "Badge Hunting, if you need help with a mission... I'll help depending on the mood I'm in." I got a tell from someone saying he thought that was hilarious.

I never had much of a problem with people saying no blind invites. I just ask them if they want to team and they either say yes or no... I one instance that someone asked what my team consisted of, and only a couple of times where people asked what level are the baddies are in the mission.

I feel that I'm pretty good with putting together a pick up team. Everytime I team with one of my SG mates, they have me select the memebers since I get the best players... which I don't see how, I just ask if they want to team.

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04/11/06 05:15

Amphitine

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I'm wondering if there is a bit of confusion about what a blind invite is here - Sending a tell out of the blue and asking if someone would like to join your team is not a blind invite. True, it isn't very informative, and if I am in the mood for a team, I'll send back and ask what level and mish, but it is still asking.

But it is just plain irritating to be in the middle of a bunch of mobs and have that blasted "so-and-so has invited you to be on a team, accept or decline" windoid pop up in the middle of the action. Personally, I just think that is rude. And, as a couple of posters mentioned, the inviter is usually a good distance away and too often either way above or below my level.

The bottom line is - ask - it's the polite thing to do.

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04/11/06 06:35

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First off, welcome to GameAmp, Amphitine. You might already be member since last year, but nobody had welcomed you yet. So here you go :)

Now on topic. I have no problem what so ever with blind invites. I often decline, but sometimes I accept. No biggie either way. If I get a tell I will *ALWAYS* reply. Which can be more distracting and time consuming than clicking on the no button. A blind invite can be blindy rejected. A tell needs some tact and maybe even a lie.

However, I never invite anybody blind myself. I will always send a tell first. Which brings me to a much more annoying thing. Players that don't reply! Is it so hard to press backspace and say "no, sorry"?

04/11/06 07:18

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My general policy is if I'm on "looking for mission team" then a blind invite isnt blind, i advertised i should take it. if i am getting ready to log i'll enve send tell "sorry logging" if i'm not searching i usually will ignore invite.

when I join team i click a few members to see levels are close. and if a mission isnt up or its not announced i'll ask "what's the plan?".

So basically if I put out the for hire sign i cant get mad at an offer otherwise please send tell.

Actually was on a team and a person that was blind invited :shouted" NO BLIND INVITES and quit, he was a source of humor for a while

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04/11/06 08:49

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04/11/06 23:45

thejeni

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And one more time just to make sure the thread is working ok now.

*looks around* seems to be able to be replied to now... so please continue your conversation

04/11/06 23:47

xtreme_hippy

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I'm wondering if there is a bit of confusion about what a blind invite is here - Sending a tell out of the blue and asking if someone would like to join your team is not a blind invite.

I know, I was just commenting on the fact that it was annoying, and in some miniscule way relative to the topic.

Now, for VV's sake, another metaphor!

"If you were the proprietor of a night club, after more business, then would you hand out friendly, non-threatening leaflets, or by having your bouncers grab anyone who happens to walk by and lob them through the door?"

Edited to add: Thinking I should elaborate; What people have to remember, - and it seems often forget - is that they're dealing with real people on this game, and as such, you should treat with the same degree of politness and respect you would give them if you were to meet them in person. It may be a game, but in that respect, it's the same as real life.

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04/12/06 00:51

Death_dude

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I mostly accept blind invites. Why? Because if I'm not already on a team, I'm looking for one. I have a controller. I hate to solo.

Normally, I duo with a friend or something, I do not often go through the trouble of setting up my own team, I'm not a great team leader.

I do prefer it though if I get a /tell, because it shows me that the player is intellectual enough to press the tell button, as well as invite.

I never send blind invites, I say something like "Hey, want to team? Fighting 26-27s" Or, if it's a well known mish, it'd be like "Hey, want to join a level 15-16 frostfire mish?"

Just general politeness is nice though.

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04/12/06 03:13

Madphinger

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Red Scout, you're slacking with the badges man......come on. I dig that avatar though. :p

I know, that was off-topic but allow me to say that I think blind invites are fine. If I accept one and then don't like what I see...I just hit the quit button. Too easy really. But, I almost never blind invite another player because I understand how alot of people feel about it.

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04/12/06 05:26

connor_wraith

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I agree with what was said earlier on, that if u want a team then blind incites are ok, however it can get annoying when ur soloing a miss and they keep on poping up. Normally i will only blind ivite people who say they are looking for a team and DONT say no blind invites lol

04/12/06 10:01

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Nothing new to add, just wanted to welcome connor_wraith! Good to see Firespray is luring more Brits to the site :)

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04/12/06 10:42

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I'm becoming more and more adverse to blind invites lately. I have a gaggle of alts in the 5-20 range, so they're getting Hollowed to death. Frostfire the first time through is fun, especially if the team knows what it's doing. The fifth time through with the same team in one sitting is torture.

I think there's a bug in the way contacts behave there. Once you go see Flux, he won't pass you along until you complete all his missions, even if you out-levelled him ages ago. This results in toons from lvls 9-16 all with Frostfire missions. If you get to it late, you'll never get the rest of the contacts and never get Atta. You'll just get 'Frostfire?' tells until you want to nuke the place.

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04/12/06 10:53

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I guess I'm guilty of being a blind invite snob myself. Thing is, I might get on with a character that I'm doing a cool Story Arc with, or RPing with my SG, or just badge hunting, or whatever... I don't want to be bombarded with a ton of blind invites (which I end up getting anyway. My MasterMind gets no less than 2 or 3 within the first 30seconds that I'm logged in, no joke). Sometimes, I'll get multiple blind invites from the same person who obviously can't take a hint that I don't want to team up at that point in time. And then I don't want to deal with said person when they finally do send me a tell being b!tchy for why I'm constantly turing down their invites.

Thing of it is, the person you're sending a blind invite to might have better things going on. Please have the common courtisy to send a tell first.

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04/12/06 14:11

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I'm one of those "no blind invites" snobs, too. Most of the time, I'm already doing something I want to finish. I might be picking up all the badges and plaques in Boomtown for yet another toon, or trying to get the Fortune Teller mish by 8 o'clock, or trying to "arrest" enough mages to get my Soul Binder badge. These are important to me at the time and best done without a team. On the other hand, if I get a tell asking me whether I can help them finish a mish they're stuck in, want in on a badge mish or or task force or want to join a mish full of the same foes I'm trying to hunt, I just might be interested in joining the team. I'm NOT going to drop what I'm doing to join a random team to do who knows what.

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04/13/06 13:20

Zark

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RE: No blind invites

I do not mind blind invites. I will either accept or decline depending on what I am doing at the time. I have a problem being repeatedly spammed by the same person after I have already said no.

If the level ranges are not good or I have already done that mission I will POLITELY say so and then quit the team, it is really that simple.

When i am attempting to form a team, i will always send a tell with a short description of what we are doing. I always try to invite people whose descriptions say they are looking for a team. What I consider impolite is not responding when someone sends you a tell. Fifty percent of the time, despite their "lft" adverts people DO NOT RESPOND, which drives me nuts. Granted they may be afk or up to their posterior in mobs, but that still does not explain such a high rate.

As for people asking to join an existing team? I do not mind, and usually will try to fit them in IF we have room. At least they are not busy ignoring you even if you are being polite.

04/13/06 15:20

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