Feel free to ignore this thread, I just need to get this off my chest..
Today I was bored so I started reading some of the Dojo's tourney reports, and I was reading a T1 Bargain report and then, in the middle of it, I came upon this:
"Lunch Break
I was about to go and grab some lunch when a guy comes up to me wanting to trade. He was drooling, talked funny, and was wearing a pink shirt. He shows me his folder and I show him mine. He picks out 2 Portal uncommons, and I picked out a Ring of Gix. He says "Dat wooks like a fare twade" and I nearly break out in laughter but say "I agree". I felt a bit bad about rippin this guy, but the site of his pink shirt reassured me that he deserved to be ripped off."
Usually this stuff doesn't annoy me that much, but this time it did. I think it was the way he described how the other talked ("Dat wooks like a fare twade"). Total mockery. I just wanted to reach thru my monitor and ring this guy's (the writer's) neck.. Then he goes on to say he ripped this guy off (not like Ring of Gix is in a ton of tourney viable decks), but it was justified. Why? CAUSE HE HAD A PINK SHIRT ON?!?!?!?!? There isn't even a sliver (ugh, sliver) of justification there.
Ok, now let me branch off here. I was in the mall a couple weeks ago, and this guy walked past us. He went past and my friend started laughing. More people pass, and they thought my friend was laughing at them!! So we leave where we were and start walking. Then we look behind us... followed. Some big people were gonna beat the crap outta us--all because we laughed, and not even at them!
Back to the original story: I wish that when the writer went back to his friends, one of the other guy's big friends overheard the writer making fun of the "guy in a pink shirt." Hmm.. now its a fair trade: 2 portal uncommons and a beatdown for a ring of gix.
I guess the moral of the this part of the story: Stop making fun of people for their appearance, way they talk (aka speech impediments, accents, etc), likes/dislikes, etc. I (as I imagine, most other people) have been made fun of in the past. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will break my self esteem." Just keep it to yourself; no one else cares.
Part 2 of this... monstrostity.
Ripping people off-
I imagine most people here don't rip people off. It's a maturity/"do what's right" kind of thing. I mean look, most of the people who seem to be rippers online are 12 or 13.
Anyway, going back to the original quote. Our writer tried to justify the "ripping". Of course, it was a totally bogus reason. But even if it wasn't, I still wouldn't consider it justification. There is no justifying ripping someone off. It's wrong--pure and simple. Yes, even if the other person makes the offer. For example, my friend pulled a foil powder keg (lucky son of a..) in a destiny pack. He traded it to a "wannabe pro player". My friend made the trade offer, and the wannabe even told him, "I'm kinda ripping you off here. Is there anything else you want?" I've heard it before, but its still one of my favorite things to hear when trading/overhearing a trade. It's basically setting up a halo around that person's head--ok, maybe not that far. So please, don't rip anyone--young kids, people who offer lopsided trades, _anyone_--off. It's called trading. Trades are supposed to be even.
If you read that whole thing, thanks. I read the tourney report and went out the door, really bothered by that. So here I am...
-mike
Today I was bored so I started reading some of the Dojo's tourney reports, and I was reading a T1 Bargain report and then, in the middle of it, I came upon this:
"Lunch Break
I was about to go and grab some lunch when a guy comes up to me wanting to trade. He was drooling, talked funny, and was wearing a pink shirt. He shows me his folder and I show him mine. He picks out 2 Portal uncommons, and I picked out a Ring of Gix. He says "Dat wooks like a fare twade" and I nearly break out in laughter but say "I agree". I felt a bit bad about rippin this guy, but the site of his pink shirt reassured me that he deserved to be ripped off."
Usually this stuff doesn't annoy me that much, but this time it did. I think it was the way he described how the other talked ("Dat wooks like a fare twade"). Total mockery. I just wanted to reach thru my monitor and ring this guy's (the writer's) neck.. Then he goes on to say he ripped this guy off (not like Ring of Gix is in a ton of tourney viable decks), but it was justified. Why? CAUSE HE HAD A PINK SHIRT ON?!?!?!?!? There isn't even a sliver (ugh, sliver) of justification there.
Ok, now let me branch off here. I was in the mall a couple weeks ago, and this guy walked past us. He went past and my friend started laughing. More people pass, and they thought my friend was laughing at them!! So we leave where we were and start walking. Then we look behind us... followed. Some big people were gonna beat the crap outta us--all because we laughed, and not even at them!
Back to the original story: I wish that when the writer went back to his friends, one of the other guy's big friends overheard the writer making fun of the "guy in a pink shirt." Hmm.. now its a fair trade: 2 portal uncommons and a beatdown for a ring of gix.
I guess the moral of the this part of the story: Stop making fun of people for their appearance, way they talk (aka speech impediments, accents, etc), likes/dislikes, etc. I (as I imagine, most other people) have been made fun of in the past. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will break my self esteem." Just keep it to yourself; no one else cares.
Part 2 of this... monstrostity.
Ripping people off-
I imagine most people here don't rip people off. It's a maturity/"do what's right" kind of thing. I mean look, most of the people who seem to be rippers online are 12 or 13.
Anyway, going back to the original quote. Our writer tried to justify the "ripping". Of course, it was a totally bogus reason. But even if it wasn't, I still wouldn't consider it justification. There is no justifying ripping someone off. It's wrong--pure and simple. Yes, even if the other person makes the offer. For example, my friend pulled a foil powder keg (lucky son of a..) in a destiny pack. He traded it to a "wannabe pro player". My friend made the trade offer, and the wannabe even told him, "I'm kinda ripping you off here. Is there anything else you want?" I've heard it before, but its still one of my favorite things to hear when trading/overhearing a trade. It's basically setting up a halo around that person's head--ok, maybe not that far. So please, don't rip anyone--young kids, people who offer lopsided trades, _anyone_--off. It's called trading. Trades are supposed to be even.
If you read that whole thing, thanks. I read the tourney report and went out the door, really bothered by that. So here I am...
-mike
