What would you do?

[n_odie]

I was voting in the polls for on the official site and i thought to myself,

 

I bet many TIfers would go ahead and give him the potion?

 

 

 

 

 

 

What would you do?

 

 

 

What if they where wearing a Full Dragon?

[Infi]

I would probably be browsing the forums to be honest. :oops:

 

EDIT: Level 95 with basic leather gear? :uhh:

[One Too Far]

i would cast tele-other lumby the whole time so he couldn't see the trades he got for anti poison or trade him like crazy =p

 

 

 

nah just kidding, give the pot

 

 

 

and if he was in dragon i would probaly doubt in giving it and then before i make my decision he died and a random guy got his armor...

[Nero]

I would give him the antipoison.

[hephaestos8]

i would give it to him

 

 

 

if he was in dragon i would expect a reward

[Theoknight2]

Give him the poison and add him case he dies.

[unkn0wnwarrior]

I would give him the potion without expecting a reward... Expectation usually results in disappointment...

[Bobbington]

I would give them the potion.

 

 

 

Sure if he was waring a rare you would take a minuite and think..... hummm! but they I would remember how I would feel and give it anyway :P

[Latinoking]

People what if he protects the d chain? Most likey he will keep the legs and chain and full helm if not med. So I'll let him die :twisted:

 

 

 

People have pked people with no amour in the wilderness and some have droped 700k or high amount of cash.... So let him die I say. :twisted: Your fault for not paying attention the screen.

 

 

 

If it's a friend; I'll give the pot.

[paranoiaxagentx]

it depends if he was a jerk about it. if he was nice, sure I'd give him the antipotion.

[alcoolj]

Give him the pot, but only if he asked nicely.

[Smapla]

Who the hell runs to the forest to seek antipoison?

 

 

 

Who the hell carries antipoison while woodcutting?

[Olbritishchap]

Who the hell runs to the forest to seek antipoison?

 

 

 

Who the hell carries antipoison while woodcutting?

 

both very good points :lol:

 

 

 

i'd give it to him if he just wearing leather..but full dragon...umm i don't have one..hehe... :twisted:

[Adam007]

Those poll results, and even the replies here are completely misaligned with what people actually do in the heat of the moment. When that blast of opportunity hits people, emotion/greed overrides your normal logical stance of "Oh, of course I'm a nice person, I'd give him a potion," and a lot more people would just wait around for the person to die. There have been studies on this, it's hot vs. cold mentality. To answer your question, I'd give him the potion. But then again, we're not in the heat of the moment so my response along with everyone else's is pretty much invalid.

[JordanGM]

Tbh, I really don't know, in both cases. If we would've been talking before or something, probably. But if some random guy runs up to me.. I really don't know. If he was skulled with full dragon, my most probably answer would be no, but then again, like Adam said, I'm not in the heat of the moment. (I love that song btw, thanks for reminding me about it adam) :P

[Latinoking]

Who the hell runs to the forest to seek antipoison?

 

 

 

Who the hell carries antipoison while woodcutting?

 

 

 

1. The respawn in CW.... lol

 

 

 

2. Get one from Dr Hydel or w/e that random is called.

[qeltar]

Those poll results, and even the replies here are completely misaligned with what people actually do in the heat of the moment. When that blast of opportunity hits people, emotion/greed overrides your normal logical stance of "Oh, of course I'm a nice person, I'd give him a potion," and a lot more people would just wait around for the person to die.

 

 

 

But that's precisely why it is important to think about it in advance.

 

 

 

I would give him the potion without hesitation. Of course, if he died, I'd also grab his stuff and meet him to return it.

 

 

 

Being a decent person is far more important than getting "phr33 st00f".

 

 

 

~q

[Adam007]

Those poll results, and even the replies here are completely misaligned with what people actually do in the heat of the moment. When that blast of opportunity hits people, emotion/greed overrides your normal logical stance of "Oh, of course I'm a nice person, I'd give him a potion," and a lot more people would just wait around for the person to die.

 

 

 

But that's precisely why it is important to think about it in advance.

 

 

 

I would give him the potion without hesitation. Of course, if he died, I'd also grab his stuff and meet him to return it.

 

 

 

Being a decent person is far more important than getting "phr33 st00f".

 

 

 

~q

 

Once people get into it, once their heart rate jumps up, once they realize what's on the line, whatever they thought about it in advance makes no difference. People don't think rationally in emotional situations. They act against all of their beliefs and preconceived notions. I looked up and found the article, here it is.

 

 

 

 

Hot and Cold Emotions Make Us Poor Judges

 

 

 

Why would David Vitter, a U.S. senator with four young children, have gotten involved with a seedy escort service? Why would Michael Vick, a gifted NFL quarterback, get mixed up with the sordid world of dog fighting? Why would Bill Clinton, a Rhodes scholar, six-time governor and president of the United States at 46, have an affair with an intern in the Oval Office?

 

 

 

It isn't just men behaving badly. Remember Lisa Nowak, the married NASA astronaut who drove from Houston to Orlando (wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to make bathroom stops, police said) allegedly in order to kidnap her rival in a love triangle?

 

 

 

Whenever these scandals break, the rest of us shake our heads and ask, "What were they thinking?"

 

 

 

That feeling of incredulity is now the subject of a growing body of research. It isn't just that people find it difficult to understand or empathize with others who do crazy things. People find it very difficult to imagine how they themselves would behave when strong emotions are involved.

 

 

 

Studies have found that, for some reason, an enormous mental gulf separates "cold" emotional states from "hot" emotional states. When we are not hungry or thirsty or sexually aroused, we find it difficult to understand what effects those factors can have on our behavior. Similarly, when we are excited or angry, it is difficult to think about the consequences of our behavior -- outcomes that are glaringly obvious when we are in a cold emotional state.

 

 

 

for example, demanded in late June that the Title V Abstinence Education program be reauthorized: "These programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases by teaching teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness," he declared.

 

 

 

A little more than two weeks later, Vitter was apologizing for a "serious sin" in his past, after his telephone number was found among the telephone lists of the alleged D.C. Madam. Hypocrisy? Possibly. But if the research is accurate, what it suggests is that Vitter-the-policymaker probably finds Vitter-the-escort-service-client as incomprehensible as everyone else does.

 

 

 

"We tend to exaggerate the importance of willpower," said George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who has studied the phenomenon of hot and cold emotional states and the surprisingly diverse implications of the gulf that separates them.

 

 

 

Many health resolutions, for example, are made when people are in a cold state. But while they may intellectually grasp the temptation of a potato chip or a cigarette, they do not appreciate in advance how visceral the desire can be -- which is why many resolutions fail when put to the test.

 

 

 

Psychologist Louis Giordano once asked heroin addicts on a maintenance course of the heroin substitute buprenorphine whether they would prefer an extra dose five days later or a sum of money. He found that when addicts were asked the question right before they got a dose -- when their craving was highest -- they valued the extra dose more than twice as much as addicts who had just taken their buprenorphine. The addicts who were in a craving state viscerally understood how much they would want the extra dose later; the satiated addicts, on the other hand, overestimated how easily they could do without the fix.

 

 

 

Similarly, when cancer researcher Maurice Slevin quizzed medical professionals about whether they would endure grueling chemotherapy to extend their lives by only a few months, fewer than one in 10 said it was worth it -- they were evaluating the question in a cold state. When he asked patients who actually had cancer the same question -- these were dying people who were in a very hot state -- nearly half said a few more weeks of life was worth the pain of chemo.

 

 

 

The empathy gulf between hot and cold states, Loewenstein said, might also explain why many patients are undertreated for pain. Patients viscerally experience their agony; doctors who are coolly evaluating the situation have to make a leap of imagination across the gulf that separates hot and cold states.

 

 

 

Other experiments have found that shoppers at grocery stores spend more when they are hungry than they do when they are full.

 

 

 

The empathy gap between hot and cold states not only keeps people from realizing how prone they can be to temptation but from enjoying things as much as they could: Marriage therapists, for instance, find that couples who report being uninterested in sex are usually surprised to find how much they enjoy intimacy once an encounter takes place. Couples in a cold state don't realize how they will feel once they are in a hot state.

 

 

 

Loewenstein said his research made it difficult for him to serve on a university disciplinary committee, because he now empathizes with students who make mistakes in the heat of the moment. And when big public scandals break, he automatically thinks about the empathy gap that prompts so many people to be judgmental of others.

 

 

 

"Most people have their own vices," he said. "When we are dealing with our vices, we are shortsighted, impulsive and make ridiculous sacrifices to satisfy our vices. But when we see other people succumbing to their vices, we think, 'How pathetic.' "

[Star_Fox]

depends on how he replies. if he asks nicely ill give him the potion, if he rushes me rudely, then i wont.

[Blackarch2]

depends on how he replies. if he asks nicely ill give him the potion, if he rushes me rudely, then i wont.

 

 

 

+1

 

 

 

If he was rude then I would just put up the anti pot and just wait in the second trade window. Phr33 Dr4g0n P10}{

[jessy87]

I was voting in the polls for on the official site and i thought to myself,

 

I bet many TIfers would go ahead and give him the potion?

 

 

 

 

 

 

What would you do?

 

 

 

What if they where wearing a Full Dragon?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ill answer the question jagex asked.

 

 

 

 

 

id drink it, or i would let him die. i would not take his stuff but id just let it sit their.

[purpieman2]

i'd do none of the above. i dont want to just watch somene die from poision, but i usually dont have antipoision. if i had it, i would do the first.

[meol]

If he's level 95 combat level an was wearing nothing but leather gear and told me he had no valuables on him, I'd do him a favour by letting him die. Otherwise he'd have to spent unnecessary food, while we would lose nothing if he died.

[qeltar]

 

Once people get into it, once their heart rate jumps up, once they realize what's on the line, whatever they thought about it in advance makes no difference. People don't think rationally in emotional situations. They act against all of their beliefs and preconceived notions. I looked up and found the article, here it is.

 

 

People who are guided by strong, well thought-out ethical principles generally don't get emotional about situations like this.

 

 

 

They do what they feel is right, because it is right.

 

 

 

Your interesting article notwithstanding, there are countless examples of poor people finding wallets with thousands of dollars in them and returning them to their rightful owners without hesitation.

 

 

 

~q

[Adam007]

 

Once people get into it, once their heart rate jumps up, once they realize what's on the line, whatever they thought about it in advance makes no difference. People don't think rationally in emotional situations. They act against all of their beliefs and preconceived notions. I looked up and found the article, here it is.

 

 

People who are guided by strong, well thought-out ethical principles generally don't get emotional about situations like this.

 

 

 

They do what they feel is right, because it is right.

 

 

 

Your interesting article notwithstanding, there are countless examples of poor people finding wallets with thousands of dollars in them and returning them to their rightful owners without hesitation.

 

 

 

~q

 

While I agree that there are some people that wouldn't get emotional over this, the majority of players do get excited over such an event. I disagree on your wallet example though. In the heat of the moment, if you see a wallet or money lying on the ground, you'll want to get to it before anyone else even though it's not yours. Granted, anyone who has held onto the wallet for a long enough time to emotionally cool down will often return the money. But for someone who spots a wallet on the ground and knows it's not his/hers, they'll try to grab it before someone else if two people both see it, even knowing it's not theirs.