Beggars at any level...

[lpinkus]

The Question: What is the highest level you've seen begging?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Story: I was fighting jellies at the Fremmy slayer cave, since I had just made 52 slayer and was curious about them. Now, I'm a modest level 87 combat, and a level 79 player shows up. He's also wearing black dragonhide; I'm wearing blue. He's hitting just about as good as me, too, strength seems to be high.

 

 

 

Now, the twist. He walks right up to me and says, "Can I have your mith boots, plz?" I'm pretty nice to everyone, so I said, "Why would I just give away my boots, man?" He replied, "Come on, I really need them. Be a friend." I say, "I'd sell them, man, not give them away, and I'm not planning on sellling them right now."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Moral: Sadly, it seems that there are (insert that word I hate here, it rhymes with "moobs") of all levels. I wouldn't say that this was a revelation to me, but I was really surprised by these actions of a level 79 as opposed to a level 29.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd be interested to hear similar stories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpinkus

[Crim_nimora]

Ive seen a lvl 106 ask for free stuff as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it works both ways, not all weaker players are noobs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One day I was playing castle wars, and we were all pretty sure we were beaten since we only had 3 people over lvl 70, and they had several, anyways somehow we managed to stay in their and with 5 minutes left we had our flag taken, and theirs was safe, but we weren't going for their flag as we were working defence, but then out of nowhere a lvl 4 takes the other teams flag and he SCORED!!! We ended up winning by 2.

[kingkonk]

Mmmm yes noobs of all levels. They are everywhere. I was training slayer on fire giants and hit a 22 :roll: Some level 93 exclaimed "what a good hit" it was. I said thanks and then he of course asked me for my "cool' weapon. I said no, he asked again, I had to block him. He was 93, I was 100. He was begging for a dragon hally(he did'nt even know name)

[Lord_Muijs]

i saw a lvl 100 begging, on this forum,

 

 

 

he said he lost all his stuff by staking and that he needed "donations" to get his account running again. (not very smart staking all ur stuff anyway)

 

 

 

he asked for free ores/bars/raw food/logs/free money and more, telling people he needed it to get 4 stats to 90, and when i told him i was surprised that a lvl 100 was still begging he called me a noob, and he told me to "fauk off and leave my thread with your level 50 combat stats, newb" excuse me?? i might have crappy stats but atleast im not the one begging.

 

 

 

and the thing that surprised me was: PEOPLE WERE GIVING HIM THE STUFF!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: i cannot post his name here cuz ill get banned but if u want to know PM me and ill tell you.

[spy6791]

there r alot of beggers

 

 

 

i am level 70 and somtimes get stuff given to me for free

 

 

 

do u consider asking for services (poeple make me pots if i give them herbes ect.) begging

 

 

 

if so i beg alot

[Crim_nimora]

Its not begging if you ask someone you know fairly well for a favor.

[limpxbizkid]

ive only had lvl45 and under begging from me (well, im not even lvl90 yet). i was walking around with my "beloved" red mask and a lvl45 keeped following me asking if he could buy it for some pothetic price. i said no. then he started saying things like "ill work for you" and "ill help you get rich". there was just no way of getting through to him gently and i didnt wanna say "**** off noob! omgzorz i hates j00!!!" because im just not at that level (im not reffering to combat level mind you) and i had to block him in the end. poor noob, i wonder where he is now?

[katsuro0]

i saw a lvl 100 begging, on this forum,

 

 

 

he said he lost all his stuff by staking and that he needed "donations" to get his account running again. (not very smart staking all ur stuff anyway)

 

 

 

he asked for free ores/bars/raw food/logs/free money and more, telling people he needed it to get 4 stats to 90, and when i told him i was surprised that a lvl 100 was still begging he called me a noob, and he told me to "fauk off and leave my thread with your level 50 combat stats, newb" excuse me?? i might have crappy stats but atleast im not the one begging.

 

 

 

and the thing that surprised me was: PEOPLE WERE GIVING HIM THE STUFF!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: i cannot post his name here cuz ill get banned but if u want to know PM me and ill tell you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that would be sk8ermaster :lol:

[audee]

Er.. level 100+ seem begging?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tats my stance against beggers who is trailing myself.. i just do the same.. *charactors turning round and round* and i just mimic what that player is typing..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well.. it works.. the player leaves after awhile..

[Crim_nimora]

I havent turned my publich chat on in a couple weeks now...this farming skill is making the begging worse.

[lpinkus]

there r alot of beggers

 

 

 

i am level 70 and somtimes get stuff given to me for free

 

 

 

do u consider asking for services (poeple make me pots if i give them herbes ect.) begging

 

 

 

if so i beg alot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It all depends how and how OFTEN someone asks. If someone says to me, "Hey man, do you have an extra weapon you don't need? I just died and most of my gp," I might help. I'd at least say, "Sorry many, I really don't." Any further asking is begging and annoying, in my optinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That being said, I was pickpocketing heroes yesterday when a guy asked me, "Hey, can you steal me a gem?" I said, "Sure, why not" and I did it. He was very appreciative. I did mention to him that he shouldn't ask too much for similar favors, or he might be considered a beggar. He was cool with that, and we went on to talk really nicely for 20 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpinkus

[Lord_Muijs]

 

i saw a lvl 100 begging, on this forum,

 

 

 

he said he lost all his stuff by staking and that he needed "donations" to get his account running again. (not very smart staking all ur stuff anyway)

 

 

 

he asked for free ores/bars/raw food/logs/free money and more, telling people he needed it to get 4 stats to 90, and when i told him i was surprised that a lvl 100 was still begging he called me a noob, and he told me to "fauk off and leave my thread with your level 50 combat stats, newb" excuse me?? i might have crappy stats but atleast im not the one begging.

 

 

 

and the thing that surprised me was: PEOPLE WERE GIVING HIM THE STUFF!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: i cannot post his name here cuz ill get banned but if u want to know PM me and ill tell you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that would be sk8ermaster :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COOL, i CAN post the name of the guy here, i thought it wasnt allowed.

 

 

 

it wasnt sk8ermaster though, it was thepeoplesn0ob :lol:

 

 

 

(it was a while ago, he was lvl 100 then)

 

 

 

but crim_nimora, he didnt know the people, he just made a thread saying how poor he was with a bank pic, and im fairly sure he just hid all his good stuff out of view in that pic. his whole post (and the post was quite big) could be said in one single sentence with 3 words, of wich all are spelled wrong.

 

 

 

guess what??

 

 

 

Phr33 st00f pl0x!!<---- the answer is here

[aranimage]

The highest level I've seen is only a fifty-something. He asked me for free stuff, I said no, he called me a noob...usual stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the best part is, I was like level 26 at the time...You can bet I was surprised to see someone twice my level begging.

[Crim_nimora]

...what was there like nobody over lvl 40 around? or did he just think he would get better items from a lower lvl?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and are you archimage?

[otoko_alph9]

i have a story.....lol about a week ago i was training my arching from lvl 21-40 and had been foloing the f2p where to train guide and was in the barb hall in barbvillage well the same person had been there training everyday, and i had gotten to bee good friends with him.....well he asked if he could have about 200 steel arrows i dont have ne left.....im like yea sure....well about 5min l8r he tells me to folo him to verrock to train at castle, so i do and he says ill brb, im like ok well he walks to bank (unknowingly i folo...) then he starts saying selling 2k steel arrows....turns out...he had scammed them off ppl for the last week...and thats how he was makeing money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

point to my story u ask, dont give to beggers,noobs,or ppl u think might be ur friend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o and he ditched me, he went back to barb hall not verrock castle. how nice! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

[lpinkus]

Good story, otoko. Those people are so lame. It's annoying enough when people beg, but when they call you a noob after you say you have nothing for free, that beats all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crim, I understand what you say about giving things to people you know well, and that's fine, but I actually trade with friends of mine; we just give each other reasonable deals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giving a newb one nice thing to welcome them and help them out may be fine, but the more it happens, the more likely it creates a monster who expects tons of stuff for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpinkus

[Outsanity]

What's even more sad is when you're own FRIENDS decide to beg for stuff from you. Here's the story:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've known this guy since I started paying for members, and he's always kept me in real great company, and I will agree is smarter than a LOT of those other noobs I have seen in the Runescape society...however, he has a tendancy to...well...beg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just recently, he's been chopping magic logs in hopes of gaining enough money for an Abyssal Whip. I of course give him my support, but promptly inform him that I will NOT loan him anything to help pay for his whip, because even though I DO have one myself, I still need to save for my upcomming dragon sqaure. I also inform him that even if I didn't NEED the money, I wouldn't give it away because I believe strongly in morals. I myself have NEVER accepted anything from anybody, and have always worked for everything I own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So he shrugs it off and goes about his business...well, moments later, he private messages me again saying he had just bought a whip. I, being bedazzled as to how he could have made 1 million gp in less than 2 minutes, asked him how he got the money. He told me that one of his "friends" had just out of the blue given him 1000k, and that the other 4.8mill he had previously was only half worked for! Yes...he had been talking people into giving him thousands upon thousands of gp, to the point where his supposed "5 days" of woodcutting only managed to get him 2k logs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basically...out of the 5.8 mill he spent on his whip, only 2mill of it was actually his...the rest was given to him by people he had just met days ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This angers me...to the point where I yelled at him. I do NOT care if someone has offered to give you something, or even BEGGED you to take it from them...you just shouldn't take it...it's WRONG. As I said, right now I currently have an outfit worth 13mill (whip, d legs and med, zamorak plate, the whole works) and every last gp to the dot was gained by me and ONLY me. I never once begged, asked politely, or accepted any sort of donations from anybody. I chopped, I went to the barrows, and I slayed. Everything was from my own expenses, and it angers me that someone who's got 10mill less total exp than I, who doesn't work even half as hard as I do, just gets 3.8mill shoved in front of him for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone else feel the same way about this?

[Lord_Muijs]

outsanity,

 

 

 

i agree that you shouldnt beg, its just plain dumb.

 

 

 

but i see nothing wrong with accepting something someone else offers you.

 

 

 

i once got full iron from a very nice player when i was a newb, and we are still friends.

 

 

 

that guy helped me with getting started training my skills, gave me advise.

 

 

 

in other words, if he wouldnt have helped me i would never have continued playing runescape. i do not see anything wrong with accepting something that someone offers you for free, but you should never BEG for it like a noob.

[Lode]

The highest player I saw saying something like "free stuf plz" was above level 60

[lpinkus]

outsanity,

 

 

 

i agree that you shouldnt beg, its just plain dumb.

 

 

 

but i see nothing wrong with accepting something someone else offers you.

 

 

 

i once got full iron from a very nice player when i was a newb, and we are still friends.

 

 

 

that guy helped me with getting started training my skills, gave me advise.

 

 

 

in other words, if he wouldnt have helped me i would never have continued playing runescape. i do not see anything wrong with accepting something that someone offers you for free, but you should never BEG for it like a noob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also true, although it's a story about full iron which I might not even bother to pick up. Any level would pick up a whip :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's another side to all this. I've often traded with newbies who were buying mind runes, iron ore, addy weaponry, items like that. Often, they offer way too much, sometimes twice the going price. Every time, I decline and say they're paying too much. They say "ty," we make the trade, and there's one more player, hopefully, who will be more informed about prices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not saying you shouldn't sell high as a merchant, but if you give the newbies a break by not ripping them off, I think things are better in the long run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpinkus

[Outsanity]

I understand where you're coming from, and that, as a new player, it may be alright to have yourself pushed in the correct direction...however, as a very high moraled player, I realize that I play the game for myself and only myself. I wouldn't get NEARLY as much pleasure from looking at my whip if I knew half of it was not even gained by me. I'd rather have the understanding that I as a singular player gained that money, and that much more respect for playing the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes...you're probably right, I'd *pick up* a whip if I knew someone had died and lost it, because that's part of the game. If someone has died due to causes out of your control, then you accept that it is a circumstance given to you by the game itself, and simply move on. However, if someone randomly set up a trade, put in a whip, and pressed accept...I wouldn't accept.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not greedy, and I'm not a bad player. Most levels would take a whip, lpinkus...but not me. That's just how I feel about things like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, to further this, I do not think it's morally right that just because you know certain people (have "connections") that you should gain any advantage over players who work equally or possibly harder than you. It's like how it happens in today's society...just because someone is "connected" to someone means that they get more things for doing nothing. Not worthy of respect, in my eyes. :?

[Duke_Freedom]

I believe it was a 124 but at least it was above 120.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't need to explain why I think...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes - he was serious.

[kaibani]

When i quit i asked my lvl 100+ friend who had over 100 mil worth of phats and items, if he wanted 1 mil. He said "sure" and took it. He was broke at that time so that's probably why. Also, i had a friend who consistently lost rune armor and weapons, but because i had the money i gave him the replacements for free. He wanted to pay back and once he said he would, but i said no. He never asked but i offered it to him, only because he wasn't just a friend, but a best friend in real life :). So ya, what i'm trying to say is that if someone offers you something that you need, then accept, but if you don't need it, then don't. It makes the giver a reason to be happy that they're helping someone out. But if that someone is a noob begger then...i dunno.

[lpinkus]

I understand where you're coming from, and that, as a new player, it may be alright to have yourself pushed in the correct direction...however, as a very high moraled player, I realize that I play the game for myself and only myself. I wouldn't get NEARLY as much pleasure from looking at my whip if I knew half of it was not even gained by me. I'd rather have the understanding that I as a singular player gained that money, and that much more respect for playing the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes...you're probably right, I'd *pick up* a whip if I knew someone had died and lost it, because that's part of the game. If someone has died due to causes out of your control, then you accept that it is a circumstance given to you by the game itself, and simply move on. However, if someone randomly set up a trade, put in a whip, and pressed accept...I wouldn't accept.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not greedy, and I'm not a bad player. Most levels would take a whip, lpinkus...but not me. That's just how I feel about things like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, to further this, I do not think it's morally right that just because you know certain people (have "connections") that you should gain any advantage over players who work equally or possibly harder than you. It's like how it happens in today's society...just because someone is "connected" to someone means that they get more things for doing nothing. Not worthy of respect, in my eyes. :?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with you, Out. And for the record, I don't think it's wrong to pick up a whip/dragon/rune item that someone died and dropped. That's part of the game. I'd probably wait a bit for someone to PM me or come back to the location, tho. My point was that if it's an item/profit you really don't need, why harm a newbie?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One time, back when I was lvl 60 or so, someone dropped various runes, arrows, a robe or something when they died. I picked it up, and at the time the runes were useful to me. Well, a second later, a guy showed up along with the "girl" who died and says, "hey jerk, give my sister's stuff back." I was planning on giving it all back, but I siad nothing and gave him back only half since he called me a jerk. I'm not sure what his reaction was, as I'm pretty sure they're both still on my ignore list :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What goes around comes around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lpinkus

[poochu]

I dont mind giving something out to all the little lvl 3s that come up to me and ask nicely if they can have something free. today i gave a lvl 3 full preist robes and a chef hat lol and he was very grateful. he used his manners. but if some lvl 30 come up to me and just goes. "do you have anything i can have?" i will say no. at that level i think you can earn your own stuff :D