Daytripper

I love it when someone hides behind a bunch of pretenses and excuses as a reason to slack off. I wouldn't stand for that shit when someone shows up to Qufim without Battle Gloves, I'm not gonna stand for it now.

Let's put it out there. Tsiife never worked on Abbey because he was feeling charitable. It wasn't to be nice, or help pick up slack. It was because the things she needed were NEVER going to be done if he didn't step up to get them. I know I wasn't going to do it, it wasn't my character. I've got no problem helping someone with anything I can access, but I will never do it for them. Not my style, and I've got too much rage to stomach the inevitable resentment that'll rise from it.

So there's that. "I can't do it" isn't an acceptable excuse, there's always something to be done. I bit my tongue but was amused by Claire's comment that it's embarrassing to have such well-geared and capable people, and our entirely +2 black mage is... rank four. Way to take pride in your capability and achievements. Mielle is higher rank, and she's an outright alt. Abbey is higher rank because Tsiife figured that Ramp was always too busy with WoW, for months now, to get anything done in XI that wasn't the bare minimum.

I've had to type that alot. "Bare minimum." I'm getting tired of hitting the letters. Today I logged on and changed a colorful, then helped four people change those colorfuls into T3 pops. Then I went and got another colorful. Then I managed a dozen rare pops for everyone who forgets they need to trade me first. Then I got to dual-box for frustrating NMs, while also having the fun added duty of being the only person capable of hitting... most of the required elements. I was wielding all of the one-person-exclusive ones, at least. No pressure, especially during chainspell.

Twice.

After that, I turned hours of my work into 2/75 items, and now I'm preparing to go back out to get another colorful so I can change that again tomorrow, then repeat the process two more times.

Ramp's gonna run heroic dailies.

Thank god we're splitting the difference. Kermie, who worked 96 hours this month so far (It's only the 5th), finds time for his elemental staff.

Ramp runs heroic dailies.

Tsiife, who works the awkward mid-day shift, just in time to miss the event but back in time to watch the rest of us go to bed, has been grinding away on another person's mini expansions. I personally helped finish both of them. He also basically dual-boxed her entire rank progression. He also has been plugging away at a cure-potency staff that makes Abbey able to use some of the gear we grinded for her. She can't right now, see, because she lacks the gear to support it. And it's been that way for months.

Ramp's gonna read this, maybe before his heroic dailies, or afterwards, and he's gonna be pissed. Maybe.

Good. This is what a guilt-trip looks like, by the way. We've busted our asses to make sure everyone gets what they want, smoothly. I'm behind the scenes every day, basically, making sure pops are organized and ready, or calling people who didn't even want to be online that particular day to come beat shit up for hours to get ready for the weekend. I don't run heroic dailies. I don't split time in another MMO pretending to be vital or important to a raiding guild I don't raid in. I don't make excuses for not doing things with my family because I need to contribute barely to the overall progression so I can feel good for getting a fucking achievement in World of Casualcraft.

That's what it feels like, really. There's nothing left to go after for BLM or lolDRK, so why bother? They won't outparse monk, and BLM is only for stunning, and DRK is a joke, so why do jack shit? Why help other people do or get things? Why carry my own weight when my only request is to have a single pair of key items? I play a hardcore game, like a hardcore player, and I don't have the patience or the good will to keep carrying a casual player on crutches. Your efforts at events are good, but I mean it when I say I could download a bot in two minutes that'll do exactly what you do without the fucking apathetic attitude. And you know what? I could probably find one that'll go work on a magian staff, too.

Finally, some numbers you can't argue with, because math isn't opinionated.

Ramp has provided 459,262 of total guild exp
total guild exp made this week for his guild is 20,929,344
459,262/20,929,344=.02194
So he only provides, at this moment, 2.2% of the total exp to his guild

Fucking internet, how does it work?