Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11482499-20131024035856/@comment-11482499-20131024103836

Kyzaa - I think you are misreading my OP. I was frustrated and bemused, sure. But not arrogant. I am seeking to give rational advice that will benefit them, not ordering them around - at no point did I say "listen up, you tiny little insignificant sh*ts, you must do what I say". Presuming to give orders is arrogant, giving rational advice (that happens to profit me, but them as well) is not.

My title also wasn't " **** you, small decks who deal >300m damage on big bosses." which it could have been.

It was a neutral, direct address to attract attention from the precise demographic I wanted to grab the attention of (i'm a direct person, I think you get that). What alternate "non-arrogant" title would you propose? If you say I'm blunt, you're absolutely right. Arrogant? Not in this OP, no.

"Why bother?" is a rhetorical question, but rhetorical questions aren't always arrogant. I was explaining why their actions don't make sense from my point of view, unless I was missing something. And indeed, I was missing something - because someone raised the scarcity issue and I acknowledged that I didn't realise it before, and suggested they pop into the chatroom so address their scarcity problem.

I didn't simply send them an ally request because then they might multi-cube MVP my seeds more often than they already do! I have no assurance that they know the Good Ally Code of Conduct. If they are noob enough to think 10-cubing is a good idea, it’s a good bet they’re noob enough not to know the etiquette rules for being a good ally. I should negotiate with them (here), THEN ally them when a deal is reached, not the other way around.

If they keep doing it, even at great personal cost, then they're trolls, plain and simple. I'd either curb-stomp them right back (it's cube inefficient, but then again all mutually-assured destruction is stupidly inefficient), or quit the raid - and see who feeds ya L8s then. I can always T1 non-raid events where trolls can't screw with ya.