I was browsing through the weblog of
[GM]Dave the other day.
He was ranting on and on about the trials and tribulations of being a GM in FFXI and extolling the virtues of Jormy, his pet (read: assasin) dragon. He basically hates 'tards' (who doesn't), street punks ('sup yo? reprezent!), role-playing (Ho, brave adveturer!) and mostly anything game related (except crafting and his ban stick and Jormy of course). Oh, and I think he's a minor (read: AA worthy) alcoholic.
Reading [GM]Dave's blog sparked a few questions in my head.
How many stupid people are in phRFO?
1) We have the run-of-the-mill n0Ob$ "kuya, san po lunkerz"? (bro, where are the lunkers?) and while they can't be generally called stupid since they're new to all this, there's always the method of checking your journal (press "J") since the quest giver gives the location of the quest requirements anyway...
2) We have the morons who lament and complain that they sold an item for 1,000,000 instead of 10,000,000 dalant/disena/cp 'cause they were in a hurry and missed putting the last 0 in the pricing page. Face it folks, if you put an item in the UTS, the price you set is your fault. Lag? Bullshit. You were in a hurry? Tough luck. Needed to take a piss? Get a diaper.
3) "Si -name-
load scammer!!!" ("-name- is a scammer!!!"). Guys, if you get scammed by a load seller then that's your own damned fault. It's stated in the RF Magna Carta that load selling/buying is illegal in the game and is a bannable offense. If you're too stupid to not do that then it sucks to be you. You just lost real cash for the 'promise' of a virtual item.
4) KSers. For non-players, KS means Kill Stealers. As an example I'm htting a BrutalAce and when it's hp bar is almost empty, some moron dives in a times it so that his last hit kills the beast. So it's an apt name since you'll basically scream "he stole my kill"... Yes, the KSer will get XP and possibly a quest but what about your PTs? Skills? That feeling of accomplishment? They also trash talk as well... No idea why since they sound dumber than they probably should legally be.
5) Council-mockers, henceforth known as CMs. Yes, that sounds really stupid but hey, it happens. CMs think that they know everything. When we attend ChipWars they say "we should do this" or "the race should do that" or... well you get the picture. Know-it-alls, all of them... these people think that they can command the race just because they use the mapchat command... idiots... In CW the only voices you should listen to are the councils or the rare exceptions. A handful only to be sure but they're there... Ryunaito, the BA gives strategically soudn commands, papaSPY of course is respected, DwarvenWL is crazy but he knows how to kill 'em tin cans, RhonZ can fight with the best of them, microspecs the super buffer, Enki another super buffer, Axelle the strategist and a few more can be trusted to lead properly... But the rest of those /m spammers? If we had Jormy in Novus then I'd feed them to him... Maybe Belphegor would do just as nice...
6) People yapping about item scammers. This is not DiabloII people. There are no dupes in RFo. If you got item scammed then that's your own stupidity at work. How does an item scam go? Some immoral bastard shows you a 10atk15avoid ring (the blue one) and asks for 100M in currency. Great bargain right? So you plunk over the cash, hit confirm and trade it. When you put it on, you see that it's now a +1 skill ring. Well why the hell didn't you check the item before you confirmed? coz you were in a hurry? Maybe you wanted to take a piss? Or maybe you were just plain stupid...
So what do we do? Can we educate them in how they should play? Impress upon them the importance of the MagnaCarta? Show them how to use the Journal command? Make them read "Art of War" for strategic enlightenment?
Oh hell no. That's too much effort. When you see one of these in the game, hit "B" on your keyboard, select the third tab (block) and click "add". Type in his name and presto! No more idiots.
Well... maybe just until the next "koya san po Lunker" retard comes along. then you'll know what to do.
On second thought, it might be easier to just count the smart people...
Is it worth it though? You can get the same quality (low?) of food at Gonuts or the much maligned HotLoops franchise. (Yes, hotLoops is still in business even though no one knows what it is). Hell Dunkin Donuts Bavarian Munchkins are good enough for me any day. 
