AlistairVale

“ One thing that pisses me off is when I'm in a duty with other people and someone gets disconnected from the game and as soon as the opportunity presents itself, people are vote kicking said person who has disconnected. They don't even give this person a few minutes to log back in. Now, for myself, I suggest waiting five minutes... For me with a PS3, that's plenty of time to get back into the game, even when my system has pulled the "I'm going to freeze on you" bit. Anyways, this vote kicking people as soon as you wipe to refill the spot is not only rude, but it's creating bitterness between players. But here's something else to consider: I was in a A3 with two of my friends. I'm a healer... And they are both tanks. One of my friends got disconnected, and we ended up wiping before he could get back online. I said, "He'll be right back." But as soon as someone could, they popped the vote kick. But, I was quicker. I said "Just a word of warning, if you vote kick the tank, you will lose your other tank, and a healer." Tl;dr: moral of the story, make sure you know who's partied up in DF before you go kicking someone's friend, and you end up losing your tanks and healer, Lmao. “

tandrisong  This seems to be a huge problem in any collaborative game community, especially MMORPGs. I've had my fair share of being on the receiving end of vote kicks across a wide variety of games and it's really depressing to reconnect only to find you've been removed. You already feel bad enough for disconnecting and the experience as a whole is generally anxiety inducing. Those few minutes having to reconnect can be hell for a lot of people and being on the receiving end of a kick can gradually make a person gun shy (or duty finder shy in this instance) to the point where group play is no longer fun because you don't want to be a burden if you happen to disconnect at an inconvenient time. It's a shame because you desperately want to join in but it's so stressful not knowing what your internet/pc/console may or may not do. Not everyone has or can afford a good computer and/or console and not everyone has access to high speed internet. Is your fellow player at fault for this and should they be punished by being kicked out of the group when they're just trying to do the content same as you? No. 

I’d love to get some asks going on this blog and potentially do some sketches in response! Your local illiterate pirate and kitty litter tycoon asks are open, both OOC and IC questions are welcome just be sure to specify if it’s out of character or in!

/accepts trade from ashlenhart

/equips armor

Apparently Alistair is now the kitty litter pirate according to ashlenhart

*fake movie scream*