Feeling betrayed by a game friend.

Sounds to me there are some life lessons being learned playing these games. They aren't totally a waste of time! Figuring out who you're real friends are is always difficult.

I think thats lame. My boyfriend has a friend that he also knows in real life and he has been hurt several times by being blown off by him for his friends internet girlfriend. I know thats not what you asked but I see how you would feel betrayed by someone in a game. I think you were right in forgetting them. Its crappy but they were crappy too. : ) My boyfriend says you runscape is crappy. I dont know what it is but thats what he said when he was reading it. He knows of some great games if you are interested in something new. I mean no offense if you really like the game by the way. Just do what makes you happy.

I don't play this specific game, but I've had similar experiences in MMORPGs. Sometimes I find it's ridiculous the extent to which people expect you to help them, and then don't want to give anything back. In fact, it's made me so frustrated that I'm taking a bit of a break from playing that sort of game, because it just always seems to turn out that anyone I thought was being nice to me in the game actually just wanted something from me.

Hi Uath, sorry i hadn't spotted this before, but as you know my time spent on here can be somewhat erratic... anyway, on topic lol. i have had people on my friends list that are like this, i use other forums that are to do with runescape and i can often meet people that seem ok to begin with, but as time goes on they seem to use you more and more to their own gain. i love helping people out, if nothing else it makes me feel good even if it disrupts my own game play. this can include doing quest help, gathering things that friends can't (my high lvls give me such an advantage over alot of my friends), helping with clue scrolls and even buying things in members that cost less/ are easier to get for free to play friends ect. but there have been a few people that have fount their way out of my favour by taking the mick... they can sometimes want too much... example: a few days ago, one of my friends logged in, no hello or how are you... just "can you give me some stuff to get off the ground again??" basically this friend couldn't carry on with membership a while back, got rid of all his stuff... (i think giving it away and such rather than selling and keeping the gp) he now has members back and thinks it should be my job to get his stuff. and no, this wasn't the first time he had asked for my help, over the last few weeks, i have made him full mith (he can wear upto addy plate and rune legs/helm ect, but i can't make those), given him full black AND 2 sets of full blue d hide (he can wear the black, sell the blue). he has had some money (a few hundred k) a couple of weapons, some arrows and a few other things i deemed spare in my bank. but you help out too often it seems with some people, and they believe that you are their crutch in runescape. personally i can't see why your "friend" wouldn't sell you the item, well other than greed that is. you have helped him countless times, no doubt on occasion going truly out of your way to give him some needed assistance... and this is how he says thanks! putting him in your ignore list is probably the best thing you can do, and you were perfectly justified in doing so, his greed has got in the way of your friendship and it was in my opinion a fairly one way friendship where you offered lots and he just took and took. And, thanks for saying in a response to someone else that i am part of your 5 still trusted friends ^.^, it's good to know :D but the reason is most likely that when we are both online, we like to have a chat, meetup only occasionally and generally don't need to rely on each other too much as our stats are pretty similar hehe.

let me know the next time u bring him to wildy .... i will help u to finish him off. lol

hell uath13 a while back ago i had a very good friend that scammed me. it was when the german servers came out, he told me to meet him in one of the german servers to help him sell his magic logs (turned out to be willow logs). he couldnt find a buyer so he asked me to buy them. i didnt have the money to buy them but he desperatly needed to sell them. he made me an offer full dh for 5k mages. first i thought it was a bit dodgey but he said it was no scam. i did the sensible thing and traded him my stuff for the logs as he really needed them. after a while when i was back to the normal servers i realised that i had been scammed. i asked him why did he do that, he said that his account was hacked and he didnt have anythng to do with it. i didnt believe him because there was no change in his grammer, spelling etc on that day. he ended up on my ignore list. i felt very betrayed after that happened to me because he was a very good friend.

Well mate, I think good onya in not helpin him anymore, I dont know the game u were playing but it would have been cool, if you could have led him to some enemies camp or a deadly creature and left him to fend for himself. Put him back to square one where he was b4 you started helping him. Maybe you can go and steal his stuff,not sure how it works, but dont let one tosser destroy your fun.

I haven't had that happen in RPG games but I have had it happen at Neopets. Surely there's no comparison to RPG and Neopets - but I did get ripped off for an item that cost well over a million NP. I lent the item to someone to get an avatar and they said that their account was hacked and all their items were stolen. Not even a week later I was looking on the trade boards and saw that this person had the item in trade. From my point of view, you were just and correct in your actions and feelings - you were betrayed - whether it be in real life or in a game - it still hurts when someone you considered a friend stabs you in the back.

Honestly I think I would have done the same as you did. He was indeed inconsiderate and to me he was just using you. Happy riddance to a not very good friend.

i think that i would do the same thing that you did, because you helped him a lot and asked nothing for it, so if he really was your friend he would give to you the item that you needed, so he really wasnt your friend he only wanted the indications and your help , nothing more!

I have answered your other post of this. I do think you were being reasonable because your "friend" decided to betray you. See you around.

I think that was very reasonable! I mean who does that to a friend? I always help my friends! I always cook at least swordfish or lobsters for them. I am the chef in my clan anyways. So see you 'round.

I think you did the right thing. I know personally if i was involved in that situation i would have given you the thing. Also if one of your friend takes advantage of you there are thousands of other people to be your friend. Hopefully you find someone who is more apricateive of what you do for them.

It is sometimes hard to find a friend who will help you out after you helped him. I personally don't care about people not returning me a favor. So far to my friends i had lost 5 mill in the game. And feel free to add me if you'd like i'm chaosangel9o in the game