What. This is hilarious, but I'm not even sure why. The only people who could reply here obviously can afford to pay $15 per month. So what are we talking about?

Lol. Show me your body, Adonis! OT: I can't really imagine getting close enough to anyone I met online to consider dating them, but that's just me. I have a friend who met her husband in WOW and they've been married for three years now (and still seem happy). OP, I wish you and your fiancé all the best!

The harmless text does represent other people's opinions, though. It's not randomly generated by "The Internet". It's great for you if you can pretend that everyone on the internet somehow doesn't exist or that what they say is meaningless because... it's 'the internet', but not everybody feels that way. I personally try not to get upset by what people type on the internet as it's ultimately pointless, but telling someone to grow up and calling them immature and irrational for caring about what other people think is... actually, exactly the type of behavior you just "advised" them to ignore. Maybe you have a point.

Yes, I don't like that sort of behavior, either and I hardly ever kick anyone unless they're being rude or won't listen to polite advice when it comes to tactics at all. (and in the latter case only if they're clearly the one hindering the group from progressing.) As long as we can get the FP done and people aren't insulting each other, I'm good. Indeed. I know his gear might get him kicked more often than deserved, but I still doubt that he would get kicked for it regularly without having done anything else - but, as I said, that's only based on my experiences.

Ah, I don't pay that much attention to numbers and I used "pulling their weight" as a lazy generalisation of any kind of behavior that might make the rest of the group take a second look. Dying very quickly, for example. But generally anything disruptive - pulling mobs without waiting/jumping ahead of the tank as DPS even though the tank asked them not to/bosses dying at a significantly slower rate than "normally" which may end up causing problems for the healer... that sort of thing. Not all of that has to do with gear, obviously, but in my experience people are more likely to pay attention to someone's gear if they're behaving in a way that is somewhat different/disruptive. What I was trying to express was slight doubt as to whether gear is the only reason the OP's friend keeps getting kicked, since as you say, gear and numbers aren't everything.

You mean you never get upset about anything anyone else says? Ever? No matter how vile or hateful it is, no matter how much of a direct insult it may (or may not) be, it doesn't bother you? If that's the case, I envy you. (Sorry for butting in, I'm just curious about that statement you made.)

I agree, but I doubt that every group the OP's friend ended up with did an immediate gear check and then kicked him. It's not impossible, but it doesn't match my experiences at all. Most of the time, people only start checking the rest of the group's gear if someone isn't pulling their weight or out of boredom if someone has to go AFK.

Sorry for butting in, but I'm 95% sure the /sarcasm off thing meant that he was joking. I guess he used 'man points' to make it sound especially ridiculous.

Yeah, Hoth was the worst for me. (It didn't help that it was also the first part I went for.) Ask in General whether anyone else is doing the quest every once in a while, it really helps. The part will turn up eventually

Yeah... pretty much. What would people who want their open world PVP do? Or those that don't? I know I wouldn't continue playing if I could get ganked by any bored level 55 that happens to walk by. Same goes for people who want to RP - or not, as it were.

You still have to find people for heroics the normal way. ("LFG" x 100 in General, most of the time ) Otherwise, GF does what it says it does. You can pick which Flashpoints or Operations you want to queue for and when you get a group, you get teleported there. (You can't queue for level 50 Ops if you're level 55 for some reason, I haven't seen a good explanation for that yet. Maybe so they won't get too easy.) I think it works well? Not sure what the problem might be.

No, it's entirely possible. Maybe I'm just starting to filter these things mentally when I don't turn off the chat altogether. Yes, Makeb was nasty in the first two or three weeks. I still see some people ask why they can flirt with a guy now, but they're mostly just surprised. Mostly.

Does it? At least on the Red Eclipse it seems to be about the same for both sides. (Dromund Kaas and Coruscant being the worst offenders, naturally.) Although I can't speak for end-game areas on the Rep side as my highest level Rep is level 37.

Wow, he does look sick. I thought he looked nice before, why did they change what he looks like? (I thought they might update the fur texture, but not the actual bone structure.) Here's hoping for a 'classic Aric' customization option In all honesty, he looks like the product of someone staring at the screen for hours, fiddling with his appearance until they couldn't really tell anymore whether what they were doing was good or not. (Happens to me when I draw something without taking a break all the time.)

Don't be so sure I have quite a few male characters. I wouldn't worry. The only people who would mock you for playing a female character are people you won't want to associate with anyway. Aside from that, I don't think many would even comment on it. There are plenty of guys who play female characters. Bonus points if you don't feel the need to "justify" playing a female character by saying you'd rather watch a female butt than a male one Edit: Ah, I didn't read the first post by Zandoezan carefully enough before posting this. The "butt" comment wasn't a specific jab, just something I hear a lot.