Basically, anyone who has ever touched an MMORPG knows what RMTs are, but in case you don't, I'll explain it.
RMT = Real Money Traders. People who farm the in-game money, whatever that may be, and sell it to people in real life, for real cash. Basically it shouldn't need to be said that they screw the game up for people who play legitimately, like me. A lot of the people who do it for a "career" are from China and they work in cramped spaces and spend pretty much all day trying to gather game money to turn into real cash.
Well anyway, I'm currently trying to get a certain piece of armour for my character. It's rare/exclusive coat (for people who don't play FFXI, that basically means it cannot be bought/sold in the game and therefore has no monetary value). Unfortunately, it drops off of a monster that also happens to drop an item that's worth a lot of in-game currency. So you can understand why the RMTs are all over this guy. He is damn near impossible to claim because there are so many RMTs and they regularly cheat.
Well, I heard a strategy from someone that if you ask the RMTs nicely, sometimes they will let you have the coat
after they kill the monster, since they usually throw it away anyway. They're only interested in money.
The only problem is, communicating with them is usually a longshot because they don't usually speak much english, if any.
So, I went to where the monster spawns to check it out, and I see 4 RMTs there. So I basically said a really dumbed down version of "Hey, if you guys happen to get the coat, could I have it" and they were like, "Sure." Next thing I know I get a party invite from them. Which I thought was weird since these guys are usually pretty apprehensive toward letting random people in their party. So, Oooookay... I joined.
So anyway, as it turns out, these guys thought I was an RMT too for some reason. Weird. I tried to get the point across to them that no, I'm not, I'm just helping you guys out for the coat, I don't give a shit what you do. They thought it was hilarious and proceeded to ask me questions like "Are you girl? Are you from US? How old? You cute girl? What's US like?"
Actually, they were pretty fun to talk to and they even said they shouldn't be talking to me but they were having fun so fuck it.
Actually, we killed the monster 3 times together, but it never dropped what either of us wanted.
So, this is my second night hanging out with these 2 guys and 2 girls, and they're still super nice and considerate. I almost feel really bad for liking them as people because pretty much everyone hates them and would like to see them gone from the game forever. But at the same time, getting their help is like a "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine" type of deal. We're both getting what we want out of it in the end, and having fun just talking about shit along the way.
Wow, that was a super long and nerdy post, but I thought maybe some people who play MMORPGs would get a kick out of my dumb little story.
So if anyone here happens to play FFXI on Fairy server, watch out I'm a gilseller now lolz.
