09-19-2006, 07:55 PM | #1 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada...Eh! Posts: 85 Style: Light - Version 5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2x in 2 Posts Gil: 4,545 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,545 Donate | sad, russta well russta quit 
russta.livejournal.com Last edited by triggerhappy604 : 09-19-2006 at 09:13 PM. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-19-2006, 08:21 PM | #2 (permalink) | | Necro defender Join Date: May 2006 Location: ND, USA Posts: 289 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 19 Thanked 22x in 19 Posts Gil: 1,314 Bank: 1,410 Total Gil: 2,725 Donate | Re: sad, russta Sorry to hear Carbuncle server lost someone.
Happy trails wherever russta went. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-19-2006, 09:12 PM | #3 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada...Eh! Posts: 85 Style: Light - Version 5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2x in 2 Posts Gil: 4,545 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,545 Donate | Re: sad, russta he played on ragnarok, not carbuncle. I just read his blog alot. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 12:31 AM | #4 (permalink) | | Loaded With Sodium Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,953 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 446 Thanked 1,584x in 999 Posts Gil: 28 Bank: 23,238 Total Gil: 23,265 Donate | Re: sad, russta Everyone quits eventually. He'd been playing a long time and wasn't enjoying the game anymore. I hope he has more fun in his new endeavors. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 12:51 AM | #5 (permalink) | | red means NO Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 2,766 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 59 Thanked 157x in 94 Posts Gil: 22,169 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 22,169 Donate | Re: sad, russta I find that people who join HNMLS end up quitting for all the same reasons, and that is being burned out and tired of the game.
Obviously not meaning to generalize, but its just more common those people quitting over that reason than anyone else, i steer away from HNMLS as much as i can, i dont want to be anyone's servant.
Dunno why i said that, but i did, look away now. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 12:59 AM | #6 (permalink) | | Loaded With Sodium Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,953 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 446 Thanked 1,584x in 999 Posts Gil: 28 Bank: 23,238 Total Gil: 23,265 Donate | Re: sad, russta I think there is a fair amount of truth to that, to be honest, Balfree. I've found that those who live eat and breathe endgame only in this game (or any, really) are the ones that get burned out the fastest. Not that everyone has to have 18 level 75 jobs, but taking a break from the endless claim-fests against RMT and other shells can only be good for a person.
What I don't like (and this is just me) is when people get all sanctimonious about leaving. Just leave, folks. Say your goodbyes and all that, but don't act as though you're moving on to some higher plane of existence. You're just quitting an MMO. We're not all a bunch of poor fools who don't know any better. We're just still playing the game that you used to enjoy as much as we do. Get over yourselves. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 05:45 AM | #7 (permalink) | | anti-spam Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,533 Style: Dark - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 21 Thanked 64x in 59 Posts Gil: 33,101 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 33,101 Donate | Re: sad, russta holy crap!  indeed
but if anyone can say they've done everything in this game, it would be him.
I would post a farewell on his blog, but damn work blocks it (lol adult content). | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 05:53 AM | #8 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 413 Style: Dark - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Gil: 1,757 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 1,757 Donate | Re: sad, russta Yea, I dont see how HNM LS Leaders can do Dynamis/HNMs/Sky all the time. To me it gets repetitive fast and really boring after three or four runs. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 05:57 AM | #9 (permalink) | | anti-spam Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,533 Style: Dark - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 21 Thanked 64x in 59 Posts Gil: 33,101 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 33,101 Donate | Re: sad, russta wait a second, was this a new entry or the joke post after he got a shadow mantle? I can't see his blog | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 06:01 AM | #10 (permalink) | | The Old Man Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Limbo Posts: 349 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 11 Thanked 15x in 11 Posts Gil: 4,379 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,379 Donate | Re: sad, russta News of this was spreading last week when I heard it. Didnt want believe it at first, but his LJ confirmed it. I regularly checked his blog when he was on an NM hunting spree there for a while, and his info on Corsair and Blue Mage was great as well.
I agree with the HNM stuff. You get the items you cant get otherwise, but a little part of me dies everytime I see on LS (or related) <LS-Leader> everyone gather in DA, fafhogg window starts soon
Me: yay... 6 hours of standing around so I can watch a bot claim whatever pops 
75 BLU | THF | PLD | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 06:04 AM | #11 (permalink) | | The Old Man Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Limbo Posts: 349 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 11 Thanked 15x in 11 Posts Gil: 4,379 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 4,379 Donate | Re: sad, russta Originally Posted by neighbortaru | | wait a second, was this a new entry or the joke post after he got a shadow mantle? I can't see his blog | He hasnt posted anything since he made this entry. Ill quote it for you... | Originally Posted by Russta from LJ | Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 - 7:58 am - lf1m sfk dps pst I'm not going to go into this too deeply but I've decided to quit FFXI for good. I've held off posting this or letting anyone know for a while but there's just no way I can go back to Vana'diel anymore. My account won't be deleted nor harvested and I may pop in from time-to-time to mess around with "new" content and to say hi to people but that's probably about it. There was something that pushed me over the edge but, to be honest, I've been obligatorily playing FFXI for almost two years now and after finding something I find tenfold more enjoyable with a group of close friends, it's not in me to blame any one thing or any one person. I'm uncertain what will happen with this LJ but it definitely won't be deleted (just don't expect many more FFXI updates) so everyone can continue to get information I've written over the past three years.
I'll stick around the FFXI community and fulfill my role of mod at BG so I'll always be contactable.
Thanks for reading! | 
75 BLU | THF | PLD | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 07:52 AM | #12 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 140 Style: Light - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 8,524 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 8,524 Donate | Re: sad, russta The real question is why didn't he save us all the trouble and quit sooner. 
SIRRY ROUNDEYE | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 07:54 AM | #13 (permalink) | | Loaded With Sodium Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,953 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 446 Thanked 1,584x in 999 Posts Gil: 28 Bank: 23,238 Total Gil: 23,265 Donate | Re: sad, russta What trouble? The trouble of not having to read his journal? O.o | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 08:07 AM | #14 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 140 Style: Light - Version 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 8,524 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 8,524 Donate | Re: sad, russta The trouble of having to deal with his egocentric, selfish ways. 
SIRRY ROUNDEYE | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 09-20-2006, 08:35 AM | #15 (permalink) | | Digital Wizard Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 5,972 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 69 Thanked 455x in 298 Posts Gil: 3,783 Bank: 53,049 Total Gil: 56,832 Donate | Re: sad, russta Originally Posted by Tripmastermonky | | The trouble of having to deal with his egocentric, selfish ways. | Are you on his server, and have you been a direct victim of this? If not, please put down the bottle of Haterade.
Russta's been in FFXI a very long time and is one of the most knowledgeable players who has ever played the game - he's probably forgotten more about playing FFXI than I've ever learned, and I'm no slouch. Moreover, he was willing to take the time to share that knowledge with other players - if he were really interested in being selfish, he could have just kept his tactics and strategies (many of which were trailblazing) to himself and left the rest of the playing community in ignorance.
Egocentric he may be, but he cared a lot about the game and did what he could to make it a better place, and doesn't deserve this sort of insult.
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