Do you have any "Student to Master" stories?

[Dylan Windwalker]

Just now I was thinking about how my friend was in dire need of a good pet and I helped him with many hatches, now he's come so far in the pet making process that he not only has he copied my pets, he's gotten a lot more pets that look better than my own!!

Do you have any of these "student to master" types of stories from playing this game? Perhaps you've helped somebody you know and now they're the ones helping you??

Share your story!!

[Flash33]

Well I do have two, but I wouldn't exactly say one is pleasant, and people who have been around this site long enough may even remember it.

A couple years ago I met this one Fire wizard in the Hatchery (I think his name was Blaze and that he was around lv.40 or so at the time). Since I was a high level Fire wizard myself he wanted me to help him out with some stuff and even called me Master (the first time anyone had ever called me that). At first it was going well with us questing together in the various worlds including Celestia and generally having a good time. After a while though things started to change for the worse; he was consistently being very rude and disrespectful to others, even cussing them out, and despite me even reporting them and asking them to stop they refused to listen. He also kept demanding I help him with every single quest and fight, even if he hadn't yet attempted it solo or if I was busy at the time (which predictably he didn't like too well).

Eventually I had enough, and after consulting with people on W101C I decided to end my relationship with him, ironically in the same place where we first met. Blazes response? "You were barely any help anyway lol".
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Another story involved me questing and playing together with my long time buddy named @Aaron Mistflame. Back when Dragonspyre was the final world and even after Celestia was out we often played together and helped each other out on multiple wizards. He usually used the Old Crown gear while I used whatever since I was higher leveled but that didn't matter as we had a ton of fun.

Years later he got Open Chat, and shortly afterwards our relationship took a sour turn. Since I still had Text Chat at the time he started getting carried away with it by saying stuff he knew I couldn't see, even saying it was fun to do so when he was showing it off to me for the first time. Then one day during a fight against the Sea Lord boss in DS I was forced to report him after he was being very rude and disrespectful to the other player there (even cussing them out) even after being asked to stop. I don't know whether it was the same day or a day after but I remember confronting him about it and telling him something along the lines of "I'm keeping you on my friends list in light of our long standing friendship. But I warn you, if you keep acting up I will be forced to remove you from it." If you've seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, essentially think Roku's warning to Sozin as that's where I got the inspiration from for that speech.

One day after that he messaged me in game out of the blue asking if I had reported him for his behavior during the Sea Lord fight, to which I replied yes (this was long after I received Open Chat myself). To my surprise he thanked me for it as apparently he had gotten temp banned from the game because of it, and that scare combined with my own prior warning was enough to get him to think about what was important to him. He apologized to me for his behavior and said that he didn't want to lose his account or me as a friend. I forgave him and we're still in-game friends and on good terms to this day.
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What can be taken from these stories?

I guess it'd be it's fine to help others out and even befriend them while doing so, but just be careful about who you choose to hang around with long term. As well, don't be afraid to call friends out on and/or report them for their behavior, and be willing to end or even threaten to end the relationship when it's clear they won't listen. Best case? They'll apologize & shape up. Worst case? They'll double down & prove they're not worth being around anymore. On the flipside, while it's okay to be upset when no one comes to help you when asked, don't expect your friends to help you 24/7 or with every single thing: that's not fair to them or you. Finally if you think it's funny or acceptable to be rude and disrespectful to others just because they might not understand what you're saying/aren't giving you you're way, think again and consider if it's worth potentially losing your account(s) and/or friendship(s) over.

[PlayerNEntered]

One day after that he messaged me in game out of the blue asking if I had reported him for his behavior during the Sea Lord fight, to which I replied yes (this was long after I received Open Chat myself). To my surprise he thanked me for it as apparently he had gotten temp banned from the game because of it, and that scare combined with my own prior warning was enough to get him to think about what was important to him. He apologized to me for his behavior and said that he didn't want to lose his account or me as a friend. I forgave him and we're still in-game friends and on good terms to this day.

Glad he changed


And for my own story (which isn't really that cool), but my older brother introduced me to this game. He later quit, and he's been playing a little with me now, even though I'm over 100 levels higher than him. It's fun

[Aaron Mistflame]

Another story involved me questing and playing together with my long time buddy named Aaron Mistflame. Back when Dragonspyre was the final world and even after Celestia was out we often played together and helped each other out on multiple wizards. He usually used the Old Crown gear while I used whatever since I was higher leveled but that didn't matter as we had a ton of fun.

Years later he got Open Chat, and shortly afterwards our relationship took a sour turn. Since I still had Text Chat at the time he started getting carried away with it by saying stuff he knew I couldn't see, even saying it was fun to do so when he was showing it off to me for the first time. Then one day during a fight against the Sea Lord boss in DS I was forced to report him after he was being very rude and disrespectful to the other player there (even cussing them out) even after being asked to stop. I don't know whether it was the same day or a day after but I remember confronting him about it and telling him something along the lines of "I'm keeping you on my friends list in light of our long standing friendship. But I warn you, if you keep acting up I will be forced to remove you from it." If you've seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, essentially think Roku's warning to Sozin as that's where I got the inspiration from for that speech.

One day after that he messaged me in game out of the blue asking if I had reported him for his behavior during the Sea Lord fight, to which I replied yes (this was long after I received Open Chat myself). To my surprise he thanked me for it as apparently he had gotten temp banned from the game because of it, and that scare combined with my own prior warning was enough to get him to think about what was important to him. He apologized to me for his behavior and said that he didn't want to lose his account or me as a friend. I forgave him and we're still in-game friends and on good terms to this day.
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What can be taken from these stories?

I guess it'd be it's fine to help others out and even befriend them while doing so, but just be careful about who you choose to hang around with long term. As well, don't be afraid to call friends out on and/or report them for their behavior, and be willing to end or even threaten to end the relationship when it's clear they won't listen. Best case? They'll apologize & shape up. Worst case? They'll double down & prove they're not worth being around anymore. On the flipside, while it's okay to be upset when no one comes to help you when asked, don't expect your friends to help you 24/7 or with every single thing: that's not fair to them or you. Finally if you think it's funny or acceptable to be rude and disrespectful to others just because they might not understand what you're saying/aren't giving you you're way, think again and consider if it's worth potentially losing your account(s) and/or friendship(s) over.

Bro, this is such a throwback! Middle school was... not my finest hour I: Cracks me up that you remember that!

[Flash33]

Bro, this is such a throwback! Middle school was... not my finest hour I: Cracks me up that you remember that!

Hey, some things you just don't forget, but at least we have more good times together than bad.