Greetings,
Something interesting happened to me at work yesterday.
I was stepping out of the NOC and headed towards the door for a well earned lunch break. I was making my way through the narrow lane between the cubicles.
As I was walking, I spot a nice looking girl as she glanced towards me (she was about 20 feet from me as I was walking towards her). After eye contact that wasn't broken (that's a sure sign of interest) she made a bold move :
As I was about 10 feet from her, she backs up her chair and blocks the lane completely (I admit to have hesitated in my stride) but I just kept on walking as we were keeping eye contact. Once I was at about 1 foot from her, she wouldn't move !!!
Excuse me, miss. I said.
She gave me a huge smile and moved over. I walked passed her, too stunned to even ask her for her name (I blame hunger).
Later on, I saw her walking out of the work area, so I stepped out of the NOC again and went to see her supervisor .
Hmmmm, Nicole, that pretty lady, with the brown hair and the white bag that just stepped out, did she just finish ?
Yes.
****. So I tell her my story, and rant about how stupid I was to forget to ask for her name... Now Nicole is an older lady, and imprevious to social engineering, but my target, another manager (a younger lady I help with her computer troubles who was avidly listening to the story from a distance) spoke the information I needed.
Her name is <name> <family name>.
Thank you. Nicole smiled at me, knowing what I had done.
So how does this relate to L2 ? Well here comes the interesting part...
Often times in my encounters in L2, when faced with a new player, I will usually use the greek saying that says you should treat any stranger as if it were a God, because you never know if he or she might be one.
This technique is very effective to make a fast new network of new friends. Remember the char before you could be just about anyone.
As Darkmotion, I often get peeps just come by and say Hello, I get recs out of nowhere and folks that PM me out of the blue.
The game is not just ingame. It's all around you. Even here on the boards.
Have Fun !
Darkmotion
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