Well, after weeks of contemplating what to get people, figuring out how much I could spend, and moving around the appropriate funds, I have managed to Finally get my Christmas shopping done. I decided this year, with my past experiences with long lines this time of year in combination with my declining tolerance of said long lines (2 people in front of me at the dollar store was enough to convince me), This year, I would be ordering everything online. So, I finally got the orders placed yesterday, which, according to the stores I ordered from, is still enough time to get them by Christmas with a few days to spare. I'll just have to wrap them when they get here and I'll be good to go. The best part is, I already will have boxes to take them to Mom and Dad's house in, So I don't have to try and find that like I did last year. lol. It feels good to get the shopping done with so early. I don't have that to worry about anymore.
So, yesterday, I finished that, went to the Chiropractor. He says I'm doing very well. My back and neck are holding their position well. They don't really pop much when he adjusts me, which seems like a good sign. He says I'm really flexible. He has to twist me around all sorts of ways to get the tension he needs to adjust me. lol. I feel like an owl with my chest facing one way, and my legs another. I'm remarkably flexible for a chubby girl. But that went well, and I've been doing well on making the payments and such. I went home afterwards ready to relax. Sit back in my recliner, watch a little TV, and slay some orcs. Actually, what I had in mind was to maybe do some crafting or something. I have plenty of Everquest characters to level up there and it's relaxing enough and mindless enough that I didn't have to deal with too much. I looked forward to chatting with my friends. But, the night did not turn out as I expected.
Recently, my guild co-leader, Rat, returned from his hiatus. He missed a lot in the couple months he was gone, but he's been slowly getting used to the changes and getting back into the swing of things. He picked up his old job, managing the guild bank. The banking system for the guild is basically we have 4 vaults. each one is set up for it's own unique purpose. Bank one is free-for-all. Anyone can take or deposit items there. Bank two was used to store Rare materials for armor or jewelery to be made. We had recently made plans for the items in there. Banks 3 and 4 were special Items that could be purchased with guild points, which we assign for a variety of things that benefit the guild.
I logged in yesterday to hear my co-leader say "Am I lagging? I must be lagging. There's nothing in the bank." I thought, he must be lagging. The only people who have access to the bank are officers, whom I trust, so he must be lagging. I checked and sure enough all the banks were drained of anything valuable. All the coin, all the items. Everything. We checked the logs and found that our newest officer, which, he's been an officer for about a month, had completely removed everything. We checked broker and were able to find that he was selling the items on some of his characters. I immediately called an emergency officer meeting to decide how to handle it. He was subsequently demoted until we could try to figure out what he was thinking, or at least have some strong words with him. The bank was locked down to all but leaders and senior officers (Whom have been around for quite some time and are certainly trustworthy). We researched his character and found the names of all his toons. A letter was sent to the guild to inform them that we had been robbed. We also decided to release the names of this character's alts in hopes that should they come accross him in the battlefield that they would dismember him with glee. What kills me most about it is that he didn't just betray my trust, but the trust of the guild. The guild donated eagerly to the bank, and he violated that. I think my most sr. officer was even more livid about the whole situation than I was. A petition was made in hopes that we might get some of our items back, but we have little hope for that. Sony rarely gets involved in these types of matters. My officers have been out farming zones for good items again and a couple of us raided our banks for rares.
We decided to crack down on a few things as a result of this. We've been lax about security of our guild hall, but shortly after discovering this, we were met with the sudden surge of people from another guild who felt that they were permitted to use our guild hall for free without actually being in the guild, simply because they used to be in the guild. It honestly really bothered me because they left, saying they wanted to raid, but yet they do not raid. I don't trust people who lie about why they leave. I get all sorts of reasons why people leave. I don't particularly care. If people want to leave, there's little I can do to stop them. But when they lie to me, that's when I have issues. So we locked down the guildhall. No visitors allowed for the time being. We're hoping they'll get the hint.
I'm trying not to let this turn of events cause me to be cynical or question those I've trusted before. It's difficult not to however. There's so much clean up work from this. So much for my relaxing night. I would really like to actually play the game for a bit before being assaulted with this kind of drama. *sigh* Maybe I'll be lucky and find that my guildies majorly pitched in to make up for this when I log on tonight.
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