I’d like to start off first with, Aion is not as big of a world as you think it is and I am the type of person to know a lot of people, by choice or not.

After running with Iconomicon for about 2 days (literally), I decided to hop on their vent after declining the first time because of my gut feeling on what kind of people were in the guild. OH HO, I was right. After saying Hello and making a remark about someones singing someone blurts “Oh a sexy mamacita in the channel.” Now if I was still living in New York and walking past some construction workers I would expect this and give them the finger; but this being the internet what would be the point of flicking off your monitor.

I stayed quiet and continued on with the group, staying on the vent until the topics were so disgusting… not just from the 1 guild member but from several and clearly disregarding manners as if they were at a bar with only guys. I asked to leave the vent (in chat of course) and they said it was fine that their currently members that were talking were ’stupid’ anyhow. At this point at 30 Fire Temple runs later, I was tired. When I get tired I have trouble walking between the two fire elementals. Even though I push out flawless crowd control, this annoys Malaka to the point where he had to make some remarks.

I than heard these remarks not a few moments later from someone, “You know your group is talking s— about you?” I was confused because last I checked I didn’t cause the last 5 wipes. “Hrm?” I responded, simply because I’ve ran with these guys for like an full 24 hours now I didn’t think I gave them anything to talk badly about myself. “Yeah… Malaka said your are a samwich maker.” The equivalent of saying that to my face seriously would have been a castrating incident, but once again screen + knife = no go.

I from then could only imagine what else his group was allowing him to say past that point, because his other guild mates were in the vent. I promptly responded in group if someone had something to say to me, the response was /laugh. And when I confronted Malaka he lol’d at me.

But what can I expect after all he public announced that he was:

• On parole for beating/macing an “Asian kid” into hospitalization because their was tension of some sort.
• That he was on hard drugs at one point or another

Why was it so hard for me to believe they were sexist as well? I don’t know. Perhaps I do want to believe that there is GOOD in everyone and that everyone is bigger than what they say. But I also do believe actions are louder than words and I shouldn’t have expected an ounce of respect from Malaka to begin with after the Mamacita comment. After words with him and the group leader no one wanted to accept responsibility for his actions, I didn’t even get an apology from anyone in that guild.

Congratulations Malaka! for being the first person on my Wall of Shame.