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Psychology test in CoF
On my second CoF run (as a runner), I was in a rather mixed mood. I advertised with "cof hm 2k yada yada". Soon enough, I had a party of 8 (there were no other runners at the time, so my party flooded :P ). I never said anything about when to pay, what to take or w/e. As the run progressed, I noticed we had one laggy healer and 3 LoDs. One Ele also took some helpful shouts/chants. He's awesome.

All's well, and we're off. Level one and two go smoothly, except for one death. Can happen, it was only my second run >.>"

Level 3: Some intentional deaths, total of 4. By being a bit slower than normal (most runners only die once or twice in the whole run), I ticked one off a bit, I think. He went rushing ahead a bit more than usual, signaling me to go faster. Fun times.

After the firey gauntlet part, I just immediatly ran on to the Plague Zombies and Bone Fiends. One guy almost chased me in there to pay me, lol.

Left groups die, I run to the right groups. I get traded, and one person pays. Yay?

I rush on as fast as I can (nearly died.. ups). Kill Murakai, yada yada.

Here's where I was interested in:
 * One person just got his loot and left off, not paying me a dime.
 * 2 others got their loot, walked back and forth in discomfort, and payed me after a while.
 * Note that there was no chatter of paying me (the runner), in the whole run. Ever.
 * Then one comes back from picking up some random crap a bit back, picks up his chest loot and leaves.
 * At this time, the guy who didn't pay yet seemed to be confused a bit.
 * The by-one last guy left, he paid me when I ran from left to right, so he was fine.
 * A minute passes, and suddenly the last guy whispers me "Shouldn't we pay you now?"
 * I explained what I did in these exact words:
 * "ah, ye, about that"
 * "I rushed on to see who actually cared about paying up"
 * "2 people fled without talking, 3 payed"
 * The other guy says: "Oh, ok"
 * "and you're still here"
 * "so, people still have some honesty in them"
 * "then to think:"
 * "I never said you needed to actually pay"
 * "He asks: "So, do I have to pay now..?"
 * "nah, keep your money :P"

Conclusion
This test has proven that some people:
 * are egocentric capitalists (leavers w/o pay),
 * a few actually follow the books (one who payed when I ran from L to R),
 * another few just bend the rules a bit and pay later,
 * then, finally, there's people who wonder wtf happened.

I hate humanity, and psychology (moreso behavior observation) is awesome.

Pawlls
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