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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.

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CoF abuse-run no. 2
Note: I forgot to screencap the most interesting/important parts, so no quotation.

I advertised with "CoF HM 2k --", sometimes prefixed with "go go" or "* spots left", where * is either 2 or 1, depending on the open spots.

Warwick went along too, and she's not a test subject (she knows), so I only have 5 subjects in this run.

The Run:

Probably the most fun I've had in the 6 CoF runs I've done. A lot of talk during the run, talking about nothing really. Not a mention of paying. Only times cash were mentioned was when we opened Treasure Chests, talking about what we found. I had pretty bad luck with Locked Chests, getting 3 grapes with the 3 Lockpicks I had. Some seemed to feel sorry for me. Quite a lot of drops, many grapes and a nice lot of golds in total, and some nice drops (Curse you, Warwick, for getting that perfect Dragon Spire Staff!). All in all really laid back, and it went quite good.

Firey Gauntlet and Murakai:

I sent Tahlk ahead a bit, casting Shield of Absorption on her so she would survive, and maintaining Spirit Bond on myself. All smoothly, except for one unfortunate fella who died just before salvation. No mention of payment, once again. I walk on to the Plague Zombies and Bone Fiends, and killed the first group on the right. Continuing on to the second group, I forgot to check my Energy. Yada yada, cast SB and pray, so I didn't die. However, I also noticed the Bone Fiends were obstructed. I sidestepped after the Plague Zombies died and promptly exploded. Tahlk resurrected me with Unyielding Aura. Slowly but steadily I rebonded. Noone thought about paying so far. Killed the last groups, and went on to Murakai. Got her into the Flame Spout again, so she died in a quick fashion, not getting to use either Murakai's Censure nor Storm of Souls. I wish them good luck on the chest, and pick up my own loot.

Soon enough, a Dervish walked up to me and opened the trade window. He paid me. 2 others followed the lead. There was one guy who seemed content with the run, but still just told me "You didn't ask to pay =.=" and left. I waved him off to the others. The Dervish left, along with someone else, who didn't pay up. That's 4k gone in total. I explained how I used them to feed my interest. One Necro stuck around even after the run, and we had a talk about small things, mainly cash and spiritbond tanking.

Conclusion: 3 people were honest and payed up, one felt so good about it he told me ("You didn't ask to pay =.="), and the other just left without notice. Humanity isn't lost just yet!

And some additional info from another run which I didn't set up to examine thoroughly initially;

At Murakai 2 people left without paying (deja vu..); I forgot to ask them to pay. I questioned them afterwards, and asking how it felt to scam someone for a whopping 2k. One didn't respond. However, the other had a rather interesting response. He didn't know what I was talking about, so I told him I meant the CoF run. He replied by saying he thought I was running for free (advertised with "CoF HM running, 2k" that time), thus didn't think of paying. He asked me if I still wanted my money, but I told him to keep his money (yaaay, 2k). Then, after the run described above, the one that didn't reply told Warwick I could come and pick up my 2k. What..? He's been afk for 2 hours after a CoF run? Right..