So earlier in another thread I mentioned I didn't have trouble with beggars because it was hard for them to find me when I spend 99% of my time in the clockworks. However, I would like to retract that statement, as it seems that I spoke too soon.
You see, earlier today I jumped into a random party on the RT gate looking to skip a few levels. Of course, just my luck, the loading screen came up "Depth 9 - Cooling Chamber: Infernal Passage". But oh well, T2 goes pretty quickly at least.
The party I jump into just has one other guy in it, wearing an odd mishmash of gear, and I noticed that his energy icon was red. I didn't think much of it other than to wonder how he'd managed to waste so much of it already, and just started slaughtering those snowball-chucking devilites with my new favourite-sword-of-the-day: my vile striker (which is surprisingly effective against the little buggers).
After a little while I notice in the chat that the other fellow was politely requesting me to tab him. Well, that's not quite right, it was more like "tab me or I kick you". I ignored it and carried on; after all, getting kicked would just mean waiting around for 10 seconds while the level re-loaded and then continuing on my merry way.
We get to one of those tiles with the 900 gates and those gear switches, and this charming little chap manages to get himself owned by a howlitzer. Of course he laid there quietly without a single word of complaint while I cleaned up the monsters and made my way over to him to share my hearts and steal some of his heat. No, wait, that's not right either: I ignored him for a while, killing some other monsters, as he said things like "get over here and rev me you idiot".
Eventually I make my way over to him and kill the howlizter that had given him so much trouble. As I'm standing over him, he repeats his humble plea of "f*ing rev me already". I decide at this point to break my silence, and tell him "certainly, I'd be happy to revive someone as kind and polite as you", and then proceed to not revive him at all, and instead go solo and leave him dead on the ground.
Kids these days...
I find it to be incredibly aggravating that people will join a party with only 10 energy left, with the express purpose of begging to get tabbed. Joining for one level then leaving, I'm fine with. In fact, since I have an elevator pass I might actually tab someone if they maybe ask, but don't beg, and don't hold up everyone else while begging.
I also require them to be halfway competent. I only get people low on energy who fulfill this requirement once in a blue moon. Funny thing.