Spiral Knights - Beyond a Friends List

Beyond a Friends List

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Mon, 09/30/2013 - 16:09

Arelic

To make a long post short, I at times feel like I get along better with some familiar names/faces/knights who are not on my friends list than some who are on there from the time I met them; being after a mission, giving advice or items, or an extended conversation.

Running into them by chance always leads me into conversations of some sort, brief or extended. Also I have yet to clean out my friends list since I once had the habit of adding everyone that sent me a friends request in my earlier days as a squire, knight, and so-on before rank nine. I wonder why that is the case.

Can you relate?
Have or do you befriended everyone you have some pleasing experience with?
Is there anything wrong with not befriending familiar faces?

Mon, 09/30/2013 - 16:19

Whimsicality

All around me are familiar faces

The list has meaning if you allow it. one can still engage in friendly conversion and not exchange contact details.

Mon, 09/30/2013 - 16:43

Arelic

Well maybe

I guess that is the case from the fact that I do not see my contacts as often as I may see others.

Mon, 09/30/2013 - 23:27

Fangel

I need an acquaintance list.

I started recognizing strangers during the last kat event. One of them was a loose cannon and would often lose their ER. I made it my personal goal to see them to the elevator with their ER still in tact. I think it only happened once, but it felt nice.

Apparently someone I helped reach the rank of vanguard recognized me in lockdown today. It's really a two-way street.

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 01:53

Xtweeterx

inb4 battle sprites, I've been seeing all sorts of familiar names in Haven. But I'm not really a social person unless it's someone I'm heavilly familiar with. like friends or [active] guildmates.

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 02:10

Glittertind

Ah, hello there Arelic, and yes, I've become quite familiar with what you speak of.

Me and another person used to meet randomly in Haven every now and then, and we'd recognize each other and strike up a conversation and hang out. We used to say (half-jokingly) that 'our friendship goes beyond the friend list', and this would continue on for a good while (a month or two) until he sent me a friend request that I accepted.

Even though we don't necessarily talk every time both of us are on, I know where I would find a good conversation/running partner if I feel like I'm in need of one.

This was not the first time something like that has happened to me, but I don't complain, every time this has happened I have made a great friend.
Personally, I never send friend requests (and I never accept random ones). It is sort of a rule I have to keep my friend list tidy and full of people I actually wouldn't mind conversing or running with. I think maybe the people that this happens with does somewhat of the same thing, and neither of us ends up sending a friend request to the other, but that is just a theory.

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 10:42

Defeat

I still have the habit of

I still have the habit of accepting random friend requests, its gotten me a massive online list and I dont know who half the people on the list are anymore. BUT it's still worth it, just getting random group invites off my friends list is worth it enough. And to answer ur question ya I have some knights who arent on my friends list who I constantly bump into infront of the ah, but chances are they will end up on my friends list sooner than later.

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 11:08

Heavy-Dragon

nothing wrong with not adding someone

A title is only a title.

For example, I get along well with a knight named Defeat, but his IGN has become of an inside joke which led me for a bit to refuse adding him.
You just don't make friends with defeat.

jokes aside, I think it doesn't matter whether someone's on that list or not. Some people try to use it as a contact list for all the people that can probably materially benefit them in the future, but you will naturally gravitate to people you have good synergy with, friendslist or not.

Wed, 10/09/2013 - 05:17

Arelic

Thanks for validating my sanity.

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