Guild Wars

[Chojin]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

- No monthly fee
- Runs on pretty much anything
- Runs fantastically
- Very little lag
- Fucking beautiful
- Only place other players exist are in your parties or in towns
- Don't need to physically buy a copy - If you can download the game, you can buy an account online through the software. Then, you get a downloader that downloads each new area you come to (once).
- I-Mockery guild is Veteran Vagrants [VETS], led by Pop N Ko (me). Whisper me for an invite. We have a cape, but no guild hall yet.

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JIN* has arrived at Guild Wars with Chojin, and they will play TOMORROW.

Until then, here are some pictures of this really gorgeous game.

From my HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND GREEN JUMPSUIT.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/apples.jpg

Why, hello there! Don't mind me, I've just been picking these delicious apples!

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Now for a lovely stroll in the woods! Lo, lo, lo-lo!

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Dances are class and gender specific, I believe. I wouldn't know, because sad homosexual goths don't dance.

After this point, Ascalon was overtaken by the Charr and burnt to the ground in an event called the Searing. Everything from here on is post-searing. (Game events progress linearly, though other players in similar parts of the story can play with you)

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AND LO, THE SKIES OF ASCALON WERE BATHED IN THE RICHEST BURNT SIENNAS IN THE CRAYOLA BIG BOX. WHY SETTING A TOWN ON FIRE TURNS THE SKY THIS COLOR IS BEYOND ME, BUT FUCK IF IT DOESN'T BECOME DEPRESSING AFTER A WHILE.

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Ascalon district 1. Fellating other players is entirely optional. I'd like to note that moving in towns is really easy and lag-free for some reason. And that there are no monthly fees, yet this somehow works better.

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HOT WHEELS LEADING THE WAY!

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GRR

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Notice the ultra sexy reflection of the opposing hill in the water. It does the same for enemies and players. The engine for this game is killer, and I never experience slowdown, even with full detail on.

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This is a level 20 Necromancer I was running with. 20 is the level cap, and he wasn't too too much better than me. There is no grind in this game. You choose either a story (RP) or a PVP character - RP characters start at level 1, PVP at 20. Playing an RP character leads you through the plotline and unlocks skills, items, and runes for use with your PVP characters. RP characters can also engage in PVP, although only at Arenas and Guildhalls. Reason being, every time you leave town, you get a private copy of the rest of the world to run around in that only you and your party members can exist in. There's no spawn camping, no being queer. You can even hire NPC henchmen to accompany you if you hate other players as much as I tend to. Dying reduces the effectiveness of your skills by a certain percent, which is worked off with experience or by going into town. Moving from town to town is instantaneous with map travel, but will cause you to leave your group (though there's nothing stopping you from agreeing to meet up again in the same district and regrouping). Think I got all the basics out of the way.

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Someone else I grouped with.

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Small outpost town.

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Outside my guildhall. Guilds with guildhalls can fight each other in these special locations. Or you can just sit back and sip a long island ice tea while looking at all the pretty scenery.

[pjalne]

I got this cheap at work yesterday, so I brought it home. I've never played a MMOROPOROROGG before, so I don't know how it measures up to World of Wacraft or City of heroes, but I'm having fun. I'm a bit confused abut everything though, especially the guilds. I'm in one, but I don't know what good it's doing me or if I'm supposed to do anything about it.

EDIT: Oops, didn't read that last comment. Still confused, though. I feel like an old man with a new toy.

[Chojin]

It's really not an MMORPG. It's more like Diablo 2, where there was a lobby and you agreed to play a game with a few other people. The difference being, each of these towns acts like a 'lobby.' The tradeoff is that you can't meet people in the wilderness and have them steal your shit, kill you, and take your stuff in exchange for no monthly fees and a lag-free experience. I personally favor the exchange. The only thing you're missing out on is watching people run around and possibly ganking one while they're out doing said run-arounds. Since those situations usually only result in one person having fun, it was a wise move on their part in my opinion.

Okay, here's what you can do when you join a guild:
- Access to guild channel which reaches everyone in your guild with it turned on that is online
- Access to people that will help you with quests/missions (this is really helpful since this game doesn't have a team searching feature like COH)
- If your guild leader spends 2 Plat (2000 Gold), everyone in the guild wears a cape of the leader's choosing
- If your guild wins some important PVP arena event (I forget which), you get a Guild Hall. Guild Halls are locations you travel to by map. In the hall are 4 level 20 NPC Henchmen who can help you on Guild Raids. You never want their help because they don't have any tactics and will be killed in short order. The Guild Hall area actually has two halls on opposite ends of an island, with a dock and small outpost town inbetween. When you do a Guild War, the other Guild starts at the other fort and then you run at each other and hug and pick flowers and watch the sunset together.

Fun shit you can do: The minimap in the upper right lets you draw on it football-commentator style. You can use this to show lost teammates how to navigate a particularly gay area or to coordinate advanced flanking maneuvres. Last night we were on a mission to take an urn from some Charr, but we had all died ridiculous amounts of time and were down to 40% skills, health, and energy, so we were drawing football-style patterns to distract and run past the 20+ kitties guarding this thing. The game definitely encourages creativity and I'll always love it for that.

For the record, though, I find combat in COH to be more interactive and fun. Playing Guild Wars in PVP is way, way more wieldy though as it's easier to figure out what the classes (and combinations thereof, since multiclassing is all but required) are capable of and build a strategy around that. Also, since you are restricted to using 8 pre-chosen skills in combat zones, it streamlines the process and adds more strategy to it. I don't see myself playing it for longer than COH, but this game really is a masterpiece for what it's supposed to be. It hasn't crashed on me once yet and the engine runs flawlessly.

[Guitar Woman]

This looks awesome, but like WoW and CoH it probably won't run n my PC. What are the minimum reqs?

[pjalne]

PIII 800MHz, 256 RAM

[EisigerBiskuit]

I always wondered how this looks better than Warcraft, but runs smoother on high than on WoW's Medium settings.

I'll definnantly pick it up, if only to feed the D2.

[Chojin]

Their graphics engine is nothing short of incredible. It looks fantastic, it runs like a dream. It reminds me a LOT of the Fable graphics engine in terms of cloth movement and lighting effects (white things glow in hard light).

GW - This game really should run on just about anything. My compy can't run COH in full detail at all, but it can run this with full detail and anti-aliasing with no problem. A lower setting should work just fine. And no monthly fees, and then you can join my guild and get other people to join by being female.

[Guitar Woman]

PIII 800MHz, 256 RAM
AARGH. >:
I hope that can be negociated. :(

[pjalne]

I don't think you can join an American guild if you're from Europe. I could be wrong, though. [This is wrong. --Editor]

Anyway, this game is Diablo II all over again, and I'm enjoying the heck out of it. I just quit my guild and joined one that's just starting out, let me know if any Europeans want in.

[Guitar Woman]

They won't let europeans in certain guilds? SEGREGATION! :O

[Ninjavenom]

This actually looks pretty fun. If you're still playing later on this summer, i'll probably join you. I'm upgrading to a decent PC sometime in july or august, and something needs to tide me over until Oblivion comes out :O

[pjalne]

They won't let europeans in certain guilds? SEGREGATION! :O

It's probably a server thing.

Plus, it probably prevents all the conversations from consisting only of "Bush LOL" and "WE SAVED YOUR ASSES IN WW2".

[Guitar Woman]

Bush LOL

[Chojin]

Pjalne. Join my guild, I'll recruit anyone who isn't gay from the boards. You can meet internationals in the international districts of town.

[ziggytrix]

So are there not specific servers then, since everything is instanced? If I buy this game do I have to worry about choosing between playing on RL friends vs online friends choice of server? Cuz that's the most damned annoying thing about WoW. :(

[jin]

This game is okay. ;>

There is no server choice, and all you have to do is click a drop down list whenever you're in a town to change to a different region server. ;O

No choosing who you like better ;>

And i love the graphics way more than wow, though wow feels more robust. i don't know what that means ;/

And anyone not in america and maybe europe will get some lag, you'll be walking somewhere and be ported back about ten steps- a minor annoyance that they are working to fix in the next patch i think ;0

I think this is a cost-justified game choice ;>

[Chojin]

I'm creating a guild today. You all are required to join, lest I ban you.

[pjalne]

Pjalne. Join my guild, I'll recruit anyone who isn't gay from the boards. You can meet internationals in the international districts of town.

Oh man, an I-Mockery guild would be awesome, but I'll have to check the international district to make sure it won't lag. Plus, my little guild and myself went shopping for capes yesterday and everything and I don't want to bail. Like Natialia Imbruglia, I am torn.

[Emu]

I like this better than the WoW thread.

[Chojin]

JIN switched his country to US because the servers here are better than Europe's anyway. But yes, internationals can join US guilds and vice versa. Intl Districts run the same basically as US ones.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/vets1.jpg

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Veteran Vagrants [VETS] is now accepting members! Whisper Pop N Ko for membership :o

[Helm]

I am considering buying this. Can you get it online like CoH and the Steam games? Because I don't feel like hunting down a copy down-town, but I will if I have to.

Count me in for the guild, of course.

[jin]

I guess we should list our player-names ;0

Mine is Seven Losstarot, Chojin is Pop N Ko, and you all can post your own ;p

Pictures soon ;D

PS. I had a look around, and i don't think you can get it online. Only boxed ;0

[pjalne]

I think so too. I think you need a hard-copy certificate, which is included in the box.

Can you change your country without reinstalling? I'm still not sure I want to due to the time difference being about eight hours, but teaming up with guys from this board sounds really cool. Especially if Chojin decides who stays and goes.

One question, though, and a spoiler for you who haven't played it: After the first major quest, two years passed and everything went all different. Does anyone know if this will happen again? That would kind of suck, since the chapters will separate people. I kinda get the feeling the first bit was a bit of a kindergarden, though. Sort of a training grounds so you'll have to know the basics to enter the grown-up world.

Oh, and I'm Per Arne.

[Helm]

Can you change your country without reinstalling? I'm still not sure I want to due to the time difference being about eight hours, but teaming up with guys from this board sounds really cool. Especially if Chojin decides who stays and goes.

Yeah, you, jin and chojin and me is a good party so far.

Will get it boxed like, monday?

[Chojin]

Actually, as long as you have an installer, you can buy an account online. I have ISOs, and I think you can get them through the guild wars site as well.

[Chojin]

Can you change your country without reinstalling? I'm still not sure I want to due to the time difference being about eight hours, but teaming up with guys from this board sounds really cool. Especially if Chojin decides who stays and goes.
Yes, you go to options on the title screen and you can change your country there.

One question, though, and a spoiler for you who haven't played it: After the first major quest, two years passed and everything went all different. Does anyone know if this will happen again? That would kind of suck, since the chapters will separate people. I kinda get the feeling the first bit was a bit of a kindergarden, though. Sort of a training grounds so you'll have to know the basics to enter the grown-up world.
The scarring is the only event like that. In the game, there are quests and missions. Quests are side items and missions advance the storyline. The scarring is your first mission and it takes you out of newbie town. Future missions will allow you access to new areas, but you can still play with your friends and stuff and go back to those early zones. Guild Halls are entirely seperate and can be gone to at any time.

[pjalne]

All right, I figured out how to change country. I'm in Am-12 if anyone is up for adventure. I'm probably a bit behind you guys, though, I've only been doing this for a couple of days.

[jin]

EDIT. Looks like this information is unnessecary before i even posted it ;p

And i just started today, so i doubt you're behind ;>

Well, the server territories are divided between European and American, and you can switch which set you'd rather use, although it's limited to 5 times. ;0

When you choose which set you want to use, then you can access the district servers for that territory and, whenever in a town, change between the different ones on that territory from a drop-down menu, kinda just different instances of the same place so it doesn't get too crowded. ;o

Also, you can always visit the international district instances without changing territories which contain anyone who chooses to use them- regardless the server set. ;>

To change which server set you use, when you log in just click "edit account" in the bottom left, then change territory. ;0

PICTURES :O
http://www.popnko.com/jin/tough.jpg
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It's too late for witty captions ;<

[Chojin]

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JIN* and Chojin: ACTION FORCE XTREME

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Camelot!

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"Oh God! Not in the face!"

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It's only a model :<

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JIN* leaves for the day. Outpost town Piken square gives a moment of silence in recognition.

But then Pjalne shows up.

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And the shenanigans begin.

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Tee hee! Tee hoo! What merry lads we be! What say you, sir? Care for a song on our MAGICAL INVISBLE FLUTES?

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"...Are you guys gonna buy something or what?"

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Oh no! Setzer has waylaid Pjalne! And stolen his pants!

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:tear

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But I know how to cheer him up. "Hoo-hoo!"

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Holy shit! FREE FIRE!

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"Hey! Asshole! Get your OWN fire!"

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THE HEROES OF ASCALON

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Pjalne and myself are in the center. You can see my ULTRA COOL GUILD CAPE THAT ALL OF YOU GET UPON JOINING.

BTW: You'll notice everyone but me has low-res textures. That's just the way THINGS WORK.

[Helm]

ok, I'm getting this game

[pjalne]

Yeah, I had a blast today. Thanks for the help, Chojin. Where did you say I should go to get good prices on materials?

And that no pants picture breaks my heart. :tear

[Helm]

dudes, game bought, game material downloading. I'm on 10% and it's 30 megs, so I'm guessing I'll play with you all by tommorow. Watch out for Liege Lord Helm

[pjalne]

Cool. I'll join you once you get past the prologue.

[Chojin]

Best prices are from players. But the best-kept secret at the searing level of the game is to load up on Charr hides, then give them to the collector in Ascalon City for 1 fur square per 4 hides. Then, you can sell those to the rare materials trader for 350-400 apiece or to players for a bit more.

Materials in general are very useful. Buy 3 belt pouches or bags from the merchant to expand your inv by 15 slots (when you get money, you can get expansion runes from the merchants to add 5 slots to a bag/pouch). Also, take 2 salvage kits and 1 identify kit with you every time you leave town (and 1 expert salvage if you are rich like me ha ha am i right). Then, salvage everything you can't use, and it'll drop into a material type (swords turn into 1-4 iron ingots, etc.) Although there are a lot of material types, after you fill your 15 extra slots with those, salvaging crap will cause it to drop the materials into one of those 15 types, so you end up saving space. Materials are valuable as shit, too (in quantity), and you need them to have armor crafted for you. Don't sell weapons and armor to traders unless you can't salvage it and no-one else would ever want it.

[jin]

oh man, i seriously do look like that mean kid from harry potter :<

http://www.popnko.com/jin/side01.jpg

PS. Thanks for the armor and help chojin ;D

[Emu]

ewww. :(

[jin]

More pictures :D

WALK WITH THE EARTHMOTHER ;o

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SOME ANIMATED GIFS :O

Dance Like there's ass in your pants ;D

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This is how we roll ;i

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When i accidently killed Chojin while playing with a catapult. ;<

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[Helm]

This is neat.

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GREEKLAND REPRESENTS, BITCHES

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THAT BITCH DIDN'T LIKE ME SO I TOSSED HER. IT IS THE GREEK WAY

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Doing errands for xp and pretty gfx

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More errands

[Chojin]

Helm, you should try turning all the detail up and putting Anti-Aliasing on 4x. This is the only game I have that lets me do that without slowdown.

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HARO I AM CHINESE SAY HELLO TO MY BIG STUPID BIRD

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Brother Mhenlo questions his eternal vow of chastity.

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Some NPCs are created more hot than others.

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PRETTY

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PRETTY

[Schimid]

i'm buying this next paycheck.

[eggyolk]

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I chose a real heroic "Maul Stonecrusher" as my in game character. That's the warrior. :)

[jin]

Celebrity Spot ;O

This one is kind of weak ;o

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I originally said Steven Segal ;0

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Say, you wouldn't happen to be famous actor, Alec Baldwin, by any chance- would you?

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Egads! What happened to this poor soldier? Did you do this? >:

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Well, if you can't trust famous actor, Alec Baldwin- who can you trust? ;0

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This screenshot was completely unintentional ;<

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Oh no! A Darkie! MAKE NO SUDDEN OR AGGRESSIVE MOVES. ;I

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[eggyolk]

im in :eek

[executioneer]

how much is this game cost and where do you buy

[pjalne]

I just want everyone to know my clothes aren't that ugly and mismatched anymore. Also, I have pants.

[Chojin]

Willie - Game is $50 and you can get it from any store. You can also download their installer and buy the account online, and then it'll download each town you go to. Or, you can get an ISO from mIRC and buy an account. It is EASY TO GET :eek

[Emu]

This game is going to rape Blizzard sideways, I think. Doesn't it have free online play? :eek

[ziggytrix]

Yeah it does have free online, but it isn't even going to dent Blizzard's market-share.

[eggyolk]

obviously not, because it's not a traditional mmorpg

[Guitar Woman]

I bought it, but it won't work on my PC. I feel so left out now ;_;

[Chojin]

Does it give you an error, or what?

[Guitar Woman]

No, the game's just too chopy and laggy and it takes 30 seconds to do anything. :(

[jin]

Did you turn everything to the minimums? ;0

What are your system specifications? ;i

How do you even run anything on a machine that can't run this? ;M

[Guitar Woman]

Pentium 3, 500 MHZ processor, 8 MB graphics card, 290 MB of RAM, and all the game specs set to minimum. ;_;

[Chojin]

The graphics card is your biggest hangup here (although a processor that slow is abysmally bad as well, not having a passable video card is dumping the workload onto said shitty processor). Get a Radeon 9600 SE for $70 (if you have AGP). Also, you can upgrade to a better processor in the Pentium III line for well under $100.

Radeon 9600 SE ($70, AGP): http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/simprod.asp?pid=8508&ad=pwatch

Pentium III 866 mhz CPU ($25): http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=91

You'll need an AGP slot for the Radeon, and I'd double-check with AChimp to see if you can install that CPU; Your motherboard might have certain limitations. Since your computer is old enough to possibly not have an AGP slot, here's a PCI radeon:

Radeon 9250 SE ($49.50, PCI): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102522&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch&ATT=Video+Cards

PCI doesn't run as fast as AGP, but it's a start.

[MetalMilitia]

Chuck the lot and start again. You could get a much more powerful computer for around £350-400 (not including monitor, CDROM, Case and all the useable stuff like that .).

Heck even getting an old socket A motherboard, 1Ghz Duron, 256mb of PC2100 ram and a GF4MX440 would be a start.

[Chojin]

It would, but most of us don't like spending 4 times what any gaming console would cost. Whereas my way, she spends closer to $70.

[MetalMilitia]

But your way sucks because something else will bottleneck the whole system anyway.

It might be worth getting an AGP card as that could be transferred into a new system but old P3 systems often are missing an AGP slot.

[jin]

I bought my computer from an ALDI supermarket. ;0

[Chojin]

But your way sucks because something else will bottleneck the whole system anyway.

It might be worth getting an AGP card as that could be transferred into a new system but old P3 systems often are missing an AGP slot.
Which is why I suggested a processor upgrade and a PCI card. Are you retarded or something?

[Chojin]

All right, so that was a successful night. Helm and I made it to Yak's Bend.

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But along the way, we picked up some Canadian anime-obsessed water Elementalist. Going into the mission, I made some comment about not touching the lever that opens the gates and brings DEATH TO ALL and he called me a 'baka'. His nickname from that point on was 'anime' and Helm and I asked him if, by any chance, he fenced. At one point, I was forced to calm down a heated situation with the phrase, "Blow me, sailor moon." After the mission, he left the group and wandered around town, so we followed him around and generally just hung out, asking questions like "So, what's in the storage box?" "Getting anything good?" "Oh yeah, I got some great shit from this guy." "Oh man, you're not gonna take that from him, are you?" and "Did you ever think Goku was hot when his hair turned yellow and he got all muscley? Cause I didn't. I'm just asking."

But then he made the mistake of advancing threateningly at Helm, who responded the only way Greeks know how.

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Notice how hard he's trying to not make eye contact. Farewell, our Canadian anime-obsessed bigoted brilliant engineer. You will never be forgotten.

ON TO TOWN.

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WELCOME TO YAK'S BEND, JEANETTE X!

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No one is sure how Yak's Bend got its name, though local speculation is that it was the location at which Prince Rurik bent a Yak. But I'm pretty sure that's just a rumor, because let me tell you, these fuckers have spines of IRON.

Helm left and I hooked up with one of my friends I met through the game. NAOKI FABULOUS.

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Some of the greater lessons in life are best learned the hard way. Naoki isn't in either of those pictures, but I figured I'd mention it. Y'know, for context.

By the way, eggyolk is a tremendous faggot for leaving the guild and will be banned shortly for it. THAT IS ALL.

[pjalne]

Oh man, I was hoping I would be able to join you guys yesterday, but the mission I was doing took twice as long as planned and just took the wind out of me so, I had to call it quits. Me and another guy were doing the Rurik quest, and somehow a dumb AND French guy came with us. He had no comprehension of the English language, and I don't know how many times we would be yelling "DUDE, DON'T GO ANOTHER FUCKING STEP, IF YOU CHARGE DOWN THERE RURIK WILL BE KILLED" before he would get the general idea. He'd run five steps, stop, listen to our protests, run five more steps, see how we reacted, run five more steps and so on. He was like a damn dog who knew he was misbehaving, but just couldn't help himself running over to the big dirty puddle. A dog who could write "ith dowen her, non bonus."

Also, in the following cutscene, a charr somehow made it through the gate and was pummeling my backside all the way through Rurik's speech.

That dance taunt picture is great.

[eggyolk]

well its like this guys, we had a few good times but after a while our friendship starts to break down and we fall apart.

[Chojin]

it's because you're not a VET. BANNED.

[Chojin]

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CONDESCENSION CENTRAL. PFAH, PFAH. I AM SAD.

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FANCY YOU A BRISK JOG THROUGH THE ALPS?

http://www.popnko.com/GW/lumberjack.jpg

CAPTAIN SUICIDE'S LAST GREAT CAPER :<

http://www.popnko.com/GW/jungle.jpg

[VETS] REACH GREENER PASTURES. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE.

[pjalne]

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/ext/gw.gif

Practicing my brooding.

[pjalne]

Wahoo, caught up with you guys.

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/ext/gwyak.jpg

[Emu]

Now that's an album I'd like to own.

[Chojin]

Pjalne, I keep missing you by like 30 minutes. What the hell, man. WHAT THE HELL.

[James]

So they made a free version of Everquest? How original.

[Chojin]

OH GOD, OH GOD DISSENTER, OUT OF MY THREAD, JESUS GET A LIFE GOD YOU HEAR THIS GUYS WE HAVE SOMEONE MAKING FUN OF SOMETHING IN HERE GO TO BRAWL HALL AM I RIGHT WHAT THE FUCK

:gigh

[James]

:lol

[pjalne]

Pjalne, I keep missing you by like 30 minutes. What the hell, man. WHAT THE HELL.

Same here. >: Every time I log on, you and Helm split like ten minutes ago. We are like the sun and the moon, starcrossed lovers who chase each other endlessly across the sky but will never meet ;_;

[Chojin]

JIN* X CHOJIN SLASH (NON-)FICTION:

http://www.popnko.com/GW/bashful2.jpg

Again we meet here, in private. In secret. Our erstwhile lives of nobility and honor reduced to a cloak-and-dagger rendezvous at the twilight hour!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hands.jpg

How shameful it is! I can feel the steely gaze of my father upon us as we join our hands in union!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chin.jpg

Nay - We shall not give the fires that burn within our souls another moment's respite.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/kiss.jpg

This electricity! Be it manifest or the cantrips of a sage? Nay! The conjurations of a thousand sorcerors are an ill match for the potency of this exchange!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/woe.jpg

The shame! It doth overwhelm me! To have stolen a kiss from one as fair as thee!

Nay, it is I who is unworthy! Fearing the will of our forebears, skulking from my home, fearing dishonor!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/lovers.jpg

From this moment forward, our union shall be spread henceforth throughout the land!

And I propose a method of consecrating this most auspicious of occasions!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/bashful.jpg

My word - Its slender form rivals of beauty of the finest Idol to Balthazar! It does leap at my touch, standing to attention as the proudest knight of Ascalon before its king! Pure as driven snow-

I don't mean to cut you off, but can we fuck yet?

Yeah, sure.

Great.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hump1.gif

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hump2.gif

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IN OTHER NEWS:

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THE CARIBBEAN!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/paradise.jpg

ISLAND OF PARADISE.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/gang.jpg

We are the creepiest band of mofos this side of Fort Ranik.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/goths.jpg

And we consort with all sorts of ILL FELLOWS.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/grope.jpg

You have got to be shitting me. For a post-op, these feel remarkably real.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/josephine.jpg

Poor Josephine.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/landscape.jpg

OUR JOURNEY INTO FOREVER*

http://www.popnko.com/GW/topless.jpg

And yes, I work out.

[pjalne]

I doublecame.

[Emu]

:bestthread I want this game really bad :<

[Helm]

http://www.locustleaves.com/gw041.jpg

PRETTY

http://www.locustleaves.com/gw054.jpg

The noble Vets on an icy adventure.

[Emu]

That first one is fucking awesome. Is his sword a door?

[Helm]

no, just a painted piece of rock

[pjalne]

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/ext/oinland1.jpg

http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/ext/oinland2.jpg

[jin]

Oh man, all three of the last picture posts made me lol ;<

I guess it's my turn ;0

THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE VACATION SHOTS:

So where is this party again? ;o

http://www.popnko.com/jin/party.jpg

Fish! :O

http://www.popnko.com/jin/fish.jpg

I have no idea what this guy is doing, but it looks painful. ;0

http://www.popnko.com/jin/questionmark.jpg

THE WORST CHRISTMAS EVER. :<

http://www.popnko.com/jin/worstchristmas.jpg

A sombre moment for a fallen NPC henchman ;<

http://www.popnko.com/jin/sombre.jpg

WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW. ;D

http://www.popnko.com/jin/flex.jpg

Oh yeah? Not impressed? You want some of this? >:O

http://www.popnko.com/jin/ohyeah.jpg

I'm like MC Hammer in that you can't touch this UNGH ;O

http://www.popnko.com/jin/canttouch.jpg

SNOW ;o

http://www.popnko.com/jin/snow.jpg

A new vet approaches ;0

http://www.popnko.com/jin/newvet.jpg

Look right, look left, let's go! ;D

http://www.popnko.com/jin/gif04.gif

What adventures await in a new day. ;o

http://www.popnko.com/jin/anewday.jpg

[Chojin]

http://www.popnko.com/GW/anime.jpg

We ran into Sailor Moon again.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/leap.jpg

DO NOT ATTEMPT

http://www.popnko.com/GW/quittouching.jpg

Dunham: "Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. QUIT IT. Quit it. I MEAN IT, GUYS. Quit it."

http://www.popnko.com/GW/sunset.jpg

There's nothing like sharing the sunset with the walking dead.

AND NOW, FOR A STORY.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene1.jpg

Pjalne keeps laughing and making us re-shoot these scenes. You can see him trying to supress it now.

LATER THAT DAY.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene2.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene3.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene4.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene5.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cutscene6.jpg

[eggyolk]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/army.jpg

my army of minions

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/dwarf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/glint.jpg

RIP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/lava.jpg

nevah forget the heroes. 9/11

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/lava2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/lava3.jpg

i was going for the raven staff :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/lava4.jpg

ya man

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/rain.jpg

the rain around hells principle

SPOILER











http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/rurik.jpg

do i know you

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/rurik2.jpg

[darthfabulous]

Aww, that was so romantic. ;_;

[Bobo Adobo]

I just bought this game, its pretty fucking sweet. It runs on my PC well, but for some reason Im getting a lot of random crashing. I've tryed reintalling drivers, and running a clean boot, but nothings helped and all my other games work fine. :(

[Chojin]

it's never crashed on me once, so i don't know what to tell you :\ you can always try www.guildwars.com/support.

What's your name in-game? I can send you a guild invite.

[Chojin]

Okay, this game has one major downside: The people that play it. I have gone a full week now without meeting a single not-stupid person outside of the guild. However, since most of it is circumstantial stupidity (like Zydane Striffe and Legolas Aragorrn's (see what they did there) diabolical plot to waste an hour of our time), it's hard to capture in screenshot format. So this is all I've got.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/horse.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/oao.jpg

I think it's really him, guys.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/niger1.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/niger2.jpg

I'm beginning to miss open PVP.

[eggyolk]

yesterday i was sitting in piken square when someone said "americas time is almost over as a first world country." then ofcourse being in an american server, shit started. also too many missions are ruined when complete dicks get on your team. in the shiverpeaks when you have to light the beacons, we finally got to the last beacon and the guy with the torch wouldnt light it because he was mad at another player and demanded that he leave, not completing the mission for himself. after 20 minutes the guy left and we completed it, but for some reason... it didnt seem fair :/

[Chojin]

woah, hey, got an awesome idea from some dude on an international district - I'm gonna change my region to Europe. I hear there are far less mental midgets over in jolly old England.

[Chojin]

Okay, no-one plays on European servers, apparently.

[pjalne]

People are on, but we're at least six hours into the future compared to the US.

And yeah, the intelligence level seems to be slightly higher, but you have the language issue to deal with. Apparently, FS and Spectre X are the only Dutch people who speak English, and OH MY GOD FRANCE. You should try it out, though, I might convert back to Euro servers again myself.

[Helm]

I'll probably go EU too.

[Chojin]

I switched back to US, the population count in a mission zone went from 40 to 2.

[nothing4buddha]

i want this game :(

[Chojin]

Today I exacted my revenge against AMERICA and cut down a few dozens of my peers in the Lion's Gate arena. I was chasing this one guy down and he turned around and shot me in the foot with Pin Down (ranger's "slow" skill). So I was lurching after him like Jason and said 'Do you have ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THAT HURTS?' Soon, he was cornered and i put my sword through his face.

And then we had this monk on our team that killed four people by himself.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/monk.gif

Look at him go.

By the way, I found out where all the smart people are hiding. And it's behind a polearm aimed at my eye :<

[Chojin]

Eggyolk, we really need your help with ascension, especially the one with the crystal shards. It's IMPOSSIBLE to gather a group that doesn't try to do every mission Leeroy Jenkins-style.

[eggyolk]

which mission? im sure you can pass thirsty and dunes with relative ease, but elona really is the hardest mission in the game. ill be on tonight

[Chojin]

Yeah, I'm talking about Elona. I almost finished it once just by running the second shard myself- You can dodge most of the dudes on the way, but there's one guy right within aggro radius of the 2nd crystal...Assuming it's over after you run the 2 shards back.

We need more people in the guild (we have 9 now, I think), but I insist they be competant and not jerks. So if anyone has a recommendation, let me know.

[Bobo Adobo]

I think I got the crashing fixed. I haven't been playing a whole lot, but im a ranger/monk named Jim Rummy if ou want to send an invite. :)

[Chugs]

I have no idea what this guy is doing, but it looks painful. ;0

http://www.popnko.com/jin/questionmark.jpg

He has a sigil, they are worth around 55K and dropping every day ='[

You need one to get a Guild hall, You can win one by winning HoH, but you are to noob.

=D <3

[pjalne]

OK, I can't do this anymore, I'm moving back to Euro servers. European stupidity I can handle.

[Chojin]

Finally got through Elona's with the help of a guide. That mission is deceptively easy when you know how to do it.

Now I'm stuck on thirsty, which is giving me quite the fuck of a problem. There was this dude named X Ichiban X or something who knew what he was doing, but after we failed he wanted me to kick the guy that drug our asses through the wastes to get there and I had to tell mister sXe ichi to fuck off ;_; So there you have it, I don't sacrifice my principles of non-dick-headedry, even for people on the internet who pretend to be girls and aren't too hot at playing.

One day, you can all hope to grow up to be like me.

Previously on X-Men, our leader invited this dude to the group named Bibiki Jack, whose greeting messages were 'gogogo gog og o' and 'gogogo go go go,' respectively. Despite my advisement, we went on the mission with him in tow.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/jack.jpg

There's this warrior warcry that gives you and your pals a few bonuses if you use it when someone in your group dies. It's an instant effect, so it's not like you can set it and let it cook for a battle while you wait for someone to drop. So naturally, this particular moron would charge at everything in sight while screaming "I WILL AVENGE YOU." Unfortunately for Jack, we would not avenge him by the end of the day.

Okay, loser has to go make snarky comments about Captain Crunch's ethereal midget.

Rock... Paper... Scissors... Shoot!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/jankenpon.jpg

Shit! Do-over!

[Chugs]

You stuck on thirsty river?

Add me to friends I'll help you do it, I need to cap a skill there anyways.

Chugger Naught

[Helm]

I suggest that Chuggs never be allowed to be part of VETS due to severily failing the douchbag test.

[Chugs]

First off my guild > VETS.

And I am just trying to be a nice guy, fuck you sir.

[Helm]

Why don't you stick your guild up your ass then, retard?

[Chugs]

I just might.

[Helm]

Good. Why don't you take an extended walk, be it for pleasure or exercise while you're at it?

[pjalne]

There's this warrior warcry that gives you and your pals a few bonuses if you use it when someone in your group dies. It's an instant effect, so it's not like you can set it and let it cook for a battle while you wait for someone to drop. So naturally, this particular moron would charge at everything in sight while screaming "I WILL AVENGE YOU." Unfortunately for Jack, we would not avenge him by the end of the day.

Oh, Jesus, people like that annoy me to no end. They're usually the same people who have to ctrl-announce every goddamn action they take, be it attacking one lone enemy or using heal on themselves. And of course, it's important that everyone on the team knows his health is 480 out of 490.

And Chugs, you're not going on my friends list for two reasons:

- I have so many people on ignore I'm not allowed to have a friends list
- You are the exact kind of internet person who makes playing Guild Wars unbearable at times

[Chugs]

One reason why I should care.

Come on, hit me.

[Emu]

I want you guys to fight eachother, on the game, and take screenshots.

[Emu]

OK guys I think I might ask for this for my birthday (July 1st :x ) but I cna't install it til after midterms are over. :eek

[Chojin]

One reason why I should care.

Come on, hit me.
I know you think you're being helpful - And I do appreciate the offer to help me on Thirsty River, even if it's only because you need to go there anyway - But saying 'u are too noob', 'my guild > VETS', and going into a WOW thread for no other reason than to say 'Guild wars is better than WOW' are remarks characteristic of douchebagism. Your guild might be way better at PVP, have more members, have a guild hall, and attain various other arbitary in-game measurements of worth. But where VETS truly shines is that we don't have morons like you within our ranks.

Oh, and you shouldn't care.

But you do.

[Chugs]

I was joking when I called him a noob because its not hard at all to get a sigil, seeing how I have had 3 of my own.

And I was going somewhere in the WoW thread nbut I stopped caring because the game sucks.

And I would 1v1 pjalne, but I bet he would win seeing how I am a water mage.

And I also do have another account w/ a level 16 monk that I never use that I'm sure I could let one of you try...

[Emu]

Why would I want to "try" it? I'd really rather make my own character. Besides, it's kind of hard to "try" a character when you don't even own the game. :rolleyes

[Chugs]

The game is free to download, you need a cd key to create an account not download it.

And who said I was stopping you from making a new char if i let you use it? =o

[Emu]

I'd prefer to start from scratch. ;(

[Chugs]

And who said I was stopping you from making a new char if i let you use it? =o

[King Hadas]

Emu is full of far to much pride to ever accept your offer, I on the other hand would be happy to use your spare account.

[Chojin]

How do you get a 'spare account'? :/

[Emu]

The more appropriate question is "why," I think.

[Chugs]

MY brother baught the game but moved away from home and now does not have a computer.

[Bell E. Laffs]

bought

Second Grade.

[Chugs]

Meh.

We can't all be perfect...

[Helm]

What the fuck are you still doing in this thread? Fuck off.

[Chugs]

Rage.

You need to be muted...

[ziggytrix]

seriously chubbs, shut the fuck up.

[Chugs]

Chubbs?

Tell me what my name even means. =[

All I was trying to do was be helpful, well enough of that.

Fuck you all.

[eggyolk]

so you're leaving then? bye

[pjalne]

So, I thought I'd give the mission I'm stuck at another try. So I teamed up with Ben Affleck

(http://tinypic.com/6g9738.jpg)

and his idiot friends. After a crushing defeat I thought I'd give it another try, but Ben left and I was stuck with recruitment duty. There was only one monk in the area. This is pretty much how the conversation went:

Monk: Will join any group for 2K
Idiot temmate (on common channel): hey per arneget monky monk
Me: I would, but the cuntflap wants 2K. And you're talking in the common channel.
Idiot temmate (still on common channel): rly! :o thats bad
Me: Yeah, I know.

(Ten seconds pass)

Idiot temmate (guess which channel): hey perarne get monky monk hes monk!
Me: Yeah, that's the guy who wants 2K. You're still on the common channel.
Idiot temmate (well, you know): oh

We decided to switch district, where another teammate, Conn the Worrior, became team leader. I said there was no way we could do this without a monk, and asked him to recruit one. So he recruited a warrior. I told him that wasn't quite the kind of monk I was thinking about, and Conn fired him. Then he hired a ranger. Once again, I suggested that this might not be a monk either, and Conn kicked him off the team. Then he grabbed another warrior, entered the mission, and we all died within three minutes. I told them I was so displeased with them I would move to Europe, and I did.

Now I might have found the solution to my problem: German people.

http://tinypic.com/6g9a4x.jpg

True to stereotype, Germans are coordinated and effective, and almost never rush head-first into a pack of minotaurs.

http://tinypic.com/6g9ahj.jpg

They don't really mind my lackluster German skills or my occasional English, and we got all the way to the end of the mission.

http://tinypic.com/6g9b8g.jpg

But no further :(

[Chugs]

You guys are all on the same missions as me. =/

Well I have beaten them, but I need to go back and capture some skills.

Seriously I could help you guys do this if you want to stop pretending like you're hardcore.

[Dr. Boogie]

Why not just do missions with the NPC healer? Granted, a whole party of NPCs is without coordination, but surely 1 or 2 to fill the gaps beats having to deal with a bunch of jackasses online.

[Chugs]

Unfortunatly for these 3 particular missions unless you have 8 hours to spend on each one, you have to put up w/ those jack asses

[Helm]

Chugs, want to be my friend? Want to trade Guild Wars knowledge and let my younger brother play with your inactive account? We could even talk over msn and discuss what kind of music we like. I bet we'd have a great time. We'll be bestest internet buddies and you will never have to feel alone ever again.

[Chugs]

No actually.

And I stopped reading after I read the first 6 words.

I just thought that since you guys need to do this mission I could be a nice guy and have a competent group to play w/ so that I could cap some skills, But seeing how you guys are to stuck up on doing it yourself you can play w/ all the American 12 year olds who play this game.

[ItalianStereotype]

yeah man, when I turned 13 I thought those 12 year olds were stupid too.

[Chugs]

When you get a job and get some kids you can stop coming to a forum.

[eggyolk]

chugs you suck

[Shyandquietguy]

When you get a job and get some kids you can stop coming to a forum.

Why I believe you are making fun of yourself you doodie head stupid stupid.

I honestly wish I could play an on-line game, but I'm too lazy to replace the cable that my Dad crushed. Again! That and I need to save my money (even though it's free net-play and would probably run on my computer!)

[Chojin]

http://www.popnko.com/GW/naokifights.jpg

BATTLE-ACTION NAOKI

http://www.popnko.com/GW/crotchshot.jpg

:c

In other news, there was this Korean guy that joined us. Here's the english word he knew.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/korean1.jpg

So when he did something we liked, we would reward him in similar fashion.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/korean2.jpg

I feel about as smart as when I communicate with cats.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/lammywhite.jpg

Lammy White, XTREME MONK, makes it to Yak's.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/cancer.jpg

Meanwhile, Ascalon City continues to bustle with life.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/fursquares.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/rainbow.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/retardmanchild.jpg

ALSO MEANWHILE, In Kryta:

http://www.popnko.com/GW/stefanonadate.jpg

Stefan [Fighter Henchman] on the dating scene.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/eggdance.jpg

Eggyolk, Disco Inferno.

Pop ascends!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/bns.jpg

I think I did a thing that I shouldn't have done.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/wtf.jpg

Five dollars if you can figure out what's going on in this scene.

[darthfabulous]

That's right. You don't mess with Miss Fabulous, or KRAKOW!

[eggyolk]

dear god no
sweet lord of mercy no

who is this guy[/code]

[Chojin]

I think it's naoki :o

[EisigerBiskuit]

What the hell, are you that guy from CoH?
I was The Pissed Viking. You were that glowing flamboyant juggernaught.

[brothermerry]

Yo soy nueve hombre. I like scrabble and long walks on the beach. Say hello to the whitest man in the known universe! I have no soul.

"I don't know who he is, but he sure is surprised about something."
http://www.geocities.com/brothermerry/gw011.jpg

This is justice served COLD with a side of BURNING RAGE and POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING sauce.
http://www.geocities.com/brothermerry/gw012.jpg

ps i'm Jago/Nosfer...i know it's not important but you don't have to say it like that

[eggyolk]

welcome to [VETS] the guild :)

[James]

Why does this game look like a contest to see who can make the most flamboyant characters and amusing screencaps the revolve around dancing? Sure, that's all good and fun, but I don't quite see a whole lot of "game" going on here. I could do the same thing with Barbie's Fashion Adventure and it would cost me less and I would encounter less idiots while playing it.

Speaking of which, it's nice to see the fact that the game has no monthly fees greatly increases the number of faggots you encounter when trying to play and enjoy your game. :( Not to say WoW doesn't have its share of dumb-dumbs, but at least the pay-to-play weeds out a good amount of retards.


Seriously, Chojin spent, like, an hour trying to sell me this game over WoW, and I was actually interested. But now that this thread is building up, I think you guys just destroyed anything positive he had to say about it. Talk about the game more, you asshats. >:

[Chojin]

If we did, it would end up like the WOW thread. It isn't interesting to ramble on about the game's plot or game schematics in the least, so I don't post on my INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT BOARD just so I can be boring. You have all the money in the world, so go buy a copy and see if you like it yourself. Cunt.

If things start to calm down here at PNKO I'll make a site for the guild and THERE I would feel secure about making the occasional informative post. ;<

[Chojin]

For those of you not IN THE KNOW, I banned Chugs.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/vetland.jpg

Manus Marus, Maul Stonecrusher, Pop N Ko, Liege Lord Helm, and Naoki Fabulous would like to invite you on a trip to scenic VETLAND!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/camping.jpg

Day 3. Helm forgot to bring the GORP. He's forced to sit in the tent and watch us make stew. Of which he may have NONE. Naoki is on dish duty.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/vets.jpg

Day 5. Lost the ability to put fake polaroid edges on our trip pictures. Met this guy with the best hat EVER. We killed him, but argue constantly among ourselves over who gets to wear it. We decided on shifts, but Marus tends to wear it 'just until the next hill' or some other crap. He will die in his sleep.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/vetsthemovie1.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/vetsthemovie2.jpg

Scenes from this summer's blockbuster hit, VETS: WILD, NAKED, AND UNTAMED.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/harassment.jpg

PEER PRESSURE! PEER PRESSURE!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/timewarp.jpg

OH FABBO, DARLING.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/yatta.jpg

YATTA!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/celebration.jpg

CHEERS TO YOU, RANDOM GUY IN TOWN.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/dank.jpg

Please welcome a new vet, Captain upside-down stoplight.
"Yo."

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs1.jpg

Why, it's Chugs!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs2.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs3.jpg

uh oh the bored line its a vet maneuver for sure but the newbs can never use it right haha when will they learn

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs4.jpg
http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs5.jpg

IT IS A MISTAKE TO SIT DOWN NEAR A VET.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs6.jpg
http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs10.jpg
http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs11.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs7.jpg

The locals are getting suspicious.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs8.jpg

This guy wants nothing to do with this.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs9.jpg

But oh, that elementalist does.

[Chugger Naught has left the game]

http://www.popnko.com/GW/chugs12.jpg

"...Well, this is awkward."

"I'll say."

[Helm]

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/3.jpg

The Mad Max sun sets fire to another statue. EVIL EMPIRE. BANNED 5 TIMES FUCKTARDS

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/1.jpg

FSCK ARE WE ROKKIN OR WHAT

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/2.jpg

HOTT

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/4.jpg


Chojin explains to our newest recruit, Captain upside-down stoplight how it is in this guild. No objections.

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/5.jpg

There is much rejoicing.

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/6.jpg

Later on, we eat a pig.

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/7.jpg

And marvel at the wonderful scenery.

http://www.locustleaves.com/GW/8.jpg

Haha chojin watch it with that fire sword lol

[sloth]

:lol
I know shit-all about Guild Wars, but this thread is hilarious. I would buy the game but everyone looks so far ahead I'd never catch up.

[James]

The game only goes up to level 20, and you can START at that level, according to Chojin.

You know, because working for things is for faggots.

[ziggytrix]

I consider that a pro for this game. I don't mind working for something, but playing a video game for a fucking year before you can compete with shitheads who played the game 80 hours/week for a month straight is something else.

[Emu]

They could've used the Diablo II method where you can get to level 70 in a matter of hours if you've got a good friend. :lol

[eggyolk]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/2army.jpg

behold the army of the undead :o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/2war.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/ruins.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/2wins.jpg

personal record :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/band.jpg

before joining vets i played flute in a post hardcore emo band

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/battle.jpg

chojin vs. eggyolk

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/chugs.jpg

the banning of chugs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/eggyolk/leap.jpg

[Chojin]

The game only goes up to level 20, and you can START at that level, according to Chojin.

You know, because working for things is for faggots.
You can start at level 20, but you won't have any skills. You unlock skills (spells, etc.) by playing through the story and learning them with your character. The best armor in the game (stat-wise) isn't hard to get, but there are really expensive and hard-to-find armors that - while having the same stats as the aforementioned armor - Look different and offer prestiege to someone willing to waste their lives on the game. Finally, PVP-only characters can't go to the Fissure Of Woe or Underworld to get some of the best weapons and items in the game. There's essentially 2 games here, a diablo-esque one and a sort of team deathmatch in medieval style.

But in general, a character that you build up from 1 will be better than a level 20 pvp-only character, because you unlock skills, weapon components, and runes. These characters can also look very different, as there are limited armor and color options for pvp-only characters. The hype for the game from the developers is that it's a game "meant to be enjoyed, not endured." I believe it lives up to it, and gives you something to work for with your story characters - When you get to level 20 and get ascension armor, then you move onto the completely different PVP game, or build up more characters to unlock more stuff for PVP.

PVP itself is more strategy-based than 'work for 2 months at making a character that you can then basically leave on its own to kill people.' Working through story mode and spending weeks getting the best items will certainly give you an edge over people who just get the skills they want and then make Level 20 PVP-Only chars, but if they're smart, they can still take you downtown to Chinatown. The game rewards dedication to it differently than MMOs, and in a fashion that doesn't ruin it for everyone else. For the casual gamers who make up 99% of the game's player base, that is a very good thing.

[James]

It isn't interesting to ramble on about the game's plot or game schematics in the least, Chojin. :/

[ziggytrix]

I think I'm gonna try it. :(

[Chojin]

It isn't interesting to ramble on about the game's plot or game schematics in the least, Chojin. :/
I need more people here to buy it cause all the ones already there are idiots :<

[Chojin]

http://www.popnko.com/GW/HEAVEN-OR-HELL.jpg

HEAVEN OR HELL.

[Emu]

I'm probably going to get this game tomorrow. How do I join [vets]? :<

[Helm]

you don't act like an idiot. So whereas Emu, you're not my favourite guy in the whole wide world ( sorry ) I'm pretty sure after level 10ish or so, you'll be fine in VETS

Ziggy of course if he tries it, is in at level 1 because he's awesome.

[executioneer]

i bought this game last month and haven't been on it in about as long :(

[Chojin]

Yeah if anyone wants in, just let me know or something ;< Hit N and add Pop N Ko to friends in the game, and when you see me on, send me a whisper. Or PM me and COORDINATE.

[Emu]

i got the game doods :<

what kind of classes does [vets] need? i notice you've already got like 8 necromancers :(

[Chojin]

I don't think we have any ranger or mesmer primaries. Mesmer is way more useful. We all have alts that are at various levels, though - I have a monk primary alt and a mesmer primary alt. (The latter still in pre-searing)

And I need your character's name to send an invite.

[Chojin]

This post won't be too funny, guys.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/blairwitch.jpg

THE BLAIR ASCALON PROJECT

http://www.popnko.com/GW/newbclothes1.jpg

MEET BRIGIT VAREKAI (Get it? Get it?), MY NEW MESMER.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/newbclothes2.jpg

THIS IS SOMETHING OF A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT TO SEE HOW MANY TIMES I CAN BE CALLED ****** WITHIN A WEEK.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/greenjacket.jpg

FETCHING.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/BrownJacket.jpg

SECOND-HAND. (You can make brown dye by mixing complementary colors)

http://www.popnko.com/GW/lifebar.jpg

haha, indeed, me.

So we ran into this dude in a pre-searing international district. We were the only people in town and he starts shouting how everyone in the area should join his guild.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skullprofile.jpg

That's the guy.

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skull1.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skullrun.jpg

RUN ALL YOU (U) WANT, BUT YOU (U) CANNOT HIDE FROM A VET AM I RIGHT (RITE)

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skull2.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skullslurp.jpg

HAHAHAHA IT LOOKS LIKE THAT GUY IS GIVING THAT OTHER GUY HEAD HAHAHA WHAT A WORLD HAHAHBANG

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skull3.jpg

http://www.popnko.com/GW/skull4.jpg

Current count: 1

[Emu]

I made a Mesmer. My SN is "Ike Mesmer" because originality just courses through my blood.

Who identifies items? :o

[Chojin]

Anyone with an identify kit, which you can buy from the merchant.

You have a guild invite waiting, hit G to look at it.

[Ninjavenom]

since when did everyone cool play this? >:

[Emu]

since always, my good man

[Helm]

you know what this means, Ninjavenom?

[Chojin]

Ziggy joined today :o

[ziggytrix]

Yeah, kinda hard not to at least give it a try with there being no monthly fee and all.

[Chojin]

http://www.popnko.com/GW/ziggy.jpg

LONESTAR!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/butterfly1.jpg

Finally got my Butterfly-sword equivalent from this nice man in town (we actually chatted for a bit about this and that and he might be coming here to look at the pretty pictures).

http://www.popnko.com/GW/butterfly2.jpg

It won't let me dye the hilt silver ;_;

[Ninjavenom]

I think it means i need this game, Helm.

[pjalne]

http://tinypic.com/6plt0y.jpg

Goddamn it.

http://tinypic.com/6plt2u.jpg

Chojin has started up yet another character.

http://tinypic.com/6plt75.jpg

Ah Jesus

http://tinypic.com/6plt8p.jpg

THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, ALESIA

http://tinypic.com/6plt9k.jpg

Well, no matter how bad your life gets, at least you're not a big pink guy called Moles Quibus.

http://tinypic.com/6plus0.jpg

Or Vulg Painbrain.

http://tinypic.com/6plutz.jpg

Last mission I tried, I ran into these guys. I'd had quite the winning streak earlier with no real idiots in my teams, but now they all showed up at once. Worst of all was the warrior Kevin Crisp, who insisted everyone should "w8 4" him every ten minutes so he could get another coke. He was also quite the comedian.

http://tinypic.com/6plv8l.jpg

Oh, what surprise lol he wants another lol drink lol

http://tinypic.com/6plvfl.jpg

lol we were attacked while we were w8ing 4 u lol

http://tinypic.com/6plvme.jpg

oh s o u t h p a r k w8 lol

http://tinypic.com/6plvs3.jpg

lol did u forg8 teh 4 times i rezzd u lol and de fact i did 10 t1m35 the damg u evr did lol

[Chojin]

So prepare to see my new sword in ACTION

http://www.popnko.com/GW/heyyou.jpg

HEY! YOU!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hit1.jpg

ZOK

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hit1.5.jpg

CROONK

http://www.popnko.com/GW/hit2.jpg

SPETCH

And in PVP!

http://www.popnko.com/GW/pvp.jpg

ZOUND

[Chojin]

I'm griding in pre-sear right now so that I can be the toughest kid in newbietown. FOR KICKS.

So anyway, I found out something interesting. I was in the middle of a field when Emily called and wanted me to drive 40 minutes in the rain in rush hour traffic. I left Guild Wars on. When I come back, I find that I'm at a respawn point and an Ice Elemental is camping me every time I respawn. But here's the kicker - Ice Elementals are level 3, and this guy was level 6, meaning that he was getting XP from killing me and levelling up. When I finally met hammer to his face, I got 96xp from him, and I usually only get 16xp from these guys.

SO, THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO EXPERIMENT.

I recommend doing this with ice elementals because they're already level 3 and they appear close to the respawn zone. From Foible's Fair, go piss off the Stone Elementals on your left, and bring them up to the Academy monk. Then, run back down the path to the left to lure the Academy Monk away from the respawn zone (Othewise he'll just kill your Ice Elementals later. You'll have to waste a few stone elementals to get the Monk out of aggro range of the respawner). Now go down the path to the right, piss off an Ice Elemental, and slowly run back to the respawn. Let it kill you, then minimize the game and do something else. Wait a few hours (This time will be far less if you have someone high-ish level that can get killed, because the monster will get more XP for killing someone higher level. To make this completely efficient, get a class without a lot of hitpoints.). Then, kill the elemental and get your XP.

This is only really valuable if you're trying to maximize level in pre-sear - I've only done one quest, and that was to get my skills. After I stop getting XP from monstars, I can do all the quests to finish up my XP.

But theoretically, you could get to level 20 in pre-sear using this trick. Given a year or so.

Who here cares? Show of hands.

EXPERIMENT 1:

11:45 am - Level 3
12:00 pm - Level 4
12:15 pm - Level 5
12:32 pm - Level 5
1:55 pm - Level 8
2:20 pm - Level 8
2:54 pm - Level 9
3:48 pm - Level 10

Killing it at Level 10 netted me 136 XP (I'm level 8 with this character). Unfortunately, it dropped a collector's item instead of a weapon, so I don't know if levelling monsters improves their drops yet. Interestingly enough, the monster did no more damage at level 10 than 3, although its hitpoints did increase.

*ALSO: This may affect the quality of dropped items, which is exponentially more valuable. (Getting a max damage hammer in pre-sear would be jawsome.)

[Helm]

As this is the complete opposite of 'fun' in my book, I really don't care to try it.

[executioneer]

ok folks i have got two guys, one elementalist/ranger and one warrior/necromancer which one would be more useful for funtime :(

[ziggytrix]

do you wanna stand at the back and rain death on your enemy or get up in his face and smash it up?

there are no useless classes in this game. only useless players.

[pjalne]

But if you use the one that's part ranger, you can have PETS.

Unless that's a primary skill. If that is the case, no pets ;_;

[executioneer]

yeah i have got a pet on the one guy, and both of them are in post-searing too

[pjalne]

Cool. What's your main character's name?

[executioneer]

I DON'T REMEMBER :(

my warrior-necro's name is Dovard Kardonnal i think :(

[Chojin]

Cool. All your characters are linked, so I sent you a guild invite. Go to menu -> Guild and accept it.

[executioneer]

i will as soon as i get off work ;(

[Chojin]

Because I hate to be boring, I'll just edit my post above with my EXPERIMENT RESULTS instead of making pages upon pages of data that no-one but me and possibly Eggyolk care about.

[eggyolk]

it's rather interesting, and I have noticed that monsters level up when fighting them. i suppose the reason the damage doesnt increase, even in skills is because the physical melee damage can be associated with a weapon and it is clear that they don't change weapons. For some reason, it appears that they also don't get anymore skill points with level ups.

I've also noticed that when you see a monster wielding some equipment, that monster tends to drop it. They also take on the features of that item, such as if it was carrying a +5 armor shield and every other monster was carrying a +2 armor shield, you would notice the damage difference on the two.

hope someone understands it :o

[executioneer]

hey i bet if you had two people by the respawn place the monster'd level up faster cause it would have something to do while the other guy waited ten seconds to resurrect :x

[Emu]

I don't think that would make a difference, willie, unless one person left before the other killed it :( mass level boosting on one person

[executioneer]

oh wait in pre-sear resurrection's instantaneous isn't it :( i was thinking of the like 10 second resurrection delay that happens post-searing :x

[eggyolk]

yep this game blows

ive been realizing it for a while. its just too damn repetitive. there is never anything to spend gold on, so it's worthless, and the game seems to have been shipped half way completed, opting instead to send updates over the course of years.

fuck it, WoW here i come. >:

[ziggytrix]

If you found GW too repetitive, you'll prolly hate WoW too. RPGs are repetitive by their nature. Subscription-based online ones, even moreso.

[Emu]

yeah, this game kinda sucks :( but maybe it's just cuz it doesn't run very well on my computer. fucking gamestop and their 7 day return policty >:

[Chojin]

It's pretty and has fun parts, but is mostly very short and the point of the game is clearly GVG, which is also a bit limited. But the simple design makes it a lot easier to approach.

Only reason I haven't been playing lately is that I've been busy with business. I believe I've already gotten my $50 of fun from the title, though, so I'm far from unsatisfied.

Yolk, did you just leave the guild or cancel your account entirely? I still need help on Iron Mines of Moladune and the attribute point quests ;_;

[ziggytrix]

Is there much to do after you hit 20? Cuz I got 3 levels left to go.

edit: I also don't think it's particularly short on content, it's just all so linear that you can blow thru what would be days worth of "content" in some other game that made you run all over the world to get a quest done.

[Chojin]

Level 20 doesn't mean a lot, really - It just means that your skills are maxed (aside from attribute quests). It'd say at least a third of the game takes place after you hit level 20, assuming you didn't just run through missions.

All future GW expansions will have level 20 characters in mind, you can only go to the Underworld and Fissure Of Woe if you're level 20 (special dungeons with the best drops in the game), and you should only participate in GVG when level 20.

So in reality, most of the meat of the game happens after 20, but you can't level up anymore. Think of levels 1-19 as the pre-season.

[Gurlugon]

I like the game. I won't even bother asking to join the guild until I get a few more levels and quest progress under my belt.

[Chojin]

We take in people of any level who aren't jersk, but I don't know you at all so there might be an INTERROGATION.

[eggyolk]

i left the guild on a little experimental thing. im going to try out the pvp side of guild vs. guild. so far its been alright. :/

[ziggytrix]

hello! guild wars? i mean, come on.

[AChimp]

Get back on WoW, ziggy, and level up. >:

[CaptainBubba]

I am selling a copy of this game in mint condition as well as an account key for it (seperate from the mint condition's key) if anyone is interested. If you just bought the account key you could dl the client off the site and play right away as well. More info in the forum about sellin stuff. ;p

[Chojin]

Tried playing the other day, this is about all that came of it:

http://www.popnko.com/imock/davidda.jpg

This is after the tard was in a group with me, then attacked some very nonthreatening guys who raped us to pieces, then after we all got rezzed, attacked them again. Back to town for me, found another group, he joined, I told him to not do it again and his response was 'I DIDN'T ATTACK UNTIL SOME1 ELSE DID' and spammed that about 10 times. Long story short, I continue to hate people that play this.

[King Hadas]

If you hate the people who play Guild Wars so much then why dont you come back to COH? In the 14 days I played it I only came across two people I couldn't stand, a controller named Kid Vortex that would spam the chat menu with "YOUR ABOUT TO BE M I N D FUCKED" every time we went into battle and a tanker who wouldn't stop asking me if I liked Adult Swim (when I told him I didn't he left the team).

[Chojin]

i've been thinking about it

[AChimp]

The best part of WoW is that half of the retards are part of a different faction and they can't talk to me.

[Gamefreak232]

hey what do you know... gamefreaks back after about a week or 3 of not even posting on the boards i am :aok and my guildwars account is kitime nagase <---lame name but my creativity is lacking :/ ... i wish to join you'r guild but i probaby wont check the threads again so... yeah... invite me

[Gamefreak232]

wow... btw is there a way to put a guildwars pic on here without... y'know having to do the damn fotobucket?
[/img]

[executioneer]

no

[Emu]

Just get a photobucket account. it makes everything easy as pie. <3

[Shyandquietguy]

I just got a copy of the game. Anyone up to play?


Uh, just so you guys know, I don't know how I did it, but my account name is my e-mail address. Media_Monger@hotmail.com

[Gurlugon]

i have the european edition, i don't know if i can play with you guys unless the good old us edition only has euro and asia server options :/

i haven't been playing at all anyway

[Gamefreak232]

yeah, i ended up getting a fotobucket account... and shyandquietguy... im just gonna call you shyguy.. ok your e-mail is supposed to be your account name. and for anyone who wants to whisper meh its kitime nagase or samuel bloodspill... i usually play on kitime nagase though...

[ziggytrix]

i have the european edition, i don't know if i can play with you guys unless the good old us edition only has euro and asia server options :/

look up in the top left when you're in any town to see what district you are in. click there and scroll all the way down to pick an international district. all servers can access international districts.

[AChimp]

I DEMAND THAT YOU PLAY MORE WoW >:

:(

[ziggytrix]

I demand that you pay for my account, and while you're at it, lighten my workload so that I have more time for games. I haven't played WoW or Guild Wars in weeks. :/

[AChimp]

I DEMAND THAT YOU STOP HAVING OTHER THINGS TO DO. >:

:(

[Pub Lover]

http://legions.flamewars.org/index.php

[Archduke Tips]

Are you guys still playing Guild Wars? I'm thinking about buying it.

[iron mitchell]

i play it. my screenname is "Stabbed In The Face".

[Ninjavenom]

is anyone still playing this, including you, mitch? I just got it and feel so lonely at a woeful level 2 :(

[Shyandquietguy]

I'm playing it. I mainly play my characters Al Jolson and Yoho Mistake Oh and I have never left the American District.

Sorry, but I don't have any characters that are pre-searing. :( I might delete a character, idk.

[The Damp Moose]

I haven't posted in a while, not sure if anyone recalls my brief time here.

Anywho, would this run at all on a dial up connection? Or would it lag like all hell?

[eggyolk]

get world of warcraft

[AChimp]

It would lag like all hell. Get broadband.

[Ninjavenom]

Yeah, whenever someone plays something with a 56k nowadays i always think they're doing it to be an asshole to everyone else :-/

[The Damp Moose]

I would love to get broadband. Too bad I'm poor.

I'm guessing that WoW would lag pretty horribly, too?

[ziggytrix]

I think GW does enough stuff on the client side that it might not lag like all hell, but I wouldn't swear to it.

[Gamefreak232]

yeah I still play alot... my accounts that I play on are kitime nagase and beavis of the light. as for the lag issues, I don't think the lag is as bad on GW as it is on WOW but dont quote me on this... anyone up for bonuses? i am going back to get mine.. I am on nolani academy and going up bonus wise. I am near the wilds or maggumma, somewhere around there... give me a PM


-Gamefreak

[eggyolk]

ive gotten all the bonuses for every mission, 4 times

-egg

[Ninjavenom]

I just crossed over today :o

Were black dye prices always so insane? It's 6.5K for one vial at the trader right now o .o

But funny enough, an entire set of bonelace armor, a decent weapon, and a plethora of scars would still be cheaper than one vial. Fuck that in the ear.

[Shyandquietguy]

Before they implemented a new system for the economy, the black vials were over 60 plat. I think the highest was 87.

Also, I made a new character that I'm proud of. It's a necromancer that looks like Richard Kiel who is named Train Cart Warrior. He's going to stay in pre searing for as long as I can get him to stay there.

[eggyolk]

every outfit i owned was dyed black and looked really neat. after more and more people got into the game, they decided to inflate the economy by making certain items less obtainable, even though your odds of finding a black dye are as great as getting any other color.

[Ninjavenom]

i don't see how 6.5K for a vial of black is something that seems payable unless you're going for like a Black Knight of Hatred and Mean Things motif.

[Gamefreak232]

Lol to that :D... i found 2 vials of silver dye and 1 black ON ME PRE MONK! i only keep him cause he's lucky :D... so if anyone is up for some questing, im All For It!

Oh btw... how is my new sig? im going to change it soon and make me an avvy.. but is it good for a temporary one? Made it myself :D
oh and black dye is at an all time low right now. last time i logged it was 8k... Hmm...

[Gamefreak232]

Sorry, But is my avatar too big? or my sig? someone please alert me... thanks

[Emu]

yes

[Gamefreak232]

:/ thanks... wrong thread anyway :/ so... yeah... thanks.

[Ninjavenom]

http://terrorizer.home.comcast.net/gwMerzbow.gif

the new face of fear :o

I have a butterfly sword now, but i want one of those silver claymores that the Ascalon Guards use. The only one i found was a dumpy 3-4 one in pre-searing, and that sucked the anus. I am pictured here without my pink Devil Scar :o. I also need a cape :o

[Chojin]

If you would ever get on aim or something, I'd let you in.

I'm on my magic secret name that no one knows about though.

So PM me or something.

[Ninjavenom]

http://terrorizer.home.comcast.net/gwmerzbow2.gif

New gear :o

[Emu]

If you would ever get on aim or something, I'd let you in.

I'm on my magic secret name that no one knows about though.

So PM me or something.

except that pub lover posted it in the chat thread :rolleyes

[Chojin]

what page

and wait pub doesn't know my new name

[Ninjavenom]

Bumped this just to say i know now why Chojin says everyone ABOVE level 20 is a retard. I cannot get a fucking group for Tomb, it is imposible >:O

[Chojin]

I reinstalled, Ninja, so let me know if you need me to get on.

[DeadKennedys]

I'm getting this game for christmas... tired of feeding blizzard money

[ItalianStereotype]

so get CoH instead