Asura Mini Pet
King Kong
It looks ace! Might buy the mag just to get it, hate trading ingame 
SirJackassIII
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Originally Posted by Alex Weekes
PC Gameplay will be covering news about Guild Wars in their next issue due to be on shelves at the end of the month. We cannot yet confirm whether they will be offering the Asura miniature or not, I'm afraid.
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Phantom Flux
LOL. You all read my mind. That is one ugly *beep* motha *beep*er. I'm here thinking so um....has anet really run out of better things to come up with such as...AN ARMOR STORAGE! Geez. lol.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by Ferret
I think the little fella will make a great pet and i'm not (1) female or (2) under 12. I'm male, married, a homeowner and in full time employment.
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I'm kidding!!! I'm kidding!!!!
It's fun to have a lighthearted subject every once in a while to rib people on. I'm sure that this will be a highly sought after minipet for "cuteness" alone...I don't think comparisons to the Grey Giant are fair, since that thing is probably the ugliest thing out there in the game.
wynoski
LOVE IT...Its so damn ugly its cute...reminds me of Stitch...Hope it meows
BTW, I am 32, married, male and have two kids
BTW, I am 32, married, male and have two kids
Ferret
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Originally Posted by Jetdoc
I'm sure your male mesmer will enjoy his new minipet.
I'm kidding!!! I'm kidding!!!! |
Dougal Kronik
Probably the only mini pet I'll get rid of and have none.
If that is to be a playable race as well, I'll stick to my human characters.
Don't need no big eared, round eyed, popeye armed, premature rabbit creature.
If that is to be a playable race as well, I'll stick to my human characters.
Don't need no big eared, round eyed, popeye armed, premature rabbit creature.
Series
I think the Asuran looks amazing. I am not a female nor under 12 year olds. Just because you think it's ugly does not make it a fact. Ever heard that thing about beauty and the eyes of the beholder?
Phantom Flux
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Originally Posted by Series
I think the Asuran looks amazing. I am not a female nor under 12 year olds. Just because you think it's ugly does not make it a fact. Ever heard that thing about beauty and the eyes of the beholder?
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Exoudeous
no, that would be looks dont matter.
beauty in the eyes of the beholder just means everyone has diffrent prefrences, and it appears all the children on this board do not prefer this creature much.
beauty in the eyes of the beholder just means everyone has diffrent prefrences, and it appears all the children on this board do not prefer this creature much.
BliZZarD
Anyone know if is it going to be available in Spain?
The Grey Giant was through a magazine called "Micromania".
The Grey Giant was through a magazine called "Micromania".
Kuja
Yea Lilo & Stitch.
TabascoSauce
This thing does not belong in the game. It is cute, I am sure that the person who made it is proud as peaches, and I think they should be, as ANet makes top quality stuff. But appropriate? Lets do a quick stage-play here.
Example:
Host: "Welcome back to our talk show, we have 4 guests tonight. They can introduce themselves!"
Guest 1: "I am Vizier Khilbron! I have a staff that can raise thousands of hungry blood sucking undead! I have legions of flaming inhuman titans to slaughter you all! I raise my enemies and force them to fight their friends for amusement!"
Guest 2: "I am Shiro, and I assassinated the Emperor! My minions are bulbous infected bloodthirsty puppets that obey my will like the soulless husks they are! I cause seas to turn to jade and forests to petrify! Fear my return!"
Guest 3: "I am Abbadon, god of pain and torture. I will turn the world into an evil place with stabby things sprouting up everywhere. My margonites slaughter innocent priests and my minions betray everyone and everything they believe in!"
Guest 4: "Hi, I am a cutesy big-eared lovable huggable guy who cares about the whole world! Yay! Can I be your friend?"
Oh yeah, that big-eared thingy really fits in.
There might be a better venue for this, like in Toontown.
Get that rabbit out of here.
TabascoSauce
Example:
Host: "Welcome back to our talk show, we have 4 guests tonight. They can introduce themselves!"
Guest 1: "I am Vizier Khilbron! I have a staff that can raise thousands of hungry blood sucking undead! I have legions of flaming inhuman titans to slaughter you all! I raise my enemies and force them to fight their friends for amusement!"
Guest 2: "I am Shiro, and I assassinated the Emperor! My minions are bulbous infected bloodthirsty puppets that obey my will like the soulless husks they are! I cause seas to turn to jade and forests to petrify! Fear my return!"
Guest 3: "I am Abbadon, god of pain and torture. I will turn the world into an evil place with stabby things sprouting up everywhere. My margonites slaughter innocent priests and my minions betray everyone and everything they believe in!"
Guest 4: "Hi, I am a cutesy big-eared lovable huggable guy who cares about the whole world! Yay! Can I be your friend?"
Oh yeah, that big-eared thingy really fits in.
There might be a better venue for this, like in Toontown.
Get that rabbit out of here.
TabascoSauce
Knightsaber Sith
^Well of course he's not going to fit in there. You put him in with the three big bad guys from the previous campaigns. The Asurians will probably just be a race we encounter like the dwarves of deldrimor.
Kalki
It's definitely not what I was expecting from a possible new playable race. It does look cuter and more cartoony than anything I've seen in GW before, and it does seem out of place BUT that might be because it's the FIRST AND ONLY THING in GW I've actually seen with a smile. And of course his eyes are huge.
Gaile mentioned that the mini-pet has other facial expressions. Maybe an Asura doesn't look so cutesy when it's not smiling.
Honestly I'm very curious about the new race and how it fits in with the Guild Wars world that has grown on me so much. Are Asurians more an underdog race like hobbits or gnomes, or are they super-beings? Are they good, evil, or unpredictable like humans? What size are they when they aren't in mini-pet form? Do any members of the race have hair? What is the range of their skin tones? And most important of all where the hell do they come from?
The most interesting speculation to me is whether our current characters will get facial expressions like /laugh and /smile in GW:EN or wait until GW2. It wouldn't make sense for only an Asura mini to be the only thing in the GW1 world with facial expressions.
Gaile mentioned that the mini-pet has other facial expressions. Maybe an Asura doesn't look so cutesy when it's not smiling.
Honestly I'm very curious about the new race and how it fits in with the Guild Wars world that has grown on me so much. Are Asurians more an underdog race like hobbits or gnomes, or are they super-beings? Are they good, evil, or unpredictable like humans? What size are they when they aren't in mini-pet form? Do any members of the race have hair? What is the range of their skin tones? And most important of all where the hell do they come from?
The most interesting speculation to me is whether our current characters will get facial expressions like /laugh and /smile in GW:EN or wait until GW2. It wouldn't make sense for only an Asura mini to be the only thing in the GW1 world with facial expressions.
Clord
That thing look nearly like Gremlin.
Szpileq
I want this in CD-Action in Poland :| Veeery nice minipet...
Gli
If it's just going to be a minipet and an encountered monster I can beat the stuffing out of, or a henchman like the tengu, fine. I'll do whatever I can to avoid exposure. If it's going to be a playable race though, I'll pass.
Jeff Highwind
I'm pretty apathetic toward the situation, mainly because upon the first week of buying the magazine I'll sell the minipet for 50-80k and be content from that.
IMO though, this thing better be an enemy and do the Galaxy Quest gag.
IMO though, this thing better be an enemy and do the Galaxy Quest gag.
Zappa
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Originally Posted by Alex Weekes
For a magazine to offer the miniature there's two things that need to happen. One: that we offer it to the magazine. Two: that the magazine takes up that offer. We've made the same offer to magazines throughout Europe: if a country is not represented, then it is because that offer was not taken up.
Now, having said that, please be aware that the list may be expanded over coming weeks as more magazines finalise their coverage of the upcoming GW news. That coverage may include offering the Asura miniature. However, I will re-iterate: the ultimate choice of whether to offer it or not is made by the magazines. |
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And it's sad to see you all flame just for the pleasure of it. I bet if there was something you didn't like, or considered unsatisfactory, you would all complain too, in fact, just like it's constantly happening.
In future threads I'll remember to agree on everything the majority is standing for, and not say anything about my personal thoughts. That way, maybe I wont get ridicularized.
(I wonder, If I offended someone, I would get hanged.. I'm glad I'm not like that.)
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Anyone know if is it going to be available in Spain?
The Grey Giant was through a magazine called "Micromania". |
Livingston
To Alex:
If you are still reading this, could you shed some light on the rumors of a guild wars 2 and it having this horrid little mini as a playable character race?
Pretty please?
Livingston
If you are still reading this, could you shed some light on the rumors of a guild wars 2 and it having this horrid little mini as a playable character race?
Pretty please?
Livingston
Exoudeous
yea he sure is going to respond to you after calling it horrid, people just love when you insult their companies work and then ask them for info.
And Im also sure he would love to lose his job by breaking his NDA contract.
And Im also sure he would love to lose his job by breaking his NDA contract.
Livingston
You're not helping.
And he didn't design it so I seriously doubt he cares what I call it.
Livingston
And if it's complete rubish he wouldn't be breaking NDA by saying so. Not that we have any idea what's in his NDA agreement anyway.
And who said it isn't meant to be horrid?
And he didn't design it so I seriously doubt he cares what I call it.
Livingston
And if it's complete rubish he wouldn't be breaking NDA by saying so. Not that we have any idea what's in his NDA agreement anyway.
And who said it isn't meant to be horrid?
Exoudeous
And I dont think you have seen many companies responses to this sort of thing, they dont comment on rumors, true or not. Saying a rumor is false is still considerd talking about it.
It really doesnt matter that I havent seen his exact NDA, cause its usually the same basic thing, I have had to sign some before myself.
It really doesnt matter that I havent seen his exact NDA, cause its usually the same basic thing, I have had to sign some before myself.
Buttermilk
If only the mini looked more like Deekin 
Oh well, I'm picking it up anyway...
It does look a bit bigger than other mini pets though.
Oh well, I'm picking it up anyway...
It does look a bit bigger than other mini pets though.
Livingston
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Originally Posted by Exoudeous
And I dont think you have seen many companies responses to this sort of thing, they dont comment on rumors, true or not. Saying its is still considerd talking about it.
It really doesnt matter that I havent seen his exact NDA, cause its usually the same basic thing, I have had to sign some before myself. |
Livingston
Maxiemonster
They sell the PC Gamer in the Netherlands, if anyone thought we wouldn't be getting any Asuras in here. Might get one myself, seeing I like the PC Gamer, but the minipet doesn't look too great to me.
SirJackassIII
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Originally Posted by Livingston
You're not helping.
And he didn't design it so I seriously doubt he cares what I call it. Livingston And if it's complete rubish he wouldn't be breaking NDA by saying so. Not that we have any idea what's in his NDA agreement anyway. And who said it isn't meant to be horrid? |
Even if he knows, seeing as the existence and plans for GW2 would be kept rather secretive, I'd say he'd not be able to tell anything even remotely related to the game. I'd say "wait and see" until March 15th, when PC Gamer subribers get their May issue with info about C4 and maybe GW2, in which case the playability of new races would very likely be described.
So, uhh, let's make another topic about it in a week and complain in that one. Complaining before knowing the details is rather silly.
Exoudeous
Also its gailes job to talk about these things, AND when she talks about it it usually isn't in a time when a magazine is supposed to have exclusive info on it. they spill the beans, mag company gets mad, guild wars gets less coverage. The whole plan is for people to buy the mag to get info
Livingston
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Originally Posted by Exoudeous
Also its gailes job to talk about these things, AND when she talks about it it usually isn't in a time when a magazine is supposed to have exclusive info on it. they spill the beans, mag company gets mad, guild wars gets less coverage.
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Exoudeous
True I dont know whats in the magazine, but if you look at the fact that the only reason we are talking about GW2 and new classes is because its supposedly a leak from the magazine, Wouldnt it make sense that SOMETHING will be in the magazine. They are having a feature on it, and I doubt they would have a feature if there wasnt anything new to talk about.
Yanman.be
My guess: Asurians are not a playable race, but things like charr, tengu or naga.
Stormcloud
I like the little bugger and am going to get him
Phantom Flux
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Originally Posted by TabascoSauce
This thing does not belong in the game. It is cute, I am sure that the person who made it is proud as peaches, and I think they should be, as ANet makes top quality stuff. But appropriate? Lets do a quick stage-play here.
Example: Host: "Welcome back to our talk show, we have 4 guests tonight. They can introduce themselves!" Guest 1: "I am Vizier Khilbron! I have a staff that can raise thousands of hungry blood sucking undead! I have legions of flaming inhuman titans to slaughter you all! I raise my enemies and force them to fight their friends for amusement!" Guest 2: "I am Shiro, and I assassinated the Emperor! My minions are bulbous infected bloodthirsty puppets that obey my will like the soulless husks they are! I cause seas to turn to jade and forests to petrify! Fear my return!" Guest 3: "I am Abbadon, god of pain and torture. I will turn the world into an evil place with stabby things sprouting up everywhere. My margonites slaughter innocent priests and my minions betray everyone and everything they believe in!" Guest 4: "Hi, I am a cutesy big-eared lovable huggable guy who cares about the whole world! Yay! Can I be your friend?" Oh yeah, that big-eared thingy really fits in. There might be a better venue for this, like in Toontown. Get that rabbit out of here. TabascoSauce |
LMFAO!!!! That is the best reply on this thread! LOVE IT!
Exoudeous
Id also like to remind people, that guild wars looked like this, 2 years before release:
So i think its a wee bit early to worry about a games looks, based on 1 character, 2 years before its supposedly supposed to be out.
So i think its a wee bit early to worry about a games looks, based on 1 character, 2 years before its supposedly supposed to be out.
KamikazeChicken
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Originally Posted by Phantom Flux
LMFAO!!!! That is the best reply on this thread! LOVE IT!
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Arduin
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Originally Posted by Maxiemonster
They sell the PC Gamer in the Netherlands, if anyone thought we wouldn't be getting any Asuras in here. Might get one myself, seeing I like the PC Gamer, but the minipet doesn't look too great to me.
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As from http://www.guildwars.com/press/mediapartners.php:
- Articles and Features with Asura Miniature:
No Benelux
- Articles and Features*
Benelux - PC Gameplay - (132 - April) - 29th March
*Some of these media partners may also carry the Asura Miniature, but are not yet confirmed to be doing so at time of publication. We will update this list when more information is available.
So we won't be certain of we get a mini along with the magazine, untill PC Gameplay decides to support it.
Knightsaber Sith
^We've heard the gremlin comments already. If you're going to make one of the pointless "it looks like this other thing I seen before..." comments, at least make it one we haven't heard yet.
Vilaptca
To all the people saying this thing is "too cute" for Guild Wars, look at all the female characters and try to tell me they fit in the game. Even the men in this game are too clean to look like they've been fighting anything at all.
This fits just fine with Guild Wars, theres no reason it shouldn't. We already have the Seer, who seems like an alien...
This fits just fine with Guild Wars, theres no reason it shouldn't. We already have the Seer, who seems like an alien...