Panda Bear

Ceylon Tea Cat

Ceylon Tea Cat

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2007

crane means long life.

I thought Anet should let Westners gets the new type rare minis.
Maybe Anet would see this?

Diablo???

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahlia Tane
Oh come on, mang. You KNOW what I'm talking about. They are already starting to poison us with their products. LITERALLY. Their toys have too much lead in the paint!

Dear God. Toys, man. TOYS!! THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL US WITH TOYS.

WE'RE !@*(&@%^!@# DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED
Say what you want about their industry, but do NOT generalize all Chinese people into one category as if the fault is equally distributed.... that would be racist and communist.

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

I remember when Factions was released, there was art work with Pandas in it and people asked if there would be charmable pandas in Cantha.

Warning - search couldn't find links so the following has no quotes or links and may be utter crap: Gaile posted and said that due to sensitivity of the world Panda situation, they werent going to be added as pets because they could be killed or something.

I remember this because someone cleverly added that white tigers are in Cantha which there are about a dozen of in the real world.

freaky naughty

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

Mo/N

Pandela, the panda is only part of a quest and as for Chinese people not allowing pandas to be hurt I wouldn't know about that, but as for the mini pet. You have an absolute zero percent chance to get it unless you figure out a way to dupe things again In case no one posted about this there are only about 20 in existence and probably less since the ban of accounts. But dedicate your life to GW and that panda could be yours. Sorry about the pessimism but you'd have to rob a bank to get one

Griff Mon

Griff Mon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In the Elfen Forests of Washington State

Damage Radius

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Talach_Ninneed
i think ALL animals on the endagered species list cannot be killed in a video game.
Damn, and I was just gonna fire up the barbeque and serve up some endagered species over moonrocks....

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

Wow this thread turned into a bunch of flaming and fail on a country. Flaming on the country not fail. Anyways, Panda mini pets are around 1000+ ecto, yes i know they're more but I'm throwing an easy number out there.

1000 ecto is 5.5 million gold. Which would take like 3 years if you play casual, now. In the past you could make it within about 5 months if you power traded or were lucky. I'm sure you could still now but only if you're in the power trading ranks of greatness, whatever that is.

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

...... So why couldn't A-Net make it so that there were Pandas everywhere EXCEPT Asia?

I mean... if they have different districts for different countries and whatnot (and as far as I'm aware I can't even get to the Chinese ones) .... then can't they make some sort of systematic mod whereby folks on the European and American servers can get Pandas as pets and the asians get some other more conventional kind of bear?


Or must we rely on TexMod?

Oh glorious Texmod....
A process by which I can make textures that would in theory offend every other person on the planet (and thus be forbidden).... and nobody but me will ever see them. ^_^



Honestly... I'm surprised that nobody complained about the White Tigers getting killed in game.

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

Quote:
However, minipets can't be killed, so they're ok.
/jump

LEteerZZ

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by SotiCoto
Honestly... I'm surprised that nobody complained about the White Tigers getting killed in game.
I'm surprised that nobody complained about the Humans getting killed in game.

Shiishii Momo

Shiishii Momo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

I need a guild, R5 KOBD

N/

Aren't there Panderen in WoW? Also, if the Chinese love the Panda so much (which incedently is delicous with a white wine), why are they damming up the Xaing Xi (spelling?) river, isn't that supposed to be mythically tied to the panda's? If I remember my delicious panda lore, they used to be all white, then some great panda died, and they got their black marks by hugging each other and wiping their tears away after they trode through her ashes, and the tears of the delicious panda's created this river. I think???

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by klrk
remember the hippo in nightfall preview ????
they were removed too after it gone official
It was removed for a completely technical reason. Apparently it caused people to crash.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Talach_Ninneed
i think ALL animals on the endagered species list cannot be killed in a video game.

so that'd rule out a few animals.
+the panda has some cultural significence in china
No, just Pandas and Red Crested Cranes. There are already several endangered species in Guild Wars.

Endangered Species in Guild Wars:
  • Polar Bears
  • Tiger
  • White Tiger

Vulnerable Species in Guild Wars:
  • Lion
  • Crocodile
  • Iguana

Shadow of Light

Shadow of Light

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Australia

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
I'm surprised that nobody complained about the Humans getting killed in game.
People complain about that all the time!

Usually when they've just been pwned in PvP.

artay

artay

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

The Agony Scene

E/

Is Tekken not sold in China? They have a panda as a character no?

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
I'm surprised that nobody complained about the Humans getting killed in game.
All games have humans getting killed in them.

Nobody admits it, but everyone loves the sight of OTHER humans getting killed.

Clord

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

Quote:
Originally Posted by artay
Is Tekken not sold in China? They have a panda as a character no?
1P skin is Brown Bear and 2P skin is Panda in Tekken series.

However in Tekken series, other character is not killed outside cut scenes but knocked out. So basically Panda is not killed.

intarwebs

intarwebs

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

Rt/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Diabloâ„¢
Say what you want about their industry, but do NOT generalize all Chinese people into one category as if the fault is equally distributed.... that would be racist and communist.
Not to feed the trolls, but you have NO idea what communism is it seems.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Curse You
It was removed for a completely technical reason. Apparently it caused people to crash.

No, just Pandas and Red Crested Cranes. There are already several endangered species in Guild Wars.

Endangered Species in Guild Wars:
  • Polar Bears
  • Tiger
  • White Tiger

Vulnerable Species in Guild Wars:
  • Lion
  • Crocodile
  • Iguana
Indeed, and as for all video games - Lara Croft has been shooting endangered animals since she first appeared so no, it's incorrect to say that harming endangered species in all (or even any) video games is banned by law.

As for China, I don't know if it's legal or illegal to harm Pandas (ingame) but even if they're just being culturally sensitive I see no real issue with that. There are plenty of other ranger pets to choose from.

Longasc

Longasc

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

I do not see issues with the Panda pet. It is a minipet, does not fight, cannot be killed - except by boulder maybe, do not tell the chinese plz.

I found it silly enough that the red crested crane hat to be changed to a blue crested crane....

owned you fo sho

owned you fo sho

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

texas

W/Mo

Pandala, i just got gw eotn and there are some pandas in the shiverpeaks up by the charr homelands..hope that helps

Lady Ana Stacia

Lady Ana Stacia

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Germany

Beware of our Temper [BooT]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by owned you fo sho
Pandala, i just got gw eotn and there are some pandas in the shiverpeaks up by the charr homelands..hope that helps
Not sure what game your playing, but as I have been all over GWEN"s maps countless times I have yet to see any panda's lol

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahlia Tane
Oh my God, China is really ruining the world with their dictatorship-like trash.

Not at all Its just some countries take their culture and traditions seriously others do not.
You also have to have complete power in your country to do anything about it, if you do care.

So watch it no taunting the panda minipet lest you cause offence.

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

China has a huge share of the MMO market, China (being a totalitarian regime) has laws protecting it's "sacred symbols," thus if Anet wants to sell GW in China they have to comply with the whims of their dictatorship. It's not that hard to understand. It's not analogous to flag burning in the US, either, since (as of now, and hopefully into the future) our laws value freedom of speech over symbolism.

Zeek Aran

Zeek Aran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Earth, sadly

BORK

A/

This thread is old, it's purpose beyond ceasing to exist, stop posting. D: China is not relevant to the OP's question. Don't reply to this post.

owned you fo sho

owned you fo sho

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

texas

W/Mo

lol true....true

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

That was 2 weeks ago. Stop living in the past.