I just got the most unique thing from GWEN

A pathetic forum life. Lolz.

I have been playing since the begining of Prophicies and in all that time i have never posted or had the desire to post on this forum. But now that GWEN was a major dissappointment in my eyes and i was starting to get bored with GW already, i complain, rant, rave, argue and ect. The bad thing about this is that i just now realized i have no life. lol. I just spent my last 12 hours of my day off - going in and out on these forums. Crazy. I feel sorry for myself for being an utter retard. lol. But i had a few good laughs and insights on how other people feel about the game.

GWEN gave me a forum life, for some wierd reason i really enjoy it. Guild Wars is now a different game for me than it used to be. I enjoy playing with a friend and helping him out a few nights a week. But i always told myself that i wanted something new and fresh from GW so i can continue playing and enjoying it. But inturn i did get something new. And as dumb as it may sound i am ok with it.

I know i heard of some people quitting, some people taking a break and some people continue to enjoy what GW has to offer. But has GW affected your outside life as well? Do you just sit and stare at a character all day and not even play the game? Has anyone else had any similar effects?

Dont flame me too much here, just wondering if the recent turn of events have effected anyone else. Maybe some self reflection

I'm like that everyday, Sitting in ToA chatting and joining fow groups from time to time and checking gwguru forums every 15mins. Welcome to my world

Sometimes I do things like look at my character and make screen shots to use as desktop backgrounds. And I sometimes chat with people like I used to do on AOL a decade ago. Just makes it fun to have an actual lifelike character that can /wave and do other things to interact.

People may find it nerdy that I do this often instead of going out to social places. But at least I'm not out in the streets racking up DUI's, getting into trouble, getting into debt, getting drunk, getting pregnant, getting stoned, getting date raped, and getting arrested and then when Saturday night comes along going clubbing again.

I'd rather play Guild Wars than engage in public debauchery and trouble. Goes well with working in a library. I don't have to deal with being in any filthy atmospheres.

Hey, at least you're on the game.
I'm at work, updating pensions, checkin gwguru every 5mins and trying to look like i know what Im talking about in the ranger forum.

Rofl... I totally just sit there and chat. I have troubles with that, actually. I get so busy with 4 or 5 PM convos, that I have to start telling other friends that I'm busy! It's a sad addiction...

Yup, I'm the same atm. I login and just find myself doing a little trading and chatting to friends/alliance but not really playing the game as I cba with it anymore. GW:EN runined all and any aspirations to play further.

*looks at 11k+ posts*

*says nothing*

Even bought a mic to chat on Vent with...wow...I fail.

/slash slash

Late night hb aTs killllllllllllll meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Besides that there's really nothing left in GW to be taking up my time; ~95% of my friendslist have stopped playing and I honestly don't care about PvP anymore because it's so bad.

I wander from game to game after a few months, finding old things renewed when I return, but recently I opened the character selection screen and something amazing happened - I actually looked at the screen more so than clicking "play". Right in front of my eyes was a phrase, and it shook me to my bones. It said "Roleplaying Character".

Not too many RP that I can find, so I met that phrase 1/2 way. I took up storytelling. I write anyway, so transferring that skill to the screen took little effort.

So, when I'm not rampaging (for that wonderful bounty and not so wonderful loot) in the explorables, I am telling stories by the fire at Gunnar's Hold. I get a few "wtf" and "what? are we 7 again?" kinda things in local, but a whole LOAD of real interested players.

I tell a 10 minute story in team chat about the Norn, and never once had an unsatisfied audience. It is a human tradition after all, telling stories around the fire.

At work, well . . . *cough* I do sometimes look at these forums and spend a few moments writing up some new story, but its a well rounded life; I take work home too afterall, so its a fair trade.
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Storytelling by the fire at Gunnar's Hold? You bet!

Malice you're allowed to have that many posts, as they are usually constructive. I wonder how many of them are those little clever things you mods come up with when you close a thread.

Were all getting a little beyond the "play the game" aspect of GW.

I actually went straight from Ratt Sum to Iron Mines just to join a party and scare them with my Summon Mursaat Asura skill.

Im on here now while my microwave is running....ding...gotta go

I'm actually quite the opposite with Guild Wars now. I just play the game, not talk to anyone. All my friends have stopped playing save for my girlfriend, so it's usually just me and her, either just dancing in Shing Jea when she's on or helping her farm for armor.

So unlike quite a few people who sit in the game talking and not playing, I sit in the game playing and not talking.

Is your avatar from 40k?

lol, that's brilliant. A+ if you told them you can summon them through a secret quest in the Chain of Fire Islands or some such.

Yeah these days I sit there and chat. Usually I'd farm, but I got bored of it before the EotN release. I cap 10 skills/day on my main to finish NF skill hunter, then I don't do much unless we have enough people to start on a dungeon or people requesting help. Since I got most armors I've been wanting, and since I don't have much cash lef and since I don't feel like farming... well... not much to do.

I know I'm just going through a phase and in a few days I'll be back in farming mode >_>... it's not the first time it happened to me x]. And not the last, since I bet I'll take some look at some armor and will go "need... money... need farm.. FARMFARMFARM, dungeon over dungeon..." x].

I find myself playing the game more because of GWEN. I don't like the drop rate that much, but it's still fun. I don't socialize that much (never had been very social) but I do enjoy reading the conversations, and giving my opinions when I feel like it.

Our guild isn't very active any more due to the guild leaders are busy with RL issues, and the fact that a lot of our guildies are their friends (from table top). My boyfriend and I are still on almost every day of the week, and so are a few of the others.

I play other games too (Oblivion, NWN2) so I will usually spend a period of time in a different world until I get bore with that. I find myself keep coming back to GW and all other games are little vacations.

you and every other hardcore pve'er/pvp'er =P

so let me see if ive got this right, your a librarian who has to worry about getting date raped /pregnant who may or may not get drunk and stoned and goes clubbing. what time do i pick you up.

No I was comparing lifestyles with other people my age. They choose to do that sort of stuff, I don't. I live a completely straight edge lifestyle and always will. I'm just saying that spending hours in Guild Wars may seem excessive, but better to do that than go out and destroy my health and future like other people in my area do. But it seems people like that think they're better than be because of this difference.

I wish I could be a librarian. I'm just a page who shelves books.

Wondering when my forum title is going to change been stuck there for along time.

When I first started playing Guild Wars, I would play with alot of people. Most of those people I don't play with anymore, due to work/time zone change for me (went from EST to Japan) and people just moving on in life, it happens. I now play with a very select few (about 3) if they arent on to chat and hang out with, I usually go to bed due to sheer bordom! I like talking/playing with these people b/c they always help me out with whatever I am trying to accomplish (12 character with all 3 protectors=GRIND FEST...almost done though) I admire their willingness to help out and just listen. We usually have a good time on vent, but we shall see in the 2 years or so until GW2 comes out.

I spend more now in the forums lately than I have in a long long time. Mostly it's due to my work schedule. Working evenings and weekend nights, I use the forums to help pass the time while I'm on tech support calls.

In game, I'm far from bored. I've never actually gotten bored with this game yet, although I have burned out on occasion from over playing, or rl interfered and made me take a break.. But I always come back. Don't do a lot of socializing in-game, but do on occasion if someone asks for help or I get caught up in a conversation.

Usually I'm just busy playing... all over the place. Just last night my mesmer was in GW:EN, Factions, NF, and Prophecies..lol She was a busy girl to say the least.. DO some quests is GW:EN, skill capping in Factions, with the odd quest and a bit of mapping, skill hunting in NF, and clearing up a few quests in Prophecies that had taken up all but permanent residency in my quest log.

I'll do more of the same tonight.. after I install the new dsl modem/router the phone company insisted on sending me. Hey, it was free, and as long as it cuts down on all the err=7's I've been getting lately, I'm all for it. Plus I can take the one I bought at Best Buy back and ge a refund on my 100 purchase. Maybe they'll just give me a store credit and I'll use that to justify shopping for for more Anime. I justify THAT by telling myself that it's for the kids