BMP reasonable petition No 1: Re-skin Saul, please, too fat

Vamis Threen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Mo

In the illustrations in his book, Saul looks pretty cool. Gaunt with long hair, a lost prophet. But all those years of debauchery haven't slimmed him down in the mission itself. It is obvious that after those sessions of drinking, gambling and womanizing, he still remembered to hit the pie shop on his way home.

You can do better than this Anet.

Liked the mission btw.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

I agree with this. Earlier depictions of Saul made him have the appearance (not posture) of the tall and awesome Master of Whispers. Now he's kinda a goofball.

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

same,make him look less of a guy who works in burger king for a living!

Whisper Evenstar

Whisper Evenstar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2006

NYC

Governors Of Destruction [GOD]

E/

dude - male monks are fat in gw land.... nuff said

Snow Bunny

Snow Bunny

Alcoholic From Yale

Join Date: Jul 2007

Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]

All monks are fat.
Hell, practically the warriors are fat too.

Saul just looks like a creepy dude that would be the proprietor of a porn shop.

flipfly2004

flipfly2004

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

A/

mhenlo aint fat ^^
norgu is XD

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Is this an extension of the joke "change Confessor Dorian back" thread?

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by flipfly2004
mhenlo aint fat ^^
norgu is XD
He makes a good point.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

You do realize that any depictions of saul seen in books, ingame imagery (except for the BMP), etc would be artists conceptions of how he looked right? For example, we have these wonderful books full of pictures of dinosaurs, all in varying shades of green, grey, blue, etc. Nobody was alive however, so these colors are just guesses based on what we see in nature now. These is some evidence in the fossil record that these colors are somewhat accurate, but in the end, it's just a guess based on what we see in nature now with regards to lizards, etc. The same goes for saul, he's a historic figure in the krytan past, but before the events shown in the bmp, he was pretty much a nobody and he disappears at the end of the bmp mission, so everything known about him is second and third hand information. Nobody wants to remember their hero as a drunken oaf, they'd much rather make him into something that is a much more idealized form. Leave him as he is

gone

Guest

Join Date: Jan 2007

he is just how i pictured him. 'a fallen man'

-a gambler, cheat and a drunkard- excerpt, page 1 paragraph 2 from 'Saul's story'

Jensy

Jensy

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2007

Phoenix, Arizona

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

N/Mo

You can't be... oh, wait, you ARE serious? *facepalm*

I see no reason for this.

Hollygen

Hollygen

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2007

UK

Blinkie Ponie Armie [bpa]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari
same,make him look less of a guy who works in burger king for a living!
D'you want fries with your unseen gods?

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryant Again
I agree with this. Earlier depictions of Saul made him have the appearance (not posture) of the tall and awesome Master of Whispers. Now he's kinda a goofball.

Umm... isn't that the point?
I mean, the White Mantle revear Saul as the founder of their religion, and it turns out he is a fat drunk.

icedwhitemocha

icedwhitemocha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ancestral/Grenz

[CneX]

W/

This isn't reasonable at all. Hopefully the Anet team will worry about something else.

Vamis Threen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
..... and it turns out he is a fat drunk.
We always knew he was a drunk, but not that he was fat.

And no, it's not a reasonable request. But...... just can't get over his girth. Fatter than a normal monk, even? Maybe that was the delay with the BMP, fattening him up.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

Its all because of the cape!

When Edna Mode says no cape, it is wise to listen, see what happens! your character look fat, get laughs at, and it gets kidnap!

Shuuda

Shuuda

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Guildless

Me/

Bah, Fat men of GW shall unite against you all.

thedeadlyassassin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

Tualatin OR

N/A

A/W

Turai should be more of a strategic warrior type instead of a big fat ass giant guy. I mean shit, he's so huge I felt like a fat ass playing the game!

AuraofMana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Georgia, US

Imagine people playing male warriors, they all look like fatass :O

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

He's not fat, He's wrapped-up. Too much clothing.

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

You could argue that previous renditions of him are a stylised version of who he was.

That way more Krytans would look up to him as their champion.

The way he is shown in the BMP is reality, and thus not idealised.