What do you do while farming?

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

03 Jan 2009 at 11:16 - 1

We all know that farming get's boring; unless you're some kind of super-freak that feeds off of the drops from farming, as one would fresh and hot pizza (but enough with the lame metaphors!)

So as the title says, what do you do while farming to keep yourself entertained and motivated? I'd love to hear what everyone does

Edit: Oops forgot to mention, when I'm farming, I usually listen to a guild wars radio station stream, talk on Vent with my friends, or listen to random AMVs on youtube (gets quite troublesome switching between all of 'em though, and the lag from loading them usually owns my raptor farming runs :s)

Pyra Fade

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

sync dancing at Droks

Elite Order of Grimm [EOG]

E/A

03 Jan 2009 at 11:25 - 2

my 2nd monitor has mozilla open with 2-3 tabs.

tab 1 = guildwarsguru.com
tab 2 = pandora.com (internet radio)
tab 3 (optional) = guild wiki, youtube, or myspace

Mr.Kotte

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Me/

03 Jan 2009 at 11:32 - 3

1st Screen (15") - Mozilla; Farming, High End, Guild Site, SE P1i Blog
2nd Screen(27") - GW
PiP on 2nd Screen - TV or South Park/Family Guy on 1st Screen

+ Cake

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

03 Jan 2009 at 11:33 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Kotte

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1st Screen (15") - Mozilla; Farming, High End, Guild Site, SE P1i Blog
2nd Screen(27") - GW
PiP on 2nd Screen - TV or South Park/Family Guy on 1st Screen

+ Cake I might just be ignorant, but what's PiP?

silavor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Canada

Keepers Of Twilight

03 Jan 2009 at 12:26 - 5

picture in picture, I think

Picuso

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

far far away

W/

03 Jan 2009 at 12:32 - 6

I'm listening to my Winamp Song list. I have fun while farming, and with my music, it's even better

ZodiacFear

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2008

Rt/

03 Jan 2009 at 13:24 - 7

I listen to music and chat with my guildies.

RudeHero

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

POTC

W/Mo

03 Jan 2009 at 13:25 - 8

I just watch the TV beside me or text messages to my friends. I don't get too bored with farming anyway. :P lol

Rothan Celt

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2008

Aura

Mo/R

03 Jan 2009 at 14:40 - 9

Watch the tv beside me or put Neradio.com or pandora on

but i dnt farm much anymore and after buying xmas pressies im poor T.T

GWEXTREEMFAN

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2006

in my house

N/A

W/E

03 Jan 2009 at 15:48 - 10

depends
tv mostly is running then i've got the bass on me so i play when i just need to go 1234 or what ever

digggaa

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2007

W/

03 Jan 2009 at 15:54 - 11

usually icq is running while i'm farming... than i phone friends sometime and listen to music aswell

absolutcrobi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Naked Pagans

Rt/Me

03 Jan 2009 at 15:59 - 12

1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,1,2,3,6,7,8....... .

Oh besides button mashing, Itunes, headphones, LOUD music. I don't think i have had the volume turned on on guildwars in a good year and a half.

Ultima pyromancer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Club Of A Thousand Pandas [LOD???]

Me/

03 Jan 2009 at 18:40 - 13

Screen 1: Guild wars, Windows Media Player (Celldweller on repeat atm), Speakers up high, Occasionally vent and whatever websites take my fancy in the background

Screen 2: Usually put a movie on or just have some TV show in the background.. Usually Takeshi's Castle or some form of anime.

Lean back into my chair and relax

Finch of K T

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

05 Jan 2009 at 17:04 - 14

Yeah I got a 24 LCD next to my machine i watch TV on. Listen to my media player song list, chat with guildies

on a GW note its' a great time to drink. I found a free countdown timer stopwatch on the net. Set it for 3 minutes and just drink another spiked nogg everytime it buzzes.

of course when your character decides to sit down due to drunkeness it's not good lol

Nodakim

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

Hrvatska

N/Me

05 Jan 2009 at 17:14 - 15

I watch anime and read manga.

My Lipgloss is Cool

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2007

My Computer

Band Of The H A W K

P/Mo

05 Jan 2009 at 20:21 - 16

Listening to Pandora, talking with guildies, making new team builds with Fuzzy Taco on Vent and Team builder.
Oh, and a healthy amount of praying for awesome drops. So awesome that it will fund all my bad habits without me ever having to farm again.

kostolomac

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2008

Serbia

Me/

05 Jan 2009 at 20:33 - 17

Listen to music , or piss of my brother.

BBG345

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2007

Somewhere down the road.

Make love not [War]

Rt/

06 Jan 2009 at 01:29 - 18

Listen to the sounds of
-Hardstyle
-Electro
-Hard House

HARD STYLE FTW QFT

Or i'm sitting on aim/msn listening to funny chat rooms of people's issues ^^
myspace too
o.o

Mr Emu

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/A

06 Jan 2009 at 01:32 - 19

pandora+internets=still bored while farming

Albert Algorn

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2007

Oregon, USA

MARA: Our Turtles Know True [LOVE]

R/Me

06 Jan 2009 at 05:07 - 20

Usually listen to satellite radio or a game.

weretoad

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

league of the elite

Me/

10 Jan 2009 at 18:39 - 21

i don't farm for long periods of time. (1-3 UW runs depending on what parts i'm doing) just long enough to buy another skill cap. kill a boss cap it. repeat.

never. GET. bored.

Calista Blackblood

Permanently Banned

Join Date: Oct 2007

Northern Ireland

Nowhere To Run Nowhere To [Hide]

N/

10 Jan 2009 at 18:47 - 22

Msn,Xfire,Porn,Music,youtube and occaisionally I pay attention to the farm

Fuzzy Taco

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

Level Twenty One [HAX]

N/

11 Jan 2009 at 06:00 - 23

I generally just make Lipgloss manually control his breathing and blinking rates via subtle hints on vent or in game. Pandora is also a godsend. I regularly alt+tab to Firefox, which always has way too many tabs open. Guru, Pandora, PvX, Guildwiki, Alliance Website, Explosm, xkcd, Facebook, Youtube, Wikipedia, IMDb, the list goes on. Also, I leave Teambuilder running a lot more than I should, but it's so much fun to mess around with.

Divinity Sword

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

Washington

Dragons of the Rose

R/

12 Jan 2009 at 08:14 - 24

Originally Posted by Calista BlackBlood

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I mostly just listen to music and watch web tv or whatever

MoreArrows

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2008

R/

12 Jan 2009 at 18:26 - 25

Music, gw guru or i got 3 guitars beside me so.... :P

_Nihilist_

Will Bull's Strike for $!

Join Date: Apr 2006

Isle of the Dead

13 Jan 2009 at 03:13 - 26

Solo Farming is what I do to relax. Repetitive, structured, almost like doing an equation. Simple steps yield results.

Maybe music, usually have Vent up with allies on, comments running amok. Enough background for me to tune out so I can farm and enjoy the beauty of effort into reward.

Yeah, I'm an odd one.

masterjer1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Domain Of Anguish

[BURN]

15 Jan 2009 at 04:28 - 27

Yell at my kids.

boarderx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2007

[PIG]

15 Jan 2009 at 14:48 - 28

beer + vent + guildies/allies = laugh riot

i just chill on vent land talk it up with friends or listen to music/TV