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Acehole2006

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

United Kingdom Essex

Fight For The Win

Mo/

18 Dec 2010 at 13:35 - 161

Dumbest thing that happened to me was about 3 years ago (i think) and was not actually my fault lol

I was in Guild called Siege Turtles. At the time I had left my pc afk and my nepthew thought it would be real great fun to chit chat in alliance chat flaming everyone and everything. I had to leave and all from Siege Turtles and couple of other Guilds like Lore School who was in alliance at the time now hate me. Baring a few close friends who would actually listen to my story and still play with us now.

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Let that be a lesson to all. never leave your pc un-guarded

ecknine

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

N/A

28 Dec 2010 at 17:07 - 162

Selling my very first Black Dye in pre searing for 200gold, thinking I made a good deal...

reaper with no name

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

FaZ

D/

28 Dec 2010 at 17:29 - 163

Yesterday I was doing Destruction's Depths. It was much more difficult than it should have been, and I couldn't figure out why. It was only after that I noticed that somewhere along the line I had set Gwen to Passive instead of Defensive. She had literally been doing nothing the entire time.

Tommy's

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2006

[Bone]

Mo/

28 Dec 2010 at 18:04 - 164

I think I felt most stupid when I merched my Gothic Dual Axe. I worked really hard on it, was so glad I got one. Then I was going to the merch and didn't have my axe as current weapon. I thought double clicking would make it my main weapon, yet I was still in the merchant window. Bye bye axe

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

28 Dec 2010 at 20:11 - 165

Almost too embarrassed to even post this but, I totally forgot that Snowball Dominance rewards 500g. I've been farming all week on the same toon and not noticing that my gold was maxed at like 99k+. Probably missed out on a solid 50k or so... :doh:

Kosar The Cruel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2010

Ontario, Canada

D/

28 Dec 2010 at 22:23 - 166

Playing to much...
4,671hours 42mins over 30months

JimmyNeutron

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

28 Dec 2010 at 22:36 - 167

Reponded to this thread.

Szymaa

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

Super Zealous Youths

R/

29 Dec 2010 at 19:54 - 168

My spin on the classic Cap-Sig moments:

Heading out into a zone, fighting all the way to the target boss, having forgotten to even PURCHASE the cap-sig -.-

Warrior Bradols

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Australia

Nagas With Attittude [nWa]

W/

01 Jan 2011 at 06:34 - 169

Attempting HA and after getting r4 quiting....
Not buying a ded shiroken for 300e because it looked to small.

Amongst alot of other things.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

01 Jan 2011 at 20:27 - 170

thought about this, then I remembered WHY I always check my new armor pieces and my old ones before I salvage them----back when, I had just gotten the 1k version of armor for whichever toon, and usually I swap them out and then salvage the old one, well a wee bit o'lag and I salvaged the new one instead---good thing it was only 1k armor, would have been really upset if it had been 15k (though I think I would have noticed the different icon at that point).

Surendre

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

The Netherlands

E/

02 Jan 2011 at 01:20 - 171

Deleting my old lvl 20 characters after being convinced that I won't be able to take my characters with me when factions get released.

Wyndy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2008

in the know

Chronic Chaos

N/Me

02 Jan 2011 at 03:33 - 172

My hubby and I would swap stacked items back and forth to break them up not knowing that the SHIFT key did it for me

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

02 Jan 2011 at 03:55 - 173

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyndy

My hubby and I would swap stacked items back and forth to break them up not knowing that the SHIFT key did it for me

hey we used to do that too....didnt find out about the shift key for sometime.

novawhiz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

A/

02 Jan 2011 at 04:28 - 174

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wyndy

My hubby and I would swap stacked items back and forth to break them up not knowing that the SHIFT key did it for me

omg! i remember doing this haha. no one told me about shift either

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

02 Jan 2011 at 05:12 - 175

guess we should put that in the 'things we wished we knew about guildwars when we started playing' thread......

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

02 Jan 2011 at 05:28 - 176

This is pretty epic stupid, but I wasn't fully aware of how epic stupid until recently: Back when I first started playing, I was convinced I would never play a monk or mesmer in PvE. I was also convinced that Zaishen keys were worthless. And GWAMM/Skill Hunter wasn't even on my radar. So, for any potential monk or mesmer heroes, and any low-end PvP characters, I used all the Balthazar faction I earned to unlock every single monk and mesmer skill. It made sense to me at the time -- Zaishen drops are worth about 300g to a merchant; unlocking a skill in PvE costs 1 plat.
But now that I have a monk and a mesmer, and as I'm capping skills on an aspiring GWAMM, and I'm working to get 200 Z-keys for my HoM, I think about all that wasted faction and it makes me feel kind of sick.

Lawliet Kira

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2006

E/Me

02 Jan 2011 at 05:54 - 177

i thought farming weapons meant actually farming weapons...and asked how to do it

Xiaquin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2010

[aRIN]

R/

02 Jan 2011 at 06:10 - 178

Quote:

Originally Posted by Star_Jewel

I used all the Balthazar faction I earned to unlock every single monk and mesmer skill. It made sense to me at the time -- Zaishen drops are worth about 300g to a merchant; unlocking a skill in PvE costs 1 plat.
But now that I have a monk and a mesmer, and as I'm capping skills on an aspiring GWAMM, and I'm working to get 200 Z-keys for my HoM, I think about all that wasted faction and it makes me feel kind of sick.

That's ok, I spent (somewhat recent) time earning faction to unlock skills for almost every profession, and then remembered that there are these things called hero skill trainers. Yep, still sitting on a lot of unused points on many characters, and no skills left to unlock. Not as bad, but still

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

US

R/Mo

02 Jan 2011 at 06:30 - 179

Bought into an ecto rush, only to see the price crash a day later. Ouch.

veteran_player

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

ATF

N/

02 Jan 2011 at 06:54 - 180

Back when the Scavengers Of Ascalon Axe was happening I supported and defended arenanets descision regarding it because I didn't realize what a rotten organization they were.

DokkyDok

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

Interested in finding one.

Mo/

02 Jan 2011 at 08:07 - 181

Just days before treasure hunter and wisdom were made account wide titles, I deleted my warrior with rank 4 in both.

EPO Bot

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

Mo/N

02 Jan 2011 at 09:26 - 182

1000 minutes to go before i finally get GWAMM.

If GW 2 has another drunkard title, i will be somewhat upset.

davehall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

NA

W/Mo

02 Jan 2011 at 09:43 - 183

I was in between MQSC runs and was in a hurry to buy lockpicks but ended up buying 50+ vials of Gray dye.

aspi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

eeew

N/Rt

02 Jan 2011 at 11:48 - 184

Tried to sell a tormented shield few days ago. I forgot I put it in my HOM so it was customized. Needless to say I pissed someone off real good. I apologized but I can understand if he thought he was being scammed

Nightmare Of Death

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2009

WA-USA-PST

Sacred Knights of Orr

Rt/

03 Jan 2011 at 10:23 - 185

Uhm, well, lets see...Oh Yeah! Came back from a 3 year break, over-dyed my OLD black warrior's armor with new white dye, not realizing the black dye I had was completely irreplaceable and would never see it again. ugh.

Nekodesu

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2009

03 Jan 2011 at 11:09 - 186

Mistyped pervy sexual comments to my boyfriend in team and local.

God I know I aint doing that stuff through gw anymore

Hobbs

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2006

Organised Spam [OS]

W/

03 Jan 2011 at 13:42 - 187

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPO Bot

1000 minutes to go before i finally get GWAMM.

If GW 2 has another drunkard title, i will be somewhat upset.

Yep, i'm around 50 minutes away now, getting Ale-Hound is by far the biggest waste of my life I have encountered so far.

Exhibit A

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2007

W/

03 Jan 2011 at 15:40 - 188

Behold the skill bar of my first character, a Me/W:

Ah, to be young again.

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

03 Jan 2011 at 16:13 - 189

I used an Expert Salvage Kit to remove a string from my Tormented Shortbow.
Say bye bye bow.

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

03 Jan 2011 at 16:34 - 190

Letting my 7 year old daughter have her own account and join my guild. I walk in on her spamming the crap out of alliance chat and Kamadan local chat. She also decided she didn't like her ranger and deleted him (along with all the runes, weapons, money, mini pets etc....).

Lasai

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2009

R/

03 Jan 2011 at 17:38 - 191

deathleveling a wolf to level 19 in pre... then discovering I had only comfort animal equipped. This beat out my many capsig episodes

MagnumShadow

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2010

Far Shiverpeaks

03 Jan 2011 at 19:46 - 192

Back when i started playing GW,i got to Nolani Academy with my necro and couldn't do it.I got angry and quit the game for 3 months xD.
ps:Rurik made me do it.

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

03 Jan 2011 at 20:37 - 193

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnumShadow

Back when i started playing GW,i got to Nolani Academy with my necro and couldn't do it.I got angry and quit the game for 3 months xD.
ps:Rurik made me do it.

I so feel you there. I was pretty close to giving up on the game due to that badly designed mission too. I wonder how many thousands of potentially loyal GW users never came back due to suicidal Rurik.

PuppyEater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

I'm on the left...

Guilds? Where we're going we don't need guilds...

R/Rt

04 Jan 2011 at 01:13 - 194

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnumShadow

Back when i started playing GW,i got to Nolani Academy with my necro and couldn't do it.I got angry and quit the game for 3 months xD.
ps:Rurik made me do it.

Lol I guess I'm lucky that I never even knew that there was a mission there till I was on the fire islands already...

davehall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

NA

W/Mo

04 Jan 2011 at 03:33 - 195

Quote:

Originally Posted by PuppyEater

Lol I guess I'm lucky that I never even knew that there was a mission there till I was on the fire islands already...

The first character I'd created (just after GW came out) was a male wammo and have worked him up to level 8 before going post-searing. Never knew you had to do missions (in post-searing) nor about clicking on the "Enter Mission" button when you entered certain areas. Basically I just thought all you do is take NPC quests, level up, earn gold, get better armour, make your way to the next area, etc. (Old school RPG :-P) Then one day I saw the "Enter Mission" button while in Fort Ranik decided to click on it and was teleported into the mission...alone. Needless to say my toon was slaughtered within 5 mins. lol.

davehall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

NA

W/Mo

04 Jan 2011 at 03:58 - 196

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voodoo Rage

I so feel you there. I was pretty close to giving up on the game due to that badly designed mission too. I wonder how many thousands of potentially loyal GW users never came back due to suicidal Rurik.

Never really found a problem doing this mission in NM. However, I have found HM to be next to possible to do on this mission until I read the tip/note from one of the wikis that uses the game mechanics to your advantage...

Basically foes do not spawn in-game unless a real player is near radar range. So after the suicidal Rurik's cut-scene at the wall instead of following his route you head in the other direction (eastward) and make your way to the end-boss Bonfaaz Burntfur as quickly as you can. With luck you should be able to kill him before Rurik triggers the second cut-scene.

yitjuan

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

GMT +8

redt

Rt/

04 Jan 2011 at 04:01 - 197

ahh ahh i have a good one >.<

Windows 7 is set on auto update - I had just started tanking when my comp shut down and went to configure updates. I wonder what happened to the rest of the PUG.

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

04 Jan 2011 at 06:58 - 198

Overestimated the competency of the support team.

Cost me 9,900~ hours and way too many irreplaceable items.

Star_Jewel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2010

Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009

04 Jan 2011 at 13:56 - 199

Quote:

Originally Posted by davehall

Never really found a problem doing this mission in NM. However, I have found HM to be next to possible to do on this mission until I read the tip/note from one of the wikis that uses the game mechanics to your advantage...

Basically foes do not spawn in-game unless a real player is near radar range. So after the suicidal Rurik's cut-scene at the wall instead of following his route you head in the other direction (eastward) and make your way to the end-boss Bonfaaz Burntfur as quickly as you can. With luck you should be able to kill him before Rurik triggers the second cut-scene.

My first couple times through Nolani in NM on new characters, I think the friend who was teaching me the game led me around that way. My first time back to it by myself, with just heroes, was a few months later for the Zaishen quest, and I decided to do it in HM. I couldn't really remember which way to go, so I just followed Rurik. The heroes were slaughtered (repeatedly; I think I was carrying a hard res on my ranger's bar back then), but by some miracle Rurik and I made it to the end.

I later told my friend about the nightmarish experience, and he said, "Why didn't you just go around the other side?" D'oh!

Fierce

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2010

Netherlands

Mo/E

04 Jan 2011 at 13:57 - 200

Back when I was a noob and platinum was showed as a logo and not as 000 [so 5k looked like 5[logo] instead of 5,000 gold]

I had a worthy axe from TOPK [barrageteam] 36k. Someone showed 36gold and I accepted because if it looked like 36plat.

Heartache