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King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

10 Jan 2006 at 13:55 - 1

I always lose track of time while playing GW, I go on for 5mins and stay for an hour!

Anyway was thinking it would be a good idea to have a clock in game, which would show the real time. I know you can play it in a window, and see the windows clock but I like playing it full screen. Another game I play loads, Soldier of Fortune 2 has one and you forget its there till you need to look.

It could even show your game time as well, so you don't have to type /age

For people that don't want it they could just turn it off...

Anyone else think its a good idea? Don't have ago at me im a newbie

Elena

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Belgium

10 Jan 2006 at 15:37 - 2

/time command would work or like an actual clock in game /signed

striderkaaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Retired Officer

W/

10 Jan 2006 at 15:39 - 3

you guys don't have like... a watch or something...?

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

10 Jan 2006 at 17:45 - 4

My watch is broke

I do have a bed side clock, but thats well... beside my bed

Elena that /time is a good idea! Better still would be pressing F10 brings up a small clock (dont read that wrong

)

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

10 Jan 2006 at 17:52 - 5

I think it would be a nice idea, save me the trouble of minimizing or turning twords my clock

Eugaet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

US

Righteous Apathy [RA]

10 Jan 2006 at 18:23 - 6

/signed

This would be nice...I might stop 'accidentally' playing until 3-4am. I sometimes keep a clock next to the computer...but I find that I rarely ever look away from the screen and forget that it's there. Currently, the only reliable notification of when I've been playing too late is my sleepy-eyed wife showing up in my office to glare at me.

/time would be nice, it should display the current time in GMT. I suppose you could have a time zone setting for your account in Options, but GMT only works for me. Used to converting from GMT anyway. That'd also be useful to help schedule things between people in different time zones.

Diablo???

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Seattle

SPQR

N/R

10 Jan 2006 at 18:28 - 7

Brilliant!

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

10 Jan 2006 at 18:37 - 8

/Signed

!

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

10 Jan 2006 at 19:17 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugaet

/time would be nice, it should display the current time in GMT. I suppose you could have a time zone setting for your account in Options, but GMT only works for me. Used to converting from GMT anyway. That'd also be useful to help schedule things between people in different time zones.

The time should just be what ever it is on your computer. Cant be that hard for them, to make the game read from the system clock

Maybe when you press F10 its shows a window like the "party" one, it could have the real time and a GW time, which is standard across all the servers. They could then have events, like the wintersday stuff, happen at a certain GW time! That way people would know when its happening

You could have hours played on it as well, but 3 clocks may make it look too much...

art_

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

10 Jan 2006 at 20:36 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by striderkaaru

you guys don't have like... a watch or something...?

lmao. was thinking the same thing

bah, give the watch-less their digital egg-timers.
/signed

Eugaet

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

US

Righteous Apathy [RA]

10 Jan 2006 at 20:56 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Kong

The time should just be what ever it is on your computer.

Oh yeah, duh. That'd be easy enough. I should probably keep all my computers on GMT anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Kong

...it could have the real time and a GW time, which is standard across all the servers.

Oh no, not the GW time discussion again...

Lost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Hell's Precipice

10 Jan 2006 at 21:01 - 12

After each hour have the clock grow larger and larger until it takes up the entire screen and a pop up informs you to "Stop playing and go take a shower...You stink!"

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

10 Jan 2006 at 23:38 - 13

/Signed

or a big clock in each town

Lexar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Organised Spam

W/

10 Jan 2006 at 23:44 - 14

zsnes has an in-game clock, and once I got used to it, I really missed it in all other games. This would be a great option, seeing as how it's very time-consuming for a lot of people. /signed!

Gem

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Finland

Running Rangers

R/

10 Jan 2006 at 23:44 - 15

I myself have been suggesting this for a long time. The clock should be an optional thing to have on the screen and it should have the ablility to show your own time and the GWT (Guild Wars Time). Having a GWT would make it a lot simpler to arrange meetings with other people around the world.

An alarm clock would also be very nice. It isn't fun to realise you just played 3 hours of GW when you should have met your girlfriend an hour ago.

/signed

The Primeval King

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Theres A Frog On My [Cape]

W/

10 Jan 2006 at 23:56 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost

After each hour have the clock grow larger and larger until it takes up the entire screen and a pop up informs you to "Stop playing and go take a shower...You stink!"

That's exactly what I need

Pinch

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

Mo/

11 Jan 2006 at 00:39 - 17

alt+tab to your desktop

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

11 Jan 2006 at 01:58 - 18

no...this idea is good, just not comprehensive. I think rather we need a Guild wars time and OUR time comparison.

GW Time : ___:___
Your time:____:___
Playing Time Today:__:__

benmanhaha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

nowhere!!!

N/Mo

11 Jan 2006 at 02:03 - 19

Well having a guild wars time would kinda conflict with that eternal daytime thing they got going on in Tyria.

GW time 3:30 am.
"Wtf its 3:30 in the morning and the sun is shining?"

Mathias Deathwater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

In a maze of twisty passages, all alike

Fifteen Over Fifty

11 Jan 2006 at 02:24 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

no...this idea is good, just not comprehensive. I think rather we need a Guild wars time and OUR time comparison.

GW Time : ___:___
Your time:____:___

I agree. This would stop all those "what time is it in my time zone when it's happening in GWT 12:00!!111!1one!!1 questions. Those get really annoying whenever there's going to be an event.

ExplosiveBadger

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

MN

E/Mo

11 Jan 2006 at 04:16 - 21

In Lineage II every maybe 2 hours at the bottom it'll say.

You have been playing for 2 hours, we reccommend you taking a break.

Something along those lines. Everytime I used to see it i'd be like,"Holy crap 2 hours already?!"

lord pun|shment

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Team Arena's District 1

The United Nations (xUNx)

Me/N

11 Jan 2006 at 05:06 - 22

adjust your screen settings, i have my window @ full screen but with my task bar viewable, this allows me access to webpages, TIME, etc without having to ALT TAB

just a thought.......

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

11 Jan 2006 at 11:29 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by benmanhaha

Well having a guild wars time would kinda conflict with that eternal daytime thing they got going on in Tyria.

GW time 3:30 am.
"Wtf its 3:30 in the morning and the sun is shining?"

It wouldnt matter what the game time is anyway, it would just be used for events etc. They could just say its sunny all the time, because of where the sun is positioned at this time of the year

benmanhaha

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

nowhere!!!

N/Mo

11 Jan 2006 at 12:04 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Kong

It wouldnt matter what the game time is anyway, it would just be used for events etc. They could just say its sunny all the time, because of where the sun is positioned at this time of the year

So your telling me that tyria is at one of the polar ice caps? Or that this earth doesn't rotate around the sun?

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

11 Jan 2006 at 13:26 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by benmanhaha

So your telling me that tyria is at one of the polar ice caps? Or that this earth doesn't rotate around the sun?

Maybe!

otherwise why is it daylight all the time?

phreek

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

11 Jan 2006 at 14:09 - 26

/signed

I have the same problem, 5 mins turns into hours!

UrikoBB3

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Middlesbrough, UK

Envoys of the Phoenix

N/Me

11 Jan 2006 at 15:01 - 27

Good idea, my watch is broke, and my 20 minutes always turns into a few hours.

On Phantasy Star Online, they used 'internet time', which used a universal timing system, supposedly to make it easier to meet up with people from around the world. It didn't really take off, as everyone just used timezones instead.

But yeah, an in-game clock would be nice.

/signed

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

11 Jan 2006 at 15:02 - 28

ya kinda hard to find out the time without minimazing the game. in other games /time works and its great.

/signed

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

11 Jan 2006 at 15:51 - 29

In the meantime this works nicely (for all Direct X games)Teamspeak Overlay

It's primarily for use with Teamspeak, so you can tell who is talking. It has a clock display feature, which works fine without teamspeak installed, so you can use it just for the clock alone (just go into the options and turn everything off, turn on the clock)

Esprit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dvd Forums [DVDF]

E/

11 Jan 2006 at 18:02 - 30

If you allow for a /time command, then you have to consciously think about checking the time, which would be the same as looking at a clock. So that command would be pointless.

And I'd rather not have the time showing on my GUI, it's just another thing that would distract from playing.

But, if ANET ever does institue a /time command, I'd prefer it to be so that if I type:

"/time on" It would turn on the in game clock, viewable on the interface.
or
"/time off" It would turn off the in game clock, removing it from the interface.

darkMishkin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Mo/

11 Jan 2006 at 18:29 - 31

Put an hour and minute hand on the compass

King Kong

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

W/R

11 Jan 2006 at 18:38 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esprit

If you allow for a /time command, then you have to consciously think about checking the time, which would be the same as looking at a clock. So that command would be pointless.

And I'd rather not have the time showing on my GUI, it's just another thing that would distract from playing.

Thats what i said, have it set to F10 or something, so that people can turn it on/off. Everyone wins that way

Csquirrelrun

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

New Zealand

Me/

08 Apr 2006 at 00:33 - 33

What I'd like to see is a clock with Timezone options. Seeing as I live in New Zealand (and we have daylight savings, backwards seasons etc) it's often hard to know what time it is for the other people playing GW i.e. my Guild members.
Have it as part of the customisable interface with a small drop down menu like the town disticts bar.
/signed