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DarK_AssassiN

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

FL, US

W/R

01 Apr 2006 at 15:47 - 1

I created a new character yesterday (Necromancer/Elementalist) so I'm in pre. I was doing the "posioned devourer" quest when halfway through I lost control of my character. It started walking around, attacking some of the devourers, Cast some spells, and even danced! I couldn't do anything so I quit the game. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Canadian Bacon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Ontario, Canada

Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]

01 Apr 2006 at 15:52 - 2

Wow....thats really strange.

darkMishkin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Mo/

01 Apr 2006 at 15:56 - 3

Sounds like the YAWI virus. :S:S

Update your virus scanner.

Canadian Bacon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Ontario, Canada

Kingdom of Tyria [KoT]

01 Apr 2006 at 16:00 - 4

Whats the YAWI virus? I've never heard of it. Obviously I don't have it, because I don't randomly lose control of my game. Is it one of the viruses that youy get from trying to download hacks and/or bots and/or third-party software of any kind?

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

01 Apr 2006 at 16:06 - 5

Would that be YAWI as in You Avenge Will I, perchance?

Heh, Yoda as a Wammo...

DarK_AssassiN

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

FL, US

W/R

01 Apr 2006 at 16:08 - 6

No such thing as the YAWI virus I looked it up. And I don't use hacks/bots/third-party software of any kind... I'm guessing it was just some glitch, it happened a little bit after I killed some devourers. I used the bone horror thing (I think thats what its called) and it sayed invalid target (or whatever it says when you cant do a skill). So I went and attacked another, the character jumped back to the previous one and starting doing the skill. Then jumped back to the one I was attacking and thats when things got weird.

take_me

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2006

Europe

Country Roads [HOME]

01 Apr 2006 at 16:27 - 7

Could have been a huge lag.

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

01 Apr 2006 at 16:49 - 8

Lag is mean.

Kinroan

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Newport, NC USA

ANT

N/Me

01 Apr 2006 at 18:06 - 9

yeah...it sounds a bit like lag....but dancing????

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

01 Apr 2006 at 18:17 - 10

OK people.

This is blatantly the loof lirpa virus, yah?

bad person

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

01 Apr 2006 at 18:47 - 11

^^

What he said...

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

01 Apr 2006 at 19:27 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad person

^^

What he said...

That, my friend, is called spam- which is not allowed.
Anyway, the most obvious cause it seems would be April Fools joke but that is pretty mean. I doubt they would really do that. Could be just a rare bug- report it to Anet.

art_

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

01 Apr 2006 at 19:36 - 13

The OP is an april fool imo

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

01 Apr 2006 at 20:59 - 14

My character often teleports to a location. I klick my destiny, suddenly I am surrounded by agros and than I suddenly stand at my destination. I like the beginning and the end, but the middle part is bad for my heart

bad person

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

01 Apr 2006 at 23:30 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiao Yang

That, my friend, is called spam- which is not allowed.
Anyway, the most obvious cause it seems would be April Fools joke but that is pretty mean. I doubt they would really do that. Could be just a rare bug- report it to Anet.

Wow, since when was agreeing with the poster above you considered spam?

The Renegade Healer

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

NYC

Go Hoax Yourself [HOAX]

Mo/Me

02 Apr 2006 at 00:00 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad person

Wow, since when was agreeing with the poster above you considered spam?

since when it adds absolutly nothing to the content of the thread. You can expand on it sure, but what's the point of a thread of everyone's agreeing with the above poster

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Kitty

My character often teleports to a location. I klick my destiny, suddenly I am surrounded by agros and than I suddenly stand at my destination. I like the beginning and the end, but the middle part is bad for my heart

I get that too, but mroe often, the mobs lag to me, and just stand there, if i try to interact with it, my character acts as if it's with the rest of it's mob. Just huge lag. It'll be a pain when shadowstep is more common and this is supposed to happen, won't be able to tell the difference between lag and shadowstep.

DarK_AssassiN

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

FL, US

W/R

02 Apr 2006 at 00:03 - 17

Well, hasn't happened again, but it was weird :\

bad person

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

02 Apr 2006 at 00:30 - 18

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Renegade Healer

since when it adds absolutly nothing to the content of the thread. You can expand on it sure, but what's the point of a thread of everyone's agreeing with the above poster

Believe it or not, there are times where more than one person expressing the same opinion in the same thread is valid. When a question comes up and you get 5 different answers from 5 different posters, how is that really helping the OP? As it is, two people who posted after me (including the person who accused me of spamming) agreed that this was most likely an April Fool's joke. The consensus is now that this was an April Fool's joke and a consensus could never have been reached if nobody was able to agree with a prior post.

DarK_AssassiN

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

FL, US

W/R

02 Apr 2006 at 00:41 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by bad person

Believe it or not, there are times where more than one person expressing the same opinion in the same thread is valid. When a question comes up and you get 5 different answers from 5 different posters, how is that really helping the OP? As it is, two people who posted after me (including the person who accused me of spamming) agreed that this was most likely an April Fool's joke. The consensus is now that this was an April Fool's joke and a consensus could never have been reached if nobody was able to agree with a prior post.

I agree.

The Renegade Healer

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

NYC

Go Hoax Yourself [HOAX]

Mo/Me

02 Apr 2006 at 01:29 - 20

^^

What he said.

edit: now how hard is it to add "that the above person can't admit he's not contributing to the thread"

edit2: wow, i'm such a troll D:

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

02 Apr 2006 at 03:20 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Renegade Healer

but what's the point of a thread of everyone's agreeing with the above poster

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