Mini games like DDR

i have read some of the mini game post b4, but I couldn't findthem anymore to add more suggestion , so I will just put my ideas here and the ideas I have read before.

If ever the DEVS will put a tavern on the next expansion, it would be great to have mini games in there to burn some time and gold or make gold.

1. Dance dance revolution-like dance contest:

Players can compete in a dance off. Most of you know what DDR is, The arrow keys will be used as controller to follow the dance moves. Player with the highest score wins. He/she can win gold or some items.

2. Card games:

It can be poker or the DEVS can create a new card game. Like for example: the card game in FFVIII. Players bet gold or platinums. There could also be a card collecting and players can unlock special cards by winning special games. The special cards are like Elite skills. It can give you an advantage on the game, but also watch out, coz other players could have a special card too.

3. Marksmanship game:

game like knife throwing(hit the target); and dart. Also bets will be placed to play the game.

4. Beer drinking contest:

Whoever drinks the most wins. But player must watch over the pacing of taking in the beer. If you ae not careful, the players character could pass out of drunkenness. Bets also be placed.

5. Slots:

No need to explain.

The winnings could be gold or unid items.

Pls. add more ideas for the mini games

You buy a fantasy role playing game when you want to play a gambling game. Why not buy a casino game or plan a trip to Vegas. If you want to play a fantasy role playing game buy a fantasy role playing game, if you want to play a card game or gamble buy a gambling/casino game. If you want to play DDR, why use the keyboard and mash buttons, just bust out your ps2 or run to a local arcade and play DDR. Why bother with wasted content?

dont tell me what to buy and play. this is a suggetion area. As long as I don't hurt anyone i could post any suggestion i want. I am just suggeting some of the gold and item sinks for the game. Sometimes playing PvE or PvP gets a little boring. That tavern place is a good place where people could socialize with other people and at the same time have fun.

The game is meant to be a competitive style game with the PvE world thrown in as well. You may need to consider something more like WoW.

this idea is meant for the PvE. Esp. when people are hanginbg out in town or outpost.

Agreed. Believe it or not, the game DOES have some kind of logic/point behind it. If I wanted to play Poker, I'd get stoned and go to my neighboors house. And the whole thing of gambling? Ugh.

Try playing DDR with a controller. It's not the same without the dance pad.

The devs have enough on their hands to do rather than create a game within a game. "Release Sorrow's Furnace? Heck no, we're balancing the new GW card game; Prince Rurik's card is too strong."

In which only Rangers would be able to compete, because no one else has the skill tree of Marksmanship. Nah, digital darts aren't my cup of tea; see response to #1.

This is rated T for a reason. Yes, they have ale but all it does is make the screen fuzzy. We don't need contests specifically for getting characters drunk.

Why do all of these contests involve bets? DDR involves mindless button pushing/stepping, card games aren't that great a diversion, I can't see a way to make Darts something based on skill, and beer drinking contests are just plain dumb. I second MSecorsky; we play GW for PvE and PvP fun, not random games tossed in.

If anything needs bets placed on it, I'd say GvG and HoH battles. But there is no official betting scheme, and I'd prefer for it to stay that way.

Some ways to break the mederorcity of PvE like a tavern would be nice, though I'm not sure I agree with these ideas.

Try and be a bit more constructive guys. Stop just saying BAD idea OMG you suck GORED ENGINE GO etc.

People need to PvE to unlock skills so what's wrong with something to keep you distracted when it's getting a little dull?

That reminds me of the time I brough my PS2 and my DDR mat to a mates place an hour away from mine for a bit of fun. While up there I bought Tekken 5. We went back to his place to play it and realised I didn't bring any controlers! just the mats.

5 mintues later a foot strayed into another players personal space (IE their mat, they're stuck together to stop them traveling around the room.) That combined with the shear frustration of it all resulted in a battle surpassing that on the console screen.

I guess the right combination of Video games (Or wrong in this case) Can lead to some violence.

Though two gamers duking it out without games will never not be funny

mini games are always fun hopefully they will make some alturnative stuffo

I think it would be fun.

you see people go in groups in town and dance. Why not make it profitable to them to dance. There was once a gambling like roll dice(which I think was banned), why not give them a place to gamble and make or lose gold. This is still RPG, and mini games adds fun to the game.

You seen to have a bit of an obsession with gambling. I think you will need to fill this obsession elsewhere. Gambling was banned because of scammers and the little kiddies that play this game. There will not be gambling in this game again for those reasons, even if it was controled by ANet. For some reason I remember a statment about this, but I am probably wrong because my memory is goofy. So if you are so adamant about gambling then you should look for a casino game. I know there are a ton right now because of the popularity of poker at the moment.

As for mini-games in general, my vote still lies with the fact that I would rather have the devs focused on actual game content rather than side game content. If I wanted the side game content like a card game or DDR, I would have bought the card game or DDR and not GW. I do not believe single games should be all inclusive entertainment centers/systems. Besides in the long run that business model would not be profitable. The reason MMORPGs can do that sort of thing is monthly fee...perhaps, as said above, you should consider WOW

I would rather them having either chess table or go table around in the town, so I can play those while chatting with GW players.

Ok, I will be stand corrected for suggesting gambling on the game. But don't tell me what to play. If you want me to do what you say, buy me that game, until then stop telling me what to play. You are just one of the people I know that everytime someone gives a suggestion, you tell them "why don't you just go play another game." Instead of just giving a comment, you are giving a command. If you don't like the idea, just say so, "I dont like the idea" I respect everyone's opinion. What I can't stand is people telling other people what to do, in this case what to play.

I wasn't trying to command you to do anything. I was Just trying to help you find the enjoyment that you are looking for. I support many game change ideas that I agree with, have even posted a few of my own. So I do not go around telling every person with a new idea theirs is bad. You are right though, I disagree with this one. Instead of getting upset and saying the idea is horrid with no logic or whatnot like is seen in many of these threads, I was trying to give you some other options for you to find what you are perhaps looking for. If you get bored standing around in town, then perhaps you should do something to entertain yourself. Seems like common logic to me. When I get bored with GW I switch to online poker and sometimes Sid Mier's Pirates. My more common routine has been to throw in a DVD whip open a laptop and play cards online while watching a movie (yes I am sure by the time I reach 40 my eyes will bleed from visual stimulation overload). GW can't fulfill my every gaming need, I suspect any for any gamer this would be the same. So we get more than one game. I know people who have four games going at once during any given month for whatever fills their mood for the day. If the idea of a casino game doesn't suit your fancy, then that is fine. There was no command from my comments. I do hope something out there does entertain you and I hope you find it.

To Jigs: I don't have a problem with minigames in general, just that what you suggested had nothing to do with GW. All of your suggestions were grabbed from other games. If the minigame fits into the GW theme, then I wouldn't have a problem. For example, Joe and Oink could easily have their own games. You already run around with Oink, and Joe holds his own in a battle and eats a lot. You could have a field day trying to come up with ways to play with them or bring them to their demise. (Get away you Ettins!)

Also, the /roll command is only disabled in towns. If you go outside with a party, you can use the /roll # to roll a #-sided die. It's not that gambling is bad per se, but gambling is a separate game from GW and should be left that way.

actually, i fancied the idea of class based minigames myself....

so, anyone with a ranger skill would be able to play the archery contest game, but if you didnt have ranger class, no arrows for you.

how about a whack-a-tank game for monk class....all these big dumb barbarian looking heads pop up out of a raised area and the monk has to whack them with a HUGE hammer (a bit like bashing moles in those arcade machines)

a summon-o-thon for necro class....lots of dead bodies lying about, and you have to dash from one end of the room to the other, using your summon boneboys spell..points awarded at the end for how many were still with you...but the healing and undead healing spells are dissabled to stop necro/monk healing cheats or using necro sacrifice skills.

pyramid-o-girlies for the fighters....see how many chicks he can cary across the room, all stacked on him like those pyramids of bike riders you see ^^ strength will be a big factor in this game.

elemental power-up for the elementalists....give you 4 spells, one for each element, and you have a set time to cast them on 4 crystals. each one has a color and element and you have to power them up with spells of the same type.

not sure yet what the mesmers could do...but i will think on it...
and these games would cost anything, or make you anything like cash, so no gambling worries ^^
they would be for status....a top 10 list per month, on a bulitin board outside the Game Hall (6 seperate areas, one for each game, and a central AleHouse area, where buxom blonde barmaids with pigtales distribute large flagons to tables, and slap the ocasional male, in a playfull and friendly way...casue if they kept trying, thier ale gets watered down ^^)

so, you character could be famous for a month as the number one top player in their mini game