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Anon-e-mouse · Oct 04, 2010, 11:14 AM // 11:14

When I last checked I had just under 14,000 hours. I'm not sure how many of them were on my main, but it was quite a few.

Arduin · Oct 04, 2010, 11:41 AM // 11:41

Well, this thread puts me right back into noobyville...

4,300 hours total, 2,800 on my main, maybe ~100 hrs afk.

nem coke · Oct 04, 2010, 11:55 AM // 11:55

5.327 hours over 64 months.

I actually thought that was so horrible waste of life, but now that I see these milestones...

NerfHerder · Oct 04, 2010, 12:15 PM // 12:15

I have 2k on my main and 7k across all characters over 51 months. And I thought I was on alot.

On topic, no I dont think it makes you an expert. As has been said before, you really need to play all the characters to consider yourself an expert. And even then, you would have to have a broad knowledge of all things GW(PvE, PvP, game mechanics etc.) Also, I know a few people that probably have 10k+ hours and some of them are far from experts(cant farm/use crappy builds/poor knowledge). The same goes for titles, just because you have GWAMM it doesnt make you an expert.

The 10k rule may apply to your Job, but on a game where you could spend most of your time talking to your friends online or power trading, its a different story.

FengShuiDove · Oct 04, 2010, 01:23 PM // 13:23

About 5,000 hours on my GWAMM. About 7,500 total. And a lot of both are AFK.

10,000 hours on a single character, actively played, is insane.

KingCrab · Oct 05, 2010, 06:10 AM // 06:10

I think the issue here isn't whether those of us who play too much guild wars are experts or not. The game (specially PvE) doesn't really require much. The issue is what could we have become experts in if we hadn't spent this time playing video games.

Konig Des Todes · Oct 05, 2010, 06:38 AM // 06:38

I don't even have 10k hours on my account (though I am close - at 9.2k) and I was an insanely active person for practically 4 years straight. IDK which character has the most, but my title character has 3.1k hours.

dorin · Oct 05, 2010, 01:34 PM // 13:34

2524 on my main char. but nine rings win.

Abedeus · Oct 05, 2010, 06:46 PM // 18:46

Yes, everyone who afks during holidays is a master of everything. And of course Drunkard makes you more professional at everything.

DJCoastal · Oct 06, 2010, 12:26 AM // 00:26

Yeah... I afked a lot... :/

LifeInfusion · Oct 06, 2010, 12:50 AM // 00:50

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Originally Posted by KingCrab

I think the issue here isn't whether those of us who play too much guild wars are experts or not. The game (specially PvE) doesn't really require much. The issue is what could we have become experts in if we hadn't spent this time playing video games.

Exactly the point of the topic, which is why I had the cost of GW not being free (WTS 100K IRL).

Schmerdro · Oct 06, 2010, 02:31 AM // 02:31

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Originally Posted by KingCrab

I think the issue here isn't whether those of us who play too much guild wars are experts or not [...] The issue is what could we have become experts in if we hadn't spent this time playing video games.

Um, I play GW to relax and escape reality. In other words, I play GW to have fun. And, in my opinion, life is all about balancing work with fun. If I had been improving a real-life skill (to be used in some job) instead of having fun (playing GW) then I would have been extremely depressed and unmotivated my entire life. So what would be the point of living that kind of life?

JONO51 · Oct 06, 2010, 07:51 AM // 07:51

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Originally Posted by KingCrab

I think the issue here isn't whether those of us who play too much guild wars are experts or not. The game (specially PvE) doesn't really require much. The issue is what could we have become experts in if we hadn't spent this time playing video games.

Not really. Theres plenty of hours in a day to be able to spend a few on entertainment and still be able to learn new stuff or become experts in other pursuits.

End · Oct 06, 2010, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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Originally Posted by Konig Des Todes

I don't even have 10k hours on my account (though I am close - at 9.2k) and I was an insanely active person for practically 4 years straight. IDK which character has the most, but my title character has 3.1k hours.

Your sin does. Or at least that's the char I remember you being on most while you were in AUG.

10k hours does seem like alot especially if we are talking non-afk hours. My main is at about 5k hours. About 1k of that is probably afk. I tend to afk more on my sin for ummm personal reasons. But I really don't think anything claiming that theres a magic number for being an expert at things exists. I mean stuff has different complexities. Does it take 10k hours to become an expert at candyland? what about chess? what about brain surgery?

Each of those have a different complexity and each would take a different amount of time to become an "expert"

Just my 3 cents.

KingCrab · Oct 06, 2010, 03:29 PM // 15:29

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Originally Posted by JONO51

Not really. Theres plenty of hours in a day to be able to spend a few on entertainment and still be able to learn new stuff or become experts in other pursuits.

It takes a lot of time to get to 10,000 hours. At 2 hours of relaxing play a day, 14 years wouldn't even be enough. Anyone who has legitimately made the 10,000 mark without going afk (for most of it) has really been devoting their life to GW.

KingCrab · Oct 06, 2010, 03:35 PM // 15:35

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Originally Posted by Schmerdro

Um, I play GW to relax and escape reality. In other words, I play GW to have fun. And, in my opinion, life is all about balancing work with fun. If I had been improving a real-life skill (to be used in some job) instead of having fun (playing GW) then I would have been extremely depressed and unmotivated my entire life. So what would be the point of living that kind of life?

I'm not sure, I also play GW to relax but I end up playing it a lot. Any problems I have in real life are still around as soon as I stop playing, so GW is more of a pure distraction than anything else. Does pure distraction make us less depressed and more motivated in real life, or does it just eat up time and put us in the same place? Would putting those hours into some real life skill (that could be used in a job) really be less enjoyable?

MithranArkanere · Oct 06, 2010, 10:22 PM // 22:22

I leave every time they stop updating for over a month, so I don't have that many hours because of that.

noneedforclevernames · Oct 07, 2010, 08:12 PM // 20:12

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Originally Posted by Morphy

If you play PvE for 10k hours you're still not good at anything. Just saying.

Same goes for PVP. It's an RPG rofl.

ruk1a · Oct 08, 2010, 01:22 AM // 01:22

i'd say 70% of my ingame "play" time was spent being afk i rarely turn the game that i'm currently playing off, for instance when i played WoW i never turned it off i stayed logged in 24/7 everyone thought i was some 300 pound virgin rofl (which i am ofcourse)