Curse

Sai Rith · Jul 22, 2008, 01:43 AM // 01:43

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Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove

Do you also chastise the people running around in FoW armor with rare skin weapons in TOA? What about the ones wearing fancy gear in GvG? For most of those people, their choice of armor has nothing to do with you, it's their own little achievement that makes them happy to look at. Yes, there are a few players who try to use their fancy armor/titles as a sign of superiority, but the vast majority don't.

If I get bored in a PvE outpost and want to entertain myself, I'm damn well going to play around with my wolf. It has no more to do with you than my choice of armor does. If it somehow bothers you, I'm not going to shove it in your face and bother you with it. By the same token, I suggest you stop shoving your inferiority complex on those around you.

I actually enjoyed that post and your avatar. +2

Lykan · Jul 22, 2008, 02:14 AM // 02:14

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Originally Posted by Stockholm

Rank means that if you flash it in a pug I'm leading your KICKED.

Lol jealousy is a bad thing.

If someone was showing off their GWAMM you'd do the same thing?
I worked long and hard to get mine (longer than it would take to get GWAMM for sure) and if I want to spam it around I will, I don't give a crap if you don't like it.
Its just another achievement.

*lemming* · Jul 22, 2008, 02:39 AM // 02:39

Nobody cares about HA. Even less people care about HA pugs.

Stockholm · Jul 22, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11

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Originally Posted by Lykan

Lol jealousy is a bad thing.

If someone was showing off their GWAMM you'd do the same thing?
I worked long and hard to get mine (longer than it would take to get GWAMM for sure) and if I want to spam it around I will, I don't give a crap if you don't like it.
Its just another achievement.

Players that spam their rank around are usually the noobs that bought the account on E-bay and are useless in a pug, so keep spamming.

Dr Strangelove · Jul 22, 2008, 03:18 AM // 03:18

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Originally Posted by Stockholm

Players that spam their rank around are usually the noobs that bought the account on E-bay and are useless in a pug, so keep spamming.

Players that wear their FoW around are usually the noobs that bought the account on E-bay and are useless in a pug, so keep wearing it.

Turnabout is fair play.

bhavv · Jul 22, 2008, 03:23 AM // 03:23

Ive won halls with hero way and a 0 fame monk who could roll the build I needed and healed brilliantly.

He was a natural and immediately knew what he was doing.

I have never ever won halls with R6+ pugs, but have a few times with better ranked players then me when I made a friend from [koss], but after he quit the game, I fully gave up at HA at rank 7.

I want to be able to play HA solo again and grind fame.

I respect people with higher ranks then me. I saw a GWAMM put on a rollerbeatle tonic, and ran around spamming his / her tiger and fired a golden Z spear emote into the tiger.

I followed the person around saying things like

'OMG you're awesome, I wish I had R9 and GWAMM'

I was also the only person there that was interested (a busy district in kamadan).

Age · Jul 22, 2008, 03:27 AM // 03:27

I have 12 fame what is to stop me from getting in HA group if you have a FoTM build anyone will take you.I haven't played in HS in sometime but I imagine it is more or less the same.

Those PvE Ranks whoopee except if you want to get a set of armour.

Shayne Hawke · Jul 22, 2008, 03:40 AM // 03:40

The flashy emotes are cool, but anything lower than a Tiger is just lame to look at and makes me feel like the user is immature. Tiger itself is mehable, but a Phoenix still catches me off guard when I see it. I got ranked with it last RA/TA weekend and didn't realize what it was for a few seconds.

With the argument of experience and stuff, I can understand that some of them are a lot better tuned to PvP than I am, but the way that most of them come off makes me not care.

I expect people to have a reasonable ranking in PvE ranks if they're going to use the skills (i.e. +5 Asura in NM, +8 in HM, etc.).

Makkert · Jul 22, 2008, 04:15 AM // 04:15

rank is the spice of life. Everyone knows that everyone plays the game these dsys just to work on titles now, because the game is in a bit of a stale state after 3 years.

sarcasm or truth?

A11Eur0 · Jul 22, 2008, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove

Do you also chastise the people running around in FoW armor with rare skin weapons in TOA? What about the ones wearing fancy gear in GvG? For most of those people, their choice of armor has nothing to do with you, it's their own little achievement that makes them happy to look at. Yes, there are a few players who try to use their fancy armor/titles as a sign of superiority, but the vast majority don't.

If I get bored in a PvE outpost and want to entertain myself, I'm damn well going to play around with my wolf. It has no more to do with you than my choice of armor does. If it somehow bothers you, I'm not going to shove it in your face and bother you with it. By the same token, I suggest you stop shoving your inferiority complex on those around you.

Inferiority complex. Yet another internet shrink.

No, I don't chastise GWAMMs or obsidian armor wearers or generic chaos gloves/blindfold/whatever else black armor wearers. You know why? Because they're just THERE. If someone displays their title...fine. It's when someone runs up to someone else, doesn't even have to be me, and flashes their annoying /rank in their face that starts me off. they have their hero title, that's fine. If they want to show people what they've accomplished...that's enough. /ranking random people, running into a crowd and doing their rank spin, screwing up peoples' screenshot ops, in general making themselves a nuisance is what gets me started.

Nutshell: there is NO REASON to gloat a PvP title in a PvE outpost unprovoked, which is what EVERYBODY who /ranks in PvE outposts does. So I call them on it.

I laugh every time someone pulls the "jealous" card. If I wanted R12, I'd have PvP'd from the start and I'd probably be there. If I want any /rank, I'll go work for it. I won't cry because someone else already has it.

EDIT* Reading the recent posts above me, I saw an instance of a R9/GWAMM doing his thing in an outpost. IMO...from the way it was described, that's fine. Having fun with it, not showing off for the sake of showing off. Being original about it. I have no problems with that kind of thing. But when someone just doesn't like the look of you, or decides that he wants to flex his e-peen at you, runs up standing on top of you twirling his dumb ass around with the tiger in front of him...that's just annoying, ridiculous and immature.

Stockholm · Jul 22, 2008, 04:33 AM // 04:33

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Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove

Players that wear their FoW around are usually the noobs that bought the account on E-bay and are useless in a pug, so keep wearing it.

Turnabout is fair play.

Lol, don't even have FOW, (to ugly)

Sun Fired Blank · Jul 22, 2008, 04:42 AM // 04:42

My opinion is that rank is only quantifies your experience; it does nothing to qualify that experience or the player. Many people use it as a very quick means to discriminate against inferior players; greater experience often leads to greater proficiency.

Greater experience does not equal greater proficiency. Outside of selection criteria, rank is only a number that strokes one's ego and is ultimately nothing if one doesn't back it up; rank does not make a person superior to anyone.

That said, rank can be a formidable achievement. I don't mean that you should prostrate yourself before ranked people, but some ranked players are helpful, nice and competent folks; they deserve respect for those qualities.

Lykan · Jul 22, 2008, 05:25 AM // 05:25

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Originally Posted by Stockholm

Players that spam their rank around are usually the noobs that bought the account on E-bay and are useless in a pug, so keep spamming.

This is true, its well known that everyone(no exceptions) over rank 9 got their account on ebay . Its common knowledge that when the game was released Anet themselves put thousands of "Rank 9 already to go" accounts for sale on ebay, not one person earned it themselves.

Dr Strangelove · Jul 22, 2008, 05:43 AM // 05:43

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

running into a crowd and doing their rank spin, screwing up peoples' screenshot ops, in general making themselves a nuisance is what gets me started.

On behalf of plebians everywhere, I apologize for dirtying your outposts with our presence. We should have known they're for your use only.

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

So I call them on it. ... I won't cry

What the fark?

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

EDIT* Reading the recent posts above me, I saw an instance of a R9/GWAMM doing his thing in an outpost. IMO...from the way it was described, that's fine. Having fun with it, not showing off for the sake of showing off.

What the fark part deux?

Burst Cancel · Jul 22, 2008, 06:19 AM // 06:19

Strangelove, this looks like an utter waste of your time.

Dr Strangelove · Jul 22, 2008, 06:32 AM // 06:32

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Originally Posted by Burst Cancel

Strangelove, this looks like an utter waste of your time.

That implies that at least some of the time I spend on gaming forums isn't a waste of time.

Hooray! I'm making a difference in something!

Circus Midget · Jul 22, 2008, 07:25 AM // 07:25

Not even gonna bother reading thread... just by the title you can see a flamefest coming. More complaining about not getting into groups. Everyone else says "HA is dead", "HA'ers sucks", "Rank means nothing".

The word "Rank" should not be allowed in a thread title because it's an auto flamefest. If you wanna see what people have to say about ranking in HA, use search...

On topic for now... yes it's true that rank9+ doesn't necessarily mean good group. Whenever a friend drags me into a r9+ group there's always at least one person (usually more) that doesn't know what they are doing.
People still rank because R9 means you at least have some experience, there is a much better chance of a decent group than if I went and pugged in an R3 group.

lutz · Jul 22, 2008, 07:53 AM // 07:53

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

Inferiority complex. Yet another internet shrink.

No, I don't chastise GWAMMs or obsidian armor wearers or generic chaos gloves/blindfold/whatever else black armor wearers. You know why? Because they're just THERE. If someone displays their title...fine. It's when someone runs up to someone else, doesn't even have to be me, and flashes their annoying /rank in their face that starts me off. they have their hero title, that's fine. If they want to show people what they've accomplished...that's enough. /ranking random people, running into a crowd and doing their rank spin, screwing up peoples' screenshot ops, in general making themselves a nuisance is what gets me started.

Nutshell: there is NO REASON to gloat a PvP title in a PvE outpost unprovoked, which is what EVERYBODY who /ranks in PvE outposts does. So I call them on it.

I laugh every time someone pulls the "jealous" card. If I wanted R12, I'd have PvP'd from the start and I'd probably be there. If I want any /rank, I'll go work for it. I won't cry because someone else already has it.

EDIT* Reading the recent posts above me, I saw an instance of a R9/GWAMM doing his thing in an outpost. IMO...from the way it was described, that's fine. Having fun with it, not showing off for the sake of showing off. Being original about it. I have no problems with that kind of thing. But when someone just doesn't like the look of you, or decides that he wants to flex his e-peen at you, runs up standing on top of you twirling his dumb ass around with the tiger in front of him...that's just annoying, ridiculous and immature.

There's plenty reason to do so: to play around with people. If you're having fun doing it, then there's no reason to stop. It's legal, it's an online game, and really, why should you care about what other people you don't know think? It's a pug, play with them, even if they don't like it. Who cares? I'm pretty sure nobody does. I'd do it, if I actually bothered to farm HA for several hours on end.

I don't rank spam people at all, but I don't really care when other people do. You shouldn't, either. If you're bad at PvP then either stop caring enough to get bothered by it or actually go and play Guild Wars (not Farm Wars). "Guild Wars was built from the ground up as a PvP game." -ArenaNet Representative, Factions World Championship.

Alazardragoon · Jul 22, 2008, 07:58 AM // 07:58

It means nothing to me. As long as the person is competent I don't care what rank they are. I don't even check it.

nightwatchman · Jul 22, 2008, 12:40 PM // 12:40

If rank means nothing, why are people moaning that they can't get into ranked teams.

Find 7 other unranked people and play. If rank makes no difference you should do great. If you're not doing great, then maybe rank makes a difference after all.