Curse

Morag D · May 03, 2009, 08:53 AM // 08:53

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Originally Posted by StarrTheInsane

I had my mom create a character one day while she was visiting, just to get an idea of what online games are like. She made an assassin. It was kinda fun explaining really simple mechanics to someone who had no previous knowledge of it (her gaming experience is mostly limited to puzzle games). I would say, "Okay, you've made it through your training now, you're in a town and these people moving around are other real people like you. What do you want to do?" She was just blown away.

hehe sounds familiar. only my mum didn't even get round to creating anything or even moving a character

and then I went and explained it to my PhD supervisor as well

seriously cool family u got there, and great job on the wallpaper! very neatly done

xNomaDx · May 03, 2009, 10:35 AM // 10:35

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

It's a shame that most older people have such a hard time getting into things like Guild Wars, or any other game. I find it to be a pretty valid pass time activity. Even more so, an excellent form of entertainment.

About the commissions! I'll have to think about it.

My image editing time and skills usually go towards freelancing, but maybe it would be a good thing to sharpen up on the side for you guys. So I might start one up.

StarrTheInsane · May 03, 2009, 01:50 PM // 13:50

I hope that you do begin taking commissions. I had a great time doing mine and it's a great way to learn. People will give criticism, but even the roughest criticism has truth to it and it can help you see what people see that haven't been staring at the picture for hours. Your picture here looks really good, so if you make any improvements at all this way, you have a bright future ahead.

Side note for people with parents that don't know much about online gaming, I've been playing a game recently that I think parents could easily get into and I am thinking of showing it to my mom. It's called Free Realms. There is fighting, but you don't have to fight if you don't want to and it's easy button-mashing when you do. A large part of the game is in minigames and puzzles, but it is a good way to get someone familiar with quests and traveling between towns. There's even a trail marker that pulses on the ground to let you know exactly where to go for your quest. Get them familiar with this and then make them play with you in GW2

Chicken of the Seas · May 03, 2009, 08:29 PM // 20:29

Heh funny you mention that starr. My 8 year old brother plays that.

Zan Usi Quan · May 06, 2009, 11:21 AM // 11:21

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Originally Posted by KoKoS

haha can i move in to your family? xD

Yeah, can he? And if he can, can I? :P

Nice job on the wallpaper

eeks · May 06, 2009, 11:43 AM // 11:43

925bytes a second??! D'awh, I really want to see it. XD

Very sweet of you.

Is there much quarreling between you guys? :P Back when I got my ex boyfriend to play, we used to have the most petty arguments over GW. Good times. XD

xNomaDx · May 06, 2009, 10:11 PM // 22:11

@StarrTheInsane: Great advice! These types of wallpapers do take a while, so I think I'll only do a few full blown character wallpapers. Others I feel will have to be either single or double. Maybe even forum signatures if people are into that (even though I know this website doesn't go along)

@Zan: hahaha, thanks!

@eeks: There used to be, all of us would kind of get into it. ESPECIALLY if we lost a longish missions. "You don't know how to play your warriors" "You're a bad ranger" "Why don't you use your keyboard numbers for healing", etc. Nothing too serious, things you could laugh about 20 minutes later. I've gotten my girlfriend into GW too, and I know what you mean. The little things are what causes the frustration.

Like not healing me when I'm dying, and trying to explain to her why she needs a new build. Or why I don't pick up whites anymore. It's amazingly fun playing with her and my family, though. I even have a younger cousin playing with us most of the time, but that's another story.

Anyways I got a good picture of the print for anyone that's interested.

I ordered from nationsphotolab, pretty high quality stuff. Of course I did most of the work and had to blow up the image to a pseudo 300dpi, but the print and metallic paper is really nice. Great pricing too, for any of you pondering about it.

- Nomad

elypta · May 12, 2009, 09:07 PM // 21:07

serious, that print looks so awsome. I wish I could have something like that. :P Go do commisions pls

StarrTheInsane · May 12, 2009, 11:11 PM // 23:11

That turned out great! Which mounting did you use for that one? I may use this service for some of my prints, they look like they have very reasonable prices. Thanks for the tip! Oh and on the subject of sig bars, even though we can't use them here, alot of people use them on their guild forums.