MKT, RPS, and /pickme - Guild Wars Forums

WhiteAsIce · Oct 31, 2010, 07:16 AM // 07:16

So Mad King Thorn just picked me for Rock Paper Scissors, but I never did /pickme. Does /pickme have any effect on his decision, or is it truly random and people just don't realize it?

End · Oct 31, 2010, 07:36 AM // 07:36

It's just a myth that it increases your chances of getting picked

I think its a load of crap. But I do it anyway just because I always have.

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Originally Posted by A11Eur0

Dunno, he picked the same player twice in the first game out of a full district. It might have something to do with it.

For reference here...I may just be unlucky...but I have spammed it every time... I usually hit each event for the past 4 years I think I missed 2 of them last year cause i fell asleep...I have yet to be picked. I doubt it has anything to do with the silly emote. More about luck.

I'd also like to note that the Gw-en party district which I'm sure was at least mostly full had afkers picked at least 4 of the times. Assume a majority 85%+ were non afk. And it was at least 4 more most likely that I just couldn't find from my position. I would say its more luckness

this year i might skip a few xD

A11Eur0 · Oct 31, 2010, 07:46 AM // 07:46

Dunno, he picked the same player twice in the first game out of a full district. It might have something to do with it.

Kook~NBK~ · Oct 31, 2010, 08:15 AM // 08:15

/pickme has no effect on who MAD KING THORN selects for R/P/S. Never has. No one did it the first his first few visits way back in 2005, but he picked people anyway. I've been picked several times over the years (one time, I got picked twice) and have never done the /pickme emote.

But many people agree that it's fun to do.

Horace Slughorn · Oct 31, 2010, 08:27 AM // 08:27

Was the highlight of my year when the King picked me for RPS. In subtle acknowledgement of each other's prowess at the game, we settled with a tie.

*Darcy* · Oct 31, 2010, 03:03 PM // 15:03

As he also picks AFKers, I would believe it does not help.

Yol · Oct 31, 2010, 03:26 PM // 15:26

In my four (almost five) years of playing, I've battled Mad King Thorn 8 times (4W 1D 3L), and I've never used /pickme.

**cosyfiep** · Oct 31, 2010, 03:46 PM // 15:46

I have been picked, I was not doing pickme at all.
One year I was in a district with only 1 or 2 other players (and some afkers) and none of us were picked-he picked all the afk people (and we had to play all the instruments too...was kind of fun)...

so no doing the emote does nothing other than spam an emote.

Arduin · Oct 31, 2010, 03:52 PM // 15:52

I mostly just go along with the /pickme crowd for the fun of it though

Oct 31, 2010, 07:16 AM // 07:16	#1
WhiteAsIce Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: May 2008 Profession: R/	MKT, RPS, and /pickme So Mad King Thorn just picked me for Rock Paper Scissors, but I never did /pickme. Does /pickme have any effect on his decision, or is it truly random and people just don't realize it?

Oct 31, 2010, 03:46 PM // 15:46	#8
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	I have been picked, I was not doing pickme at all. One year I was in a district with only 1 or 2 other players (and some afkers) and none of us were picked-he picked all the afk people (and we had to play all the instruments too...was kind of fun)... so no doing the emote does nothing other than spam an emote. __________________ where is the 'all you can eat' cookie bar?

Oct 31, 2010, 07:46 AM // 07:46	#3
A11Eur0 Furnace Stoker Join Date: Apr 2005 Profession: W/	Dunno, he picked the same player twice in the first game out of a full district. It might have something to do with it.

Oct 31, 2010, 08:15 AM // 08:15	#4
Kook~NBK~ Grotto Attendant Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little chalet outside Drok's Guild: Natural Born Killaz	/pickme has no effect on who MAD KING THORN selects for R/P/S. Never has. No one did it the first his first few visits way back in 2005, but he picked people anyway. I've been picked several times over the years (one time, I got picked twice) and have never done the /pickme emote. But many people agree that it's fun to do.

Oct 31, 2010, 08:27 AM // 08:27	#5
Horace Slughorn Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2008 Guild: Experientia Docet [OHX], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA], We Gat Dis [HRUU] Profession: W/	Was the highlight of my year when the King picked me for RPS. In subtle acknowledgement of each other's prowess at the game, we settled with a tie.

Oct 31, 2010, 03:03 PM // 15:03	#6
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	As he also picks AFKers, I would believe it does not help.

Oct 31, 2010, 03:26 PM // 15:26	#7
Yol Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Feb 2007 Guild: GameAmp Guides [AMP] Profession: E/	In my four (almost five) years of playing, I've battled Mad King Thorn 8 times (4W 1D 3L), and I've never used /pickme.

Oct 31, 2010, 03:52 PM // 15:52	#9
Arduin Grotto Attendant Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Netherlands Guild: Limburgse Jagers [LJ] Profession: R/	I mostly just go along with the /pickme crowd for the fun of it though