Chalk, grapes, and ??? - Guild Wars Forums

dts720666 · Jun 03, 2007, 11:27 PM // 23:27

I've heard white drops in game referred to as "chalk", and purple drops referred to as "grapes."

So is there a term for the blue and gold drops?

placebo overdose · Jun 03, 2007, 11:32 PM // 23:32

i call gold weps bannanas thats just me

HawkofStorms · Jun 03, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53

I've honestly never heard of white items as "chalk."

"Grape" I have heard of, and is the only term like this used by the community at large. The term "grape" came up with chest running since chests used to all drop the same color item (thus a chest that only droped purples was called a grape chest and the rest of the team knew not to open it).

pamelf · Jun 04, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35

lol, never heard those terms. They're cute though.

HKSdivision · Jun 04, 2007, 01:57 AM // 01:57

chalk? lol I just call whites junk. Purples = grapes, and I don't call blue or gold anything but just their color

Sharkman · Jun 04, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52

gold = mango

Never heard "chalk", but if you are doing Chest runs you see people saying grape quite often.

Smile Like Umean It · Jun 04, 2007, 03:48 AM // 03:48

Blue is just blue and gold is rare crap.

Div · Jun 04, 2007, 04:56 AM // 04:56

Grapes is the only one that's been commonly used...

Soul of the Scythe · Jun 04, 2007, 01:34 PM // 13:34

i call blue items crap

and i call gold items crap that advance a title...

dts720666 · Jun 04, 2007, 02:24 PM // 14:24

I was playing an early mission in Prophecies last night and a gold wep dropped for me and a noob asked, "Are orange items good?"

I might start calling gold items "oranges" just because it was so funny.

Incidentally, another player on the mission said that he called orange items "bananas."

Regarding blues, I did a search online and found that some people refer to blues as "opals." I'm not fond of it, and am searching for something better.

What is blue? Blue sky. Blue jeans. Maybe following the grapes and orange theme, it should be a fruit. Blue berries? But many berries are purple or red, and besides, chalk isn't a fruit.

Alas Poor Yorick · Jun 05, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40

I suspect that grape is used for the purple items because it is the only one of the colors that is more than one syllable long. The natural tendency is to find a way to shorten it.

Onarik Amrak · Jun 05, 2007, 09:26 PM // 21:26

Opals aren't commonly blue. Besides it has the same number of letters as blue.

Absinth187 · Jun 05, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54

As it's been said already, purples are pretty commonly called grapes (I assume in jest and not to shorten the word...I mean common! Two syllables is too long? But I digress). For the most part I've heard people call blues and golds their respective colors, and I've never heard "chalk" used. Doesn't matter, for the most part it's merch food....maybe that's where the fruit terms originated.

Jun 03, 2007, 11:27 PM // 23:27	#1
dts720666 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Profession: E/Me	Chalk, grapes, and ??? I've heard white drops in game referred to as "chalk", and purple drops referred to as "grapes." So is there a term for the blue and gold drops?

Jun 03, 2007, 11:32 PM // 23:32	#2
placebo overdose Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2007 Profession: N/	i call gold weps bannanas thats just me

Jun 03, 2007, 11:53 PM // 23:53	#3
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I've honestly never heard of white items as "chalk." "Grape" I have heard of, and is the only term like this used by the community at large. The term "grape" came up with chest running since chests used to all drop the same color item (thus a chest that only droped purples was called a grape chest and the rest of the team knew not to open it).

Jun 04, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35	#4
pamelf Forge Runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Guild: Lost Templars [LoTe] Profession: Me/Mo	lol, never heard those terms. They're cute though.

Jun 04, 2007, 01:57 AM // 01:57	#5
HKSdivision Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2006 Profession: W/	chalk? lol I just call whites junk. Purples = grapes, and I don't call blue or gold anything but just their color

Jun 04, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52	#6
Sharkman Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2005	gold = mango Never heard "chalk", but if you are doing Chest runs you see people saying grape quite often.

Jun 04, 2007, 03:48 AM // 03:48	#7
Smile Like Umean It Desert Nomad Join Date: Jul 2006 Profession: E/Rt	Blue is just blue and gold is rare crap.

Jun 04, 2007, 04:56 AM // 04:56	#8
Div I like yumy food! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Where I can eat yumy food Guild: Dead Alley [dR] Profession: Mo/R	Grapes is the only one that's been commonly used...

Jun 04, 2007, 01:34 PM // 13:34	#9
Soul of the Scythe Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Boston, MA Guild: Higher Order [HO] Profession: D/	i call blue items crap and i call gold items crap that advance a title...

Jun 04, 2007, 02:24 PM // 14:24	#10
dts720666 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2007 Profession: E/Me	I was playing an early mission in Prophecies last night and a gold wep dropped for me and a noob asked, "Are orange items good?" I might start calling gold items "oranges" just because it was so funny. Incidentally, another player on the mission said that he called orange items "bananas." Regarding blues, I did a search online and found that some people refer to blues as "opals." I'm not fond of it, and am searching for something better. What is blue? Blue sky. Blue jeans. Maybe following the grapes and orange theme, it should be a fruit. Blue berries? But many berries are purple or red, and besides, chalk isn't a fruit.

Jun 05, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40	#11
Alas Poor Yorick Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2007	I suspect that grape is used for the purple items because it is the only one of the colors that is more than one syllable long. The natural tendency is to find a way to shorten it.

Jun 05, 2007, 09:26 PM // 21:26	#12
Onarik Amrak Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Astral Revenants Profession: P/W	Opals aren't commonly blue. Besides it has the same number of letters as blue.

Jun 05, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54	#13
Absinth187 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 32??45′26.49″N, 97??19′59.45″W Guild: Some Like It Hot [sake]	As it's been said already, purples are pretty commonly called grapes (I assume in jest and not to shorten the word...I mean common! Two syllables is too long? But I digress). For the most part I've heard people call blues and golds their respective colors, and I've never heard "chalk" used. Doesn't matter, for the most part it's merch food....maybe that's where the fruit terms originated.