Curse

Sagius Truthbarron · Mar 30, 2006, 10:02 PM // 22:02

Agreed. Have some patience. Go get a drink if you don't want to see it. Other people playing the game for the first time should'nt have their expirience ruined just becuase you're a jerk.

Don't even tell people to skip. If they want to,they'll do it on their own. Especially in Pre-Searing Ascalon's mission!

Grimm · Mar 30, 2006, 10:11 PM // 22:11

This is why voting to skip cutscenes has to be unanimous. If you want to watch it, don't hit ESC and don't worry about what anyone says.

Yes, people shouldn't bitch about it, but people bitch about anything, so just watch the cutscene and if they gripe about it after, just leave. Don't give in to peer pressure, even if you're 1 out of 8 who haven't skipped.

And yes, it's stupid and rude when people say "OMG SKIP CUTSECN!!!". If people have seen it and don't care to watch it again, they'll skip it. If they want to watch it, they won't skip. Sometimes I'll watch the whole cutscene anyway if people keep spamming about skipping it.

Sagius Truthbarron · Mar 30, 2006, 10:15 PM // 22:15

That's why there's a special few slots on my Ignore List reserved for people who verbally grief in groups.

Harmony · Mar 30, 2006, 10:24 PM // 22:24

Personally, I've seen the cutscenes too many times to even count. And yet, I recognize that some people are new to the game and have not seen them, or may just enjoy watching them, whatever. I make it a point to see if anyone else is skipping; if I see some people not skipping then I assume they fall into one of the two above categories and ...

1. Either don't skip it either
2. Resign myself to watch it again, go get a drink, etc.

In no circumstances do I believe it's right to down someone for not skipping, and if I am ever in a group with someone who yells and griefs about skipping the cutscene..I generally won't.

The Lich Ranger · Mar 30, 2006, 10:26 PM // 22:26

If the majority wants to watch it then let them watch it!!!

MinaDrakul · Mar 30, 2006, 10:26 PM // 22:26

I agree Harmony! I also don't skip when someone starts yelling about skipping.

Banin Galori · Mar 30, 2006, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Definitely, if someone wants to watch a cutscene, he has every right to then and there.

We must keep in mind, as a few people have mentioned before, that we are vulnerable to attacks, degen, and such during the cutscene. Would it be too dificult for Anet to just freeze all health and/or mana changes for the duration of the cutscene?

tuperwho · Mar 30, 2006, 10:36 PM // 22:36

I agree mostly. It took until my 3rd or 4th char. before I had seen them all, and that's just not right. Everyone deserves to see them all on their first time through the mission. The only time I don't aggree with this is on time sensitive matters. I almost killed myself on one cutscene, as the person who ran ahead did not announce it, and I still had my vampiric bow on. Nonetheless, they could not have known this, so I was understanding. However, when matters of minions and aggro are concerned, it does get complicated. For example, if a minion master has a whole whord going, it can be very beneficial to him/her and the whole group to skip the cutscene. Also, the one desert mission (elona, I think) where it's typical to run past the mino's to the cutscene.... if the mino's are still with you and are attacking during the cutscene, it's a good idea to skip and take care of them.

However, with these 2 exceptions aside, I agree that more groups should be nicer about watching cutscenes.

Lord Iowerth · Mar 30, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

Yeah, MM's and getting attacked during cutscenes are the only reason i'd ever get angry at someone not skipping ...

I had both happen to me once, had a herd of about 10 minions or so, and was actually KILLED during the cutscene and the minions turned on the rest of the team

I vaguely remember an update or something along those lines that you can no longer be killed/hurt during scenes? any validity to that? Last time it even happened to me was quite some time ago ...

XX Deathwish Warrior XX · Mar 31, 2006, 12:14 AM // 00:14

For People Like me, Who have played thru the game 8+ times... it becomes difficult to watch cutscenes over and over and over again.... especially since you normally have to play each mission several times before finding a descent group to beat it.. it becomes very difficult to watch.

master_ranger_matt · Mar 31, 2006, 12:14 AM // 00:14

disagreed. majority should rule. if 7 ppl want to skip, then the 8th guy who doesnt is out of luck. in elections do we let both canidates win or the most popular canidate lose? this is the same sort of thing.

TheYellowKid · Mar 31, 2006, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Couple times ive had people sayin skip cutscenes, i jus ignore em or tell em im watchin it if i can be bothered, usually they'll ask afta who didnt skip so i tell em, then i always get the same response like the answer isnt obvious: I havent seen it.. then everytime its happened they say o ok

personally if ive never seen a cut-scene i dont see why i should have to skip because you've seen it.. ive got jus as much right to enjoy the game as everyone else, i dont feel sorry that u had to wait a little bit and watch something you've seen before thats jus tough and is something you have to deal with while playin an online game..

lg5000 · Mar 31, 2006, 12:29 AM // 00:29

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Originally Posted by master_ranger_matt

disagreed. majority should rule. if 7 ppl want to skip, then the 8th guy who doesnt is out of luck. in elections do we let both canidates win or the most popular canidate lose? this is the same sort of thing.

Except.. this is more like watching a movie you've never watched before.. and 7/8 people decide the 30 mins at the end are not worth watching.. so.. the movie gets turned off.

Nothing really to do with politics, and I'm sure that if the movie analogy happened to you, you'd be annoyed.

No, I'm not saying that cut scenes are THAT interesting, but.. without it, how would we know why our stand with the white mantle is the way it is throughout the game?

Can someone think of the new players? Just after christmas, there was an influx in them, and there will be again when factions comes out.

Sunai · Mar 31, 2006, 01:34 AM // 01:34

If you don't care about any story, or what the point is in saving this person, and just want to "kill! kill! kill!", that's fine. If you've seen it several times before and you don't want to see it again, that's fine of course too. But you have to admit that the cinematics provide valuable information on what is going on in Tyria (and Cantha, soon). Since everybody in the mission is moving on, then everybody has the right to know what's going on if they want to. Do not even bring majority votes and democracy into this. Even democracy requires unanimous votes on certain things, and I'd say that whether or not to skip something that lets you answer questions like "What the hell am I doing here?" or "Why am I trying to find this person?" in a role-playing game definitely qualifies. Forcing other people who haven't seen it to skip it is pretty selfish and short-sighted.

Speaking of selfish, telling others to "skip cutscenes, go back and play with henchmen if you want to see them" so you can save yourself 30 seconds (at the expense of someone else's hour) is one of the most completely ridiculous things that I've heard regarding this.

The person who ragequits with his guildies if someone doesn't skip a middle-of-the-mission cutscene because they're "wasting his time" is another one. "I can't spend 30 seconds watching this! Let's restart and spend a half hour getting here with someone else who will skip!". What?

If you can't stand watching cutscenes, then either don't make a new character, don't do any missions, or play it all with guildies/friends. Otherwise, you'll just have to deal with it.

Loviatar · Mar 31, 2006, 02:09 AM // 02:09

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Originally Posted by master_ranger_matt

disagreed. majority should rule. if 7 ppl want to skip, then the 8th guy who doesnt is out of luck. in elections do we let both canidates win or the most popular canidate lose? this is the same sort of thing.

no dude you and the other 6 are out of luck.

i did not pay for a game just to have some selfish ass tell me to move on because he has already seen it.

you dont want to wait a few minutes in a mission?

ragequit and go

bleep you

DarK_AssassiN · Mar 31, 2006, 02:13 AM // 02:13

I'm playing with my first character and I got yelled at because everyone else wanted to skip the cutscene (at the beginning; the first one). I just ignored them and got throught with the mission, but some people can really be jerks. They were new once too and I'm pretty sure they wanted to watch it then to. I mean, what's so important you have to take away the story from someone? Go to the bathroom or something during the cutscene...

lg5000 · Mar 31, 2006, 02:24 AM // 02:24

Oh.. the whole thing of skipping cut scenes suddenly reminded me of the fact that I, as mother, have certain responsibilities in regards to having the phone on-hand when the kids are not home in case of an emergency call. Incidentally, I believe those who want to skip cut scenes would be the same people who would now tell me that the 2 hours I have set aside to play GW, with phone next to me in case of emergency calls, would be best spend sitting infront of the phone waiting for said call to come.. because.. the 5-10 mins I'm gonna spend telling the kids that their emergency isn't a emergency, or the fact that if it is an emergency, the team gets told I have a family emergency, sorry, gotta go.. is going to be too long or just plain wrong for those groups.

Thank God there are groups that understand phone problems.

AeroLion · Mar 31, 2006, 02:43 AM // 02:43

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

no dude you and the other 6 are out of luck.

i did not pay for a game just to have some selfish ass tell me to move on because he has already seen it.

you dont want to wait a few minutes in a mission?

ragequit and go

bleep you

You might thought have your remark was clever but it really isn't. If 7/8 people quit because you, the 8th person did not skip the cutscene, then the 8th person is screwed since 7 people can now together with a similar midset and complete the mission.

addictedtogw · Mar 31, 2006, 02:47 AM // 02:47

I agree with OP to the fullest extent possible to agree with. When i bought the game, i was so pressured into skipping scenes and everything, i Had no dam idea wat happened to ascalon, No idea why i took a boat to a desert, no idea that desert missions were quests to asscend, and no idea how prince rurik tried to kill me when i finally beat the fire missions. It wasnt until i made my second character and watched all scences that i know wat i missed out on. The pressure u receive when you are new is incredible as youre hoping to meet a freind, or try to act like everyone else just to fit in

Loviatar · Mar 31, 2006, 02:57 AM // 02:57

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Originally Posted by AeroLion

You might thought have your remark was clever but it really isn't. .

actually i was being very conservative and polite concerning the

*I HAVE GOT MINE SO YOU SKIP YOURS CUZ I AM INNA HURRY *
mindset of many people here.

they have seen it so they would rather spoil it for someone else than wait a few minutes.

unless there was clear understanding to skip the skip yellers are selfish jerks