Curse

Livingston · Mar 07, 2007, 07:21 PM // 19:21

To Alex:

If you are still reading this, could you shed some light on the rumors of a guild wars 2 and it having this horrid little mini as a playable character race?

Pretty please?

Livingston

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 07:37 PM // 19:37

yea he sure is going to respond to you after calling it horrid, people just love when you insult their companies work and then ask them for info.

And Im also sure he would love to lose his job by breaking his NDA contract.

Livingston · Mar 07, 2007, 07:39 PM // 19:39

You're not helping.

And he didn't design it so I seriously doubt he cares what I call it.

Livingston

And if it's complete rubish he wouldn't be breaking NDA by saying so. Not that we have any idea what's in his NDA agreement anyway.

And who said it isn't meant to be horrid?

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 07:45 PM // 19:45

And I dont think you have seen many companies responses to this sort of thing, they dont comment on rumors, true or not. Saying a rumor is false is still considerd talking about it.

It really doesnt matter that I havent seen his exact NDA, cause its usually the same basic thing, I have had to sign some before myself.

Buttermilk · Mar 07, 2007, 07:46 PM // 19:46

If only the mini looked more like Deekin

Oh well, I'm picking it up anyway...

It does look a bit bigger than other mini pets though.

Livingston · Mar 07, 2007, 07:48 PM // 19:48

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Originally Posted by Exoudeous

And I dont think you have seen many companies responses to this sort of thing, they dont comment on rumors, true or not. Saying its is still considerd talking about it.

It really doesnt matter that I havent seen his exact NDA, cause its usually the same basic thing, I have had to sign some before myself.

Yet gaile has dispelled close to a hundred of these very same things over the years. I don't base things on what other people do, but my experience here.

Livingston

Maxiemonster · Mar 07, 2007, 07:48 PM // 19:48

They sell the PC Gamer in the Netherlands, if anyone thought we wouldn't be getting any Asuras in here. Might get one myself, seeing I like the PC Gamer, but the minipet doesn't look too great to me.

SirJackassIII · Mar 07, 2007, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livingston

You're not helping.

And he didn't design it so I seriously doubt he cares what I call it.

Livingston

And if it's complete rubish he wouldn't be breaking NDA by saying so. Not that we have any idea what's in his NDA agreement anyway.

And who said it isn't meant to be horrid?

Even so, Alex is the NCsoft representative. He could only confirm/deny plans for a GW2. He's not part of the development team and can't say if the (IMO rather cute) critter is meant to be a playable race or not in that game.
Even if he knows, seeing as the existence and plans for GW2 would be kept rather secretive, I'd say he'd not be able to tell anything even remotely related to the game. I'd say "wait and see" until March 15th, when PC Gamer subribers get their May issue with info about C4 and maybe GW2, in which case the playability of new races would very likely be described.
So, uhh, let's make another topic about it in a week and complain in that one. Complaining before knowing the details is rather silly.

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Also its gailes job to talk about these things, AND when she talks about it it usually isn't in a time when a magazine is supposed to have exclusive info on it. they spill the beans, mag company gets mad, guild wars gets less coverage. The whole plan is for people to buy the mag to get info

Livingston · Mar 07, 2007, 07:52 PM // 19:52

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Originally Posted by Exoudeous

Also its gailes job to talk about these things, AND when she talks about it it usually isn't in a time when a magazine is supposed to have exclusive info on it. they spill the beans, mag company gets mad, guild wars gets less coverage.

And once again you have no idea what's going to be in the magazine and thus have no knowledge of what will or will not be "Spilling the beans." And it's also part of Alex's job, hence the: Guild Wars Community Relations Team thing.

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 07:54 PM // 19:54

True I dont know whats in the magazine, but if you look at the fact that the only reason we are talking about GW2 and new classes is because its supposedly a leak from the magazine, Wouldnt it make sense that SOMETHING will be in the magazine. They are having a feature on it, and I doubt they would have a feature if there wasnt anything new to talk about.

Yanman.be · Mar 07, 2007, 08:10 PM // 20:10

My guess: Asurians are not a playable race, but things like charr, tengu or naga.

Stormcloud · Mar 07, 2007, 08:24 PM // 20:24

I like the little bugger and am going to get him

Phantom Flux · Mar 07, 2007, 08:37 PM // 20:37

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Originally Posted by TabascoSauce

This thing does not belong in the game. It is cute, I am sure that the person who made it is proud as peaches, and I think they should be, as ANet makes top quality stuff. But appropriate? Lets do a quick stage-play here.

Example:

Host: "Welcome back to our talk show, we have 4 guests tonight. They can introduce themselves!"
Guest 1: "I am Vizier Khilbron! I have a staff that can raise thousands of hungry blood sucking undead! I have legions of flaming inhuman titans to slaughter you all! I raise my enemies and force them to fight their friends for amusement!"
Guest 2: "I am Shiro, and I assassinated the Emperor! My minions are bulbous infected bloodthirsty puppets that obey my will like the soulless husks they are! I cause seas to turn to jade and forests to petrify! Fear my return!"
Guest 3: "I am Abbadon, god of pain and torture. I will turn the world into an evil place with stabby things sprouting up everywhere. My margonites slaughter innocent priests and my minions betray everyone and everything they believe in!"
Guest 4: "Hi, I am a cutesy big-eared lovable huggable guy who cares about the whole world! Yay! Can I be your friend?"

Oh yeah, that big-eared thingy really fits in.

There might be a better venue for this, like in Toontown.

Get that rabbit out of here.
TabascoSauce

LMFAO!!!! That is the best reply on this thread! LOVE IT!

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Id also like to remind people, that guild wars looked like this, 2 years before release:

So i think its a wee bit early to worry about a games looks, based on 1 character, 2 years before its supposedly supposed to be out.

KamikazeChicken · Mar 07, 2007, 08:59 PM // 20:59

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Originally Posted by Phantom Flux

LMFAO!!!! That is the best reply on this thread! LOVE IT!

Because it's logical equating the new creature to the final boss of a campaign? I think not.

Arduin · Mar 07, 2007, 09:10 PM // 21:10

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Originally Posted by Maxiemonster

They sell the PC Gamer in the Netherlands, if anyone thought we wouldn't be getting any Asuras in here. Might get one myself, seeing I like the PC Gamer, but the minipet doesn't look too great to me.

As from http://www.guildwars.com/press/mediapartners.php:

- Articles and Features with Asura Miniature:

No Benelux

- Articles and Features*

Benelux - PC Gameplay - (132 - April) - 29th March

*Some of these media partners may also carry the Asura Miniature, but are not yet confirmed to be doing so at time of publication. We will update this list when more information is available.

So we won't be certain of we get a mini along with the magazine, untill PC Gameplay decides to support it.

Piglou · Mar 07, 2007, 09:15 PM // 21:15

This mini pet reminds me something...

^^

Knightsaber Sith · Mar 07, 2007, 09:19 PM // 21:19

^We've heard the gremlin comments already. If you're going to make one of the pointless "it looks like this other thing I seen before..." comments, at least make it one we haven't heard yet.

Vilaptca · Mar 07, 2007, 09:26 PM // 21:26

To all the people saying this thing is "too cute" for Guild Wars, look at all the female characters and try to tell me they fit in the game. Even the men in this game are too clean to look like they've been fighting anything at all.

This fits just fine with Guild Wars, theres no reason it shouldn't. We already have the Seer, who seems like an alien...