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J snukka · Jul 21, 2006, 09:35 AM // 09:35

*major sigh* just appreciate that its offered to read geez.

Rok · Jul 21, 2006, 10:00 AM // 10:00

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Originally Posted by Chicken Ftw

4/10 posts on GwG - complaints.
4/10 - flames targeting whiners
1/10 - mod posts closing a topic from flames/pointlessness
1/10 - a thoughtful, useful post.

You forgot your own kind of post, pointless, off topic - contributing nothing to the thread. Or responding to such a post.

It is pretty funny though that the scribe reported the new weapons before they were implemented ... and now he is still reporting on them weeks later.

June 15, 2006 --> New Treasures on the Horizon?
http://www.guildwars.com/community/t...ibe-060615.php

and then it takes him almost a whole month to start reporting on the same weapons

July 13, 2006 --> Rotscale's Army Increasing in Majesty's Rest

July 20, 2006 --> The Totem Axe: Treasures of the Jungle

Slainster · Jul 21, 2006, 10:53 AM // 10:53

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Originally Posted by Deviant Angel

I have come to the conclusion that some people simply enjoy complaining!

I concur.. so tired of half assed rants..

Nvwa Strider · Jul 21, 2006, 11:36 AM // 11:36

Well, he will probably report the ice breaker and the fans too aswell in the next editios.
But he might report a weapon we never found along the way

lyra_song · Jul 21, 2006, 01:35 PM // 13:35

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Originally Posted by Rok

You forgot your own kind of post, pointless, off topic - contributing nothing to the thread. Or responding to such a post.

It is pretty funny though that the scribe reported the new weapons before they were implemented ... and now he is still reporting on them weeks later.

June 15, 2006 --> New Treasures on the Horizon?
http://www.guildwars.com/community/t...ibe-060615.php

and then it takes him almost a whole month to start reporting on the same weapons

July 13, 2006 --> Rotscale's Army Increasing in Majesty's Rest

July 20, 2006 --> The Totem Axe: Treasures of the Jungle

Well remember the scribe exists only in the roleplaying sense.

He does not "map travel", he does not read "forums". He only exists in the game. The only thing the scribe has access to that we dont is the vast logs of chats/actions of every player in the game and what the devs say.

In that note, it seems to me that the scribe walks around and cantha to tyria and following interesting tid bits of word of mouth info...either from the devs, players, etc.

If you cant appreciate some RP lore, just...stop....reading...it.

If you want up to the minute news about the game, read a fansite like guru :P

jimmy_logic · Jul 21, 2006, 04:10 PM // 16:10

I wonder if he ever come across the Temple of Ages and actually go down there as a 55 Monk/Necro after listening to people on how to make one (wouldn't be hard as its assumed the scribe is a monk). Then he report how its all done on the scribe. Awesome

lyra_song · Jul 21, 2006, 04:12 PM // 16:12

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Originally Posted by jimmy_logic

I wonder if he ever come across the Temple of Ages and actually go down there as a 55 Monk/Necro after listening to people on how to make one (wouldn't be hard as its assumed the scribe is a monk). Then he report how its all done on the scribe. Awesome

You know, i wouldnt be surprised if he actually did.

Orinn · Jul 21, 2006, 04:29 PM // 16:29

A little late? Sure, but still a good look at the trip, from the perspective of a character in the game. I like the scribe's articles, seeing someone else describing the trip thta I've made so many times myself. The scribe isn't always going to write about the most recent change, or the latest farming build. (S)he writes about the journey through the game, and it's a good read.

YunSooJin · Jul 21, 2006, 11:01 PM // 23:01

I take the Scribe for what it is: a joke.

Ride the lightning + aftershock + sprint + 3 hour long journey anyone?

Gaile Gray · Jul 22, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

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Originally Posted by Silent Kitty

Maybe the writer is actually playing the game
I still say that s/he's a good writer. It is good reading material, and I am sure that a fast majority of Guild Wars players never knew this. This is a guide for newbies, not for hardcore 1337 players like you all.

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Originally Posted by jackie

The Scribe is not writing about things that will come in future, i.e new updates and such. She/He is just observing the Guild Wars universe in own pace, remember that, no matter if the info is new or old to someone...

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

besides....to us this is old news. We are hardcore forumers. General users might not know this.

Thank you, that's exactly right! The Scribe is outreach to all players, not the "high-end users" that most forum members might be called.

People join the game every day, and for them, this is tasty information. Folks who have never played Guild Wars who happen to visit the site might find stories of interest enough to join our world. Many players, even now, have not gotten a Totem Axe, or haven't made the trek to that corner of Tyria.

There are a lot of reasons to write stories like this. There are many reasons to not try to focus on things that are "cutting edge." I hope that forum members will consider these things, and the value to the community as a whole, when they give a thought to what is offered in the news scroll.

Lets Get to Healing · Jul 22, 2006, 09:27 AM // 09:27

Teh Scribe is for lore *rhymes with Lores*, plain and simple.

xMikex · Jul 22, 2006, 12:20 PM // 12:20

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

whos to say hes a monk o.O;

besides....to us this is old news. We are hardcore forumers ;P

General users might not know this.

You cant say that when the totem axes came out that the average users didnt see 100s of people saying "WTS ToTem Axe Best Axe in The Game"

Everyone should have heard of it by now

xMikex · Jul 22, 2006, 12:21 PM // 12:21

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Thank you, that's exactly right! The Scribe is outreach to all players, not the "high-end users" that most forum members might be called.

People join the game every day, and for them, this is tasty information. Folks who have never played Guild Wars who happen to visit the site might find stories of interest enough to join our world. Many players, even now, have not gotten a Totem Axe, or haven't made the trek to that corner of Tyria.

There are a lot of reasons to write stories like this. There are many reasons to not try to focus on things that are "cutting edge." I hope that forum members will consider these things, and the value to the community as a whole, when they give a thought to what is offered in the news scroll.

Gaile has a point. I guess people may have heard of the totems but it also told you where to find the totems which is very helpful for the non-hardcore players.

lyra_song · Jul 22, 2006, 02:21 PM // 14:21

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Originally Posted by xMikex

You cant say that when the totem axes came out that the average users didnt see 100s of people saying "WTS ToTem Axe Best Axe in The Game"

Everyone should have heard of it by now

If a newbie asked the seller what the totem axe is, hed probably just get flamed.

Yes people have "heard of it", but the scribe describes how he heard of it, and tells the story of how to get one, specifically aimed at the average user who wasnt following the very fast moving thread here on guru when people were scrambling to discover those new greens. Wheres that thread now? Its old news so it aint on the front anymore.

WasAGuest · Jul 22, 2006, 03:15 PM // 15:15

I like reading the scribe when it tells a story of sorts and doesn't feel like a plug for competition or PvP advertisement. Gives the game world more depth and makes it seem... I dunno, more alive.

Mimi Miyagi · Jul 22, 2006, 05:01 PM // 17:01

If that's the case, then perhaps the "scribe" should temper his remarks if he/she/it is writing about items that are old news. Highly Valuable? It's as highly valuable as Victo's Maul. It wasn't worth anything 24 hours after it was "discovered".

Item worth has less to do with stats than skin. Pretty baubles are "valuable", Green items, especially boring green items like the Totem Axe that will drop six times in a run, are not.

Silent Kitty · Jul 22, 2006, 06:43 PM // 18:43

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Originally Posted by Mimi Miyagi

Item worth has less to do with stats than skin. Pretty baubles are "valuable", Green items, especially boring green items like the Totem Axe that will drop six times in a run, are not.

I do quests and don't farm. Where I go it never drops. The occasional player, who actually follows the storyline, migh never get to see it.

Gaile Gray · Jul 22, 2006, 08:08 PM // 20:08

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Originally Posted by Mimi Miyagi

If that's the case, then perhaps the "scribe" should temper his remarks if he/she/it is writing about items that are old news. Highly Valuable? It's as highly valuable as Victo's Maul. It wasn't worth anything 24 hours after it was "discovered". Item worth has less to do with stats than skin. Pretty baubles are "valuable", Green items, especially boring green items like the Totem Axe that will drop six times in a run, are not.

That's your opinion, and I respect it. But "value" is most often in the eyes of the beholder. I "value" my Pumpkinhead, but it has a 0 for resale value with a merchant, and I cannot sell or even give it to another player. I value a bow given me by a guild member not because it's the most uber in the game but because it was given by a friend and I was touched by his generosity. I value things that have high intrinsic value and things that are pretty and things that have no value at all. So I would say that using the words "highly valuable" is both accurate and fair. If you would have The Scribe use those words based only on marketability, I think we'd lose some of the charm of the news scroll.

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Originally Posted by lyra_song

If a newbie asked the seller what the totem axe is, hed probably just get flamed. Yes people have "heard of it", but the scribe describes how he heard of it, and tells the story of how to get one, specifically aimed at the average user who wasnt following the very fast moving thread here on guru when people were scrambling to discover those new greens. Wheres that thread now? Its old news so it aint on the front anymore.

Thumbs up. Exactly right.

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Originally Posted by WasAGuest

I like reading the scribe when it tells a story of sorts and doesn't feel like a plug for competition or PvP advertisement. Gives the game world more depth and makes it seem... I dunno, more alive.

Thank you! That is exactly the objective of the news scroll, and it means a lot to know that you see it this way!

lyra_song · Jul 22, 2006, 09:25 PM // 21:25

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Originally Posted by WasAGuest

I like reading the scribe when it tells a story of sorts and doesn't feel like a plug for competition or PvP advertisement. Gives the game world more depth and makes it seem... I dunno, more alive.

I think it would be cool to come up with some lore about PvP chars

PvP only chars could be spirits of warriors constantly being reborn into battle with each death. Balthazar keeps granting them new chances because he favors their bloodlust.

Guardian of the Light · Jul 22, 2006, 09:44 PM // 21:44

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Totem Axe, they are reported to be both very effective and quite valuable

First part's true but the second is a little different.