User:Raine Valen/Quote
You cannot go against consensus because consensus cannot oppose you.
"While we recognize that Dervishes are seeing a lot of use in PvP of late and that some players would prefer larger balance changes to remove them from play, we feel this would be inconsistent with our reasons for improving Dervish in the first place. We'll continue to make adjustments to this class as necessary in the coming months."
"Yeah, we might have screwed up, a little, but we will NOT flat-out admit that we were wrong."
"Accidentally fragged a monk that was praying at the statue in Ashford Abby. But its all good, history says there's a ghost there anyway." — Corporal Bane (via Twitter)
"To be honest, that is the most obvious and theatrical sarcasm I have ever seen on this wiki. Ever." — Infinite
"Flurry barely impacts your damage. It only reduces the 7...17 base damage which is laughable anyway. An Assassin without base damage is like a fish without a bicycle. Vili 01:37, 25 March 2009 (UTC)"
"And then all the hipsters will go like: "I was a dervish before the update"."
So, I don't know why Raine is getting so much flak. I've banned IPs for 3 months, heck, I've banned an IP range for 6 months. Yes, there is the chance of collateral damage, but there are a lot of people out there in the internet who will never come here, so often times the chances of overlap aren't that bad. So, banning IPs happens. Generally, I reserve the longer IP blocks for pure vandal bots and repeat offenders (e.g. trivia vandal). --JonTheMon
- People had spare buses and wanted someone to throw under them. -Auron
Witch Hunter:
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25 
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Elite Enchantment Spell. Your next 1...3...4 scythe attacks deal +15...39...45 damage and ignore the effects of enchantments on your target and hexes on you. Your attacks deal 10 less damage for each enchantment on your target and each hex on you. 50% failure chance with Mysticism 12 or less.
Misery
• Oh, heads up, I leave for New Zealand on Thursday
Raine
• Are kiwis edible?
Misery
• Yes.
Raine
• Like, can you go to the market and buy kiwi?
Misery
• No.
• Endangered species and all that.
The skies are not alight with righteous fury.
Raine says
• I'm so metal, I bleed nails and cry steel beams.
B says
• pfft, you're not metal
Raine says
• I've used a motherfucking chain saw.
• Don't talk to me about hardcore, biyatch.
B says
• I got falcon punched by a random stranger in a mosh pit.
Miku's skill set has changed
She's using dancing daggers now. I can tell by the very distinct sound. 67.149.248.3 20:57, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
- EDIT: wow my bad, it's the enemies using dancing daggers. 67.149.248.3 21:46, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
<02:54 purple_llama> men in tights with lances in crates?
<02:54 Binary_Llama> yeaaaaah
"There is a test krewe its all people who do not play guild wars anymore or they only play PVP anet failed to put any PVE or active players into the mix." — Rogueonion
"It was like teabagging a bear cub in front of its mother."
"I remember, back in the day, when my ping was green sometimes." — Raine
"Ping isn't red because their servers got worse. Ping got red because they added so much stuff to the game." — Shard
"They are accepted based on consensus, thus based on common sense. It's called democracy. You should look into it."
Democracy: It's Based on Consensus.
"You're nice to talk to, but I feel like you get annoyed quickly when I start saying things you disagree with." — Armond's Mom
Raine says:
• So I've been listening to a lot of Mythic Slaughterbeast, recently.
• Thier CD cover is a picture of a dragon having sex with naked blonde chicks while beheading a unicorn in space.
B says:
• lmao
• need to check this shit out
"@Raine: Funny thing is, I and many others have played in all corners of HB and we hardly ever encountered bots."
"...what went wrong is me [...] drawing false conclusions about her nature largely based on her accidentally implying she's really into casual sex, with this being completely false" — Dandy
Re: Shitters:
"Nobody is saying it's impossible for [balanced] to beat [gimmick], they're saying it's a lot harder than it should be." — Shard
PvE mesmers in a nutshell:
"tl;dr version: B'AAWWW, PvE is imbalanced and I want to be a purple Elementalist because I don't understand the alternative concept of preventing damage and disabling enemies." — Tounaku
"If we are balancing this to prefer skilled play, it should be harder for a non-skilled build to use it to its full potential then a skilled build. However, its common knowledge that N/Rt's have less energy issues then a Mo/Me, due to the lack of need for positioning skill thats required for optimal channeling."
Misery says:
• I'm pretty sure one of my colleagues was trying to hit on me last week
• She told me I was her second favourite New Zealander behind Peter Jackson
• Then I asked her how many New Zealanders she knew
• and it went downhill from there.
• It might have helped if she could have named one other
• I really hope she didn't realise the connotations when she was comparing the "hours of pleasure" that Peter and I had already given her and how my hours might surpass his in the future
Raine says:
•There'll be nacho gogo dancer fountains, and hotwing gogo dancer fountains, and private boxes, and epic bathrooms, and beer mermaids, and a bartender mermaid, and a disco ball girl.
B says:
•is that just someone dressed in a sparkly catsuit dangling from the ceiling?
Raine says:
•Yes.
B says:
•lolz!
"Is it possible that "female" is a race? I think so ^^." — pling
B says:
•I want to be paranoid and say NCSoft are forcing them to make a more generic mmo
Raine says:
•I think they're just bad designers.
•I don't think NCSoft forced them to make GW bad. :\
•I'm pretty sure they did that on their own.
B says:
•I keep seeing videos with Mike O'Brien talking, and keep thinking he looks dead inside.
Raine says:
•LOL
B says:
•compared to the vid where he's talking about the Factions gvg championships, and how he was loving it, cus he'd built the game to be a competitive game
•[1]
•skip to 1.40 for the quote and see how excited he looks!
Misery says:
•I've already been replaced.
•By a girl no less.
"I worship him. I wish he wasn't married.
Oh and its just kissing, its safe for work. Now if the kiss was below the belt then yeah, its NSFW." — Yazzie
For future reference, a personal attack is an opinionated attack on a person (e.g. "Scythe is pretty retarded") or ad hominem. It is not an attack on a person's actions (e.g. "Scythe's bringing baseless accusations of NPA breaches to the AN is pretty retarded" or "Scythe is trolling"); it is not an attack on a group of people characterized by actions (e.g. "trolls are stupid"), though naming a person as a member of a group characterized by actions (e.g. "Scythe is a troll") can technically be considered a personal attack; it is not a statement of fact (e.g. "Auron is Hawaiian" or "Chaos is gay "), though some such statements are prohibited by other policies, nor is it a statement of a person's current status (e.g. "Raine is annoyed" or "umad") or motives (e.g "people are opposing this RfA because they are butthurt"); it is NOT' an insult (e.g. "Dandy is bad at relationships").
When in doubt, consider what the policy is designed to do: it is not designed to stop peoples' feelings from being hurt, but it is designed to keep irrelevant information for the sake of causing insult out of discourse.
"If girls are completely fine with you dating/marrying other girls, they have some serious issues and you probably don't want to be touching them with a ten foot pole. <!-- lol dick joke -->" — Auron
"Oppose. So raine manages to get first support opinion twice now, and it's been "ilu" both times... If this isn't a clear exploitation of democracy on auron's part for wrangling the support of his fanclub, then, well, whatever... I'm sure there are better more honest people who are more deserving of sysop." — Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ аІiсә ѕνәи Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ}
Misery says:
- Come to the autobahns :>
Raine says:
- I'd probably die.
- That's part of why I don't want a bigger bike.
Misery says:
- >_>
Raine says:
- They're like, "Go faster! :D Why won't you go faster?! Don't you love me! D': Just a little twist! Mmmmm, doesn't that feel good? Twist it more! :D"
- It's like trying to wait for marriage while dating a (very attractive, mind you) slut.
Felix Omni says:
- Just think of me as Jell-O:
- You'll always have room.
- Not for my cock, though.
B says:
-I think Lindsey "I don't know how play mesmer" did far more damage than Izzy "I hate monks" ever did.
Armond says:
- one day after I die
- I'm gonna find the motherfucker that thought periods were a good idea
- and strangle me a bitch
Raine says:
- I think that all of the dead women would have beaten you to it.
Armond says:
- I will succeed where they have failed!
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Raine says:
- How was your trip?
Jordan says:
- Good! I went on a water slide that went upside down!
Raine says:
- How can you be so calm?
- You don't even know what you're going to DO!
Angel says:
- And panic won't help me figure it out.
- I'll deal.
Raine says:
-Pardon me for interjecting with completely random questions, but are you actually French?
Oiseau says:
-I was wondering when you'd ask about that! I could feel your curiosity. :>
If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit... unless you're a table. — Mitch Hedburg
B says:
- lmao I just heard
- the best term ever for masturbation
- 'entertaining the panty hamster' lolwat
GW PvP: a Slightly Dodgy Racecar
B says:
- fear and drugs and other horrible stuff
- not that drugs are horrible, just in the context of their using them to control they are
- just thought I'd clear that up before someone called me up on it
"Or just don't reply and let the ban stand. That's cool, too." — Me
"
I have no words to express my disgust towards ANet for this decision and towards PvEers for, essentially, being the main factor in this decision.
I wouldn't mind so much if ANet simply wanted to swing a chainsaw around in the dark, but this seems like a very lazy – yet calculated – decision to simply appeal to the masses more (which I really can't blame them for wanting to do):
"There are no monks because not many people played monk in PvE, making it difficult to form pugs."
Personally, I think that there were plenty of monks in PvE; they just didn't play with random groups because they were filled with morons, which made it a nightmare to monk.
If that is the case, how the hell will these morons do any better when they're able to heal themselves, especially if it is as prot-oriented as it seems?
They'll have the means to stay alive, but not the skill.
Maybe I'm wrong, though."
PvE: good design, showcased:
"Casters in PvE were simply unpunishable, and the real kicker was there was no reason to punish them most of the time, anyway. So you wouldnt run around with mesmers in your party, but then they'd randomly throw in a Searing Flames boss and expect you to have a mesmer." — Auron
<Shard> i never go outside
<Auron> what's this outside thing
<Shard> its a place where people who dont own a computer go
"Would you like the super salad?"
"I'll have the soup."
"We actually don't have any soup at the moment."
"Well what the hell kind of question was that, then?"
"What was our other monk catching spikes with?"
"They weren't infusing."
"Channeling."
"i wanted to ban felix because i always want to ban felix
but he didnt actually do anything wrong in that section
so i was like :(" — Auron
The idea of community will be something displayed in a museum.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
"BOTTING:
It's Like Jerking Off and Telling People You Got Laid." — B
Guild Wars skills control minds. For example:
"Make Haste!" -
5 10 
- if target allied player was standing still, not busy, and not AFK, that ally begins running around. If that ally was already running around, that ally continues moving for the remainder of this effect.
Try it if you don't believe me.
Raine says:
Vili says:
- What the...
- Oh.
- This guy.
- Richard Branson.
- I'm not going to Mars with him.
"The mark of the scholarly mind is the ability to entertain an idea without accepting it."
Or something.
Today marks 2 months since the last bi-monthly skill update.
Honestly, they should just stop saying they're going to do things.
"This is a LAST WARNING. By which we mean, we're going to ban a handful of people RIGHT NOW. But for the rest of you! This is a LAST WARNING!"
"My friend the Witch Doctor, he told me what to say! My friend the Witch Doctor, he told me what to do, he said..."Ooo, Eee, Ooo-ah-ah, ting tang, walla-walla bing bang!""
"Seriously though. How would you interpret me bing-banging your walla walla?"
"I'd say it was symbolic of the pseudo-shamanic journey that my foot will be taking as it kicks your sorry ass to the floor."
"Not at all what I had in mind."
The Venetian Snares are insane in the best sort of way.
I was introduced to them through Bebikukora Nigiri (from Detrimentalist). I instantly fell in love with it. To this day, I still can't tell you why I love it as much as I do (other than the fact that it makes for an epic round of Audiosurf). Since then, I've grown to love such songs as "Poo Yourself Jason" (Detrimentalist), "Sporto Fucking Sellout Cocksuckerface" (Pink+Green), and "Die Winnipeg Die Die Die Fuckers Die" (Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole).
If you're looking for interesting music, I heartily recommend The Venetian Snares.
Fun fact:
A hammer warrior autoattacking a target under 33% IAS averages 41 dps.
A dagger assassin autoattacking a target under 33% IAS averages 35 dps.
Ninja gank spikes are balanced by assassins having crappy pressure value.
Oh, and for reference:
A scythe dervish autoattacking a target under 33% IAS averages 39 dps.
Let me crack open my Anet Thesaurus for a sec:
answer: bury, disregard, ignore, neglect, spurn
Well, shit. I'd somehow expected "answered" to mean something like "resolved".
"The Luxons kind of remind me of Pirates, so i actually always thought of the shadow-lurking Kurzicks as Ninjas already." — Zerpha, the Improver
A VoR mesmer in RA today said, "GL and HF to all!".
What kind of dick do you have to be to say that before handing out Melee Bans, Caster Bans, Guild Wars Bans, and Being Banned Bans?
That's like saying, "I hope you live long and have many healthy children" before punching someone in the ovaries.
"So you mean there's no more Coward sins?"
"That's right."
"And Backbreaker got nerfed?"
"Yep."
"Thank god! I was sick of bullshit assassin faceroll."
"lol"
"It's true!"
"No, I wasn't laughing at that."
"Well, what's funny?"
"Wanna know what happened to the Coward sins?"
"Not really, as long as they're gone. :P"
"Well, they're all running Seeping Wound now."
"Seeping Wound?"
"Yeah."
"Yep."
"It's actually worse than Coward."
"Worse than BB, imo."
"You guys are shitting me."
"lol"
"No, really."
"It's like Illusion of Pain, but it's in crit strikes and it's a snare. Instant cast, 10 recharge, 5 energy."
"...holy shit. Is this an early April update?"
"It is a funny joke, right?!"
"We wish we were kidding."
"'Lil unintentional RA sync."
"ohai guildie"
"This monk looks kinda sketch, tho."
"Strong Healing Prayers staff, amirite?"
"Da best!"
"Then again, I'm on a Cripslash dervish, so w/e."
"lol"
"Your SHIFT KEY is a non-linear resource!" — Shard
I never liked writing conclusions because I could never do it without feeling condescending.
They always end up coming off as saying,
"Hey, I know you just read this right now, but I don't trust your short-term memory that much. Here's what I'll do: just to be absolutely certain that it got through your thick skull, I'm going to repeat a third time what was already said briefly in the introduction and then at length in the rest of the essay."
That just seems pretty dickish, to me.
"I spent most of the day playing Assassin's Creed II." — Regina
It all makes sense now.
Chaos: Please don't roll your face over your keyboard when you type.
Auron: It's like he's playing assassin... on the wiki!
