The Guild Wars 2 Thread

[Mangoose]

Not definitely sure, but there will probably be one or more beta weekends left. The keys are not region-specific.

 

[Angthoron]

There's a store around here selling the deluxe edition, beta access and all for $50. Do you guys know if there are any more preorder-only beta events remaining? Also, whether the keys being NA or EU limit you to region-specific servers? They don't specify the origin which is why I'm cautious.

The devs said that there's going to be at least one more BWE before launch.

 

[Black]

They better say something about there being a free beta/trial before launch

 

[SuicideBunny]

Also, whether the keys being NA or EU limit you to region-specific servers? They don't specify the origin which is why I'm cautious.

keys and login are region locked. if you apply an eu key, you will only be able to log in from an eu ip.
it's fucking retarded.

 

[Angthoron]

Also, whether the keys being NA or EU limit you to region-specific servers? They don't specify the origin which is why I'm cautious.

keys and login are region locked. if you apply an eu key, you will only be able to log in from an eu ip.
it's fucking retarded.

Supposedly a temporary measure though.

 

[SerratedBiz]

Hopefully it is. After doing some more burrowing it seems that, currently, a key will get you in NA or EU servers indiscriminately - which was what I was asking about initially - though the matter of being locked per your location is pretty fucktastic. Good thing I didn't give in and purchase one of them russian cd-keys earlier.

Guess I'll be holding out until the next BWE is announced.

 

[Angthoron]

GW2 Database gets skill calculator and moar:

http://www.gw2db.com/skills/calc/elementalist

 

[Castanova]

MOTHERFUCKING ARENA NET IMPACT IS NOT A VERB

 

[Angthoron]

Wat?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impact

transitive verb
1
a : to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging b : to press together
2
a : to have a direct effect or impact on : impinge on b : to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully
intransitive verb
1
: to have an impact —often used with on
2
: to impinge or make contact especially forcefully

 

[Shannow]

MOTHERFUCKING ARENA NET IMPACT IS NOT A VERB

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/impact


Apart from the semantics ("fun", impact, etc) I agree with the design decisions they've come up with as a consequence of those deliberations (at least, those described here). But there's absolutely nothing new there. So why bother posting it...

 

[Castanova]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's listed as a verb now because retards turned it into a verb by using it that way repeatedly.

 

[Excidium]

That's kinda how languages develop.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's listed as a verb now because retards turned it into a verb by using it that way repeatedly.

I have an etymological dictionary from the year 1883, and "impact" is listed as a verb there.

Fuck off, poseur.

 

[Reject_666_6]

Link

impact (v.)
c.1600, "press closely into something," from L. impactus, pp. of impingere "to push into, dash against, thrust at" (see impinge). Originally sense preserved in impacted teeth (1876). Sense of "strike forcefully against something" first recorded 1916. Figurative sense of "have a forceful effect on" is from 1935. Related: Impacting.

 

[Castanova]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's listed as a verb now because retards turned it into a verb by using it that way repeatedly.

I have an etymological dictionary from the year 1883, and "impact" is listed as a verb there.

Fuck off, poseur.

And what's the definition of the word? AT BEST, impact can be used to describe things pressing together or things striking into other things. At best. It most certainly is not an alternate form of "affect."

 

[Darth Roxor]

And what's the definition of the word? AT BEST, impact can be used to describe things pressing together or things striking into other things. At best. It most certainly is not an alternate form of "affect."

Yup, that is its definition, indeed. But, funny fact, the noun "impact" doesn't have the meaning "an effect" listed either.

Fuck off, poseur.

 

[Castanova]

And what's the definition of the word? AT BEST, impact can be used to describe things pressing together or things striking into other things. At best. It most certainly is not an alternate form of "affect."

Yup, that is its definition, indeed. But, funny fact, the noun "impact" doesn't have the meaning "an effect" listed either.

Fuck off, poseur.

Who said it did?

 

[Darth Roxor]

If you are saying that "impact is not a verb", you are implying that it should be replaced in the same context with the same word, but used as another part of speech, in this case, a noun, since the verb is inappropriate.

Counterarguments that "impact" is a verb that means the same thing as the noun are met by your reply that it's just because "retards have started using it recently", further implying that the noun version carries the meaning of "an effect", while the verb shouldn't. But old sources show that neither the verb nor noun versions of "impact" carried the meaning of "an effect/to affect" at a certain point in time.



Why are you repeatedly using the word "impact" instead of "effect"? Are you a retard or something?

 

[Castanova]

That's a really bizarre interpretation of what I said. I was simply highlighting the fact that the writer of the linked article repeatedly used the word "impact" incorrectly -- in this case, as a replacement for the verb "affect." I'm not sure how you took this to mean that I think he should have used "impact" in its incorrect noun form. But I'll defer to your superior understanding of the English language.

 

[Darth Roxor]

But I'll defer to your superior understanding of the English language.

Indeed, you'd be wise to do that

 

[Castanova]

Huegpenis++

 

[Angthoron]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's listed as a verb now because retards turned it into a verb by using it that way repeatedly.

I have an etymological dictionary from the year 1883, and "impact" is listed as a verb there.

Fuck off, poseur.

M-W claims the use of verb form in some form or fashion traces from 1601, even.

Also, listed as synonymous with "affect" and "influence", and proper dictionary only adds a word/meaning after the word/meaning remains in circulation for an extended period of time and is used a fair deal.

Also, OED has it. They've been making dictionaries for a while now.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/impact?q=Impact

Sorry, Castanova, dude, feel free to hate the word, but the usage is appropriate. Stylistically it's sort of weak though, but at least you know, you're, like, not having to listen to, ehh, that guy Paul ahem Sage who maybe knew what he said but maybe because, like, you know - there's no meaning to anything - so he was like uncertain how to make it become important like a social phenomenon.

 

[Black]

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

 

[Berekän]

What a pointless rant

 

[Excidium]

It's a reminder that you're on the codex.