Darlantan

I'm sure others have thought of this but I haven't seen it said: This also seems like a great way to give a really good test run, if not to their game servers then at least to their login servers. It will attract a lot more people at the same time than a beta, and if the explosion of Pre-Select participants causes a nuclear reaction at NCWest, they have a little bit of time to make adjustments before it really, truly matters on head-start day.

Wow... Initially I had nothing either, but after a second it made me think--are we going to need a section of the forums dedicated to Pook's pics soon?

(This public service announcment has been brought to you by Claussen.)

Definitely my favorite pickle you can get at the grocery store 8)

...its a boy.

Congrats!!!

Here dey is! I'm the worst ever at creating characters (ask Tillie how I always managed to make my Mass Effect characters fugly) but I'm happy with these (for now, at least~)

Congrats!!

I would just like to say yay for Twitter.

And woot!! Blackfeather was the name of one of my favorite characters ever (my WoW Druid) and I loved the character so much. I was a bit worried about pre-select because I actually saw somebody with the name during the couple days I played during beta!

The community is brandishing a giant metaphorical club to bash the login server into a bloody pulp.

Ten minutes... -.-

Get ready to see some really crappy emblems running around!

For the rest of us, though, this is exceedingly cool.

Somebody buy that man a beer! ...oh wait, I was already going to

Ever.

Longest. Day. Ever.

its the tanks that keep people alive

qft!

Aren't you the one who uses poopsocks, too?

Wow.

4: emty 1 galon jug (ya gota put that food somwhere huh)

I think this one is our winner.

Dar, NCSoft. NCSoft, Dar.

I feel like we've finally been introduced.

Quick examples, not particularly funny, but to give you a visual of the most prominent figure

It's definitely part of the game's charm. 8)

(Disco post 999! 1000 inc!)

Hey, you know what else? Natsu's forum avatar looks like something from Fallout.

I still say half the templars will reroll when they get to max level. I'm sure Ashin will persevere just to prove me wrong.

If you remember, that's what I did on WAR. :x

I'm going to like the way I look this time, though. That had a lot to do with it.

I'm going to make the fugliest thing you've ever seen, and then I shall name her Ashlin.

I'm so glad you're playing with us again

(I never go for the simple "lol" post, but that was just pure awesome.)

lol

"Grind" seems (to me) to mean playing the game. That's what grouping with your friends and killing NPC's is, right? Gameplay? So, gameplay is bad. But running around doing errands for an NPC by yourself is good.

Completely agree. "Grind" has just become a four-letter word, that's all. I'm from DAoC where quests were kind of an oddity, apart from your class-specific epic series. You even learn to play your class better in a "killing mobs to level" situation, because on the whole you're spending more time in combat! That was certainly my experience, and you can learn a lot more than you think by just putting forth the effort to pick up on things you wouldn't have noticed otherwise and not turning off your brain to go on autopilot to grind.

It's not actually an RP server, you don't have to RP