Yup. I found it ironic that a lot of fans defend the games art style as being "realistic" while I got my ass kicked by snakes that were as big as worms.
tiny snakes > armor clad sword wielding dark elves
EQ2 indeed. Though not everything looks terrible. the SOGA character models are an HUGE upgrade from the old ones, and some of the weapons look pretty cool (I'm assuming SOGA had a helping hand)
though I wonder where they get some of their ideas...
also dragon ball Z faeries
and whatever the hell THIS is
it's a good thing they have the SOGA artists now, because before the 3D modelers were terrible.
the saddest thing is some sickos on the official forums think the human model actually looks good...they would make them their avatars and someone (who bashed SOGA for being too anime) made a human male identical to the one up there, stating that it looked so much better...
the saddest thing is some sickos on the official forums think the human model actually looks good...they would make them their avatars and someone (who bashed SOGA for being too anime) made a human male identical to the one up there, stating that it looked so much better...
Yes, because a different opinion means they're sickos. :roll:
Also, WoW is hardly the only RPG in the world to have wargs/worgs/big wolf things.
I play WoW quite a bit, and generally I use names that won't be looked at twice. Nothing fancy, but nothing stupid. Like my hunter, Igtenos, or my warrior, Medena. However...
My priest is Kylegass (Levitation homes, and mind bullets.).
My rogue is Greiver (I swore to God they misspelled it in FF8 too, which is where I pulled it from, but the fact remains. "I" before "E" dumbass. Good job me. (btw, if anyone could confirm the spelling in FF8 with a screen shot or some shit, that would be awesome)).
And my gnome warlock's name is Demonschlong ('nuff said).
My rogue is Greiver (I swore to God they misspelled it in FF8 too, which is where I pulled it from, but the fact remains. "I" before "E" dumbass. Good job me. (btw, if anyone could confirm the spelling in FF8 with a screen shot or some shit, that would be awesome)).
Last time I checked, names don't have to follow spelling conventions.
the saddest thing is some sickos on the official forums think the human model actually looks good...they would make them their avatars and someone (who bashed SOGA for being too anime) made a human male identical to the one up there, stating that it looked so much better...
Yes, because a different opinion means they're sickos. :roll:
Also, WoW is hardly the only RPG in the world to have wargs/worgs/big wolf things.
for the wolf thing I was mainly referring to the glowey eye effect through the armor
and opinions opinions yeah I know, but honestly how the hell can ANYONE think this looks good? I love the look of "realistic" art styled games, but that's not realistic. it's not cartoony. what the hell happened? and why are people making these things their avatars? different strokes I guess...
And yes, Everquest's character design was atrocious. Back in the super early days of the first Everquest, the models were low poly and low rez (everything was, this was when the Voodoo Banshee was hot shit), but they had some artistic flair that made them seem a lot better than they were. The original model for the iksar race was a goddamn work of art, whoever did the animation for the model deserves a trophy.
Once they released the "upgraded" models though you could tell someone else was doing it. Someone with absolutely no skill or talent. Wooden animation, horrible horrible texturing and absolutely no style. It was eventually evident this was an early release of Everquest 2 graphics, because when the beta came out for EQ2 a year or so later the models were nearly identical.
Was a lot of hubbub when EQ2 released how no machine could run on full settings, and if you were to find a machine capable of it the models would look "amazing", but this clearly hasn't been the case. The characters look more like elementary school level margin doodles than something a paid professional would produce.
Was a lot of hubbub when EQ2 released how no machine could run on full settings, and if you were to find a machine capable of it the models would look "amazing", but this clearly hasn't been the case. The characters look more like elementary school level margin doodles than something a paid professional would produce.
When Turbine released AC2 they said the same thing. They claimed they had designed the game thinking about what people would be using as home machines 4 or 5 years down the road.
Problem was the game had so few subscribers that it was cancelled in its 3rd year.
People, people... calm down about bad human/humanoid models. It's a rampant plague in so many RPGs (MMO and not) these days. Realism just fails to look good, somehow. It's the Uncanny Valley, or whatever you want to call it. It's not only EQ2. WoW humans look weird too, even though there's less detail in their faces. And think about NWN2, or Oblivion... they are both examples of where realistic, high-poly humanoid faces end up looking bad.
Edit: How did this thread get on a tangent better suited for the character screenshot thread, anyway?
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> turn on light Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
how the hell can ANYONE think this looks good? I love the look of "realistic" art styled games, but that's not realistic. it's not cartoony. what the hell happened? and why are people making these things their avatars? different strokes I guess...
*shrug* I dislike the SOGA models more than the default ones. Yet I don't play as human characters, so it doesn't bother me.
Also, apparently the Iksar are just so awesome that they don't need a SOGA model.
a few of the default models look decent, like dark elf females and the non humanoids like iksars and vas shir. though I do agree with that other person that the classic iksar models were the sexiest.
it's understandable that people don't like the SOGA models since they're so stylized, it just baffled me that some people thought the default models looked good at all
And yes, Everquest's character design was atrocious. Back in the super early days of the first Everquest, the models were low poly and low rez (everything was, this was when the Voodoo Banshee was hot shit), but they had some artistic flair that made them seem a lot better than they were. The original model for the iksar race was a goddamn work of art, whoever did the animation for the model deserves a trophy.
Once they released the "upgraded" models though you could tell someone else was doing it. Someone with absolutely no skill or talent. Wooden animation, horrible horrible texturing and absolutely no style. It was eventually evident this was an early release of Everquest 2 graphics, because when the beta came out for EQ2 a year or so later the models were nearly identical.
Was a lot of hubbub when EQ2 released how no machine could run on full settings, and if you were to find a machine capable of it the models would look "amazing", but this clearly hasn't been the case. The characters look more like elementary school level margin doodles than something a paid professional would produce.
The original models in the EQ2 beta looked great. However there was no way at the time that a computer was going to be able to run with 26 of those people on the screen let alone the number you see in town.
░I AM DARTH DECON ░
- A SITH LORD -
I will FORGE my OWN ALLIANCES, and NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST ME.
Those who RESIST will SUFFER THE WRATH of the MOST POWERFUL SITH LORD EVER BORN!
My Caldari Bloodline DETEIS is the MOST BRUTAL IN THE GALAXY -- AND MARK MY WORDS --
I will SHOW NO MERCY to ANY WHO STANDS AGAINST ME!
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I fight for the glory of the Dark Empire of the Sith...Empires will tremble when They hear my name Darth Decon!!!
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Its not enough to win. You want nothing left of your enemy but a skull nailed to a fence post so everybody understands the cost of crossing you. -Durga
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░I AM DARTH DECON ░
- A SITH LORD -
I will FORGE my OWN ALLIANCES, and NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST ME.
Those who RESIST will SUFFER THE WRATH of the MOST POWERFUL SITH LORD EVER BORN!
My Caldari Bloodline DETEIS is the MOST BRUTAL IN THE GALAXY -- AND MARK MY WORDS --
I will SHOW NO MERCY to ANY WHO STANDS AGAINST ME!
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I fight for the glory of the Dark Empire of the Sith...Empires will tremble when They hear my name Darth Decon!!!
I really need to borrow somebodies locator agent and go after that guy in my rook.
░I AM DARTH DECON ░
- A SITH LORD -
I will FORGE my OWN ALLIANCES, and NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST ME.
Those who RESIST will SUFFER THE WRATH of the MOST POWERFUL SITH LORD EVER BORN!
My Caldari Bloodline DETEIS is the MOST BRUTAL IN THE GALAXY -- AND MARK MY WORDS --
I will SHOW NO MERCY to ANY WHO STANDS AGAINST ME!
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I fight for the glory of the Dark Empire of the Sith...Empires will tremble when They hear my name Darth Decon!!!
I really need to borrow somebodies locator agent and go after that guy in my rook.
He lives up north somewhere.
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Its not enough to win. You want nothing left of your enemy but a skull nailed to a fence post so everybody understands the cost of crossing you. -Durga
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edited November 2007
The best thing about Sith lords is how easily the idiots who make them accidentally become Shit Lords
Speaking of awesome names. My friend and I were discussing possible Arena Teams.
His Hunter/main is named Roktirith. I was joking about making an Undead Rogue on an RP Server named Facestabber(Faces Tabber). We were talking about how, if we ever get Blademasters, I'm making a Troll named Facestabber and he'd make an Orc named Roktirith, transfer to the same server, and make a 2-man Arena team named...(wait for it...)
I'm transferring my Orc Rogue tonight, changing his name to Nazgrim. Sounds perfectly Orcish to me, plus I like how it will inevitably be abbreviated in parties(Naz or Grim). I'm making a 2vs2 Arena Team with another Rogue, an Undead. We're going to call it Sticks and Big Green, or something like that.
I have a friend who has a Troll Rogue, and another who is a Blood Elf Rogue. My goal is to find a feral druid so that we can have all five Horde races coming out of stealth in a quintuple-ambush/mangle for an insta-kill on a Paladin in a 5vs5. We'll call the team "SURPRISE."
I'm transferring my Orc Rogue tonight, changing his name to Nazgrim. Sounds perfectly Orcish to me, plus I like how it will inevitably be abbreviated in parties(Naz or Grim). I'm making a 2vs2 Arena Team with another Rogue, an Undead. We're going to call it Sticks and Big Green, or something like that.
I have a friend who has a Troll Rogue, and another who is a Blood Elf Rogue. My goal is to find a feral druid so that we can have all five Horde races coming out of stealth in a quintuple-ambush/mangle for an insta-kill on a Paladin in a 5vs5. We'll call the team "SURPRISE."
That works really really well.
Right up until the bubble and the ensuing rape of course.
Well it won't be flawless. Any team with 2 warriors, for instance, would just absolutely rape us. But for those games when we're able to get the jump on their healers and they're just not quick enough... it will all be worth it. We'll all macro /surprise to our Ambushes or Cheap Shots.
The guild I made in wow was called Victory in my Pants. I used to spam messages in the Capitals to recruit. I think I still have a txt file of the messages.
Here we go:
"do you have pants? do you want a larger victory? then join [Victory in my Pants] now!! Sign the charter at the bat handler! Side effects may includes smaller losses and a smug look."
"Has your combat just not been up to par lately? Suffering from an early death? If you join [Victory in my Pants] now, your guarenteed to last longer in battle! Go to the bat handler and feel better knowing that you've made the right choice."
"Not everyone is rich enough to afford pants, but by joining [Victory in my Pants], you can insure that those small undead tots can keep their pelvic bones warm this winter. Head up to the bat handler for details!"
"How does it work? just sign the charter and BAM instantly your victories are larger and more satisfying! Sign the charter for [Victory in my Pants] today!"
"Do you have a bulging battle waiting to bust out? Do you feel the rest of the world is not ready for your victory? Is the only thing seperating your victory from the world your pants? Then sign the charter for [Victory in my Pants] at the bat handler now!"
"I need 1 more person to sign my charter!! If you do your enemies will lay at your feet! women will lay at your feet! hell, I'll lay at your feet!"
Well it won't be flawless. Any team with 2 warriors, for instance, would just absolutely rape us. But for those games when we're able to get the jump on their healers and they're just not quick enough... it will all be worth it. We'll all macro /surprise to our Ambushes or Cheap Shots.
And in any case, a team like that is hardly going to be one thats focused on winning. It'll be hilarious, whether you win or lose.
My friend has a shaman named Magikarp that draws tons of laughs when he uses /splash in a BG. The next 5 minutes is just people yelling, "MAGIKARP, USE YOUR SPLASH ATTACK!"
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I'm making a character on that server and reporting him.
That name is obnoxious beyond any scope or caliber.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited November 2007
What's going on:
I have discovered a guild in the barrens of a certain server. I am chiding Saeris over his poor decision in choosing a temporary server on which to hang out until the arrival of TBC.
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I constantly run into brilliant individuals who've somehow managed to break at least half of the naming policies all at once. What's the procedure for reporting them? Do you just pop open the "?" menu and "Open Ticket" and type up why you're doing it? Or is there another way that Blizzard prefers?
P.S. - I swear to god I'm finding that like 85% of the Alliance on Nazgrel belongs to that atrocious "Pimpz of Da Blade" guild. It makes my brain hurt
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Ewwwwww....
PvP title + AA title + 2 year old account suffix title. Also the shitty name. God, I hate Nagafen.
Yup. I found it ironic that a lot of fans defend the games art style as being "realistic" while I got my ass kicked by snakes that were as big as worms.
tiny snakes > armor clad sword wielding dark elves
Everquest 2 I believe.. unless the original Everquest got some serious upgrades.
though I wonder where they get some of their ideas...
also dragon ball Z faeries
and whatever the hell THIS is
it's a good thing they have the SOGA artists now, because before the 3D modelers were terrible.
the saddest thing is some sickos on the official forums think the human model actually looks good...they would make them their avatars and someone (who bashed SOGA for being too anime) made a human male identical to the one up there, stating that it looked so much better...
Yes, because a different opinion means they're sickos. :roll:
Also, WoW is hardly the only RPG in the world to have wargs/worgs/big wolf things.
I play WoW quite a bit, and generally I use names that won't be looked at twice. Nothing fancy, but nothing stupid. Like my hunter, Igtenos, or my warrior, Medena. However...
My priest is Kylegass (Levitation homes, and mind bullets.).
My rogue is Greiver (I swore to God they misspelled it in FF8 too, which is where I pulled it from, but the fact remains. "I" before "E" dumbass. Good job me. (btw, if anyone could confirm the spelling in FF8 with a screen shot or some shit, that would be awesome)).
And my gnome warlock's name is Demonschlong ('nuff said).
If you want confirmation. The official strategy guide also names it as such.
for the wolf thing I was mainly referring to the glowey eye effect through the armor
and opinions opinions yeah I know, but honestly
And yes, Everquest's character design was atrocious. Back in the super early days of the first Everquest, the models were low poly and low rez (everything was, this was when the Voodoo Banshee was hot shit), but they had some artistic flair that made them seem a lot better than they were. The original model for the iksar race was a goddamn work of art, whoever did the animation for the model deserves a trophy.
Once they released the "upgraded" models though you could tell someone else was doing it. Someone with absolutely no skill or talent. Wooden animation, horrible horrible texturing and absolutely no style. It was eventually evident this was an early release of Everquest 2 graphics, because when the beta came out for EQ2 a year or so later the models were nearly identical.
Was a lot of hubbub when EQ2 released how no machine could run on full settings, and if you were to find a machine capable of it the models would look "amazing", but this clearly hasn't been the case. The characters look more like elementary school level margin doodles than something a paid professional would produce.
When Turbine released AC2 they said the same thing. They claimed they had designed the game thinking about what people would be using as home machines 4 or 5 years down the road.
Problem was the game had so few subscribers that it was cancelled in its 3rd year.
Edit: How did this thread get on a tangent better suited for the character screenshot thread, anyway?
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
*shrug* I dislike the SOGA models more than the default ones. Yet I don't play as human characters, so it doesn't bother me.
Also, apparently the Iksar are just so awesome that they don't need a SOGA model.
it's understandable that people don't like the SOGA models since they're so stylized, it just baffled me that some people thought the default models looked good at all
The original models in the EQ2 beta looked great. However there was no way at the time that a computer was going to be able to run with 26 of those people on the screen let alone the number you see in town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HokbrASX-uo
░I AM DARTH DECON ░
- A SITH LORD -
I will FORGE my OWN ALLIANCES, and NONE SHALL STAND AGAINST ME.
Those who RESIST will SUFFER THE WRATH of the MOST POWERFUL SITH LORD EVER BORN!
My Caldari Bloodline DETEIS is the MOST BRUTAL IN THE GALAXY -- AND MARK MY WORDS --
I will SHOW NO MERCY to ANY WHO STANDS AGAINST ME!
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
I fight for the glory of the Dark Empire of the Sith...Empires will tremble when They hear my name Darth Decon!!!
I really need to borrow somebodies locator agent and go after that guy in my rook.
He lives up north somewhere.
His Hunter/main is named Roktirith. I was joking about making an Undead Rogue on an RP Server named Facestabber(Faces Tabber). We were talking about how, if we ever get Blademasters, I'm making a Troll named Facestabber and he'd make an Orc named Roktirith, transfer to the same server, and make a 2-man Arena team named...(wait for it...)
Rok Faces.
I have a friend who has a Troll Rogue, and another who is a Blood Elf Rogue. My goal is to find a feral druid so that we can have all five Horde races coming out of stealth in a quintuple-ambush/mangle for an insta-kill on a Paladin in a 5vs5. We'll call the team "SURPRISE."
You know.
/Surprise Buttsex?
It'll probably get changed, but maybe "It's not rape if you yell SURPRISE!"
That works really really well.
Right up until the bubble and the ensuing rape of course.
Here we go:
"do you have pants? do you want a larger victory? then join [Victory in my Pants] now!! Sign the charter at the bat handler! Side effects may includes smaller losses and a smug look."
"Has your combat just not been up to par lately? Suffering from an early death? If you join [Victory in my Pants] now, your guarenteed to last longer in battle! Go to the bat handler and feel better knowing that you've made the right choice."
"Not everyone is rich enough to afford pants, but by joining [Victory in my Pants], you can insure that those small undead tots can keep their pelvic bones warm this winter. Head up to the bat handler for details!"
"How does it work? just sign the charter and BAM instantly your victories are larger and more satisfying! Sign the charter for [Victory in my Pants] today!"
"Do you have a bulging battle waiting to bust out? Do you feel the rest of the world is not ready for your victory? Is the only thing seperating your victory from the world your pants? Then sign the charter for [Victory in my Pants] at the bat handler now!"
"I need 1 more person to sign my charter!! If you do your enemies will lay at your feet! women will lay at your feet! hell, I'll lay at your feet!"
I was happy with it.
And in any case, a team like that is hardly going to be one thats focused on winning. It'll be hilarious, whether you win or lose.
It was on one of the tours of random realms in my look for someplace to go
That's it.
I'm making a character on that server and reporting him.
That name is obnoxious beyond any scope or caliber.
What's going on:
I have discovered a guild in the barrens of a certain server. I am chiding Saeris over his poor decision in choosing a temporary server on which to hang out until the arrival of TBC.
it's too bad he doesn't have any special symbols in his name. I got a blood elf paladin named sephÃŽroth name changed before
Well, Munkus' character used to be named Nightmare but with a thingy for the I, until he got it changed.
P.S. - I swear to god I'm finding that like 85% of the Alliance on Nazgrel belongs to that atrocious "Pimpz of Da Blade" guild. It makes my brain hurt