User talk:Gares Redstorm

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The Beginning
I had bought Guild Wars in May or June of 2005, I believe. I remember starting to become interested in NWN PWs around the same. I had started my first character, Verse Lightbringer, a Warrior, and got him to level 5, but was a little unfamiliar with salvaging, IDing, and so forth. So, I went back to what I knew best, playing NWN and RPing.

The Guild Wars case became dusty through the months I played on a NWN PW. Made some friends, became a trusted and valued member of the PW, and had a blast. It would so happen that this good thing did not last and I decided that it was not the place for me. Before that, however, I met a woman who I eventually fell in love with, and she had talked about Guild Wars. That she played it and was in a very mature and friendly guild. Seemed that I was destined to play the game, whether I understood it or not.

I had told her I had bought the game some time ago and had made a character. She asked if I was pre or post, and when I said "what?", she laughed at me. Seemed there was more to learn than I had once thought. So, I started a new character, Gares Resdstorm, and began to play Guild Wars once again. Being the kind woman she is, she answered my questions or with the help of her other guildmates. now mine as well, got the answers for me. I quickly learned and became a decent player with Gares, my W/Mo. I had deleted the past(Verse) and created the future(Gares). This was my beginning and I see no signs of the ending yet.

The Here and Now
Almost a year I have been playing Guild Wars. I have became an officer of my guild, Elite Danger Society(EDS), a mainly PvE guild. I have even become the webmaster of the EDS website. I have a passion for creating new builds(I have about 20-some unique builds on paper and have started creating builds for the Ritualist and Assassin classes. I also enjoy exploring as my Gares has uncovered every piece of land I could. There is some great scenery out there, you just have to look for it. :D

My hobbies away from GW vary, from playing Dragon Quest 8, to being the lead scriptor for a new Persistant World coming out for NWN 2, to having the love of a very special woman. Its all about the fun things in life, just as Dave Matthews sings, "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die."

Characters
That's an impressive list! 14:27, 17 February 2006 (CST)
 * Seconded. Wooow! A lot of time and skill must've gone into it. (Are you going to be putting Factions on all of them, too?) --130.58 00:50, 21 February 2006 (CST)


 * Thanks! Many hours sitting at the computer and many soft drinks later and there is still so much to do with my lower level characters. Been on a farming kick for the last week or so, but I hope to get them done and have their info on my guilds site.
 * And yeah, I plan on putting Factions on all my accounts. Hopefully we won't have to buy Factions for each account we have, but from what I hear we might. --Gares Redstorm 06:58, 21 February 2006 (CST)
 * A lot of time and skill indeed... Would you mind posting your '/age' across all characters. I'm dying to know. --Fenris 09:55, 20 April 2006 (CDT)

For those that wanted to know my characters' ages. As of May 12, 2006, this is what they are at:


 * Whoof. So, are you buying Factions for each account? And, for your later reference, they're adding buyable character slots... eventually. I hear. I want to say this summer but I have no citation for that. :) --Tinarto [[Image:Tinarto-gold-Monk-icon-small.png]] 16:33, 12 May 2006 (CDT)


 * Damn! That's like 1700 hrs total, or 71 days of straight playing. When I reach that much, maybe I'll have enough cred (and confidence in my ability) to make real edits at this wiki. Maybe I'll even have a fighting chance in PvP by then. You never know... --Fenris (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

Real World Guild Wars Class
Taking the quiz brought to my attention by Phoenix on Fun page created by Gem.

My results:

Mesmer 75% Warrior	75% Necromancer 50% Elementalist 40% Ranger 35% Monk 20%

Even had a tiebreaker question between Mesmer and Warrior, it was that close. --Gares Redstorm 09:52, 12 May 2006 (CDT)

Image overwrite problems
I think the issue you're having with the image overwrites is a cache problem. After you upload the newer image and go to the image's page, force a re-load by holding down your left shift button and hitting the refresh button on your browser. Each one that you put up for deletion has had the newer image that you uploaded showing in it. --Rainith 21:41, 14 May 2006 (CDT)


 * I thought it strange myself. Every image overwritten the previous on the image article, but didn't change it in the article. Not being a digital image expert, or novice, or anything really, I had no idea what the problem might have been. Nor did I do any research on the subject(too busy trying to get to an Abassador for my guild). I'll try to be less impatient from now on. At least the images are better. I try to help take the load off you admins, but I guess I added a little bit more. I'll make it up to ya. --Gares Redstorm 07:03, 15 May 2006 (CDT)


 * No problem. The same fix should work on the pages that use the images.  Hold down left shift and click the refresh button.  I know that this at least works for IE and Firefox if you use either of those browsers.  :)  --Rainith 11:10, 15 May 2006 (CDT)

weapon templates
Please see Style and formatting/Weapons. -PanSola 07:52, 17 May 2006 (CDT)


 * So that means that almost every weapon template out there is wrong. --Gares Redstorm 07:57, 17 May 2006 (CDT)
 * "Outdated" would be a more accurate term. The armor articles are in a similar state, though Mesmer, Warrior, and Ranger have been cleaned up quite a bit.-PanSola 07:59, 17 May 2006 (CDT)