User talk:Gares Redstorm

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

My results for the Prophecies quiz:

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)

My results for the Factions edition quiz:

Warrior	94% Assassin 81% Mesmer 75% Ritualist 69% Elementalist 63% Ranger 63% Monk 44% Necromancer 44%

No tiebreaker here, but I guess even with my charm ;), I still have a fighter mentality. -Gares Redstorm 12:51, 20 June 2006 (CDT)

DoA greens...
I don't now if you buy greens or just farm them (I never buy a green I can farm), but if you want, I get loads of greens in DoA that I just abhor and don't even have the time to sell (I even pay a guildie of mine 25% commission to try and sell the decent ones). If you want I can off load some of them onto you. Some I'll flat out give away, some you can pay a moocher's fee for. :P --Karlos 09:37, 20 January 2007 (CST)
 * Ooh watcha got? ;) - BeXoR  [[Image:Bexor.png]] 02:23, 21 January 2007 (CST)

Please check this place
Some1 is bein offensive here.He told me and Asmodius we were... something i dont want to say but its bad.

Verging on racist
I would like to draw your attention to Build talk:D/any The Blessed Dervish, where two users, one anon, the other User:Reedem@G-account attacked a contributor for his/her poor grasp of the English language. G-wiki is for everyone -- no one should be afraid to contribute for fear of ridicule over their limitations when using English as a second language. There are plenty of editors who happily go about the task in hand of correcting errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar, enabling all to contribute their IDEAS and CONCEPTS - which to all of us, as GW players, should be universal. It isn't for me to tell you what action to be taken in this case, merely to draw it to your attention and point out that racism - no matter how subtle or cleverly worded, has NO place in Guild Wiki and should be stamped out wherever it rears its ugly little head. Thanks. Fox Bloodraven 05:51, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * I think it was quite unreasonable to put racist words into other peoples mouths, saying "A warning on the edit screen that only white, English-speaking editors should use the wiki?". This is not what either of those users was saying.


 * I do not agree with the way in which the users on that page have acted (although reading through it, these two users are not the only ones guilty of ridiculing someone else's level of English literacy), but I wish you had criticised them in a more diplomatic way.  &lt;LordBiro&gt;/&lt;Talk&gt; 08:37, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * It's 1AM here so I'm not spending much time on this now but I don't see it as racist. A user's ability to write English was mocked but there weren't any racist overtones, it could just as well have been a young person. I know the person said they were not a native English speaker but the person's background wasn't made fun of, just their ability to write English. It wasn't racist although it was disappointing to read, anyway I'm off to bed now. --Xasxas256 08:54, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * Good night Xas :D  &lt;LordBiro&gt;/&lt;Talk&gt; 09:18, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * *Punches in at the time clock* Morning. I read the statements and I have actually watched that build talk in the past. In my take on the situation, it's obvious they are commenting on how the build is written, grammatical mistakes, sentence structure, etc. We get all types of people on this wiki, that includes non-native English speakers, users that would rather comment instead of helping out and being a positive influence. Not everyone you met here is going to be professional or even nice. I saw the author to plead for help in making his build grammatically correct and no one did anything until lately. It's always going to be that way unfortunately.


 * I don't see anything to warrent administrative action and trust me, when I look, I look hard. I'm sorry, but this is one of those times where I feel I have to keep my banning gun in it's holster for this, but those users could have been more tactful in their comments. &mdash; Gares 10:49, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * Okay, well the wiki operates democratically and the majority wisdom so far is that the remarks were tactless but not intended as I construed them. I'm no stranger to making offensive comments myself, I will abide by the concensus of opinion. Fox Bloodraven 16:28, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 *  &lt;LordBiro&gt;/&lt;Talk&gt; 12:15, 21 January 2007 (CST)


 * Nice. ;) &mdash; Gares 18:56, 21 January 2007 (CST)

Personal Comments
I responded to your comment left on my talk page about "Personal Comments" if you care to take a look at my response. Thank you. — Jyro X 16:14, 22 January 2007 (CST)

Our NWN wiki
So, uh, it seems kind of dead. On average, something like two edits per three days over the last 30 days. The content compared to nwnwiki.org's is lacking. Is there a reason to keep it running? --Fyren 03:09, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * I don't see a reason myself. Sadly, Karlos' idea was good and had lots of potential and I being a DnD fan, was excited to pitch in. Who doesn't love a dwarf in full plate mail dual-wielding two dwarven war axes? However, the admin staff left for various reasons. Tanaric left gamewikis, Karlos abandoned it, and I couldn't keep my concentration focused on GuildWiki, NeverWiki, play both games, keep leading my guild, and contribute to both sites enough to make a difference. I could have left GuildWiki to concentrate solely on NeverWiki like Bishop did to concentrate on HammerWiki, but I put too much time into Guild Wars to just throw that away.


 * The combination of lack of a dedicated userbase and the competition of nwnwiki.org's already established userbase and their past popularity as a great place as a NWN knowledge base added to the failure of NeverWiki. Coincidently, my NWN2 game is still in the EB Games bag it was put in. &mdash; Gares 08:06, 24 January 2007 (CST)

Mistaken Identity
Yeah Xeon had the wrong guy, it's ok slashed the right guy with my errr sword of justice. Or something similar anyway :P --Xasxas256 08:21, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * Oooooh apparently your sword is bigger than mine, or you rolled a critical. Sorry, best DnD reference I could think of! --Xasxas256 08:23, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * lol. your conflict was very close to mine, "And I was mid-ban when you beat me due to my longer reason for banning. Your sword of justice is swift, but mine does more damage" ;) &mdash; Gares 08:26, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * I didn't conflict, like you said, you had a longer reason, you can spot the DnD fan by the superior dialog :P I'll just have stick to my oversimplification! --Xasxas256
 * No, I conflicted with your reponse regarding DnD. Yeah...well, I have a 2d4 Scythe with a x4 crit multipler with my added bonuses from Weapons Master epic class of +1 added to crit multiplier, making it x5 and my crit range 19-20. :P &mdash; Gares 08:42, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * Pfffft, I've got Magic Missiles so there! :P They'll make your weapons master pale! --Xasxas256 08:49, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * You failed to ask my primary profession. With my Cleric spells, I cast my 5th level spell, Spell Immunity. Good luck getting that level 1 arcane spell through that. :P &mdash; Gares 08:53, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * wait, what did i do this time? >_> -- Xeon 09:16, 24 January 2007 (CST)
 * oh shit, whoops. -- Xeon 09:17, 24 January 2007 (CST)

Eh?
You said on somebody's talk page (can't be arsed digging it up) that authors are allowed to vote on their own builds. I seem to remember it being different in the past. Has it changed, or was I wrong the whole time? -Auron  07:20, 26 January 2007 (CST)


 * It was Sigm@'s talk page. On Build vetting procedure, it states "Everyone can vote for builds." There is nothing in the Builds policy that states an author cannot vote for their build. And as such. just like any other voting procedures, the creator can vote as well. An example, in an RFA, the nominator can vote as well as the nominee if they wish.


 * I did not get on Sigm@ for that though, and have not noticed it until that time. I reprimanded him for striking out the vote, for which only admins can do. "Do NOT strike out other people's votes or delete them for any reason. If you think a vote is objectionable in any way, report it to an admin (see GW:ADMIN for a list of admins)." That was taken directly from the vetting procedure page.


 * I just stumbled upon that talk page, noticed the strikeout, and was unaware it had been done in the past. Either way, I hope this helps to answer your question. &mdash; Gares 07:49, 26 January 2007 (CST)