Guild Wars 2

Are Monsters bobble heads too? if so I wonder what Teq looks like

because ANet has been #1 in in-game April Fools jokes since 2005. Good kittening kitten. Make sure you guys go and take a look at some giants. Maybe see if you can get some screenies of some dragons.

Bensozia.8071:

Are Monsters bobble heads too? if so I wonder what Teq looks like

Yes they are

I’ve not seen bosses though but since they are more environmental based creatures its possible they are not effected

but you never know

Xaros.3986:

VOLKON.1290:

It doesn’t. Motion sickness is caused by a clash between what your eyes are seeing and what your inner ears are feeling with regards to motion. A bobblehead won’t cause this clash because your eyes see one spot of motion yet the overall is consistent with what your inner ears are feeling.

Basically it appears to be a made up story trying to get this little bit of fun taken away because he’s decided he doesn’t like it.

Last time I got motion sick from a game (it does happen) was a Medal of Honor type shooter maybe ten, fifteen years ago. I had to take Dramamine for a couple days until my brain learned to recognize the input properly and adapted. I’ve been fine since.

Are you saying that motion sickness can only occur in 1st person perspective? Wouldn’t it be possible that our brains are able to interpret motion in 3rd person in a similar fashion, although perhaps not as strongly? In that case, wobbling of your characters head would be a perfect example of a disagreement between the visual system and the vestibular system that you mention.

Either way, I’m pretty sure that people who are susceptible to motion sickness can become dizzy by simply looking at things that are spinning or wobbling (I know I can), even if it would not technically count as motion sickness.

For those people the answer is a simple one. Don’t play til the 2nd. It is only one day, you have 364 other days to play as you normally do.

Not saying you do not get motion sickness, after all, I do not know what you experience.

But I can tell you that if the motion sickness is that bad, you can either Log off for the day… Not Playing for a way will not kill you.

It just sounds to me as if a very vocal minority, want something taken away, simply because they dislike it. My attitude is, you get Normal play the rest of the year… you can spare one day for those of us, that like this sort of thing.

Morrigan.2809:

@eisberg.2379

have you actually gone ingame or are you still just on character screen?
The reason I ask is because mine is back.

I logged out again and while they look normal in the character screen once you get in game they pop on again

I have actually gone into the game, everything was normal size.

Brilliant! I love a game that doesn’t take itself so seriously all the time! Thanks!

I changed the Date and time, logged out and logged in and still have the head.

Why are people so quick to complain? It’s not even for the whole day it seems, judging from the comments about it being gone when relogging. Glad I’m not a dev, having to take skritt like this when I want to do is give the players a bit of fun. If your little RP fantasy wkittentered for a moment there, just take it for what it is and restart the game.

Personally I find it both fabulous and hilarious, especially love that all the walking NPCs have that awkward “up-the-sky” look! Haha I think I had a minor stroke because of all the laughing, that kind of odd humor is right up my alley! Thanks Anet, you just made my day a fair bit brighter and happier!

Bensozia.8071:

Are Monsters bobble heads too? if so I wonder what Teq looks like

All bosses are bobble heads and have videos on youtube if you don’t see them in game.

Lugaedh.3609:

oh sooo funny. really. it’s just annoying and you cannot trn it off. i really hate this ugly thing.
it would have been ok, if it was for a few minutes.
but like this i think my joy today has been destroyed. i really hate it.

Lighten up, it’s only one day. if it is that bad that your day was destroyed, just log off til the 2nd.

People are way too sensitive nowadays.

eisberg.2379:

Morrigan.2809:

@eisberg.2379

have you actually gone ingame or are you still just on character screen?
The reason I ask is because mine is back.

I logged out again and while they look normal in the character screen once you get in game they pop on again

I have actually gone into the game, everything was normal size.

aww man so sad

some people are reporting an on of effect with zoning too.
if I was you I would log in zip around a couple of different zones.
Log back out and back in etc.
I really hope you get your wobble on, best of luck

I love this
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knives.6345:

Flytrap.8075:

knives.6345:

Flytrap.8075:

I simply don’t understand why people are getting so worked up over this.

Take a deep breath; it’s a joke in the spirit of April Fools and will come to pass shortly.

It’s a cool joke – I give them that, but a prank lasting one entire day sucks. Imagine your friend doing a prank on you continuously for the entire day. It transforms from funny to annoying, unless you’re a masochist or something.

It’s only a day.

This is a video game, not real life.

Well, some people have limited time to play so this argument really only affects people with so much time on their hands.

Again, it’s a cool prank. Only what’s cooler is that if they had an on-off switch for it.

Please don’t try to be a White Knight on ANet’s defense, I’m not saying they did a poor job – just saying it’s nice to have some options.

Flytrap? A white knight for Anet?

BWUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

hahaha having fun with box o fun

(crying cuz huge metal pin in my eye XD)

i want this in tonic form…

Saylu.8271:

Izaya.2906:

@op

this works for me, run the game with the command line “-nosound”

You shortcut should look something like “C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -nosound"

here’s more info on how to do this:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Let me personally thank you for this.

I can also affirm that this worked. Right now I’m seeing if it is a permanent disable, IE after you remove -nosound. If not, I’m going to try nomusic.

UPDATE: It would seem only -nosound disables the bobbleheads, and only when you have it in the shortcut.

Claw of Jormag lol.

Gah! Forgot to add these to the initial post! I am having WAY too much fun with this! I want an everlasting bobblehead tonic or some food that gives bobblehead effect for ten minutes! I want to fight elder dragons with my skull! Emotes with Charr BTW are exceptionally hilarious!

I think Hylek are the best from this update.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Potion_of_Hylek_Transformation
Its funny to see them walk.

No bobblehead for me, either. I has a sad.

Edit: Fully relogging (as in closing the client and then starting again) made it trigger.

whoop! wheeee

Love the giant bobble heads

Monsters, pets and (most) minis also it seems

Bensozia.8071:

Are Monsters bobble heads too? if so I wonder what Teq looks like

I was at the TTS teq run just as this went live.

Yes his head is huge.

Yes it is hilarious.

People were laughing so hard I am surprised we actually completed the run.

(if you have a mini teq you can take it out and see a preview)

My personal favorite is an asura wearing Braham’s helm.

Because of Scarlet’s shenanigans, some decided to poison Sylvari with weedkiller.
This can’t end well :

(Try a /cry on a male Sylvari with a bobblehead to see him choke. :’p)

Quote from my guildie: “This is how I met your mother.”

My Mesmer has that, “You just said what?” look. Then of course there are some creepy creatures with bobbleheads lurking about too.

My thief was not happy to log in.. her head was huge, it was raining and earth elemental hit her. :<

I think it’s great! Reminds me of the stuff they used to do back in Guild Wars. I really enjoy it.

Glad to see the return of Guild Wars’ traditions/elements. Was really disappointed in the whole push to make everything so different in this game.

Now if only they could bring back story elements from Guild Wars…

My friend’s asura is a bit special case… I don’t think that I need to point out what I am talking about.

Such happiness!

Why don’t I have bobblehead?

I have screenies of both shatterer and Claw of Jormag, and by far the most confronting was the latter. We should have been able to take it down very easily in the 2nd phase, considering it’s head reached past the blue ice area!! o.0

Thank you for this wonderful April Fool’s Day joke!

I have had so much fun with my little Asuran guy. I haven’t laugh so much for long time. So thank you very much ANet for this awesome and happy day.

^log out – login, should help

Salocin.2783, you may want to show that neck to someone… doctor/medic maybe?

Some bobble-emotes from my thief:

me and my Bro hihihihih

A Joke once is funny but taking it too far is just freaking annoying make ppl able to enable or disable it, first few mins makes u laugh then its just stupid

This is one of those rare threads where it says a lot more about the player base than Anet.

I think the funniest things so far are the ranger reef drake pets and the jungle wurms. They both look hilarious with the giant heads.

Bobblehead Griffon Tonic = AMAZING

When I logged on last night it wasn’t on. I tried changing my settings from lowest to higher and then zoned a couple of times. It came on after that.

For those of you that don’t like the bobbleheads there seems to an automatic toggle (from what I’ve been reading) where logging out and in turns them on and off. I’m at work and can’t test, if others would that would be appreciated.

omg, yes! Endless Bobble Head Tonic. do want.

Offair.2563:

Give me a tonic to shrink my head to normal again please, can see the joke but gets annoying running around for some longer especially with my ranger pet heads blocking half the screen.

I think this is part of the April Fool’s joke, lol.

Jeff.4680:

I think it’s great! Reminds me of the stuff they used to do back in Guild Wars. I really enjoy it.

Glad to see the return of Guild Wars’ traditions/elements. Was really disappointed in the whole push to make everything so different in this game.

Now if only they could bring back story elements from Guild Wars…

Yes, I remember when everyone couldn’t wait to log is to see what was going to happen. Everyone in our Team Speak is having a blast and there’s much, much laughter. Great job Anet!

Just look at the KITTEN!

Share your bobble finishers

Got on at 3 am nothing happened traveled to few places still nothing then WHAM. almost woke up the rest of the family laughing

eisberg.2379:

Rebel.5827:

You are lucky, my toons still look like bobbleheads. Where is the off switch?

Don’t consider myself lucky, I want the bobblehead, I want to be a part of the fun. Anyways, sounds like just exiting the game completely, then starting the game again makes the bobblehead go away. Wish the same was true to turn it on though.

sounds like we’re both stuck where we don’t want to be. You want to turn it on and are unable to do so. I want to turn it off and am unable to do so.

btw, re-starting the game doesn’t turn it off for me just like it doesn’t turn it on for you.

seems like it really should have an on/off option from the devs.

eisberg.2379:

Teratus.2859:

Try Re logging

I did. Still have normal head.

Don’t just go to the character screen. Close the game out all the way and then log back in.

Bobbleheads are so cute, I’m loving it

The posts for a few people scrambling to figure out how to turn them off make it even better! :P

Very well done ANet