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Posted by: Atrum.2698

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It was hilarious, yeah. Not bad for an April Fool’s joke, and definitely memorable (Great Jungle Wurm, the Dolyaks in WvW, pretty much every Charr in combat…) But I think it’s not a fault to ask for a way to turn it off before it overstays its welcome.

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Posted by: Jabberwock.9014

Jabberwock.9014

How do you get a headache from looking at a big head? lol, just wait a day if it bothers you that much. Kind of ruins the spirit of the holiday if people can just opt out of a prank.

but anyways, you could try setting your computer’s date forward to april 2nd. Or back to March whatever. It seems to be client side.

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

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Disappointing. But it’s probably because from a technical standpoint, Zhaitan is more like a moving piece of scenery like an airship rather than an actual “creature”.

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Posted by: SakuraJD.4720

SakuraJD.4720

hey look, my whisper is in your screenshot..

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Posted by: Morrigan.2809

Morrigan.2809

oh hahahaa!
how awesome
my Ele has always been rather on the happy side…

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Posted by: crystalpink.2487

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Omg, I wish there was an option to turn off bobble head effect.
I hate it so much….
I can’t stand seeing my characters become so ugly with the bobble head…..

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Posted by: Lifestealer.4910

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Game is almost unplayable.

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Posted by: Egon Vidar.9125

Egon Vidar.9125

Tequatl cap courtesy of my friend “I Am Mr Shank.”

And my main sylvari engineer looking totally ridiculous.

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Posted by: Sinbold.8723

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chemiclord.3978 wins the internet today! I had to laugh when The Shatterer landed and his head bobbled all over- glad someone else posted a screenie!

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Posted by: One Note Chord.5031

One Note Chord.5031

IT EFFECTS ANYTHING WITH A HEAD.

Only disappointment so far: no giant racoon head (I assume because there aren’t any other racoons in the game, so they didn’t have to give the mini a separate head).

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Posted by: Sittaraha.9361

Sittaraha.9361

The effect is causing vertigo and headache for me how can I turn it off.

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Posted by: Advent Leader.1083

Advent Leader.1083

Change your PC time to not be in the 31st March, 1st or 2nd April.

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Posted by: Sittaraha.9361

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The effect is causing vertigo and headache for me how can I turn it off.

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Posted by: Sinbold.8723

Sinbold.8723

There’s a very good screenie of The Shatterer in the other post on this subject!

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Posted by: digitalruse.9085

digitalruse.9085

If you have a box of chocolates… use #5…

If you have fun boxes, hope for giant buff… me gusta…

Qwerkk – Asuran Engineer

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Posted by: daimasei.4091

daimasei.4091

I take back every hurtful thing I have ever said.

Thx, is the only dragon I haven’t seen in-game. He looks so cute

never noticed the norn were squinting while dancing

April Fools
Benlicious ^^

My sides XD

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Posted by: SakuraJD.4720

SakuraJD.4720

oh geez, lighten up, its for one day.

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Posted by: Im Mudbone.1437

Im Mudbone.1437

WHY, is it something like Coulrophobia that you have? Exactly what makes it unplayable AND it’s only temporary.

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Posted by: Rayti.6531

Rayti.6531

THIS IS BS!!!!!!!!!!! got one maybe two days to play every other month! Worthless April Fools Mod!

GIVE US AN OPTION TO TURN IT OFF!

Well… Arpil 1st will very likely be over before they could implement what you are asking for, so I guess you only have 2 options:

  • use your time for playing the game and ignore the big heads that only last one day
  • keep raging on the forums while missing out on the obviously limited time you have to play the game

I wanted to list a 3rd option like “enjoy the joke from ANet’s side”. But obviously that’s not an option for you…

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Posted by: DeWolfe.2174

DeWolfe.2174

If you have a box of chocolates… use #5…

OMG, I do and wish I was still in Big Head Mode

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Posted by: Atrum.2698

Atrum.2698

/shrug. Never said it gave me a head-ache. As stated, we all thought it was quite hilarious. In fact, we were in the middle of WvW when it happened. Thanks for the replies, folks. Setting it ahead of April 2 worked like a charm.

Also, just to not make Jabberwock erupt in righteous “you’re a stupid” fury, I made sure to set it back to Apr 1.

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Posted by: bluestocking.6148

bluestocking.6148

I need a screenshot of Teq

I tried, but his big fat head kept clipping the water.

I am destruction itself. I also bake cookies.

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Posted by: Jabberwock.9014

Jabberwock.9014

Dang straight!

/15 charrs

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Posted by: Shockwave.1230

Shockwave.1230

Can we please pool together some gold and make a community wide contest for whoever gets the best screenshot today?

I’ll contribute 10 gold.

We need to collect all the pictures and put them in an album then link it to the wiki. They’ve never done the same april fools joke twice, so we should capture the best of what we can today.

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Posted by: Im Mudbone.1437

Im Mudbone.1437

How do you get a headache from looking at a big head? lol, just wait a day if it bothers you that much. Kind of ruins the spirit of the holiday if people can just opt out of a prank.

but anyways, you could try setting your computer’s date forward to april 2nd. Or back to March whatever. It seems to be client side.

I THINK some people have a type of Coulrophobia(for the lack of a name for it).

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Posted by: Advent Leader.1083

Advent Leader.1083

If you really need it off change PC date/time to something not 31st March, or 1st/2nd April.

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Posted by: daimasei.4091

daimasei.4091

This is what April fools’ jokes are supposed to be. It’s a prank not a new feature or something like that.

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Posted by: kiba.2768

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obligatory /laugh

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Posted by: Khal Drogo.9631

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Lucky I did my JPs before April 1st.

Apologies to those who may find my posts on GW2 forums offensive and hateful.

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Posted by: Midnight Gypsy.9360

Midnight Gypsy.9360

Oh good it’s not 24 hours long , I can log back in now and play

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Posted by: Halthur.9654

Halthur.9654

/shrug. Never said it gave me a head-ache. As stated, we all thought it was quite hilarious. In fact, we were in the middle of WvW when it happened. Thanks for the replies, folks. Setting it ahead to April 2 worked like a charm.

Also, just to not make Jabberwock erupt in righteous “you’re a stupid” fury, I made sure to set it back to Apr 1.

I said it gave me a headache. Too much motion going on with all the bobbleheads, and me eyes naturally reacting to said movements, equals me getting a headache.

And I won’t move my computer ahead or behind on the dates. Because of some other programs I use, work related, that need to have the correct times on them for me to get paid.

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Posted by: digitalruse.9085

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Teq, as requested. Trying Arah story now for Zaitan.

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Posted by: warbignime.4610

warbignime.4610

charr with bobble head is just too awesome,pls give us option to keep the bobble head

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Posted by: warbignime.4610

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more screenshot(that charr is me)

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And because you didn’t want to sleep tonight… Karka…

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Posted by: Morrigan.2809

Morrigan.2809

hehe I really wouldn’t mind a bobble head tonic

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Posted by: Mystic.5934

Mystic.5934

no change. our theory was that he’s terrain – untargetable – so not a animation that is affected by this (just like how boulders and doors aren’t bigger).

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Posted by: Avelos.6798

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I WISH FOR IT TO BE A TOGGLE… LOOL

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Posted by: Astral Projections.7320

Astral Projections.7320

Try adjusting your settings to lowest then log out and back in. The bobble head did not show for me until I put my setting to higher.

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Posted by: LordRat.8523

LordRat.8523

So i was trying engineer for the first time. Thought something was wrong with my game at first then i looked at the date on my phone. Oh, anet you cheeky kittens.

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Posted by: Devard.9315

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Work Partially around the bobble head like….

Go to Zone you want to play. turn off client and log back into the game = Normal Heads
you can teleport within the zone around all you like.
then you switch the zone completely you will have big heads again until relog.

not perfect but better than not playing for 24 hour because someone was thinking this cra…stuff is fun …

or set PC time to 3rd April or later..

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Posted by: daimasei.4091

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Teq, as requested. Trying Arah story now for Zaitan.

Don’t waste your time -_-

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Posted by: Atrum.2698

Atrum.2698

Lol hang on. Apparently I spoke too soon. Your character screen stops showing bobble-headed characters – s’why I had thought it worked fine – but as soon as you get back into the game, everything is still bobble’d.

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Posted by: Backward Sass.6791

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I love how the characters have their head tilted back when running forward. I laughed so much!

My Warrior looks ferocious with the new look, hahah!

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Posted by: Paulytnz.7619

Paulytnz.7619

Lol you guys will never get a(head) in life with these attitudes. :P

Since when did this business of being a hero become being a business?

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Posted by: Egon Vidar.9125

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This thing makes quaggans hilariously abominable.

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Posted by: Fumo.8735

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Midnight struck. My recording equipment was at hand.
Here is exactly two minutes of bobble head, and that Charr at the end had me rolling.

http://youtu.be/vPp5VLQ10-Y

Thank you ANet. All is forgiven.

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Posted by: viewbens.3105

viewbens.3105

So i was trying engineer for the first time. Thought something was wrong with my game at first then i looked at the date on my phone. Oh, anet you cheeky kittens.

that is 1 ugly charr ^^
good picture mate^^

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Posted by: Jabberwock.9014

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You’re right, I’m going to have to withdraw my previous suggestion. It must have only been a fluke that I got it to work once, related to the bug Devard described.

Verified, even setting back to March 30th doesn’t work. I imagine there is some sort of flag placed on your account upon first witnessing it.

Still, it seems I randomly get no bobblehead every first login when changing the date. So you can at least try if it is bothering you.

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Posted by: Atrum.2698

Atrum.2698

System restore points don’t help, either. Pretty sure it’s not client-side, at this point