Well… famous… I guess the most “famous” players are mostly famous in the subforums of the classes they play. For Mesmers, Osicat and Pyroatheist are pretty much the most known; followed by kylia, I guess. Eles have daphoenix, and for the Necros it would probably be Nemesis. Though, there are other players very active as well… Bas, Bhawb and Rennoko for example.
Btw, I always smile a bit when I see MrPrometheus mentioned. His videos about the Mesmer-class are great (probably not 100% up to date anymore by now), and also the reason why I’ve eventually made a conditon Mesmer… which is my main ever since then, even though I’ve changed the build a couple times (still condition, though) after I’ve hit lvl 80.
I didn’t see Surfeuze mentioned. First GW2 player to cap at 80. Surfeuze did this in 32 hours by PvE to 60 then crafting to 80 using mats his guild gave him. Even though it sounds like the content was mostly skipped over to me that seems like an insane amount of time to cap that fast.
Famous? None of the names being posted mean a thing to me. Never heard of any of them and no reason they would be “famous” .
I did see Gaile Gray. As far as I am concerned, Gail and the frog are the 2 most famous GW players (just Gail now in GW2), the rest are just names that show up on screen.
Guardian: Obal
Warrior: Strife025
Engineer: Teldo
Trading Post: iamblackbeltman
Lore: wooden potatoes
Guides: Dulfy
Podcast: Sitting on a couch gaming
I’m glad I read through the whole thread, this is pretty much the list I was going to post. Strife has some amazing builds, WP is just the KITTEN for Lore (and useful toolbox items!), and Dulfy’s guides are amazing.
I would also put Dontain forward for being memorably hilarious! I think the reason I like WP and Dontain specifically is that they were making great videos about GW2 before GW2 even came out. If anyone has not seen Dontain’s video “Skyrim is NOT Guild Wars 2” or WoodenPotatoes’ Lore videos, go check them out! Those two kept me well fed on GW2 during the time between BWEs.
Famous? None of the names being posted mean a thing to me. Never heard of any of them and no reason they would be “famous” .
I did see Gaile Gray. As far as I am concerned, Gail and the frog are the 2 most famous GW players (just Gail now in GW2), the rest are just names that show up on screen.
And I’ve never heard of Gaile Gray, or a frog. Also, I take it that you’ve never heard or used the dulfy-website and also you don’t read the class-subforums for Ele, Necro or Mesmer.
I would also put Dontain forward for being memorably hilarious! I think the reason I like WP and Dontain specifically is that they were making great videos about GW2 before GW2 even came out. If anyone has not seen Dontain’s video “Skyrim is NOT Guild Wars 2” or WoodenPotatoes’ Lore videos, go check them out! Those two kept me well fed on GW2 during the time between BWEs.
Famous? None of the names being posted mean a thing to me. Never heard of any of them and no reason they would be “famous” .
I did see Gaile Gray. As far as I am concerned, Gail and the frog are the 2 most famous GW players (just Gail now in GW2), the rest are just names that show up on screen.
And I’ve never heard of Gaile Gray, or a frog. Also, I take it that you’ve never heard or used the dulfy-website and also you don’t read the class-subforums for Ele, Necro or Mesmer.
I rarely use external websites, so no, I have never used that “dulfy” site, never heard of it, no idea what it is and not really interested. Besides, there have been MANY other websites for games, you don’t call someone who runs a website famous, LOL!
Sub forums are just other players posting, why would anyone there be famous? The concept of a famous player in an MMO is pretty ludicrous and REALLY stretching it.
If you don’t know who Gaile Gray and the frog are, then your not a true Guild Wars player and you obviously don’t read these forums very well yourself. (Hint) 2 of the most visible Anet employees in the original game, still around right here in this very forum posting and “helping” players almost every day.
Famous? None of the names being posted mean a thing to me. Never heard of any of them and no reason they would be “famous” .
I did see Gaile Gray. As far as I am concerned, Gail and the frog are the 2 most famous GW players (just Gail now in GW2), the rest are just names that show up on screen.
And I’ve never heard of Gaile Gray, or a frog. Also, I take it that you’ve never heard or used the dulfy-website and also you don’t read the class-subforums for Ele, Necro or Mesmer.
I rarely use external websites, so no, I have never used that “dulfy” site, never heard of it, no idea what it is and not really interested. Besides, there have been MANY other websites for games, you don’t call someone who runs a website famous, LOL!
Sub forums are just other players posting, why would anyone there be famous? The concept of a famous player in an MMO is pretty ludicrous and REALLY stretching it.
If you don’t know who Gaile Gray and the frog are, then your not a true Guild Wars player and you obviously don’t read these forums very well yourself. (Hint) 2 of the most visible Anet employees in the original game, still around right here in this very forum posting and “helping” players almost every day.
They mean “famous” in terms of renown in the community. Every MMO is filled with renowned players. Also, Dulfy had enough renown for ANET to give her an NPC in the Ascalonian fractal, a boss called Seigemaster Dulfy made in her image. So, yeah, I see what you mean but you’re misinterpretting OP. Finally, whether you personally have heard of someone has little bearing on overall renown. At the end of the day, in terms of fame, indeed you can get notoriety running a website. Would you consider Mark Zuckerberg famous? You sound bitter, dude.
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If you don’t know Vayne, you don’t read the forums.
fanboy right? I haven’t been here long and noticed this immediately. Every forum has a few that blindly defend even terrible things about the game
Most GW2 ‘famous’ players are not famous for much in-game. We have 1 blogger and 1 loremaster. Neither pve or pvp are competitive, popular, or fun enough to have any one individual gain mass community respect or attention like people from WoW can.
I rarely use external websites, so no, I have never used that “dulfy” site, never heard of it, no idea what it is and not really interested. Besides, there have been MANY other websites for games, you don’t call someone who runs a website famous, LOL!
As I read the forums often, I couldn’t help but stumbling over links to dulfy’s website several times… even though I would otherwise not have known that website even existed. Again; apparently you don’t read the forums very often.
Sub forums are just other players posting, why would anyone there be famous? The concept of a famous player in an MMO is pretty ludicrous and REALLY stretching it.
Famous is defined as 1. Well known; and 2. In the public eye. So since this thread is about being famous in GW2, you could indeed say that those people are kinda famous. Unless you call a person that is known and appreciated by thousands of players not famous.
Oh and to use your words… Angelina Jolie is just a normal woman working as an actress. Why would she be famous? Michael Jackson was just a normal human (some believe he was an alien, but I don’t think so) whose music is loved by millions of people all over the world. Why would he be famous? He’s just human after all. Osicat’s/Nemesis’/Pyroatheist’s guides are known and appreciated by thousands of players. Why would they be famous? They are just players after all…
If you don’t know who Gaile Gray and the frog are, then your not a true Guild Wars player….. …..2 of the most visible Anet employees in the original game
But he also seems to not understand that this thread is about being “famous” in Guild Wars 2. Not Guild Wars 1. TWO! And yes, I’ve never played GW1. I’m not a “true Guild Wars player”. I’m not a Guild Wars player at all. I’m a Guild Wars 2 player. And again; this thread IS about Guild Wars 2. Not one. Two.
