Guild Wars 2

When you are amazed at seeing 10 books hoarded in front of you, and hunger to click them for traits

When you see a cow pie and think it’s weapon

When your go-to reaction for people who get on your nerves is “Foo!”

…when you see a hill and think whether to walk up to it to reveal the fog beyond.

…when you look at all the food that can be crafted as a chef and start thinking about making it (though anything with snow truffles might be IRL expensive)

…when someone says might you think “stack!”

…when someone says heal you think “BLAST!”

…when someone is confused you tell them they have 25 stacks

…when you try another MMO and you keep trying to pan the camera with right click, strafe with Q and E and dodge with your keybind (mouse 4 for me)

When you read about speculators on the stock market, you complain how they are earn money faster than you do at your job. Demand that earning money on the stock market be equalized out to match how anyone else earns money doing anything else, because it’s ruining your gameplay experience.

When you go past a shop or see an advertisement and bitterly complain how they are pushing the items in your face and ruining your gameplay experience.

When a shop gives you the opportunity to buy items with tokens you earn from playing with toys in the shop you
1) complain they are manipulating the odds
2) demand they change it so it’s easier to get them
3) complain that this is ruining your gameplay experience

Top Ten signs that You Know You’ve Played GW2 Too Much

10.. when you start serving “Omnomberry Tart” at a bakery
9.. when you will your estate to Anet
8.. when you have crafted all the legendaries
7.. when your hours in game is more than 50% of age of the game
6.. when your achieved rank of “Diamond Legend” in WvW
5.. when you have switched in and out every server
4.. when your account gold wealth is more than Bill Gate’s in real life
3.. when you starting to brag your online hours when applying a job
2.. when you schedule life around GW2 events and resets

and

1.. when you logged out the game for the very last time

You know you read the forums too much when:

-You recognize the names of the posters, and know what they are going to say in response to any given subject.
-You know who knows what they are talking about.
-you still respond the same in EVERY “mounts, dueling, Player to Player trading, warrior nerf, etc.” thread
-You can easily reference, from memory, any of the above threads.
-You are bored at work, and spend 7 of the 8 hours on the forums.
-You know who konig is.

You know you’ve been playing GW2 too much when…
-you quit the game

….when, while taking a break and playing Axis & Allies with non-GW2 playing friends, you think you need to build siege in London to keep Germany from taking the UK capital.

…when you see horses added as mounts in the trailer to the next LS episode in your dream and do a double facepalm…

When you try to collect rewards from the Thomas Cook in town…

Back when I was playing gw1, I went down to the living room one very early morning. The first thought that came into my head was:
“Did I hug the walls on this map already?” … that was kinda frightening :P

i get out of bed and cant find my pandabear

When you have a dream that Dawn dropped for you, but it was a crappy blue, level 80 version instead of the exotic. (Like those trololol trinkets from the various world events e.g. Signet of Grenth)

When you start wondering how big the norn with the bifrost was when you see rainbows…..

When, after telling an intern to run an errand for you, you can’t resist the urge to shout
“Go, fodder, go!”

…when you see Liandri in Unreal universe and think “It ain’t spelt right!”

When you are starting to find the camera system some what acceptable.

I know I’ve been reading the forums too much when I realize the guy I’ve been arguing with for 7 pages has been goal post shifting the entire time and ignoring half of what I say.

Xenon.4537:

I know I’ve been reading the forums too much when I realize the guy I’ve been arguing with for 7 pages has been goal post shifting the entire time and ignoring half of what I say.

7 pages? Not the AP thread, then. Yet. =P
But I feel your pain.

So maybe you knowing you played GW2 too much is when you go to the forums with helpful, awesome, game-improving suggestions, knowing full well what hell awaits you.

Also, when }]:3 becomes one of your standard emotes.

…when you invite people over for a party and tell them it’s “Zerker Only”.

You know you’ve been reading GW2 forum too much when…

You skip over all the warrior /thief OP post : tldr: only to state the obvious in your comment..

maestrochino.7104:

When you wish you have waypoints between your house, your school and your workplace. And basically anywhere you need to be.

I pass this every day to work and think, “Ooh, an undiscovered waypoint!”.

You know when you’ve played too much… when you try to stand up and your legs have forgotten how to walk lol

Wizler.8192:

maestrochino.7104:

When you wish you have waypoints between your house, your school and your workplace. And basically anywhere you need to be.

I pass this every day to work and think, “Ooh, an undiscovered waypoint!”.

Heh, I see ungathered wood resources. Some green wood and soft wood. (Third one in the row might be seasoned though).

…you start to judge how much time you will be somewhere based on world even timers.

…you bring random items to the bank in hopes of storing them

…you get an idea to start selling jugs of water for 80 copper each.

Wizler.8192:

maestrochino.7104:

When you wish you have waypoints between your house, your school and your workplace. And basically anywhere you need to be.

I pass this every day to work and think, “Ooh, an undiscovered waypoint!”.

Or if you pass by that spot and check to see if a vine is coming out to grab it.

For me, it’s always been more about things my chars say … for example:

When stuck in a checkout line, there’s the desire to shout, “Urge to kill rising!”
After a few too many brews, a trip to the bathroom results in a hearty, “That feels good.”
Cruising down the highway yields a, “I could outrun a centaur.”
And, of course, stubbing a toe against a piece of furniture gets the, “My leg!”

Some (embarrassing) real-life ones for me:

• I’m watching a gameplay video of GW2 and I try to hover my mouse over their skills to see more info

• I’m looking at a real-life place in Google Maps and try to look for a Waypoint icon to “go” there (not sure what I was expecting)

• Alan Rickman comes up in conversation, and for some reason I take this as an excuse to bring up how GW2 references his line in Galaxy Quest (I am the only person who cares, or finds this hilarious)

Fyrebrand.4859:

Some (embarrassing) real-life ones for me:

• I’m watching a gameplay video of GW2 and I try to hover my mouse over their skills to see more info

I;ve done somethign similiar. But trying to change the camera view because I didn’t like how it was on the video :P

You know you play too much GW2 when…

You drink a tonic to get dressed in your “town clothes” and go to work…

You keep flushing junk down the toilet and hoping to get something other then kitten coming back up.

pdavis.8031:

Fyrebrand.4859:

I’m watching a gameplay video of GW2 and I try to hover my mouse over their skills to see more info

I;ve done somethign similiar. But trying to change the camera view because I didn’t like how it was on the video :P

Lol, yeah I roll my mouse’s scroll wheel sometimes to “zoom in.”

Miku.6297:

You drink a tonic to get dressed in your “town clothes” and go to work…

When I drink a “tonic,” I usually don’t wind up in anything you might call “town clothes.” :-P

-When you go to the grocery store and try to talk a mother into selling you her mini-pet.

You know you’ve been reading GW2 forum too much when…
…you can tell it’s Friday by looking at the thread titles in the general subforum.

You know you’ve been playing PvE too much when…
…you read AC as “Ascalonian Catacombs”, and not “air conditioning” or “alternating current”.

You know you’ve been playing WvW too much when…
…you read AC as “arrow cart”, and not “Ascalonian Catacombs”.

this did NOT happen to me and is NOT related to gw2, but it is with gw1
you know that you have played too much gw when you’re on the street, see a box and say “i have no lockpick/key for that chest”
(chests in gw1 were random on the map, you needed keys , later lockpicks to open them for loot)

- reference your characters achievements in RL.

- display your desire to play with your chars than actual people.

-you wonder if you can remote into your computer from work to check if your TP buy orders have been filled

…walking into a funeral and trying to resurrect the dead body

- You drink soda bottles with 1 big swig and throw em over your shoulder

- adress your housecat as tribune

- get a ragefit if you see a girl with a flower in her hairdo

- try to convert money to gemstones in a jewel shop

- treat every container you see as a loot chest and hope for the rare drop of spare
money, lost socks or the usb cord you forgot where you put it

- look for the stats of clothes in stores

- start to dual weild knives in the kitchen cause 1 handed dont gives you a full moveset

- trying to flush stuff down the toilet and hope something expensive comes back

- saying LFG in a full bus in hope you can join somebody´s seat row

- hating trenchcoats and even refusing to wear them

- looking at a ripped dude and seeing “champion” in your mind floating above his head

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

-you wonder if you can remote into your computer from work to check if your TP buy orders have been filled

…you get more upset over losing out on the huge gold pile from the dye change-over than washing several hundred dollars in stocks.

/guilty

When my ten year old stubs a toe and I look at the poor digit: no blood, no bruise, just an ow moment.
I say: “Shake it Off” same intonation too.

Child says: “Aw Mom you sounded just like your game”

At least I got a smile and no more hopping and jumping and wailing about said toe falling off.

IndigoSundown.5419:

You know you’ve been reading GW2 forum too much when…

… you reply to your bosses’ emails, correcting his minor grammatical errors and telling him he needs to “learn to manage.”

I LOL’d.

…you begin to see the actual psychology in every product you consume.

You know, your five year old son has watched you too much, when you were playing GW2, when he wakes you up in the morning and then jumps over you in the bed while he shouts “I am a mordrem thrasher”

(happenend this morning …)

Greetings.

Zok.4956:

You know, your five year old son has watched you too much, when you were playing GW2, when he wakes you up in the morning and then jumps over you in the bed while he shouts “I am a mordrem thrasher”

(happenend this morning …)

Greetings.

That. Is. AWESOME!!!!!!!

I can’t wait for my little one to get old enough to start playing He’s only 2 now, so it’ll be awhile…

When your wife (who does not play) sees a lizard in the pool and says….

There is something in the water in her best Slupsloop voice.

…whenever I would run away, I would yell “Save Yourselves”

…when I have accomplished something, I would yell “I’m SIX FEET TALL!” (I am 5’6")

…when I offer flowers to a significant other, I would say “This rose has thorns. Here they are.”

…when I go horseback riding, I would say “I can outrun a centaur.”

…when I do business the only currency I accept is in gold, silver and/or copper. I refuse to accept paper money!

When you have something vaguely weapon shaped in your hand and start performing the auto attack of your favorite class.

Hubby has played too much because his license plate is now Tyria.

Malkavian.4516:

…when I do business the only currency I accept is in gold, silver and/or copper. I refuse to accept paper money!

I’ll only give you pennies from now on. Have fun counting up your mortgage payment.