The Tale of the Monkey King?

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Posted by: Svarty.8019

Svarty.8019

What we know:
The Monkey King was/is a captive: he has a broken chain around his neck.

What we don’t know:
Who is the Monkey King?
Where is he?
Why is there a tonic and a mini of an unexplained character?
Will his story be told in Heart of Thorns?

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Posted by: laokoko.7403

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it’s base on a popular chinese mythology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

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Posted by: Basaltface.2786

Basaltface.2786

know who he is? Just something they added for the chinese…but yea he is some rather wacky chinese myth dude as far as i know

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Posted by: zenleto.6179

zenleto.6179

He’s the Great Sage Equal of Heaven!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

Fire up the Hyperbowl ma, we’re going to town!

Would you like some hard cheeze with your sad whine?

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Posted by: Randulf.7614

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The more important question is, where is

PIIIIIIIGGGGGGGSSSYYYY!!!!!!!!

Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

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Posted by: Svarty.8019

Svarty.8019

Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

Everybody knows that! But what has he got to do with GW2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.

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Posted by: Randulf.7614

Randulf.7614

Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

Everybody knows that! But what has he got to do with GW2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

The tonic and mini was added as a homage shortly after China launched. That was their only function

He has nothing o do with GW2 or its lore.

Also, you’d be surprised how many people are unaware of Monkey Magic/Journey to the West. In the half dozen threads popping up about the mini and tonic, many of the posters knew nothing of either. It was quite a nice extra by the devs, despite falling outside of the lore.

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Posted by: Aerinndis.2730

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it’s base on a popular chinese mythology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

Thank you for the link! That was a very interesting read and I am glad the devs included it. We all need to learn a bit more about each other.

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Posted by: MithranArkanere.8957

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Wherever he came from, it’s probably the same place this guy here came from.

My guess is somewhere from another world through the Mists. Sun Wukong was no stranger to travel between worlds.

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Posted by: Invictus.1503

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Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

Everybody knows that! But what has he got to do with GW2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

He has as much to do with GW2 as:
-Golden Pig mini
-Red Panda mini
-Ram mini
-Ram backpiece
-Baseball cap
-etc. etc. etc.

He was added for the Chinese launch to give something for their culture

It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

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Posted by: Svarty.8019

Svarty.8019

Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

Everybody knows that! But what has he got to do with GW2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

He has as much to do with GW2 as:
-Golden Pig mini
-Red Panda mini
-Ram mini
-Ram backpiece
-Baseball cap
-etc. etc. etc.

He was added for the Chinese launch to give something for their culture

Fair enough. The baseball cap really broke any suspension of disbelief I had about this game on day 1. It was very disappointing.

Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.

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Posted by: Ezekel.6394

Ezekel.6394

Of course, the nature of Monkey is irrepressible..

Everybody knows that! But what has he got to do with GW2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zOFAD6e9Bk

He has as much to do with GW2 as:
-Golden Pig mini
-Red Panda mini
-Ram mini
-Ram backpiece
-Baseball cap
-etc. etc. etc.

He was added for the Chinese launch to give something for their culture

Fair enough. The baseball cap really broke any suspension of disbelief I had about this game on day 1. It was very disappointing.

There are tonics that turn you into a tree, I don’t see how a baseball cap breaks your immersion.

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Posted by: Fyrebrand.4859

Fyrebrand.4859

The baseball cap really broke any suspension of disbelief I had about this game on day 1. It was very disappointing.

There are tonics that turn you into a tree, I don’t see how a baseball cap breaks your immersion.

Seriously, people really do get arbitrary about what upsets their “immersion,” while simultaneously taking for granted all kinds of equally silly nonsense. Other players are going to do silly things with their characters, put them in funny clothes, give them humorous names, etc. It happens in every MMO.

If a main NPC character wore the ball cap in a story scene, that would be one thing. But as an optional gem store piece for players to wear for fun? Not worth getting in a twist about.