So yeah, there’s a couple of hilarious NPC names that slipped through the net during development.
Bolok in the Citadel of Flame.
This one had us howling with laughter when we first came across him. We just wondered why he didn’t have a twin.
Ancient Shark Pistrix in Sparkfly Fen.
I mean, come on, really? You didn’t see it when you named the ancient shark?
I’m sure there’s a hilarious joke here to do with the wind or something.
Has anyone else spotted any other inadvertent slips of the pen on ArenaNet’s behalf?
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Well jungle stalkers were originally called stalkers. They changed it, when they realized the tameable version was called “juvenile stalker”…
You don’t win friends with salad! Sorry I just got caught up in the rhythm.
Bollocks.
That’s what I’m talking about.
Never mind them though, that shark’s doing something weird with wee-wee!
With that flight of fancy out of the way, here’s a less obscure explanation:
Bollocks is a typically British slang and swear term for male genitalia.
And Pistrix, while it’s juvenile, I thought would have been obvious. It’s toilet humour, and alluding to rather fetishistic behaviour.
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Yeah, I didn’t get Bollocks from Bolok either. :/
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And let’s have a big round of applause for confirmation bias, ladies and gentlemen.
“A man who trusts everyone is a fool.
And a man who trusts no one is a fool.
We are all fools, if we live long enough.”
I can think of anything in game but once, when I used to do paper and pen RP I ran a campaign book where the villian was called Salhad’bal. It wasnt till the first time I introduced him to my players that I realised how his name sounded when pronounced.
I had to scrap him pretty quickly. I just couldnt get my players to fear the dreaded ‘salad bowl’.
Fun fact: I pronounced that name as ball not bowl.
And now, ladies and gentlement, you got yourself a perverted sylvari name! RELEASE THE KITTENS!
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
“Never leave a wrong to ripen into evil”.
There is an asura named Meme somewhere in Kessex Hills
Sorry for the typos….
I’m usually typing on my phone
Sylvari. She’s a sylvari. And she’s forgetful and bubbly personality. She doesn’t remember what she dreamed about in the Dream of Dreams – she wasn’t paying much attention.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
“A man who trusts everyone is a fool.
And a man who trusts no one is a fool.
We are all fools, if we live long enough.”
