Thread: 3 things a champion would like you to know... cause I hate you and want you to cry..

OP is full of win! =D *has the sudden urge to go play his neglected champion*

AWESOME! Spoken like a true Champion. That's why my motto is "C'mon...let's kill somethin' "

Can't believe I haven't seen this post before. Glad it got bumped up.

Originally Posted by Harumph

Minstrel carry around lutes and wear fancy hats. We need to keep them on their toes, or they will drift off and start daydreaming about butterflies, fancy hats, and butterflies in fancy hats.

Best. Forum. Quote. Ever.

As a full-time mini, I'm seriously considering putting this in my sig, 2 years old or not

just thought i would bump this awesome thread to keep it alive

Originally Posted by Pitcher0041

just thought i would bump this awesome thread to keep it alive

His Highness Harumph, King and Ruler of all Champions, will reward you for your devotion

lol, never seen this thread before but SHING SHING, awesome.

Too bad, its DPS TIME, your mez 120 second is over baby, too bad ITS DPS TIME!

I laughed when this got posted originally, and I still laugh.

HaHa

I'd never seen this, despite its age.

So, thanks for the thread revive.

:-)

Originally Posted by Harumph

...not hitting things is counterproductive.

The champion class, distilled down into five words.

I feel highly offended! I am a Minstrels and I am never ... ... ohh butterfly!

This game needs more Champions around. Might just be the servers I've used, but I tend to find them only in the level 60-65 range, or a few in intros that I never meet again.

Then again, Burglars, Guardians and Wardens are even less common, and the only class I really see too much of are those kill-hogging Hunters, so yeah.

Originally Posted by Barren

This game needs more Champions around. Might just be the servers I've used, but I tend to find them only in the level 60-65 range, or a few in intros that I never meet again.

Then again, Burglars, Guardians and Wardens are even less common, and the only class I really see too much of are those kill-hogging Hunters, so yeah.

Watch what you say about hunters, chap. (see sig)

Why are there no hobbit champs?? Theres hobbit guards and hobbit wardens but no hobbit champs!!
Oh i wish to shing shing at knee level *sighs dreamilly*

Originally Posted by hex2323

Watch what you say about hunters, chap. (see sig)

Saw it. You guys need to learn manners, listen to the military chaps once in a while.

Then again, I'm a TP grinder, I manage to get in everyone's way. "You've done this how many times and still feel the need to steal a few of my kills?" "Yes Mr. Hunter, feel free to take your pick, I'll collect the bear droppings."

*shrug*

Lmao! I always wondered where the term SHING SHING came from. Awesome post and another bump to clear all the whiny "I want what they got" threads going on right now.

Originally Posted by Lialix

I feel highly offended! I am a Minstrels and I am never ... ... ohh butterfly!

I read this shortly after it was posted when i spent the first few months reading the forums more than playing the game and it still makes me laugh!
To this day, i still occasionally say 'Sorry, I was chasing butterflies' when i miss a heal etc. Now more people may 'get' the reference.
This thread also inspired my unhealthy obsession with hats: Oh, how i wish i hadn't accidentally trashed my floppy minstrel hat that you get early on. (Lonelands perhaps?)

Originally Posted by Calta

I read this shortly after it was posted when i spent the first few months reading the forums more than playing the game and it still makes me laugh!
To this day, i still occasionally say 'Sorry, I was chasing butterflies' when i miss a heal etc. Now more people may 'get' the reference.
This thread also inspired my unhealthy obsession with hats: Oh, how i wish i hadn't accidentally trashed my floppy minstrel hat that you get early on. (Lonelands perhaps?)

The big one with the big feather in it like a 3 musketeers hat? That one you get in archet(for hobbits and men anyway). If that's the one you mean there are other hats with the same look, even one in the store I think. Now this champ thread has been hijacked by 2 minis talking about fancy hats. HA

i am a champ and i often wear said fancy hat while i do my SHING-SHING

This may be a bit off topic but will there ever be female dwarves??

Originally Posted by Ejenae

This may be a bit off topic but will there ever be female dwarves??

There are already female dwarves. If you've not spotted them yet, they're the ones with ribbons tied to their axes.

Originally Posted by Atheling

There are already female dwarves. If you've not spotted them yet, they're the ones with ribbons tied to their axes.

hahahaha now thats funny!!!

The big one with the big feather in it like a 3 musketeers hat? That one you get in archet(for hobbits and men anyway). If that's the one you mean there are other hats with the same look, even one in the store I think. Now this champ thread has been hijacked by 2 minis talking about fancy hats. HA

that's the one!

Originally Posted by Reianna

i am a champ and i often wear said fancy hat while i do my SHING-SHING

Now i don't feel so guilty about this minstrel hat obsession derailing thread-cause you are a champ and you are allowed to do what you want

Since it seems this is all a big joke, arrogant statements and annoyed reactions, I suppose I'll have to pick up my own gauntlet.
Happy, Vandervhan?

@ThePortalOpener
I´m not entirely sure you´re serious:
If you are, I can only recommend that you delete this post right now. Because it appears that you have entirely misunderstood the intentions of one of the most famous single posts on this Forum

Originally Posted by Vandervahn

@ThePortalOpener
I´m not entirely sure you´re serious:
If you are, I can only recommend that you delete this post right now. Because it appears that you have entirely misunderstood the intentions of one of the most famous single posts on this Forum

An excellent trolling post from ThePortalOpener or one for the epic fail thread that's on the go just now? *grin*

Hihi this post is just awesome... and still alive... how cool is that :d

i am suprised how ever, no mentioning of Hunters in there ... .hmm :P

Originally Posted by Vandervahn

@ThePortalOpener
I´m not entirely sure you´re serious:
If you are, I can only recommend that you delete this post right now. Because it appears that you have entirely misunderstood the intentions of one of the most famous single posts on this Forum

I don't want to be causing any trouble and if I have misinterpreted, I will gladly admit it and delete the post. But I would like to know what the writer himself means everything literally or all in good fun. That is a problem with written articles; you can never tell how the other person is intending it to be received.

Originally Posted by ThePortalOpener

I don't want to be causing any trouble and if I have misinterpreted, I will gladly admit it and delete the post. But I would like to know what the writer himself means everything literally or all in good fun. That is a problem with written articles; you can never tell how the other person is intending it to be received.

I think the OP wrote the post in way that is undeniably obvious that he is joking. But even if you didn't pick that up, did you happen to read any of the posts in this topic? I think they are proof enough that the OP wasn't being entirely serious.

I read the first ten or so. Also, I first read it in the Champion Philosophy section of the 'What we want other classes to know about Champions." Thus, from my perspective, he seemed to be smashing the other classes under foot. I am glad to see that, according to my last three responses, he was joking. All the same, as I said earlier, unless you're face to face, it's really hard to tell sometimes.

Originally Posted by Harumph

Sometimes, a guardian or a warden will say "Don't charge in there and Raging Blades before I get good aggro" but really what they mean is "I'm totally jealous of that skill. Please don't use it and make me look like a wuss. I want to run up to those mobs and like yell at them some, and then pound on my shield menacingly. Ooh I'm so tough." Hahaha. To bad, it's DPS time! SHING-SHING!

low blow...


lol

To all those concerned, no, most of us do not play like this, unless with a kin group in which there really is no point but fun. In a raid or RoF, of course I will play my 'role' as a champion, but when running Stone Height T2 for the 7 millionth time for relics, we tend to have fun and blast our kinmates out of shear humor. Or actually testing (at their request) the abilities of another class (I.E. Throwing Ire onto a minstrel just to see if he can heal himself out of it while I sit back and watch). When things are looking bad, switch to glory, steal aggro then use champion's challenge. We all get a kick out of it and 'rofl' for a bit.


Champions are 1 of the funnest classes to play, and play with. Others are as well. Enjoy the people you group with, not their class!

Originally Posted by ThePortalOpener

I don't want to be causing any trouble and if I have misinterpreted, I will gladly admit it and delete the post. But I would like to know what the writer himself means everything literally or all in good fun. That is a problem with written articles; you can never tell how the other person is intending it to be received.

That's what Smileys were made for.

2 things a Captain would like Champions to know.

1 - You brought us along because you needed a boss. You can't SHING-SHING everything. You need to be told when and where to do it, so if a Captain tells you to, you can, but if not you stop. We are the boss after all since we are Captains.

2 - Always take Cook for a profession, it will give you something to SHING-SHING with when there is no combat. SHING-SHING has a second meaning, "It's Coney Pie time," nobody can slice and dice Rabbits into Coneys with all the trimmings like a Champion Cook besides you know the term Champion Cook has a ring to it. It will also keep you busy instead of constantly trying to spar your friends.

this thread really needs a sticky

Thanks for the moral support! We champions need that sort of thing! Great speach!

Igallion (elf champion).

Originally Posted by Glicyn

2 - Always take Cook for a profession, it will give you something to SHING-SHING with when there is no combat. SHING-SHING has a second meaning, "It's Coney Pie time," nobody can slice and dice Rabbits into Coneys with all the trimmings like a Champion Cook besides you know the term Champion Cook has a ring to it. It will also keep you busy instead of constantly trying to spar your friends.

Fervour, Boiling Rage, Controlled Burn... it all makes sense now! Gordon Ramsey is a Champion!

Can't believe this is the first time I've seen this thread. This is hilarious

Originally Posted by Jadzi

Fervour, Boiling Rage, Controlled Burn... it all makes sense now! Gordon Ramsey is a Champion!

He WAS a Champ in disguise... No more... Now run before he pulls out his raging blades!!!

For starters, the OP was completely serious. As having played multiple champs... I agree wholeheartedly.

Ebbing Ire is for when groups begin to sink into complacency. Steal from the guard, thrust it on a squishy, and suddenly the raid becomes ten times more fun.

Champs do not "need" your heals. We have Bracing Attack, pots, and that other skill... what was it called again?

Champs are filled with useless skills, but we manage to work our way around them. Single-target attacks? Psh. As if. Sudden Defence? I don't need to defend against anything, I have heavy armor.

Champs can use any weapon they want AND use it better than you. They just don't let you train certain ones because the LM's, Captains, Hunters, and Guards were getting jealous.

I have my skills separated into AOE and single-target. This allows me to be super-efficient in group situations.

Oh, and another thing- if the champ runs out of power, you're not letting her kill things fast enough. Shame on you!

This is, by far, one of my favourite threads ever!

As a mini that got thrown into a HoC run with 3 champs when the 30% penalty was still very much around I can only say: THANK YOU! You made me a better healer (because I've learnt that champs are crazy and deserve to die *just kidding*).

And my LM would like you to know that admitting to fear is the first step in the right direction. So leave me and my pets alone with your shing-shing-ness :P

Lastly, my champ didn't feel whole until she got her last page for SHING-SHING! She was a chimp only, but suddenly she was a CHAMP!!!

Yep. Definitely the best OP ever on this forum :-)