I don't know about you guys, but I can never get enough of some of the social animations in MMORPGs.<br><br>There are few things I like better in the Lineage 2 Open Beta than to run up to random players and perform the "Advance" gesture with my Orc.<br><br>It's basically a call to arms. The character thrusts his weapon arm forward, body taut, and shouts a battle cry.<br><br>The orc battle cry (male) sounds like <b>"EEEYOOOOOOOAAAAARRR!!!!"</b><br><br> -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif --<br><br><br>The payoff is when people reciprocate with their own battle cry. Sometimes a passer by will join in. One time me and about 5 other players just stood there in a circle shouting and gesticulating...it's equal parts hilarious, cute, and intriguing.<br><br>To me of course. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif --<br><br><br>I did the same thing often in A Tale in the Desert. The character could perform a flip...that was fun.<br><br><br>I just think it's fascinating to see different people...strangers from all over the world...react to such a simple thing.<br><br><br><br>What are some of your favorite social animations?
Social Animations/Gestures in MMORPGs...what are your favorites?
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See, this is what I don't get. Nearly all 3D ORPGs borrow the concept of social actions from text-based ORPGs, but so many of them manage to totally fuck up PK. Not saying that Lineage 2 does, but my point stands in general. Oh well.
Cue 1000 screaming FFXI fans talking about the Taru /panic emote in:<BR><BR>5...<BR><BR>4...<BR><BR>3..<BR><BR>2..<BR><BR>1.<BR><BR>.
I always liked the Quake2 hipthrust, myself -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --
bowing in 2d UO. Nothing was as cool as that. You can even end the thread now because everything else will be wrong.
/rude in EQ<BR>/dance in EQ is pretty funny, although in with the post Luclin graphics, it's now some stupid dance. It's still kinda cute, but the dance is just as good as it used to be.
FFXI's taru /panic and /cheer, hume female /joy (sarcastic uses only).<BR><BR>DAOC's old /taunt.
++ on UO bow... it was simple.. no thrills but you sure could have fun with it. I would walk up to total strangers, stand DIRECTLY in front of them. then just start slamming the control-b. It was rather unerving <G><BR><BR>I tend to use social animations as a joke. The more stupid looking the better. Nothings as horrible as the ogre dance in EQ... So that gets used often.<BR><BR>Ofcourse ... /rude, /gesture or /bird
Shadowbane had really good socials. "/soc dance" had your guy do a little river-dance style thing. "/soc laugh" was your standard laugh, complete with sound (which FFXI lacks -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif --), while "/soc rofl" had your guy actually roll around on the ground laughing his ass off. There was also a "/soc strut" that was always fun to do, and i wish they had some thing like it in FFXI.
The UO animations for riding a horse, but when you're not on a horse is quite comical, especially when standing on another players
I always found it funny how in EQ, a lot of 2 handed blunt weapons somehow have the 2 hand pierce animation. So you end up with a guy "poking" the monster with a giant hammer or club. Has to be seen to be funny though.<BR><BR>Waving at a guy in MAX armor in Planetside is kinda funny -- but only when the guy is shooting you with ineffective weaponry and you are about to kill him.<BR><BR>*tink* *tink* GREETINGS! *BOOM* *aaaiiiieeeee*
I like the "aircraft summoning dance" in the Battlefield games myself. It involves running around in circles and jumping, usually you get a group of people doing it too -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif --<br><br> <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote">
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In There, there's an animation where you can actually kiss another player. In effect you have people making out, as long as they don't slap one another.
In Anarchy Online, the Atrox race has a great middle-finger animation.<BR><BR>This huge dude with meat-paw hands giving an 80's crossed-arm middle-finger, followed by a double highway-salute. Hilarious!<BR><BR>The Atroxes also have a fantastic /disco emote, where the dude goes <I>nuts</I> doing a john travolta Saturday Night Fever number. I get no end of laughs out of those two.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>"/soc strut" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Probably THE finest emote ever. Nothing was funnier than kicking someones ass in a duel, then doing this little pimp walk in a circle around his corpse.
ROFL is a great social gesture (as in the character actually rolls on the floor laughing!) especially when text floats above your head! I have fond memories of bugging people in safe areas and then performing ROFL!
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