User:Andrew Patrick

• Me: Hey, I am Andrew Patrick, and I am a Community Coordinator at ArenaNet. I enjoy long walks on the beach...wait...isn't this the site where they match you based on 29 dimensions of compatibility? o.O
• About My Job I recently accepted a position on the QA team to pursue my desire to work more directly with the development side of the gaming industry. You can read about the specifics here.
• Chatting in game: When I am in game, I am usually in PvP or AFK, so I can't really chat. If you message me, and I don't reply, please don't take it personally. I try to scroll back through my chat and respond, but leaving me a message on my talk page, or a PM on one of our forums is the best way to contact me.
• How I play I have been playing Guild Wars since the early alpha in 2003. I enjoy PvE, but mainly play the PvP portions of the game such as HA, GvG, RA, and AB. My "main" profession is Monk, primarily the healing line rather than prot. I also play Warrior a lot, and can manage in any role other than Mesmer and Rit (since I have no experience with them.)
• About My Guild

	This user is the guildleader of the Zealots Of Shiverpeak.

Quaken -- My main character. I generally play WoH/Infuse, HB, RC, ZB or HH monks, depending on what I am doing.

Kaylee -- This is my second favorite, and my "coolest looking" character. Right now she is a W/A with a Primeval/15K Sunspear Armor mix, a "Mallyx's Edge", and the coolest offhand ever: The Chimeric Prism. Though I have switched to my Tormented Shield now.

Kyra -- If I didn't have at least one Ranger, Gaile would sick her evil hamster on me.

Arch Duke -- This is my 1337 level 13 Mesmer. I tried...its just not my thing.

Malcolm -- This is my Motiv P/W. He has really expensive Vabbian Armor. Expensive Manskirt ftw!

Kaos -- This is my Minionmancer that I am going to start playing more again.

Shadow -- Yet another character I need to finish...

Lord -- This was actually the first character I made after the release of Prophecies. Oh memories... I finally got him some 15K armor.

Gaming History (Just the Highlights):

• Quest for Glory
  
• Wolfenstein 3D
  
• X-com: UFO Defense
  
• All the DooMs
  
• Master of Orion (1-3)
  
• Civ (2-4)
  
• Dark Forces - Jedi Academy (PvP for Outcast)
  
• Warcraft 1-3 (PvP for 3)
  
• Star Craft (PvP)
  
• Diablo 1 and 2
  
• Half-Life
  
• Call of Duty (PvP)
  
• Team Fortress (PvP)
  
• Counter-Strike (PvP)
  
• FEAR (PvP)
  
• Battlefield 2 (PvP)
  
• Guild Wars (woot!)
  
• Team Fortress 2 (PvP)
• Call of Duty 4 (PvP)

If you have any concerns about PvP related issues, or if you have suggestions on how to improve the competitive aspects of Guild Wars (or suggestions for Guild Wars 2 for that matter)please feel free to post on my talk page.
PvP works in progress:

• GW:EN stuff as Tournament Rewards - I am told this is being tested on Dev right now, and should be added soon.
• VoD Changes - Victory is Ours is currently being tried out. More changes are likely to show up over the next few weeks.

Hot Topics/suggestions I'm taking to the design team:

• Should Heroes be allowed in HA and GvG? Forum Discussion/poll
  - heroes do not seem to be much of an issue in the current state of HA and GvG.
• Automated Tournament System - Turnout, forfeits, etc.
  
• Events/tournaments/championships - Check out the rawr cup!
• Improved Statistics
• HoH Map Rotation
• Ladder resets? - Ladder Hibernation has been added.
• Hero Battles - AI issues and gimmick build woes.

Note: These hot topics are suggestions players have shared with me. These are things that I have or will be passing on to the designers but that does NOT guarantee they will happen. Things that are currently being worked on are in the "works in progress" section, while the things in "Hot Topics" are still in the "proposal" stage with no formal plans to do them. Also please be aware that just because an item does not appear on this list does not mean it has not been passed on.