gww>Wynthyst at 19:50, 1 September 2009

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I was a little shocked when I saw there was no France section on this page...although I'm not French myself, there certainly are some French culture references that could be implemented somehow in Guild Wars 2, or perhaps Guild Wars in a later update.

Here's what I've got so far:
*Tintin and Asterix - Two very well-known and loved French comics; I could see some sort of reference being slipped into a quest.
*Paris landmarks - Eiffel Tower, Louvre, etc; a small structure in an outpost would be a nice little easter egg.
*French history - Napoleon, Voltaire, Robespierre, etc; perhaps an NPC named after one of them?

Got any more? Please add to this section! Thanks! -[[User:AyaStowar|AyaStowar]]

:Tintin is Belgian by creation, and his ethnicity is never stated in the comics themselfs.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_and_Snowy]
--[[User:SirFranz|SirFranz]] 05:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
:: My bad on the nationality of the comics; and I wasn't talking about the ethnicity of Tintin or Asterisk, but rather the comics themselves. - [[User:AyaStowar|AyaStowar]]
:::Its a common mistake most people make about Tintin, so no proplem.''edit'' By most I mean in Canada and the USA. The misconception that Tintin is French is because the french translation is used in French language classes to help students learn the language(Didn't help me much though >< ).--[[User:SirFranz|SirFranz]] 17:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
::::A player once asked me if we would ever have such things as pubs, chocolate shops, and bakeries in Guild Wars. I don't know the answer to that yet, but surely if we have a bakery, we must consider having a least one French ''boulanger'' as a member of the staff! I know it's a small cultural reference, but it's one of those that comes to my mind with great fondness. -- [[User:Gaile Gray|Gaile]] [[Image:User gaile_2.png| ]] 03:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:::::Tu l'as dit la gueuse, t'es pas gironde mais t'es bien bonne, allez en route simone ! More seriously I was thinking about Pascal Sevran ( if there is any french reading this name, please pardon me I couldn't resist ), or Patrick Poivre d'Arvor as a news reporter from whom you can get the latest game update notes in an outpost: "Here are the 20 'o clock news - soul reaping have been adjusted, millions of necromancers have started a hunger strike in front of Gaile's garden in pre-searing". Yseron
::::::I just realized that by "international cultural reference" we mean "internationaly known" and not just "references from around the world" so ignore my preceding post, my lack of skills at english and my small brain are to blame. Yseron
:::::::Actually, I don't think it's a requirement they be "internationally known" references, as long as they're recognisable to members of the country/culture they refer to. :) --[[User:Mme. Donelle|Mme. Donelle]] 22:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
::::::::[[w:Kaamelott|Kaamelott]] maybe? It's a "''French comedy television series which parodies the Arthurian legend''" (quoting Wikipedia). It is broadcasted in Canada on [[w:Historia|Historia]]. All the actors in this series are now very popular, the ones playing the incredibly silly Perceval and Caradoc are especially famous.--[[User:Moriturus|Moriturus]] 21:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
::::::::Oh, and what about [[w:List of French cheeses|cheeses]]? The French really love cheese, and they produce so many different varieties of them. There could be mobs with cheesy names, like ''''[[w:Cancoillotte|Cancoillotte the foul]]'''' or ''''[[w:Chabichou|Chabichou the mouldy'''']]. Ok, maybe not. Or the Dwarves could make cheese from the milk of their Yaks? After eating it you'd get +9 HP regeneration during half an hour! yum!--[[User:Moriturus|Moriturus]] 17:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::or get sick.. Personaly i can't stand french cheese... [[Image:User_Teo_Sig_Icon.JPG|PLZ CLICK HERE]] '''[[User:Teo|^Teo^]]''' 20:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
::::::::::My! You tasted them all? You're courageous then. Anyway here it's DWARVEN YAK MILK cheese, so nothing to fear! But that's an idea maybe : on some occasions (a player not allied with the dwarves?) the cheese could cause a -9 health degeneration?--[[User:Moriturus|Moriturus]] 21:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
:Some famous French (and Franco-Belgian) comics : [[w:Dungeon (comics)|Dungeon]] (by [[w:Joann Sfar|Joann Sfar]] and [[w:Lewis Trondheim|Lewis Trondheim]]), [[w:Wake (comics)|Wake]], [[w:Philémon (comics)|Philémon]], [[w:Iznogoud|Iznogoud]], [[w:Le Petit Nicolas|Le Petit Nicolas]], [[w:Lucky Luke|Lucky Luke]] and also [[w:Jean Giraud|Moebius's]] works : [[w:Blueberry (comics)|Blueberry]], [[w:The Incal|The Incal]], [[w:Arzach|Arzach]]. (<STRIKE>Can't mention [[w:Titeuf|Titeuf]] as [[w:Zep|Zep]], the author, is Swiss. Same thing for the [[w:Smurfs|Smurfs]] (Belgian).</STRIKE>)--[[User:Moriturus|Moriturus]] 12:50, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::::::::Kaamelott is a good idea. I named my main character after it. --[[User:King Of Kamelott|King Of Kamelott]] 18:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
My two cents:
*Standing right next to cheese, [http://www.wines-france.com/ French wine] is a must. Champagne, Bordeaux, Côtes-du-Rhône, you name it.
*Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince Le Petit Prince]. This ''huge'' best-seller would be a fine basis for an epic 7-step quest with a flying mount/pet as a reward.
Come on, add more! [[User:Azath|Azath]] 20:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:A much awarded french pornographic cartoon : [[w:Kirikou and the Sorceress|''Kirikou and the Sorceress'']].--[[User:Moriturus|MORTUI]]Я[[User talk:Moriturus|US]] 20:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

A lot of French are fond of self-mockery. I think some NPCs that are on strike in a town with obvious french references (in the dialogs, names, etc.) would totally make me crack up. Then again, some might be offended by that, so I guess it should be made in a really humorous way... I don't know, I guess it depends on your politics, hehe. 
More culturally speaking, you also have the famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bohème Bohème] and also the "poètes maudits" such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimbaud Rimbaud], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verlaine Verlaine], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudelaire Baudelaire], who have a strong myth and aura in France and I guess in other countries too. There are also great writers such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Vian Boris Vian], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo Victor Hugo], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prévert Jacques Prévert].

About sports, we have the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France Tour de France], a cyclism competition that happens every year (and people seem to be either fond of it or utterly bored by it because when it's taking place you can't spend half an hour without hearing about it). Football is probably the "national sport"; but we also have a phenomenon going on with the rugby player [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabal Chabal], especially since the last World Cup. For the record, I followed some of the matches on a giant screen in the city center, and each time he was doing an action you had all the people screaming "Aouh!" (y'know, like in the 300 movie). A reference to that would be funny, I think. [[User:Daeril|Daeril]] 00:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't know if there will be dances in GW2 but I always dream about seeing one of my char dancing like that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaYOeRARwfU. This comes from a movie with Louis de Funes, a very well known french actor (at least if you're older than 20^^).[[User:Cornflakeboy|Cornflakeboy]] 08:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I've read all of your comment so far and lot of them made me laugh (my preference for Cancoillotte the fool) There is a french movie with lot of mythic quote: [[w:Les_Tontons_flingueurs|Les Tontons flingueurs]]. The movie itself is in black and white from 1963 but the quotes stayed over ages. [http://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Les_Tontons_flingueurs Les Tontons Flingueurs on Wikiquote] --[[Image:User_RAd1cAl_EdwArd_Guildwiki-icon-small.png|20px|]][[User:RAd1cAl_EdwArd|RAd1cAl_EdwArd]] 14:31, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Also, some region-specific cultural references can be good (like provence or celtic). I cannot really help for celtic but i live in provence so if you need help or quotes, just go ahead and ask me... --[[Image:User_RAd1cAl_EdwArd_Guildwiki-icon-small.png|20px|]][[User:RAd1cAl_EdwArd|RAd1cAl_EdwArd]] 14:36, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
:Hey, talking of Provence, there could be more cicada songs. I really like the bug sounds in Elona (and elsewhere) and all the wildlife sounds in general. In France Cicadas are common only in the South (particularly in the Mediterranean region) and they are very popular as they remind of the summer vacations, the [[w:Stone pine|stone pine]]s (another provençal/mediterranean cliché), the deep blue sea, the <STRIKE>crowded beaches</STRIKE> pristine [[w:Calanque|calanque]]s, <STRIKE>the wildfires, the jellyfish invasions</STRIKE>, etc. The songs of [http://www2.arnes.si/~ljprirodm3/orni.au ''Cicada orni''] and [http://www2.arnes.si/~ljprirodm3/plebejsh.au ''Lyristes plebejus''] are very evocative and part of the local (tourist ?) folklore and often used in advertisements, etc. They are sometimes deafening/overwhelming too if you're too close or they are too numerous, but that's what is funny, in other regions cicadas are much less noisy and obvious) - [[User:Moriturus|MORTUI]]Я[[User talk:Moriturus|US]] 23:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::Provençal cuisine? : [[w:Pastis|Pastis]]? [[w:Aioli|Aioli]]? [[w:Ratatouille|Ratatouille]]? [[w:Bouillabaisse|Bouillabaisse]]? [[User:Moriturus|MORTUI]]Я[[User talk:Moriturus|US]] 23:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::OMG! I realize I forgot [[w:Pétanque|pétanque]]!! THE minigame for GW2! [[User:Moriturus|MORTUI]]Я[[User talk:Moriturus|US]] 23:31, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Pure [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFWLniWk28&feature=related french culture] at 2:24 "I want to know...." ( since Napoleon and before ). Yseron - [[Special:Contributions/90.15.191.9|90.15.191.9]] 20:46, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
:::::[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piR_fHf8nS4 We][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAONkS06LFU&feature=channel also] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIrvpn3k9A4&feature=channel got Remi][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdAOZg12tOE&feature=channel Gaillard]. Yseron - [[Special:Contributions/90.9.127.56|90.9.127.56]] 00:41, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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gww>Wynthyst at 19:50, 1 September 2009