Community News
Thursday 20 December, 2007 Community News
Wintersday cheer abounds at Guild Wars Holland. They’re hosting a wallpaper contest, so get artistic! Prizes include gold, mini-pets, and other holiday treats. Read here for the rules in English, or here for the rules in Dutch. Good luck!
We just can’t give enough love to the Guild WarsWintersday Calendar. Each day between December 1 and Wintersday features a new piece of original Guild Wars fan art.
It’s snowing at Guild Wars Brazil! Visit this Portuguese-language site to enjoy their seasonal decorations. You can even contribute to the holiday cheer in the chat box on the main page.
Guild Wars Realm has two new builds submitted by Sabrewolf. First, there’s the Way of the Sword/Axe build, which combines Warrior and Assassin skills to create a high-damage, melee machine that dishes out critical hits. Second, there’s the Diseased Blood build for Necromancers, bringing a mix of high degeneration and Energy gain.
Guild Wars Vault is always a great place for community content, and their gallery of player screenshots is no exception. Browse the selections and then submit your own. But, don’t forget Wintersday! The Vault has wintery wallpaper up for grabs as well.
Happy Wintersday!
Community News will be on hiatus over the next two weeks. However, please continue to email your updates, news sections, staff news, and other items of interest to us at . The next Community News will be posted on Thursday, January 10. This means we will need to receive any news from your site by Sunday, January 6. For the coming months, submit news by Sunday for that week’s Thursday CN publication.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a very merry New Year from the Guild Wars Community Team!
Tuesday 18 December, 2007 Fansite Webmasters – Please Note!
We would love to send a greeting card to the fansite webmasters and workers who support Guild Wars so well during the year. If you are a webmaster for a fansite that is a member of the Guild Wars Community Fansite Program, please send an email to community@arena.net with the names and mailing addresses of yourself and any staff members to whom you’d like us to send a card. Thanks!
Thursday 13 December, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars Vault brings us more fan fiction this week. Read suner45’s Diseased Blades: Chapter 1 for the start of an epic tale. The site also has a brand new Skill Spotlight—Crossfire. Want to make the skill even stronger? Declanlangfaeder suggests trying it with Beast Mastery to increase your chances of an unblockable hit.
Another week gone by, another seven days added to the Guild Wars Wintersday Calendar. Check out some fan-tastic Wintersday themed art while counting down the days to the big day itself.
Did your guild miss the first GuildCafe? RAWR Cup Weep not, for it’s not too late to register for the next tournament. Register before January 1, 2008 for your chance to win big in the next round of competition.
TC fish’s Aquarium, one of our Specialty Fansites, still seeks to complete its collection of high quality shots of Guild Wars armor sets. Perhaps during the holidays, you can add to the shots! Head over to the site to view what they have and find out what you can contribute to this fine community project.
The Journal of a Cartographer has brought an end to the year-long fictional adventure of Guild Wars character Hezekiah, who documented his journey across the continent of Elona. Start with his first entry to catch up on what you’ve missed.
Thursday 06 December, 2007 Community News
This week, we’re giving a big shout out to the folks at Guild Wars Vault who bring us a regular Skill Spotlight feature. Agonderae, SasukeDarkfire, Alphagold3, Falcon176, Bubbinska, and declanangfaeder, we salute your effort and love of the game. The latest featured skill isBurning Arrow, and it offers the typical excellent insight into this particular skill. Keep ‘em coming, team!
It’s Wintersday time again! The Guild Wars Wintersday Calendar has a piece of fantastic fan art for every day from December 1 till December 24th. This is one to bookmark.
Guild Wars Realm has a new Ranger/Paragon build. Conditional Spear uses a combination of spear attacks, Conditions, and a pet.
Guild Cast is back with Episode #87, which features an interview with Jackie of Rebel Rising [rawr]. They chat about the 2008 RAWR Cup. For more information on the event, you can check out the Rawr Cup site.
The first Rawr Cup Tournament, coordinated by von Rebel Rising and sponsored by Guild Café, featured some very exciting matches. Hope you caught them on Observer Mode! Congratulations to the following teams:
Dragon Division
- 1st: Esoteric Warriors [ EW ]
- 2nd: Whats Going On [sup]
- 3rd: Revive Teammates [rezz]
Phoenix Division
- 1st: Die Keller Kinder [KK]
- 2nd: Xxx Final Thrust Xxx [RIP]
- 3rd: I Disposable Heroes I [DirT]
Titan Division
- 1st: Mundane Fabulous Guards [MfG]
- 2nd: Charr In My [Car]
- 3rd: The Euphoria Of Gold [gold]
Also, congratulations to the winners of the miniature contest giveaway, who over the course of three weeks won a Water Djinn, Mallyx, or Naga Raincaller.
Rawr reports there will definitely be more competitions and tournaments to come for those of you who missed out. The tentative date for the next Rawr Cup is March 2008! Guild Cafe is currently accepting early bird sign ups for anyone who wants to get a jump start. Hope to see you in the next tournament!
Thursday 29 November, 2007 Community News
Don’t forget to catch the action—or take part in it—in this weekend’s Rawr Cup Tournament, organized by the Rebel Rising and sponsored by Guild Café. The December 1st tourney offers three levels of competition and fabulous prizes. Head here to learn more! Registration ends tonight (29 November) at 3:59 PM Pacific time, (11:59 PM/23:59 GMT. And hey, they’ve increased the number of prizes per winning guild to nine, so your guild can line up an alternate and that player can get in on the goodies, too. Very cool!
Guild Wars Vault is ready for December. They’ve got two brand new Guild Wars December Calendars to ensure you never lose track of the day and forget something important—like a guild event. Continuing in the artistic line of thought, they’ve also got a “Nika at Night” wallpaper, submitted by Sara Schirman.
Necromancers rejoice! Guild Wars Realm member SabreWolf has a Life Stealer build for you to try. With the elite skill Reaper’s Mark, you combine damage with Energy regeneration.
Lord of Mythos invites you to check out their new features. They’ve got a section for Elite Maps that will point you toward all the tasty elite skills in the area. They also have a Build Database and would love to see your contributions.
Fansites—Holiday Plans?
Fansite operators, if you have special plans for the holidays, drop us a line. Whether it’s a new website skin, a special holiday feature, or a seasonal wallpaper, we’d like to hear about it. Well, actually, we’d love to hear from you about any of your news! Send your community news by Monday Noon Pacific for that week’s Community News column to: fansites@arena.net
Wednesday 21 November, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars Vault had a busy week! They’ve got some spiffy Monk wallpaper for your desktop and a new Skill Spotlight on Hunter’s Shot. As always, their forums are a good place to go for news, advice, and the topic of the week discussions.
Guild Wars Realm has a new Assassin build. Check out the Critical Interrupter for a PvP build that can switch to PvE use with the quick exchange of a couple skills. If direct damage is more your style, give the Warrior/Paragon Spear Chucker build a try.
Caught up on the Journal of a Cartographer recently? Follow the adventures of Paragon and cartographer, Hezekiah Kidron, in this epic, ongoing, fan fiction.
Congratulations to the winner of the Presearing Community Next Top Model Round 2 contest, I Snack Dead People.
The first week of the Rawr miniature giveaway has come and gone! Congratulations to Deelundra Edge for winning a mini water djinn! If you missed signing up, don’t worry! You still have two more weeks left for your chance at a mini Mallyx and Naga Raincaller! All you have to do is make one post with your IGN and you are entered for the other two drawings. Go here to check it out.
The Rawr Cup tournament is still open for any competitors who want to take a chance at cool prizes. There are a lot of top level guilds already signed up, but there are also separate divisions for guilds with little or no GvG experience. Be sure to get your guild signed up for your chance at fat loot before it’s too late!
Thursday 15 November, 2007 Community News
Guild Café and Rebel Rising [rawr] announce the 2008 Guild Wars RAWR Cup. The December 1st tournament will offer three levels of competition, and a great set of prizes! Vie for 22” widescreen LCD monitors, computer hardware, gaming merchandise, and more. And if that’s not enough, to kick off the build-up to the December 1st event, Rebel Rising [rawr] will be holding weekly mini-pet giveaways. Find out more here.
Guild Wars Vault wants to know about your gaming history in the Topic of the Week. The latest Skill Spotlight is the classic, well-loved Distracting Shot Ranger interrupt. But that’s not all—Chronicles of the Eremite: Chapter 4 is available for your reading enjoyment.
Guild Wars Online invites all Mesmers to participate in the second annual Weekly Mesmer Meets. Compare skill bars, discuss the latest Mesmer-fashion, and see what an all-Mesmer team can do in some of the game’s most challenging areas.
Guild Wars Realm is collecting information and screenshots of all the Eye of the North dungeons. If you’re interested in contributing, visiting their forums and see what needs to be done!
Thursday 08 November, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars Vault does some decorating this week. They’ve got two calendars for November and a new wall paper to make your desktop spooky.
Ataneruo from Guild Wars Realm has posted a Paragon/Necromancer build called Burning Toucher. Try it for countering teams who bring a lot of Conditions to the fray.
And a warm welcome to Kanna, who has taken over site management at Guild Wars @ GameAmp. We hope to see even more great content and news from the Guild Wars GameAmp team.
Thursday 01 November, 2007 Community News
Last week’s Community News may have been a bit confusing, as we sent you to the 2006 Halloween comic from Healbot Blues! Oops! However, fear not, for our Monk friend was in action for Halloween 2007, as well, in a strip with a decidedly GW:EN-ish theme. Find the new holiday comic here.
Episode #84 of Guild Cast focuses on Eye of the North and more. In particular, the show takes a look at new dungeons, skill balance, and Hard Mode.
Guild Wars Vault has a new Skill Spotlight: Disrupting Accuracy. It may be a Ranger skill, but this guide informs you about why your Assassin might want to carrying it.
We have a double dose of Lost in Ascalon goodness for you over at Photics. Get caught up with Episode 45 now, and then check out Episode 46 to continue the saga of Tank’s search for Gwen.
Did you miss the in-game Halloween event? Guild Wars Guru sure didn’t. Check out their comprehensive event guide for a list of activities, and be sure to mark the date on your calendar for next year!
Thursday 25 October, 2007 Community News
It’s the season for crazy Halloween parties! The Legendary Titans of Ascalon are hosting a Pre-Searing Halloween Bash and you’re invited to attend. Visit the Guild Wars Online forums for more information.
Healbot Blues celebrates the spooky season with a Halloween Mini-Strip. The site also has a lot going on in their blog.
Guild Wars Vault has always been a great source of community talent, so why not submit your own work? They’re frequently updating the list of the latest community submissions, and they would welcome you join the fun with a work or two of your own.
We’d like to give a shout out to HadokenX and Melphis, two new staff members over at Tyria.net. The site has a pretty nifty blogging area, so register an account and start a journal of your adventures!
