Community News
Thursday 20 April, 2006 Community News
Feeling listless? Guild Wars Guru is running a new contest that may pique your interest. Multiple prize packages will be available to the participants that send in the best Guild Wars Factions “Top 10” lists. You can find out more information on the contest here.
Foreshadowing and heavy metal attire abound, as Photics presents the 20th installment in his comic, Lost in Ascalon.
In search of facts about Factions? Then RPGStar’s newly added Factions FAQ may be just the thing you’re looking for. You can find the newly added section here.
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but what are the words to a picture worth? Guild Wars Vault attempts to solve the riddle by presenting a Guild Wars caption contest.
Thursday 13 April, 2006 Fansite Updates
What’s new amongst the fansites this week? Read on!
- Guild Wars Poland had expanded their FAQ with quite a lot of new content.
- RPG Stars has finished up a starter map of Cantha, based on research during the FPE.
- Photics offers installment #18 and installment #19 of his Lost in Ascalon comic series.
- Spotted on Guild Wars Latino is a handy acronym translation list: If you wonder how to say such handy phrases as “FTW” and “ROFL” en Español, click here.
Thursday 06 April, 2006 Community News
Here’s the latest from the Guild Wars Fansites:
- RPGStars has added a new section to their site containing a database of the newly released Factions skills, in addition to original sections detailing the culture and history of the two titular factions, the Luxons and Kurzicks. You can find this fresh content here http://www.rpgstars.com/factions.php.
- Guild Wars Latino informs us that they have developed a ”custom dynamic signatures” service. You’re invited to create a dynamic signature with your name, nickname, handle, or character name in the image, then add your guild name and position (member, officer, etc.). The image then will update dynamically to show the guild rank, rating, win/loss record, and the 24-hour change. You can even choose the signature’s background; at this time, they have 16 different background images. All the signatures are updated automatically every hour. They are available in English, Spanish and Italian. And they can be used everywhere, not only in the Guild Wars Latino forum.
New Site Added
We’re happy to welcome the following new Guild Wars fansite:
- Guild Wars Realm, which offers News and Forums
Fansite Reviews Slated
We will be undertaking a review of all Guild Wars fansites over the next few weeks. Changes in ranking will be reported, and of course it will be our pleasure to add any new sites that are ready for inclusion on the Fansite Listing. If you have a Guild Wars fansite, simply review the Fansite Program Info and the Terms of Use and if you feel your site is ready for a review for consideration as a listed site, feel free to email us.
Thursday 23 March, 2006 Community News
Photics.com is currently running a contest that challenges players to create the best Guild Wars web game. More details about the contest can be found here.
Photics has also released episode #15 of the Lost in Ascalon comic series. You can find the latest entry on this link. Lastly, the site has also upgraded with new forums, so be certain to check them out!
Guild Wars Poland has started featuring Guild Wars related internet radio broadcasts, which air Mondays at 16:00 GMT. You can find the link to the shows here. In addition, there is now a new Guild Wars calculator available which allows users to check stats such as weapon damage vs. armor, regeneration/degeneration values, as well as the effects of Fast Casting and Expertise on skills.
Thursday 09 March, 2006 Latest Community News
Photics.com has released Issue #27 of its monthly webzine, which you can find here. Issue #27 offers seven solid reasons why Guild Wars Factions is going to be cool. So head on over and check it out!
Thursday 16 February, 2006 Newest Community Update
Guild Wars Europe has added a new section for Guild Alliances to their forums. These forums serve as a means for guilds to ally with each other, to make the most of the upcoming alliance features in Guild Wars Factions.
Guild Wars Poland has updated their site to include two new articles. The first focuses on describing the advantages and disadvantages and skills relating to the various “spike” builds that are popular in the metagame. They have also updated with a skill listing showing the actual Area of Effects that each skill uses, which can be found here.
Thursday 02 February, 2006 Weekly Community News
Guild Wars Poland has updated their site with two new articles in the wake of the Guild Wars Factions weekend event. The first article takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the new Assassin class in PvP. The other new article provides an in-depth look at the green items that can be found within Sorrow’s Furnace, with updates coming for the new Hall of Heroes items.
Photics has announced details of a game design competition, complete with several prizes. You can learn about it in Issue 26 of the Photics Monthly Magazine for Guild Wars.
Thursday 26 January, 2006 Fansite Recognised
We are pleased to recognise Guild Wars Hispano, as an Official Guild Wars Fansite. With both excellent design and exceptional content, Guild Wars Hispano is doing an excellent job of supporting Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions and of sharing news about the games with the Spanish-language community.
Thursday 26 January, 2006 Latest News from the Fansites
Several fansites have updated their sites to include sections on Factions, or Skill or Profession pages about the Assassin and Ritualist. Such sites include:
- Guild Wars Guru
- GWOnline, with a new selection for the core game or Factions
- Guild Wars Info,
- Guild Wars Vault, with attribute matrixes for the Assassin and Ritualist
- RPGStars
- Guild Wars OGaming
- Guild Wars France
Guild Wars Latino informs us their new Guild Ladder Section offers information about the Top 1000 Guilds, such as ladder position, two-week history, and much more. Many guilds not in the top 1000 can be researched via this fine tool. Guild Wars Latino also offers a wealth of other new content, in a Tombs section, a GvG section, flash-powered maps, builds system, the Ritualist and Assassin skills and attributes, and they are working on a Cooperative Missions Section, as well.
Guild Wars Poland has made several new additions to their site such as an updated armor compendium, expanded functionality to their ladder, and an in-depth look at the Ritualist’s role in PvP. You can find these and other updates on the Guild Wars Poland site.
Guild Wars Europe sends along word that they are now offering forum hosting for guilds. More information can be found on the application page.
Guild Wars Norge has given their forums a major overhaul, resulting in new features and functionality, and has coupled that with an updated look for Guild Wars: Factions.
Photics, the Guild Wars E-zine, has published their traditional Elite Fansite Interview to kick off the New Year. Find it in Issue No. 25 on this link. Oh, and check out their spiffy new design, a new Conditions List, and the Lost in Ascalon comic as well.
Guild Wars @ Ten Ton Hammer has announced a new network policy: The entire Ten Ton Hammer Network will no longer accept second-party advertisements, that is, ads for the sale of in-game items or gold. You can read about the network decision on this link. We commend Ten Ton Hammer on making this excellent decision; we believe that it will have a positive effect across the Internet gaming community.
