Community News
Thursday 11 October, 2007 Community News
TCfish’s Aquarium is forging ahead with a commendable effort to complete a gallery of every armor in the game. Currently, they’re nearly 87% complete. If you can lend a hand, contact the administrator.
Chapter Seven of the Assassin Chronicles is available at Guild Wars Vault for some fan fiction fun. The site also has some fall themed wallpaper with which to adorn your desktop.
Guild Wars Vault is a great source of builds for all kinds of game play, but they also keep a very handy Green Items Database. Use it to find the ideal accessory for your character, or get involved and contribute statistics and screenshots!
Guild Wars Guru invites you to visit their newly-moved Eye of the North forum for tips, chatter, and advice on the game. Congrats on the new server, guys!
Thursday 04 October, 2007 Community News
Congratulations to both Miss Signoritas and Guild Wars Evolution for being promoted to the Honored status of the Guild Wars Community Fansite Program.
Guild Wars Vault has two new October calendars that double as wallpapers and show off some beautiful Guild Wars scenes. The Vault is also looking for contributors for the Armor Database, so if you’re interested in helping, pay them a visit. But that’s not all. Chronicles of the Eremite: Chapter 3, Part 1 is up, so get your fanfic fix while you’re visiting the site.
Guild Wars Online goes grave digging with two new guides to Necromancers. The Stubborn Spiteful Spirit build is a detailed guide to a powerful strategy. The second article— Post-Masochism Look at MM Self-Heals-- provides insight into the various self-heal options open to a Necromancer.
If Paragons are more your thing, visit Guild Wars Realm to try out the Shiro Stance Killer. The build is specifically aimed at defeating Nightfall’s infamous villain, Shiro.
Guild Cast gets chatty again this week with Episode #82. The topic is Monks, with a particular look at Protection Prayers and farming.
Guild Wars Poland has been very busy! They have provided a translation of the PC Gamer article in their native Polish. They have also provided a translation of the recent PvP Primer and an interview with some of the top players, authored by Bambiko.
Thursday 27 September, 2007 Community News
Congratulations to the winners of the Guild Wars Vault Coloring Contest. The site also has the sixth installment of The Assassin Chronicles and a new Topic of the Week.
Guild Wars Cartographer continues to update the ongoing saga of fan-written Guild Wars fiction. Check out the latest entry
For those of you who put attribute points in German Language, visit Guild Wars Info, which has several recent updates. There’s a Moa Chick Guide, a Walk Through the Underworld and a new version of the map tools.
Thursday 20 September, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars Vault gets whimsical with their Topic of the Week, emotes! Do they annoy you? Should there be more? Join the discussion on the Vault forums. While you’re there, have a look at the Screenshot of the Week and submit your own entry.
Check out Guild Wars Realm for a huge variety of build suggestions. One of the new entries is a Zealous Benediction Bonder geared towards Random Arena play.
Many congratulations to Pedro “Porky,” who won the Guild Wars PT live 1 versus 1 tournament in Lisboa, Portugal.
Eye of the North takes the stage at Healbot Blues. The game’s most comical Monk is excited to bring us a look at the lighter side of the game.
Tyria.net is eager to expand its staff! If you’re interested in contributing your talents and experience to the team, check out the job postings.
Mondes Persistants Named Recommended Site – 20 September 2007
As you may be aware, the Guild Wars Fansite Listing carries a special notation that points out a site that’s working particularly actively on community-building activities as well as expanding and improving the offerings on the site itself. We’re happy to announce that Mondes Persistants is the most recent Guild Wars fansite to be awarded this distinction. Félicitations, MP!
Thursday 13 September, 2007 Community News
Rohar’s Roughneck’s Character Progress Tracker has made some updates and improvements. You can now edit your profile, set preferences, and keep a Friends List to compare progress with your nearest and dearest.. Tracking has also been added for Eye of the North content.
Guild Cast gets chatty about the recent Penny Arcade Expo, as well as Eye of the North and secondary classes. Tune into Episode #81.
Guild Wars Cartographer has been updating regularly. Recently, however, they’ve started including screenshots to document the fictional epic journey, making the experience that much richer.
Game Compendium is working hard on an updated list of skills, that includes new Eye of the North skills.
Fansite Kit Expanded
We’ve expanded the Guild Wars: Eye of the North portion of our Fansite Kit to include all the player character skill icons for GW:EN. We will continue to add other assets to the kit from time to time, so check back in the future to obtain additional materials.
Thursday 06 September, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars Vault invites you to participate in the Topic of the Week. This week’s discussion is about Eye of the North, so share your opinion! They also have a new installment in the Candid Conversations with Torgas Prim series—an interview with Gaile Gray!
With the release of Eye of the North the community is busy solving challenges and sharing tips. Crossing Tyria welcomes newcomers to their Question and Answer forum.
Congratulations to Lanfear, who recently won a contest at Tyria.net. Keep an eye on the site for future contests and opportunities to win! Meanwhile, why not check out their blog library.
As always, a new expansion unlocks a whole world of comic potential. Trust Healbot Blues to be on top of the action with an update, even if the artist doesn’t even have their hands on the game yet!
Have some pity for the folks at TC fish’s Aquarium; they just hit 100% with their gallery of armor from Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall—and then we had to go and ruin that completeness by releasing another chapter. They’re now down to 85.1% completeness! We wish them the best of luck in fleshing out their gallery of Eye of the North armor.
Thursday 30 August, 2007 Community News
The Guild Wars Guru forum community had a busy weekend with the Eye of the North preview. Check out their comprehensive Eye of the North guide .
Guild Cast Episode #80 is up for download. This episode features a special guest interview.
This week, Photics has part 14 in the series of bonus mission guides. Check out their detailed tutorial for Jennur’s Horde.
Thursday 23 August, 2007 Community News
Community members from German fansite Guild Wars Info are organizing a special event. Lost in Ascalon #44, and a new fan fiction project.
Not enough fan fiction for you? Then visit Journal of a Cartographer, which hosts the ongoing journal of the adventurer Hezekiah Kidron.
Guild Cast is back this week with Episode #79, which focuses on another kind of fan-creativity—comics! Listen in for an interview with the creator of another long-time treasure, Healbot Blues.
Crossing Tyria has unveiled their new look and have updated their game library in preparation of GW:EN.
Guild Wars GameAmp is happy to announce the results of their recent Architecture Screenshot Contest. The contest received a whopping 140 submissions, which can all be viewed in the gallery.
Thursday 16 August, 2007 Community News
Guild Wars PT became the first Portuguese Elite fansite this week. Congratulations! Check out their active forum community and their listing of Portuguese guilds.
Guild Wars Vault is hosting the most noble of all competitions… a coloring contest! . Can you paint inside the lines? Are your crayon-wielding skills second to none? Time to prove it.
Episode #78 of Guild Cast is available for download. The show discusses the upcoming Eye of the North chapter and features an interview with Michael Zenke of MMOG Nation.
Guild Wars Realm has lots of builds for you to try out and comment on. The Poor Reflexes Mesmer and Ritualist Trappers Aid are two of the additions this week.
Thursday 09 August, 2007 Community News
New Fansites
We have two new addition to the fansite roster this week.
- Tyria Kapui, http://www.gw2.hu/dragon/index.php, a Hungarian site featuring forums and a wiki.
- Guild Wars PvP Academy http://pvp-academy.info/, a French site focusing on the French PvP community.
Fansite News
Guild Wars Vault has some fun new fanfiction for avid readers. Check out Chronicles of the Eremite, Chapter 1. The site also has a new addition to the series of community interviews, Candid Conversations with Torgas Prim.
Tyria.net has under taken an unusual new project, and would love to have your help. They’re creating a “visual novel” about Guild Wars, written and crafted by the community. Head on over to the project forum for more information.
The Healbot Blues Blog (http://www.crithitcomics.com/) is a great way of checking for updates of the popular Guild Wars comic and to keep up on other additions to the artist’s project.
Huge congratulations to TCfish’s Aquarium, which recently hit 100% with its impressive gallery of armor—just in time for Eye of the North to bring a whole new set of armor for them to chase down!
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