Guild Wars 2

Hi folks!

Well it’s almost two months since we hosted the ridiculously successful Battle of the Five Armies. Given the forthcoming announcement from ArenaNet I thought this would be a good opportunity for to host a smaller gathering.

‘Forthcoming announcement!?’ I hear you cry, ’what’s that!?’

Well… er… click here.

So yeah, the consensus reached by the community is that this announcement on the 24th will be something to do with an expansion. Or ArenaNet’s version of an expansion. It should be good, the community’s hyped and the entire thing will be streamed. Hence, event opportunity.

What is it?

Well these events tend to be pretty funny and Twitch chat will likely be terrible to get involved in, so why don’t we hold our own chat!? With TEAMSPEAK!?

When is it?

Official site says 10:30 CST, which Google tells me is 16:30 GMT. Thinking we’ll gather 30 minutes early to ensure everyone is set up and not still joining TS while we watch it.

Where is it?

Hosting in Hoelbrak. Battle… showed that city is pretty low populated and it’s a more party atmosphere than Black Citadel (sorry charr).

We’ll probably hit up Sparkfly for Tequatl afterwards because… why not!?

TeamSpeak will also be used and we’ll be watching the stream of the announcement on Twitch.

What are we doing?

Watching the stream of ArenaNet’s next big announcement during PAX South. In the game, we’ll be interacting with other members of the community, getting drunk and dancing.

Also jokes on TeamSpeak. Lots and lots of jokes.

I’m aware that this may turn out to be pretty chaotic, but we’ve had over 200 people in a single TeamSpeak channel before and discussion has remained (fairly) tame. I just thought this would be a cool thing to try together.

After, we’ll kill Tequatl and some other dragons.

How do I join?

Turn up at Hoelbrak at 16:00 GMT and message me directly on Duke Witherheart for a taxi if you’re not in the right map.

Open to EU players only - but I guess the US folks could join us on TeamSpeak if you whisper me.

Please let me know if you’re attending by posting in this thread. You can also view the incredibad banner below.

PS: If you can’t make it, then I’d definitely recommend at least checking out GuildMag’s analysis stream.

Hi folks!

At many of the community events held by [RPS], we have people cry out for an alternative to include US players.

Well for this Saturday’s Stream Watching Party, I’m glad to announce we do have a guild volunteering to take ownership on the other side of the Atlantic!

Obviously I can’t personally guarantee the success of the NA equivalent but do know it should be loads of fun. I therefore strongly recommend you give Sometimes Y a whisper on Saturday and join in.

See the attachment to this post for full details.

Just a reminder folks: This is Saturday!

I missed the BO5A event, but I should be able to make it to this one.

All aboard the hype train!

Thanks to everyone who came to this yesterday! We had a blast and were even joined by an ArenaNet representative!

Sorry to those who arrived a little later and weren’t able to get into the map; we were unfortunately full by 16:00 GMT.

My screenies from the event will be up over the next week or so.

My screenies and thoughts from Saturday are located here. Cheers again for joining me and stay tuned for the next event!