Guild Wars 2

It is with warm regards that my staff and myself wish you a very merry Wintersday.

Thank you all for attending, we had so much fun!

- Daniel Frozenwind, King of the Snowmen.

Forum raffle closed.

The video for the Quaggan’s Clues:

The event is starting to warm up, get down to Divinities Reach!

The event is now live, join the raffle for FREE loot!

Just post a number from 1 to a 100 to be entered.

Merry Wintersday to one and all!

Event thread is LIVE! – 30/12/2016

Video for the Quaggan’s Clues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOjWVkpi-jk&feature=youtu.be

WINTER BLUNDERLAND 4

Introduction

A New Year dawns on the people of Tyria and although the prospects of what the future will hold seems daunting, we must not forget the spirit of Wintersday and what it embodies the whole year through.

So come join us as we ring in the New Year in Divinities Reach, The Snowman King has decreed that the snow shall linger a while, as the extra naughty and extra nice have yet to receive the rewards befitting them from his snowman cohort.

The Blunderland is about begin!
__________________________________________________________________

The Hosts

Daniel Frozenwind, The PvE Special Interests Group & Super Adventure Holiday [Town]
__________________________________________________________________

The Raffle

As always, there is this forum raffle that anyone can take part in. Simply pick a number between 1 to 100 that is not taken by anyone else. We shall draw the winning number randomly at the end of the event and you’ll be mailed the prize. If you pick a number that has already been taken, you will be assigned a random number. Post in this thread which number you wish to take. Only one number per account.

Forum Raffle Prizes:

A fabulous selection of rare minipets!
__________________________________________________________________

The Costume Contest (during event)

Prepare beforehand and dress in the spirit of Wintersday and win an amazing prize. We have prizes for best, 2nd and 3rd male, best, 2nd and 3rd female, and worst costume. No need to buy costumes from the gem store. Just mix and match your armor, and be original.

Other In-Game Activities

In-Game Lottery – An in-game lottery with extra sweet loot for in-game participants.
Snowman Skittles – Frozenwind’s take on ten pin bowling.
Snowroll – Forget yellow snow, this activity is already rolling!
Reindeer Wrangle – Antics with “The Slay”.
In-game live music – From the ever popular Cmaj musicians.
Merry Quizmas! – A series of quiztacular!
Snow Business – Frozenwind’s trade-mark event activities.
Toytal Apocalypse – Toy tonic battle royale!

EU EVENT SCHEDULING (Coming 07/01/2017 – 18:30 CET):

18:30 | Pre-event meet & greet + Quaggan’s Clues
19:00 | The “Slay” + Toytal Apocalypse
19:30 | Reindeer Wrangle + Snow Business
20:00 | Cmaj Winter Chimes + Merry Quizmas!
20:30 | Snowroll + Snow Business
21:00 | The Costume Contest
21:30 | Snowman Skittles + Merry Quizmas!
22:00 | Snow Business
22:30 | Toytal Apocalypse II + Merry Quizmas!
23:00 | That’s a Wintersday Wrap(ing) + Community Spirit awards + lottery and raffle announcements.
23:30 | The “Slay” Ride ( the ever popular after party map conga / rampage)
__________________________________________________________________

Merry Wintersday from all the gang at the PvE Fun SIG. o/

Now it’s time for me to close the event off, thank you everyone for attending and making the event spectacular! This Horrorween was one of the best yet!

I would also like to leave a BIG THANK YOU to the following groups and individuals that made the event happen or contributed in some meaningful way;

AG PvE funS Staff (Bere, Ionian, Streamstrider, Hennu, Malafide, Serious, Mirte, Zan) – As a whole, without you I couldn’t do what I do.

GW2C Community (Gunnar & Birman special thanks) – As a whole again, you have curated a wonderful community, and we appreciate all of your support and publicity a ton!

Mad Queen Malafide – For being my side-kick all these many years.

Hen Solo – For being the secretary of all secretaries!

Zanfire – For stepping up to become Lazarus and architect of the SAHT.

Cornish Rose – For being a committed event recorder.

Serious The Rabbit – For being the Photographer.

Zharra aka Chelsea – A more gracious guest of honor, you couldn’t ask for.

CMAJ Guild – I have said it once and I will say it again…Best.Musicians.In.Tyria.

Icy Poet – Or should I say, Count Poet The Lunatic.

Phoenix Radio hosts – Cypher and the Texan, it was a fun interview!

I hope I haven’t missed off anyone, if I have prepare for a ninja edit!

Thank you everyone once again, this community is my passion.

Happy Horrorween everyone.

Frozenwind, The Snowman King.

Art Contest Winners:

1st place – Neeko.4670, for the Chibi Trio!
2nd place – Kellwan.7681, for the Horrorween original music score and animation!
3rd place – Flarezi.9381, for a spooky Malafide!

First place winner: Ghostly Infusion + Mystery Goodie Bag
Second place winner: Accursed Chains + Entropy + Mystery Goodie Bag
Third place winner: 30 gold + Mystery Goodie Bag

-

Honorable mentions go to:

BakerCat.4298 – for a dreamy Halloween vision!
Beast.9053 – for an interesting take on Mad King says!
Baqueta.8061 – for a hand drawn Malafide!
Chirpie.8324 – for “checkmate” at Horrorween!

All honorable mentions get a Mysterious Goodie Bag

@BakerCat – A very dreamy piece, it’s spooky and mysterious!
@Bequeta – An interesting take on The Mad Queen, thank you for your submission!
@Flarezi – Ominous and foreboding, and a unique art style as well!
@Kellwan – Video watched! Is the music original? We have never had a video/art piece before, and now I’m glad we have!

Thank you artists for your submissions, myself and the team enjoy them greatly. If any guests to the Horrorween have yet to submit, hurry up you haven’t got long!

Beast.9053:

Here is my drawing for the art contest. My character name’s Doctor Cute

Hello Beast, or should I say Neeko.

While I and my entire team REALLY love your annual art submission(s), we do not allow multiple art submissions via proxy accounts, you are welcome to post your art under a single username and we will decide which one we like the best.

My team know Neeko/You are the same person through a number of tests. Again we love your art, but I hope you understand that this decision is in the interests of keeping things fair for other artists in the contest.

We hope to see you at the Horrorween and if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.

Good luck for today guys and gals.

Thank you for everything you do for the community and for the charity!

This Snowman sends his support.

Neeko.4670:

Here is my drawing for the art contest. My character name’s Di Ennah.

That is simply brilliant!

I really love that, it captures Halloween and the Horrorween perfectly!

Thank you so much for your submission!

In other news these are the previous weeks updates;

Added: Amended the date of the event to 6pm CEST. 19/10/2016
Added: Revised schedule considerably. 19/10/2016
Added: Art Contest Prizes 19/10/2016
Added: Fixed the poster. >:[ 19/10/2016
Added: Updated Art Contest Prizes. 22/10/2016

Be sure to get your friends invited to the Horrorween, the more people that enter the raffle and the event…the better the prizes will be!

Now that Lion’s Arch is getting into the Halloween spirit, so should you!

I’d like to see all of the spooky screenshots featuring your Halloween costumes and the antics you have had in the Labyrinth, Clock Tower and Lion’s Arch.

I’m sure everyone else would as well.

I’ll get the skull rolling by showing you the big brother of Oxidecimus the Shadow Raven, hunting ghosts and ghouls in Lion’s Arch!

@Krathor, thanks Duke for the kind words. As a fellow event creator may I say that I respect what you do for the community!

@Kellwan, the -dead-line for the art contest at the very latest will be midnight 31st October providing an artist gives forewarning, otherwise we will decide on a winner at midnight 29th of October.

Yep! You just picked the first number and got the ball rolling.

@Dorako, nice choice! :-)

Updates

Added: Event thread information & materials. 07/10/2016
Added: The RAFFLE is now OPEN! 07/10/2016
Added: Amended the date of the event to 6pm CEST. 19/10/2016
Added: Revised schedule considerably. 19/10/2016
Added: Art Contest Prizes. 19/10/2016
Added: Fixed the poster. >:[ 19/10/2016
Added: Updated Art Contest Prizes. 22/10/2016

Event Name: The King and Queen’s Horrorween 2016
Date: (Estimated on one of these days 28th/29th/30th October)
Time and Time Zone: 6pm GMT
Game Zone(s): Lion’s Arch
Game World(s): Aurora Glade
Sponsoring guild, group, or individuals: Daniel Frozenwind, Mad Queen Malafide & the PvE Special Interests Group.
Suggested language for the event: English or Tyrian

Description:

Come one, come all to Tyria’s oldest player run event(2016 marks it’s 11th consecutive year). The Snowman King and her majesty Mad Queen Malafide cordially invite you all to attend the King and Queen’s Horrorween 2016! A grand Halloween caper to fright and delight! Featuring the famous costume contests, live in-game bands and fan favorite activities you have all come to know and love!

In-game activities of note

The Attire of Autumnal Awesome Costume Contest

This year we have another costume contest of course. Our ghastly group of judges will be lending their dark votes to this tradition. Best male, female, and worst costume win special prizes and maybe something exclusive from the gem store! Dress your spookiest!

In-game lottery

We have a big special prize in store for the people of Tyria (but it is a secret, and anyone who knew about the prize has been buried alive). Simply attend the event to have a shot at this prize.

Scavenger Hunt

A masterfully witty scavenger hunt to re-build the Wickerman, presented in five stages throughout the pre-event, the first person to successfully gather the parts required will be rewarded in a big way!

Pre-Event Schedule

18:00: Trick-Or-Treat Adventure! (pre-event & meet and greets)
18:30: Wickerman’s Scavenger Hunt
____________________________________

Event Schedule

19.00: Grand Opening in Pumpkin Plaza

19.30: Fright Mantle vs. Malafide’s Minions

20.00: The Steeplechase / Graveyard Quiz

20.30: Hulk Musters (ft. The Quaggan Karts)

21.00: The Summoning of the Ghostly Quartet

21.30: Skullduggery / Graveyard Quiz / Trivia

22.00: The Attire of Autumnal Awesome

22.30: The Tower of Terror / Night Flight

23.00: Pumpkin Bob / Graveyard Quiz / Riddles

23.30: Bere’s Bluff Challenge / Last is First / Mime

00.00: Wickerwind Bonfire and Mad King Thorn!
( 1.Community Spirit Award! / 2. Art Contest / 3. Lottery / 4. International Raffle)

See you soon and Happy Horrorween!

A golden figure approaches, could it be the one?
The inescapable madness beckons, but it has only just begun.

Heralding the arrival of the Monarch most dear,
The moon yawns and splits into a grin from ear to ear.

Why it’s the Queen of Halloween, you dolt!
If you wish to keep your sanity, it’s time to bolt.

But if you stand fast and deign to linger a while,
The Snowman King will enchant you with his old smile.

Then that’s it the King and Queen have you under the thrall,
To enjoy a night most spooky, akin to an Ascalonian Ball.

“At last!” Krytan’s laugh into the cold night air,
“The Horrorween has come to Tyria, my friends.. it’s here!”

The King and Queens Horrorween 2016
Brought to you by the Aurora Glade PvE Special Interests Group
Time: 29th October, 6pm CEST
Game world: Tyria / Lion’s Arch / Aurora Glade’s Megaserver
__________________________________________________________________

About

Come one, come all to Tyria’s oldest player run event!
(2016 marks it’s 11th consecutive year)

The Snowman King and her majesty Mad Queen Malafide cordially invite you all to attend the King and Queen’s Horrorween 2016! A grand Halloween caper to fright and delight! Featuring the famous costume contests, live in-game bands and fan favorite activities you have all come to know and love!

It is not be missed, there is something for everyone.
__________________________________________________________________

The Hosts

The King and Queens Horrorween is, as stated previously, the oldest event in the history of Guild Wars. It has been held for over 250 years plus 5, but who would be mad enough to host it?

Mad Queen Malafide is the only wife of the Mad King that has managed to survive his deadly pranks, and she returns every Halloween for this tradition.

Daniel Frozenwind, her loyal co-host, is the King of the Snowmen. He guards Grenth’s Hall of Judgement, so that Dhuum may never escape… and he also throws a jolly party!
__________________________________________________________________

FAQ – What is this sorcery?

How do I take part?

The event shall be held on Aurora Glade, in Lion’s Arch, on the 29th of October, starting at 6pm CEST! All you have to do is attend, take part in the festivities, and fabulous prizes will be in store for you.

Help, I’m not on an EU server, or I can’t make it!

Not to worry! There are other ways to take part in the festivities. We have a fabulous art contest, and a raffle that you can join.

A work around is to create a free account, if you win anything big at the event we will gladly mail it your main account!

You can also win exclusives both with our cross server, and in-game activities!

Cross-server contests:

The art contest

Draw a picture of either Mad Queen Malafide, Daniel Frozenwind, or both!
(See picture of what they look like below)

You can use any material available to you, and you can post your art work right here in this thread. Winners will be drawn during the Horrorween, and we’ll announce the winner on the forums. Please also state your character/account name that you want us to send the prize to. US players are highly encouraged to take part as well.

First place winner: Ghostly Infusion + Mystery Goodie Bag

Second place winner: Accursed Chains + Mystery Goodie Bag

Third place winner: 30 gold or equivalent + Mystery Goodie Bag

The raffle

Pick a number between 1 and 250, and we’ll randomly draw five winners from that list, during the event. Just pick one number and your character name, and post in this thread which number you’ve chosen. You can’t take a number that has already been picked, and one number per account. Some folks may receive a different number automatically, if they choose a number that is already taken. Without a character name, we can’t send you the prize. Make sure you spell it right. And yes, US players can take part as well!

Beast.9053:

I won first place in the Art Contest and I did not get the reward. Unfortunately, I was not online when the event was. I will get a reward or not? I would like to ask i will get mini lama code or mini? I have one mini lama, because last year I won the same art contest. I would like to give mini lama as a gift for my daughter.

Hiya Beast, after some minor issues (aka real life getting in the way, bah!) and careful handling of the code/prize, you should now find them waiting for you in-game!

I hope you had a Happy Horrorween and your daughter enjoys her new companion!

Regards,

Daniel Frozenwind

It’s a shame I am limited to one screenshot of the Horrorween / Dev Event.

I don’t even mind about the prize, can I upload more for people to see?

H’anyway this is a picture of The Dev’s turning everyone into mega Candycorn Elementals!

Here are the main event activity winners:

Forum Raffle:
1. Dinz.4120
2. Shuuk.4803
3. FlowingWater.9082
4. Iffy.6240
5. BakerCat.4298

Ingame Lottery:
1. Faidon.1964
2. Kageryushi.6174
3. Silverdisc.1305
4. Kyewtee.6983

Art Contest:
1st place Beast.9053
2nd place BakerCat.4298
3rd place Alxxorz.9153

Congratulations!

brady.1987:

I will try to attend, how do we join? Through lfg or do we need to add someone?

-Zurx

PS: 250

We will post taxi names in this thread shortly before the pre-event starts!

Beast.9053:

Hi, here is my proposals for the Halloween Contest
My character name’s Doctor Cute

Hi Beast!

I love it!

Speaking of which, here are a few updates;

Added: The Tower of Terror activity in place of Cauldron Conundrum.
Added: A new, improved schedule.
Added: Secondary revision of Art Contest prizes.

Update

Added: Skullduggery and Cauldron Conundrum as brand new activities to the schedule.
Added: Initial prize pot for the Art Contest.

I hope you have a spectacular turn out for such a worthy cause!

Thank you for your support, Barbie.

I hope to see everyone rocking up in pink!

- Frozenwind

Short and sweet, just how I like my Candy Corn. o/

….I’ll see myself out.

9,666 views in this thread and it’s been little over a day.

Madness.

Be sure to share the event with your friends and guilds!

This event is going be devilish!

#gw2spooky4you

Update: Added custom Lion’s Arch map for Horrorween to the front page.

Added reference pictures for the art contest!

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/The-King-and-Queens-Horrorween-2015/first#post5598900

The event just dropped, get on it community!

#gw2spooky4u

:)

Updates

Added: Custom Lion’s Arch map for the Horrorween.
Added: Skullduggery and Cauldron Conundrum as brand new activities to the schedule.
Added: Initial prize pot for the Art Contest.
Added: The Tower of Terror activity in place of Cauldron Conundrum.
Added: A new, improved schedule.
Added: Secondary revision of Art Contest prizes.

Thorn’s are winding to the Arch, in more ways than one.
The inescapable madness beckons, but it has only just begun.

Heralding the arrival of the Monarch most dear,
The moon yawns and splits into a grin from ear to ear.

Why it’s the Queen of Halloween, you dolt!
If you wish to keep your sanity, it’s time to bolt.

But if you standfast and deign to linger a while,
The Snowman King will enchant you with an old smile.

Then that’s it the King and Queen have you under the thrall,
To enjoy a night most spooky, akin to an Ascalon Ball.

“At last!” Krytan’s laugh into the cold night air,
“The Horrorween has come to Tyria, my friends.. it’s here!”

The King and Queens Horrorween 2015
Brought to you by the Aurora Glade PvE Special Interests Group
Time: 30th October, 6pm GMT
Game world: Tyria / Lion’s Arch / Aurora Glade’s Megaserver

About

Ladies and Gentle Ghouls, it is my pleasure to announce that Tyria’s oldest community event (happy ten years Horrorween!) will be making its annual return to Lion’s Arch on the 30th of October.

Join familiar faces and legendary spirits for a night of devilry, merriment and much mischief!

It is not be missed, there is something for everyone.

Activities include: unique in-game activities, art contests, a dynamic lore building story that changes from player participation and so much more.

In the wake of the destruction of Lion’s Arch, many lives were lost. All Hallow’s Eve is a special time, when the spirits rise from their graves once again. This is the time to honor those spirits.
__________________________________________________________________

The Hosts

The King and Queens Horrorween is, as stated previously, the oldest event in the history of Guild Wars. It has been held for over 250 years plus one, but who would be mad enough to host it?

Mad Queen Malafide is the only wife of the Mad King that has managed to survive his deadly pranks, and she returns every Halloween for this tradition.

Daniel Frozenwind, her loyal co-host, is the King of the Snowmen. He guards Grenth’s Hall of Judgement, so that Dhuum may never escape… and he also throws a jolly party!

FAQ – What is this sorcery?

How do I take part?

The event shall be held on Aurora Glade, in Lion’s Arch, on the 30th of October, starting at 6pm GMT! All you do is attend, and take part in the festivities, and you can win fabulous prizes.

Help, I’m not on an EU server, or I can’t make it!

Not to worry! There are other ways to take part in the festivities. We have a fabulous art contest, and a raffle that you can join.

A work around is to create a free account, if you win anything big at the event we will gladly mail it your main account!

You can also win exclusives both with our cross server, and in-game activities!

Cross-server contests:

The art contest

Draw a picture of either Mad Queen Malafide, Daniel Frozenwind, or both!
(See picture of what they look like below)

You can use any material available to you, and you can post your art work right here in this thread. Winners will be drawn during the Horrorween, and we’ll announce the winner on the forums. Please also state your character/account name that you want us to send the prize to. And US players are highly encouraged to take part as well.

First place winner: 125 Gold + Mini Llama

Second place winner: 75 Gold + Entropy

Third place winner: 50 Gold + Final Rest

The raffle

Pick a number between 1 and 500, and we’ll randomly draw five winners from that list, during the event. Just pick one number and your character name, and post in this thread which number you’ve chosen. You can’t take a number that has already been picked, and one number per account. Some folks may receive a different number automatically, if they choose a number that is already taken. Without a character name, we can’t send you the prize. Make sure you spell it right. And yes, US players can take part as well!

In-game activities of note

The Attire of Autumnal Awesome Costume Contest

This year we have another costume contest of course. Our ghastly group of judges will be lending their dark votes to this tradition. Best male, female, and worst costume win special prizes and maybe something exclusive from the gem store! Dress your spookiest!

In-game lottery

We have a big special prize in store for the people of Tyria (but it is a secret, and anyone who knew about the prize has been buried alive). Simply attend the event to have a shot at this prize.

Scavenger Hunt

A masterfully witty scavenger hunt to re-build the Wickerman, presented in five stages throughout the event, the first person to successfully gather the parts required will be rewarded in a big way!

Pre-Event Schedule

18:00: Trick-Or-Treat Adventure! (pre-event & meet and greets)
____________________________________

Event Schedule

19.00: Grand Opening (Pumpkin Plaza) / EEXACUTIONER

19.30: The Tri-street Challenge + Ghost Walk (Murder Alley) / Scavenger Hunt

20.00: EEXACUTIONER / The Steeplechase (Murder Alley) / Graveyard Quiz

20.30: Belcher’s Bluff Challenge / Last is First / Mime / Scavenger Hunt (Ghastly Ward) / EEXACUTIONER

21.00: The Summoning of the Ghostly Quartet (Ghastly Ward) / Graveyard Quiz

21.30: The Attire of Autumnal Awesome / Scavenger Hunt

22.00: Wack-A-Golem (The Unholy Vault) / Graveyard Quiz / EEXACUTIONER

22.30: Quaggan Kart (Foghaven) / Scavenger Hunt

23.00: The Tower of Terror (Doomed Lighthouse) / Lighthouse Leap / Old Lion’s Arch photo / Riddles / Trivia

23.30: Pumpkin Bob (Harbor of the Dead) / Graveyard Quiz / EEXACUTIONER

00.00: Skullduggery / Graveyard Quiz / Scavenger Hunt

00.30: Hulk Musters part 1 and part 2 (Pumpkin Plaza) / Wickerwind Bonfire! / Defeat of the EEXACUTIONER

1.00: Mad King Thorn ( 1.Community Spirit Award! / 2. Art Contest/ 3. Lottery/ 4. International Raffle)

See you soon and Happy Horrorween!

Event Name: The King and Queen’s Horrorween 2015
Group name: Daniel Frozenwind, Mad Queen Malafide and the Aurora Glade PvE Special Interests Group
Time: 30th October, 6 GMT
Game world: Tyria / Lion’s Arch / Aurora Glade’s Megaserver

About: Ladies and Gentle Ghouls, it is my pleasure to announce that Tyria’s oldest community event (happy ten years Horrorween!) will be making its annual return to Lion’s Arch on the 30th of October.

Join familiar faces and legendary spirits for a night of devilry, merriment and much mischief!

It is not be missed, there is something for everyone.

Activities include: unique in-game activities, art contests, a dynamic lore building story that changes from player participation and so much more.

Oh, and there is this….

See you soon

TheTrueLight.4971:

Daniel Frozenwind.2946:

Daniel Frozenwind.2946:

EU: Winner

The Queen’s Sorrow

It was “Queen of Sorrows”

It was a long day, I’ve changed it. :P

Beach Party Photo Album

Hiya,

I have a number of special item codes for community ventures, but I have received reports that when they go to redeem them they get stuck on the redeem item box within the TP.

I can assure you the codes are genuine and unused. I tested this with a used code and can confirm that it does indeed stay on the redeem item box without stating if it has been redeemed or has been used.

I hope you can fix it asap as I have some lucky winners chomping at the bit for the prizes they have won!

Thanks,

Frozenwind

Daniel Frozenwind.2946:

The NA Treasure hunt:

The Captain stood upon the deck, his pendant dangling from his neck,
and as he gazed up to the stars, a sandy island appeared afar.

Stargazer Pendant

“Land, land,” his bird squawked in his ear, as distance changed from far to near,
and as they rowed the boats ashore, his trusty sidekick swooped and soared.

Parrot Mail Carrier

But as the Captain sailed to land, ’twas only he who reached the sand.
A sack of treasure lay ahead, his crew forgotten, likely dead.

Sack of Booty

A curse it was, which brought him hence, which lured him in and drove out sense.
These lost shores which drove him mad, to eat spoiled food and wine that’s bad.

Putrid Wine

And while lying sick the karka pounced, appearing swiftly, unnanounced.
He lifted his shield, but held askew, the karka bit it clean in two.

Half Eaten Shield

The name the ship contest names are as follows:..

EU: Honorable Mentions

Jadexi The Boat
The Quagganic
Hobo’s Revenge

EU: Winner

Queen of Sorrows

NA: Honorable Mentions

Hobo’s Clipper
Como Sea Llama
The Southsun Sapphire

NA: Winner

Summer’s Sorrow

The Treasure hunt answers by popular request are as follows:

EU:

As the prow of his ship met the rocks of the cliff, the Captain turned sickly pale.
He reached for the things he had stolen that day and gulped down a large jug of ale.

Jug of Confiscated Booze

Marooned on the shore , his ship was no more, he cursed his navigational mistake.
The sextant in hand, he threw to the sand, an exotic, now useless keepsake.

Settler’s Keepsake

With all of his might, in the lessening light, he hauled up his bag full of pickings.
Though heavy it was, he had no time to pause, as he heard the approach of loud clicking.

Heavy Bag of Booty

As the sun said goodnight and away went the light, the Captain set fire to a stick.
But a karka appeared and bit it in half, the torch extinguished by spit.

Half Eaten Torch

Now unable to see, he heard two karka or three, join the torch eating crustacean.
When they were done with his meat, he would rot in the heat, his remains carried off by the ravens.

Raven Mail Carrier

As requested by the majority here is the poem and associated items from our Treasure Hunt:

As his boots touched the docks at Lion’s Arch the locals noticed his clothes.
A ragged, once fancy, outfit, from his head to the tips of his toes.

Pirate Outfit

and there on his ear, or his wrist, or his neck, a bauble or ornament be.
But just as his breath, it’s cursed beyond death. A trinket he once found at sea.

Cursed Pirate Trinket

Now, try as he might, this pirate each night, would count all the money he’d made.
But now what he sought, which couldn’t be bought, was a shiny new Lionguard blade.

Lion-Guard Issue Sword

He’d ponder and think, and puzzle and dream, all the while stroking his beard, and think of old pirates with a similar growth that people had long ago feared.
“But do they fear me?” he suddenly thought. “I could never live up to their measure.”
But he already did. He was feared far and wide, for pilfering all the fine treasure.

Rotbeards Treasure

But his coffers were full, or so he had thought. He was off by one coin in weight.
So when morning arrived he would sail off again in search of more pieces of eight.

Silver Doubloon

10 minutes until Part 1: Lion Around begins!

Taxies to event:
ggliff.8903
aurora.2804
Mad Queen Malafide.7512
Daniel Frozenwind.2946
Grether Wexcel.9013

Gaile Gray.6029:

• Everyone officially participating in the in-game events on behalf of ArenaNet will be sporting her or her new Cm [Name] character. For instance, I’ll be Cm Gaile Gray.

Goodness Gaile, we have the pleasure of hosting all the Arena-Net ladies then do we? :-)

Just a question, as your post states that they will be all jumping in-game predominantly tomorrow.

We designed the Summer Beach parties on other dates (although close to the update) as it is predicted that it will be chaos in Lion’s Arch, what with everyone exploring and multiple overflows preventing an organized gathering.

Will you all be showing up on other days also?

NOTE:There are two events for the Summer Time Beach Party!

Party Details: From the people that brought you the King and Queen’s Horrorween, Winter Blunderland, Hobo’s Valentine Adventure and Eeaster, Aurora glade presents:

Summertime Part 1: Lion Around

Welcome to Lion’s Arch, a city renowned for its unwavering ability to rise up from destruction and face the dangers which washes upon its shores. The reconstruction of the great city is finally complete and the Captain’s Council has invited us to celebrate this joyous event. Join us in Lion’s Arch (27th June 2015) where you can participate in games, quizzes and many other fun events to win some great prizes. Don’t forget to spare a few moments of silence to remember those who lost their lives defending this great city and pay your respects at the Field of the Fallen.

A free copy of Guild Wars:Heart of Thorns will also be given out!

Date:27th June
Time:19.00 CEST / 6 pm UK
World/Server: Aurora Glade
Region: EU In-game

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Summertime Part 2: Fun in the Sun

Greetings citizens of Tyria! Summer is well on its way, and as such, it is time for a beach party! The Consortium have invited us to enjoy one of their beach resorts at Southsun Cove (In celebration of Lion’s Arch’s re-opening) and while we don’t entirely trust them, it’s difficult to say no to a party!

Dust of your bathing suits and visit your local merchant in Lion’s Arch for some suntan lotion, and don’t forget to bring some drinks! It is a party after all. There will be dancing, games, quizzes and prizes. There will also be musical performances from the world famous Minstrel’s Waypoint [CMAJ].

Miniature Llama’s will be given away

Date: 3rd June
Time: 19.00 CEST / 6 pm UK
World/Server: Aurora Glade
Region: EU In-game, NA cross-server

NOTE: The Summertime Beach Party post has been updated to include two events.

Interesting that it originally included boxed sets. :o

Regina Buenaobra.6193:

There is no boxed Ultimate Edition version of the game and no other editions of the game being offered beyond what you see on buy.guildwars2.com.

We have an FAQ that covers this and other questions you may have: https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/94582027-Heart-of-Thorns-Pre-Purchase-FAQ

I remain confused, as the current FAQ states "starting on June 23, 2015, you’ll be able to pre-purchase boxed and digital editions of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns from our official retail partners. "

*Spectral Agony results may vary.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Hey all,

As I mention, ArenaNet team members will try to stop several player, guild, group, and fansite hosted parties and celebrations that take place in celebration of the June 23rd reopening of Lion’s Arch.

Gaile, unless you or Froggie have another Mursaat Rally in mind, I most certainly encourage you to try and stop us from hosting a party!

It’s a rare thing indeed to see an event related red-post in this area of the forums…even if it is trying to foil the Snowman.

Your ideas have been heard!

Please refer to this thread for the outcome: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/Summer-Beach-Party/first

NOTE:There are two events for the Summer Time Beach Party!

Party Details: From the people that brought you the King and Queen’s Horrorween, Winter Blunderland, Hobo’s Valentine Adventure and Eeaster, Aurora glade presents:

Summertime Part 1: Lion Around

Welcome to Lion’s Arch, a city renowned for its unwavering ability to rise up from destruction and face the dangers which washes upon its shores. The reconstruction of the great city is finally complete and the Captain’s Council has invited us to celebrate this joyous event. Join us in Lion’s Arch (27th June 2015) where you can participate in games, quizzes and many other fun events to win some great prizes. Don’t forget to spare a few moments of silence to remember those who lost their lives defending this great city and pay your respects at the Field of the Fallen.

A free copy of Guild Wars:Heart of Thorns will also be given out!

Date:27th June
Time:19.00 CEST / 6 pm UK
World/Server: Aurora Glade
Region: EU In-game
Official link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/Summer-Beach-Party/first

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Summertime Part 2: Fun in the Sun

Greetings citizens of Tyria! Summer is well on its way, and as such, it is time for a beach party! The Consortium have invited us to enjoy one of their beach resorts at Southsun Cove (In celebration of Lion’s Arch’s re-opening) and while we don’t entirely trust them, it’s difficult to say no to a party!

Dust of your bathing suits and visit your local merchant in Lion’s Arch for some suntan lotion, and don’t forget to bring some drinks! It is a party after all. There will be dancing, games, quizzes and prizes. There will also be musical performances from the world famous Minstrel’s Waypoint [CMAJ].

Miniature Llama’s will be given away

Date: 3rd June
Time: 19.00 CEST / 6 pm UK
World/Server: Aurora Glade
Region: EU In-game, NA cross-server

Official link: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/events/Summer-Beach-Party/first

BrunoBRS.5178:

part of me always liked the idea that the “mask” isn’t actually a mask, but part of their phisiology. i mean, why not? we don’t really have a lot of lore (that i know of) on mursaat life,

it sure wouldn’t be the first fantasy race to have a “helmet-face.”

Here ya go, Mursaat with out masks that incidentally have “helmet-faces”:
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Rise_of_the_White_Mantle_page.jpg
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Salvation_page.jpg
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:The_Unseen_Ones_page.jpg

After recently watching a Wooden Potatoes video theorizing the removal of racial skills I was reminded of an issue I have put aside for quite some time.

Racial skills in PvE.

The current racial skill stats make them all but redundant in every aspect of the game, with the exemption of maybe a few niche areas.

Before Guild Wars 2 launched these skills had been presented in such a way to highlight the unique flavor of each race, Asuran’s as master Golemancers, Charr as industrial specialists relying on their respective warband, Humans beseeching the God’s for boons, Norn calling to the Spirits of the Wild for aid and Sylvari having oneness with nature.

I understand within PvP for the sake of balance that racial skills needed to be removed, I support that.

This brings me to WvW, this is for all intents and purposes a variant of PvP.

In PvP we have the themed reward progress tracks to gain in, within WvW we have a similar progression track in the form of WvW attributes gain via WXP.

Wouldn’t it be more fitting to have WvW adopt the PvP stat and gear set builder, using the standardized PvP trinkets and armour.

In doing so it removes upscales and puts the maps population on equal footing with each other.

It also removes racial skills from WvW.

This leaves PvE, I can’t see why buffing the racial skills in PvE would cause an issue, GW2 is a MMORPG, we pick and create our characters with a theme, the role play elements should factor into that.

Imagine a fight against Tequatil, Asurans sending their Golems to fight in the burn phase, supported by Sylvari grown seed mortars.

Or perhaps a dungeon? Having a pair of Norn ambush a boss in Snow Leopard form, only to have the cavalry arrive in the form of a pack of Balthazar Hounds.

I can see the counter argument being that it would alienate certain races from doing specific encounters, but I say that if we can do said content now using standardized skills, we can do it with more variety by utilizing improved racial skills.

In Guild Wars 1, we had serious identity among the races.

Norn are not simply large humans, they were Norn! Have we seen any of the GW2 Norn Heroes change into their respective forms? This is a big part of their racial identity.

(If they have changed into their forms, it’s been so infrequent I cannot recall it happening.)

I could go on, the Charr have strong warband ties, why couldn’t the support skill be improved so it was worth calling your characters warband to help take down a particularly tough Mordrem beast?

I understand balance is an issue, and players shouldn’t have an edge over another player of a different race, but I think we are missing a trick not having the races do what they do best.

There are probably flaws in my argument and I accept that.

I am open to any and all suggestions as to why I may be wrong, but I felt the need to get my thoughts said.

TL:DR

- Racial skills redundant currently
- Lost the unique flavor of each race
- Have WvW adopt the PvP stat and gear set builder
- Remove racial skills from WvW
- Buff the racial skills in PvE
- Bring back racial identity of each race