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GWOnline Events – January Update

Posted 28/12/12 by

Just a quick update this time around everyone. Although Christmas and Wintersday is wrapping up the holiday season is still in full swing for many of us and it is with that in mind that we have decided not to hold any events for January. To compensate for this however the events from December will have their deadline extended to Midnight on January 31st 2013 (UTC). This will not include the Monthly Events race however which will end this month as usual, it is also worth noting a monthly event race will not feature in January.
This means there is still heaps of time to get your entries in. For details on the events currently available and how to enter head on down to this post.

Enjoy your holidays and we will see you all next time!

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GWOnline Events – November Winners

Posted 05/12/12 by

Our judges have convened, the six divines were consulted and the winners have been decided for Novembers events!

Monthly Achievement Race

First up is our Monthly Achievement Race. Participants rushed to complete their monthly achievements first, so who was the fastest this month?

Coming in first was newcomer ‘vaguelazytangent’ as their character Ambereen. Ambereen plays on Northern Shiverpeaks and represents the guild Avatars of Glory, keep up the work you’re making your server proud!

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GWOnline Events – December Update

Posted 29/11/12 by

Welcome back for December’s update on our now monthly round of contests and competitions, or as we like to call them; events. Firstly lets check over Novembers happenings:

Unfortunately we again had technical difficulties on our part involving the Hide and Seek event, we have therefore decided to postpone the event until server guesting is implemented. The staff really want this one to happen and as soon as we can begin hosting it we will let you know. We rolled out a new Screenshot Contest where we had you taking a screenshot of your player in action. As of writing there were only 2 entries (the contest awards the top 3 participants) but its still open! Get your entry in quick for consideration. We also continued our Monthly Achievement Race where we had you racing to be the first to finish your monthly achievements. At the time of writing we have had NO entries however, if you enter now you could win as the contest awards a prize to the first to enter rather than the first to finish.

Raye’s entry for Novembers Screenshot Contest

These contests are open until Midnight on Friday 30th November (UTC) so there is still time to get your entry in! See Novembers post for details on how to enter.

For December we are running three events, the Monthly Achievement Race and the Screenshot Contest will return and we are introducing a new ‘creative writing’ style event. Read on to find out more…

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GWOnline Events – November Update

Posted 05/11/12 by

Greetings all!

For those who missed the original post last month GWOnline has begun hosted a range of in-game events for all of you to participate in. In October we held the Monthly Achievement Race (which we had no entries for, remember you’ve got to be in to win!) and we also planned to host a version of Hide and Seek but were unable to due to technicalities on our end.

In terms of prizes we think that Large/Heavy Loot bags and Dungeon Tonics work well. This month we may be able to organise Candy Corn and rare Halloween crafting materials for prizes as well. If you have any suggestions on items that would work well as prizes please let us know.

So what is in store for November? Read on and find out…

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GWOnline’s Events and Competitions

Posted 26/09/12 by

By now most of you have had a chance to get into Guild Wars 2 and play it and the general consensus is that you all like it! So what would make a great game even better? In-game events and competitions hosted by the staff here at GWOnline of course. Not only is this a chance to get involved and have some plain ol’ fun but you could also win fabulous prizes. Therefore if you like fun and prizes, read on.

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FANtastic Friday – SageLikeOne Interview

Posted 20/07/12 by

For this weeks FANtastic Friday we have the very special guest SageLikeOne on for an interview about himself and his youtube channel. Without further ado, here it is:

[GWOnline] Hi Sage, last time we had you on you were doing a guest blog about starting your own youtube channel. You said you started with the question “What sort of YouTube-channel would I like to watch when it comes to Guild Wars 2?”. Now that we are just over a month away from Guild Wars 2′s release, would you answer that question any differently?
[SageLikeOne] I don’t think so. I think that if I were to watch Guild Wars 2 clips regularly it would have to be truly regularly, that is – contents that is spaced with an even and quick frequency, not something that might come out every fortnight, and it would have to be informative, fun and not ranting and raving constantly. There are a lot of game-review channels that fail on one, some, or all of those counts (which is why I do not watch them) and there are some that try to be better. Those I gladly support.

[GWO] Currently you are one of the biggest Guild Wars 2 youtuber’s out there. During your journey to this point what would be the most important thing you’ve learned along the way?
[Sage] I would not say that I am one of the biggest, and as I cater mostly to the same people who are now playing the beta I have seen a lot of viewers spend their time playing rather than watching – and rightly so! I could never be a substitute for the game, but I hope to be something people might watch when they are not playing, and enjoy it for what it is. This is probably one of the more important aspects of this that I initially overlooked – to make sure you are doing this for the right reasons. I am not in this to get millions of views, make buckets of money or earn some sort of fame. I am doing this because it is fun, and because some people enjoy it. As far as motivation goes I feel it is a lot healthier than “I hope to make a million dollars” or “I hope to turn this into a professional acting/gamereviewer/editor/[insert other profession here]-career”, at least for me. I do this for fun, and that’s important.

[GWO] You’ve made a few pieces about how to make great clips, most recently your top 10 video in the last FANtastic Friday. For all the aspiring youtuber’s out there, what is the single most important piece of advice you can give them?
[Sage] Mind your contents. If you have contents the rest sorts itself, but if you produce shoddy, ill-informed, ranting or in-frequent clips then you will struggle every step of the way. If you make sure the contents it good, then following, opportunities and more will be a lot easier.

[GWO] The Guild Wars 2 community has had a lot of ups and downs on the road to release. What advice would you give to our readers going into release?
[Sage] Take your time. If you rush this game you will miss out on a lot. This is not going to be like a lot of other MMOs out there, where the good stuff is hidden at the crest of the levelling curve. This game will be paced very differently, and so should you be, or you will be cheapening it for yourself. Unless, of course, you are a hardcore structured-PvP player, in which case it is full steam ahead from day one!

[GWO] Lastly, what are you looking forward to most coming into Guild Wars 2′s release?
[Sage] Two things actually.
1. Guesting. I can’t wait to come visit all of you guys, and let you show off your guilds, activities, and events. I am so looking forward to making clips promoting you by your works, not just by websites and forums.
2. The Sylvari. As the race my viewers voted me to play on launch I have stayed away from any spoilers regarding them, and in the BWE3 I will play Asura, and leave the Grove and its inhabitants all pristine and unspoiled for release! I will make every other selection on the “playthrough-character” (if such a term can be used for an MMO) random; profession, background, looks, but Sylvari was decided by vote and I will happily abide by it.

Thank you SageLikeOne for joining us this week, and hopefully you the readers enjoyed learning more about this prominent youtuber.
Until next time!

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FANtastic Friday (Saturday) – Top 10′s

Posted 07/07/12 by

After a long hiatus we kick off what will hopefully be the start of many more FANtastic Fridays to come!
For those of you who haven’t seen the previous FANtastic Friday, we get sites in our friends programme to make a post/video/whatever about a certain topic and aggregate them here for you to enjoy. So without further ado here is this weeks FANtastic Friday with ‘Top 10′s’

Side Note: You may notice this comes on a Saturday, next time however this will be posted on a Friday.

Elemental Attunement – Top 10 Fire Skills

Here comes the flames! I give you the top 10 fire skills for the elementalist!

SageLikeOne – Top Ten about making game-footage!

And here it is, my top ten gripes, hints, ideas and constructive criticism for people posting clips on the internet of gameplay.
And oh yes, this is WAY better in HD and fullscreen, as some of the effects get lost otherwise.

Dragon Season – What Guild Wars 2 Does Differently

Following the relatively recent storm of information of every kind (videos, blog posts, articles, forum posts) which fell like a refreshing rain upon our news-thirsty heads, springing from the first two ‘open’ beta weekends of Guild Wars 2, one thing became apparent beyond any doubt and (pre-)assumption of disbelief:ArenaNet did not just make wild claims with their ‘design manifesto’ it’s expressed more than 2 years ago already. Their game, almost complete now, proves that they deliver the marvelous or even heretic things they’ve promised us…

… So, here comes a dissertation which could be titled:

“APPROXIMATELY 10 things that GW2 does
ENTIRELY different (from other MMOs)“
Now go have a read of these wonderful entries and be sure to visit their sites and tell them how awesome they are! Until next Satur… err Friday!
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