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Join the GWOnline Alliance in the Beta Wekend Event!

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Posted 26/04/12 by Lensor

Join GWO Alliance for some Guild Wars 2 Beta action!

GWOnline’s resident Guild Wars 1 alliance* has decided on making one huge alliance guild for the very first Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event, and all of you are invited to join the fun! PvE, WvW or structured PvP, we will do it all! On the European servers you will find us in Vabbi, and on the North American ones we will grace the Steamspur Mountains. If you want to join up you can either ask anyone you see in game wearing the [GWO] tag for an invite, or you can leave your in-game contact details in this thread. We will also update the thread with some GWOnline alliance contact people.

See you in game!

*The GWOnline Alliance of Friends consist of the GWOnline Community Guild [GWO], The Order of Dii [Dii], Veritas Invictus [TRUE], Embers of the Flame [PHX], The Guild of the Blade and Rose [BaR], Massively Overpowered [MVOP], Blood of the Martyr [HOPE], In Pace Requiescat [RIP] and U L G G [ULGG].

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The MS Toga Party is Tomorrow, April 21st!

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Posted 20/04/12 by Lensor

As most of our visitors have probably noticed, this last month or so there has been a banner promoting the MS Toga Party in our Friends widget. MS Toga Party is a charity fundraising event with the aim to raise support and awareness on Multiple Sclerosis. And tomorrow, April 21, the day has finally come! You can participate in the event live by joining one of the hosted districts, tuning in to GW-EN radio or listening to the GuildWars2Live stream. There are also Twitter and Facebook pages you can follow, MS Walks out in the afk world, and of course all donations to the MS Society are much appreciated.

Once again, Gamers Giving Back and the Gaming World Entertainment Network will be hosting the MS Toga Party! The event is a charity fundraising event, hosted within the game Guild Wars. Its aim is to raise awareness and support for those who are effected by Multiple Sclerosis. The event takes place in April to coincide with the North American Wide Supercities MS Walks. The ‘Toga Party’ can be found in international districts of Chahbek Village inside of the game’s world.

So head right over to the MS Toga Party web page for all the details! (also posted in our community advertising forum)

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Guild Wars 2 EU Fanday Concludes

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Posted 02/04/12 by Rushster

The EU Guild Wars 2 community got a taste of the game today at the EU Fanday which was held in Brighton. This gave members of the EU community a chance to get a taste of the game which has more recently been for the press. ArenaNet also hit Twitter and answered a ton of community questions so check the Guild Wars 2 Twitter to catch them all.

Tagged As: Fans, Guild Wars 2, Twitter | Categories: Community, Community Events | Comments Off

GWOnline Community Feature – Rhonda a.k.a. Malibu Barbie

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Posted 01/02/12 by Lensor

The two finalists in the PAX 2011 "Biggest smile" competition, Rhonda and Colin Johanson.

For this next installment of the GWOnline Community Features we had a chat with Rhonda, also known as Malibu Barbie to the Guild Wars community. Rhonda is one of the central figures of the “Pink Day in LA” events in Guild Wars 1, and we were of course thrilled to hear that she and the Gaming World Entertainment Network (GW-EN) are planning to take their good cheer and community spirit on to Guild Wars 2.

GWOnline: Could you tell us a little about the history of the Gaming World Entertainment Network and the Gamers Giving Back organization?

Rhonda: I wanted to create something unique for video gamers to break the stereotypes that we are all lazy and do nothing all day. I wanted to show what big hearts we have. So initially Gamers Giving Back was the first idea that came to mind. From there I decided to combine it with the idea of GW-EN. The combination of the two really seemed to work well together.

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Follow after the jump for the full deal on charity in videogames, on-air gaffes, and more!

Tagged As: Community interview, GW-EN | Categories: *Features, Community Events, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Interviews | 2 Comments

Blade Radio presents “Jingle Jangle” GW1 Wintersday event

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Posted 13/12/11 by Lensor

Blade Radio’s Jingle Jangle is a traditional event that coincides with the Guild Wars Wintersday celebrations. It is an occasion where the people at Blade Radio show their appreciation to their listeners for supporting them throughout the year.

The event runs from December 23rd to January 1st in various in-game locales, as well as on the Blade Radio stream of course.

Please visit our community forum for the full details on this event, including schedules, prizes, and more.

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Sunday weekly Guild Wars news roundup

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Posted 27/11/11 by Lensor

Welcome to the third weekly GWOnline Guild Wars news roundup, which means that we can now call it a regular thing!

This week Jim Boer at ArenaNet posted a developer blog about the iterative process of the conversation cinematics in Guild Wars 2. ArenaNet also showed that they still care about Guild Wars 1, by announcing a brand new post-hack account restoration feature. And we here at GWOnline announced our Secret Charr program! But that is not all. Follow after the jump for a full list of this week’s Guild Wars news.

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Sign up as a GWOnline Secret Charr!

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Posted 24/11/11 by Lensor

Ho Ho Ho!

Sure Thanksgiving is not even over yet, but Wintersday is just an Asura-toss away. It is already time to get festive, and what better way to get in the proper Wintersday spirit than by participating in GWOnline’s very own Secret Charr?

Secret Charr works exactly the same as Secret Santa, just with a little more fur, and lots of extra teeth!

How do you sign up?
Just provide a post with the following:

Picture of your Guild Wars Avatar for possible Drawing
Name of your Guild Wars Avatar and profession for possible Fan-Fiction
(may include more information as well if you like)

We will be taking participants until December 9th (got a 3-day extention).

Please visit the thread in our community forum for the full details of Secret Charr!

Tagged As: Forum event, Secret Charr, Wintersday | Categories: Community Events, Events, Fan Made, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Guild Wars IncGamers Site News | Comments Off

Nights of the mini pets has started!

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Posted 29/10/11 by Lensor

The Nights of the mini pets event is an annual in-game Guild Wars 1 event, presented by Blade Radio. This year’s event just started today, so be sure to join in at Lions Arch International Districts 1, 2 and 3 for some trick-and-treating, Guild Wars style!

Check out the thread in our community forum for details

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Pink Day in LA

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Posted 12/10/11 by Lensor

October being the international breast cancer awareness month, Gamer’s Giving Back and the Gaming World Entertainment Network host “Pink Day in LA” on October 15th 12pm – 6pm CDT. Pink Day in LA is an online event bringing the Guild Wars community together to raise breast cancer awareness as well as donations for the Canadian Cancer Society. Last year ArenaNet even added pink dye to the game for the occasion, so everyone can look pretty in pink.

For more information, visit the official website or the event thread in our community forum (includes a complete prize list).

Tagged As: Guild Wars 1, GW-EN, Pink Day in LA | Categories: Community Events, Guild Wars | Comments Off

Arenanet | Tradeshow Summer

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Posted 31/05/11 by Thalanor Thornhale

GW2 Ship Concept Art

I can’t believe that it took this long for the official announcement to make it to the front page. (Pardon my slowness.) Anyway, although there was mention of this before, ripe for the Memorial Day weekend (the inofficial start of summer), Martin Kerstein made an official announcement regarding their summer trades show plan. Like last year, Anet will skip E3 in favor of more fan-oriented events. This year’s plan consists of the following pit-stops:

1.) San Diego Comic- Con (July 21-24)
2.) Gamescom (August 17-21)
3.) PAX Prime (August 26-28)
4.) Paris Games Week (October 21-25)

This summer is promising to be one full of events and anticipation as Anet has promised lots of new information, a demo and some surprises. Head on over to the original blog post to fetch all the details.

To the community, is any one planning on attending any of the events above?

Tagged As: Guild Wars 2, Tradeshow | Categories: ArenaNet, Community Events, Guild Wars 2 | 1 Comment

ArenaNet outlines Guild Wars 2 Convention Plans

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Posted 30/03/11 by Rushster

The PR trail is set to continue this summer with Guild Wars 2 turning up at most of the major conventions which will give fans the opportunity to see the game in action.

ArenaNet will be turning up at the following events, so if you think you can plan some holiday time around these dates, then mark the diaries now.

Comic-Con – 20-24 July 2011 San Diego, California, North America this year. More details to come!
Gamescom – 17-21 August 2011 Europe’s largest game show in Cologne, Germany. ArenaNet will have a demo build of Guild Wars 2, plenty of devs on hand to meet fans and answer questions, and some cool surprises.
PAX – 26-28 August 2011 PAX Prime, Washington, North America. ArenaNet say they have big plans for this year’s PAX, so stay tuned!

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Hearts of the North Costume Pack Contest Winners

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Posted 23/11/10 by Rushster

Well done to everyone who entered the Hearts of the North costume pack giveaway contest. Today the winners were selected and notified via PM. The winners were…