Curse

zidane888 · Jan 26, 2006, 03:49 AM // 03:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meric Hellhammer

Hate to burst your bubble but if you submitted 10 swords you may have been disqualified because you were only allowed to submit one design of each type of weapon. And picking the best of your 10 swords would kind of defeat the purpose of the limit. I hope im wrong because your designs are awsome.

^ yea I read the rules carefully and tried to "sneakily" and subtly work my way arround it

I submitted 1 design as my primary choice (the Ivory Blade), and included some "options" showcasing other possible concepts..blahblah. If i get disqualified oh well, I had a great time with this project.

Anyway..might as well show you a few more. Keep in mind the names are made up by me, and therefore extremely dumb.

0siris · Jan 26, 2006, 04:00 AM // 04:00

now if only assasins could carry katanas

id take that one in a heartbeat

Big_Iron · Jan 26, 2006, 04:00 AM // 04:00

Nice stuff man. After seeing yours, I know my weak-ass submission didn't make the cut.

hyori finkl · Jan 26, 2006, 04:12 AM // 04:12

Nice sketches zidane. I specifically like that vampire moonblade and would enjoy seeing that on my warrior

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Inde · Jan 30, 2006, 11:51 PM // 23:51

Another message from Gaile Gray:

"The winners of the Design-A-Weapon Contest will be announced on Thursday. Man, we had a lot of entries, and a lot of good entries, I have to say. It was a grueling experience, like one of those "All you can eat" buffets where you'd like to choose everything but have only so much capacity.

I think you'll love the winners, and I bet you'll be pleased to read about special considerations for the future, too. *adopts mysterious air*Look for the update afternoon/evening Pacific Time."

AND

"Let me be a little more detailed on that: We'll post this Thursday to show you the winning entries, with the names and locations of the winning artists/designers. (It's an international group, as you might expect.) So you'll be seeing the finalists -- the topmost winners -- this week, and those items will be included in Guild Wars: Factions upon release.

*adopts Ginzu Knife voice* But wait, there's more!

We had a lot of quality entries and a number of honorable mentions from that group. We'll provide information on those, and detail our plans for those -- a little "something extra" not originally mentioned -- in Thursday's update."

Starsky-sama · Jan 31, 2006, 01:43 AM // 01:43

0.o

oo "something extra" eh?

thx for the update.

-cheers.

hyori finkl · Jan 31, 2006, 04:53 AM // 04:53

Mmmm..Can't wait to see the results

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zidane888 · Feb 02, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

My fingers hurt from hitting "refresh" dammit!

Lasareth · Feb 03, 2006, 12:28 AM // 00:28

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...st-winners.php

Son of a... Well, the winners are awesome. Except for the swords, just 'cause it's personal

J/k, they're all great

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Quote:

Design-A-Weapon Winners Announced - 02 February 2006
After sorting through more than a thousand excellent entries, the Guild Wars Team has selected the winners and honorable mentions in the Design-A-Weapon Contest. The winning entries will serve as inspiration for team-created weapons that will be included in Guild Wars Factions upon release. The exciting news is that, due to the high quality of the entries, many of the honorable mentions will also be incorporated into Guild Wars Factions over the months following release. For more details, check out the Design-A-Weapon Page.

Nevin · Feb 03, 2006, 12:33 AM // 00:33

Personally I dislike most of the winners, they're too flashy and not close enough to the basics.. Zidane's concepts were much better.

Lasareth · Feb 03, 2006, 12:35 AM // 00:35

The shield is utterly beautiful in my opinion

I would definitely get one if I could afford it when the expansion comes out :d

Racthoh · Feb 03, 2006, 12:40 AM // 00:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lasareth

http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...st-winners.php

Son of a... Well, the winners are awesome. Except for the swords, just 'cause it's personal

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Great... so I have to wait a while to use your sword... mutters...

The shield, I like. The sword winner just reminds me way too much of a fellblade. Indifferent about the others.

zidane888 · Feb 03, 2006, 12:47 AM // 00:47

I got runner up, im content!

Vermilion Okeanos · Feb 03, 2006, 01:27 AM // 01:27

I think it is interesting that most of the winner (pretty much except shield) are some kind of boney weapon.

I assume they had so much entries of variety, they really couldn't choose the winner. Not until they need a key theme, and that was "bone". (Just don't tell me they got the idea after eating some fry chicken and stared at a bone, or a T-bone steak ^^

Better luck next time. Really.

Misc Merik · Feb 03, 2006, 01:31 AM // 01:31

Dont get me wrong I like the winning picks It just bothers me to see that most of the "cool" weapons go to warriors. Some more unique staff, offhands,and wands would be nice granted I wouldnt mind running around with a little hay voodoo doll on my necro.

RuPee · Feb 03, 2006, 01:36 AM // 01:36

lol i really want that voodoo doll offhand.

fenix · Feb 03, 2006, 01:42 AM // 01:42

They all look pretty cool, I can't wait to see the runners up though. That shield looks awesome, I want one. It is a bit weird that they are all bone sort of designs....

zidane888 · Feb 03, 2006, 01:45 AM // 01:45

I bet some of the runner up submissions are just as stunning as the winning entries, but the Anet staff had to make a decision sometime, and I think for the mostpart they chose judiciously. I wouldn't be surprized however to see some concepts from the runner ups appearing later on in the realease of Factions, as it is stated in the intro paragraph of the main site, so hopefully we'll see more focus type items.

dargon · Feb 03, 2006, 01:45 AM // 01:45

My ranger will have that bow

heavy metal rules · Feb 03, 2006, 01:46 AM // 01:46

i'm loving that iron bow. wow that is very sweet looking, and also the axe and what might be a necro weapon..very awsome artists and grats to them and to the follow up winners your all very talented and props to you guys great work folks.