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arcanemacabre · Mar 07, 2007, 06:25 AM // 06:25

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Originally Posted by Rhedd

w. t. F! are you talking about with this "presear bunny" thing?
I admit I haven't been in presear for over a year, but really... Want to explain your rambling to us poor, out-of-the-loop people?

He forgot to take his medication, that's all.

Knightsaber Sith · Mar 07, 2007, 06:26 AM // 06:26

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Originally Posted by manitoba1073

ok well the secret of the presear bunny is out now

ill tell you all the next thing he said

Across the water of the coast of the tower you will find your new journey. From the mouth of a dragon to its gullet you will go from the places of knowledge and laws.

Well Dragon's Gullet is a zone in the Ascalon region, and might the first part of that refer to that floating castle thing you can see from that tower over in Kryta....

Feminist Terrorist · Mar 07, 2007, 06:27 AM // 06:27

Rhedd, I think he's on crack. That bunny doesn't say anything.

manitoba1073 · Mar 07, 2007, 06:27 AM // 06:27

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Originally Posted by Rhedd

w. t. F! are you talking about with this "presear bunny" thing?
I admit I haven't been in presear for over a year, but really... Want to explain your rambling to us poor, out-of-the-loop people?

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rabbit

heres the presear bunny

but it is funny hes been right about things for not saying stuff.

Redfeather1975 · Mar 07, 2007, 06:33 AM // 06:33

Ooops. I got ninja'd because I take super long.

Kotetsu Rain · Mar 07, 2007, 06:58 AM // 06:58

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Originally Posted by erk

Yep, it's called viral marketing. It's to build up speculation, discussion, and general interest in the future product. NCSOFT developers/staff/contractors would be under tight non-disclosure agreements regarding future product releases, and could easily be prosecuted if the "leak" was not sanctioned.

Or it could be WOM marketing. (word-of-mouth)

Word of mouth (WOM) , aka Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM), is a formalized marketing effort designed to stimulate the passing of information by verbal means, especially recommendations, but also general information, in an informal, person-to-person manner, rather than by mass media, advertising, organized publication, or traditional marketing. Word of mouth is typically considered a face-to-face spoken communication, although phone conversations, text messages sent via SMS and web dialogue, such as online profile pages, blog posts, message board threads, instant messages and emails are often now included in the definition of word of mouth. There is some overlap in meaning between word of mouth and the following: rumour, gossip, innuendo, and hearsay; however the negative connotations of these words are not included in the meaning of word of mouth.

I copy/pasted the decription from wikipedia.org. (full article here ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth) If they really did pull a WoM marketing move then it's safe to say that some of the information on the site is true (just as Gaile mentioned somewhere in these 600 + posts) but they could of also combined it with viral marketing to but in the false and misleading information.

Roderick Bravehart · Mar 07, 2007, 07:01 AM // 07:01

GW2? GW:EN? What?

I'm about to go jump off the Space Needle now. I hope for all that is bright and fluffy that those rumors of GW2 being non-backwards-compatibibbly with GW1 are False. I really really hope that article is wrong. God helf us if it isn't

**cosyfiep** · Mar 07, 2007, 07:08 AM // 07:08

eeeks 38 pages and this only started yesterday......
well my monk yuki will be happy with snow.
my rits will be unhappy.
hope they make some nice armor.

Feminist Terrorist · Mar 07, 2007, 08:22 AM // 08:22

Reading the original article again, I'm struck anew by the really poor grammar and grasp of the English language displayed by the author. It's quite strange.

Much of what the author claims seems to go against the direction Anet has been steering this game towards for the last two years.

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Eye of the North brings a conclusion what happened in Tyria after Guild Wars: Prophecies ended

IMO, this is the true part, and nearly all the rest, if not all of it is false. Gaile said that some of the story is true, but she never said just how much. It could be just a snippet.

I will wait and see, since I have no choice, but my gut says that the story is 99% bull.

FeuerFrei · Mar 07, 2007, 10:47 AM // 10:47

actually...i just realized that GW2 could very well be true. If any of youve watched the making of GW.NF, towards the end, the staff of ArenaNet say that its only the beginning and that theyve barely scratched the surface. IMO, theyre really planning to make a revolutionary game in the future and that my friends could be GW2

Rhedd · Mar 07, 2007, 12:02 PM // 12:02

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Originally Posted by manitoba1073

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Rabbit

heres the presear bunny

but it is funny hes been right about things for not saying stuff.

I'm perfectly aware of the existence of that bunny.

The part about him talking, however... Well, I'm going to agree with arcanemacabre and Fem T; go take your meds, manitoba. ^_^

INFPGeek · Mar 07, 2007, 03:39 PM // 15:39

Well, I am a little skeptical of the story, but it does make sense. Trying to keep up with campaign 4 rumors, I saw a press release from NCSoft that mentioned "...a new major update to the Guild Wars franchise in the latter half of 2007." (Source: Press release: NCsoft records KRW 338.7 billion in sales in 2006) It is interesting that they call it a "Major Update" and not a "New Chapter" or "New Campaign." Maybe GW:EN is that update. Although, I would really doubt that they won't realease ANYTHING else until GW2. Perhaps not another full campaign, but at least another Expansion pack; if for no other reason than for the continued stream of revenue (no new product = no new money to make GW2 with).

thelegendozelda · Mar 07, 2007, 04:01 PM // 16:01

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Originally Posted by Rhedd

I'm perfectly aware of the existence of that bunny.

The part about him talking, however... Well, I'm going to agree with arcanemacabre and Fem T; go take your meds, manitoba. ^_^

i second that......

What in the world are you talking about......at first i thought the rabbit might have some text above his head ever now and then......but man......if not......take pills now.........

Loviatar · Mar 07, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27

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Originally Posted by INFPGeek

It is interesting that they call it a "Major Update" and not a "New Chapter" or "New Campaign." Maybe GW:EN is that update.).

do you consider the announced voice chat being added this fall could qualify as the *major update* since no mention was made about chapter 4 at all in the financial release?

Kotetsu Rain · Mar 07, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

(I just can't get over the fact that Gaile refuses to say what's false/misleading or true.)

What about this possible floating mountain in the middle of the ocean between Istan and Tyria? Is there anyway that this REALLY has to deal with Chapter 4 and the whole snowy place north of tyria thing is really a ginat distraction?

Pic ---> http://www.semyazas.de/senti/gw263.jpg

Offical thread here -------> http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10113156

P.S. If I"m going off topic since this situation already has it's own thread please guiltlessly delete this post.

Knightsaber Sith · Mar 07, 2007, 05:46 PM // 17:46

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Originally Posted by Kotetsu Rain

(I just can't get over the fact that Gaile refuses to say what's false/misleading or true.)

What about this possible floating mountain in the middle of the ocean between Istan and Tyria? Is there anyway that this REALLY has to deal with Chapter 4 and the whole snowy place north of tyria thing is really a ginat distraction?

Pic ---> http://www.semyazas.de/senti/gw263.jpg

Offical thread here -------> http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10113156

There's absolutely no reason to believe that has anything to do with the next campaign. There's also the floating castle in Tyria

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Kessex_Peak
but that likely is unrelated as well.

Exoudeous · Mar 07, 2007, 05:51 PM // 17:51

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Originally Posted by Kotetsu Rain

(I just can't get over the fact that Gaile refuses to say what's false/misleading or true.)

thats her job, she can't talk about things untill the company says its ok. Just about anyone in the games industry has to do the same, can't talk about their games unless the company gives the ok.

Panacea · Mar 07, 2007, 06:50 PM // 18:50

So here's my take on the article, and the minipet.
Okay. GW - Eye of the North. If it's another expansion, I'm not sure on that name. Mainly because, well... Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, Eye of the North. That last one just doesn't fit in very well. My take is that it's another Sorrow's Furnace type place, but with more substance to it than the Furnace was. Not that the Furnace wasn't awesome, but still. Larger.

18 multi-level dungeons. Multi level? WTF? Can someone explain this for me?
10 new heroes - one per class. Makes sense to me.
40 new armors - 4 per class. Again, makes sense, although seems a bit much.
150 skills. That's 15 skills per class. Uhm... bit small... But I guess they can do this, if they're planning on charging less. Which I don't see why they would, with 18 new 'multi-level' dungeons! ... Does Guild Wars even have dungeons?
50 skills for PvE. Seems like a bit much, that's a third of the skills... Oh. Five per class. Huhm. Possible. I'm not sure how much I like the idea of dividing PvE and PvP even further, but some PvE only skills might - MIGHT - be nice.

Guild Wars 2 - The Search for More Money.
Huh. Hundreds of years. I hope that the ending in Eye of the North has, you know... A huge 'world-go-boom' effect. I can understand why they'd do it many years later - redesign everything, blame it on the world changing. I'd kind of look forward to this.
Zone-wide events: Snazzy? Might be fun to have large-scale PvP with a smaller squad system. Oh. Wait. We have that already...
Multiple races - from ANet's history, I think it's more probable that we'll see a few new races, but no more playable than humans. But I wouldn't rule it out - it just might be a bitch and a half to set up.

Now comes my worries - the 'huge area-battles' - does that mean that instancing is going to be gone? I like the idea of the small groups roaming in the PvE countryside. If they get rid of that, I'll ... I'll cry, damnit! Although I will look forward with baited breath to seeing any new combat system ANet can dream up! (C'mon, melee staves!)

The Great Al · Mar 07, 2007, 06:51 PM // 18:51

If Gaile told us what was false in the article, she would also be telling us what is true...and GW probably has some sort of agreement with PCGamer to let them give us the exclusive info first, which is why she can't tell us.

Zonzai · Mar 07, 2007, 07:08 PM // 19:08

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Originally Posted by Loviatar

p. T. Barnum Was Right

There's a sucker born every minute.

I would gamble that there is a small amount of truth to what has been said. But whoever wrote the article doesn't know that much about the game.