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Farin · Dec 22, 2005, 07:42 AM // 07:42

Update - Wednesday, December 21

Season's Greetings

(Please sing along to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas.)

On the twelfth moon of Wintersday ArenaNet gave to me...
Blessings from Dwayna
Festive decorations
One mighty snowman
Weapons made of candy
Gifts that might kill you
Snow-covered henchmen
New winter monsters
Some really long quests

Lots of drinking Dwarves
Gingerbread shields
Curses from Grenth
And a new way to watch PvP!

That's right, Observer Mode!

Now you can watch as top-ranked guilds battle it out in the Tombs and in rated guild matches. The upcoming Guild Wars Regional Playoffs and World Championship will also be available for viewing as they happen. The details are as follows:

Whenever a top 100 ranked guild plays in the Tombs or in a rated guild challenge, the game is automatically available for everyone to see. Other "special event" games will also be available for viewing.

Everything that observers see is delayed 15 minutes from the original game, to prevent cheating. Games become available for observation approximately 15 minutes after they start, and remain available until approximately 15 minutes after they finish.

While you are watching a game, you can chat with your fellow observers. There is no limit to the number of people who can simultaneously observe a game, but for purposes of chatting, observers are randomly assigned into groups of about 100 people.

In Observer Mode, the Map Area window displays the positions of all characters on the map. You can click on any character to jump there. Alternately, you can use Auto Camera mode to let the game pick the most interesting targets for you.

A new heads-up display automatically shows you the Health of teams that you are currently watching. If you prefer to use the Party window to view party status details and to select players to watch, you can easily switch the Party window back and forth between teams, or you may choose to view multiple Party windows and watch different teams in each window.

Mortiis Keltenheim · Dec 22, 2005, 07:44 AM // 07:44

Finally.... freakin observer mode. Time to grab the popcorn.

Racthoh · Dec 22, 2005, 07:44 AM // 07:44

Big presents in droks.

bunnys are ebil · Dec 22, 2005, 07:46 AM // 07:46

really long quests=really good quest rewards?

Doctor Rhino · Dec 22, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Aww, and I was just going to go to bed. Looks like I'm stayin up.

NowTumi · Dec 22, 2005, 07:50 AM // 07:50

what can I say , cool.

I am rebuilding faith in guildwar for A-net's recently fast response to players and constantly updating.

widds2v · Dec 22, 2005, 07:52 AM // 07:52

Anyone find any collectors with "xmas items"?

Savio · Dec 22, 2005, 07:52 AM // 07:52

FINALLY! Now people can stop asking about when it comes out in Q&A.

*waits for deluge of "Where's the Christmas stuff" threads*

damocles · Dec 22, 2005, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Best Update till now :P

got lah · Dec 22, 2005, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Heh Go ANet! At times like this i forget all that i ranted when they released the AoE nerf =p

AuricRal · Dec 22, 2005, 07:55 AM // 07:55

Observer mode... finally

Xion · Dec 22, 2005, 07:55 AM // 07:55

ARRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH , im going away to a place without internet connection for christmas

Farin · Dec 22, 2005, 08:06 AM // 08:06

I'm dying to watch a match. I really am. Anyone read what the ghost in tombs says yet? It's interesting.

herzog_zwei · Dec 22, 2005, 08:20 AM // 08:20

<3 the update! gj once again Anet

Andy_M · Dec 22, 2005, 08:21 AM // 08:21

Hehe, nice.

Yanman.be · Dec 22, 2005, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Observer mode PWNS buildstealing ftw

Racthoh · Dec 22, 2005, 08:25 AM // 08:25

I'm pretty sure I could use observer mode all day and not get bored. Very nice work Anet.

Diablo™ · Dec 22, 2005, 08:26 AM // 08:26

Observer mode ROCKS!

Hockster · Dec 22, 2005, 08:26 AM // 08:26

Any details on the new quests? Or where they are?

tafy69 · Dec 22, 2005, 08:27 AM // 08:27

classy, cant wait for seeing some games

your guildmates can watch you play too, niice

This update was made for pve and pvp groups, gg