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iTzF3aR · Apr 04, 2010, 12:34 PM // 12:34

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Originally Posted by Puddin Cheeks

Apparently thou doth not remember the good ole days when you actually had to figure things out on your own. No pvx or wiki to tell you how to wipe your own A$$. I'm kind of glad they don't post exactly what is going on so people can't go 1-2-3-4 something and done.

That's right, because you can 1234 your way into a mysterious campsite (that has no use as of now) out in the middle of nowhere in Kryta, right ? To most players they have NO IDEA such things take place mostly because for one, they took this update right after the April 1st prank which led a lot of players to believe that the update had the original build prior to April 1st. They could have given out a LOT more hints to the casual gamers.

Leohan · Apr 04, 2010, 03:19 PM // 15:19

I just need to make clear that anything said is all just forum talk, there is no real 100% fact yet about what is going to happen on April 23rd.
I was just trying to make some small points in how I understood things so far, if people think I made some mistakes than that's what the forum is for.

The EOTN completion is a theory I read on Guru2's 114 page topic on this so far so my information maybe a little outdated since yesterday.

@Garreth MacLeod, thank you for bringing that thread to my attention.

Targren · Apr 05, 2010, 02:03 AM // 02:03

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Originally Posted by Missmelady

Actually Im pretty sure that anet cares they just need someway to make money. With a lack of new players coming into the game anet has no way to make money other then to offer microtransactions in the form of costumes now. It is either anet offers these transactions or we don't play a game anymore. Not only do they need the money to maintain gw1 servers they need the money for devolpment of gw2.

This gets trotted out all the time as if it's an excuse.

If Anet has no way of making money to develop GW2 besides Macro-transactions (not a typo, look up "microtransaction"), it's their own bloody fault. They made an error in allocating too many development resources to GW2 at the expense of GW1, probably because they underestimated the time it would take to complete GW2, or they grossly overestimated the time that minor content addition that was EotN would keep people interested.

Now they push disproportionately-priced "perks" (including ones that affect gameplay) and beseech us to support them so they can finish GW2, about which they still won't give us any information resembling something concrete. If they're this far in and still haven't determined things like how the HoM is going to tie in or what the combat system will be like, then there's no way the project can do anything but crater. And even Anet isn't that bad (I hope) which says they know they're just keeping it to themselves.

Do I have a problem with things like costumes available for microtransactions? Hell no. But when a costume costs $8, someone is smoking some really good stuff.

I'd say being jaded/cynical about the birthday update is more than warranted at this point. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me 5 times...

Allamorph · Apr 05, 2010, 02:15 AM // 02:15

You people talk about a lack of new players as if it's fact.

It's not. Also hi.

c1team · Apr 05, 2010, 04:22 AM // 04:22

Do we have an IRC channel for all this #dismantle #obey?

Stéphane Lo Presti · Apr 05, 2010, 05:09 PM // 17:09

Just in case it wasn't mentioned before, a good summary of the story so far:
http://www.massively.com/2010/04/05/...keirans-got-a/

Obey or Dismantle?

Dzjudz · Apr 05, 2010, 05:53 PM // 17:53

Why are people on facebook typing #dismantle and #obey? Does that # signify anything?

own age myname · Apr 05, 2010, 05:58 PM // 17:58

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Originally Posted by Dzjudz

Why are people on facebook typing #dismantle and #obey? Does that # signify anything?

I think it has something to do with some Anet twitter update awhile back. I'm not too familiar with twitter, but usually people sign their names with "#namehere" on twitter.

Ariena Najea · Apr 05, 2010, 06:25 PM // 18:25

The #Dismantle/#Obey is part of a forum game here on GW1G and GW2G.

Arduin · Apr 05, 2010, 06:52 PM // 18:52

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Originally Posted by iTzF3aR

That's right, because you can 1234 your way into a mysterious campsite (that has no use as of now) out in the middle of nowhere in Kryta, right ? To most players they have NO IDEA such things take place mostly because for one, they took this update right after the April 1st prank which led a lot of players to believe that the update had the original build prior to April 1st. They could have given out a LOT more hints to the casual gamers.

As soon as a new big (gameplay?) update gets implemented, the one all these forum games and little updates are leading up to, I'm sure Anet will broadcast it for everyone to see.

In the meantime, the people who are scouring the wiki, facebook and fora are getting a deserved teaser taste of things to come.

Dzjudz · Apr 05, 2010, 06:53 PM // 18:53

I haven't seen any game on guru? Guess I need to browse other forums outside Q&A, riverside and farming

.

slowerpoke · Apr 05, 2010, 06:56 PM // 18:56

# affixed words are hashtags, which in Twitter are 'To group posts together by topic or type'.

Dzjudz · Apr 05, 2010, 07:07 PM // 19:07

Alright, but what does facebook have to do with twitter? (sorry for my stupid questions, I'm no facebook or twitter pro

).

P.S. I know how twitter works with hashtags now (thanks for the post below me), but still: why do people post with # on facebook?

Emily Diehl · Apr 05, 2010, 07:14 PM // 19:14

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Originally Posted by slowerpoke

# affixed words are hashtags, which in Twitter are 'To group posts together by topic or type'.

Yep! Like slowerpoke said, hashtags are special tags for Twitter that help group bits of content together (kind of like tags on blogs or forums). If someone tweets something with a # in front of it, Twitter turns that into a link, and you can click it to get a list of all tweets that include the phrase. So if I tweeted something like "I like #bacon", you could click on the "#bacon" to see who else is talking about this tasty meat

The cool thing is that these tags are tracked, so if a ton of people start using the same hashtags in their posts, it may cause the topic to becoming a "trending topic". Trending topics appear on a list on the main site, so you can see the hot topics that people across the site are talking about.

Here's a link to a cool Twitter help article that explains the system in a little more detail.

And now you know! (As a sidenote, I'll probably post random bits of info like this on occasion, because I personally geek out over social stuff like this

)

Regina Buenaobra · Apr 05, 2010, 07:20 PM // 19:20

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

I sure would appreciate one of the Community Managers giving us a clear idea of what needs done in order to trigger the dialogue between Thackeray and Gwen, the Shining Blade Camp in Talmark Wilderness, and any future things such as these. Restricting players' access to this new content on account of not knowing for certain how to get to it is not nice... not that I think they're restricting this information on purpose (read: to be spiteful), but it would probably eliminate a lot of concerns and theorycrafting on how to activate these things to just be told how it works.

To see the dialogue between Gwen and Keiran, you must have completed either the Wintersday quests involving them, or Eye of the North. There is no out-of-game component required to trigger this (e.g. we were not waiting for something to happen on social networks before this was added to the game).

To see the Shining Blade Camp in Talmark Wilderness, you must have completed Prophecies or Eye of the North. We were not waiting for any sort of external trigger (on social networks, for example) before adding that to the actual game.

Those two in-game additions were scheduled by the Live Team. We on the Community Team and on Web have been running a small-scale teaser campaign (as you may have seen on Guild Wars 2 Guru) to support Live Team additions to the game. You will see in the coming weeks that the web site will have some more content that will support whatever it is the Live Team has in store for later in the month...

Regina Buenaobra · Apr 05, 2010, 07:21 PM // 19:21

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Originally Posted by Dzjudz

I haven't seen any game on guru? Guess I need to browse other forums outside Q&A, riverside and farming

.

See the first post on this thread.

The game hasn't really taken hold here as much as it did on Guild Wars 2 Guru, for some reason.

OzmaIX · Apr 05, 2010, 07:34 PM // 19:34

People people people.. people people people people
Something has to be driving the white mantle still, how else could they still have power? lol
Go Mursaat >

Anakita Snakecharm · Apr 05, 2010, 07:40 PM // 19:40

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

To see the Shining Blade Camp in Talmark Wilderness, you must have completed Prophecies. We were not waiting for any sort of external trigger (on social networks, for example) before adding that to the actual game.

Some people (including one of my guildmates who I know is trustworthy) are reporting being able to see the camp after completing EotN instead of Prophecies. Is this an error, or should that be considered another legitimate option for seeing it?

I only use one character and have done the three campaigns and the expansion with her, so I'm not asking for myself, I know I'm fine and I've seen the camp-- just asking for general forum information purposes.

Ariovist Lynxkind · Apr 05, 2010, 07:42 PM // 19:42

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Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

To see the dialogue between Gwen and Keiran, you must have completed either the Wintersday quests involving them, or Eye of the North. There is no out-of-game component required to trigger this (e.g. we were not waiting for something to happen on social networks before this was added to the game).

To see the Shining Blade Camp in Talmark Wilderness, you must have completed Prophecies. We were not waiting for any sort of external trigger (on social networks, for example) before adding that to the actual game.

Those two in-game additions were scheduled by the Live Team. We on the Community Team and on Web have been running a small-scale teaser campaign (as you may have seen on Guild Wars 2 Guru) to support Live Team additions to the game. You will see in the coming weeks that the web site will have some more content that will support whatever it is the Live Team has in store for later in the month...

Oh, so you can do the quest without having completed the Wintersday thing? cool, I thought I had missed out

#Dismantle

Trader of Secrets · Apr 05, 2010, 09:00 PM // 21:00

It wouldve sucked so bad if it did. But I also wonder if this quests is limited to some date.
Am betting there will be more quests, perhaps a follow up on this GW soap.