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Zeek Aran · Jan 02, 2008, 04:54 AM // 04:54

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Originally Posted by Curse You

Ok, what armour is that? It's kind of bugging me now.

...LAWL. I had such an issue with it I PMed her. It's rt Vabbian. I kept searching through all the mes and ele armors on wiki and gave up.

arcanemacabre · Jan 02, 2008, 05:02 AM // 05:02

Well, after getting both (finally), I must say, I like them both. I think the biggest issue with the ice crown is that people were psyched about getting a nice glowing headpiece that [at least closely] matched the submitted art, and feel let down. On its own, without comparison to what "could have been," it's pretty good, IMO. The fur piece on it is kinda 'meh,' though.

The flower/candle thing is kinda cute on some female characters, I guess. Design-wise, it's pretty good, too. I like how the flames on the candles flicker when you move. Nice touch.

Ranger Khann · Jan 02, 2008, 05:03 AM // 05:03

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Originally Posted by Zeek Aran

Wow. MORE hostility.

For the record, I believe that was a joke

Zeek Aran · Jan 02, 2008, 05:15 AM // 05:15

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Originally Posted by Ranger Khann

For the record, I believe that was a joke

... x-x I'm sorry. My sarcasm detector really isn't working lately.

Hott Bill · Jan 02, 2008, 05:16 AM // 05:16

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Originally Posted by 1 up and 2 down

Anet hasn't released an official date for when GW2 comes out and I highly doubt it will be released at the very end of '08.

So we will most likely have another GW1 Wintersday event with hats being given out.

Do not get hopes up

Curse You · Jan 02, 2008, 05:55 AM // 05:55

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Originally Posted by Zeek Aran

...LAWL. I had such an issue with it I PMed her. It's rt Vabbian. I kept searching through all the mes and ele armors on wiki and gave up.

I know, she PMed me.

Kashrlyyk · Jan 02, 2008, 06:43 AM // 06:43

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Originally Posted by aaje vhanli

...They should have handled the "bald" problem the same way as with the Wicked Hat and Yule Cap (similar to what lakatz showed us).....

As soon as you wear a helmet or hat, there is just one haircut, like the helmet forcing a certain way to wear the hair. That would be much better than bald or some kind of straw.

Pure Disasta · Jan 02, 2008, 07:18 AM // 07:18

Ugly as shit.

Should have just reused the ones from last year and saved themselves the emberassment and half hour.

upier · Jan 02, 2008, 07:52 AM // 07:52

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Originally Posted by garethporlest18

Upier way many pages back, that wreath looks really silly on your head.

I agree with most about the crown, nice try but try re-texturing it Anet so it's a bit more like ice and..not whatever it is now.

Pretty okay on the Wreath but it's kind of odd too.

That's all.

Here is the thing.
I don't mistake those few pixels that we call our characters for any kind of a version of me. (I am in NO way saying that you ARE!)
Would I ever wear a tank top with golden piercing nipples of doom, a platemail skirt and a flowery crown in RL?
Hell no! My chest is to hairy to be able to pull it off!

It does make me smile to see it on the characters I play in a game though.
And at the end of the day - that's good enough for me.
Plus it's sweet we finally got something different then the Coke-Santa version that everyone is feeding us! I mean how many people would EVER get to know that possibly not EVERYONE is running around with a red hat or that some people would rather eat Rudolph then sing about it!

So the hat made me smile and made me learn something new.
For a videogame - I'd say that is pretty darn sweet!

(And in NO way am I saying you should hate it! Hell - I hate tons of things in GW. I just don't hate this one.)

Liches Apprentice · Jan 02, 2008, 08:27 AM // 08:27

These hats suck imo, the contest was a waste of time and money if Anet didn't plan on using the submitted winners art and worse yet the ice crown was butchered....from a player of 2 years and has been to all the holiday events...this is the worst I have seen. I had my 1st acct banned and I still l am playing but when I saw these....I wondered to my self why in the heck am I still playing if ima get stuff that had no effort put into it (mainly the flower hat...) like these?
Sorry but failure on this years wintersday.

I am very dissapointed(

) but none the less I still have them.

Vinraith · Jan 02, 2008, 08:33 AM // 08:33

People claiming "laziness" aren't looking at the wreath crown very closely. It's effeminate, certainly, but it's probably the most detailed and carefully crafted hat they've ever produced. It's fantastic on cute female characters. If they'd come up with an equally strong contender for guys it would be all good.

Curse You · Jan 02, 2008, 09:55 AM // 09:55

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Originally Posted by Vinraith

People claiming "laziness" aren't looking at the wreath crown very closely. It's effeminate, certainly, but it's probably the most detailed and carefully crafted hat they've ever produced. It's fantastic on cute female characters. If they'd come up with an equally strong contender for guys it would be all good.

Maybe something like a viking helmet, with blood all over the horns. That manly enough for you?

Also, the little candles are cool, they move when you move.

Estic · Jan 02, 2008, 10:02 AM // 10:02

I really like the hats this year. Can't see why people are complaining about it.

As was pointed out by another poster, the ice crown looks exactly like the glacial gloves. No coincidence here. And for those of you who expected a cute Grenth crown with fur around the rims.... come on!

Rocky Raccoon · Jan 02, 2008, 01:30 PM // 13:30

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Originally Posted by Sergeant Miyagi

But know what? Its their job to make us happy. We are the player base and unhappy player base=not as many people playing=less referrals=smaller paychecks for anet. If someone rapped up their waste and gave it to you, would you be thankful because it was free?

If you follow the forums at all you would know that whatever ANET does people on the forums are going to whine about something. I include myself when I say people, so don't use that as an excuse to flame

Liches Apprentice · Jan 02, 2008, 10:31 PM // 22:31

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Originally Posted by Estic

I really like the hats this year. Can't see why people are complaining about it.

As was pointed out by another poster, the ice crown looks exactly like the glacial gloves. No coincidence here. And for those of you who expected a cute Grenth crown with fur around the rims.... come on!

People are complaining cuz after all the other hats we get a rip off ice crown and a boque of flowers with candels (which idk how it relates to the holiday). I really don't know how the glacial gauntlents and the ice crown look alike...glacial gauntlets are not ROCKS they are ice and the "ice" crown is ROCKS...big difference now maybe....just maybe..if they would have used the ORIGINAL contest submitted art they might match....and I never thought grenth would have a "ice" crown I thought dwayana would have the contest winners hat....but well I was fooled and somewhat let down again by anet.

End Rant.

Sirius-NZ · Jan 02, 2008, 11:07 PM // 23:07

Beginning of spring sir. That's what Dwayna is all about anyway.

redd66 · Jan 02, 2008, 11:16 PM // 23:16

Did someone puke up a fruitcake? Cuz it landed on my head...oh wait... that was the dwaynas hat. And someone owes Nian an apology for the ice hat thing that looks like some 25 cent wig from a joke shop was added to it. Wintersday 2006 hats FTW.

aldaron · Jan 03, 2008, 01:10 AM // 01:10

The Wreath Crown (Dwayna) is excellent, nice detail. If it does not look good on your character, um... do not wear it!

The Ice Crown (Grenth) based on the winner of the Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 art contest, is so Grenth! Not pretty white spikes, but gray ice, the kind you see along side the road days after the snowstorm when everyone goes back to school/work.

Just my 2 cents....

lakatz · Jan 03, 2008, 01:38 AM // 01:38

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Originally Posted by Estic

As was pointed out by another poster, the ice crown looks exactly like the glacial gloves. No coincidence here. And for those of you who expected a cute Grenth crown with fur around the rims.... come on!

FYI, it is a coincidence. Nian designed the original ice crown, NOT the ANet design team... and WITH fur trim. Someone at ANet took it off. That's why so many are offering their condolences to Nian... because NIAN was the designer... in case you were wondering.

FYI... http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...07/winner1.php

xshadowwolfx · Jan 03, 2008, 02:12 AM // 02:12

People are just whining and saying sorry to Nian because their expectations were too high due to her awesome art.

None of the hats are ugly just not what people expected.