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Clord · Jan 27, 2007, 05:39 PM // 17:39

Canthan theme is one from my favorites, expect city area.

**cosyfiep** · Jan 27, 2007, 06:08 PM // 18:08

some say the year of the boar.....and the chinese new year is on February 18th this year (a bit late I think).....so I hope the canthan celebration isnt boar-ing!

hope they did listen to us about the skills.....nerfing some of that list would be brutal.

Kityn · Jan 27, 2007, 06:21 PM // 18:21

I have always wondered what happened to Spooky.

GloryFox · Jan 27, 2007, 06:56 PM // 18:56

It’s good to see a renewed interest in Cantha. Hopefully we can see some more Canthan events.

Nightfall is great but there is something about Cantha and Shing Jea Island that warms the heart.

Vital · Jan 27, 2007, 07:22 PM // 19:22

No news on the Daily Automated GvG tournaments? 36 days and counting...

sixdartbart · Jan 27, 2007, 07:29 PM // 19:29

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Originally Posted by Inde

LOL, so much negativity! All right, my comments...

First off, THANK YOU BILLIARD! Pretty cool he's there and I hope he nabs lots of pictures and gets a lot of the communities questions answered that were submitted.

Second, the Canthan New Year had me chuckling. If you guys haven't checked out the video from TRUEgamer on the Wintersday 2006 you'll see why I'm chuckling. STARNEWS23 EPISODE ONE: Bring me your candycane shards. Canthan's are getting some love

Thanks for pointing me towards this video Inde

roflmfao

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melody The Mesmer

Anet Hates you guys! Yes all of you.

Ariena Najea · Jan 27, 2007, 07:29 PM // 19:29

I think it's great that Cantha is getting some more fun, I started playing on Factions and am disappointed at the way things have turned out. It seems like many outposts are simply ghost towns, so it's nice that Cantha gets another fun event.

Skill balances are nice too, maybe they'll kill SF =D

*Darcy* · Jan 27, 2007, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Thank you Billiard for the report. Both items are great news.

The player participation in testing and critiquing the skill changes seems to have revitalized the community.

And, personally, I can't wait for the Canthan New Year celebration. MORE HATS.

@Inde - I also watched the video, which was very entertaining. Poor Cantha, no snow = no Winterfest. Also can't wait to see the video for this new one.

Billiard · Jan 27, 2007, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vital

No news on the Daily Automated GvG tournaments? 36 days and counting...

They are going to be delayed. Izzy said they know how much the PvP folks have been anticipating them and they want to get them out as soon as possible, but some things have come up and I was hearing into February at least. I asked to get some more hard info out to players about the tournaments and he said they are working on it, but no promises on anything. There is a lot going on behind the scenes it seems with this.

Jeff Highwind · Jan 27, 2007, 07:53 PM // 19:53

This thread is quite relevant to my interests. If the Sin and various other skill changes become permanent I will be QUITE Pleased.

And yay for Canthan New Year, another economic exploit for me.

drekmonger · Jan 27, 2007, 07:59 PM // 19:59

GvG tournament delay = sad me. And possibly a mass revolt (or exodus) from the GvG crowd.

It would have been superior just to run the Nightfall championship as the original and Factions championships were run, holding back the automated tournaments until they were ready. The GvG game is bleeding players, in my unscientific estimation, because of this delay. There's a possibility that many will not return.

HvH Ladder news?

The Last Cruzader · Jan 27, 2007, 08:00 PM // 20:00

Woot! another test weekend ^^

Vital · Jan 27, 2007, 08:02 PM // 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billiard

They are going to be delayed. Izzy said they know how much the PvP folks have been anticipating them and they want to get them out as soon as possible, but some things have come up and I was hearing into February at least. I asked to get some more hard info out to players about the tournaments and he said they are working on it, but no promises on anything. There is a lot going on behind the scenes it seems with this.

Thanks very much Billiard. I posted a WATCH thread to keep an eye on the situation. The lack of upfront information is much worse than any pushback.

Deleet · Jan 27, 2007, 08:11 PM // 20:11

Good job, Billiard, can't wait to read it up!

VitisVinifera · Jan 27, 2007, 09:47 PM // 21:47

Event: great news! Look forward to seeing what this one is like.

I don't want my second statement to be negative, but I really only get to play much on the weekend, and I'm now tired of skills being different and kinda random each weekend. I'm for closed testing, and letting Anet testers earn their money instead of us doing their work for them.

Symbol · Jan 27, 2007, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Are they going to release a list of the skill changes a few days beforehand? Considering how long it's taken to get to this point I think that isn't too much to ask.

stueyman2099 · Jan 27, 2007, 10:33 PM // 22:33

Hopfully they do better with the balances on the test this time. Delay on AT's makes me QQ, it's all I'm staying around for, and if they end up not refreshing the GvG game, I'll be moving on.

Allanon754 · Jan 27, 2007, 11:32 PM // 23:32

Ewww... Cantha for the lose

At least they're taking another look at the skill changes which is nice.

Markaedw · Jan 27, 2007, 11:37 PM // 23:37

Actually they are trying to revitalize the game!

I found this article published on 26-oct-2007.

http://gigaom.com/2006/10/26/guild-wars/

He reviewed GW and said that they had 2.5 million player base, which could mean that they had sold 2.5 million units.

Then on 13-dec-2007, A-net anounced that they sold 3 million units, which included Nightfall sales. That means that at that time less than 500,000 units were sold.

I don't know about your math, but mine says that 1/2 a mil units world wide is bad sales numbers.

Heck even the BK xbox games have sold 2 mil.

Granted NF standard was 11th in sales for oct and the CE was 16th.

Warmaster Patton · Jan 27, 2007, 11:41 PM // 23:41

Not another Factions hater, c'mon get over it if you didn't like it.

I can't wait, more hats! We already got a dragon hat, which is sorta New Yearsy in China, so maybe a birthday hat thing? it would be cool if you got a popper (you know things that you pull the string and confetti comes out) as a weapon or maybe a PvP thing with them.