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YunSooJin · Dec 19, 2008, 04:19 AM // 04:19

wishlist:
req 9str draconic aegis
40 ectos so I can give xmas presents ;3

I remember when I was a total newbie someone gave me a random run through much of Ascalon. He also assisted and helped with quests..I've long since forgotten his name. However - around a year and a half ago I had his name saved up on my friends list, and one day I surprised him with a req9 15>50 mursaat hammer, in gratitude for his assistance to a nubsauce who benefited from his generousity.

Madeentje · Dec 19, 2008, 08:10 PM // 20:10

Wishlist:
I could use some ecto's very much. I got God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals yesterday, but there's still alot of little stuff I would like to have (I'm broke now, after maxing Party Animal, Sweet Tooth AND Drunkard in just 3 weeks), like Minipets, Armorsets, Tormented Weapons.

I met 2-3 very important persons that changed my life alot. I made alot of friends that I was really close with. I made my own Guild about 1.5 years ago, and the people that were in that guild (about 8 people) were really good friends. We did everything toghetter, always chatting on TeamSpeak. We were in about 10 different guilds, but always toghetter

. Since few months they all quit playing after getting bored of Guild Wars, but 1 persons still plays, and that's also the person I was most close to. We haven't been toghetter in a Guild since 6 months but we are always chatting toghetter on TS (mostly about RL). I met him in RL in the summer vacation (he lives 700km from me), I stayed at his house for 3 days when his parents weren't at home (he's 19 and I'm 16). Though we do nothing in Guild Wars toghetter we are always toghetter on TS for few hours every day. He plays PvP and I'm all about PvE. I met him at the first month I played Guild Wars in a big Guild, but when the Guild split up we didn't keep contact really until I created that Guild I was talking about. I hope we will always stay friends toghetter, but it looks like it

. I'm probably going to meet him soon again, he can't now in the holidays because he's really busy but otherwise we would've.

Another person I would like to thank is a guy who I played Guild Wars with for about the first 1.5 years I played Guild Wars, since then we lost contact because we had some fights (he started to act arrogant, rude and thinking he was the best etc.). Though we played alot toghetter, and had great time with him. He has been quite inactive since 3 months.

Another important person I want to talk about is my current Guild Leader (A Guild of 6 people.). I met her about 10 months ago and is very important to me now, she helped me with some missions when I started my new main (the character that reached GWAMM yesterday). We talked daily to eachother in Guild Wars but not about important stuff, just some Guild Wars stuff (like I do with quite alot people). But 3 months ago I joined her Guild and now we're very close, I'm going to her home when it's possible (you know, Christmas-time is a busy time). We share all our secrets etc. and always helps me out when I need someone. Couldn't live without her I think, I also introduced her to the first guy I was talking about and they're good friends now too

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Thanks Karin & Jorrit, I hope we can stay toghetter for a long time

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Deathaxe Raizer · Dec 19, 2008, 10:50 PM // 22:50

Wishlist - 100e.

I want this because I'd like to give it to a friend of mine called Jason. I got my account hacked once, and he helped me recover all of my characters including skill caps and whatnot. As appreciation for this all I'd like to give him the 100e if I win.

We became close friends after we met sometime irl, after we figured out we lived 30km away from eachother. I'd really like to win.

IGN: Epica Is Win

Happy holidays and good luck to everyone.

Also thanking Illfated Fat for making a good contest like this.

Zenos Squad · Dec 19, 2008, 11:04 PM // 23:04

Just give me all the ectos cause' I'm not making up a story like everyone else in this thread.

IGN: Megumi The Princess

SirNazron · Dec 19, 2008, 11:54 PM // 23:54

I did not give my friend 100 ectos, or my brother 200 z-keys, and my accont didnt get hacked :/... I have been farming for enough money to buy each of my guildies/friends a nice gift. I have been working extremly hard on this, and have bought most of my gifts (Including my mother who plays [yes, that is slightly cool] inwhich I bough a nice destroyer bow.)

Wishlist: 75 ecto so I can buy myself a nice treat (Chaos gauntlets)

IGN: Sir Nazron

Mrs Donar · Dec 20, 2008, 05:03 PM // 17:03

First of all : sorry for my english.

Wishlist : any q8 15^50 hammer or any amount of ecto
IGN : Dona Rozen Queen

People who enjoyed my gametime : Ash Assassine
He was a good friend, a guildmate, spending a lot of time with him (playing GvG, doing Vainquish...).
One month ago, he's dead.
The sentence "It's when you lose something that you realize its value" takes all its sense...

Merry Xmas everybody, don't drink, don't smoke, it's sux a lot.

Lawliet Kira · Dec 21, 2008, 12:05 AM // 00:05

Wishlist: Obsidian Armor

IGN: Cruel Flames

Oh man, i immediately knew who i was going to pick after i read this...Falcon Assassin..this guy has been the best guy in the whole game to me. Over a year ago, i was just a noob, and he invited me to his guild (Were still in the same guild). He still comes on plenty, not as often due to RL, you can still probably find him online. I met him when i made my ele, (Me and him had the same face and hair xD but he has red hair, and mine was black). We did so many things together, after i completed a campaign, we did hardmode missions together, and we even had the same armor XD (We both had ancient and vabbian, those his anceint was dyed white, and vabbian dyed purple as mine are both black). We wouldn't really accept other people into our group, it would be us and heros. We shared lots of nice times together. I remember a particular time,to tell you the truth, i lost count of how much time we were trying to do a hardmode mission, (I think it was one in Realm of Torment, not sure though) but man, we had fun that mission, were really great pals, i probably wouldn't be playing the game right now, if he wasnt there to invite me to our alliance were in now (The Raven Alliance). We would (and still do) talk to each other and reek havoc in our alliance chat, man that was fun...i also remember a time i impersonated falcon by making the character, Falcon "Assasin", he go sooo mad but was laughing his ass off at the same time, if someone would ask him a question, i would respond xD, we even opened a service up here on guru for missions, that lasted few weeks till we decided not to do it anymore, too much of a hassle

. Me and him=great pals until gw2, our alliance leader is thinking of making the raven alliance in gw2, which would be extremely awesome as I and Falcon would still be in the same alliance. He has been the most special person to in guild wars. Can't think of what it would be like if he hadn't entered my guild wars life

-Happy Holidays

I still remember the first thing he said to me. "Hey, lookin for a guild?"

-CF

Hanging Man · Dec 21, 2008, 12:33 AM // 00:33

hi

wish list : 200e for my brother. [and a set of primeval armor for me

]

IGN : Rain In Kazakhstan

Now I want these things because, well the armor is for me, but mainly I just want the ecto for my brother. When I first got GW when it came out, I had a ball with it. Eventually my older brother, Tony, decided to get it to. Now before GW came along, we never really had a brotherly connection you could say. But with this game we quickly escalated to being best buds. Since we played together, he has done tons of things for me, without me being able to pay him back. He has given me countless runs to anywhere, tons of free golds not crappy ones either, he gave me a req 8 golden phoenix blade once. I was freakin floored by that.

to sum it all up, my brothers helped me out a shit ton, and unfortunately I haven't had the time to pay my respects back. With this ecto, that for all the help hes given me, should help him along in the game.

arutha8 · Dec 21, 2008, 01:07 AM // 01:07

hey

Wishlist: nothing

i just like your way of giving away and i only want to write something about my 2 very special GW friends

I played this game for more than 2 years, and i remember, when i started this game i didnt join any guild or i didnt know anyone, then i met someone named Drawn To Heaven, and suddenly we started playing this game together, we were doin everything together, and now, he quitted GW and i dont play the game as i used to play, but thanks to GW i have a good friend now, mate i miss playing GW with you

and i miss Kepkhet :P:P:P

Second person is Rangor Dragonsbane, he is also one of my first friends i've ever met in GW. I always in same guild with Rangor since i joined my firts guild, we do everything in GW together, and we always in same guilds with him.

Thanks to GW, i had chance to meet these 2 great person,

l Rainy l · Dec 21, 2008, 04:25 AM // 04:25

Wishlist: I want to deck out my guild hall (completely empty) + buy a gift for calvin

IGN: Rainy Izlekuva

Calvin's IGN: Sister Althea

I have learned not to take the word friendship lightly - to me, friendship is a beautiful thing, capable of transcending the restrictions and hardships of society, and withstanding the seemingly unbearable. Often, we seem to overlook the true importance of a good friend in our lives; perhaps it is a matter of convenience, perhaps one is simply a solitary person, but I believe having a true friend - one is all you need –is essential to surviving on this planet. The fact that I am writing these words right now may not be shocking to you, but it is still surprising to me. A little over three years ago I was a cynic of friendship. Sure, I had friends, but I don’t think I ever valued them. To me, friendship meant a casual relationship, two people who merely enjoyed the other’s company, nothing more. The irony of the situation is that I would find true friendship not in my everyday life, but in Guild Wars.

I like to relate my first few days playing Guild Wars to arriving at a new school. It was a truly overwhelming experience – the people, the seemingly complex game mechanics – everything was a blur for me when I first began my Guild wars career. Sure, I met some nice people who helped me get accustomed to this new environment, but in all honesty, I was quite lonely. This was only intensified by the fact that I had just moved overseas, and in real life I too felt quite empty.

And then I met Calvin. The first word that pops into my mind when I think of Calvin is witty. Have you ever had a friend like that – the kind that can think of a joke in an instance, a master of words that can turn and bend them to make the most hilarious statements – Calvin was so witty. That’s what initially drew me to him; his humor was what I needed, and it lifted a great deal of stress off of my mind.

But, as I would learn, Calvin was so much more than that. Sure, he would also help me in Guild Wars, lending me money and such, but that isn’t what I truly valued in our relationship. Calvin simply cared. If I had a problem – and I mean any problem at all, I could come to him. When I approached Calvin with a problem I felt no shame, no tepidness – I only found solace in his advice. In him I discovered man’s greatest capability – his capacity for transcending barriers and connecting with another human being. Over the next two years we would bond over our most intimate secrets, relating stories of real life issues, while also engaging in more casual conversations – we always had some wacky conversations.

But then one day we got into a huge fight. Yes, it was one of those stupid fights - to be quite honest I don’t even remember what it was about; however, I will never forget how I felt in its aftermath. It was then that I truly valued Calvin as a friend - that I hated us fighting, and I missed his humor – it was a tremendous epiphany, for once in my life I truly cared about something. On that day I learned to overcome my cynicism and I made it my duty to make amends with Calvin.

Currently, Calvin and I our in a guild, and I kid you not this guild only has two members: him and I. Sure, it’s a bit strange, but that’s us – yeah we’re strange, but we’re there for each other. Unfortunately, Calvin doesn’t play that much anymore – he logs on now and then, but I never see him as much as I would like to. It’s ok though, because the days when I sit in my guild alone, are the days I reflect on our friendship and not only what he has meant to me, but more importantly how he has transformed me. Thanks, Calvin, for everything.

geoff0011 · Dec 21, 2008, 09:45 PM // 21:45

Wishlist: Whatever you feel is deserving. Ectos, armbraces, whatever.

I don't know if you were into GvG or not, but if our guild had one guild that we ran into about every other night it was XoO. Our guild was Illusion of Skill [IoS]. I know there were many branches of XoO, who we also fought all the time, but the primary XoO was the one we faced the most. Just curious if you remember any of our matches if you were involved. Some of our people you may remember, Aegis Dominion, Stuck Boy, Shadows Necture, Rival Showtime, Mystical Intel, Surge Surge, Remy Griedus, The Dark Beatle.

If I have to thank any one person, I can't. I have to thank all the people above and more. We were a tight guild, albeit a small one, who shared a lot of good times in GvG. Some people have moved on in their lives, and some we still keep in contact with outside of Guild Wars, so to all of them, I thank. Such good times like that, I can only hope to have again in Guild Wars 2, as I am one of the few who still remains in Guild Wars.

beagle warrior · Dec 22, 2008, 01:54 AM // 01:54

If you decide i am deserving of your generous gift i would like 300 ecto (of course haha) or a req 8 15^50 oni blade, or req 8 +15^50 demon fangs/ storm daggers/ zodiac daggers (no idea what any of these cost)

I have not really made any good friends on guildwars but guildwars has made my brother and i much closer. About 3 1/2 years ago he convinced me to buy guild wars and ever since we have been questing and doing missions together. Before guildwars my brother (assassonator x) and i would constantly fight over stupid stuff just cause we were bored. But now we still fight (but only when there is a good reason to) it is nice to feel a sort of special connection with my brother because he is the only person i play guild wars with that i know in real life. Recently he has been playing less because he is busy in college so i have been doing missions and quests with mostly heros/hench. And i must say guild wars is no where near as fun when you the people you are playing with arent in the next room. guildwars has not only brought me countless hours of fun but it has brought me much closer to me brother.

thank you so much i hope you all have a merry christmas (or happy Hanukkah for those who celebrate)

TSS · Dec 23, 2008, 01:38 AM // 01:38

Wishlist:I dont really need anything, but tomes (both leet and nub) and of course, because everyone wants them, ectos.

by the way, grats to whoever wins stuff.

Irritation_Conflogaration · Dec 23, 2008, 02:03 AM // 02:03

Wishlist: Obsidian Edge
Tormented Shield Strength

IGN: Warrior Of The Gae

His name is Insane Wombat. I use to find myself everyday, every hour, every minute, grinding faction or gladiator or hero titles. Endless hours I would spend on ventrillo or teamspeak trying to get to HoH or create a team that dominated Team Arenas to the point where there other team would forfeit the second they saw our names pop up as "connected". I met Wombat when we ended up in a PvE mission since I decided to make a new character. We went through all of Factions and Nightfall together and had a dandy time. When we were done I thought to myself .... "what next?" Wombat had been working on his titles and I just thought the ordinary... grind more PvP faction yipee... But then I thought to myself.. "hmm maybe I should try out these ""PvE titles." This is where my nights of monsters and cokes piled up next to me and my eyes turning blood shot from staring at a screen for 12 hours. Wombat introduced me to the other half of the game, the side where you can have fun instead of cursing and swearing when one of your teammates messes up or you lose. PvE allows for you to make errors and still do well while having fun and enjoying pwning the game's artificial intelligence. If it wasn't for Wombat I would probably be that 400 lb guy who doesn't stop trying to be the best but will never make it because he's not an asian with unlimited talent. I thank Wombat for undoing all the bad things PvP does to people and bringing me into the all of the aspects of the PvE world. I leave you with this one statement... (And although PvE does not make you incredibly wealthy like grinding faction for zaishen keys or farming until you can do the run in your sleep, it is actually ENJOYABLE)

Happy Chrismahanakwanzika

lzxatwork · Dec 23, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40

Wishlist: 80 ectos (or enough to buy a tormented shield + armbrace)
IGN: Alicia Akai
Other notes: I would like to use this chance to wish for something not for myself, but for a special friend that helped me a lot in the past, Ag Ami.

This rl friend of mine started gw a bit eariler than me, he was the one who got me to play gw too ^^.
I would like to thank him for all his patience and time that he spent on helping me out when i was still new at gw.
I still remember clearly that when i started out i had almost no idea of the game mechanics and so on, but he patiently explained everything to me, and even answered all my nubby questions.
At that time i was quite poor in gw, cant even afford a full set of 1k armor or a decent wep.
Him at that time had decent gear but was saving for a set of weapons that he really liked. But he decided to spend most of his hard farmed money on me instead, to get me a set of armor as well as a good weapon. Although this really helped me a lot in game and made me able to finally do harder pve stuff, i still felt kinda guilty that he was unable to get his weps for some time due to that setback.

A few weeks ago i saw him looking at some tormented weapon and shield and commenting that they look really nice.

So i wanted to take this chance to wish for 80 ectos (or a tormented shield + armbrace since i'm not sure which weapon he wanted) not for myself, but for him (Ag Ami) to be able to get the weapon set that he like as a special xmas present.

And... if i manage to win somehow... i hope it would be possible that it gets delivered to him directly as i kinda want to give him a surprise (contact me in pm and i'll try to drag him on somehow at the planned time)

Sefera Decklron · Dec 23, 2008, 04:07 PM // 16:07

I do not really want any i just wanted to say everyone have a marry christmas and be safe and return to guild wars sowea can all sell our snow man and eggnogs and cake hehe ok see yall later.

jackinthe · Dec 24, 2008, 12:30 AM // 00:30

wishlist: unded kuunavang

probably the reason i still play, my current guild leader

we were both going for survivor and i had just picked up factions. after doing some missions together she told me her guild was doing some ab and asked me if i wanted to come. "What's an ab?". guested. and here we are today lol.

merry wintersday all!

A N D E · Dec 24, 2008, 02:47 AM // 02:47

wishlist: 300ecto or a cute mini-pet for my girlfriend

to make my girlfriend happy i want to give her a minipet she adores.
possible pets are bears, rabbits and so on, just things girls normally adore.
well i did not get to know here because of gw but we spend some time playing it together. but as i almost never got anything of much worth i can´t afford to give here something very special or exclusive.
one time i met a girl ingame who could not speak. she was in the guild of mine and she loved playing with us guys and because of her i realized that you can enjoy anything with the right people (she was not a regular player but loved to chat with our members).
so i actually can get something for my reallife due to guildwars.

merry chrismas to all of you!

Jenn · Dec 24, 2008, 03:24 AM // 03:24

Thanks so far everyone. You've got just under 24 hours to get the last of your entries in!!

Aeyl · Dec 24, 2008, 04:12 AM // 04:12

Wishlist: Nothing, Im not really fussy about gifts, As long the intention is there.. I really appriciate it =)

My Guild Wars Diary December 24, 2008 : A Kiwi Friend
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Somewhere in mid September 2005, a lone mesmer stood in the icy cold plains of Marhan Grotto, An tall, handsome and paleish ele with dressed in tealish fow top stood by beside her and he started do all kinds of emotes. A conversation is later established as we chat mainly about how armor was crafted and a little of our introduction.

A little friendship was soon born. Its an harsh world ahead, questing, missioning was our fravorite past time during back then. Occationally we met parties from both sides of us as he brought guildies and me bringing my RL friends and even my brother (I have no guild for a very long time back then XD) to do some groupie farming of FOW and Sorrows Furnance. In times to come we where really addicted to Sorrows Furnance (well, he wasnt addicted as much as me =P). We even developed our own 3 man farming instead of 5.

Our Journey is just the beginning. Soon before factions was released, gear farming was nerfed and so is MM, so we decided we had enough of SF and decided to move on. We where so fascinated by the hordes of districts during Halloween and WIntersday 2005 and even Dragon Festival after Factions release. We farmed for festival items like Candycane shards, Jade wind orbs and sold them for a small forturne. Gradually we would just hang around "lay parking" in inactive districts, traveling through out cantha, chating our daily lives and build testing outside Breaker Hallow.

As weird as it seems, we where kidnapped by the kurzicks and was forced to Faction farm for them j/k. I remember the times back then [oOo] alliance was really battling out with [WHOA] alliance vigorously. I was somewhere involved in the conflict while A K was kinda busy with his guild Urgozing. We had a little rough situation like arguing over a little misunderstanding here and there. But nothing was strong enough to break our friendship bonds. Still, our friendship develops little by little throughout thick and thin conditions

Time passes like how weather changes, Nightfall is around the corner. Everytime when A new campaign comes out we would advance our characters through the campign together like a neverending destiny. Heroes was something new for us~ as we wouldn't have to tolerate irritating pugs anymore. Build testing quickly established every now and then. We would share ideas, critique on it and learning from our own mistakes. Occationally during times we would just idel around, we would be discusing about our little characters life, roleplaying here and there, developing newspaper articles, storylines and even try sketching them.

Eye Of The North... The Last Chapter but not for us xD. almost 90% of Friends and guildies around us simply got tired of guild wars but we didnt yet for now. For once we didnt have all of our characters complete EOTN now its more on focusing on one character wich i dislike. Titles, Hall of Achievements wasn't my cup of tea, but for AK. He's really into titles, as he recently got his '''I Have Many Leather-Bound Books''. Congrats!!!'

2008 was our point of 'inactivement', point of our Real life achievement is slowly bring us down and guild wars literally murders itself (thats what we thought), as we miss quite a number of events and gradually cut out of contact. As he's now into University and I'm working as a retailer in a megabookstore. Recently we're back onto guildwars as we promise to attend Wintersday 2008.

Quote:

This was the picture he replied me in the mail

It has leaves moving outwards - like the crazy adventures we had.
It is cobwebbed - like our characters.
It stood strong, even growing through rock - like the friends we make.

Regards,

AK

Its been 3 years for us, and i have yet seen his actual face as we are living miles apart. Wintersday 2008 is a speacial day for us, very special indeed.

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Zhi Chai Ning. Ivy