Curse

Etaoin Shrdlu · Apr 09, 2011, 04:45 AM // 04:45

Arg, after hours of farming I finally got the spiny seed (and, of course, they were consecutive drops). So the inventory is...sentient spore, sentient root, mandragor root, malodorous mass, dark flame fang, spiny seed, and tangled seed.

Am I missing anything?

MalibuBarbie · Apr 09, 2011, 05:20 AM // 05:20

More will be updated tomorrow on the scavenger hunt!

Kaden Astrid · Apr 09, 2011, 06:02 AM // 06:02

After you asked I went to retest the drops and got one on my first trip. After that it did take a bit to get a second, so I hope it isn't to hard for people. That list was accurate as of your posting. However, here is the April 9th update for the story with a few more items for you to hunt down. The final quest clues will be announced at 1:30pm on the 16th on-air and on the forums shortly afterward.

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It’s now been several weeks since you’ve started gathering items for the cure and as you step off the boat and on to the docks, you notice armed guards standing just outside of the gates to Churrhir Fields. As you ponder what this might mean you hurry off toward the Astralarium to meet once again with Scholar Chago. His two Asura counterparts greet you at the door and Scholar Chago tells you of the events which have transpired since you have been away. “To avoid additional panic the sun spears have quarantined the entire Island of Shehkah and Churrhir field has been turned into a gigantic field hospital for those suffering from this illness. It doesn’t appear to be contagious but try and tell the local populace that! After more villagers started to pass away from these unexplained pains and more simply became vegetables it wasn’t long before the panic started in. Unfortunately I’m no closer to a cure yet than I was when I started, although a few things we have tried did show some promise. Please if you could journey to Cantha and get the following items for me they might help as well. I’ll need a large piece of guardian moss, some pulsating growth and a regurgitated mass. Yes.. Yes.. I know the later sounds disgusting but the Kraken there eat all sorts of things and perhaps if you can bring back some of their former meals we might be able to access a cure by studying some of what they have eaten.”

Etaoin Shrdlu · Apr 09, 2011, 12:31 PM // 12:31

Woot! Cantha, here I come! I love a good scavenger hunt...

Kaden Astrid · Apr 13, 2011, 03:09 PM // 15:09

Journal of Scholar Chago

After seeing how wide spread the panic has gotten over the recent deaths and the fact more villagers have become stricken with the affliction our heroes left almost immediately to begin their search for more items to help us come up with a cure. It’s been several weeks since I and Master Blekin have been trying to find a cure. Our search to find a cure or anti-toxin in various plants has really only produced a paste which seems to help ease the muscle pains and aches of some and yet there are still some we can’t help at all. Those who seem to have lost all muscle function and ability to control their own limbs just continue to simple waste away while others seem to be only mildly effected by the disease. It seems we’ve been able to help a small few and really only provide comfort to many who will over time continue to grow worse. This morning we’ve decided to continue our research into a cure using plants but my two asura colleagues have been busy this morning discussing the use of golems to help those who can’t move around by themselves. They’ve also struck upon some more radical approaches to our research with plants and have decided we should include some fungus and even a few radical ideas of helping those who have become immobile and unable to help themselves. After discussing all of this with them at great length this morning I think we might be able to come up with a more potent version of our paste to help those with early stages of the disease and if all our experiments go correctly we might be able to provide a mobile transport of sorts for those suffering from later stages of this disease. It isn’t a complete cure but I honestly think we might be able to save lives and give back those who can no longer help themselves the ability to get around and care for themselves. I shall have to call for our heroes to once again go after some items to help us in this latest stage of our experiments to find the cure.

Don't forget to tune in to Gw-En radio or check back the day of the Toga Party for the last remaining items of this scavenger hunt. The last part of this scavenger hunt will be announced Saturday April 16th at 2.30 PM EST and run until 5 PM EST. Members of The PACK Guild and our alliance that will be online at that time to collect the items are listed below. Simply message us in-game and we will come and collect your items. We will be floating around the various districts.

Grey Feathers
Haldier the fallen
Red Axswinger
Kyrstal Phoenixstar
Kaden Astrid
Rikar Voronwe

Domador · Apr 14, 2011, 03:31 PM // 15:31

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Originally Posted by Kaden Astrid

Don't forget to tune in to Gw-En radio or check back the day of the Toga Party for the last remaining items of this scavenger hunt. The last part of this scavenger hunt will be announced Saturday April 16th at 2.30 PM EST and run until 5 PM EST. Members of The PACK Guild and our alliance that will be online at that time to collect the items are listed below. Simply message us in-game and we will come and collect your items. We will be floating around the various districts.

Yeah, I know i may sound a bit dumb again but... what times are these in GMT time? I'll be thankful also if you tell me at what time the event starts in GMT, thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience

Tamye · Apr 14, 2011, 11:21 PM // 23:21

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Originally Posted by Domador

Yeah, I know i may sound a bit dumb again but... what times are these in GMT time? I'll be thankful also if you tell me at what time the event starts in GMT, thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience

You should try checking Time Zone Converter, if you google it, it's the first on the list I believe, needless to say, it will convert time zones for you (using From and To). There's also many other websites that will do the same thing, but this one is really easy to use.

Hope it can be helpful for future events as well.

Refeuh · Apr 15, 2011, 12:27 PM // 12:27

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Originally Posted by Kaden Astrid

The last part of this scavenger hunt will be announced Saturday April 16th at 2.30 PM EST and run until 5 PM EST.

I really hope that the last parts will be "easy"-ish to get ! I would hate failing to get all the items of the scavenger hunt just because you get unlucky with some drops at the very last moment

I thought the Spiny Seed was difficult to get... But the Guardian Moss was even worse !!!

I tried everything - EVERYTHING ! Solo, small groups, large groups, guild mates, quick runs, long runs, parallel runs, multiple zones, coop missions, etc. And *finally*, after hooouuuurs of killing hundreds of Island Guardians, I got a Guardian Moss

Days after the recent items were published

I don't know how that went for others, maybe I've just been extremely unlucky, but the wiki pages on the Guardian Island/Moss seem to confirm that the drop rate is ridiculous :/

If the last bits to be revealed are that hard to get, I can easily see myself farming hopelessly a zone for a few hours on Saturday, and not dropping anything by the time it's late to turn the items in

Domador · Apr 15, 2011, 02:23 PM // 14:23

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Originally Posted by Refeuh

I thought the Spiny Seed was difficult to get... But the Guardian Moss was even worse !!!

I tried everything - EVERYTHING ! Solo, small groups, large groups, guild mates, quick runs, long runs, parallel runs, multiple zones, coop missions, etc. And *finally*, after hooouuuurs of killing hundreds of Island Guardians, I got a Guardian Moss

Days after the recent items were published

I don't know how that went for others, maybe I've just been extremely unlucky, but the wiki pages on the Guardian Island/Moss seem to confirm that the drop rate is ridiculous :/
(

Yeah, same here, but I didn't need to kill a lot of island guardians, just about 30 or so, i still think spiny seed is more difficult, as you have to prevent the death of the cactus from other foes

MalibuBarbie · Apr 15, 2011, 05:07 PM // 17:07

Hey everyone!

Just a few updates:

1. The stream may be down for a few minutes sometime today, as we increase the maximum amount of listeners that can tune into the radio for tomorrow and Sunday. We looked at how many people tuned in during Pink Day In La and we just wanted to make it fair to everyone! *Correction* We are just adding an alternate Shoutcast server to our hosting! There will be no delays..but if you get an error saying too many listeners on the main server..we will have an alternate player for you to try.

Do know that you can also tune in at livestream.com/gwencom OR GuildWars2Live.com during the event as well. Both of these pages will have footage from various districts throughout the event.

Also..if this is your first time tuning in remember that our streams are located on the right side of the page. You can choose from the following:

Web Stream : This runs the radio on a webpage ( Sometimes better for people with lower bandwidth)

Winamp : This works well on Winamp AND Itunes

Windows Media Player : This is a standard player located within Windows...most will most likely use this.

We do not have a link for VLC Media Players..but I believe that the Windows Media Player link works best in these players.

Note that our stream also runs on Iphones/Android if you are not around your PC that day and still want to tune in

2. The event is I believe....pending timezone changes either at 12pm CDT (-5 GMT or -6 GMT) I am pretty sure its -5GMT

3. To the people that are having problems with the scavenger hunt....we didn't make it too easy...because you had plenty of time to do it. We wanted people to understand how hard it is to deal with having a disease and how long it can be to find a cure. Good luck tomorrow..I am sure your hunt will go fine

To everyone else....I hope to see everyone early tomorrow! The districts will fill up quickly....and don't forget..there is NO Storage in Chahbek Village...so bring everything you need on your character with you....maybe one with extra Bags too

Thank you for your support!

TOGA TOGA TOGA

Cheers,

Rhonda aka M A L I B U Barbie

adamtimothy0 · Apr 15, 2011, 07:26 PM // 19:26

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Originally Posted by MalibuBarbie

We do not have a link for VLC Media Players..but I believe that the Windows Media Player link works best in these players.

When listening in and messing around with the different links, I found Winamp to have the best results when using VLC (just thought I'd throw it out there for anyone else who uses it) but it could be me. Always best for each person to test it for him/herself I guess though.

Kaden Astrid · Apr 16, 2011, 06:34 PM // 18:34

It’s been weeks and weeks since you’ve journeyed to Lion’s Arch and to various parts of Cantha and not to mention parts of Elona itself but Scholar Chago’s research has not produced a cure yet for those who have been afflicted with this strange disease. The gates to Churrhir Fields remain closed and the Island of Shehkah has been blockaded by war ships. Despite the disease having only spread throughout the island and local villages the panic over the fact many have assumed the scarab plague has returned hasn’t helped. Scholar Chago has summoned you once again though and his voice seemed rather chipper. Perhaps his research has finally paid off. As you enter his work shop again he and his two asura counterparts turn toward you. “I think we may have found something which may help, if you’re up to another journey”. The afflicted in Cantha might hold the cure for what we need, if you can bring me back a piece of Augmented Flesh and journey to the far north for some more plants, specifically a sentient vine, mountain root, and a fungal root I think we can come up with something which will help those suffering from this disease. I don’t think it’s a complete cure but the plants should provide an elixir that will relieve the symptoms and my two counter parts here have an idea using parts of the augmented flesh as well to allow those crippled to walk once again. Only time will tell if this will work hurry back!”

Return to any of the hosted districts and deliver the items to a member of PACK and receive your reward. They will collect today’s items and the ones which have been asked for previously. The first 40 people turning in these items will receive a very nice quest reward.

Quest Reward – 5 K in gold, 1 hero armor, 1 green weapon, experience scroll and skill tome

Everyone who completes the quest regardless of them being 1st or 53rd will be placed in a drawing for some awesome HERO PACKS compliments of Crossing Tyria, The Keepers of the Realms Alliance and GW-EN radio. Winners will be drawn the day of the event and can be viewed live on air shortly after 5 PM EST.

You'll have from 2.30 EST until 5 PM EST to turn in all of your items, good luck and we hope you've had fun !

We are currently in ID 3 of Chahbek Village.

陰影 · Apr 17, 2011, 01:41 AM // 01:41

it was a wonderful event guys

Etaoin Shrdlu · Apr 17, 2011, 02:04 AM // 02:04

This was an awesome event. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Is there an epilogue to the story, though? I did not get to stay for the whole thing

Adrienne Thornalder · Apr 17, 2011, 02:09 AM // 02:09

Great event guys! I had such a fun time listening and participating. The prizes and scavenger hunt were awesome.

Love love love your events.

I'm part of a small guild, but we'd like to help out with one of the events sometime. Let us know what we can do.

Verene · Apr 17, 2011, 02:23 AM // 02:23

I had a ton of fun, even if my connection deciding to not cooperate (now, of course, it's just fine) meant that I missed out on a lot of the trivia. Still, was a great event; district 5 was definitely the place to be

barbie pryncess · Apr 17, 2011, 02:50 AM // 02:50

YaWn had a blast there and it was all for a great cause! def a top notch event!

cr0bar · Apr 17, 2011, 08:43 AM // 08:43

It was a most enjoyable party. I had a blast.

Domador · Apr 17, 2011, 03:19 PM // 15:19

This was extremely awesome!!! I had loads of fun and I got some prizes from the trivia and scavenger hunt! Waiting forward for more events like this!!

MalibuBarbie · Apr 17, 2011, 10:07 PM // 22:07

Hey everyone!

We just want to thank the community of Guild Wars for their dedication to our event!

Thanks so much for coming out and supporting us! We had a great time too! (Because of you!)

Just a quick update to anyone who has donated to Multiple Sclerosis. You have up until Midnight Central tonight to donate and choose numbers. After that we will be closing the chance to win the Real Life Prizes we have listed

We currently have made just over $1700.00 towards the cause! WOOT!

We will be cross referencing the numbers that Arenanet has chosen from 1-1000 for us and announcing /posting the Winners Sunday April 24th. Good Luck to everyone who participated!

Thanks again for your support!

Rhonda and the Gamers Giving Back team!