Curse

Burning Freebies · Jun 04, 2009, 03:49 PM // 15:49

Introduction

Hello again community of Guild Wars! This July is very special in many ways. It has many weekend events, such as Wintersday in July and the Dragon festival. However, this July is special in one more way for me-its my very own birthday! But dont go rushing to get something for me, as I do not deserve the gifts. It is only you that will recieve gifts in my giveaways! Enjoy whats on offer with the Dragon Festival and Wintersday in July, but why not pop by my giveaways to see if you can add something to your storage...

The events

Part 1-The Dragon Festival

The Dragon festival-a time to reinact the success of the Dragon Empire. Actors dress up as the servants of Abbadon, as heroes from Tyria, Elona and Cantha act as the proud warriors of Cantha. But this Dragon Festival, there is one grasp which isnt an actor-Grasp King Freebies. Many of you may have heard of him as cruel, heartless and hated King. Im sure many of you rejoiced at his tragic death at the hands of the Stone Summit. However, now he has been resurrected. With his army and his former empire in ruins, he brandishes the false name of "King". He now seeks to repay his debt to the community, seeking only to aid the recovery of the scars he left with his former cruelty. Join him in Shing Jea Monastery International district 1 this Dragon festival, with his Monastery of Mystery event. He seeks to begin the process of regaining community faith by showing the community his magic abilities. Come along and enjoy the show! And snowmen need not fret-the King's flaming aura has been extinguished.

Part 2-Happy Birthday

On the 14th of July, I will be celebrating my birthday, along with my 2 Canthan Characters which I made on my birthday. Come to Lions Arch (my favourite town) International district 1 for some giveaways, hosted by no other than my favourite character, Mad King Freebies!

Part 3-Wintersday in July

Wintersday, perhaps one of my favourite festivals, in my favourite month of the year. Come to the snowball arena International district 1 for probably my final giveaway of the month. General Freebies will be leading the appearance with a Snowball arena crash course, and a series of giveaways. Im sure Blade Radio will be making an appearance with a special event this Wintersday in July in the same district, with real life item and in game item giveaways, so this really isnt a July to miss! Come quickly to the arena before the snow melts again!

Dates

Day 1-Sunday 5th July, 7pm BST

*Grasp King Freebies hosts his "Monastery of Mystery" magic show, with magical tonics, gold giveouts and some riddles, which if solved, could end up with some greens being given away!

Day 2-Tuesday 14th July 8pm BST

*Mad King Freebies opens up his court for a birthday celebration! A birthday mini will be given out, along with some golds and some gold, and some Halloween treats!

Day 3-Sunday 19th July 7-8pm BST

*General Freebies opens up his Snowball assault course in Lions arch and the Snowball arena this Wintersday in July! Get down there, as there will be wintersday treats to be had, as well as gold and golds!

*All districts are International district 1
*BST refers to British summer time, which is GMT+1, or UTC+1. Time converter will be added soon
*Wintersday in July and Dragon festival dates are currently unconfirmed, and will be confirmed as soon as I have info.

Other July events:

*Luxon independence day-Join the hosts on July 26th for a day of Luxon packed action! The day will start with mini games in Cavalon. Then, adventurers are urged to join in with activities after 12pm, when groups for Boreas Seabed, Zos Shivros Channel, Gyala Hatchery and Aurios mine, with the day ending with outing to the Deep. Visit their page here: http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Luxon_Independence_Day
*Order of the Pheonix Bar-B Que-although technically a June event, it is still an oppurtunity for prizes and such. There will be a Kaineng center race course, a Scavenger hunt to find the host, costume contest and an After party to last as long as you want! Come join the burger flipping action, as Chef Freebies may make a special appearance to flip some burgers himself!

Contact us

Need to contact us? Then use one of the following methods:

*My website- mrfreebies.webs.com
*Leave a reply to this thread
*PM me on these forums
*PM me ingame, using private whisper to "Prepare To Burn"

Hope to see you then!

Burning Freebies · Jun 18, 2009, 07:08 PM // 19:08

Update! I now have an aquathlon event, which i decided to create after i myself competed in one. So, here are the details:

Mad King Freebies is an avid fan of sport, and suffering. So why not combine the two?

The aquathon was a race set long ago in history, in Elona. A commander of the Kournan Military, John Collins, started the race when he was brainstorming ways to train his troops athletic ablities. He decided to send them on a swim through the treachrous waters at the Barbarous shore, followed by a run up through the Dejarin estate, turning at Mahnkelon to Jahai Bluffs, conecting to Venta Cemetery, down to Marga Coast, through Arkjok Ward to Pogahn Passage, then retracing the route to Barbarous shore for the finish. Before the race, John said "Whoever finishes first, we will call the Ironman".

The race was a success for 10 years, until the rise of Palawa Joko. The race was then forgotten under the rule of Turai Ossa, as the Commander was killed in battle. However, the King wishes to revieve the great event and name a new Halloween Ironman!

The course is simple. To start, a plunge into the cold winter waters around the boat scaffolding. After completing this circuit twice, contestans will have to clamber out and start the run around Lions Arch. The run begins by running up the short hill, then continuing past Sergio to the scroll trader. Turn right, then carry on to the Guild Registrar. Down the steps into Merchants row, then up the next set of steps to pass the Xunlai chest. Head for Lionguard Bedo, then turn right, and right again to head onto the coast. Head for the pillars at the top of those stairs leading to the water, then take the left path to arrive at the boats. Carry on to the short hill, and complete the whole circuit again. To finish, carry on up the short hill at the circuit's start, then turn right past Sergio for the sprint finish up the set of stairs, with armen the guide on the right.

The race will be timed, and players can use their Halloween candy. So come on down for some endurance racing, and become an Ironman!

pumpkin pie · Jun 19, 2009, 06:03 AM // 06:03

hrmz interesting, will see if I can make it. would be cool if halloween candy is not use, cos i don't have any.

Burning Freebies · Jun 19, 2009, 08:33 PM // 20:33

I hope to see you there! And you can use any candy you want for the aquathlon race. Because (i think) there is a maximum limit for candy speed boosts, people can use as many candies as they want, and then use tactics to finish the race, by making sure they dont scrape against edges and such, although some corner cutting will cause time penalties.

Helix Dreadlock · Jun 21, 2009, 06:08 AM // 06:08

Too bad I'll be camping!

Dirty Luxs need a good party when I'm not slaughtering them!

Burning Freebies · Jun 25, 2009, 03:46 PM // 15:46

Indeed they do, they will probably gain an advantage whilst your not there! Anyway, im kurzick, so hopefully ill even up the battles with help from my guild.

Burning Freebies · Jun 25, 2009, 09:14 PM // 21:14

The race has changed! The race will now be a triathlon-split into 3 sections over the three days. Here is the info:

Dragon festival (day 1)-Cycling

After Grasp King Freebies finishes his monastery of mystery event, players are urged to complete the cycling style time trial-roller beetle racing! The king will make his way to the Rollerbettle outpost, where he will begin running through a warm up with the contestants. Then, the race will begin. People will enter the arena, with one timed run throught he course-from start to finish. There will of course have to be several runs through to accomodate everyone for timing. The top 3 times overall will be announced, and these winners will recieve a small prize-15k for first, 10k for second and 5k for third.

Rules:
*Please dont enter again if you have done one timed lap.
*Please dont enter unless you intend to race.
*Because this is an actual race course, i cant add any rules regarding cutting corners. Players can also not be disqualified.

The Birthday (day 2)-swim

The course details are in a post above. After the small party held by Mad King Freebies, players will be allowed some time to slip into their swimming gear and wetsuits (the water is cold), and prepare for the swim. The course is 2 laps of the circuit listed above. I will try and post a map later. The first 3 people to finish will each recieve the same prizes as above for the cycling.

Rules:
*Corner cutting can involve disqualification
*Please try to practise this complicated course beforehand, so you know what you are doing.

Wintersday in July (Day 3)-run

The last disicpline of the triathlon. After the swim and cycle, contestants usually fall at this point, escpecially in the longer competitions where the route turns out to be 26 miles-or more. But how will you do in our in game competition?

After the party in the Snowball arena outpost, contestants are urged to travel to Lions Arch to participate. Course is the circuit explained above, done twice, with the "sprint" finish at the stairs. Races will hopefully be timed again, with the first 3 winners winning cash again. Hopefully, some quick calculations of times will be done to find the event winner, who will recieve an extra 10k prize money for the shortest time. All results will hopefully be posted on the forums with the seperate and overall times.

Rules:
*Course cutting=disqualification
*After the 2 circuits that finish at the boat area, please carry on to the steps leading to the fountain!
*Tonic forms are allowed.
*For swimming and running, players must provide their own sweets or items used to speed up themselves, if they wish to.

Best of luck! If we have a turnout of more then around 10 in the cycle, the race will continue, but of not, ill have to find a different way to get my 100k to you!

Burning Freebies · Jul 04, 2009, 06:41 PM // 18:41

Hello everyone! I hope to see a fair crowd for tomorrows event! There will be mysterious tonics and a large amount of golds to be had, so dont miss out! Also, Dont forget to start rollerbeetle racing training as there will be a short race towards the end of the event! I hope to see you there, 8pm BST (GMT+1) (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html for time conversion), international district 1 of Shing Jea Monastery. Please keep an eye on this thread as the district or times may change if a district is full of afkers, or full etc.

Burning Freebies · Jul 05, 2009, 09:39 AM // 09:39

Special thanks to Hanub Amsirva, for his nice gold/green donation!

Lonesamurai · Jul 05, 2009, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Freebies, you should have stayed when my show started last night and I would have announced your giveaways on air

Burning Freebies · Jul 07, 2009, 03:43 PM // 15:43

@Lone samurai-Yes, i forgot to stay for that. Hope your show went well.
@The party attendees-Thanks for coming! You guys seemed really enthusiastic-you must have been to put up with my constant disconnections! You guys really made this event special to me. Alas, next time, its my Birthday, so come along for a 2 type circuit exploring Lions Arch, birthday minipet giveaways and the usual golds and greens! Also, i should have a short video of my reduced lag footage from my event, which i will provide a link here from you tube.

Operative 14 · Jul 12, 2009, 09:14 PM // 21:14

I'm looking forward to this Tuesday, I hope I can make it!

Burning Freebies · Jul 13, 2009, 07:11 AM // 07:11

Wow, time has gone fast for me since he Dragon festival! I hope everyone can make it tomorrow!

Good news! Blade Radio have announced their Wintersday in July giveaway! Trust me when i say this, its very large! They have literally, a ton of very good golds and greens, lots of party items, sweet and alcohol, and, amazingly, much more! I have no idea how they store it all! Anyway, check out their page for more details!

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Wintersday_in_July_09

I will be joining them on 19th July, so come with your empty inventories, as im sure they will fill up quickly!

Ryan Bucek · Jul 13, 2009, 10:56 AM // 10:56

Yay! It's Burning Freebies birthday tomorrow!

Burning Freebies · Jul 13, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Yes, which is good news for you when i start my giveaway!

O Patriota · Jul 14, 2009, 01:51 PM // 13:51

Happy Birthday Freebies!

i'll try to appear on your party

when will u update the videos from Dragon Festival?

regarding the blade radio, i'll try to go there too but they dont say the time of the events only the day :S

Burning Freebies · Jul 14, 2009, 04:19 PM // 16:19

@Patriota:
Thanks very much! I hope you can make it tonight. Because i dont have much footage to use from the Dragon Fest, I will try to add the footage for all 3 days in one video. And regarding Blade Radio, good news-the events are all day! If they didnt, they would never shift all that stuff. They will most likely use the radio station to get players to do activities, such as answer questions or go on something like a scavenger hunt. They only really announce these things on the show, so dont forget to tune in if you want to win!

Burning Freebies · Jul 14, 2009, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Wow! Todays party was a real blast! That was the most fun i have ever ha in one hour! That was so far our largest turnout, but that definetely didnt affect the organisation too much! Everyone responded well to my instructions-for which i thank you.

The days main event was the Aquathon-a swim followed by a run. The race involved a 2 lap circuit of a course in the water, followed by a long 2 lap course around Lions Arch itself. The race was led almost all the way by the fast Defender of Flames, who just won the race ahead of Chaos Beserker, who stole the lead in some areas of the course. There was a mass finish, but Xela was believed to be the only person to complete the
whole course, to take third place.

So, to confirm, the results and prizes:
3rd place (10k)-Xela Firewater
2nd place (15k)-Chaos Beserker (candyman)
1st place (25k)-Defender of Flames

Well done to all competitors. I have a few more pictures which i plan to post sometime soon. I also have more footage for my video, which will also be posted after this weekends event.
I will also be filming my Wintersday event advert. Busy me! I hope you can all make this weekend!

But thank you to everyone for coming so far, and thanks for all the birthday wishes today, and the various presents you slipped into trade without me noticing whilst i was trading you all golds.

Burning Freebies · Jul 14, 2009, 09:18 PM // 21:18

The pictures as promised:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/a...hp?albumid=188

O Patriota · Jul 14, 2009, 09:51 PM // 21:51

sorry freebies i wasnt able to arrive on time. i had dinner at that time, i arrived at 21.10, i whisped at u but you didnt answer. didnt knew that the party was on an hour