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bebe · Nov 02, 2010, 01:06 AM // 01:06

Wahhhhhh.. congrats to everyone!!!!!! =D

BlueXIV · Nov 02, 2010, 01:20 AM // 01:20

Community Update - November 2010 Contest Balances

This update is primarily targeted at redirecting the role of Tzu in Guild Wars contests. Tzu excels at making costumes and modeling them for pictures, and the results of the few previous official contest clearly show an imbalance in the number of winning spots Tzu has taken. In this update, we hope to rebalance the role of Tzu in future Guild Wars contests, while maintaining her viability in high level contests.

In addition to contest changes, we also looked at the viability of Tzu in other aspects of the Guild Wars community, and we hope that we will address all the players complaints.

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Tzu's appearance is not representative of the greater MMORPG playerbase. Because most costume makers cannot afford to hire models for their designs, we have decided to rebalance Tzu instead. We aim to bring it more in line with the level of the average cosplayer.

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Tzu's Appearance (Contest): split for Contests; Decreased height from 5'8" to 4'3". Decreased bust size from 32...34 to 22..24. Decreased age from 20 to 16. Removed the additional effect: has a right arm.

No contest-goer in Guild Wars is completely suited for costumes, but Tzu came closer than anything else. With these changes, we've tried to make a powerful and versatile contender that can be used well in a few situations, but will not overshadow other entrants in general categories.

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In addition to her appearance, we believe that Tzu's costumes are too professionally done for an amateur competition. Simply put, Tzu has an area of expertise that is too effective in the current metagame. With this update, we are looking to reel back some of this so that other contest goers can explore other options.

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Tzu's Costume Making: Increased activation time from 3...1 months to 12...8 months. Increased costs from £50 to over £9000. Tzu cannot use eBay or travel outside her home while activating this skill. Costume making cannot be casted on craft foam or craft paint, and must instead be used on cardboard and crayons instead

These changes were made to address the frequency and power of Tzu's costumes. By increasing the cooldown and costs of costume making, we hope that Tzu will have to tactically choose when to make her costumes, instead of spamming it at every occasion.

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Finally, we here at the Guild Wars community team felt that there was a need to address the state of Tzu's position in the Guild Wars community. We believe that she has been too prominent in the current metagame, especially with the advent of her recent "Workshops," with real in game prizes. These tactics are not supported by the community team at ArenaNet, and we have chosen to adjust some of the factors that lead to its success.

First, we believe that Tzu has too much in game items to give away. By redistributing some of her wealth, we believe her workshops can be brought more to the level of other community events.

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Tzu's Xunlai Storage: Removed the first two panes permanently. All purple items in storage are randomly traded with Red Iris Flowers of random other characters in Pre-Searing.

Also, Tzu's workshop is a bit too well-structured, which runs the risk of an imbalanced number of participants. We have decided to tweak her workshop in order to pull it back to the scale of other Guild Wars Events.

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Tzu's Workshops: Changed effects to: Create an eight level bureaucracy to manage the workshop. Each level must report only to the level above it. Judging can only be done by the highest level, and viewing entries can only be done by the lowest level. Added the additional effect: Restricted all communication to in-game all chat in district 1 Kamadan.

We here at ArenaNet believe that these changes will make for a balanced workshop that remains viable for future contests.

ravensong · Nov 02, 2010, 01:29 AM // 01:29

^ this post is full of win

Espadon · Nov 02, 2010, 01:31 AM // 01:31

tzuface BURR BURR

Verene · Nov 02, 2010, 01:35 AM // 01:35

"Removed the additional effect: has an right arm."

Think that's the best part XD

Tzu · Nov 02, 2010, 01:46 AM // 01:46

AryaBladedancer · Nov 02, 2010, 02:38 AM // 02:38

Grats everyone! Some very awesome entries up there and I'm really proud to have placed honorable mention next to you guys.

actionjack · Nov 02, 2010, 02:55 AM // 02:55

As I look at Tzu's pic... I feel sadden that I cann't cast Gust in real life...

Thistle Xandra · Nov 02, 2010, 03:57 AM // 03:57

Lol, BlueXIV, that post is hilarious XD

I'm already excited for the Wintersday contest!

Artemis Alexandrae · Nov 02, 2010, 04:02 AM // 04:02

BlueXIV---AWESOME!

Oh_Frustration · Nov 02, 2010, 04:22 AM // 04:22

Job well done, guys! Congrats to the winners and those mentioned!

Charlie Dayman · Nov 02, 2010, 04:25 AM // 04:25

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Originally Posted by BlueXIV

*snip*

BAH.

A huge congratulations to everybody who participated in this thread and placed on the list. All of you definitely deserve it. Remember, just because you didn't place doesn't mean your piece wasn't good. You guys did some amazing work here in this workshop - so don't get discouraged!

If I was on that panel, there definitely would have been a lot more pieces from this thread up there.

And always remember that Charlie loves you, in a totally non-sexually threatening way.

Najade · Nov 02, 2010, 04:29 AM // 04:29

Congrats to everyone!

Charlie Dayman · Nov 02, 2010, 04:30 AM // 04:30

Oh... I just checked my e-mail. I think my animation might have been the reason there was a delay today.

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Hi Matt,

The bad news is that we’re having a hard time placing your flash image on our web site.

Would you be able to provide a YouTube embed (or similar) of this?

We’d really need this ASAP if possible, since web is trying to get the contest page up right now.

Thanks,

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Regina G. Buenaobra

Community Manager | ArenaNet, Inc.

MY BAD.

KiyaKoreena · Nov 02, 2010, 04:45 AM // 04:45

Bad Charlie!! No cookies for you! :-P

Oh_Frustration · Nov 02, 2010, 04:48 AM // 04:48

I just looked through the winners more closely and Charlie, your flash animation was awesome!

Now I'll just wait for the Workshop results. When is the Wintersday workshop launched, by the way?

Charlie Dayman · Nov 02, 2010, 04:54 AM // 04:54

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Originally Posted by KiyaKoreena

Bad Charlie!! No cookies for you! :-P

@Frustration: Thank you, glad you like it

Verene · Nov 02, 2010, 04:55 AM // 04:55

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Originally Posted by Charlie Dayman

Oh... I just checked my e-mail. I think my animation might have been the reason there was a delay today.

MY BAD.

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.

*shakes fist*

Sophikar Crismo · Nov 02, 2010, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Congrats to everyone

Konig Des Todes · Nov 02, 2010, 05:55 AM // 05:55

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Originally Posted by InfestedHydralisk

Omg I didn't know you could submit video's too. >.<

Ah well, congratulations to all the winners! And everyone for participating!

They also take game recordings and music recordings... but not literature.

BTW, when's the party again? I know it's this coming Saturday, but what time US Central? Reason being is that I got a class from 12:30 to 3:20 this weekend (it's a hybrid course and this week we gotta show up...). Though there's a chance it'll get canceled due to a meeting the teacher may or may not need to go to... So I most likely will not make it.