Thanks!

Hey guys,

I'm a little late, but I wanted to pop in to say thanks for the snowballs . We had some fun throwing them at each other here in the office.

As an introduction, I'm a lead developer at ArenaNet. Thanks for being a supportive community and I hope you've had a relaxing holiday.

Here's a couple of action shots:



-cliff

I see top secret development notes!

I see info about Xunlai Marketplace coming soon!

Only I can see it because I have super vision.

It is stitched to the snowballs mouth. Im not telling which one is is .

Oh uhhh, well I guess the rest of the community might need an explanation to fully understand this thread.

BRB

Hahaha. Awesome to see that you had fun with them.

Totally loving the awesome SB. (:

Cute snowballs.. Want.

A lead developer with a empty skill bar? You could have at least put in all elites? Or maybe a few GW2 skill Icons in there

Happy New Year!

Billiard is below narrating. We sent these to the Anet team on Dec. 17th:

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Mission accomplished with special thanks to Inde!

20 Dozen Snowballs arrived via UPS Nextday


I decided to condense then down to one larger box.





They are pretty good-sized snowballs - I really had to pack them in tight to fit into just one, larger box.



I enlisted my daughter to wrap it up and help bring it down to ArenaNet HQ.



Here is the card I made up with some help from Inde.






When I got there I put it under their tree as I waited for folks to come out.



Eventually Regina, Martin, Linsey, and Joey from the Live Team came out to check it out.










Short version, WE STILL LOVE ARENANET. Even though we QQ and whine and yell and scream, they produced a game that we all still love. So we decided to show our appreciation by giving ArenaNet a gift Guild Wars Style. The above was the result.

well thats pretty cool, gotta admit.

as much crying and moaning you guys face, gj Anet, thanks for a fun game

LOL that one snowball stuck in between the monitors is struggling to get out and move in Kamadan :P j/k nice pics

Great Effort Inde :3

Nice job on the snowballs. We do appreciate them, we QQ so much only because we care <3.

Great job Inde! ANET RULES!

Whos the dude with the black jacket (leather)? And the girl with the other black jacket (regular)?

I might enjoy giving Anet a hard time about things...
But they did do a good job creating something that keeps me entertained for hours a day...

Also...I love how a lead dev is a pre searing cadet..figured he'd have a custom user class...but I guess if he's only on here this once it's understandable. Got me wondering who this random guy saying he was an anet dev was.

I admit, that made me smile. We still love you Anet!

Well, you're welcome, I suppose . A feel-good, kudos type thread is a nice reminder to both sides of the game that we're all in this together, and that even if the community is filled with criticism and the developers strained to the max, Guild Wars is still something we are wildly devoted to.

Merry Christmas, Happy Wintersday, and Happy New Year!

Hehe once again nice job billiard and inde for this project!

Awesome!

I do want the snowball too though, pretty please T_T

god, the oriental trading company.. I wonder how they get so much useless stuff sold

my gf orders from their catalog all the time.. nice to see one of the guys that runs guru and nice jacket =] no wonder the lag we had last week.. look on the paper it says massage oil

Jolly good show Billiard and Inde

Those snowmen are adorable!