Screenshot Saturday: Post-Wintersday Edition

Wintersday - when Zommoros inhabits a snowglobe and Toy Soldiers march through Lion's Arch.

With the change in season (Wintersday is more than just a day, it's an experience drawn out over more than a month), [stfu] had entered a state of semi-hibernation. Not many events happened over the past few months as folks enjoyed some time off of work/school/etc... to be with family and friends. With the thawing of Lion's Arch, now's as good a time as any to reflect upon the passing of Wintersday.

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Rock the Nightmare!

Halloween feels so far away now, but we are now following through on the events that occurred prior to the Halloween patch. It all started with a shifty magic wall in Kessex Fields that not too many people noticed due to the festivities going on. Then the spell was broken following the annual Halloween extravaganza, and a giant tower was revealed in the middle of Viathan Lake. When ArenaNet revealed the news, they released a trailer with a different type of music than they usually do. Instead of orchestral and grand, they chose heavy metal. As a result many people disliked the trailer. Since then, ArenaNet has announced a contest for the community to make their own trailer for the tower's update using the same song they did. Prizes include Guild Wars 2 branded steelseries merchandise (mice, headphones, keyboards, etc.), and a grand prize of a Guild Wars 2 themed Sygnus Guitar, which I can only presume is a very high end guitar. The contest ends November 26th! As of right now I've only been able to track down two entrees that weren't complete garbage.

ORIGINAL (Not ArenaNet's channel, this is a copied upload from someone else):

ENTREE 1:

If you were wondering, this video is of various trailers and cutscenes ArenaNet made

that were sped up to better fit the tempo of the song. Lazy concept but works.

ENTREE 2:

Similar design to the previous entrant, but with one major difference, they added actual

footage of musicians playing the song and used strictly the footage from the original trailer.

Much more production and value.

So what do you guys think of this content? Are you going to participate in the contest and/or event?
Here's the page: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/enter-the-guild-wars-2-rock-the-nightmare-music-video-contest/

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Screenshot Saturday: Halloween Edition

The Mad King is a towering fella.

[stfu] was busy this past week enjoying some closure to the Blood and Madness living story content, participating in the Halloween festivities, and exploring the new Tower of Nightmares content pushed out this past Tuesday. Edgar also took a few of us out on an adventure to the end of the world.

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A Mad Halloween Arena

So, ArenaNet occasionally has gem store sales. A recent sale had the Custom Arena Starter Kits discounted within (what I consider) the impulse buy range. We in the guild have been talking about getting our own PvP arena for awhile now, so the trigger was pulled...

Say hello to the [stfu] arena!

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Posted in: Event,GuildWars 2,Living Story,PvP