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Guild Wars
Jun. 1st, 2026 06:19 pm* It's June 1 and Tyria Pride has already raised $2.6k for Rainbow Railroad. We have a good start on breaking last year's record, which we've done every year so far. The event involves both fundraising for RR and also in game community events.
* I just crafted the legendary staff Bifrost, and sent it off with the legendary dagger Incinerator to Lelling to be prizes for Tyria Pride events. Bifrost gives rainbow effects, and the Incinerator flamey effects. I'd hoped to craft more than 2, but the map comps you need to do to craft them are a lot. I'd been chipping away at them a bit a day while listening to audio books. I have another map comp at 85%, but I don't think I can get that finished before the end of the event. So, it'll go towards next year.
* A lot of people think Guild Wars 3 is being announced soon. Like, a lot of people who typically would dismiss the idea. Last week, there was drama over people not getting into the ANet partner program because they were upset that they were going to miss out on being able to capitalize on the hype when it hits. One guy crashed out over it.
This morning we got some teasers for some sort of announcement that will happen this Friday at the Summer Games Fest. I don't know what it is. I am pretty sure it's not going to be GW3, but the amount of hype is weirding me out. [Long explanation involving talk of domain name who-is registrations, an NDA leak and also a history of how ANet's PR approaches things] So, as you can see, people claiming this is BIG big know something, and aren't giving the real reason why they know. The reasons they are giving are nonsense.
* A new game hype train, in the middle of launching Tyria Pride Month? Whatever's going on, I hope it's good for the event and doesn't lead to a hype crash or people being distracted. People work all year long on this. Hopefully, this is all good for the event and fundraising.
* I just crafted the legendary staff Bifrost, and sent it off with the legendary dagger Incinerator to Lelling to be prizes for Tyria Pride events. Bifrost gives rainbow effects, and the Incinerator flamey effects. I'd hoped to craft more than 2, but the map comps you need to do to craft them are a lot. I'd been chipping away at them a bit a day while listening to audio books. I have another map comp at 85%, but I don't think I can get that finished before the end of the event. So, it'll go towards next year.
* A lot of people think Guild Wars 3 is being announced soon. Like, a lot of people who typically would dismiss the idea. Last week, there was drama over people not getting into the ANet partner program because they were upset that they were going to miss out on being able to capitalize on the hype when it hits. One guy crashed out over it.
This morning we got some teasers for some sort of announcement that will happen this Friday at the Summer Games Fest. I don't know what it is. I am pretty sure it's not going to be GW3, but the amount of hype is weirding me out. [Long explanation involving talk of domain name who-is registrations, an NDA leak and also a history of how ANet's PR approaches things] So, as you can see, people claiming this is BIG big know something, and aren't giving the real reason why they know. The reasons they are giving are nonsense.
* A new game hype train, in the middle of launching Tyria Pride Month? Whatever's going on, I hope it's good for the event and doesn't lead to a hype crash or people being distracted. People work all year long on this. Hopefully, this is all good for the event and fundraising.
