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Polygon just published a new little interview session with Jon Peters and Chris Lye including their impressions of Guild Wars 2.

Note: Polygon is a gaming-focused, online news publication but hasn't completely been launched yet so that's why they have been publishing stories on TheVerge.com, their sister site that focuses on Technology culture.

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Global brand director Chris Lye argues the dynamic experience in Guild Wars 2 is unique compared to the likes of RIFT, a game that invites users to expunge demons who enter random points of the world through rift portals.

"I've played both [RIFT and Warhammer Online] and while participating in rifts and public quests, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was in constant competition with the other players to make sure I got my share of XP or pushed out enough DPS to make sure I got better rewards than them."

"In one particularly painful incident," he remembers of his days in RIFT, "high-level players came back to the starter areas and started one-shotting the rifts so I didn't even stand a chance. In Guild Wars 2 this just doesn't happen. Dynamic events play out the way you would expect an enemy encounter to play out in a fantasy world - everyone rallies together to help and you don't resent the addition of other players."


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Along with the vast assortment of armor set images on the web, GamerDiNG took it upon himself/herself to combine those with several in-game shots from the last BWE into two neat armor set videos.

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Finally, we have information on how you can reserve your Guild Wars 1 character name for Guild Wars 2.

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Thus our policy will simply be as follows: to preserve your character name from Guild Wars into Guild Wars 2, you must be an active Guild Wars player (more on that below), and you must create a Guild Wars 2 character with the same name as your Guild Wars character during the Headstart Access period or on launch day.

After launch day (and after we work through support tickets filed on launch day), we’ll free up the millions of unclaimed names for new Guild Wars 2 players to use.

To implement this name reservation system, we need to build a list of the character names of active Guild Wars players that we’ll reserve through launch day. We actually need to build that list a few weeks prior to the launch of Guild Wars 2.

So we’ll use the following very generous definition of active: Guild Wars players will be considered active—thus having their Guild Wars names reserved and available to claim during Headstart Access and on launch day—if they have logged into the game at least once between January 1, 2012 and the day we build the name reservation list.

Read the full blog post here.

This news is something that many people have been waiting for and now that we know how it works, you better remember to log in to GW1 if you haven't this year soon and remember to create that special character or 2 (or 5) so you don't lose your character names.

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Have you ever sat down and wondered if there's a place to watch, stream, and comment on user uploaded video content for Guild Wars 2 all on your favorite Guild Wars 2 forum? Of course you have (who hasn't?)!

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Up along the red navigation bar at the top of your screen, you can find links to the video section of the site, the Videos section, and the Streaming section. Both of which are waiting very patiently for you to explore all they have to offer.

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Here you're able to find videos that users have uploaded, and either comment or favorite them yourself. If you're looking for something more specific, try filtering by profession, game format, fan trailers, or even impressions. We've got some pretty cool stuff here already, so dig a bit and you're bound to find something interesting.

Adding your own video is pretty straightforward once you have it uploaded to youtube. Simply fill out the title, description, and category and you're good to go. After that, you can view all of your uploaded videos in one spot any time you want.

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Streams

Want to watch the game, but can't play it? Head over to the Streams section to find streams members have set up. Watching a stream is as simple as picking one from the list. Adding one is nearly as easy. Just like adding a video, click the "Add Stream" button in the upper right corner just below the Facebook and Twitter icons. Once you're there, choose which site you'll be looking to stream from, then enter your user or channel name. After everything has finished, either you or other forum members will be able to post comments on the channel you'll be streaming from.

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Regina Buenaobra, one of ArenaNet's Community Managers, posted on the official blog about an NPC Ameranth and her companion Anna. What's different about this NPC, is that it's based on a real person - Kelly Wells.

Kelly, along with her dog Anna, set off on foot from Maine and walked across the country to California. Once completed, she stopped by ArenaNet studios to talk with the staff there about the journey and why she decided to do it.

You can read the full story over on the official blog and make sure to check out Kelly's blog for the full adventure!


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Ever since emerging from the Pale Tree, I've had the itch to see what the world has to offer. And what better way than with my own two feet?
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Just yesterday, one of our members posted his "Metal/Rock/Orchestral" remix of the charr theme music. Check it out and then make sure to give tallsmartman your praise over in his thread!


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Well, folks. ArenaNet has finally reached their 500k milestone on Facebook, and as a reward they have given us an in game screenshot enhanced by the Studio Art Director, Daniel Dociu. This piece features the beloved "Shatterer" that made its public debut in the PAX and Gamescom convention demos of 2010, as well as the five members of Destiny's Edge. Don't forget to check out their Flicker page for bigger sizes of this new screenshot (as well as the other milestone images you may have missed)!

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This morning, ArenaNet has announced that Ramon Domke, former member of Wartower.de, has joined their office in Brighton as the newest German Community Manager. For those of you with Twitter accounts, you can find his personal account here. Otherwise, be on the lookout for Ramon on the official Guild Wars 2 account.

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B&C Live: Q&A with E-Sports Team Alpha Collective


Hello, well met, salutations, and good morning to all! Boons & Conditions is proud to present our first live show! We will be streaming an hour long question and answer session with the e-sports team Alpha Collective. The very team that streamed structured player vs player (sPVP) for 64 hours straight during the first beta weekend event! We will be broadcasting at 8:00 PM PDT (Pacific) on Thursday, May 10th. Yes, that is today! We are planning a handful of these as we eagerly await beta weekend event #2. Do not miss out!

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Rather than creating a new thread I'll just chuck this on here! We just released our latest podcast!
http://www.gw2bnc.co...rawal-symptoms/

"Faelor once again pays Arithion and Luperza to discuss their adventures in the first Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event. From discussing their joyful initial reactions to going over things they want to see tuned, this episode is packed!"

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Rejoice! Were you spending the last week and a half sobbing uncontrollably in a corner because you so dearly missed the first Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Event? Well, it looks like it's time to come back for more a bit earlier than you might have expected. This Monday, May 14th, everyone who has pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 will be able to participate in a surprise stress test for the game from 11AM-6PM (-7 GMT). And for those of you who want one more chance to screenshot your human, norn, or charr from the last beta test, you're in luck! Existing characters will be completely playable during this exciting window of opportunity. There is also no need to download any sort of new client either. The one used for the last test in April will be made available again (so don't delete it!).

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