[Dutch Sunshine]

Whew, what an amazing year it has been! We've seen a lot of progress on Guild Wars 2 as well as new content for Guild Wars itself. For our last issue of the year we were hoping to have it done before Christmas, but even we can not combat the holidays. One thing is sure, we're going to end the year with a bang, and we wish all of you a happy and great New Year!

We managed to get the last interview with ArenaNet's Game Designer and RPG legend Jeff Grubb on Guild Wars 2. Next to that we got lore on Wintersday, the Shiverpeaks, the Dwarves, and Grenth. Finally, we return with our holiday fashion, a talk with the king of the snowmen Daniel Frozenwind, a new title hunters article, and Izari covers the ins and outs on what it means to be a Guild Master. We obviously have a lot more for you to read, including several articles from our new team members which you can find a small introduction inside the magazine as well!

So what are you waiting for? Get reading!


Meet the team
A small introduction to the team behind GuildMag.
Shiverpeaks
These wintry times render much of the landscape
frigid, cold, and icy.
On the tube with Daelin Dwin (Wintersday special)
A recap of some of the most entertaining Guild Wars
videos on YouTube.
The Dwarves
The history of the Dwarven race
Surviving the great drought
No new information, what to do?
Lore Interview with Jeff Grubb
Jeff answers some interesting lore questions here.
Jingle all the way
Special Wintersday pets for your ranger, but where
to get them?
To be a Master, a Guild Master that is.
A look into the minds of Tyria's Guild Leaders.
Wintersday
What exactly is Wintersday, and where does
it come from?
Winter Fashion
What are players wearing this winter - or what
should they be wearing?
Dutch's talk with... Daniel Frozenwind
Behold the King of the Snowmen.
The Mystery Behind the Bakers
Pie and Cider droping from the sky.
Grenth
The god of ice and death.
Holiday Contest results
The winners and their entries.
GuildWars Fan Artist 'Kiya Koreena'
An interview with a well-know crafty artist.
Wintersday Workshop
Watch people’s creations bloom.
Spiritual Affinities
A study on the origin and types of spirits
Title Hunters | Survivors of Legend
These sturdy players know no death.
http://www.guildmag....nowflakeico.png The Team's Opinions On... Halloween
Reviews of past Halloween events.
http://www.guildmag....nowflakeico.png Call of the Wolf
The story continues with chapter seven and eight.
http://www.guildmag....nowflakeico.png Poems
Community submited poetry
http://www.guildmag....nowflakeico.png End of the Line
The last tidbits.

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[Punchki]

Woo! I am quite excited to read this one, as the Shiverpeaks are my 2nd favorite explorable place, right after the Maguuma Jungle xD

[Archaes]

FINALLY! :angel:

*Runs off to read*

[Dutch Sunshine]

You'll notice a bit of outdated content (cough, rudi's quest, cough) but due to the holidays we were unable to make the deadline we first had in place. Nevertheless, I hope you'll all enjoy what's inside!

Also, sorry for the filesize, we REALLY need to take a look at how to make it smaller for next issues.

[Daelin Dwin]

Jeff Grubb Interview said:

Jeff Grubb: Two words – Tengu City.

Tengu race in an expansion = more likely?

[Dutch Sunshine]

Yup, my theory about the Dominion of Winds is that it's a flying city. Since it's not available at release, it's even more likely that they might release it as the starter-town for the Tengu..

[Archaes]

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Jeff Grubb: Two words – Tengu City

My head just exploded, will someone please come clean up the mess? :D

[TriggerSad]

OH MY GOD!!!! TENGU CITY!!!!

Thank you God, for making me wrong about the Domain of Winds! I'm so happy to hear about this! :qq:
My dream of playing a feathery birdman is becoming even more plausible! YAY!!!! :D

[BuddhaKeks]

Yes, my question about the Great Dwarf is in that interview! xD Did that happen on purpose or is that just coincidence? :angel:

[Thalador]

BuddhaKeks said:

Yes, my question about the Great Dwarf is in that interview! xD Did that happen on purpose or is that just coincidence? :angel:

Both. Konig and I (maybe Arghore as well) selected some questions, then Dutch used a program to pick 10 questions "by chance." Some of these were changed, because they were answered in the meantime. (And yeah, we added one more bonus question to the list, but that wasn't the GD one. ;))

I believe your question was present in both of our lists.

[BuddhaKeks]

Thalador Doomspeaker said:

Both. Konig and I (maybe Arghore as well) selected some questions, then Dutch used a program to pick 10 questions "by chance." Some of these were changed, because they were answered in the meantime. (And yeah, we added one more bonus question to the list, but that wasn't the GD one. ;))

I believe your question was present in both of our lists.

Awesome :cool:
Quite honestly I didn't expect my question to be in the magazine. Guess I was lucky. :D

[Matthew Browne]

Can't seem to download it , *sigh*

[Dutch Sunshine]

Matthew Browne said:

Can't seem to download it , *sigh*

You sure? It's a big file size so it might take a while?

Also, some of the questions for the interview were indeed from Konig/Thalador, I believe they took a few from a list they already had made before..

[Own Age Myname]

Tengu City, seems like an obvious player for a Tengu starting city :D

[Matthew Browne]

Dutch Sunshine said:

You sure? It's a big file size so it might take a while?

I click the 'Download' link, it opens a new white tab that's loading something but doesn't go anywhere from there.

[Ramei Arashi]

I'm very disappointed that there is no new jingle pet.

[Dutch Sunshine]

Matthew Browne said:

I click the 'Download' link, it opens a new white tab that's loading something but doesn't go anywhere from there.

That's correct, you've got to wait a very long time before it's actually loaded. Probably it states: X mb from TotalX mb, and sticks at a certain number?

Because I've got the same issue, you just need to let the browser download the pdf, and yeah, it takes probably over 4 minuts to do so.

[Kcquipor]

Ramei Arashi said:

I'm very disappointed that there is no new jingle pet.

² but we got new quests so :P

[asuran]

Own Age Myname said:

Tengu City, seems like an obvious player for a Tengu starting city :D

i agree on that, since we cant reach it yet and with jeff said a bit further

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We are not revealing what has become of the Bloodstones yet, but they may
have an influence in future expansions.

a tengu city at a area we cannot reach yet and with that comment of jeff, my believe that the tengu will be playable in a expansion only rises :cool:

Edited by asuran, 28 December 2010 - 09:37 PM.

[Matthew Browne]

Dutch Sunshine said:

That's correct, you've got to wait a very long time before it's actually loaded. Probably it states: X mb from TotalX mb, and sticks at a certain number?

Because I've got the same issue, you just need to let the browser download the pdf, and yeah, it takes probably over 4 minuts to do so.

Problem is, it's taking way more than 4 minutes.

[Dutch Sunshine]

Matthew Browne said:

Problem is, it's taking way more than 4 minutes.

Hmm, how long have you kept it opened? I really want to do something on the size of the file, but we either have to loose the quality of the images, or drop the clickable text in order to do that.

[Matthew Browne]

Dutch Sunshine said:

Hmm, how long have you kept it opened? I really want to do something on the size of the file, but we either have to loose the quality of the images, or drop the clickable text in order to do that.

Weirdly, it wasn't downloading to my hard drive, but instead it opened with Google Chrome. Took a while (~10mins), but it's here :D

[Dutch Sunshine]

Matthew Browne said:

Weirdly, it wasn't downloading to my hard drive, but instead it opened with Google Chrome. Took a while (~10mins), but it's here :D

Awesome, hopefully you'll enjoy the read! Be sure to let us know :D

[WAndy]

been waiting for this :D

always a great read

[Mister_Smiley]

Good read, but i'm really interesting in what they mean by Dominion of Winds and Tengu, as well as the Bloodstone. Man as much as i am towards Anet and how they handle stuff, i still think Gw2 is going to be a Great game.

[IDarko]

Nice read. "Tengu City"... That's so awesome! I didn't expect that. And the concept art was also a nice bonus :)

[On_Slaught]

This is my first time seeing this magazine.

Very well done. Seem professional and is high quality.

[Hybarf Tics]

IDarko said:

Nice read. "Tengu City"... That's so awesome! I didn't expect that. And the concept art was also a nice bonus :)

Seconded, also very pleased. I wonder if the Tengu would end up being the fastest underwater swimmers because of their wings?
However Anet might very well make all races equal swimmers. :)

[Konig Des Todes]

Hybarf Tics said:

Seconded, also very pleased. I wonder if the Tengu would end up being the fastest underwater swimmers because of their wings?
However Anet might very well make all races equal swimmers. :)

I would think they'd be the slowest due to the feathers - all the riffles (w/e they're called) of the wings catching on the water, moreso than fur or hair (also, they don't have wings).

But mechanically, I doubt there would be a difference.

Unless tengu were made into the best at flying.

[TriggerSad]

IDarko said:

Nice read. "Tengu City"... That's so awesome! I didn't expect that. And the concept art was also a nice bonus :)

I thought that was Divinity's Reach concept art. I guess I thought wrong! :D
I'm loving being wrong right now~!

And Konig, if they are best at flying, then Guild Wars 2 is going to become one of the best games ever! :o