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[Enduratrum]

Well I came here and saw the competition and got really excited to be able to participate until I read that this competition isn't worldwide, thus excluding me seeing as I live in England... *sigh*

The picture I was going to post was this one, it's a background I made on the day the game launched because it captured the exact essence of the game that I loved and that was the union between individuals to help defeat and overcome obstacles, I know it's not the best, but I was happy with the result and maybe somebody here might be interested:

http://i.imgur.com/caRC7o4.jpg

I've also been enjoying finding the beauty in the world by viewing the vistas of each zone:

http://www.youtube.c...Ddd2VZK3DhGIf-x

There's an infinite amount of fun and adventure to be had in this game and although I am unable to partake in this competition I look forward to seeing what other people have to offer because I truly love this game and can't wait to see/hear what other people have done in relation to it.

[glyphofhealing]

My understanding is this isn't an ANET contest.  This is a guru contest..... since it says Curse rules of entry...  Anet just donated them the signed copies.


As for my entry I decided to do a screen shot.  I am an explorer at heart and love getting places not very many people have been or will be able to get!!  http://imageshack.us...692/gw059x.jpg/

Edited by glyphofhealing, 26 January 2013 - 02:49 PM.

[Kcthegr8]

I play an online racing simulator called iRacing. I was so excited for GW2 to come out last year, that I made a GW2 truck to race with, that I still race today. I ended up having a diecast made of the truck because it looked so cool (in my opinion).

Here are in-game screenshots:





and here is an early picture of the diecast:



I will get some more pictures of the completed diecast, but it is at home and I am at my dorm at the moment, so it will be a few days.

[Zadaa]

So I wrote a song with my friends that is a prequel to the song "Fear Not this Night" by Jeremy Soule and Asja. This song "Rise" is in the perspective of Dylan Thakery as Kralkatorik attacks Ebonhawke. Well here it is.

Verse
I can breathe it’s okay, understand everything
I don’t see I don’t care, what could be happening
The snow cold ground, warmed by touch, Read-y my sword, the coming fight
The sun betrays, as darkness falls, cold grips my soul, and blurs my sight
I look above, towards the sky, the silent sound shining bright
I hold my hands, brace the storm, follow this fallen light


Pre-chorusx2
(I look above, towards the sky, the silent sound shining bright)
Night falls, Fear not this night
(I hold my hands, brace the storm, follow this fallen light)
Night falls, Fear not this night

Chorus
The darkness grows stronger, in spite of its hunger
In death it gains power, in truth it devours
I’m tumbling farther, this isn’t yet over
I made peace with everything; I can now see the end
The warriors, the soldiers, all dead from the storm and
I took this end from him, was wishing that for me
Hope is lost, Can’t be found, dead with ones on the ground
Hold my sword stained with red, hoping it’s not the end

Verse
An endless fight, Ends tonight
A struggle fought, all for naught
Night reborn in the light
End the storm, end the night
And is it sad in the end,
The end of this cold undead
The start of night fallen days
End this life, end this pain

Pre-chorus x2
(I look above, towards the sky, the silent sound shining bright)
Night falls, Fear not this night
(I hold my hands, brace the storm, follow this fallen light)
Night falls, Fear not this night


Chorus
The darkness grows stronger, in spite of its hunger
In death it gains power, in truth it devours
I’m tumbling farther, this isn’t yet over
I made peace with everything; I can now see the end
The warriors, the soldiers, all dead from the storm and
I took this end from him, was wishing that for me
Hope is lost, Can’t be found, dead with ones on the ground
Hold my sword stained with red, hoping it’s not the end

Night falls, Fear not this night x (sang through 2^nd chorus)

Chorus
The darkness grows stronger, in spite of its hunger
In death it gains power, in truth it devours
I’m tumbling farther, this isn’t yet over
I made peace with everything; I can now see the end
The warriors, the soldiers, all dead from the storm and
I took this end from him, was wishing that for me
Look past the felled, into the dark, rage building in, inside my heart
Raise my sword stained with red, knowing this is not the end

Night falls, Fear not this night x (until the end)

[dvsph0enix]

I log on you you when I need you, my heart's locked out until
You come to me, come to me questing and gathering
When you come to me
Give me everything I need
Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams
Speak the language of Norn like you know what it means
ohh, it can't be wrong
Take my heart and make it complete baby

You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than Azeroth, any place I've ever been
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every event i play
Tearing up my copy of Warcraft, baby without you I would rather be dead

In your heart I see the stars of every night and every day
In your eyes I get lost, Asura is simply the way
Just as long as I'm here in Tyria
I could be in no better place

You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than Azeroth, any place I've ever been
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every event i play
Tearing up my copy of Warcraft, baby without you I would rather be dead

Each time I log off I start losing control
You're walking away with my heart and my soul
I can feel you even when I'm alone
Oh baby, don't let go

You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than Azeroth, any place I've ever been
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every event i play
Tearing up my copy of Warcraft, baby without you I would rather be dead


-DVSPH0ENIX (Remix of Tina Turner's Simply the best)

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[Victahvondoom]

WOW vs GW2 My Final Thoughts




I also shared it with the raptr community  
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Edited by Victahvondoom, 06 February 2013 - 04:01 AM.

[Minami Kaori]

Is it just one entry per person?

[Lucas Ashrock]

Khalija, on 25 January 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

http://www.guildwars...ion-eu-giveaway
And here's a list of them: http://www.guildwars...-2-Competitions

I don't remember asians competing nor winning.

[Honey_Bear]

SkearKr0w, on 26 January 2013 - 07:28 AM, said:

I did a Mad King Thorn pumpkin for Halloween and also, a GW2 Logo Mosaic. Enjoy.

OK, I'm out. My pumpkin sucked. :/

[Hathiar]

I made this for my boyfriend hope you guys like it as well http://imgur.com/a/KhTia

[Psydrome]

Charlie Dayman, on 26 January 2013 - 03:35 AM, said:

Cool, thanks for the info. In that case, I'll throw my hat into the ring.

Five Champions - full size view: http://changinghand....it&ga_changes=1

This is awesome!
I'm looking forward to see more like this...

Too bad I can't participate, I'm from Europe...
"Biggest" fan contest.... Yea right! a "Biggest" fan contest should be international!

Edited by Psydrome, 27 January 2013 - 11:06 AM.

[Menehune]

That I never win anything aside, If I see a contest in time, it's USA/CAN only, I suck so bad at what entry requires or both. If I see an EU contest, it's usually, again, I suck at what's required or the entry deadline is past.

Anyway, good luck to all entrants. I'm glad I'm not a judge as there're some great entries already with more sure to come. I would eventually be disqualified as judge because I wouldn't be able to choose the winners within the allotted time.

[Axel0142]

Would love to enter to win this game but personally Iv'e never played GW2 so there isn't anything impressive i can do to win, especially with all the other fantastic entries already there.

[Alucardalina]

I'd like to enter, but as I'm running one of these giveaways myself (Though I'd love to have an autographed CE or a gem card myself), I don't want to seem selfish, but I'm mostly interested in the creativity part. Would it bother anyone higher up if I entered?

Also, for those who complain about it being US and Canada only, I feel they're doing this for the same reason I've limited my contest for it. These things weigh a ton (well, not really) and shipping to another country is already quite a price to pay without the weight added to it. At the end of the day, we may have been shipped these to give away, but we're taking money out of our own pockets to ship them to the winners. I'm sure it's not because they don't want to include you guys.

[thelastjagaroth]

Good Afternoon,

I wrote an entire back story for my main character.  I hope you enjoy it.

Thank You,
The Last Jagaroth




I am Norn!

Far in the North lie the Far Shiverpeaks a great land that used to be my home. Nestled in one of its many beautiful the valleys my family dwelt happily for many years raising our children, hunting, testing our courage against incalculable odds and boasting of our triumphs. I was the brother of the family’s elder it was my responsibility to train the young Norn in the ways of battle and pass on our history so that the valor of our family would not be forgotten. It was my brother’s job as elder to rule over disputes, tell the stories of the fallen on our days of honor and coordinate the defense against the repeated attacks of Jotun. When you love the wild as we Norn do, you have no one to rely on but each other. We lived, we loved, we thrived and were happy.

Until……

For weeks we felt something in the air, something wrong! The day it happened was like none I had ever seen before. The clouds gathered as thou they meant to block the sun from the land forever. As the darkness spread the clouds shot javelins of fire down even as the ground shot boulders the size of hut’s skyward. The dreaded dragon Jormag had awoken from his sleep and erupted from his den of slumber. Snow, Wind and Ice flowed over the mountains in such vehemence that I even I a veteran of many winters was forced to grab those that I could and take cover until the worse was over. After the ground had settled and wind died down came the creatures of Jormag. What happened then was a waking nightmare but even as the hordes of Jormag swept down upon us the mighty family Jagaroth of the Norn showed their courage and strength. We fought as one, every man, every woman, every elder and every child. All that could raise a weapon and fight stood their ground. We were never better than we were that day. If it the stories of each warrior could be written it would fill this hall to bursting! Yet still we fell. I saw my brother run threw by one of the ice brood! My children were all slaughtered before my eyes and there was nothing I could do to stop it. The battle waged until there stood only a hand full of us shoulder to shoulder and back to back. Still we fought! We fought for our fallen, we fought for each other, we fought for our race and we fought for our lives.

I had just killed an attacker when I turned to see my wife was battling a hideous creature of ice and teeth. The creature was so ferocious and my wife was so intent upon the battle that she did not see a second creature coming up from her side. I fought through  the horde of attackers to engage the creature and save my wife. I arrived just in time to block the first attack of the creature that was aimed for her heart and then everything went black as I was struck from behind.

I woke up several hours or even days later I still do not know to this day. Under me laid the broken form of my wife, the mother of my children. As I got to my feet I could see that none that had stood beside me had survived. My wife, my children, my brother, my friends and the rest of my kin were gone, I alone was left. It took me three days to build the funeral pyre and honor each as I could. I then made my way south to join up with the other families to make an attempt to take back our land but even the youngest of us know how that story. So I remarried and in time you were born and we live here in Holebrak until the time that the Norn who can damage the tooth of Jormag is born. Then we will arise and take back the land of our fathers. Until that day it up to us to pass the story of the Jagaroth's down from father to son so that the mighty deeds of our family that they are not forgotten. The day I left the Far Shiverpeaks I also left my name behind. My story is no longer important. I became the story of our family instead. All that I have done before and since is in honor of those that fell that day. In time you will marry and have a son and you will not give him a name just as I gave you none. You will bring him to this hall and you will pass down the stories of our family as I have unto you. You will keep our ancestors alive through the passing down of their great deeds and not overshadowing them with your own even thou your deeds may be mighty and worth preserving in their own right. You will become the embodiment of our family you will become The Last Jagaroth.

That was the story my Great Great Great grandfather told and we have been true to his teachings and have followed in his instruction. We have performed mighty deeds since then but we are ever careful to raise those of our ancestors above what we have done. It is now my turn to carry on the story of our family.

I am Norn
I am The Last Jagaroth
This is my family’s story

[Lillith]

Hmmm, don't get why Arizona residents are ineligible.   Why is that?

[Yumikiko]

Hey guys! Here is my entry. I made a video highlighting the most memorable parts of the story line for me. I absolutely loved every bit of it and being the dork that I am, I was moved too, so I used epic slow music haha Enjoy!




Why do so many characters have to die? :c

Yumi
Devastation[VAST]

Edited by Yumikiko, 30 January 2013 - 01:09 AM.

[The Black Lion]

I am not from the United States or Canada, but good luck to everyone who enter's!

[Khalija]

Minami Kaori, on 26 January 2013 - 11:24 PM, said:

Is it just one entry per person?

You can enter as many times as you like.

Alucardalina, on 27 January 2013 - 06:10 PM, said:

Would it bother anyone higher up if I entered?

Yes, you can enter.

Lillith, on 27 January 2013 - 06:53 PM, said:

Hmmm, don't get why Arizona residents are ineligible.   Why is that?

It has to do with contest laws in Arizona. Apparently it's different because winning the contest is skill-based rather than being a giveaway.

[Charlie Dayman]

Khalija, on 28 January 2013 - 12:00 AM, said:

You can enter as many times as you like.

Cool, in that case I'll submit a few more. Updated my previous post as well so everything is together.

Character illustration of my elementalist.
ANIMATED VERSION: http://changinghand....llery/#/d4xkcsz



Character illustration of Tzu's Norn thief, Saga
FULL-SIZE: http://changinghand....llery/#/d55a7n4

Edited by Charlie Dayman, 28 January 2013 - 12:16 AM.

[Yumikiko]

I'm going to go ahead and enter my other video I made few weeks ago. It was a challenge editing to the music but I loved it! It was fun dancing around Tyria :3

Dancing Across Tyria Video



Thanks for watching!

Yumikiko
Devastation[VAST]

Edited by Yumikiko, 30 January 2013 - 01:07 AM.

[BuddhaKeks]

There is no shame in admitting that we cultured europeans would outclass you in this competition, so we can't enter giving people for NA the chance to win.

Just kidding, good luck to you all!

[Geotherma]

http://sdrv.ms/VeS2yn

Hope you enjoy the vid

[JediMind7rix]

So a few Guildies and Myself were always slightly annoyed with some of the lines NPC’s had in GW2, then we thought, “hey we should totally make a generic annoying dub-step and mash up all the things that make us cringe all in one epic song!”. Thus creating the abomination you are now about to hear…ENJOY!

Special Thanks to: Koptev, Sear Sneakblade, Agent Spire, Hodgens, Cpt. Ashum, and a few other NPC’s!!!

Edited by unraveled, 28 January 2013 - 07:37 AM.
Fixed font size, removed advertising.

[The Mighteous One]

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
I'm better than you at Guild Wars 2.

The Greatest Player In The Game!
I say it loud!
I have no shame!

From Necro to Mesmer I've slain them all!
They're mounted as trophies upon my wall.
A KILLING MACHINE!

A Manic Lout!
I am THE GREATEST!
There is no doubt.

(Since I've got it in the bag, where do I send my address?)

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[Illein]

Charlie Dayman, on 28 January 2013 - 12:14 AM, said:

Cool, in that case I'll submit a few more. Updated my previous post as well so everything is together.

Character illustration of my elementalist.
ANIMATED VERSION: http://changinghand....llery/#/d4xkcsz



Character illustration of Tzu's Norn thief, Saga
FULL-SIZE: http://changinghand....llery/#/d55a7n4

FML. This is SO Kekai Kotaki! Hope they hire you off the bat and you aren't entangled with another company already, because your work looks breathtaking.

[Zestiva]

JediMind7rix, on 28 January 2013 - 04:47 AM, said:

So a few Guildies and Myself were always slightly annoyed with some of the lines NPC’s had in GW2, then we thought, “hey we should totally make a generic annoying dub-step and mash up all the things that make us cringe all in one epic song!”. Thus creating the abomination you are now about to hear…ENJOY!

Special Thanks to: Koptev, Sear Sneakblade, Agent Spire, Hodgens, Cpt. Ashum, and a few other NPC’s!!!

you made me laugh so hard... "no no no!" lol

[Yumikiko]

How do you get the actual video to show up instead of the link? Can a forum mod help with that?
Thanks =)

[Kaaboose]

I cannot win because I'm from Australia but don't think that will stop me from showing off my rabbid fandom!



LYRICS!


Nothing ever ever happens on this realm
Deathwing's down, getting pretty sick of farming,
About to try, Yet another pointless grind
Oh! A PM from  Sòmedúde!

He said, "Hey, Remember Anet Bro?
The ones that made Guild Wars? They're making an MMO now,
That looks pretty hot and You'll never guess what,
They're gonna call it Guild Wars 2!

Well I almost fell out of my chair.
What would it be like, and would I even care?
So I watched some clips and 't be totally fair
It looks like something new!

I Can't wait for it to arrive
Going crazy crazy, Oh When will it go live?
In April August May March June or July?
Well, I hope it's really soon!

I can't wait no, I can't wait
I don't wanna play WoW no more
I'm goin', yes I'm, goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the Guild, I'm goin', really goin' to the
Wars I'm goin' to, oh yes, I'm goin' to
PLAY GUILD WARS!

So I went to buy it from their site,
Only in stores? Well even though I'm tight, I was
There in a flash, throwing down all my cash,
Collectors! Was I there in time?

Gonna get a golem banker for my toon
There's an art print for every single room in my house
Custom Art Frame? Very, very soon
One of them will be all mine

Summon Mistfire Wolf elite skill
Tome of influence I can use to help my guild!
Chalice of glory for extra PvP kills
And The best of  Soundtrack CD!

And then, just to top it all off
There's a 10 inch Figurine of Rytlock
I know that's one bad-ass four eared cat,
But he's not as cute as this Charlie!

I can't wait no,  I can't wait,
Don't want the online version of KOTOR.
I'm goin', yes I'm goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the Guild I'm goin', really goin' to the
Wars I'm goin' to the, oh yes, I'm goin' to
PLAY GUILD WARS!

I'm goin', yes I'm, goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the Guild, I'm goin', really goin' to the
Wars, I'm goin' to the, oh yes, I'm goin' to
PLAY GUILD WARS!

That's a lot of words...

It's got...
Busty wenches, Hp meters, teleports, volcanic heaters
Tracking stats, On Sprawling Maps with tonns of stuff for completers
Trading Posts for copper buyers, safety goggles, crafting criers
Mob Thumping, Puzzle Jumping, Trebuchets with cows to fire!
Asura, Char, Sylvari faces, Humans, Norn, Are player races!
Zones feature Giant Creatures sure to put your through your paces.
Tonnes of loots, both found and bought. Deposit all, Auto sort.
Self Heals, Combo Fields, Bows and Swords, Long and Short.
Wanna mention the professions but in spite of my obsessions, ran outta time, to make em rhyme, so I'll list in game confections.
Apple Pie, Potato Fries, Chocolate Cake, It's not a lie!
Onions Rings, Other Things, Hyleks eating Dragonflies!
Can't believe at what I'm see'in, Absolutely no Sub Fee an'
Kitty Tails! Birdie Mails! African or European?
Narrow paths and Hazard blowers, Just the thing to punt you lower,
Party Goes, Bottle Throwers,  Escort quests! DANCING MOAS!

I need air!, (GASP!) Oh precious air!
That part made my throat really sore.
Still I'm goin', yes I'm goin', hard to breath but I'm
Goin' to, still going (GASP!) Oh I'm goin', yes I'm goin' to
Damn I'm going to sing about
GUILD WARS!

I'm goin', yes I'm, goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the Guild, I'm goin', really goin' to the
Wars, I'm goin' to the, oh yes, I'm goin' to
PLAY GUILD WARS!

I'm goin', yes I'm, goin', I'm a-goin' to the
Goin' to the Guild, I'm goin', really goin' to the
Wars, I'm goin' to the, oh yes, I'm goin' to
PLAY GUILD WARS!

Edited by Kaaboose, 28 January 2013 - 10:25 PM.

[Kaaboose]

Yumikiko, on 28 January 2013 - 06:16 PM, said:

How do you get the actual video to show up instead of the link? Can a forum mod help with that?
Thanks =)

Click The "Share" Button on the youtube video in question and then copy that link.
Next, when making/editing your post Click the "Link" button (Picture of a Chain Link with a Green +) and paste that link in there.
Volia!
(It took me all of half an hour to work that out. I'm bad at this!)