Contests
In addition to the Guild Wars Ladder, from which are drawn the competitors who participate in the Regional Playoffs and the Finals of the annual Guild Wars World Championship, we also offer other competitive ventures, such as one-time in-game competitions and other contests.
Guild Wars Wintersday 2008 Art Contest
The Wintersday Festival invited players to create & submit works of art that represent the special holidays of winter. Hundreds of players accepted that invitation and created some seriously striking seasonal art. Entries arrived from every corner of the globe, in all kinds of media: 2D art, 3D art, pencil sketches, paintings, screenshot compilations, even 3D models! Congratulations and thanks to all who submitted their work.
You can review the contest rules and prize list at your leisure, but right now please join us in extending our sincere appreciation and warmest holiday wishes to the winners of Guild Wars® Wintersday 2008 Art Contest:
Grand Prize Winner
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| Casondra Logan, USA |
Second Place Winner
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| Brandon Shewmake, USA |
Third Place Winner
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| Scott Findlay, Israel |
Fourth Place Winners
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| Sonia Skigirl, France | Peccatrix Neve, USA |
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| Koreena Anchalis, USA | Chyminy, USA |
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| Carina Eßbüchl, Austria | Makani, USA |
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| Prospass, France |
Honorable Mentions
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| Tyler Bain, USA | Gamma Frame, USA |
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| Victoria Grubb, USA | Charlene Valerio,USA |
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| Brad Roberts | ShooKooBoo, France |
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| Michelle Menard, USA | Samuel Brunet, France |
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| Mikko Piirto, Finland | Shelby Healy, USA |
1 Note: All judging was done on a "blind judging" basis, where those involved did not know anything about the contestant, including name, location, gender, or age.
2 Winners: Please allow at least six weeks for receipt of your prize, once you have responded to the email we send you requesting confirmation of your mailing information.
Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest 2008
The temperature is dropping and the calendar is down to its last few pages, which means the year-end holidays are upon us…and that means it’s time for the annual Guild Wars® Wintersday Art Contest. If you’ve ever wanted to creatively combine your holiday spirit with your love of Guild Wars, this is your golden opportunity.
To participate, put your imagination and your artistic talents to work by crafting a piece of seasonal art with a holiday tone and a Guild Wars theme. Any and all ideas are welcome: draft an invitation to the Wintersday Festival, create a poster celebrating the event, or assemble a holiday collage with images of Guild Wars characters. Whatever you choose to create, in whatever medium, don’t miss this chance to share your artistic gifts and spread some seasonal joy!
Dream up your own way to bring a Wintersday twist to Guild Wars, and enter the contest before 20:00 GMT, January 5, 2009!
How to Enter:
Create an original piece of art with a traditional winter holiday theme and a Guild Wars flavor. You may draw your own art using any media at your disposal. You may also use or incorporate screenshots, renders, concept art, icons, photographs, or any other Guild Wars images to create your entry.
For each entry, submit a jpeg image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.) We strongly encourage you to submit your work electronically rather than via postal mail.
In the body of the email, provide us the following information (in English): valid preferred email address, your first and last name, your age, and your full address, including street number and name, city, state or province, zip/postal code (if any), and country.
If you wish to be mentioned by “handle” or in-game name rather than your first and last name, please indicate your preference in your entry and provide your handle or in-game name in addition to the information listed above.
Submit your entry to: . Please use ”Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest 2008” as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, use the following address:
Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest
ArenaNet, Inc.
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA
No other methods of entry will be accepted.
ArenaNet, Inc. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
Prizes: 20 winners (1 one Grand Prize Winner, 1 Second Place Winner, 1 Third Place Winner, 7 Winners) will receive one of the prizes below. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, Third Place Winner, 7 Winners, and 10 Honorable Mentions will also have their creations displayed on the Guild Wars website. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes exceeds $1,500 US. Cash alternatives are not available) The prizes are as follows:
Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one VisionTek Radeon HD3650 graphics card; a full set of four Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Prints; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print
(Approximate total retail value of package: $450.00 US.)
Second Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; a full set of four Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Prints; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print
(Approximate total retail value of package: $250.00 US.)
Third Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one randomly selected Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Prints; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print
(Approximate total retail value of package: $130.00 US.)
Fourth Place Winners (7 awarded): One randomly selected Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Print; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print
(Approximate total retail value of package: $60.00 US.)
Honorable Mentions (10 awarded): One randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print
(Approximate total retail value of package: $20 US.)
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Wintersday into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline for entries to be received is 12:00 Noon PST on Monday, January 5, 2009.
Winners will be announced on or around January 23, 2009 and will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com.
General Conditions:
One entry per person.
Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
Eligibility (age): As of December 1, 2008, contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 years of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet, Inc., NC Interactive, Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec) and Europe. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
Prize: There are twenty (20) prizes available. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, Third Place Winner, and seven Fourth Place Winners will have an image of each of their projects posted on the official website when the winners’ announcement is made. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Wintersday into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline: Entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. PST on Monday, January 5, 2009.
Announcement: Winners will be announced on or around January 23, 2009 and will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about February 6, 2009. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
The winners of this contest will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com no later than January 31, 2009. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest 2008, ArenaNet, Inc., 227 Bellevue, Way NE, #75, Bellevue, WA 98004.
By entering the Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest 2008, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to ArenaNet, Inc. all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on any or all of Sponsor’s websites and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet, Inc. and will not be returned.
Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Judges will be comprised of members of the Sponsor’s staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, RESTRICTED OR TAXED BY LAW.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
© 2008 ArenaNet, Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Nightfall, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, Eye of the North, and ArenaNet and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008 Winners
The annual Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest gives players a chance to celebrate Halloween, Guild Wars style, by sharing their spookiest creative efforts. You can find the contest rules here.
We received a ton of fantastic submissions, so it was hard to choose only ten winners, but we managed it. When it comes to artistically combining Guild Wars and the Halloween spirit, the names below represent the absolute best of the best. 1
All who placed in the contest will be notified by email within the next 10 days, and we will be sending out prize packages2 after we receive the required email confirmation from each of those who placed in the contest.
Congratulations to all, and thank you to all who participated!
Winners will be notified by email, and we will send the prize packages after we receive the required email confirmation and release forms.
Grand Prize Winner
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| Aurora Astralis – USA |
Second Place Winner
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| Chi Thien Pham – France |
Winners
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| Noom Anelth – France | Aalena Elluminai – USA |
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| John Konwinski – USA | Queeny Esther – USA |
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| Steel Toed Boots – USA | Rebecca Sinclair – Canada |
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| Luuna Kalevala – France | Tracey B - USA |
Honorable Mentions
| Peer Shlomit - Israel | Rhynn Davrie - USA |
| Sarah Jane Ford - USA | Nymph Of Meliai - UK |
| Reece Mayer | Milideca Stormwell - USA |
| Therese Brunet - France | Elorus Neasana Tena - Switzerland |
| Stephanie Weidemann - USA | I Elite Starchild I - USA |
Finalists
| Mateusz Sliwinski - Australia | Sechen Vilkova - USA |
| Kho Eraph - USA | Joris Van Beusekom - The Netherlands |
| Antonijo Andric - Croatia | Jeronen Van Winckel - Belgium |
| Arc Rau - USA | Ronny Tauch - Germany |
| Ana Figuerido - Portugal | Connor Tooker - USA |
| Pink - France | Phaedra Mystryia - USA |
| Roland Billingsley - USA | Alvenna Lee |
| Karen Dorweiler - USA | Xandrah - France |
| Karim Chair - France | Freedoms Avatar - USA |
| Vasjnar Dasgarath - Belgium |
1 Note: All judging was done on a "blind judging" basis, where those involved did not know anything about the contestant, including name, location, gender, or age.
2 Winners: Please allow at least six weeks for receipt of your prize, once you have responded to the email we send you requesting confirmation of your mailing information.
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008
We invite you to put your imagination and creative talents to work by crafting Halloween art with a Guild Wars theme. This is our fourth annual opportunity to celebrate the autumn season with the entire Guild Wars community. Dream up your own way to bring a Halloween twist to Guild Wars, and enter the contest before 20:00 GMT, October 27, 2008!
How to Enter:
Create a concept and bring it to life.
Some suggestions:
- Carve a pumpkin or create a template for other pumpkin carvers.
- Sketch a costume by hand or on the computer. If you’re extra creative, make that costume and model it in a photograph.
- Design a desktop image or wallpaper.
- Decorate a cake, bake some cookies, compose a menu, build an edible haunted house—put your culinary skills to the task.
- Decorate your home in a Guild Wars theme.
- Find your own way to bring a Halloween twist to Guild Wars, or a Guild Wars twist to Halloween.
For each entry, submit a jpeg image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.) We strongly encourage you to submit your work electronically rather than via postal mail.
Include your first and last name, age, full mailing address (including country), and a valid, preferred email address with your entry.
If you wish to be mentioned by “handle” or in-game name rather than your first and last name, please indicate your preference in your entry and provide your handle or in-game name in addition to the information listed above.
Submit your entry to: . Please be sure to use ”Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008” as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, use the following address:
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest
ArenaNet, Inc.
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA
No other methods of entry will be accepted.
ArenaNet, Inc. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
Prizes: 40 winners (1 one Grand Prize Winner, 1 Second Place Winner, 8 Winners, 10 Honorable Mentions, 20 Finalists) will receive one of the prizes below. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, and 8 Winners will also have their creations displayed on the Guild Wars website. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes exceeds $2,600 US. Cash alternatives are not available.) The prizes are as follows:
Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one VisionTek Radeon HD3650 graphics card, one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $390.00 US.)
Second Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer sound card; one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key; one Guild Wars Character Slot Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $310.00 US.)
Winners (8 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one signed copy of Guild Wars Nightfall; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key; one Guild Wars Character Slot Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $150.00 US.)
Honorable Mentions (10 awarded): One complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; one Guild Wars Skill Unlock Key
(Approximate total retail value of package: $30 US.)
Finalists (20 Awarded): One complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins
(Approximate total retail value of package: $20 US.)
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline for entries to be received is 20:00 GMT on Monday, October 27, 2008.
Winners will be announced on or before November 3, 2008 and will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com.
General Conditions:
One entry per person.
Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
Eligibility (age): As of October 6, 2008, all contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must also be 18 years of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet, Inc., NC Interactive, Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), and Europe. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
Prize: There are forty (40) prizes available. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, and eight Winners will have an image of each of their projects posted on the official website when the winners’ announcement is made. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline: Entries must be received by 20:00 GMT on Monday, October 27, 2008.
Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before November 3, 2008 and will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about November 18, 2008. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
The winners of this contest will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com no later than November 3, 2008. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008, ArenaNet, Inc., 227 Bellevue, Way NE, #75, Bellevue, WA 98004.
By entering the Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2008, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to ArenaNet, Inc. all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on any or all of Sponsor’s websites and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet, Inc. and will not be returned.
Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
Judges will be comprised of members of the Sponsor’s staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. THIS CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, RESTRICTED OR TAXED BY LAW.
Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
© 2008 ArenaNet, Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Nightfall, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, Eye of the North, and ArenaNet and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 Contest
The Wintersday 2007 Contest offered one Guild Wars player the opportunity to make a significant and historic mark on the annual holiday celebration. Players were invited to get into the spirit of the season and create a piece of concept art for our traditional Wintersday giveaway: a splendid piece of holiday headgear.
This special seasonal hat is only available on the final day of the festival when Grenth, Lord of Death and Ice, and Dwayna, Goddess of Air and Life, vie for the support of the citizens of Tyria in the thrilling climax to their yearly contest. The winner of this heavenly battle rules the wintry weather in the coming months, and generously rewards his or her loyal supporters with gifts, including a brand new hat.
Players responded to the call for helm concepts with excellent ideas of all kinds. From literally hundreds of designs, the Guild Wars team selected six top winners and fifteen honorable mentions. All of the winners are listed below. You can find the rules for the contest and the list of prizes here.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest, and to Ideazon who helped support the prize offerings. We will contact the winners after Wintersday to distribute the prizes. Everyone is invited to see the grand debut of the two new Wintersday helms—including the player-designed* Grenth helm—at 12:01 AM Pacific time (-8 GMT) on January 1, 2008, and every three hours throughout the day.
Happy Wintersday!Winners
| Grand Prize: Nian |  |
| Second Place: The Gnome Goddess |  |
| Third Place: Mamath |  |
| Fourth Place: Mike Nash |  |
| Fifth Place: Vulron |  |
| Sixth Place: Si Morris |  |
Finalists
| Anthony De Greef | Buddy Cunningham | Diana Birsan |
| Fox Tide | Javic Dune | Julia Peters |
| Kho Eraph | Kieran Bramm | Lisa Lemke |
| Mikko Piirto | Morgana Le Fae | Noom |
| Seer Skogul | Shinobi Saosin | Xydria Nostratus |
*Note: The hat that appears in the game is based upon a player concept, but will not look precisely like the submitted idea. The art team sometimes makes adjustments to player art to assure the design is compatible with other game designs, and artists also often need to modify a design to properly adjust it to character models. For example, because of how character art and armor works together, a hat that sits on the top of the head will make the character appear to be bald, which naturally requires some amendment to work around. With all player-submitted designs, the art team chooses the winning designs and then adjusts them to fit into the Guild Wars world.
Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 Contest
What says holiday like a new hat? Wintersday may feature the Snowball Arena, special drops, new NPCs, a peppy holiday score, and a dozen other seasonal elements, but at the end of the day, the party lasts for but a few days, and the hat is forever.
We’re thrilled to let you know that this year, the Guild Wars Art Team is going to use a fan-created concept as a basis for their design of the Grenth Wintersday helm. This means that when the yearly Wintersday battles take place between Dwayna and Grenth, the hat that Grenth gifts to players may be based on your design!
To enter the contest, simply send us a drawing, sketch, or printed image of an original new hat design that has both a Grenth and a Wintersday theme. Consider the hats of yesteryear: The Great Horns of Grenth, the Jester’s Cap, and the first Wintersday helm—the classic Horns of Grenth—for inspiration. Then come up with your own unique design, and send it in! The prize? A wonderful gift package from our partners at Ideazon, makers of the new Guild Wars Z-Board. In addition, five other contestants will receive Ideazon prizes, and fifteen others will receive an in-game miniature!
Guild Wars Contest FAQ
You may have questions about the contest rules, about eligibility, or about any number of things concerning this or future contests. Please check the new Guild Wars Contest FAQ for answers to those questions.
Official Rules and Conditions
- For your entry, submit a jpeg image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.)
- Include your first and last name, age, full mailing address (including country), and a valid, preferred email address with your entry.
- Please indicate how you wish to be named on the contest results page, in the event you are a winner or honorable mention. If you choose to be identified by an in-game handle, provide the preferred handle in your entry email and specify that this is the name by which you wish to be identified.
- Submit your entry to: . Use ”Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 Art Contest” as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, you may send it to the following address:
Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 Art Contest
ArenaNet
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA - No other methods of entry will be accepted.
- ArenaNet and/or NCsoft and/or Ideazon collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
Prizes: Six (6) contestants will have their creation presented on the Guild Wars website and will receive one of the prizes below. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes will not exceed $700.) The prizes are as follows:
Grand Prize:
- Antec Nine Hundred - Ultimate Gamer Case
- Zboard Gaming Keyboard by Ideazon
- Ideazon Guild Wars Keyset
- Ideazon FragMat Mouse Pad
- Ideazon Reaper Gaming Mouse
- Ideazon GH-100 Gaming Headset
- Access code for a Miniature Kanaxai
- Total Prize Value: $295 USD
2nd Place Prize:
- Zboard Gaming Keyboard by Ideazon
- Ideazon Guild Wars Keyset
- Ideazon Reaper Gaming Mouse
- Ideazon FragMat Mouse Pad
- Ideazon GH-100 Gaming Headset
- Access code for a Miniature Vizu
- Total Prize Value: $145 USD
3rd Place Prize:
- Zboard Gaming Keyboard by Ideazon
- Ideazon Guild Wars Keyset
- Ideazon FragMat Mouse Pad
- Access Code for a Miniature Island Guardian
- Total Prize Value: $85
Honorable Mention (3):
- Ideazon Reaper Gaming Mouse
- Access Code for a Miniature Long-Haired Yeti
(Prize Value $40 each; $120 USD total value)
Finalists (up to 15):
- Finalist’s choice choice of a Miniature Destroyer, Miniature Asura, or Miniature Grawl.
General Conditions
- One entry per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of November 1, 2007, contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 years of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., NCsoft Corporation, and Ideazon (collectively, “Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), Europe, Australia and New Zealand. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
- Prize: There are twenty-one (21) prizes available. Those who place at Grand Prize, 2nd Prize, 3rd Prize, and Honorable Mention levels will each have an image of their projects posted on the official website when the winners announcement is made. In addition, those winners and the fifteen Finalists will receive a prize or prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
- Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Wintersday and the character Grenth into a Guild Wars theme.
- Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by 10:00 AM Pacific time on Monday, November 19, 2007, and must be received by Noon Pacific time on Monday, November 19, 2007.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before December 21, 2007. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about January 31, 2008. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
- By entering the Guild Wars Wintersday 2007 Art Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the Guild Wars Team. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
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Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2007 Winners
Hundreds of entries later, after votes, tabulations, a tie-breaker, and much excited discussion, we've determined the winners of the Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2007! The seasonal spirit was very evident in the entries and the quality was simply stupendous.
Due to the extraordinary number of contest entries—and considering the amount of exceptional art that they presented—we have expanded this year's prize pool. This year, the Guild Wars Team, who served as our judges* selected a grand prize winner and a total of 10 winners, five each in the Art and Costume categories. Beyond that level, we recognise 20 honourable mentions, and 70 finalists.
All who placed in the contest will be notified by email within the next 10 days, and we will be sending out prize packages** after we receive the required email confirmation from each of those who placed in the contest.
Thank you to all who entered—your art has made our Halloween holiday spirit even brighter.
Grand Prize Winner
 Koreena Anchalis ( USA ) |
Winners
 Dorintine Bamboo ( Hungary ) |  Noanoa ( Finland ) |
 Dyvim Erhan Rekha ( Belgium ) |  Rock Star Allie ( USA ) |
 Esadha Kephal ( USA ) |  Som-Ming Leung ( USA ) |
 Nika Vujic ( Slovenia ) |  William Ren ( USA ) |
 Nikki Perlot ( USA ) |  Zav ( France ) |
Honourable Mentions
 Alasadair Devorian ( USA ) |  Grey Fox ( England ) |
 Ariel Neckers ( USA ) |  Kiara Sambre ( Belgium ) |
 Benjamin "Lunatic" Sironi ( France ) |  Ko Gal ( USA ) |
 Benjamin Grimonprez ( Belgium ) |  Lisa Lemke ( USA ) |
 Brydon Marks ( USA ) |  Madame Donelle ( Republic of Ireland ) |
 Cryptshade Tumult ( USA ) |  Penguin Knight ( Canada ) |
 Daniel Smith ( USA ) |  Purple Llama ( Canada ) |
 Darc Sword ( USA ) |  Sinister Fantasy ( USA ) |
 Esmyle Curia Tena ( Spain ) |  Yikes its Mally ( USA ) |
 Glissa Wolfblood ( England ) |  Ziros Death ( USA ) |
Finalists
| Adam Lännqvist ( Sweden ) | Loredana Modesti ( Australia ) |
| Alexandra Bange ( Germany ) | Luuna Kalevala ( France ) |
| Alexis Lolo ( USA ) | Marie Hoffard ( USA ) |
| Anne ven Hoek ( The Netherlands ) | Mazter Faze ( Canada ) |
| Anthony Papallo ( USA ) | Melanie Lauterbach ( Germany ) |
| Armor of Destiny ( USA ) | Milton "Jing" Lin ( USA ) |
| Baethory Delandir ( Canada ) | Miyuu Aurei ( Poland ) |
| Beraton Melthak ( England ) | Morbiux ( Spain ) |
| Caia Bellona ( USA ) | Neeko Noir&Mau Acheron ( Hungary ) |
| Camaban von Myrtana ( Germany ) | Nightshade Special ( The Netherlands ) |
| Chris Sorensen ( USA ) | Odarion ( The Netherlands ) |
| Christian Jahn ( Austria ) | Odin Unger ( USA ) |
| Crystalline Phoenix ( USA ) | Peter Matthew Fewings ( England ) |
| David Aparicio ( France ) | Piglou ( France ) |
| Dementia Doom ( USA ) | Princess Tikal ( Germany ) |
| Demons Carnage ( USA ) | Rachel Wolfenberg ( Canada ) |
| Derakk Kos ( USA ) | Rahtschini Mayurat ( Germany ) |
| Elia Osek ( Germany ) | Rai Cubism ( Germany ) |
| Fluffy Cotton Candy ( USA ) | Rhodie Of The Veldt ( Australia ) |
| Galin of Oor ( USA ) | Robert Kempinski ( England ) |
| Gayle Klar ( USA ) | Rosenred Mayfair ( Spain ) |
| Green Fried Tomato ( Canada ) | Sabby Cat ( New Zealand ) |
| Grumf Fruity Franck ( France ) | Sarah Ford ( USA ) |
| Heike Andresen ( Germany ) | Sascha Dittmar ( Germany ) |
| Ilia Jdanov ( Canada ) | Saskia Serfling ( Germany ) |
| Iris Mortuaris ( France ) | Schuldig The Red ( USA ) |
| Jade Almalexia ( France ) | Sokartawi Shakkara ( The Netherlands ) |
| James Hoffard ( USA ) | Stefano Cinque ( Italy ) |
| James Smith ( USA ) | Stephen Burchette ( USA ) |
| Jan Elias ( Slovakia ) | Suisei Haruka ( USA ) |
| Jason Salanoa ( Australia ) | Syndi Riley ( USA ) |
| Ken Dude ( USA ) | Thomas Stoop ( The Netherlands ) |
| Kevin Hardesty ( USA ) | Tracey Boyette ( USA ) |
| Lady Cometfish ( Australia ) | Tut Ank ( USA ) |
| Logan Knight ( USA ) | Zack Reynolds ( USA ) |
| Lord Yesurian ( USA ) |
* Note: All judging was done on a “blind judging” basis, where those involved did not know anything about the contestant, including name, location, gender, or age. ** Winners: Please allow at least four weeks for receipt of your prize, once you have responded to the email we send you requesting confirmation of your mailing information.
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2007
As the nights grow long and leaves shift from green to gold, while squirrels scurry to prepare their winter stores and autumn curls chilly fingers around the mornings, our thoughts turn, once again, to that most beloved of holiday seasons—Halloween!
With that in mind, you are hereby invited to put your imagination and creative talents to work crafting Halloween art with a Guild Wars theme. This is our third annual opportunity to celebrate the season with the entire Guild Wars community. Past contests have provided many wonderful chills, thrills, and a few chuckles, too. Dream up your own way to bring a Halloween twist to Guild Wars, and enter the contest before October 15, 2007!
How to Enter:
- Create a concept and bring it to life:
- Carve a pumpkin—real or not—and take a photograph.
- Create a blueprint for other pumpkin carvers.
- Sketch a costume by hand or on the computer. If you’re extra creative, stitch up that costume, add some makeup or temporary tattoos, and model it in a photograph.
- Design a desktop image to share the joy in your home, school, or office.
- Decorate a cake, bake some cookies, compose a menu, build an edible haunted house—put your culinary skills to the task.
- Spruce up your homestead and send a photograph.
- For each entry, submit a jpeg image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.)
- Include your first and last name, age, full mailing address (including country), and a valid, preferred email address with your entry.
- If you wish to be mentioned by “handle” or in-game name rather than your first and last name, please indicate your preference in your entry and provide your handle or in-game name in addition to the information listed above.
- Submit your entry to: . Please be sure to use ”Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2007” as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, use the following address:
Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest
ArenaNet
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA - No other methods of entry will be accepted.
- Sponsor collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
- Prizes: 90 winners (1 one Grand Prize Winner, 9 Winners, 20 Honorable Mentions, and 60 Finalists) will receive one of the prizes below. The Grand Prize Winner and 9 Winners will also have their creations displayed on the Guild Wars website. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes exceeds $3,140 US.) The prizes are as follows:
- Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one signed copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North; one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; plus an access key to acquire the ultra-rare in-game miniature, Kanaxai.
(Approximate total retail value of package: $150.00 US.) - Winners (9 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one signed copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North or one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; plus an access key to acquire the rare in-game miniature, Vizu
(Approximate total retail value of package: $110.00 US.) - Honorable Mentions (20 awarded): One signed copy of Guild Wars: Eye of the North or one complete set of Guild Wars Series 2 Skill Pins; plus an access key (randomly selected) to acquire one of the following special in-game miniatures: Panda or Island Guardian.
(Approximate total retail value of package: $40 US.) - Finalists (60 awarded): Four random Guild Wars Series 1 Skills Pins; plus an access key (randomly selected) to acquire one of the following in-game miniatures: Longhair Yeti, Naga Raincaller, or Oni.
(Approximate total retail value of package: $20 US.) - Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme.
- Deadline for entries to be received is 6:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, October 15, 2007.
- Winners will be announced on or before Halloween 2007 and will be posted on http://www.guildwars.com.
General Conditions:
- One entry per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of October 1, 2007, contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 years of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from legal residents of the United States (excluding the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths), Canada (excluding Quebec), Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
- Prize: There are ninety (90) prizes available. The Grand Prize Winner and nine winners will have an image of each of their projects posted on the official website when the winners announcement is made. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
- Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Halloween into a Guild Wars theme.
- Deadline: Entries must be received by 6:00 p.m. PDT on Monday, October 15, 2007.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before Halloween, 2007. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about November 15, 2007. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
- By entering the Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest 2007, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the Sponsor’s staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
Brand the Bosses 2007 Contest Winners
This year's "Brand the Bosses" Contest drew a record number of entries. More than 7,500 players took part in the contest! Members of the Guild Wars Community Team spent many days reading, sorting, discussing, and reviewing the clever and creative names that came in from around the world. Following that, the entire Guild Wars Team had an opportunity to vote for their favourite names.
The finalists—including 10 winners and 20 honourable mentions—have been determined! Feast you eyes on the names of some of the mightiest of the mighty, the boss monsters that you will face in Guild Wars: Eye of the North! (And if you'd like to review the contest rules, prize list, or other details, you can find that here)
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| Boss Name | Contestant | Country |
| Molotov Rocktail | Kiowa Wyoming | USA |
| Groknar Weazlewortz | You Will Know Fear | USA |
| Baglorag Grumblesnort | Simon Porter | England |
| Felix The Charr | Arnaud Van Hecke | Belgium |
| Johon the Oxflinger | Jonathan Aiken | USA |
| Gallow Nooseknitter | Will Bonner | USA |
| Frazar Frostfur | Jagger Vallance | Germany |
| Borrguus Blisterbark | Moses Fiellau-Nikolajsen | Denmark |
| Gordam Griefgiver | Scott O'Keefe | Australia |
| Thraexis Thundermaw | Amber Burke | USA |
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| Boss Name | Contestant | Country |
| Caretaker of the Shadows | Stefano Pontillo | Italy |
| Argrash Darkblade | Scott Mcalinden | England |
| Valona Skinseamer | Sarah Lee | Korea |
| Fenyr Dreamseer | Rae Ellingham | United Kingdom |
| Valdyr Quickpaw | Michael Klemann | USA |
| Gilliath Hopebreaker | Lauritz Munch | Denmark |
| Somnium Textor | Magus of Elements | USA |
| Drazorul Fearbreather | Toga Maru | France |
| Kronos Mindripper | Wild Moves | Portugal |
| Gorak Bonesinger | João Neves | Portugal |
| Vorslak Spleeneater | Carion Rahn | USA |
| Allya Darklyre | Maia Bub | France |
| Cevius the Fragile | Laara von Caar | Germany |
| Grimfang Shadowstalker | Dirk Lewe | Germany |
| Vex Blacktongue | Daniel Lardón Febrel | Spain |
| Rygus Soulmonger | Shady Backstab | Canada |
| Mergoth Bileblood | Noetia Swint | USA |
| Pyll Mawlkeeper | Will Goddard | England |
| Mordun the Forsaken | Brian Benson | USA |
| Blut Sperling | Christopher Coleman | USA |
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| Boss Name | Contestant | Country |
| Voxus Razortongue | Alex Burke | USA |
| Evious ThunderHorn | Anders Duch | Denmark |
| Morkrid Fireblade | Andrew Farias | USA |
| Moradir Mindnova | Arduinna Lightarrow | The Netherlands |
| Maladrick Solarii | Arlan Tempus | United Kingdom |
| Aurora Frostbane | Barrage of Penguins | Canada |
| Feie Nekros | Barry McQuillan | New Zealand |
| Orgoth the Relentless | Benjamin Porter | USA |
| Ardak Griefbearer | Blissbark Longshot | USA |
| Maldagor Soulsplitter | Brett Deacon | USA |
| Grosk Venomtail | Catalin Marcu | Romania |
| Morgrud Foolsbane | Christopher Allcock | England |
| Almazha Soulfiend | Christopher Terry | USA |
| Ozbeck Ribcracker | Corey Rogers | USA |
| Corvlash Mindbreaker | Corpsey Of Rising | USA |
| Anderhar Frostgard | Dagonet Kriegshand | Germany |
| Dargen Mortflesh | Dan Payne | Canada |
| Gunther Ironfist | Effekt Four | Australia |
| Kragdar Slashheart | Elliott Street | England |
| Asgard The Butcher | Ero Senin Asgard | Bulgaria |
| Alfheim Faithreaper | Etienne LeRoy | France |
| Grognark Stonefist | Fabian Wrieden | Germany |
| Bevin Blightbreath | Fenril Highwind | USA |
| Chyster Monrock | Galathorn Green | Belgium |
| Gargasha Stormwind | Gargamel Necro | Sweden |
| Teiwaz spiritsoils | Hulrich Vanguard | France |
| Zhang Bitterfang | Hunter Jones | USA |
| Tylvang Splitpaw | Jack Behrens | USA |
| Chillreign the Covetous | Joel Cortright | USA |
| Fylakas Ekborras | Joseph Jyoo | USA |
| Draziw the Petulant | Juan Iglesias Gómez | Spain |
| Neverdawn Rawcraft | Jvl | The Netherlands |
| Bindtooth Firetalon | Karl Steiner | USA |
| Fursker Bearskin | Kim Somers | Belgium |
| Agrithor The Decadent | Kyle van der Meer | USA |
| Botolf Grimgaze | Latis Belisama | USA |
| Darksoul the Egregious | Lee Elstone | England |
| Bolthor Coldgrimace | Lilium Gideas | Spain |
| Emberwind Soulsear | Lone Steel | Canada |
| The Shrieking Deathshadow | Makir Husat | USA |
| Fargraz Frigidclaw | Morgan Beggs | USA |
| Wargauss the Lamented | Nicholas Likiardopoulos | USA |
| Farrow Firefist | Odessa Falcorn | England |
| Arixus the Keeper | Paladin of Storm | USA |
| Budaron Lifereaper | Petrus Rockstone | Belgium |
| Asthalgaan the Predator | Philippe Tournou | France |
| Ouron Bloodshadow | richi schickhofer | Scotland |
| Tyranna Shadowflash | Ryan Gaston | USA |
| Ulver Soulshriek | Sadom Nagash | Belgium |
| Savitri Fleshcrawler | Sarah-Jane Harvey | England |
| Gwarein Firebreath | Sierra Echo | Belgium |
| Fjorn Frostbeard | Smith the Slayer | USA |
| Baaz ShiverStrike | Super Stupid Man | USA |
| Valtaar Firehyde | Thaddeus Tael | England |
| Blundorr The Robust | The Cookie Crusher | Canada |
| Arrog Lightreaver | Tim Ledsam | England |
| Malick Bloodshadow | Tim Skate-Jansen | Australia |
| Drazorul Fearbreather | Toga Maru | France |
| Lorngard Swiftwind | Tony Chuang | USA |
| Grazz Redfist | Toshko Andreev | Bulgaria |
| Fayden Dreadwake | Trent walberg | USA |
| Arktos IceBreaker | Trinity Greene | USA |
| Haaken Mindthrasher | Tyler Ruiz | USA |
| Nars Gramblefoot | Vi Oh Zet | USA |
| Arius the Shadowwalker | Viktor Helm | Germany |
| Malice Grimscryer | War Valkyrie | USA |
| Furyn Fellshade | Wilfred Chin | United Kingdom |
| Ursus Ragefist | Camilo Herrera | USA |
| Nevaross Cindersoul | Zhexin Zhang | USA |
| Veshnaw Shadowsinger | Huw Smith | USA |
Guild Wars: Eye of the North - Brand the Bosses 2007 Contest
The first expansion pack from ArenaNet®—Guild Wars: Eye of the North™—will hit shelves in the third quarter of 2007. Although primarily set in the northern reaches of Tyria, Eye of the North has cultural and historical ties to both Cantha and Elona as well. As players traverse these lands and delve deep inside the dungeons of GW:EN, they will encounter horrific creatures of all kinds. Each will be a master of one of the ten professions: Assassin, Dervish, Elementalist, Mesmer, Monk, Necromancer, Paragon, Ranger, Ritualist, and Warrior. Some of these creatures may be familiar, such as the Charr, but others will be strange and wondrous beings never seen before.
The Guild Wars team would like to invite players from around the world to participate in the 2007 “Brand the Bosses” Contest. This monster-naming competition will allow Guild Wars fans to dream up creative names for boss monsters. All names submitted will be considered by the designers as possible boss monster handles for use in the Guild Wars: Eye of the North expansion.
So, thinking back on such stylish monikers as Plexus Shadowhook, Bonfaaz Burntfur, Razorfang Hazeclaw, Selwin the Fervent, and Mirash Dreambreaker, attach a Rune of Clarity to your thinking cap and devise a name for a new boss. Send us your single best idea, and we will choose at least ten from all entries to incorporate into Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Players whose names are chosen will receive website recognition and spiffy Guild Wars gifts, too!
Official Rules and Conditions:
- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
- Submit your boss monster name via email. Names will be accepted in any language supported in the game: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. (For ease of judging, please send an English-language translation of your suggested name if you are submitting a non-English name. If a non-English name is selected, the team will do its best to retain that name in its original language while localizing it for the other supported languages.)
- Names should be appropriate for a global audience, and for players of all ages and cultures.
- Names should be at least two words, as in the examples above.
- Include your first and last name, your age, and your city, state, postal code (if any), and country in the email. This information should be provided in the appropriate format to allow us to mail your prize if you are a winner. (For example, format the name and address as you would on a mailing label.)
- ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., NC Taiwan Co., Ltd., NCJapan K.K., and NCsoft Corporation collect personal information from you when you enter this Contest. The information is subject to the Privacy Policy
- If you are a winner and would prefer to be listed by your in-game name, please note that preference on your entry and provide your in-game name.
- Submit your entry to using “Brand the Bosses 2007 Contest” as the subject line.
- Any form of entry other than that described herein is void.
Prizes:
- At least Ten (10) winning names will be selected. Those names will be incorporated into the retail version of Guild Wars: Eye of the North at release or soon thereafter, and each contestant who submitted a winning name will receive a prize or set of prizes, as follows:
- The ten (10) winners will receive their choice of a copy of Guild Wars Nightfall (standard edition) signed by the Guild Wars Development Team or the full Guild Wars Skill Pin Set #1. With either of those prizes, they will also receive a code for an in-game miniature. (Approximate prize package retail value $50.00 each.)
- Up to twenty (20) honorable mentions may also be cited at the discretion of the judges. Honorable mentions will be listed by name on the website, and their monster name may be incorporated into the game at the release of Eye of the North or in the future. Honorable Mention recipients will receive two random pins from Guild Wars Skill Pin Set #1 along with a code for an in-game miniature. (No retail value.)
- Up to seventy (70) finalists may also be cited at the discretion of the judges. Finalists will be listed by name on the website and will receive a code for an in-game miniature. (No retail value.)
General Conditions:
- Limit of one name per contestant and one prize per household. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.
- Eligibility (age): As of May 15, 2007, North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older as of that date, or must have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, contractors, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. (US Exceptions: the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths. Canadian Exceptions: Quebec.) (Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
- Prize: There are one hundred (100) prizes available. Each winner and honorable mention recipient will have his/her submitted monster name posted on the official website soon after judging takes place along with the contestant’s name or in-game name. Finalists will be listed on the website by name or in-game name. In addition, at least ten of the winning monster names will be incorporated into the game, and winners, honorable mentions, and finalists will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
- Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, originality, and appropriateness within the Guild Wars world.
- Deadline: Entries must be emailed to by Noon Pacific on Friday, June 22, 2007 (19:00 GMT), and must be received by 7:59 BST on Saturday, June 23, 2007.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before July 31, 2007. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address supplied, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about August 31, 2007. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation. A list of winners can also be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Guild Wars: Eye of the North Brand the Bosses Contest, ArenaNet, Inc., 227 Bellevue Way NE #75, Bellevue, WA 98004. (Residents of Canada may omit return postage.)
- By entering the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Brand the Bosses Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and country of residence on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the ArenaNet staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
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Design-A-Weapon Contest - The Winner
Winner
 Anthony Lopes (USA) |  Caroline Coronel (USA) |
 Li Li (China) |  Zane Bryan (USA) |
 Andre Roux (USA) |  Rebecca Sinclair (Canada) |
 Marcus Camprechf (Germany) |  Ben Chaney (USA) |
 Kura Jorma (Finland) |  Michael Chang (USA) |
Honourable Mentions
 Fengzhijun (China) |  Findur Calenardhon (Germany) |
 Maho Rit (France) | .jpg) Jesus Garcia Menendez (Spain) |
 Metra (Japan) |  Tony Hoei (unknown) |
.jpg) Venus Arichia (France)* | .jpg) Apache Queen Raven (USA)* |
 Jesus Galan Coronado (Spain) |  Shannon Novak (New Zealand) |
 Todd Harry (USA) |  Camaban Von Myrtana (Germany) |
 Prizren Brespapaj (Switzerland) |  Alexander (Minze) Thümler (Germany) |
.jpg) Lucy Bell (Australia)** | .jpg) Landon Carroll (USA)** |
.jpg) Nymph of Meliai (United Kingdom)** |
**Note: These three pieces will be used for ONE staff design. All three contestants will receive a prize.
Finalists
| Aaron Dietrich (USA) | Mark Allison (Germany) |
| actionjack (USA) | Martina Heinonen (Sweden) |
| André Scollick (Germany) | Mauro Mazzerelli (Italy) |
| Andrew Everitt (England) | Nadia Morales Perez (Spain) |
| Aps (France) | Marie Angel (France) |
| Ayashi no Ceress (France) | Nastassja Benesch (Austria) |
| Basonim Scoslett (Germany) | Patrizia Crimi (Italy) |
| Casey Withers (USA) | Ping Xu (China) |
| Cason (Germany) | Pitch Saralamba (Australia) |
| Christian Chapelle (France) | Rebecca "BeXoR" Irwin (Australia) |
| Christian Jahn (Austria) | Rebein Alexander (Germany) |
| Chuker Sokhara (France) | Rising Black Sun (Germany) |
| Cyriel Breissen (Holland) | Robin Molde (England) |
| Dennis Kelley (USA) | Roland Opatz (Germany) |
| Dracia Anderson (Germany) | Ross Kasher (USA) |
| Edgar Holzem (Germany) | Sebastien Guichard (France) |
| Emanuel Schütz (Germany) | Sergio Santillana Cabanillas (Spain) |
| Esa Melune (Germany) | Stady One (Germany) |
| Fire Salamander (Belgium) | Starr The Insane (USA) |
| Flower Power (France) | Stephanie Winkler (Germany) |
| Frédéric Miquel (France) | Sun Lifeng (China) |
| Gao Mingming Yang (USA) | Suria Lightbringer (Hungary) |
| Gunner Matz (Germany) | Susann Vollrath (The Netherlands) |
| Hao Leu (China) | Thomas Klieber (Germany) |
| I Tay Trefenwyd I (Switzerland) | Thomas Mason (England) |
| Its Harvest Time (USA) | Tzu Guo Tin (France) |
| Jason Bishop (USA) | Velvet Valour (United Kingdom) |
| Jennifer Hunt (USA) | Vir Gin Jui (Germany) |
| Jesus Garcia Fernandez (Spain) | Wang Cheng (China) |
| Jianhao Hoo (China) | Willi Vetsch (Switzerland) |
| Julien Rousseau (France) | Wilwariu Aeressea (Spain) |
| Kii Mii (France) | Wu Fan (China) |
| Lamees Ghaznawi (USA) | Xaek I (Spain) |
| Lucyma Dudo (Poland) | Xander Delano (Canada) |
| Lyre リール (Japan) | Xiaohui Xing (China) |
| Madat World (USA) | Xx Eluch Nekro xX (Germany) |
| Magorian the Black (Italy) | Yanbin Liu (China) |
| Marc-Till Wildan (Germany) | Yao Yu Zhong (China) |
| Zhiwei Fan (China) | Yupeng Ding (China) |
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
Players love new and special items, and we love including players in the creation of those items! We’d like to invite you to participate in our Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest, where you have an opportunity to submit your vision of a cool new weapon and to possibly see it become a permanent part of Guild Wars.
We are looking for creative and appealing new designs for all sorts of weapons: swords, axes, bows, hammers, spears, rods, wands, scythes, staves, and daggers. Not to be forgotten are the shields and focus items that are also used in combat. You may draw your design inspiration from any of the regions: Tyria, Cantha, or Elona.
To enter the contest, simply send us a drawing, sketch, or printed image of an original new weapon, shield, or focus item and submit it to us for judging. The prize? Up to twenty of the best designs will be placed permanently into the Guild Wars world, and the designers of these weapons will win website recognition and Guild Wars goodies, too!
Official Rules and Conditions:
- Print your weapon design on a sheet of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches or 210×297 mm, and submit to one of the following addresses:
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
ArenaNet Inc.
10020 Main Street, #164
Bellevue, WA 98004
USA
or
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place
BN14DU, Brighton
United Kingdom
or
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
NCsoft Corporation
Ok-san Bldg 15th Floor
157-433, Samsung,dong,
Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-900
Korea
or
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
NC Taiwan Co., Ltd.
6F-1 No.738 Chung-Cheng Rd
Chung-Ho City, Taipei 235
Taiwan
or
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
NCJapan K.K.
Ebisu Business Tower 16F, 1-19-19, Ebisu
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Japan
or
Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest
Guild Wars Team, Product Department
Shanghai The9 Information Technology Co., Ltd
Bldg 3, No. 690 Bi Bo Road, Zhang Jiang High Tech Park,
Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 201203
China
- On the back of the entry, clearly print your first and last name, your age, your email address, and your full mailing address (in English, please). Indicate if you wish to be recognized by your real name or your in-game “handle” if you are selected as a winner or honourable mention recipient.
- The use of colour in your submitted image is entirely your choice. A black and white entry is as likely to win as a colour image.
- Submit the weapon art only; do not use characters or backgrounds.
- Each weapon, shield, or focus item will be created by the Guild Wars Art Team using a winning or honourable mention contest entry as a starting concept. The art included in the game may not be an exact duplicate of the winning entry.
- The deadline for mailing entries is March 30. See below for additional details.
- Any form of entry other than those described herein is void. Note: We cannot accept electronic entries for this contest.
Prizes:
- Prizes: Ten (10) winners will have their creations presented on the Guild Wars website and will receive one of the prizes below. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes will not exceed $800.) The prizes are as follows (prizes for Chinese winners may differ from those on this list):
- 1st through 5th Prize: Those who receive 1st through 5th Place recognition will receive their choice of a copy of Guild Wars Nightfall (standard edition) signed by the Guild Wars Development Team or a full set of Guild Wars Skill Pin Set #1 or a PvP Unlock Pack. All 1st through 5th Prize winners will also receive a Guild Wars Nightfall t-shirt and a Guild Wars character slot. (Approximate retail value $75.00 each.)
- 6th through 10th Prize: Those who receive 6th through 10th Place recognition will receive a Guild Wars Nightfall t-shirt and a Guild Wars character slot. (Approximate retail value $25.00 each.)
- Up to ten (10) Honorable Mentions may also be cited, at the discretion of the judges. Those who receive an Honorable Mention will be listed by name on the website, and their art may be incorporated into the game in the future. Contestants who are given Honorable Mention recognition will receive their choice of a Guild Wars Nightfall t-shirt or a Guild Wars character slot. (Approximate Retail Value: $10.00 US each.)
General Conditions
- One prize per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of January 31, 2007, North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, contractors, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. (US Exceptions: the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths. Canadian Exceptions: Quebec. Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
- Prize: There are up to twenty (20) prizes available. Each winner will have an image of his/her project posted on the official website soon after judging takes place. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
- Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and originality.
- Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, March 30, 2007, and must be received at one of the above-named offices by April 9, 2007. Entries submitted to our partner offices in Europe and Asia will be relayed to ArenaNet for judging on or before April 13, 2007.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before May 15, 2007. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about May 31, 2007. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
- By entering the Guild Wars Design-A-Weapon Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the ArenaNet staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
Guild Wars Wintersday 2006 Art Contest: Winner List
The Wintersday Festival is a time of great joy in Tyria and Elona. What better way to share that joy than to invite players to create art that represents the special holidays of winter? The invitation to join the first annual Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest was accepted by hundreds upon hundreds of players, who merged their own holiday traditions with their love of Guild Wars to create wonderful seasonal art. The contest entries arrived from every corner of the globe, and in many media, including 2D art, 3D art, pencil sketches, paintings, screenshot compilations, renders, even fabric art! Artists chose serious themes, time-honored traditions, and humor to convey their messages of seasonal joy.
The winners of the Guild Wars Wintersday 2006 Art Contest are as follows:
Winners
| Name | Contest Entry |
| Zav | ) |
| Yury K | ) |
| Benjamin Chavigner | ) |
| Doritine Bamboo | ) |
| Janneke Wiersma | ) |
| Ko Gal | ) |
| Henry Hall | ) |
| Lynn Daniel | ) |
| Grey Fox | ) |
| Iris Mortuaris | ) |
Honorable Mentions (in random order):
| Name | Contest Entry |
| Samuel Bunn | ) |
| Alessandro "Ardsheal" Sordelli | ) |
| Frame | ) |
| Raging Angel | ) |
| Oliver Bark | ) |
| Xaniera | ) |
| Jino | ) |
| Its Jenearly | ) |
| Ingrid Baldisserri | ) |
| T. Jessica Miller | ) |
Guild Wars Winter Party Contests
Guild Wars Winter Party Contest – Here are the lucky winners!
We asked you to put us in a festive mood - and so you did! In fact, we received so many entries to our contests that it was tough to decide who was going to win. But after lots of discussion (and dragging various people in the office in front of our PC's to get their opinion), we are glad to announce the winners of our Creative Contest, as well as the lucky recipients of an invitation to our Guild Wars Event on February 3rd in Brighton.
So, without further ado, here are the lucky winners:
Creative Winter Party Contest – Winners
| Place | Name | Contest Entry |
| 1st place | Klaus Preisinger (Germany) |  |
| 2nd place | Zav (France) |
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| 3rd place | Bastiaan Waagmeester (Netherlands) |
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| 4th place | Valena Maxwell (Netherlands) |
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| 5th place | Aerandir Lannister (France) |
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| 6th place | Timo Leßmöllmann (Germany) |
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| 7th place | Leandriell Illaran (United Kingdom) |  |
| 8th place | Jay Shah (United Kingdom) |
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| 9th place | Sheftu (Germany) | |
| 10th place | Leonard Ermel (Germany) |
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Winter Party Invitation Contest – Winners
- ALEX84 (Italy)
- Angelo Orlandi (Italy)
- Clint Porter (United Kingdom)
- C The Ripper (Germany)
- Cool-M (Germany)
- Dam's! (France)
- Dan "JR" Gray (United Kingdom)
- dj501 (Italy)
- Elendar (United Kingdom)
- Garlonn aka Vanessa MARTIN (France)
- Gwen Fogel (United Kingdom)
- Jay Shah (United Kingdom)
- Jersey Cuthalion (Norway)
- John McNally (United Kingdom)
- Kabale (United Kingdom)
- Kar (United Kingdom)
- Leandriell Illaran (United Kingdom)
- Maurice “Frantic Sheep” Kroes (Netherlands)
- Qanar Amsirva (Belgium)
- Richard Lewis (United Kingdom)
- Rubina F (Germany)
- Stamps (Denmark)
- Syn (United Kingdom)
- Tasha Darke (United Kingdom)
- The Yamarchants (Germany)
To find out more about the rules and the prizes, read on.
We here at NCsoft Europe love a good party, and we know you do too. The only thing to be done about that, of course, is to throw a big party! We'd love to invite everyone, however we simply do not have enough space. So instead, you're going to have to show us why we should invite YOU to come and join in the fun. If you are willing to pay your own expenses to attend the party, read below for details on how you can win one of the limited number of invitations.
Of course we'd never think of excluding those of you who can't make it from the fun, so we're running two Winter Party Contests in tandem. You're welcome to enter either, or even both, of these contests: "Creative Winter Party Contest" and / or "Winter Party Invitation Contest." Each contest has a separate prize pool (see below). So, how do you enter?
To enter the "Creative Winter Party Contest"
Get your creative hat on and show us your inner party animal. Using the creative medium of your choice (for example a poem, prose, artwork, comic) put us in the mood for a Guild Wars themed party. Craft us an invitation to our own party, design a Guild Wars party game or design a suit of clown armour for an NPC. Your imagination is the limit! First prize includes one amazing limited edition Guild Wars iPod Nano and ZBoard™ keyboard with Factions keyset, while 2nd through 4th prizes include a ZBoard™ keyboard with Factions keyset. The ten best entries will all receive a Nightfall cap and shirt.
To enter the "Winter Party Invitation Contest"
Email us a statement of no more than 50 words, telling us why you think you should be chosen to receive one of the limited number of invitations. We have twenty-five (25) invitations for you and one (1) guest to attend the party to be held in Brighton, United Kingdom, on Saturday, 3rd February 2007. You'll be able to indulge yourself in a variety of Guild Wars activities and vie with your fellow guests to win some fantastic prizes, including a fantastic limited edition Guild Wars branded iPod Nano!
You must include the following with your statement:
In order for us to be assured that you will handle all transportation and accommodation needs that you may have, please include this statement in your entry: "I understand that if I am a winner in the Guild Wars Winter Party Contest I will receive only an invitation for myself and one guest to the party on February 3rd 2007. I understand that all travel and other related expenses will be my sole responsibility, or the responsibility of myself and my guest." Note: Only entries with this confirmation will be sent on to judging.
How to Enter the Contests
There is a restriction of one entry per person per contest. If you enter both contests you may include them in the same email or post, with each clearly marked. There are two ways to submit your entry or entries:
By email
Send an email to with the subject line “Winter Party Contest” and include the following information in the body of the email:
- Your real name (first/last).
- The specific contest(s) you are entering.
- Your full mailing address (including street number and name, city, county/province, postal code and country).
- Preferred email address where we can notify you, should you be a winner.
- Your contest entry. This can be text only or attached as a JPEG image (max 500Kb).
- Indicate your published name preference (in the event you are cited as a winner or honourable mention): real name or pseudonym. If you prefer that we list you by a pseudonym, please provide that name and clearly indicate that preference in your entry email.
By post
Print your contest entry on a sheet of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches or 210×297 mm, and submit to:
Guild Wars “Winter Party Contest”NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place
Brighton, BN14DU
United Kingdom
Clearly mark the back of the print with the following information:
- Your real name (first/last).
- The specific contest(s) you are entering.
- Your full mailing address (including street number and name, city, county/province, postal code and country).
- Preferred email address where we can notify you, should you be a winner.
- Indicate your published name preference (in the event you are cited as a winner or honourable mention): real name or pseudonym. If you prefer that we list you by a pseudonym, please provide that name and clearly indicate that preference in your entry email.
Official Rules and Conditions
- One entry per person per contest.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or is libellous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law.
- Deadline: All entries must be received by Thursday, 14th December, 2006. Posted entries should be postmarked no later than Monday, 11th December, 2006.
- Eligibility (age): All entrants to the "Winter Party Invitation Contest" must be 18 years of age or older. All entrants to the "Creative Winter Party Contest" must be 18 years of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor's name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd. and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, "Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of Europe.
- Prizes: Prizes will be awarded as listed below for the "Creative Winter Party Contest"
- One Guild Wars branded iPod Nano
- One ZBoard™ gaming keyboard with Guild Wars Factions keyset.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall cap.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall shirt.
- One ZBoard™ gaming keyboard with Guild Wars Factions keyset.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall cap.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall shirt.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall cap.
- One Guild Wars Nightfall shirt.
- Up to twenty-five (25) invitations will be issued to entrants who indicate they wish to attend the NCsoft Europe Winter Party. Each invitation is for the winner and one (1) guest.
- Judging: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, originality and presentation. The winner will be notified via email and announced on the Guild Wars websites along with their winning concept no later than Wednesday, 20th December, 2006. Judges will be comprised of members of NCsoft Europe staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- By entering the Guild Wars “Winter Party Contest”, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official rules and conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to NCsoft Europe Ltd. all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, and (d) if required in your country of residence, you will sign a release giving rights for the work to NCsoft Europe Ltd.. Entries become the property of NCsoft Europe Ltd. and will not be returned.
- NCsoft Europe Ltd. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
1st Prize:
Prizes will be awarded as listed below for the "Winter Party Invitation Contest"
Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest
The nights grow long and the snow level is dropping. Is that the sheen of ice in the Lion’s Arch fountain? Do you hear the Elonians warming up their voices in preparation for caroling in Kamadan? Ok, enough seasonal references, let’s move on to the good bits: We’re happy to announce the first annual Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest! That’s right: Wintersday is coming, and with it comes the opportunity to share seasonal Guild Wars goodness with others—in your own neighborhood, in your guild, and around the world.
You are invited to put your imagination and your artistic talents to work in crafting a piece of seasonal art with a holiday tone and a Guild Wars theme. Perhaps it’s an invitation to the Wintersday Festival or a poster celebrating the event. Or maybe it’s a collage of seasonal art with Guild Wars characters, or a screenshot from last year’s festival with your own artistic touches added. All ideas are welcome, and a side benefit for the Dev Team is that some of the fan art will be printed to decorate our office this holiday season. So share the joy!
How to Enter
- Create an original piece of art with a traditional winter holiday theme and a Guild Wars flavour. You may draw your own art using any media at your disposal. You may also use or incorporate screenshots, renders, concept art, icons, photographs, or any other Guild Wars images to create your entry.
- Save your art (or scan and save) as a .jpeg file and attach it to an email.
- In the body of the email, provide us the following information (in English): your first and last name, your age, and your full address, including street number and name, city, state or province, postal code (if any) and country.
- Indicate your published name preference (in the event you are cited as a winner or honourable mention): real name or pseudonym. If you prefer that we list you by a handle or in-game name, please provide that name and clearly indicate that preference in your entry email.
- Submit your entry to this address: . Please be sure to use ”Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest” as the subject line. If you would prefer to postal mail your entry—or if you would like to send a copy of your holiday art to the team in addition to entering via email—you can send to Sponsor:
Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest
ArenaNet
10020 Main Street, #164
Bellevue, WA 98004 USA - No other methods of entry will be accepted.
- Sponsor collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
- Prizes: 10 (10) winners will have their creations presented on the Guild Wars website and will receive one of the prizes below. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes will not exceed $1,300.) The prizes are as follows:
- 1st through 5th Prize: Guild Wars Nightfall Collector’s Edition signed by the Guild Wars Development Team, along with a Guild Wars Nightfall t-shirt. (Approximate retail value $80.00 each.)
- 6th through 10th Prize: Guild Wars Nightfall Standard Edition signed by the Guild Wars Development Team, along with a Guild Wars Nightfall t-shirt. (Approximate retail value $60.00 each)
- Honourable Mentions may also be cited, at the discretion of the judges. Honourable Mention artwork may be displayed on the Guild Wars website, if possible. Each contestant who is given Honourable Mention recognition will receive a full set of the Guild Wars Skill Pins (Approximate Retail Value: $40.00 US each.)
- Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of a traditional winter holiday such as Christmas or Hanukkah into a Guild Wars theme.
- Deadline for entries to be received (via email or postal mail) is Noon PST on Thursday, December 14, 2006.
- Winners will be announced on or before December 31, 2006 and will be posted on http://eu.guildwars.com.
General Conditions
- One entry per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or be libellous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of November 30, 2006, North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd., and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. (US Exceptions: the State of Rhode Island, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, military installations and commonwealths. Canadian Exceptions: Quebec. Canadian residents will be required to answer an additional mathematical question in order to claim their prize.)
- Prize: There are up to ten (10) prizes available. Each winner will have an image of his/her project posted on the official website soon after judging takes place. In addition, winners will receive prizes as outlined in the Prizes section above.
- Judging: Entries will be judged equally on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of a traditional winter holiday into a Guild Wars theme.
- Deadline: Emails must be received by Noon PST on Thursday, December 14, 2006.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before December 31, 2006. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about January 10, 2007. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign the applicable release and documentation.
- By entering the Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to Sponsor all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, (d) you agree that Sponsor may post your user or forum name (or real name) and hometown on Sponsor’s website and in any and all publicity and advertising for Sponsor, this Contest or other promotions by Sponsor without any further attribution, notification or compensation to you, except where prohibited by law, (e) you agree to be contacted by Sponsor or its agents by telephone, mail or e-mail, and (f) you agree to sign the documentation set forth in the announcement section immediately above (and have your parent or guardian sign such documentation where applicable or requested by Sponsor). Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- Sponsor cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, incomplete, incorrect, unintelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be void. Sponsor is not responsible for hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections. Use of a false name, username, mailing address or e-mail account will disqualify an entry and the individual who submitted the entry. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, can disqualify from this contest and any other contest conducted by Sponsor, any person who, in Sponsor’s reasonable suspicion, tampers with the entry process or the operation of the web site, or who otherwise violates these rules or any part of the Guild Wars User Agreement. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the Sponsor’s staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Sponsor and its parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
© 2006 ArenaNet Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Nightfall, ArenaNet and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Nightfall Guild Emblem Contest Winners
As is our tradition as we prepare for a new game release, we invited players from around the world to provide us with their ideas for exciting new guild emblems, particularly those with the new game's theme, region, or story in mind. During the month of August and September, gamers submitted their entries in the Nightfall Guild Emblem Contest, and from those wonderful submissions, more than a dozen winners and ten honourable mentions were selected.
The Nightfall Guild Emblem Contest drew a large number of entries—from cities in Asia, villages in Europe, and towns in North America. The final emblems will be incorporated into the game in the weeks following the release of Guild Wars Nightfall. That will make them available to all Guild Wars players, no matter the campaigns that they may be playing, no matter their location. And at sometime in the future, the honourable mention entries just might make their way into the game, too, you never know!
We are pleased to display the entries that placed in the contest, and thank the many hundreds of players for sharing their creativity and love of Guild Wars with us.
WINNERS
| Image | Name | Location |
 | "Jade Mooncat" | Belgium |
 | Janne Koivu | Finland |
 | Dmitry "Sciros Darkblade" Sharkov | USA |
 | "Fairy Guardian" | Canada |
 | Andy Lee | Taiwan |
 | Shawn Franklin | USA |
 | "Luac Agwayen" | Germany |
 | "Yakarryoff Mebooty" | USA |
 | Michio Katou | Japan |
 | Rosary Layne | USA |
 | "Jack Rackham" | England |
 | Matt Coopersmith | USA |
 | Isabeau Suro | USA |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Image | Name | Location |
 | Angelica Liata | Australien |
 | Shadow Tob | Kanada |
 | Monkey of War | England |
 | Velvet Darkshadow [SoF] | USA |
 | Ryunosuke Miura | Japan |
 | David "Mica Balaam" Tompkins | USA |
 | Shatiel De Raven | German |
 | Harry Lee | Taiwan |
 | Amanda "Seren Nightheart" Woods | USA |
 | Makoto Nitta | Japan |
Guild Wars Nightfall Guild Emblem Contest
With the recent announcement of the next campaign in the Guild Wars saga—Guild Wars Nightfall—we are delighted to announce a brand new Guild Wars guild emblem contest. Guild emblems are those distinctive icons that adorn a character’s cape and show his or her allegiance to a particular guild. With the release of Guild Wars Nightfall™, our artists will be expanding your guild emblem choices, and you can help, too!
We invite you to design a new and attractive guild graphic and submit it to us for judging. The prize? Up to 12 of the best symbols will be placed permanently into the Guild Wars emblem catalogue and will appear in Guild Wars Nightfall upon release or in an update soon after release. When added to the game, the emblems will be available for use by players around the world.
In addition to inclusion in the game and recognition on our global websites, winners will also receive a full set of the eight collectible Guild Wars Skill Pins.
Official Rules and Conditions:
- Print your design on a sheet of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches or 210×297 mm, and submit to one of the following addresses:
- Clearly mark the back of the guild emblem print with your first and last name, your age, your email address, and your full mailing address (in English, please). Indicate if you wish to be recognized by your real name or your in-game “handle” if you are listed as a winner. In any regard, we must have your full name and mailing address in order to send your prize.
- The use of colour in your submitted image is entirely your choice. Because Guild Wars capes are customizable, color is less significant than design, so a black and white image is as likely to win as a colour image.
- The native resolution of these images will be 128 x 128 pixels. It is helpful to keep this in mind while you are designing your emblem, as fine details may not be reproducible. It’s also important to note that images based on a square visual area are better than those that are extremely wide or very narrow.
- Submit the guild emblem art only; do not include a cape, character drawing or any other background image.
- Each final guild emblem will be produced by the Guild Wars Art Team using a winning contest entry as a starting concept. The art included in the game may not be an exact duplicate of the winning entry.
- Any form of entry other than those described herein is void.
- Guild Emblem Contest
ArenaNet Inc.
10020 Main Street, #164
Bellevue, WA 98004
USA
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place
BN14DU, Brighton
United Kingdom
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NCsoft Corporation
Ok-san Bldg 15th Floor
157-433, Samsung,dong,
Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-900
Korea
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NC Taiwan Co., Ltd.
6F-1 No.738 Chung-Cheng Rd
Chung-Ho City, Taipei 235
Taiwan
Guild Emblem Contest
NCJapan K.K.
Ebisu Business Tower 16F, 1-19-19, Ebisu
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Japan
General Conditions:
- One entry per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or is libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of July 31, 2006, North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor’s name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd. and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, “Sponsor), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): For legal reasons, entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
- Prize: There are up to twelve (12) prizes available. Each winner will have his/her guild emblem design posted on the official websites soon after judging takes place, and the emblems will be included in the release version of the game, or will be streamed to the game soon after release (no retail value). In addition, each winner will receive a full set of Guild Wars Skill Pins (retail value: $50.00 USD). Honorable Mention prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
- Judging: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, originality, and presentation.
- Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, August 25, 2006, and must be received by September 8, 2006.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before September 30, 2006. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about October 31, 2006. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners.
- By entering the Guild Wars Nightfall Guild Emblem Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to ArenaNet all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, and (d) if required in your country of residence, you will sign a release giving rights for the work to ArenaNet. Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- ArenaNet cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, or misdirected mail. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor’s judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor’s judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor’s control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the ArenaNet staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Each Sponsor and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor’s decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
- Print your design on a sheet of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches or 210×297 mm, and submit to one of the following addresses:
Guild Emblem Contest
ArenaNet Inc.
10020 Main Street, #164
Bellevue, WA 98004
USA
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NCsoft Europe Ltd.
Mocatta House, Trafalgar Place
BN14DU, Brighton
United Kingdom
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NCsoft Corporation
Ok-san Bldg 15th Floor
157-433, Samsung,dong,
Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-900
Korea
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NC Taiwan Co., Ltd.
6F-1 No.738 Chung-Cheng Rd
Chung-Ho City, Taipei 235
Taiwan
or
Guild Emblem Contest
NCJapan K.K.
Ebisu Business Tower 16F, 1-19-19, Ebisu
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Japan - Clearly mark the back of the guild emblem print with your first and last name, your age, your email address, and your full mailing address. Indicate if you wish to be recognized by your real name or your in-game "handle" if you are listed as a winner. In any regard, we must have your full name and mailing address in order to send your prize.
- The use of color in your submitted image is entirely your choice. Because Guild Wars capes are customizable, color is less significant than design, so a black and white image is as likely to win as a color image.
- The native resolution of these images will be 128 x 128 pixels. It is helpful to keep this in mind while you are designing your emblem, as fine details may not be reproducible. It's also important to note that images based on a square visual area are better than those that are extremely wide or very narrow.
- Submit the guild emblem art only; do not include a cape, character drawing or any other background image.
- Each final guild emblem will be produced by the Guild Wars Art Team using a winning contest entry as a starting concept. The art included in the game may not be an exact duplicate of the winning entry.
- Any form of entry other than those described herein is void.
- One entry per person.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Your submission must not infringe on any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or any privacy, publicity or publishing rights of any third party, or is libelous, obscene or otherwise contrary to law. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): As of February 28, 2006, North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor's name.
- Eligibility (exclusions): Employees of ArenaNet Inc., NCsoft Europe Ltd. and NCsoft Corporation (collectively, "Sponsor"), and each of their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, representatives, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and members of the immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside) or households of such employees are not eligible.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
- Prize: There are up to twelve (12) prizes available. Each winner will have his/her guild emblem design posted on the official websites soon after judging takes place, and the emblems will be streamed to the game in a Guild Wars Factions update soon after release (no retail value). In addition, each winner will receive a Guild Wars t-shirt (retail value: $20.00 USD).
- Judging: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, originality, and presentation.
- Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 7th, 2006, and must be received by April 21, 2006.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before May 15, 2006. If a winner cannot be contacted at the email address they submitted, or is contacted and does not respond by signing and returning to us for our receipt within the time indicated on the documents, an Affidavit of Eligibility (or, in Canada, a Declaration of Compliance with Contest Rules) and Liability/Publicity Release, or refuses or is ineligible to accept a prize, the prize may be awarded to the next highest ranking entrant on or about May 31, 2006. Any prize not claimed by one alternately chosen winner will not be awarded. Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prize for cash or other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal value. Taxes on prizes (including, without limitation, income or withholding taxes or duties), if any, are the sole responsibility of the individual winners.
- By entering the Guild Wars Factions Guild Emblem Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, (c) you assign and agree to assign to ArenaNet all rights, title and interest, including, without limitation, copyright, in or to your entry, and (d) if required in your country of residence, you will sign a release giving rights for the work to ArenaNet. Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- ArenaNet cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, or misdirected mail. Use of obscenities, racist, sexist, hateful or other material or depictions that, in Sponsor's judgment, are inappropriate or offensive, will disqualify an entry. Sponsor has the right to terminate, suspend or modify this contest, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice, if, in Sponsor's judgment, the contest is altered, corrupted or cannot be completed as planned due to any conditions beyond Sponsor's control, or at Sponsor’s reasonable discretion. Incomplete entries are invalid, and entrants with incomplete entries will be disqualified.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the ArenaNet staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- This contest is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
- Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may edit and modify any submission before posting. Each Sponsor and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and publicity agencies and all of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns are not in any way responsible or liable for damages, loss or injury resulting from participation in this contest or acceptance, loss or use of any prizes awarded in this contest. You further agree that in any cause of action, Sponsor’s liability will be limited to the cost of entering and participating in the contest, and in no event shall Sponsor be liable for attorney’s fees. You waive the right to claim any damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential, direct, or indirect damages. Except where prohibited, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved under the laws of the State of Washington, without respect to any conflict of law issues, and entrant agrees that such shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the U.S. Federal and State Courts of King County, Washington, U.S.A. You assume sole liability for injuries, including personal injuries and/or damage to property or prize, caused or claimed to be caused by participating in this contest or the acceptance, loss, shipment, or use of any prize awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact entrants, whether due to technical or human error. All of Sponsor's decisions regarding the application and interpretation of the rules are final.
- Axe
- Bow
- Focus Item
- Hammer
- One-handed Sword
- Shield
- Staff
- Wand
- Print your design on a sheet of paper no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches or 210×297 mm, and submit to:
- Mark the printed weapon or shield art print with your first and last name, your age, your email address, and your full mailing address.
- The use of color in your submitted image is entirely your choice. Because Guild Wars weapons are dyeable, color is less significant than design, so a black and white image is as likely to win as a color image.
- Submit the weapon or shield design only; do not include a character drawing or any other background image.
- Each final weapon or shield design will be produced by the Guild Wars Art Team using a winning contest entry as a starting concept. The art introduced into the game may not be an exact duplicate of the winning entry.
- We are unable to accept electronic entries for this contest.
- One entry per item type per person. No contestant will be eligible to win more than one prize.
- Originality: Entries must be the creation of the contestant and cannot be taken from any other source. Please, no clip art, tracings, or art from other sources such as games, movies, or books.
- Eligibility (age): North American contestants must be 13 years of age or older. Due to legal requirements, European contestants must be 18 year of age or older, or have a parent or guardian enter in the minor's name.
- Eligibility (location): Entries will be accepted from residents of North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea.
- Prize: Winners will have their weapon or shield design included in the release version of the second chapter of Guild Wars. In addition, each winning design will be posted with the artist's name on the official Guild Wars website.
- Judging: Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, originality, and presentation.
- Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Wednesday, December 21, 2005.
- Announcement: Winners will be announced on or before January 16, 2006.
- By entering the Design a Weapon Contest, (a) you agree to all of the terms and conditions of these Official Rules and Conditions, (b) you warrant that your entry is your own original work and that it does not violate any rights of any third party, and (c) you assign and agree to assign to ArenaNet all rights, title and interest, including copyright, in or to your entry. Entries become the property of ArenaNet and will not be returned.
- ArenaNet cannot be held responsible for any lost, late, or misdirected mail.
- Judges will be comprised of members of the ArenaNet staff. The decisions of the judges will be final.
- There is no cash value for the prize.
- This contest is void where prohibited.
© 2006 ArenaNet Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Nightfall, ArenaNet and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Guild Wars Factions Guild Emblem Contest
Factions Guild Emblem Contest Winners
During the months of March and April 2006, we offered another opportunity for gamers to play an active role in enhancing the Guild Wars world. In celebration of the new game—Guild Wars Factions—players were invited to design and submit their favorite concept for a new guild emblem. The contest rules for the Factions Guild Emblem Contest can be found below.
The Factions Guild Emblem Contest drew entries from around the world—from four continents and more than a thousand fans. The art was as distinctive as the players themselves, with images based on nature, on combat, on cultural themes, and on just about everything in between. A few entries were so excellent it was impossible to sort out the best of a certain type. In those cases, we submitted two, or even three, similar images to the judges. All winning entries will form the inspiration or the core concept from which the Art Team will work as they create the actual guild image.
The final emblems will be incorporated into the game within the next few months, and will then be available to all Guild Wars players. We will update this page when the final art is available, so you can see the new guild emblems!
 Jun-Yan You (Taiwan) |
 Love N Pain (Canada) | |
 Akshay "Ararthos The Deadly" Singh (Canada) |
 Manv The Apocalypse (USA) | |
 Philip Severson (USA) |
 Crimson Stigmata (USA) | |
 Desmond Tang (Canada) |
 Benjamin "Lunatic" Sironi (France) | |
 C H A O S (USA) |
 Kyrara Roitare (Italy) | |
 Lawrence Hawkins (USA) |
 Lindo David (France) | |
 Massimo "Il Profano" Nastasi (Italy) |
 Nadejda Neklioudova (Australia) | |
 Pierron "Zepot Kay" Nicolas (France) |
 Christian Crittendon (Germany) | |
 Bethor Rizon (USA) | ||
 Shang Zhi (Jake) (New Zealand) |
 Vanessa Martin (France) | |
 Dark Hikari (USA) |
 Kelly "Lady Sweetling" T. (USA) | |
 Trevor Yopp (USA) |
 Shawn Schober (USA) | |
 Mark Jordan (Slovenia) |
 Ryan "Morangen Dromere" Hamilton (USA) | |
 Xakarus Alldredge (USA) |
 Dmitry Sharkov (USA) | |
Winners will receive their prizes soon, and will be given an extra bonus gift, as well: The first two pins in the Guild Wars Season One Skill Pin series! All Honorable Mention recipients will receive the two skill pins, as well.
As a special “thank you” to the more than one thousand Guild Wars fans who participated in this contest, we will be sending a skill pin to 25 of those who entered, selected randomly. Their names and locations are as follows:| Lisa Ruscio (USA) | Kali of Kasdeya (The Netherlands) |
| Einar "Yutso Motoshiki" Afiouni (Norway) | Lady Gaz (USA) |
| Danny Ram (Canada) | Larissa Winey (USA) |
| Glissa Wolfblood (England) | Magolie Blanch (Germany) |
| Sophie Swift (USA) | Brandon "Vander" Rowley (USA) |
| Kristyn McCormack (USA) | Gina Greco (Canada) |
| Lee Barber (USA) | Loredana Modest (Australia) |
| Aiua Fredriksson (Germany) | Jade Mooncat (Belgium) |
| Phan Van Ho Pascal (France) | Hikaru Yuki (England) |
| Hroux The Dark (Greece) | Jelle Spelt (Holland) |
| Miharu Shimizu (Japan) | Kuu Pimeys (Germany) |
| James Johnstone (Scotland) | Sylvok Veraderie (Australia) |
| Gios-Lecto (Italy) | |
Guild Wars Factions Guild Emblem Contest
Last year around this time, we asked, "How would you like to make a little Guild Wars® history?" We ask it again, with the start of our second Guild Emblem Contest. Guild emblems are those distinctive icons that adorn a character's cape and show his or her allegiance to a particular guild. With the release of Guild Wars Factions™, we'll be offering you even more guild emblem choices.
And to boost those number even further, and give you a chance to play a role in emblem creation, the Guild Wars team wants to invite all fans to design a new and attractive guild graphic and submit it to us for judging. The prize? Up to 12 of the best symbols will be placed permanently into the Guild Wars Factions emblem catalogue and will appear in the game in an update soon after release. When added to the game, the emblems will be available for use by players around the world.
In addition to inclusion in the game, and website recognition, winners will also receive a Guild Wars t-shirt.
Official Rules and Conditions:
General Conditions:
© 2006 ArenaNet Inc. All rights reserved. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Factions, ArenaNet and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Design-a-Weapon Contest
Complete Winners List
It's time for another Guild Wars contest! And with the Design-a-Weapon Contest, you have a chance to be immortalized forever in the second chapter of the Guild Wars story. We will be offering many new weapons and shields in the upcoming installment, and we'd love to include items based on your concepts. To enter the contest, simply send us a drawing, sketch, or printed image of a weapon or shield that you have designed.
The next release of Guild Wars will feature new weapon types, but for now you should design around the traditional Guild Wars items:
You need not keep your weapon or shield concepts within the boundaries of the Tyria that we know so well. In the coming chapter, there will be new professions and new regions that have not yet been explored. Feel free to engage in an artistic flight of fancy and to include art influences from around the globe in your weapon or shield design!
Official Rules and Conditions:
Design-a-Weapon Contest
ArenaNet
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Design-a-Weapon Contest
NCsoft Europe
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Design-a-Weapon Contest
NCsoft Corp.
Ok-san Bldg 15th Floor
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Design-a-Weapon Contest Winners
The world of Guild Wars Factions will be filled with many new weapons and items. And some of these were directly conceived and inspired by our players themselves. In November and December of 2005, we invited Guild Wars players to submit their design concepts for weapons for the upcoming campaign of Guild Wars. (You can read the contest rules here.) From the more than 1,000 entries, the Guild Wars Team selected 8 winners and approximately 20 honorable mentions. The winning entries – displayed below – will be present in Guild Wars Factions at release. In addition, due to the high quality of so many of the entries, we will be incorporating many of the honorable mentions into Guild Wars and Guild Wars Factions in the months following release of the second campaign. We'll post about the new weapon additions on the news page, and will be sure to add more images here to show the increasing number of cool new weapons, as they were conceived by Guild Wars players.
Winners
 Nicole Morris (USA) |
 Thomas Klieber (Germany) |
 Michele Schwarz (Germany) |
 Peter Walthuis (Netherlands) |
 Michael Chang (USA) |
 Allen Taubler (USA) |
 Anthony Lopes (USA) |
 LeeAnn Harrison (Canada) |
Honourable Mentions
Sean F. Bastien (Canada) |
Paquier Berenice (France) |
Nathan Griffith (USA) |
Thomas Feist (USA) |
Caroline Coronel (USA) |
Andre Roux (USA) |
Lasareth (USA) |
S. Britton (England) |
Mark J. Querijero (Canada) |
Andrew Carpenter (New Zealand) |
Jessica Foster (USA) |
Daniel Harris (USA) |
Zsolt Domsodi (Hungary) |
Chris Talbot (USA) |
Benjamin Chavigner (France) |
Sydney Tang (Canada) |
James Beveridge (Canada) |
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