Through 11:59 PM Pacific (-7 GMT) on Tuesday, March 17, you will be able to gather Shamrock Ale and Four-Leaf Clovers as random drops throughout all the lands of Tyria.  Enjoy the weekend, and remember: think green!

Trinkets from a Distant Land

A mysterious celebration from a far-off realm will influence our fine lands this weekend. Featuring iconic representations of strange quad-leafed plants, this holiday is unlike anything I have seen before. While I am uncertain what the holiday commemorates, it is clear the underlying themes are the color green and the zealous consumption of alcoholic beverages. Actually, many who celebrate this holiday in that distant land may not even know what they are celebrating, but that does not seem to stop them from having a good time!

Perhaps stranger than the foliage-tinged festival itself was the source of my information. A man no taller than a dwarf, with hair as orange as an Ascalonian sunset and clothing greener than the Maguuma jungle approached me and said to expect a “bit o’ fun” this weekend. He told me there is a strange force of magic at work which may produce unusual outcomes this weekend, and if an adventurer slays the enemies of Tyria, Cantha, or Elona, there is a chance the victor will be rewarded with a mysterious item from that miniscule messenger’s homeland.

When I asked about the nature of the items, my small friend merely winked and spoke of intoxicating pints of Shamrock Ale and unusual objects called “Four-Leaf Clovers,” which he proclaimed would offer great benefits to an adventuring party, and perhaps even give those who use one an extra bit o’ luck! In all honesty, I am not altogether certain the little man hadn’t had a few pints already.

And with that, the tiny traveler vanished, leaving me with etchings of the strange items he had mentioned. I have added these images within this scroll, so you may all decide for yourselves the veracity of his statements. Perhaps you might even be lucky enough to find some at this week’s end.

It is a work in progress and I know I have a few more icons to create.  Please continue to use post in “The Knight’s Lounge” to post any suggestions.  I will listen and make changes if I can.

Then win the Alliance member of the month for October!

Read the contest details on our forums.

~~BulletStopper

It was submitted by Sonia. Feel free to use as your very own wallpaper.

The first picture and title is now active.  Yes, some people have it.  How soon will you?

Changes to Taiwanese Accounts – 31 March 2008

New government regulations in Taiwan, which take effect April 1, restrict game companies in that region from effectively suspending or banning accounts for participating in professional farming or real-money trading. Guild Wars is highly impacted by local regulations such as this, because Guild Wars operates in a seamless, connected manner between all territories. We cannot sustain a seamless connection when we are unable to effectively police the game in one territory, because professional farmers in that territory could severely damage the game’s economy throughout the world. Therefore, we are forced to disconnect Taiwanese service from the rest of the game world as of April 1.

Users in Taiwan will still be able to participate in their international guilds and compete in international PvP, but as of April 1, they will no longer be able to enter international districts, trade with players outside Taiwan, or play in PvE environments with players outside Taiwan.

I guess Anet is very serious about buying gold, they seperated an entire region from the rest of the GW World

BulletStopper

This is a great opportunity for people to raise, and possibly max, one or more reputation ranks.

We need to help our fellow guildies and alliance member questing and vanquishing in these areas!

Also another contest of “What’s in my Backpack” is coming the second weekend in March, watch the forums for details!

~~BulletStopper

Both servers will remain online until the cut-off date, but ARE NOT connected, so currently we have 2 servers. The port will remain the same. On 15 January I will delete all the rooms on the old server with a message about the new IP address.
Officers – since not all vent users read our forums, and this is happening in two days, Please help spread the word among the alliance.

BulletStopper (Faith Pilearstad)

I finished my Legendary Vanquisher and Boy! has my backpack gotten heavy!

Since the value has gone up, so does the difficulty.

This version will be a scavenger hunt across Tyrian Towns – testing your knowledge of Guild Wars Lore. In all Towns I will be beside the storage chest in American District 1. Clues to my location will be given in Alliance chat. The first two people to find me AND OPEN TRADE will get to pick a number and gets the item in that spot.

More details can be found on the forums.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

BulletStopper (Faith Pilearstad)

Here is the new information.

OLD IP Address was: 70.85.241.228

NEW IP Address is: 66.207.167.31

The port (4479) remains the same, as does all other information.
Until 4 July both should work, but the old won’t after. Please share this information with all users and the guilds!

BulletStopper