WHAT!!!???? :cuss::banghead:%(/nlmrochambeau:lame::$2500::bang::sulk:

I've been on a camping trip or otherwise I would have grabbed a couple for those that didn't get in on time.

On another note... At game launch I'd love for all those on CP playing to hook up with my GW old school friends into a legion. Support in numbers!

I've learned quite a bit about #2 from the betas and enjoy helping others get better, more aclimated. My International friends would agree with me.

This game has a HUGE map and it can get confusing where shit is.

Anyway's there are a few core group of guys that have remained friends for years and have a great time together. A Swede, a few Canucks, a Bug eatin Nebraskan and me.

Oh yeah, we use Teamspeak for most of our gatherings and many nights are a riot. GW2 is supposed to have a VOIP but they havn't been testing that on the beta yet. Hit me up if you want TS hostname, port, password or what have you. Just throwing my thought out there.

Thanks for the invite but I have a pretty large and like minded crew to go into the game with~

As for the beta keys, I did snag two, but gave them to some buddies who im hoping will play with me ~

Dude seriously give me one next time. Like not kidding. Seriously.

I think they are all gone :(

However some of my guildies snagged 10 or 12 each. Maybe I can get one for you. Let me check on it.

Thanks buddy! If you can spare one! PBJ:grovel:

I gotcha about the guild/legion that's why our core members have lasted so long because we're all on the same page.

Either way linking guilds together as alliances has it's benefits too :thumb:

Not only do I enjoy the game, but the social aspect too. We'll cross paths somewhere along the way.

Setsuna, I'm always keeping eyes out for free beta keys. If hometeam can't help out I'll hit my gaming buddies and see if they snagged some extras.

Are there separate servers or is it all one big ass world with the whole playerbase in it?

Separate, but with a twist.

Your first toon on a server is kinda set like your homeroom. Yet you do have the ability to take your toons onto other servers. The only downfall so far been released about the multiple servers is the influence factor.

You earn influence by pvp, pve, nearly everthing you do. The only problem is you can only earn if on your home server.

You can go to another server and help out a friend in quests, storylines, but any influence accrued will not apply because you're away from your home server.

There are seperate servers. But the world is big ass.

Oh ok, thanks for the info. So when you create a character, you don't select a server, it just kind of assigns one to you and then you're free to go back and forth between servers (with the influence penalty, of course)?

You guys are like family! :deevee: :thumb:

Yeah I'm blown away on how huge it is and we still havn't seen the other two races (Sylvari, Asuran) area yet.

This next beta weekend we will be allowed to test the new races.

No... You do pick a server first then create your toon. Anyone you know else that's joining up with you plan your server selection carefully so everyone is on the same page.

And yes, there will be no boundries jumping from server to server barring the influence thing you mentioned.

Wow, that's crazy. Crazy awesome.

That's why I love social MMO's. I've meet some cool people playing in the past and some long term friendships.

In GW2 they've added rewards for helping out your fellow gamer. Gaining Exp by rezzing someone you don't know is one of them.

Arenanet is breaking the mother ****in mold with this game. I already know I'm gonna be hooked on this one.

I feel the buzz picking up around here for GW2, PBJ

Blizzard... pay attention you might learn something.

WANTTT...

Setsuna, put in a request for your key, lets see how it goes.

Make sure you guys "like" GW2 FB page. That's usually the first breaking news on beta key givaways.

I signed up under 2 different email address for free keys on this site but havn't seen anything yet.

http://guildwars2beta.org/

Another site giving out 25 keys, with a slight twist. You need to submit a sketch of a weapon. I'm not an artist so I can't help with this one.

http://gw2wvw.com/main/guild-wars-2-bwe-3-beta-keys/

How do I put in a request?

I'm not sure what he's talking about. The last giveaway is already closed, I checked. But the art submission one, I just found this am.

No no no, i meant IIIIII put in a request for your key.

Also here is another giveaway.

http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaw...beta-giveaway/

Here, between ALLLL of these there has to be a key in there for you.

Moved to a new thread at the request of moderators.

In the interests of keeping the hot page concise, this thread will be updated with the various beta key giveaways that are going on. Here are the ones posted so far:

Contests/giveaways:
•http://www.canardpc.com/concours/guildwars2/ (French)
•http://www.eurogamer.it/articles/201...i-guild-wars-2 (Italian)
•http://www.incgamers.com/2012/07/gui...-key-giveaway/
•http://www.onlinewelten.com/win/1395...rs-2-betakeys/ (German)
•http://www.pcgamesn.com/guildwars/we...-you-have-them
•http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/07/1...st-on-twitter/
•http://www.gamersbook.com/scene/news...beta-giveaway/
•https://www.facebook.com/SteelSeries...66307463503287
•http://www.buffed.de/Guild-Wars-2-PC...ta-Key-987805/ (German, requires account)
•http://www.pcgames.de/Guild-Wars-2-P...etakey-987835/ (German, no account required)
•http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaw...beta-giveaway/ (daily at 3PM PDT & 7PM GMT)
•http://www.gw2bnc.com/2012/07/beta-giveaway-5/
•http://diablo3x.com/120-guild-wars-2...eys-give-away/
•http://www.thesearing.com/guild-wars-2-beta-giveaway/
•http://www.talktyria.net/2012/07/12/...-key-giveaway/

Expired/ended:
•http://www.curse.com/betas/guild-wars-2 (premium curse members until Tuesday, US/CA only)
•http://www.curse.com/betas/guild-wars-2-eu (EU version)
•http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07...kend-key-here/
•http://www.tentonhammer.com/giveaways/landing/93 (requires TTH membership)
•http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...rs-2-beta-keys
•http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/12/gu...ey-giveaway-2/

Post new ones below and I'll update this post periodically.

See http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...istration_for/ for scripting signup.

Got a key? Read https://www.facebook.com/GuildWars2/...39137036200505 for instructions on what to do.

Didn't get a key but want one? This is the thread for you: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c..._would_really/

Nice Sleuthing Dr. Holmes... I think I'll update the OP with this info.

No thanks to me, i just stole it off the gw2 reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/

I didn't know it was on there. I got it bookmarked now.

Hometeam you are my boy! Thank you very much! :D

Very large download on the client today. It's gotta be the sylvari and asuran areas being added for the next beta weekend. PBJ

Setsuna did you end up getting one? My request via my guild has gone unanswered/unnoticed.

Well I followed one of your links and currently there is one where they are giving 50 keys randomly picked out of people that post a comment in a thread. So far there are 57 responses and it ends tonight at midnight, so I have a large chance of getting one if that number stays below 75 by midnight. I do believe I'll get one though! :)

Look at the gw2 reddit. THere are new giveaways being announced all the time. Arenanet wants people to play this game for this beta weekend.

Will do good sir.

setsuna check your pms~

If you were a chick I'd marry you.

Ok any CPer want to play I do have an extra key!

Yeah boy! I'm gonna be playing dat beta this upcoming weekend!

Edit: I did not take the key hometeam is graciously offering so don't freak.

Never done a beta before....do you get to choose your name?

Which homeworld are Chiefs people going to be on?

Ahh screw it. I'm playing.

I'd like it, if you've still got it!

I gave it away :(

Im playing on Sorrows Furnace

Well my guild and I got tweeted/facebooked by arenanet. We spent our weekend doing this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5PwJX7EIk

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At one point we had 2 devs following us, one of whom made a char look and named like us, hopped in our voice server, and played with us.

We all made charr mesmers with some variation of illlliilili.

dont be fooled by youtube views, this thing has sat at the top of reddit all day plus been officially acknowledged and plugged by arenanet!

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/

Haha, that's awesome. Must have been a shit ton of fun.

We did alot more than that, that just happens to be a cut. We for 2 hours rolled around the world making friends and doing strange coreographed things. If you watch the 13 minute cut off the youtube link you can see the instant /sleeps we did as well as some of the other stuff

Lol I made 3 characters and they were all fairly fun. I loved the guardian and the elementalist though. Warrior....eh idk. I think this game is as it should be. A learning experience at the beginning and everything gets exponentially better as you level.

I tried alot of different stuff. I quite liked the warrior, but I think im going to play ranged of some sort. Engineer is top of my list as of now.

also building a new PC for gw2. Parts are ordered, PC will be operational and OCed on saturday night~

How much did that run you?

ehmm.. about 2200. But this sytem will dominate gw2 and many games upcoming.

CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Tuniq TX-4 Extreme Performance and Exceptional Reliability Thermal Compound
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC
Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor
ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support
Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F240GBGT-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
COOLER MASTER R4-MFJR-07FK-R1 200mm Case Fan
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4X1600C7
LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH24NS90 - OEM
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

will using my samsung 7200 rpm 1tb HDD that i have laying on my desk here

Im also going to add a second card in SLI next month, looking for a 4.5-5ghz overclock on the 6core

You can build a computer to run gw2 pretty handily for around 800 bucks though. Get a bargain case, an i5 2500k and a 560ti and be good to go for fairly cheap

Can I haz some of dat lettuce?

There's a stress test today from 12:00 to 4:00 pacific time, for any of you who wanted one last fix before the game comes out in a couple weeks. I finally caved and pre-purchased the game, because I knew I was going to buy it anyway once it came out.

I hate when they schedule these stress tests while I'm working :cuss:

Anyways... I heard that all the packaged retail boxes are already sold out across the board. A Gamestop employee told me there's been so many orders that they can't take anymore. Digital dowloads are still available, but those wanting their pretty box will have to wait until more are manufactured.

Another stress test tommorrow... 6-10pm our time! wheee

1 hour stress test sunday 2-3pm. If anyone is interested I will be playing on sorrows furnace for the remainder of the beta time. However, after beta is over we will be re-rolling on another server~

Man, they're really going nuts with these stress tests.

Yea, and after looking again its 1-2pm not 2-3!

Anyways i'm going to use the time to jump right into WvW.

I figure they will keep on doing stress tests up until maybe a week or few days before launch. They know that the d3 launch is what players are dreading, and will be a marketing nightmare for them unless everything goes smoothly.

Updated server for launch for me and my guild Arcanix at www.alttabme.com - Jade Quarry

I got in on the Friday test for awhile and home long enough to get in about 15 mins for this stress test. I think Anet has paid attention to the problems with D3 and are testing as much as possible before release. Can't wait for the official release though, not far down the line.

I take it back.. no longer rolling on jade quarry. - We have decided to do a different server, and not publicizing it. Would still like CPers to play w/me!

Found this little tidbit...

http://www.arena.net/blog/choosing-a...n-guild-wars-2

So no matter what world we choose we'll at least be able to PvE together, no PvP though.

Yea when you are guesting you can still gain exp for yourself etc but you cant gain any guild influence.

Yep, that's what I saw too.

Another stress test tommorrow. Also they announced they are going to open the servers 3 hours early for headstart, so 12pm EST rather than 12pm PST

Hmmm 1pm CST for me. I'm supposed to have tomorrow off but offered to work morning deliveries since my boss has strep throat. He usually does Weds deliveries. I hope to be home by the start of the test.

I really enjoyed the Mesmer I created last test, I'd like to see how much further I can get into the class to see what more it has to offer.

I'll probably spend a chunk of the time in the character creator, as my main will be a Sylvari and they have such a huge variety of options. Wouldn't want my character to look like ass when the game comes out.

I know you can join multiple guilds. I had thought you could switch your active guild or whatever it's called and get guild influence for the server you're on -- is that not how it works?

Your right in a way. yes you can join multiple guilds, yes you can switch the guild your repping for influence to said guild.

However, when your guesting on other peoples servers you will NOT gain influence. You can only gain influence by playing on your 'home' server.

Wow 11k files to download on the client. I hope I can get it done and still get in to help stress test a little.

Oh, I can only gain guild influence when I'm on my home server? That's interesting. Thanks.

My group of friends decided on Sorrow's Furnace for the release. Just FYI if anyone wants to know, my account is Ultimate Flash.7982.

Just so you know, Sorrows furnace is going to be the 'spanish language' server, with multiple huge guilds rolling there. That is why we chose to move to Yaks Bend. We felt like so many spanish speakers would hinder pve and wvw communication.

Last time I checked the "World Server List" Sorrow's furnace was a NA server.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/15/gu...list-revealed/

Yak's Bend was my second choice because I always loved "The Yakslapper" from GW1. It was the first "green" I ever got.

Guess I better get on FB and get the team up to speed then :#

Well, it is an NA server. Do you have any idea how many spanish speakers there are in north/central/south america that will be playing on NA servers? And the huge spanish speaking alliance guilds have chosen Sorrows Furnace as the unofficial spanish language server, and made it known in the community. Its pretty much a done deal :P Now, im not saying some of these people wont be bi-lingual, because they will. But, the threat of a constant communication barrier at least in some capacity was enough to make us reconsider.

I didn't anticipate the draw from central/south america. I've been pretty lax on lurking the BB's for GW2. Seeing "jajajajajajaja" roll across the chat window gets quite annoying. Sorrow's is out then.

por que te molesta?

No Habla, that's why. Comprende?

Is there an Auschwitz Ovens server? Seems like you might enjoy playing there.

/I keed

Wow! :spock:
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