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GW 2008 RAWR Cup Tournament results
The results are in for the 2008 RAWR Cup Title Series Spring Tournament in Guild Wars. In this second tournament of the series, we are treated to some improvements over last December's contest. The members of the guild Rebel Rising [rawr] in conjunction with GuildCafe, decided to make this edition of the cup into more of a community run event by creating a special GuildCafe Tournament Committee.But more importantly, make sure you check out the in-depth article about this tournament written by Guild Wars Guru Senior Moderator "Billiard" over at the main Guild Wars website. He gives an extensive play-by-play report on many of the major events during the tournament, as well as some insight into effective and not-so-effective strategies that were used.
The Guild Wars Image and Art Contest
The fine folks at Guild Cafe are holding a grand contest based around screenshots of Guild Wars. This contest series is being held in conjunction with the RAWR Cup. There are 5 categories, 4 of which are time-based by week: Week 1: best Guild Wars landscape screenshots. Week 2: best Guild Wars PvE action screenshots. Week 3: funniest Guild Wars screenshots. Week 4: best PvP action screenshots. Finally, the 5th contest is Best Portrait of a Guild Wars Character, with the prize being a brand new Wacom tablet! Other prizes include 1GB USB Thumb Drives or Extra Character slots. The first winners will be announced March 22 with more chosen each weekend through April 12th when the grand prize winner will be selected. If you think you have the chops to win this thing, go sign up right now![Thanks, QforQ!]
GuildCafe announces Guild Wars tourney
The folks at GuildCafe dropped us a note about the announcement of their upcoming Guild Wars tournament -- starting on April 5th, the next neck of the 2008 RAWR Cup will kick off, offering up events in three divisions with lots of cool prizes for each (the best they could come up with is network cards and mice? Cash, anyone?). There's more information on the FAQ page, but I can't seem to find anywhere that explains just what's happening; being that it's Guild Wars, however, my guess is that they just toss a bunch of folks in an area and whoever's left standing gets to walk away with the prizes. Sounds simple (and fun) enough.Only a couple of teams have signed up so far, so the field is wide open at this point. If your guild rocks the GW (don't call it that), then maybe you too can own some noobs and pick up some extra gear for your trouble.
The winners of the Guild Wars RAWR Cup
Last month we discussed the first GuildCafe / Guild Wars joint event: the RAWR Cup PvP Tournament. Things apparently went quite well, and the official Guild Wars site has a rundown on the big winners for each division. In all, 72 guilds registered online for the RAWR Cup. This included 18 teams in the Dragon Division, 21 teams in Phoenix, and 33 teams in Titan. Competing teams ranged from the number one team on the guild ladder, Delta Formation [DF], to several teams outside the 10,000 rank level ... The Dragon Division featured two European guilds, Esoteric Warriors [EW] and Whats Going On [sup] fighting on Imperial Isle ... Nearly the entire match was fought at the flag stand, with occasional pushes on flag runners as they came down their respective ramps to capture the stand ... [sup] took several deaths after VoD but eventually recovered, only to give up the first morale boost of the game just after 23 minutes. At this point [sup] could no longer withstand the pressure and eventually succumbed, making [EW] the Dragon Division winner.Most exciting to me personally is the fact that the event had fascinating play-by-play commentary on the Uberguilds network.Scotty of [rawr] and Roxianna from GuildCafe hosted a live show on the day of the tournament, with several others helping out. During the Swiss Qualifying Rounds, Scotty and Roxianna watched matches as they came up on Observer Mode, addressing comments posted by players in IRC and observer chat, while also providing commentary on the match being observed.This kind of collaborative experience is fascinating, and if the inclusion of third parties into official tournaments will result in more events like this it's hard to see the downside.
GuildCafe opens 2008 Rawr Cup to Guild Wars players
GuildCafe, a social network site for online gamers, has announced a competition for members. Called the 2008 Rawr Cup, this first contest of player skill pits gamers against each other in the world of Guild Wars. There are three different divisions, so players of all skill levels can participate. And, of course, there are prizes! The eight members of the winning team in the Dragon division will be awarded "Eight Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitors with HDCP support". The winning team in the Phoenix division will snag "Eight Logitech G9 Black 5 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mice", and the Titan division winners will net themselves "Eight special edition Rawr Cup Titan Division winner t-shirts". If you're interested, the tournament rules will probably be of interest, and if you don't currently have a guild to work with the team recruitment page will help you out with that.And, of course, if you've never played Guild Wars before that's something we can set you straight on too. This week FilePlanet is offering a 14-day trial for the game that unlocks all three expansions. These things cost money in stores, you know, so get it for free while the getting's good.
