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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Changes in rules come to the Guild Wars tournament series]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guild-wars/" rel="tag">Guild Wars</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament_rules/tournamentrules.php"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/guildwarstourney.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Those of you who are highly interested in the competitive tournaments of <a href="http://www.guildwars.com"><em>Guild Wars</em></a> might like to know that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/arenanet">ArenaNet</a> has recently posted a new version of the tournament series rules on their website.<br /><br />The tournament series are the <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2009/default.php">monthly tournaments</a> that take place in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guild-wars"><em>Guild Wars</em></a> between eight member guild teams as well as one versus one battles. The tournaments not only pay out with recognition as being one of the best players or being a member of one of the best guilds in the game, but also with<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournaments/zaishenrewards/?year=2009">tangible rewards from the Zaishen faction</a>. Some of the rewards include titles as well as special emotes and <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournaments/zaishencalendar/?year=2009">potions</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament_rules/tournamentrules.php">full list of rules</a> can be found on the main <em>Guild Wars</em> site, under the competitive section. It's a long read, but a necessary one for anyone interested in participating in this year's tournament series.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/">Changes in rules come to the Guild Wars tournament series</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament_rules/tournamentrules.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1470506/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/02/24/changes-in-rules-come-to-guild-wars-tournament-series/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>1v1</category><category>2009</category><category>8v8</category><category>arenanet</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>guilds</category><category>monthly</category><category>tournament</category><category>tournament-rules</category><category>tournament-series</category><category>zaishen</category><category>zaishen-tournament</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guild Wars update adds new Zaishen reward and more]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guild-wars/" rel="tag">Guild Wars</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/exploits/" rel="tag">Exploits</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pve/" rel="tag">PvE</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/macabre-sms-0908.jpg"  alt="" /><a href="http://www.guildwars.com/support/gameupdates/">Yesterday's skill balance and update</a> for <a href="http://www.guildwars.com"><em>Guild Wars</em></a> brought with it some large changes for arguably overpowered skills, bug fixes and the addition of the newest <a href="http://guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/zaishencalendar/">Zaishen Reward tonic</a> for September. Despite the creepy appearance of that new Macabre Tonic creature, the main topic on everyone's mind is the change to the <a href="http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Unyielding_Aura">Unyielding Aura</a> Elite skill.<br /><br />This skill had previously been the cornerstone for what's known as Ghost Running, where players could take advantage of what could best be described as an exploit. This also worked for many popular farming runs as well. With this new patch, Unyielding Aura now only works "within spell casting range", eliminating the way characters could rez from across the map. Of course <a href="http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10323936">many players don't like this fix</a>, but as any veteran <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/guild-wars/">Guild Wars</a></em> player knows, it doesn't take <a href="http://www.arena.net">ArenaNet</a> long to remedy unbalanced skills.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/">Guild Wars update adds new Zaishen reward and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/ArenaNet:Developer_updates#Dev_Update_-_10_September_2008>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1311256/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/11/guild-wars-update-adds-new-zaishen-reward-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arenanet</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>macabre-tonic</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>skill-balance</category><category>unyielding-aura</category><category>zaishen</category><category>zaishen-tournament</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Guild Wars Zaishen rewards announced]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guild-wars/" rel="tag">Guild Wars</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/contests/" rel="tag">Contests</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a></p><a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/zaishenrewards/default.php"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/zaishen.jpg"  alt="" /></a>Now that the <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/april/default.php">April 2008 Zaishen Tournament</a> is over, commemorating the third anniversary of <a href="http://www.arena.net">ArenaNet</a>'s <em><a href="http://www.guildwars.com">Guild Wars</a></em>, we look forward to a completely revamped tournament system with new rewards, in-game prizes, items and a shiny new Zaishen title track.<br /><br />The way this new system works, whenever you use a <a href="http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zaishen_Key">Zaishen Key</a> on a <a href="http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zaishen_Chest">Zaishen Chest</a>, you get 5 Zaishen Reputation Points which accumulate towards this <a href="http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Zaishen_rank">new title track</a>. Each rank of this title track, from 1 to 12, has its own unique name. In addition, you'll receive infinite-use Transmogrifier Tonics that will change for each month of the tournament, and special rank emotes which will be progressively more impressive the higher they get from rank 1 to rank 7. Be sure to check out the <a href="http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/zaishenrewards/default.php"><em>Guild Wars</em> website</a> for complete information on these rewards and a video of the rank 7 emote in action!<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/">New Guild Wars Zaishen rewards announced</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/tournament2008/zaishenrewards/default.php>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1191261/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/09/new-guild-wars-zaishen-rewards-announced/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arena.net</category><category>arenanet</category><category>guild-wars</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>pvp</category><category>rewards</category><category>zaishen</category><category>zaishen-tournament</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
