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Will Alvein

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Spain. Seville

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01 Dec 2006 at 18:55 - 1

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Factions: Game of the Year
In last night's award ceremony at the 3rd Annual DEMMX Conference in Los Angeles, Guild Wars Factions was announced as the winning Multiplayer Game of the Year. (In www.guildwars.com)

Congratulations for the award ANET, let's celebrate it with the Domain of Anguish today!

Dark Dragon

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RTD

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:13 - 2

Gratz

DvM

Jungle Guide

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Survivor Squad[SS]

01 Dec 2006 at 19:16 - 3

sweet, and if factions made it to game of the year, i almos tknow for sure Nightfall will come a far way

Stemnin

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Mo/Me

01 Dec 2006 at 19:17 - 4

GOTY, grats.

Gun Pierson

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:17 - 5

Nice, gratz!

Insuscient Ranger

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Pluto-We miss you

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:22 - 6

Gratz, but why factions :P

Symeon

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:30 - 7

Congratulations ANet! One more thing to celebrate about this weekend

Total Rogue

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:31 - 8

nice!

grats!

Allanon754

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:37 - 9

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Originally Posted by Insuscient Ranger

Gratz, but why factions :P

Same, as much as I love Guild Wars I did not think Factions was GoTY material, but that's just me.

Verios

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Knights of Valis

N/Me

01 Dec 2006 at 19:42 - 10

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Originally Posted by Allanon754

Same, as much as I love Guild Wars I did not think Factions was GoTY material, but that's just me.

Agreed.

Horseman Of War

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01 Dec 2006 at 19:43 - 11

the real crowing victory is that our (gw fans) biggest rival (wow fans) is not represented even with an honorable mention.

yes, the world is looking a little brighter.

Verios

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

Knights of Valis

N/Me

01 Dec 2006 at 20:01 - 12

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Originally Posted by Horseman Of War

the real crowing victory is that our (gw fans) biggest rival (wow fans) is not represented even with an honorable mention.

yes, the world is looking a little brighter.

Best be quiet before Blizzard crushes us with their wallet...from this months income

and not to sound rude but those people have to be on something if they put "Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach" on that list..I mean seriously...seriously?

Warrior Of The Toon

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Returning after a 50 month break. Hi.

None

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01 Dec 2006 at 20:07 - 13

Uh grats on proving just how bad the judges are for GOTY. Well I guess this means a GOTY Factions coming out soon... Tbh the only part of Factions I enjoyed was the last few missions.

SpeedyKQ

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E/Me

01 Dec 2006 at 20:20 - 14

Very nice.

I've never understood the Factions forum hate. Every bit as good as the other two games, IMO. Better in some ways.

Knightsaber Sith

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Join Date: Aug 2006

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01 Dec 2006 at 20:30 - 15

Now the question becomes whether or not they will release a GOTY edition of Factions like they did Prophecies....

I bought the Prophecies GOTY just for the weapons and would buy a Factions one too.

Phaedra Firesoul

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Under a rock.

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01 Dec 2006 at 20:33 - 16

i agree with Speedy, i very much enjoyed and still enjoy Factions.

KoalaMeatPie

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01 Dec 2006 at 20:49 - 17

Congrats, Thats two in a Row, Lets keep that streek up ;-)

Contempt

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01 Dec 2006 at 21:00 - 18

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Originally Posted by Horseman Of War

the real crowing victory is that our (gw fans) biggest rival (wow fans) is not represented even with an honorable mention.

yes, the world is looking a little brighter.

Yet WoW still has over six million subscribers... people just cheer for GW because it's an "underdog", but WoW will always be #1 in terms of sheer content and popularity.

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I've never understood the Factions forum hate. Every bit as good as the other two games, IMO. Better in some ways.

Same here, people just like to mimic what the "elite" around he babble on about. I don't think most people who say they hated factions can actually provide a rational explanation for why. Factions was awesome, not my favorite, but I definately liked it better than Nightfall.

Sli Ander

Wilds Pathfinder

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Deep in Maguuma, by the Falls

Liberators of Agony

Mo/R

01 Dec 2006 at 21:04 - 19

Huzzah for Anet!

And to whomever complains too much about Factions(for reasons other than personal favoritism, I just prefer prophecies), I guess it shows how much Anet spoils us that we can complain so much about a game that still won game of the year.

KoalaMeatPie

Wilds Pathfinder

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Cute And Fluffy in My Tummy

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01 Dec 2006 at 21:11 - 20

[QUOTE=Contempt]Yet WoW still has over six million subscribers... people just cheer for GW because it's an "underdog", but WoW will always be #1 in terms of sheer content and popularity. (...)[QUOTE]

You are forgetting China, Some 2.5 billion people there.

But seeing as only the top 10-15% have a computer - let alone a home, I havbe no idea how amny people will get in on GW, thus raising the Number of players.

twicky_kid

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Quite Vulgar [FUN]

01 Dec 2006 at 21:54 - 21

[QUOTE=KoalaMeatPie][QUOTE=Contempt]Yet WoW still has over six million subscribers... people just cheer for GW because it's an "underdog", but WoW will always be #1 in terms of sheer content and popularity. (...)

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You are forgetting China, Some 2.5 billion people there.

But seeing as only the top 10-15% have a computer - let alone a home, I havbe no idea how amny people will get in on GW, thus raising the Number of players.

China is being seperated from all the other servers. Different rumors of why so don't know exactly what's going to happen with that.

WoW is a great game. My brother got it and I play when I'm at his home. I was really surprised after I got past the first few parts. Quest are repeatative. The PvP raids were fun without being overly strategic. I wouldn't pay monthly for any game no matter how good it is.

WoW and GW are very different styles of games and don't think they should even be in the same catagory.

Congratz Anet. Factions was pretty bad so that can only mean good things for Nightfalls.

Neo Nugget

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01 Dec 2006 at 23:56 - 22

I wouldnt mind getting factions goty edition to merge with my prof one that is my presear characters.

Alias_X

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02 Dec 2006 at 00:28 - 23

And it couldn't have made it without my purchase

generik

Desert Nomad

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02 Dec 2006 at 01:17 - 24

Now I know that GoY means absolutely jack squat.

Factions FoY?! That game was so painful to play through even the first time.

CyberNigma

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

San Antonio, TX

W/R

02 Dec 2006 at 02:48 - 25

yeah, remember that Enter the Matrix from Atari got a shitload of awards too, and even other ppl in the industry said it was only because of sales as the majority that played it thoguht it was crap. Faction SHOULD get GotY. It's sales were based directly off of the great success of Prophecies (op). The Factions team should hand the award to the Prophecies team or at least give them a thank you(op) :-)

EDIT: Of course to be fair, Factions' artwork, I believe, put Prophecies to shame by far (op). The Jade sea was wonderfully done as was Shing Jae. I still think they are even more beautiful landscapes than either of the other two. The gameplay design and implementation (from one player's perspective) utterly sucked though (op). I thought I'd point out all of this is made up of opinions and not fact in any way.

Sekkira

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

02 Dec 2006 at 04:07 - 26

I'd agree that Factions is game of the year, fanboyism aside, because look at the games that actually came out this year D:

DreamRunner

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02 Dec 2006 at 05:37 - 27

[QUOTE=twicky_kid][QUOTE=KoalaMeatPie]

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Originally Posted by Contempt

Yet WoW still has over six million subscribers... people just cheer for GW because it's an "underdog", but WoW will always be #1 in terms of sheer content and popularity. (...)

China is being seperated from all the other servers. Different rumors of why so don't know exactly what's going to happen with that.

WoW is a great game. My brother got it and I play when I'm at his home. I was really surprised after I got past the first few parts. Quest are repeatative. The PvP raids were fun without being overly strategic. I wouldn't pay monthly for any game no matter how good it is.

WoW and GW are very different styles of games and don't think they should even be in the same catagory.

Congratz Anet. Factions was pretty bad so that can only mean good things for Nightfalls.

Quests are very repetative, infact the whole game as i remember playing it was just grinding over and over again. There wasn't a whole reason on doing things such as a quest, you just did them for exp and items. In my opinion the whole system of gameplay is broken. Everything is a grind. Its true the gameplay is different to Guild Wars. very much so and the PvP is very simple. Barely any stratagy involved. Its straight forward big damage, pressing buttons. How does this balance? Oh with Items you have to farm in raids that take forever. So items can make you better nor matter how much experiance you get.

I'm sorry but looking back on WoW, I've noticed how much on a time waster it really is. The funniest thing is that you had to wait to do PvP battlegrounds. I'm not talking a few mins, more like half an hour. I heard that it changed about a month ago, however WoW has been out for 2 years. Its simply disgusting.

BoredJoe

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02 Dec 2006 at 11:26 - 28

Maybe they will do something about the bot leechers in FA then (or not).

FeuerFrei

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02 Dec 2006 at 16:59 - 29

WOOHOOO!!! GRATS ANET!!!! i cant believe Oblivion didnt win though

Kalki

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W/Mo

02 Dec 2006 at 17:08 - 30

Congrats Anet

Myria

Banned

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02 Dec 2006 at 17:13 - 31

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreamRunner

Quests are very repetative, infact the whole game as i remember playing it was just grinding over and over again. There wasn't a whole reason on doing things such as a quest, you just did them for exp and items.

I honestly can't tell for sure if you're talking about GW:Factions or WoW here. Based on confused context and the lack of 'faction' in the list of reasons for doing quests, I'm guessing WoW, which begs the question of how Factions is any different, any less, to use your term, "broken". Other than exp and loot, and precious little of the latter, what other reason is there for doing the thousand-and-one fedex quests around the city/marketplace/skyway? Skill points, I suppose, but I expect most people have even less use for those than they do for exp.

In any event... Factions, GOTY? I'm guessing someone at Anet knows how to throw really good parties and knows exactly whom to invite. That, or they have compromising pictures of the judges. Or perhaps both, the latter explaining the former, who knows?

scyfer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

02 Dec 2006 at 20:14 - 32

Why would WoW be a game of THIS YEAR? It's not a 2006 game, Factions is. The Wow expansion isn't out yet, ergo it wasn't considered.

And why would Oblivion win an MMO AWARD?!

-.-

lishi

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02 Dec 2006 at 21:07 - 33

its nothing special.

there are so many "game of years" award , so ever game can get it.

Artkin

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02 Dec 2006 at 22:58 - 34

I DON'T think so....factions wasn't fun...another grind

escoffier

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03 Dec 2006 at 05:03 - 35

w00t gj anet thanks for the great games

brokenmonkey

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03 Dec 2006 at 05:52 - 36

Ya!! go A-net/ Ncsoft!

Sekkira

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03 Dec 2006 at 11:13 - 37

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Originally Posted by Artkin

I DON'T think so....factions wasn't fun...another grind

Nightfall is far more of a grind that Factions was. Factions was fast paced and challanging. It wouldn't have been voted for game of the year if it sucked.

Clord

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03 Dec 2006 at 12:56 - 38

Factions was good but it just needed more time to develop before releasing. However if Anet want suprise players they start doing big patches to previous games to improve them.

CyberNigma

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03 Dec 2006 at 18:39 - 39

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Originally Posted by KoalaMeatPie

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Originally Posted by Contempt

Yet WoW still has over six million subscribers... people just cheer for GW because it's an "underdog", but WoW will always be #1 in terms of sheer content and popularity. (...)

You are forgetting China, Some 2.5 billion people there.

But seeing as only the top 10-15% have a computer - let alone a home, I havbe no idea how amny people will get in on GW, thus raising the Number of players.

heh, 10-15% of 2.5 billion is 250-375million. If that many people had computers then it's quite possible that there are more people there with computers than there are total people in the United States alone. That should be enough to affect it.

GedLongbow

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03 Dec 2006 at 20:46 - 40

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Originally Posted by Allanon754

Same, as much as I love Guild Wars I did not think Factions was GoTY material, but that's just me.

Totally *Does peace sign* PEACE OUT!