One and all, we would like to announce the Mesmer Highland Games, 2007! The Mesmer Highland Games is a yearly tradition where we celebrate the spirit of the Scots with competitions and carousing. This year's event will take place Saturday, July 7, at 9 PM GMT in the Zaishen Challenge, International District 1.
We will be holding the same events as last year:
Highland King and Queen**
Mesmer Arts Competition
Mesmer Sync Dancing
Best Dressed Mesmer
There is no entrance fee - that idea was tossed around last year and fell through. This year we don't even have to consider it: we have already generated a ton of support (but any donations you might have would still be greatly appreciated!)
One important thing to note is that the Highland King and Queen now comes with a caveat. Those who won the last King and Queen positions will not be allowed to enter this contest. This is so that others might also have a chance at being honored with the title.
So, what can you expect from the Highland Games as an attendant? Well, you can participate in any of the events, but should you not feel inclined to participate, there'll be plenty of drinking (if donations permit), dancing, and general merrymaking!
Dress: Come in your best Mesmery attire! However, because this is more Scottish themed, we'd like to encourage attendants to give the Scots a salute by wearing blue and white! Maybe you have an all blue or an all white outfit, or you want to mix 'em - whatever works!
So, in summation:
2007 Mesmer Highland Games
* Saturday, July 7th
* 9pm GMT, 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern, 7am (Sunday morning) in Brisbane, Australia
* Please, try to wear blue and/or white! (Not required for attendance, though)
* Contests!
* Carousing, dancing, merriment!
I should discuss the Art Contest: the deadline for art is actually going to be July 22 - this is so artists can come to the games and be inspired there. The one condition is that the art be Highland Games-themed. The judges will then gather all the entries and award fabulous prizes (to be announced) to the best of the best!
Mesmer Art Contests: There will be several categories from which to win awards. The categories are Pictures, Video, Music, and Poetry. The Music and Poetry competitions may be merged depending on the number of competitors. As you can probably assume, a number of judges will view the entires submitted and judge the submissions based on certain criteria, listed in the rules. For pictures, photoshopping and any other manipulation of the image is allowed. It can even be hand-drawn artwork, not just screenshots. We're really looking for mesmer fan art in the Pictures competition.
Rules:
Must not be a judge.
Artwork must relate to the Highland games
Judging Criteria:
Creativity
Originality
Style
Relevance
We will announce at the event how we would prefer you to submit your artwork, so if you are interested in submitting, please attend!
Any comments, questions, suggestions are very, very welcome! We will try to answer them here as best as we can. If you'd like, you can contact either judge or the event host in-game:
Your faithful judges are Benjamin Naoran (myself) and Kedlai Everwinter. The true host is the great Mog Ruith of Armagh. We will be happy to assist you! There is also a thread in a Mesmer forum on Guild Wars Online that might provide some more information in a pinch. Thanks again, and we hope to see you there!
Community Event: Mesmer Highland Games, 2007!
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