Peace out Gaile
In recognition of her many years of service to Guild Wars and the Guild Wars community, we'd like to extend an open invitation to all of our fans to join us in a farewell party for our community relations manager, Gaile Gray.
This very special event begins at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Friday, April 4, 2008 and will run all weekend, ending at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Monday, April 7, 2008. Starting on Saturday, April 5, The Frog's personal friend, The Rabbit, will host a series of final extravaganzas so big they span the better part of three days.
As they have touched the lives of Tyrians, Canthans, and Elonians alike, Gaile and The Frog will be honored across the world in the cities of Lion's Arch, Shing Jea Monastery, and Kamadan.
Celebration Events
Join The Rabbit, The Frog, and many of their woodland friends as they gather together to host the largest farewell party in Tyrian history! To prepare for the send-off, you will want to collect festive items you can bring to the party.
If you're low on party supplies, you might want to scour the countryside for special, explosive rewards that will drop from the creatures you defeat.
The creatures assembling for the event have also brought a variety of special treats they will trade for trophies from their homelands.
After all, what's a party without drinks, snacks, and fireworks?
Bon Voyage, Gaile and The Frog!
Join The Rabbit and The Frog on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday for a series of extravaganzas. Every three hours, this duo will host a light-hearted party, complete with dancing, prizes, and maybe even a conga line!
To help you celebrate in style, The Frog will bestow party attendees with a new, extra-special buff that will grant bearers double points towards their Party Animal title track. To get the biggest bang for your buck, be sure to save up any fireworks you acquire and use them at one of the extravaganzas during the weekend.
Don't miss this event! Make sure to mark the following dates on your calendars:
Friday, April 4 - Creatures begin to gather in Lion's Arch, Shing Jea Monastery, and Kamadan to prepare for the event.
April 5th-7th Starting at Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on Saturday and concluding at Noon Pacific on Monday, The Frog will make his appearance every three hours in the three festival cities. Bring your fireworks and prepare to party!
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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
The Times, They Are a’Changin’
I’ve been with ArenaNet for more than 7 years now. I first met the co-founders in their splendid offices in November of 2000. (Ok, “splendid offices” = Mike O’Brien’s apartment.) We first met to discuss the possibly of my working on a contract writing/editing job for the company. They asked me to sign an NDA. I glanced at it for about 2 seconds, pointed out a couple of typos, and got myself the contract. It’s been fun and games *nudge* ever since. I added ArenaNet Community Relations Manager to my job description less than a year later. Since then, I’ve served in a lot of roles, many of them concurrent, ranging from alpha test manager, support liaison, web producer, party and event planner, writer/editor, and E3 producer to team shirt organizer, fansite program manager, PR and Marketing assister, holiday candy supplier, post-festival treat baker, keeper of 11 email accounts, proprietor of 9 Guild Wars accounts, wrangler of 30+ miniatures, and a few other things I’ve forgotten about in the haze of time. I can’t seem to do anything by halves, and to be honest, after several years, 70-hour weeks catch up with anyone, no matter how much she loves her job. I’m really excited about Guild Wars 2, and I know it’ll be great. But this is a good time—for me and for ArenaNet—for me to move to a different role. I talked to Jeff Strain about other opportunities within the company, because as you can imagine, I definitely want to stay connected to the community and the dev team. It turns out that there is a way for me to remain involved with ArenaNet—and to keep working with and on behalf of the folks I care about so much—while meeting my objective of scaling back just a tad. So starting April 7, I’m going to be moving to the position of ArenaNet Support Liaison. This newly-created role will allow me to fulfill my passion for helping players and most importantly, since this will be my focus, I hope to be able to offer a significant contribution towards making our player support system even better in the future. I will probably take a look at redesigning my wiki section to emphasize the way that you can relay your support issues and concerns. I’ll use the wiki, email, or fan forum PMs to follow up on support matters when necessary. And you know me—I’m always up for a little chit-chat, too—so do stop on by and say “howdy” from time to time.  For while I won’t be the person to give you the latest hint on GW2, or to answer the eternal question about hairdressers, I might be the person who can solve the riddle of an account ban, or get the word to the devs when there’s a newly-discovered exploit. Now, I need to say straight out that I’m not going to be the first level of appeal for support actions. Please continue to use the Support System for questions about blocks and bans and other support issues. They will kick over the issues they want me to help resolve and I’ll keep my eye open for emerging concerns, too. (In other words, there shall be none of that, “If I can’t weasel out of the block through Support, I’ll hit up that soft touch, Gaile.”  ) Anyway, that’s the skinny, and I thought I’d share the news. I’ll catch you here, and I’m sure I’ll see you in the game, too, where I’ll be quietly tending my miniature collection and farming those wonderful Chocolate Bunnies and other holiday treats and party goods! -- Gaile 18:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC) |
