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TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 14:46 - 1

Sign if you have all the festival hats since the first Halloween in 2005.
Also, list your favorite/least favorite festival hat.

/sign
Snowman Hat looks epic on my ele. Ugliest is maybe the Tengu event one.

(Don't go turning this topic into a flame topic where you complain about not being able to attend an event so you couldn't get a hat (you can mention a reason for not being able to not get a certain hat(s), just try not to get a mod to lock this), discussion of hat aesthetics and screenshots are encouraged however.)

Shadowmere

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Grim Squeakers [REAP]

N/

01 Nov 2008 at 14:50 - 2

I wasn't around for 05 stuff but I've got everything from the first dragon festival on. And the Wicked Hat is still my favorite.

Shadowspawn X

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fellowship of Champions

R/E

01 Nov 2008 at 15:05 - 3

I got every hat in the history of the game. I will sign on to guild wars one last time to get my wintersday hats then I'm completely done till GW2 . The jester cap is so outrageously silly its my favorite.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 15:34 - 4

I have all of them since I joined the game.
My first one was the Dragon Mask.

I wish I had Internet and knew about the game before that.

Ranger Jonah

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

And you're asking why?

Lightning Strikes [LS]

N/Mo

01 Nov 2008 at 15:38 - 5

Zombie Face Paint is really quite epic on my necro, looks so great.

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 15:43 - 6

I think the antlers look the best, (tho I don't have them) the dwayna's crown looks pretty good on female monks tbh...

Yeah, I didn't have guild wars until Factions came out, then I bought proph so I could 55, and bought NF for SoA so i could 55 more xD Then I realized eles could farm :O! But yeah, out of the favourite ones I actually HAVE, i'd have to say the... wow, nvm, I actually don't have any good looking hats <_<

Kerwyn Nasilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2007

WHERE DO YOU THINK

W/

01 Nov 2008 at 15:46 - 7

I don't have any or the really good ones, witch hat, first pumpkin crown, my favorite is the zombie one, on some characters. (Necro, ranger) would be better if it covered a little more.

Mister_Smiley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

01 Nov 2008 at 15:46 - 8

I have all but yule cap and horns of grenth

My Fav is Pumpkin Crown and the wicked hat.

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 15:58 - 9

I don't have the Tengu mask since I didn't have the special edition of Factions. I also missed the first Wintersday because I was on vacation at the time.

My favorite hat is the jester hat.

Seffapotamus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Washington, DC

Mo/

01 Nov 2008 at 16:07 - 10

Have em all...

I like jesters, original santa, and original pumpkin best.

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

01 Nov 2008 at 16:15 - 11

I do wonder if I did them all. I KNOW I don't have all the hats on my account - which is the result of making my second account my main one thus not having access to the very first few hats that I picked up on my first account - but I have this strange feeling about not even going to certain festivals because I actually boycotted them.
Not sure, but knowing me - the chances are high ...

The best one of course is the gayness embodied:

LOVE IT!

sph0nz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

none.

W/

01 Nov 2008 at 16:42 - 12

I have every hat except for the Tengu mask. By the time I received the preorder pack it was the after the fact.

Zombie face paint is by far, the best mask yet. I really couldn't pick one worst hat, but the ice crown and wreath crown are pretty low on my list.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

01 Nov 2008 at 16:49 - 13

I've got all but the tengu mask. My favorite by far is the original Yule Cap. The Zombie Face Paint & the witch's hat are pretty good, too.

The Ice crown & the flowers/candle thing fail.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

01 Nov 2008 at 16:56 - 14

My favorite is first wintersday santa hat - which I didn't get. That event finale was an epic f*ckup by ANet, but at least they learned from it, the design of and information about all subsequent events have been much better.

Hell Raiser

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

[PHNX]

Mo/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:05 - 15

The '05 Yule cap is definitely my favorite. The only hats I have gotten consistently every year have been the Wintersday hats, the other ones I just grab if I'm on at the time (or really like the design).

Alleji

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

01 Nov 2008 at 17:12 - 16

Wicked hat, '05 santa hat, and wreath crown.

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:14 - 17

have them all....like the original pumpkin, santa hat and lion mask (the big fluffy one that dyes really nicely)...dislike, the scarecrow and mummy from last year.

Jade

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Canada...... Eh!

01 Nov 2008 at 17:16 - 18

I'm pretty sure I haven't missed any hats since the beginning. But if I had to say which one was my favorite..... I'd have to go with the werewolf mask. I just think it was the one that was done the best. I mean just look at the detail put into it. That, plus if you put it on a male derv and have him dance you can ss some pretty hilarious poses. Like this.

Plus, the paragon looks fricken funny with it on as well.

Mulkor

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Portugal

Blades Of Burning Shadows [GoDT]

W/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:24 - 19

I have all the event masks. I think many people may be forgetting about the Tengu Mask one from the factions pre-release weekend event.

My favorites are definetly the first ones. The original Pumpkin Crown, Yule Cap and Antlers were just awesome to get. Ater that all event masks lost their charm.

WinterSnowblind

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

01 Nov 2008 at 17:30 - 20

I missed all the 2005 events, despite owning the game at that point. I still think they do an amazingly poor job of advertising these events, if I knew they were doing something like that when they did, I would have been on, even though I didn't particularly like the game back then. I know there are many others who would probably go out and pick it up just to participate in these kinds of events. Why are they announced so late, and why is there next to no coverage of them on gaming sites?

Anyway, my favourties are probably the Lion Mask and the Freezie Crown. The Furious Pumpkin hat is also very cool, as well as this years Zombie paint. My least favourite is probably the Dragon mask, it's very ugly yet people seem to go crazy over it, so that's just always annoyed me.

The forth fly

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

england

Mo/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:32 - 21

missed the 2005 hats didn't care about them,i just started playing and didn't no if i liked gw but got the rest,dragon is my choice for my tank and the zombie paint looks cool with my monks and necs armor

Winterclaw

Wark!!!

Join Date: May 2005

Florida

W/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:50 - 22

Tengu hat I guess.

tmakinen

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

www.mybearfriend.net

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 17:51 - 23

I have the full series as well. Concerning my favorite, it very much depends on the character:

Freezie Crown for my ele, it's just too adorable.
Great Horns of Grenth for my ranger, she looks like an ancient goddess with them.
The original Yule Cap for my monkette, there's just something fetish-y in petite women with fur-lined hats.
My necro used to like the Wicked Hat but the new Zombie Facepaint is quite awesome.

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

01 Nov 2008 at 17:53 - 24

I like the yule cap on my ele
The candle hat on my ranger
And the scarecrow hat looks cool to

i dislike this years masks

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

01 Nov 2008 at 18:40 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

I missed all the 2005 events, despite owning the game at that point. I still think they do an amazingly poor job of advertising these events, if I knew they were doing something like that when they did, I would have been on, even though I didn't particularly like the game back then.

Same here - I had Proph at launch, but didn't settle into Guild Wars until Factions, so I managed to miss all events prior to the Dragon festival. Haven't missed one since, but given that they have our emails for logging in, I always wished there'd been a newsletter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

Anyway, my favourties are probably the Lion Mask and the Freezie Crown. The Furious Pumpkin hat is also very cool, as well as this years Zombie paint. My least favourite is probably the Dragon mask, it's very ugly yet people seem to go crazy over it, so that's just always annoyed me.

I agree on the Furious Pumpkin Crown - I'm not sure why people bitch about it, the face seems more like something I'd carve into a pumpkin than the original. I do *love* the Dragon mask, though. Partly because it's the first I got, also because it's dyeable and it's just plain great! I guess we can't all have taste

. Until recently I wore it at every event, on every character, but I've now retired it on my main, because it seems to glitch when worn with EotN gloves.

Favourites beyond that are the Jester cap - again dyeable and just seems to look great with all classes/armours. Then the Wicked hat, especially the male version. Finally, both of this years halloween masks are keepers, especially the Zombie face paint.

Jake_Steel

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

Portland, OR

The Older Gamers (TOG)

N/Me

01 Nov 2008 at 19:47 - 26

Jester's Cap and Zombie Face Paint are my faves.

KiyaKoreena

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Kirins of Holy Light

N/

01 Nov 2008 at 19:57 - 27

I like the Ice Crown on my Para (in her blue Deldrimor armor) and with my necro's elite sunspear. I like switching from my rit's Ancient headpiece to the new zombie paint ("This is why I keep my mask on"). I like the 2005 Yule cap on most characters, and the Horns of Grenth on my ranger. I like the Dragon and Lion ones too, especially because they are dyeable.

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

01 Nov 2008 at 20:18 - 28

Quote:

Originally Posted by WinterSnowblind

I missed all the 2005 events, despite owning the game at that point. I still think they do an amazingly poor job of advertising these events

Well, to be fair it's much better now. There's official announcements, e.g. on the log-in screen, not just garbled he-said-she-said whispers through the grapevine like in 2005 - and they no longer give out wintersday hats between 8 in the evening and 8 in the morning (CET) on new years eve.

I also think the Floral Wreath gets hated on unfairly - it's very detailed and looks good on female avatars. But, OK, perhaps not so good on male warriors.

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

E/

01 Nov 2008 at 21:19 - 29

I owned the game and played occasionally since late 2005, but my first actual hat is the lion mask from the canthan new year (which of course is now available every year and is not special at all) I think the dragon mask from the first festival is coolest, and I really wish I had it but I didn't know about it back then. Second I'd say the pumpkin heads, neither of which I have. Third best imho are the santa hats, which I don't have either

sense a trend here? I think if they repeat the lion mask for new year, they should put out a santa hat for wintersday every year, come on. My favorite of those I have is probably lupine mask or lion mask.

capitalist

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

01 Nov 2008 at 21:33 - 30

White lion mask on my all white derv looks sick. Dragon mask on my tattooed monk when pugging.

komma

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

None

N/

01 Nov 2008 at 21:48 - 31

i have them all since the first dragon fest...my fav's would be:

1. OG Dragon Fest helm
2. Mummy Mask
3. Zombie Paint
4. Witch Hat
5. Freezie Head

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

01 Nov 2008 at 21:48 - 32

My existing hat collection seems to start with Dragon Festival then skip to Wintersday 2006. My guildmate and I both remember that I got the Wicked Witch hat, but it's not to be found on my hat list. Somehow I must have deleted it without showing it to the NPC when he arrived.

But enough crying over spilt milk - my favorite hats are the 2006 Santa and the Dragon.

Love all the hats really - they represent memories of the fun I had.

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

02 Nov 2008 at 00:37 - 33

I am slightly jealous of the exclusivity of the Tengu Mask. That would probably have been my second-favorite mask. Hands down, my favorite mask is definitely the Dragon Mask.

My least favorite masks are undyeable ones.

aaje vhanli

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

02 Nov 2008 at 04:26 - 34

Favourites are Pumpkin Crown, Yule Cap, Tengu Mask, Dragon Mask, Wicked Hat, Great Horns of Grenth, Wreath Crown and Grasping Mask.

Lease favourites are Scarecrow Mask, Mummy Mask, Ice Crown and Lupine Mask (just because it doesn't scale-to-fit and needs a female variant).

Unfortunately, I only have the hats from Halloween 2006 and beyond due to being out of town for the Factions pre-release and Dragon Festival.

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

02 Nov 2008 at 04:42 - 35

I don't have the following:

Tengu Mask
Dragon Mask
Wicked Hat
Original Pumpkin Crown
Original Horns of Grenth
Original Yule Cap
Jester's Cap

I missed out big time.

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

02 Nov 2008 at 05:10 - 36

oh damn i miss the tengu mask didn't get it .... blah,

i love the pumpkin and the stag horn, jester cap look very well on my ele, dragon mask fits nicely with my monkie i guess i love them all

Sir Mad

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Moe's Pub

Pigs Can Fly [Pigs]

R/

02 Nov 2008 at 07:28 - 37

Scarecrow Mask's definitely my favourite.

Spazzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

USA

Team Asshat [Hat]

Mo/E

02 Nov 2008 at 07:36 - 38

/sign

I have them all.

If I'm lucky, I'll keep the streak going as long as the game runs.

My favorite is probably the first yule cap.

ZenRgy

Zookeeper

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australian Discussion Posse HQ - Glorious leader

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N/E

02 Nov 2008 at 12:19 - 39

Acehigh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Steel Phoenix[StP]/Terror Of The Justice Salmon[FisH]

02 Nov 2008 at 14:39 - 40

I've had all the Halloween hats at one point or another. My favourite is the '05 Yuletide hat, shame I deleted it before the Hat NPC was introduced.