Arenanet is getting a viral marketing campaign together, most likely for the 5th anniversary. (would appreciate it if someone would post the images)
They handed out fliers at GDC, and Emerald City comic con. The fliers had url's encoded.
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle/
http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade/
Regina also made a post in her journal where she italicized 2 different words, obey and dismantle.
Later, the source was discovered to have 2 messages.
In the mantle page the message "Go, Discover Contentment. Truth is obedience.
In the Shining Blade page the message says "Mantle has discovered plans. Writing is on wall."
Since these fliers are posted on the gw1 site, it likely has little to do with gw2, but gw2 had the thread first.
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...gni-t3062.html
A couple people
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/o...t10431107.html
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...1&postcount=84
have posted about this elsewhere, but I thought I'd start it's own thread here since it deserves more attention.
Obey or Dismantle
bigwig
chessyang
Ya seen these on Twitter. Can't wait for the 5th year!
Missmelady
99.99% sure its just new costumes and people are getting excited about nothing really. Though I still wish anet would decide to give us beta keys for the 5th year :X
mage767
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99.99% sure its just new costumes and people are getting excited about nothing really. Though I still wish anet would decide to give us beta keys for the 5th year :X
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Tramp
Obey means play the way Anet wants you to play: in SF sin speedclearing groups or pugs, no solo or small group play.
Dismantle means we are going to nerf to ---- your 600 monk builds.
~OR~
Maybe this is about giving people a robe because dismantle could be dis' mantle. A mantle is a robe, and "dis" is urban jive talk to English impaired people for "this". So "dis mantle "could be referring to "This Robe." I dont know about the Obey part, but I found www.obeyclothing.com and checked it out and they just have hippie shirts with adopt a dog, and right next to them, shirt with adopt a Haitan. So, my theory is that Obey and Dismantle refers to them giving us a traditional Haitan costume made out of woven dog hair and the microtransaction is being managed through that obeyclothing.com website.
Dismantle means we are going to nerf to ---- your 600 monk builds.
~OR~
Maybe this is about giving people a robe because dismantle could be dis' mantle. A mantle is a robe, and "dis" is urban jive talk to English impaired people for "this". So "dis mantle "could be referring to "This Robe." I dont know about the Obey part, but I found www.obeyclothing.com and checked it out and they just have hippie shirts with adopt a dog, and right next to them, shirt with adopt a Haitan. So, my theory is that Obey and Dismantle refers to them giving us a traditional Haitan costume made out of woven dog hair and the microtransaction is being managed through that obeyclothing.com website.
Bryant Again
It's either some weirdness about to happen with GW1, or it's foreshadowing joinable (and obviously apposing) factions for GW2...which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me at the moment, since I'm a bit rusty for GW2's lore.
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#DISMANTLE
As for the event for 5th year... I am suspecting that Saul D'Alessio will return from his 2nd "Exile".
As for the event for 5th year... I am suspecting that Saul D'Alessio will return from his 2nd "Exile".
Agar
As someone already mentioned in GW2 Guru:
So in GDC we got Daniel's presentation with the artwork video. People think that they might have edited a picture and added a hidden word. Bottom line is this is getting interesting 
#OBEY!
PS: To the people who dont find this interesting or dont want to take part in this event, there are tons of other threads to troll so please leave this one be, thank you.
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In the mantle page the message "Go, Discover Contentment. Truth is obedience. In the Shining Blade page the message says "Mantle has discovered plans. Writing is on wall." |
#OBEY!
PS: To the people who dont find this interesting or dont want to take part in this event, there are tons of other threads to troll so please leave this one be, thank you.
YunSooJin
Obey! One rule to losing belly fat. A 20 year old mom has discovered the secrets...
Gun Pierson
'Obey' means we all must buy GW2 and 'dismantle' means they can shut down the gw1 servers.
On a more serious note, surprise us Anet.
On a more serious note, surprise us Anet.
Cuilan
Shining Blade costume would be awesome if it were free or in the store, however I'm not sure I should buy anything after all the skill imbalance updates.
Snograt
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Maybe this is about giving people a robe because dismantle could be dis' mantle. A mantle is a robe, and (...snip) |
They're finally giving us the ability to get nekkid!
Hyperventilate
Probably going to be some sort of red vs. blue thing. Give us a "faction" type thing with no real reward. We just get to go against the other "team".
Not to mention they'll throw in the 9.99 costumes, or 5.99/each deal for a while.
I'm all for micro-transactions, but really? Sheesh.
Edit: Or, they'll make a summoning stone for the White Mantle and Shining Blade.
Lol, m0ar summoning stones, pl0x.
Not to mention they'll throw in the 9.99 costumes, or 5.99/each deal for a while.
I'm all for micro-transactions, but really? Sheesh.
Edit: Or, they'll make a summoning stone for the White Mantle and Shining Blade.
Lol, m0ar summoning stones, pl0x.
Zahr Dalsk
I like that White Mantle picture.
But yeah, Anet's going to give us irritating microtransactions again.
If this were Valve or BioWare or, you know, another dev that actually cares about the players, we'd be getting all that stuff for free.
But yeah, Anet's going to give us irritating microtransactions again.
If this were Valve or BioWare or, you know, another dev that actually cares about the players, we'd be getting all that stuff for free.
Missmelady
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I like that White Mantle picture.
But yeah, Anet's going to give us irritating microtransactions again. If this were Valve or BioWare or, you know, another dev that actually cares about the players, we'd be getting all that stuff for free. |
But yes on a side note I believe it is just going to be 2 costumes and nothing more. People talking about quests and new lore to link us to gw2 have you not learned anything from anet's past history....
MagmaRed
Costume seems likely. It may be part of the 5th year celebration, or it may be a micro.... but I doubt it is what the hype is for. I expect the hype is more geared for GW2, most likely just lore. May get some quests, but even that seems like too much work for them to do. Lore would take nothing more than some dialog from NPCs, and they already have NPCs in the game that could cover that.
Yawgmoth
Some hype machine just started with those, it may be something really cool (new playable content, with good replayability and rewards) or something very lame (2 new costumes for sale for real $$).
I don't mind paying for real content if it's worth it (price proportional to amount of content, compared to for example EotN content and price at release), and costumes (a very likely inclusion in the update) could make some of the rewads, but, but it would really suck if the playable content was just a cheap placeholder put there just to hide the fact they'd be actually directly selling the costumes... (see BMP - practically selling infinite weapon generation, not playing content).
The potential for awesome things to come with this is great. Hope it's not wasted.
I don't mind paying for real content if it's worth it (price proportional to amount of content, compared to for example EotN content and price at release), and costumes (a very likely inclusion in the update) could make some of the rewads, but, but it would really suck if the playable content was just a cheap placeholder put there just to hide the fact they'd be actually directly selling the costumes... (see BMP - practically selling infinite weapon generation, not playing content).
The potential for awesome things to come with this is great. Hope it's not wasted.
Meridon
At the 5th anniversary the 'newly added content' will be a white mantle costume and a shining blade costume, both purchaseable from the NCSoft Store for $9.99, or $17.99 if you buy them in a pack.
There will also be given away 5 costume keys to some 'lucky' contest winners. The contest will be solving a small puzzle involving the flyers, and both the flyers and the puzzle will contain hints in regard to the future of GW1 and GW2.
The white mantle have discovered something about dragons and other GW2-related lore and are now making plans to use an Asura gate or something to travel back in time to conquer the world. The wall is either something (to be added) in-game with another hint, or another hidden message in the GW1 or GW2 websites.
/5thanniversary
I wonder if there will be anything surprising in addition to the obvious things I just came up with.
There will also be given away 5 costume keys to some 'lucky' contest winners. The contest will be solving a small puzzle involving the flyers, and both the flyers and the puzzle will contain hints in regard to the future of GW1 and GW2.
The white mantle have discovered something about dragons and other GW2-related lore and are now making plans to use an Asura gate or something to travel back in time to conquer the world. The wall is either something (to be added) in-game with another hint, or another hidden message in the GW1 or GW2 websites.
/5thanniversary
I wonder if there will be anything surprising in addition to the obvious things I just came up with.
Gold Chocobo
In the GDC Art Presentation – Part 1, at about the 2:20 mark, there is a message displayed at the very bottom of the screen in the black part that says, "The Dream is our connection. Our inspiration." I'm not sure if this goes with Agar's hypothesis, but I figured it was worth looking into.
Shayne Hawke
I'm split between taking the risk of getting excited and possibly being let down by even the most minor of things that could rub me the wrong way, or not feeling like this is going to be a big deal after all and then realizing that it's going to actually be something big.
Whatever the case, if I have to take sides between Blade or Mantle, it's Shining Blade all the way. I already know that the Mantle are just going to become not even a shadow of themselves by GW2's timeline, so I'll bank on the Shining Blade being the winning party in any kind of 1-on-1 brawl. And I like to win.
Whatever the case, if I have to take sides between Blade or Mantle, it's Shining Blade all the way. I already know that the Mantle are just going to become not even a shadow of themselves by GW2's timeline, so I'll bank on the Shining Blade being the winning party in any kind of 1-on-1 brawl. And I like to win.
AOD_EaSyKiLL
Looks and sounds very Red Faction(ish) which was in-itself kinda based on old Soviet Union/Communist propaganda. Color schemes and art style are very similar.
http://images.google.com/images?um=1... art=0&ndsp=20
Maybe they will be adding some new themed PvE area/dungeon or some sort of PvP arena, or both. It would be based on some type of oppressive foreign enemy encroaching on the rights of some local minority populace, which the White Mantle fit the bill. It could also be a pretty substantial Prophecies overhaul.
http://images.google.com/images?um=1... art=0&ndsp=20
Maybe they will be adding some new themed PvE area/dungeon or some sort of PvP arena, or both. It would be based on some type of oppressive foreign enemy encroaching on the rights of some local minority populace, which the White Mantle fit the bill. It could also be a pretty substantial Prophecies overhaul.
Karate Jesus
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99.99% sure its just new costumes and people are getting excited about nothing really. Though I still wish anet would decide to give us beta keys for the 5th year :X
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Cuilan
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But yeah, Anet's going to give us irritating microtransactions again.
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Karate Jesus
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Because having a choice is bad.
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CE Devilman
A new type of barcode is to find entry and you will certainly in future encounter new square barcodes that can be read with the camera on your mobile phone.
QR codes can contain text, links, images, contact information and much more.
http://kortlink.dk/google/7m5z
Daesu
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As someone already mentioned in GW2 Guru:
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Cuilan
Those bar codes aren't exactly new if I've been seeing them for years...
Yawgmoth
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When the only choices are (1) paying money for new content, or (2) not getting new content, then we're not exactly being given a choice.......
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Phineas
If ANet fancy dropping a 600/Smite un-nerf into the online store I'd be sorely tempted, but not for anything cosmetic.
Karate Jesus
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I'd never call the costumes "content", ffs, that's pathetic.
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Beren985
I was able to "decode" one of the QR codes, via a little photoshop on the Shinning Blade poster (crop, desaturate, contrast -> http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2748/dismantle2.png) and an on-line decoder (http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx). The result is amazing! It says:
http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade
That is all.
I don't really see the point.
The Obey one is too low res for the decoder to work, plus it is inverted in colors, the two of them are the same. Maybe someone can clear the pixels out, but I'd rather not spend my time doing this since the awsomesauce information that is hidden there is very likely to be
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle
Oh well.
http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade
That is all.
I don't really see the point.
The Obey one is too low res for the decoder to work, plus it is inverted in colors, the two of them are the same. Maybe someone can clear the pixels out, but I'd rather not spend my time doing this since the awsomesauce information that is hidden there is very likely to be
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle
Oh well.
Yawgmoth
I see what they did and wouldn't call either of those "content". They promised new content for Wintersday but delivered only the costumes, which was like a slap in the face. It's just milking a dying cow instead of prolonging it's life.
The Scorpion Knight
Looking forward to see what this is.
afya
Hope our unseen god will get some appearance 
Zehnchu
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I was able to "decode" one of the QR codes, via a little photoshop on the Shinning Blade poster (crop, desaturate, contrast -> http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2748/dismantle2.png) and an on-line decoder (http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx). The result is amazing! It says:
http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade That is all. I don't really see the point. The Obey one is too low res for the decoder to work, plus it is inverted in colors, the two of them are the same. Maybe someone can clear the pixels out, but I'd rather not spend my time doing this since the awsomesauce information that is hidden there is very likely to be http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle Oh well. |
dr_ishmael
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I was able to "decode" one of the QR codes, via a little photoshop on the Shinning Blade poster (crop, desaturate, contrast -> http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2748/dismantle2.png) and an on-line decoder (http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx). The result is amazing! It says:
http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade That is all. I don't really see the point. |
Tramp
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If ANet fancy dropping a 600/Smite un-nerf into the online store I'd be sorely tempted, but not for anything cosmetic.
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October Jade
Oh my. We have quite an angry little elf in our midst.
bigwig
there are now wallpapers on the white mantle link
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle/
oh and i forgot to mention the last few seconds of this concept art video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61H5yzj0jyQ
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle/
oh and i forgot to mention the last few seconds of this concept art video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61H5yzj0jyQ
Skyy High
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When the only choices are (1) paying money for new content, or (2) not getting new content, then we're not exactly being given a choice.......
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That said, this thread-jacking is a prime example of why gwguru is so horrible, compared to, say, this exact thread over on gw2guru.