Update - Wednesday, December 21
Season's Greetings
(Please sing along to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas.)
On the twelfth moon of Wintersday ArenaNet gave to me...
Blessings from Dwayna
Festive decorations
One mighty snowman
Weapons made of candy
Gifts that might kill you
Snow-covered henchmen
New winter monsters
Some really long quests
Lots of drinking Dwarves
Gingerbread shields
Curses from Grenth
And a new way to watch PvP!
That's right, Observer Mode!
Now you can watch as top-ranked guilds battle it out in the Tombs and in rated guild matches. The upcoming Guild Wars Regional Playoffs and World Championship will also be available for viewing as they happen. The details are as follows:
Whenever a top 100 ranked guild plays in the Tombs or in a rated guild challenge, the game is automatically available for everyone to see. Other "special event" games will also be available for viewing.
Everything that observers see is delayed 15 minutes from the original game, to prevent cheating. Games become available for observation approximately 15 minutes after they start, and remain available until approximately 15 minutes after they finish.
While you are watching a game, you can chat with your fellow observers. There is no limit to the number of people who can simultaneously observe a game, but for purposes of chatting, observers are randomly assigned into groups of about 100 people.
In Observer Mode, the Map Area window displays the positions of all characters on the map. You can click on any character to jump there. Alternately, you can use Auto Camera mode to let the game pick the most interesting targets for you.
A new heads-up display automatically shows you the Health of teams that you are currently watching. If you prefer to use the Party window to view party status details and to select players to watch, you can easily switch the Party window back and forth between teams, or you may choose to view multiple Party windows and watch different teams in each window.
December 21st/22nd Updates
Farin
Mortiis Keltenheim
Finally.... freakin observer mode. Time to grab the popcorn.
Racthoh
Big presents in droks. 
bunnys are ebil
really long quests=really good quest rewards?
Doctor Rhino
Aww, and I was just going to go to bed. Looks like I'm stayin up.
NowTumi
what can I say , cool.
I am rebuilding faith in guildwar for A-net's recently fast response to players and constantly updating.
I am rebuilding faith in guildwar for A-net's recently fast response to players and constantly updating.
widds2v
Anyone find any collectors with "xmas items"?
Savio
FINALLY! Now people can stop asking about when it comes out in Q&A.
*waits for deluge of "Where's the Christmas stuff" threads*
*waits for deluge of "Where's the Christmas stuff" threads*
damocles
Best Update till now :P
got lah
Heh Go ANet! At times like this i forget all that i ranted when they released the AoE nerf =p
AuricRal
Observer mode... finally 
Xion
ARRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH , im going away to a place without internet connection for christmas 
Farin
I'm dying to watch a match. I really am. Anyone read what the ghost in tombs says yet? It's interesting.
herzog_zwei
<3 the update! gj once again Anet
Andy_M
Hehe, nice.
Yanman.be
Observer mode PWNS buildstealing ftw
Racthoh
I'm pretty sure I could use observer mode all day and not get bored. Very nice work Anet.
Diablo???
Observer mode ROCKS!
Hockster
Any details on the new quests? Or where they are?
tafy69
classy, cant wait for seeing some games
your guildmates can watch you play too, niice
This update was made for pve and pvp groups, gg
your guildmates can watch you play too, niice
This update was made for pve and pvp groups, gg
Merry Madrigal
What a GREAT Xmas present for us all!
Thanks ANet!
Thanks ANet!
Elrond Afil
hmmm.......but now i think about it
observer mode is bad.....ppl will steal ppl's builds
observer mode is bad.....ppl will steal ppl's builds
XtrmEend
Why cant i go into observer mod, when I press observe it loads the underworld for a second staying at 0%, then swiches to loading the map I was standing in when pressing observe.
Symeon
Unlucky guys! It's morning here in Europe. Meanwhile, over in America, you're in bed...*laugh*
Merry Madrigal
I am having the same problem.
It goes briefly to Tombs, then boots me back to my zone.
I am not seeing anything.
It goes briefly to Tombs, then boots me back to my zone.
I am not seeing anything.
snapp
some really nice additions, I just watched two matches it's a lot of fun.
Merry Madrigal
OK NOW I got on.
Absolutely amazing. Coolest thing ever.
GW has just become a new game.
I watched a team with 4 henchies own a real team.
Absolutely amazing. Coolest thing ever.
GW has just become a new game.
I watched a team with 4 henchies own a real team.
AuricRal
if you're being sent back to tombs, then the match is already over :/
Hockster
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Originally Posted by King Symeon
Unlucky guys! It's morning here in Europe. Meanwhile, over in America, you're in bed...*laugh*
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.defekt
Ahaha. It's 7:45pm here, looks like there will be a fun night to come ^^
XtrmEend
Luckely im from europe, also it works now, this is great !
Merry Madrigal
It's a bit buggy though.
I have received the "operation could not be completed" message a few times, and the game crashes.
That never happens usually.
Truly a revolutionary advance though. It's like a whole new game now.
I have received the "operation could not be completed" message a few times, and the game crashes.
That never happens usually.
Truly a revolutionary advance though. It's like a whole new game now.
Ellix Cantero
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Originally Posted by AuricRal
if you're being sent back to tombs, then the match is already over :/
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OM really is quite nice. Very impressed anet--it almost totally erased the negativity of an entire day spent monking for PUGs trying to get a single IDS (which I intend to actually use, not sell), and seeing dozens drop, but not a single one for me :|
Sol_Vie
If you enter Observer mode and get kicked back to the town you were in the fight just ended. Wait a second and there'll be another.
ANet... awesome. Amazing. Observer mode will help so much in improving my guild's ability to do... well anything PvP related. It looks great and the controls are awesome.
The fact that I have yet to see a complaint is huge.
Awesome awesome awesome job.
ANet... awesome. Amazing. Observer mode will help so much in improving my guild's ability to do... well anything PvP related. It looks great and the controls are awesome.
The fact that I have yet to see a complaint is huge.
Awesome awesome awesome job.
Amadei
Okay, I am LOVING the observer mode <3. So awesome. Great job, ANet!
Batou of Nine
Currently as of the timeof this post. There is still no actual in game Christmas items, no holiday quests found, but many storytellers of Winterday lore.
Sounds as if Dwayna is the RP Santa Claus. Dwayna Clause making an appearance Christmas Eve !?? i want my Candy Cane weapons! lol... Merry Christmas all. make sure to post lots of screenies of the big day, as i wont be there! THANX!!!
chow.
Sounds as if Dwayna is the RP Santa Claus. Dwayna Clause making an appearance Christmas Eve !?? i want my Candy Cane weapons! lol... Merry Christmas all. make sure to post lots of screenies of the big day, as i wont be there! THANX!!!
chow.
Racthoh
Just got a second update... any speculations?
reape havok
Yay, il be able to watch people dieing insteaed of me :P
angshuman
I think they fixed the bug where matches that were already over were appearing in your Observation Menu and you got kicked back to town if you selected those.
Edit: ever since the second update, I haven't seen even a single ongoing match in the Observer Mode list. Could be normal, though, since only high-ranked Guild matches are shown.
Edit: ever since the second update, I haven't seen even a single ongoing match in the Observer Mode list. Could be normal, though, since only high-ranked Guild matches are shown.