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Milestones and Moving Forward
Well! It’s hard to believe, but as of today I’ve been writing Under the Pale Tree for a full year. Amazing! When I started out this blog, I didn’t think that I would be able to stick with it this long,...
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No beta key? No problem!
As the lovely folks over at ArenaNet are awesome, they’ve been giving various fansites beta keys for the final BWE that’s happening July 20-22. And we’ve got 25 of them to give away here at Under the...
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Beta giveaway has concluded!
Well! This has been a busy weekend, and I’m glad to say that all of the beta keys I was given have been sent to loving homes. I did a series of mini giveaways on twitter and facebook yesterday, and...
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The sylvari fangirl report – BWE3 roundup!
Eirlyss at the end of the weekend. The third and final beta weekend event for Guild Wars 2 has come and gone. We just have over a month left until release now. This is going to be a long month. As...
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After years of waiting…
Five years now, since Guild Wars 2 was first announced. Now, I haven’t been following it all that time. Five years ago, I had barely heard of Guild Wars at all – it was this game my brother and one of...
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A fond farewell
If you have not yet seen the Wayfarer’s Reverie quests in Guild Wars, do yourself a favor and go check them out. Not because you get a Tormented weapon for completing them all…but because it’s a...
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Guild Wars 2 devs –“What was your favorite part of working on the game?”
Today is the day that Guild Wars 2 has officially launched. It’s almost hard to believe that this day is finally here! Okay sure, for many of us launch was three days ago, but today is the official day...
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Guild Wars 2 Launch Event – September 1st!
Just a real quick note – ArenaNet is holding several launch events in five cities across the US on September 1st, with employees present to sign all your GW2 memorabilia, giveaways for both physical...
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Two weeks past launch – how are things going?
So, this blog has been pretty quiet the past couple weeks. The reason is fairly obvious, though – Dak and I have both been busy playing Guild Wars 2! The game has officially been out for two weeks now....
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Wintersday Reflections
Originally today I was planning on writing something up about the Wintersday event in Guild Wars 2, but there will be a large number of people doing that already, and I don’t see myself being able to...
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Welcome and a Giveaway!
First of all, before I go into main reason for this post, Under the Pale Tree has expanded again! I would like everyone to give a warm welcome to AJ Wolf (@ajwolf84 on twitter), who has joined as a...
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Art Contest Winners!
Guys, I really love art contests. I love seeing all of the creativity that people create, all of the different styles that they use… Basically, I love art. And so here I have my winner for the signed...
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Girls Night In
As two of the three leaders of [TWIT], AJ and I have been kicking around an idea for a while of something we’d like to do as an in-game event, and we’re finally kicking it off this week. This event is...
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Guilds and the (de)merit system
So, I run a guild. A decently sizable one, though it’s not massive. We’re generally a pretty casual group. And the more time goes on, the more frustrated I get with the guild system in Guild Wars 2....
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Birthday
Sometimes, it’s kind of hard to believe that it’s already the end of August, nearly a full year after Guild Wars 2 came out. On one hand, it’s a case of “has it really been a year already?” and on the...
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A year by numbers
So, I’m not going to lie, this post idea was blatantly “borrowed” from Lis, who recently made a very similar post. But really, it’s kind of a neat idea – seeing just how much you’ve done and how much...
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A Year of Guild Wars 2!
So, Guild Wars 2 just turned a year old, and as that landmark passes, it’s neat to reflect on the game, how it’s changed, and how it’s changed me as I play it. I started as, frankly, a very casual...
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Communication
This past week has been a bit mad in terms of GW2; between interviews from gamescom bringing news many were unhappy with as well as a number of DDoS attacks since yesterday evening, tempers are running...
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A Second Year by the Numbers!
Today it has been two years since Guild Wars 2 has officially launched. Yay! It kind of feels weird that it’s been that long already, doesn’t it? Last year I did a “year by numbers” post where I went...
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PAX South and Heart of Thorns
Okay. It’s not a secret anymore. The world now knows about it. Guild Wars 2 is getting an expansion at some point in the semi-near future, as was announced this past weekend at PAX South. I would have...
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