We are offering other guilds a private channel on our Teamspeak server. The service is free for everyone. All we ask for is that users of our Teamspeak server to support it by clicking on the our ads. You can find the ad on our welcome page at SykoKillers.com. To apply for a channel introduce yourself on the forums and answer the following questions:

• What is your guild's name?
• Does your guild have a site? What's the URL for it?
• What time zone does your guild play in?
• How many members does your guild have?
• Who is the guild leader and what is his GW nickname?

Please take your time in writting up a formal request. You will be PMed on the forums if you qualify.

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Major cities of Guild Wars have been decorated for Christmas! Giant presents, christmas trees, melted snowmen and plenty more to see and do are scattered around the place. Guild Wars's long awaited Observer mode is also here! To watch others battling in the Tombs or Guild Battleing, just go to the Tomb Of Prevailing Kings and open the observe window (default key: B).

Along with this Christmas update is two new quests that can be started from Old Nickoles at Lion's Arch, standing neat the guild registrar. He gives you two quests with some fun rewards. The following list shows the locations of where you need to find each item for the quests.

A Very Grentchie Wintersday:

• Termites
• Gunk
• Garlic
• Socks

The Greatest Snowman Ever Made:

• Speak to Scappy Jhim near the docks of Lion's Arch
• Speak to Vanguard Kyle at Ascalon City for coal. He is north of Warmaster Tydus, up the stairs and to your left.
• Speak to King Jalis at Droknor for the pipe. He is located south of the storage.
• Speak to Magi Malaquire in Lion's Arch for the magic hat
• And finally return to Scappy for the last part of the quest.

The quests both reward the player with 5000 experience and clean Xmas themed itemed such as the Gingerbread Focus and Pepperment Sheild. The shields give +10 to armor and focuses give +5 energy. Don't forget to collect stuff for treats from the Christmas Collectors. The Winter Gifts also gave a chance to receive a candy shard for trading in for candy cane styled weapons in cities. Candy Shards are about as rare as blue or purple items and randomly drop, no matter what you're killing.

From all of us here at Syko Killers, we wish you a merry Christmas ^_^. Get your ass off Guild Wars for a moment and buy your loved ones some gifts! (Also stay tuned for our second Free Ale Party after Xmas!)


- Becky Brimstone

The following message applies to those that have recently joined our guild in Guild Wars.

New members are expected to register on our forums and introduce themselves on the Member Introduction board if you haven't already done so. You should do this today or risk being removed from the guild roster as a stranger!

The forums are an important part of our teamwork. You are not part of the team if you're not here to contribute your opinions! Syko Killers play as friends and family, so it would only be fair to everyone that you did your part. Thanks!

Lion's Arch and the Tomb of Primeval Kings have been updated to relfect a halloween theme! An erie moon, ghosts and other neat stuff haunt our lands this week. For those of your that missed Gaile's visit on the update, she told us that the Great Frog will be speaking tomorrow night and that there are hints around Lion's Arch of what's to come ;).

Sorry this is kinda old news now but I had to post it anyway. I finally found the time to post those screenshots of our ale party when can be seen on the screenshots page.

The Syko Killers' Ale party was a huge sucess! We passed out, I think, over 1000 Ales to the people! Many gold weapons, scrolls, and major runes were given in prizes! It was a ton of fun partying with you guys and we had a blast. We were a little worried at first that the GW community had lost its beta weekend spirit, but you guys proved us wrong. Even before 7pm hit people were yelling for ale at the fountain! In no time,this international district, usually quite quiet was filled with Ale lovers! There was alot of fooling around, joking, dancing, and ale!

Remeber if you missed out on the Ale Party this time.. we said that it was the first Ale party, that means there will be more parties inthe future! Just keep your eyes open on your favorite GW forums or at our site ( http://www.sykokillers.com ) for the next event! We might just be giving away green items next!.. who knows heh.. but there will be Ale for sure. Again I wanna thank everyone that came and everyone that contributed to the event. We made alot of new friends during the party and can't wait to do it again!

Today we're going to be hosting a free ale party at Lion's Arch, International District 1 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Free Ale will be handed out to everyone that comes while supplies last. We've been working very hard to get Ale to the people, so be sure to be there!

We've been spreading the news to the following forums:
Guild Wars Guru
GWOnline.Net
RPGStars

There will be contests for prize items and second servings of Ale so be sure to stay hang around. We hope everyone will be on their best and make this a fantastic Guild Wars party!

Gamespot has posted a new Guild Wars interview today, and the topic is the second chapter of the Guild Wars saga. Find the Q&A and this link.

From GuildWars: We are pleased to announce that the qualifying season for the first Guild Wars World Championship will begin this week. In preparation, the Guild Wars Ladder will be reset at 12:00 am PDT (7:00 am GMT) on October 1 to start the first ladder season. This inaugural season will last three months and will culminate in regional playoffs among top-ranked guilds in each of America, Europe, and Korea, followed by the global Guild Wars World Championship, a live event to be held early next year. We'll be making a formal announcement on Thursday with further details.

Prior to the October 1 ladder reset, we will be updating Guild Wars with a comprehensive set of skill balance changes to refresh the competitive landscape.

Guild Wars fans are invited to express themselves in a seasonal manner in our new contest, The Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest. Your options are many--from costume design to pumpkin carving--and the prizes are terrific Guild Wars wearables. For more information, visit our Events Section.

ArenaNet and NCSoft announced that over 1 million copies of Guild Wars has been sold in America and Europe! Guild Wars has been a top selling game at EBGames and is predicted to continue sales into the holiday season. Read about it at GuildWars.com.

From GuildWars.com: In conjunction with the Guild Wars Sorrow's Furnace Update, Composer Jeremy Soule has produced more than 25 minutes of wonderful original music specifically for the new explorable areas. Direct Song offers this Official Music Add-on for Sorrow's Furnace as a free download for Guild Wars players. You can obtain the complimentary musical mini-pak by heading to the Direct Song site.

We've been waiting all summer for this update and finally we can start getting some Ds and Cs on those first few school assignments as we burn our way through this new Guild Wars update. Then again, two new ares doesn't sound like much. Grenth's Footprint will have use peeing in the snow again and Sorrow's Furnace will be offering free lava baths. The main thing here would be the sight of new bosses and drops to keep peeps coming for more.