The Ten Ton Hammer "Dead of Summer" Contest Extended Through August 9th!

Heat exhaustion... or bad chili? Submitted by Dan - EverQuest II!

Between back-to-school sales, home projects, family vacations, and hugging the A/C vent, it's a busy time of year. Though we've received a number of great entries so far, we're extending the latest Ten Ton Hammer contest for another week (through August 9th) because we wanted to give you plenty of opportunity to submit your entry for the "Dead of Summer" screenshot contest.

We've got plenty of autographed prints, gamecards, and Zboard gaming hardware to trade for your cool cadaverous screencaptures, so check out the contest details page, check out the latest entries, and send in your amusing post-mortem screenshots and captions.

It's that simple, so be sure to enter before the August 9th "dead" line!

Check out the "Dead of Summer" contest details and enter today!

Clans for Communities

Yet another Saturday community event is here, and this time it centers on helping those looking for a clan, or clans whom are looking for members. A nice social environment will be established around the clan registration vendors in each of the major cities. As like last time, there will be several time periods focuses:

While recruiting will be done all day, there will be three 2-hour periods where we hope the bulk of the recruitment should be emphasized:

• 12-2PM CDT (5-7PM GMT)
  
• 6-8PM CDT (11-1AM GMT)
  
• 12-2AM CDT Sunday (5-7AM GMT

Faction of Fansites

GuildWars.com announces changes; the GWCFP is serious business!

The many sites who are members of the Guild Wars Community Fansite Program have each been given a thorough review, and their placement in the program and the list of features they offer the community has just been fully updated. You can note the changes on the Fansite Listing. And remember, fansite news is presented Thursdays on the Community News pages.

More Events and Nightfall News

• GameSpot's Nightfall Profile Preview - A preview of the newest campaign; you can read about Nightfall's two new professions, the Dervish and the Paragon.


• Another Fun Weekend Planned - Another "double dose of fun," players once again can acquire double the faction in arenas. Double Gladiator Points for ten consecutive wins in the Team and Random arenas, too. Event runs from 12:01 a.m. PDT (7:01 a.m. GMT) on Friday, July 21 to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 (06:59 GMT Monday, July 24).


• The Scribe #7 - The Totem Axe and how one can obtain it, blessings from Balthazar upon arena combatants, and the deeds of extraordinary Tyrians and Canthans. All in this week's The Scribe.


• Ladder to be Reset; Fun Season to Begin - Relax a bit before the next event with this fun breather. Great for practice, but there will also be prizes! The reset will occur at 08:00 GMT July 21 and the breather season will run until 08:00 GMT August 21. Prizes include cape trims, signed copies of the Guild Wars games, and skill pints! Check out the main page for more details.

GotW: MH, GWFC Interview: iQ, and Guild Wars Nightfall with Event!

• Guild of the Week: Mostly Harmless - MH is a consistent top-performer of the Guild Wars ladder. They like to be drama free and consist of members that all bring something special to contribute to the team. They also like to reenact a scene from the Lion King in their guild hall for their alliance. Read on to find out their thoughts on PvP play.


• GWFC Guild Interviews: iQ - First of a series of interviews on the GWFC guilds. Idiot Savants shares their thoughts on and experiences with the Open event, and a few other things too. ArenaNet invites you to keep your eye on the GWFC Section for the latest word from championship guilds.


• New Game Announced; Special Event Planned - Guild Wars Nightfall! Two new professions - the Dervish and the Paragon - and offers "a Guild Wars game unlike any players have seen before." PvP event to be held that will allow players to test out new professions and arenas, as well as compete for items that can be exchanged for rewards; begins July 28th.

Server Being Serviced; Seek Support Elsewhere Temporarily

News from AutoAssault.com:

Update: Currently in-game customer service-related tools such as /suggest, /bug, and /assist are still temporarily disabled. If you require assistance please visit support.plaync.com and use the “Ask a question” feature.

Exceptional Idiots

Idiot Savants [iQ] of the American region has claimed the sixth seat of the Guild Wars Factions Championship. They did this by winning the three-day Open Event with a record of 75-4!

After three days of grueling battles, the winner of the Guild Wars Factions Championship (GWFC) Open Event is none other than Idiot Savants [iQ], one of two American guilds that competed at the previous Guild Wars World Championship event held in Taiwan.

So, after almost five months of intense competition, all six guilds that will compete at the Guild Wars Factions Championship in Leipzig, Germany have been selected.

Read a bit about all of the guilds that have been selected at this GWFC feature page!

This week's common content feature on the Ten Ton Hammer Network: "Double your pleasure, double your fun?"

The ethics and ramifications of dual-boxing, should developers mind or not? If you're familiar with MMOGs, you have probably heard of the term before. But if you're new or just haven't heard of it, dual-boxing is when players have access to multiple accounts and utilize them simultaneously, usually through the means of controlling multiple computers. This can open up windows to many new possibilities including assisting oneself through either personal coordination or macroing. Such assistance could reduce dependence upon others for group play or allow greater efficiency or effectiveness during "solo" play. Sounds great for the individual that is capable of setting up such a system, right? But what about how it affects others and the game world? Are these concerns significant enough for actions to be taken against such a practice?

Read on to find out my thoughts and experiences with this issue!

Facilitating Fixes

A hotfix has been applied to Nexus to help alleviate the global crashing problem. Internal reporting was also added to help diagnose this and similar issues!