Shortly after the 'bladecamp' page was found a new Guild Wars build became available. This lead to /warinkryta that contained a very blurry image. It was noticed this image had a hint of red, so when it was edited using a red layer with saturation a hidden phrase was found: /warinkryta. The image on the bladecamp page was an in-game image which was identified to be in Talmark Wilderness in Kryta. Using the two words from the images a new URL was discovered: /bladecamp (defunct link). The word translated to read "Camp." Capitalized letters of the second sentence spell out "URL." neeuqsiamlas." Again /neeuqsiamlas ('salma is queen' spelled backwards) lead to /neeuqsiamlas (defunct link) which had an image with writing in Old Ascalonian. On April 2nd, the Shining Blade facebook page was updated with yet another QR code. stnarytothtaed." /stnarytothtaed ('death to tyrants' spelled backwards) pointed to a page on the official website /stnarytothtaed (defunct link) which had an image with writing in Old Ascalonian. The second symbol will reveal its Face like a hidden moon. This version had a new QR code which read "Midnight clouds will part. On April 1st, the Shining Blade poster was restored. At the time these videos were released the pages hosting the flyers were updated with wallpapers.Ī few days after these changes, both the White Mantle and Shining Blade posters were replaced with a vandalized version. At the end of the third video three White Mantle propaganda images flashed up and in the fourth video three Shining Blade propaganda images were shown. Writing is on wall." on the Shining Blade page.Īt the time this campaign was under-way ArenaNet was releasing slide shows of concept art which was shown at the Game Developers Conference. Truth is obedience" on the White Mantle page, and "Mantle has discovered plans. On March 22nd, the date was changed to "Go, Discover Contentment. The source of these pages featured the date "March 16" but this is related to the date the content was created rather than a clue. These pages shown a color version of the flyers which were handed out. The QR codes led to pages on the Guild Wars official website: white_mantle and shining_blade respectively. One of the flyers featured a member of the White Mantle with the slogan 'OBEY', the other featured a Shining Blade symbol and the slogan 'DISMANTLE'. On March 13th flyers with QR Codes were handed out at two different conventions: at GDC 2010 by Regina Buenaobra and at the Emerald City Comicon by Martin Kerstein. This section is a timeline of the updates given by ArenaNet over the duration of their campaign.
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