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"Guild Wars...This Weekend"

Those of you that have been on this forum for a while might remember a thread I did a while back on the MMORPG Guild Wars. Yes, it's the first MMORPG to have NO MONTHLY FEES. That got me interested straight away but now, the game will be available to play throughout the weekend in a World Preview, where the most of the world will be able to connect and play the game throughout the weekend. Gamespy have put up a download for the game client along with every other bit of information that's known about this game:

[URL]http://archive.gamespy.com/landing/guildwars/[/URL]

I downloaded the game client, which I then opened and had to download loads of files but it was only 9MB in the end. You have to sign up for an account and it took me about 1 minute to do it. So if any of you download it, post on here and maybe we can play together.

Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Oh and post your username.

Ares The Great

My imagination sucks so I usually just steal a name of a Greek God :P Downloaded 27% just now but I closed it since I know my dad will be coming on soon. I hope it saves what it downloads. Your username?

Hmm I'm just alt tabbing til it finishes downloading for this area.
Then I'll probably move areas so it can download that one and go have a shower.
Oh and post your username.

Sorry Bob, can't help you as I haven't gotten round to logging in and downloading the proper files.

Oh hang on, it's because I'm going into the real (online) world rather than the tutorial.

Anyone around...? I'm confused by this big world.

Ok, it has to download more stuff every time you move area.
Hopefully only once.

Edit #32: I'm convinced that percentage bar doesn't quite tie up with how much it says I'm downloading.

Uhm I just closed it (accidentally, yes I'm a fool) and now it wants to redownload it all... gahhhh?

Garin wrote:
> Yeah and then you login and create a character and the -real-
> downloading starts, its downloading 50meg or so at the moment for me.
> Whether thats the end, who knows. :)

Oh damn, that sucks :P I thought you could only log in come Saturday. Well I best start downloading then :)

well, ive just been playing for a bit, pretty good, think ive only done the tutorial, doing more downloading now, someone give me a tell if you get in.

I've got it (well the 'real' downloading is running in the background but I have the clienty thing)
Going under the cunning name of Bob The Moose
I think there's a buddy thing on there so um... send me a message or a christmas card or something.

Ive also downloaded it, just gotta wait untill the weekend now, maybe ill see you in there, ill call my toon Ganwick Gardner.

Lipe wrote:
> I downloaded the game client, which I then opened and had to download
> loads of files but it was only 9MB in the end. You have to sign up
> for an account and it took me about 1 minute to do it. So if any of
> you download it, post on here and maybe we can play together.

Yeah and then you login and create a character and the -real- downloading starts, its downloading 50meg or so at the moment for me. Whether thats the end, who knows. :)