Something I’ve never been involved in that much in Guild Wars has been the regular monthly tournaments that take place. These used to be a bit of manual thing, required sign up well in advance, and it always seemed like too much hassle.

However, the Xunlai tournaments are now totally automated, and last weekend I swung round the Xunlai Tournament House, and spoke to Xunlai Agent Kun Shao to see what’s what.

The best bit about the automated Xunlai Tournaments is that you don’t have to be any good at PvP - you can make predictions on which players or Guilds will win, and then win prizes. Of course, you can take part in the automated tournaments if PvP is your thing, but for starters I thought I’d sign up, place some predictions, and see how things went.

You can sign up to the Tournament House here. I’d recommend all Guild Wars players give it a go - it costs nothing, is a laugh, and some of the Zaishen Rewards are pretty good - especially with an eye out to boosting any Title Tracks to gain a boost in Guild Wars 2. Sign up today and give it a go!

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Another unique item introduced with the update to the Guild Wars Prophecies end mission update, the Deldrimor shield is a great piece of gear. I’ve been using it on my warrior alt and it looks pretty fantastic.

Head on over to Droknar’s Forge and talk to the Artisan of Spears (crafts Paragon items) or the Artisan of Steel (who crafts Warrior items) to get yours. The Deldrimor Shield comes in four variations, one for each of the attributes they require:

• Command
• Motivation
• Strength
• Tactics

You’ll notice from the attribute list that you can craft versions of the Deldrimor Shield that work with Paragons, so it’s not just a warrior specific item.

The Deldrimor Shield’s stats are pretty decent and provide a welcome boost to any tanking character:

• Armor: 16 (req. 9 )

• Received physical damage -5 (Chance: 20%)
• Health +30

More posts on the unique Deldrimor items in Guild Wars coming soon. Sign up to the weekly newsletter and get updates and articles emailed to you every Friday - just in time for some weekend reading whilst playing Guild Wars!

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If you’re lucky enough to be able to attend the Leipzig at the end of August, you can meet up with Guild Wars NCSoft as they hold a special Community Day at their booth.

Along with lots of freebies, NCSoft will be holding a costume competition, with some great prizes - including some top hardware from Razer.

Here’s the full announcement:

As we have already announced via the boards, Sunday will be our Community Day at the NCsoft booth (Hall 3, Stand B20), a whole day fully dedicated to you, our players!

One of the many activities will be a costume competition (Sunday, 24.08, 10:00 GMT). All you need to do is come dressed as a character from either Guild Wars, Aion, City of Heroes, Lineage 2, Tabula Rasa, or Dungeon Runners, then get up on the catwalk to strut your stuff!

However, this isn’t just for fun - the very best entrants will be inline to win some fantastic prizes, including some serious hardware like the Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Audio Card from gaming specialists Razer, and fantastic memorabilia courtesy of NCsoft. We also might have a special surprise in store, so make sure you come along!

One thing to keep in mind when designing your costume: Don’t bring any real weaponry, nor replicas made from steel – basically anything that can injure somebody! If you do you will not be allowed entry into the convention centre. LARP replicas are fine, however.
So, time to get out your sewing kit, pins and needles, and maybe even your welding torch, and get creative! We look forward to seeing your outfits!

Here’s hoping we’re going to be seeing some sneak peeks of Guild Wars 2 as well!

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Just a reminder that it’s the GuildWarsGuru.com GvG challenge this weekend. With almost $12,000 worth of prizes on offer, this promises to be the largest and most exciting tournament run by Guild Wars fans so far.

Head on over to the tournament page and get some more details.

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