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Well, honestly, it's nothing that we don't already know. Least they seem to remember that we're all waiting very eagerly though... Sadly, the Beta Event won't be held this year at all. Let's just hope it's really all worth the wait.

Officer Spotlight with Nephelia Nekron

Making my way into the treacherous Domain of Anguish, guild officer, Nephelia Nekron, who's better known affectionately by her guildmates, “Neph”, stands over a heap of Margonite bodies, unfazed by the events that had preceded our meeting. She flicks her hair cooly as we begin our second edition of the ARF Officer Spotlight.

Hi Neph, so what made you become a Necromancer?
You know how sometimes you need people to listen, but they don't do what you say?
I find that the best methods are to send their souls to Grenth, then summon their flesh back as my submissive minions. Sure they may smell bad, but they always listen and hardly complain. That's why I fancy Necromancy – it's about giving and taking – but mostly me giving the orders and others taking the hexes.

Fair enough. Everyone has their own reasons for their choice of professions. I gather that you have a particular minion by the name of Bob, could you tell us more about this minion?
He is the nicest and most subservient minion of the lot. He adoringly calls me “mom”. Really sweet. He does tend to go berserk in battle sometimes. Might have been a warrior in his previous life, I suspect.

So... why 'Bob'?
It was written on some scabbard lodged into his butt... Or what's left of his butt. It's like how every Swedish furniture has a name to it. Well, this minion's 'Bob', so 'Bob' it be.

*laughs* How about Bobbly Bee? Or Bobby B? I think he likes it!
No, Bob, not now. You can't eat him until this interview's over, okay?

*uneasy laugh* That's great! Moving along... what goes into maintaining a healthy, happy minion?
Usually loose limbs... like an arm, or a leg, stitch'em up together good. It's always good to be in a party of allies – especially dead ones that explode from an enchantment of Death Nova - you'll never run out of reliable body parts. Know the song, “It's Raining Men”?

Uh...
That's how it came about.

If you could invent your very own elite skill, what would it be and how would it work?
Hmm... “Parasitic Annoyance” - summon a minion from a random corpse, and starts to bother your opponents till they go silly – causing them to become dazed and attack slower.

You're surrounded by a group of noisy, costumed kids begging you for Halloween candy, how do you respond?
Why, I give the lovely adorable children some of my home-made candy apples of course.

That's very sweet of you. You like making candy apples?
Yes. I only use the most rotten of apples in my backyard cemetary. The dead make the soil good for planting apple trees. Then dip the apples in glowing Mandragor venom for that shiny caramely appearance to fool kids. They're so gullible.

Oh.
Children make midget, miniature minions excellent for reconnaissance missions.

Right... thank you for your time Nephelia.
You're welcome.

Join us next time for another- OWW!!! YOUR MINION BIT ME!!

Up Close & Personal With Mallyx

Beware of Fake Emails

From the Official Guild Wars.com:

17 June 2008

Please watch for fake emails telling players that they are eligible to participate in the Guild Wars 2 Closed Beta. These emails are blatant phishing attempts to steal account information. Players should not reply to them.

ArenaNet or NCsoft employees will never ask for your password.

Officer Spotlight with Shin Jigoku Rekka

Hello everyone and welcome to our first edition of ARF's Officer Spotlight. In this special segment, we will be interviewing the guild's very own officers to get a better glimpse of their daily lives in Tyria, Cantha or wherever else they call home. For this week's spotlight, we have Shin Jigoku Rekka!

So tell us Shin, what made you become a Ritualist?
I used to study in Shing Jea Monastery as an Elementalist. When I worked part-time as a cartographer, no one else would follow me. I found company in the form of spirits, they never complain about travelling too much. So that's when I discovered my calling.

If you could invent your very own elite skill, what would it be and how would it work?
Flesh to Spirits. It's the reverse – Everyone including allies and enemies within earshot become a spirit and are rooted to the ground.

If a distressed peasant comes running up to you, pleading for help to rescue her fluffy kitten stuck in a tree, how do you respond?
I will kick the tree and hope the cat falls.

Why not use a spirit's help?
I will kick the tree and hope the cat falls.

Okay... What do you find yourself doing when you're not questing or crawling through dungeons?
I am FARMING!... or usually lazing around

Your arms are glowing. Any story behind that?
I peeled off the outer layers one day and ate them clean while my insides were already glowing.

You're sure it isn't Ectoplasm poisoning from farming too-My insides were already glowing.

Okay. So... Do you just summon spirits? Do you have conversations with them?
Tsk tsk tsk... I usually have mass or-

Moving along...
I will just lie down there and let them do the-

Given a choice of companions, who would you spend the night with?
Livia – maybe with her dressed up in a sexy gothic costume, with leg stockings, webbings and laces.

Thank you for your time, Shin
So yeah about the spirits-

Join us next time for another Officer Spotlight!

ARF Guild Outing!!!

Dear Guildies,

We will be holding a fun-filled guild expedition to visit this year's first local toy and comic convention at Suntec City. Please be at Suntec City International Convention and Exhibition Centre, lobby area - Haagen Daaz stand outside Starbucks.

If you need to contact anyone, please SMS Snares with the number provided in our guild announcement. This invite is open only to ARF guild members. Feel free to bring your cameras and travel light as the convention will be packed with rabid kids and shell-shocked parents.

More details can be located here:
Singapore Toy and Comics Convention 2008

3 Years of Guild Wars

• ARF Today
  
  It's been a pretty long while since any new articles have been posted on the guild blog, but that doesn't necessarily mean that ARF guild activity has been dead. On the contrary, ARF has never been busier than before. Some members who have went away for their students and work have been seen returning to continue their adventures in Eye of the North, while most of the officers themselves have been busy working on their Kind of a Big Deal title tracks.
  
  For the most part, our members have been involved in what we call, 'Daily Dungeons'. Daily Dungeons for the most part take place over the weekday, usually scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (if no one's heading out for the weekend). We've been at it for several months now, crawling through the numerous dungeons in Eye of the North and helping each other fill out our Master Dungeon Guide books. Most dungeon crawls have been exceptionally rewarding, usually end-chest drops leaving us with Onyx Gemstones (for those pricey Destroyer Weapons) and nifty green items for keepsake.
  
  I think that dungeons were generally designed for group-adventuring, and it's certainly much more fun to clear them as a guild of friends as they can be extremely frustrating and painful at times. The last thing you ever want to happen, having spent 4 hours late into the night, struggling with some really tough boss (like Fendi and his undead crew members), is to have someone quit on you. That's an extremely common thing to happen with PUG (pick-up groups) and something that really makes you appreciate all the teamwork and commitment a guild group has. Seeing how everyone plays their part constructively and cooperatively really gives a rewarding sense of achievement in every crawl. No matter how hard the dungeons may be - the obstacles and bosses they present, (not to mention insanely tough mobs) - it's always great to know that you have patient and willing friends to support you all the way.
  
  For most of the ARF officers, we've maxed out most of our EotN titles, including Legendary Master of the North, which is an exceptional feat considering the amount of time and effort dedicated into attaining those titles. It's also opened up opportunities for us to fully utilise the new EotN PvE-only skills which all all dependent on your EotN faction ranks, and presents new faction-based armor choices as well.
  
  
• Events & ARF-coming Adventures
  
  It's kinda funny and weird at the same time when you log into Guild Wars like you normally do, only to discover that all your characters have been turned into stickmen. It'd been the case for everyone else in every town, city and instanced map for the 1st of April, as a rather silly, but altogether good joke by ArenaNet themselves.
  
  Following that little prank, 6th of April marked the day when the well-loved-by-all, Gaile Gray and her best companion, The Frog left her current role as Community Relations Manager. Festivities were held to celebrate Gaile's incredible 7-years of service in ArenaNet, a new title called the Party Animal track was even added for the occasion and to top it all, a very special minipet limited only to Gaile herself was made and presented to her. Hopefully we'll still be able to hear from her sometime soon in-game or on the forums. It's simply remarkable the bonds she has built with the GW community, something rarely seen in large syndicated game companies.
  
  Looking ahead, everyone in ARF is all eagerly awaiting for the slighest word of Guild Wars 2. For the most part, we're still at it with our title-farming, hoping that our efforts won't be wasted and prove to reap some really fun benefits in GW2. This coming weekend, ARF will be venturing back into the Domain of Anguish to settle their score with Mallyx the Unyeilding, and hopefully earn a nifty monument in the Eye of the North.
  
  In our next article for the Scratching Post, we'll be hearing some stories and experiences from the ARF members themselves and hopefully have more interesting screen captures to post...
  
  
  For now, that sums up very briefly all the activities that we've had as of late. Oh, and not to forget, everyone's getting their 3rd-year Birthday Presents and it's been a lot of fun seeing what interesting mini-pets we're all getting. It's amazing we've been at it for 3-years since our enlistment into National Service and we're still begging for more GW goodness. Hopefully next month's PC Gamer will reveal some stunning, eye-popping news bites!