Talking Cabbages

At LvL 80, Rosfariel still hasn’t found her knight in shining armor - but some shiny armor for herself, at least!

Bonus:

I have been thinking about a chess themed look for Alindi

this is so cute holy shit. omg. 

thank you so much

Hi everyone, Splinka again.

In talking with Melora’s (Amber’s) mother, rather than send flowers or a gift to her family, we’ve decided to hold a small charity drive.

All donations received will be split between two worthy charities in the US:

Floyd County (Virginia) School Children’s Weekend Food Backpack Program - Volunteers purchase nutritious food for 2 days to give to needy school children (in Head Start) on Fridays, so they can eat over the weekend and focus on their studies. Mel grew up in Floyd County, VA, and this is where her mother has asked for donations to be made, “to help our young children in Floyd love reading as much as [she] did.“

BAGLY, the Boston Alliance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queery Youth. Mel, Winter and I always worked extra hard to keep [DTOP] a positive, inclusive guild, with a focus on safe fun for everyone. While we are not a LGBTQIA+ guild specifically, we actively promote acceptance and positivity during our meta map runs, and I personally can attest to how seriously Melora took that responsibility. Mel lived in the Boston area, and we wanted to be sure that some of our raised funds went towards the place she also felt at home.

I, personally, will be matching all donations 1:1. That means, if you donate $20, I will match that with $20 of my own money for a total of a $40 donation. (My matching caps out at $1k. I challenge you to make $1k in donations!) The donations will be made in memory of Melora, and copies of the letters/responses to/from the charities will be sent to Mel’s mom.

We will be accepting donations through Friday, March 15th.

Receipts of my donations to these two charities will be posted publicly here. If you’re nervous the rest of [DTOP], [SAND], [PuG] and others can assure you that every single penny of your donations (x2!) will be sent to these two fine charities before the end of March.

If you would like to donate, please use this PayPal link. (We are using PayPal directly to avoid the overhead of many of the crowdfunding platforms.)

To round off our celebration of Melora’s (Amber Lutz’s) contributions to our community, [DTOP] is starting a petition to add a named Zephyrite NPC in her honour. Learn more about the petition and sign it at our dedicated website.

While we can’t force ArenaNet to do anything, we, the undersigned, feel a new Zephyrite named Melora, placed in Dry Top next to the Wreckage of Zephyrite Crystal Garden hero challenge, would be lovely.

This way, Melora’s memory can look out over all the players collecting the falling Aspect crystals in Prospect Valley, blessing their good teamwork.

Quick update: We’ve already received more than $500 in donations to our charity fundraiser. That’s over $1,000 that will be going to our two charities. (This is the best gaming community ever!)

Behold, a mobile cattering ram! ฅ/ᐠ｡ᆽ｡ᐟ \

Calling all catmanders! On February 26, befriend the warclaw—a new mount available exclusively through WvW. It’s the only mount that can carry you into battle in the Mist War, where its skills truly shine.

WvW Weeklong Bonus /ᐠ .ᆺ. ᐟ\ﾉ

To get you in the saddle quickly, you’ll earn double WXP when playing in WvW from February 26 to March 5.

ArenaNet Livestream: Wow! Meow ( ⓛ ω ⓛ *)