April Fools' Day 2012

GW2W's "new" logo.

For April Fools' Day 2012 the Guild Wars 2 communities prepared and published various pranks. Contrary to the previous year's April Fools', no pranks were published by ArenaNet.

Community fools

March 2012: State of the Game

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki started their elaborate collection of fools around 0:00 UTC. Most notably was an exclusive interview with Colin Johanson about "various lingering questions" found on Guild Wars 2 Wiki. This interview was perceived by many fans as extremely cruel, because it touched the release date seemingly last-minute. The article also sparked confusion amongst fans as it was suspected to be ArenaNet's prank.

• The main page was altered to give the wiki a branded look, complementing the news found in the interview. Via Twitter it was published as a corruption caused by Kralkatorrik.
• The logo was changed to showcase the minstrel. Scripted was a second logo, an animated version of the first logo. This logo only had a 30% chance of displaying.
• Paired with the new logo, the minstrel's song could be heard across the wiki. The ability to toggle the music on and off was also present.

Other fools

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on April Fools' Day 2012.

• Guild Wars 2 Guru posted a news article stating that they would be taken off-line with the introduction of the official Guild Wars 2 forums. Guru moderators would be in contact with ArenaNet to continue their moderator positions on the official forums.
• GuildMag published an article about the official console adaptions for Guild Wars 2, including "photos" of these consoles in use, as well as listing certain controls.

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