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Basin Fund Drive 2010
Posted by
ceolstan on 21 July 2010 - 06:21 PM |
Folks, it's that time of year again when our Founder, TPJ, finds he needs to ask us to step up to the plate to help with operating costs. Here is this year's message:
It's been 14 months since The Amazon Basin's last fund drive. Since anything over a year's worth of funds is considered a pretty big success, I'd say you folks did a pretty damn good job last time. For that, I thank each and every one of you. You keep this place running. You keep it ad-free. You keep it open.
But, we are running out of cash. We have enough to pay our server payment on July 25th, but not enough for the August payment. I hate bugging people about this type of stuff, but it's the nature of how we run things here. We've always been ad-free. Most everyone agrees that they'd rather put in a few dollars here and there than have to plaster advertisements in our home. I feel that decision has been the right one as it's kept us apart from the masses of other sites out there. We're unique in that respect, and proudly so.
Plenty of people aren't in any sort of financial shape to be sending off donations right now. I completely understand that. If you're one of those folks, I'm not asking you for help. I'm asking the person next to you that can afford to help a little. If you can't, you can't. But if you can, please help us keep this place afloat by heading over to our donation page and using the PayPal link. If you don't have a PayPal account or are an anti-online payment person, my address is on the same page. You can definitely snail mail me a check or whatever. Either way, you'll be helping The Basin out.
As always, Amazon.com purchases though our Amazon.com Associate Program link will help as well. A percentage of everything you buy after following that link to Amazon.com will end up in our bank account on a quarterly basis. It really does help over the course of a year.
And again, I thank you folks for making this place what it is. -- TPJ, Founder, The Amazon Basin |
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Guild Wars Fifth Anniversary
Posted by
ceolstan on 29 April 2010 - 12:06 PM |
Happy Birthday, Guild Wars! The game has just turned 5 years old, and the celebrations in Tyria run from boardwalk games in Shing Jea to new birthday minipets to a whole boatload of information on the upcoming Guild Wars 2. Guild Wars went against the subscription model, and Guild Wars 2 promises to continue in that same model, but adding more depth to the Guild Wars experience. And of course, as one of the oldest guilds in Guild Wars, you can be sure that we at The Basin will be as involved in Guild Wars 2 as we have been in Guild Wars.
Please join with us in celebrating five great years of Guild Wars as we look forward to the future and Guild Wars 2! |
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The Basin to Host Canthan New Year Feast in International District 6
Posted by
ceolstan on 12 February 2010 - 06:11 PM |
It is our very great pleasure to announce that The Basin Alliance will be hosting the 2010 Canthan New Year Feast in International District 6 for the duration of the festival. We're thrilled that AB has been able to continue its tradition of hospitality, but we are also very grateful for those people whose hard work and effort have helped make this possible.
Thank you all very much!
See you all at the festival! |
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Basin Server Going Down Soon for Maintenance
Posted by
ceolstan on 21 January 2010 - 10:36 PM |
TPJ has announced on the Community Boards here that the Basin Boards will be taken down within the next 24 hours or so. Time is not yet determined.
Here is the full text of the announcement:TPJ said: Marty will be taking the Basin server down in the next day or so. The outage may last 2 or more days. The planned outage is to do a pretty large amount of updates on both Linux and the forum software.
Please pass the word so we can avoid panic when folks are unable to reach the boards.
Note that the planned outage may be for 2 days. GvG folks may wish to consider a backup option for voice. |
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Congratulations to our Sealed Deck Tourney Team
Posted by
ceolstan on 04 October 2009 - 10:08 AM |
A hearty congratulations to the Sealed Deck Tourney Team that recently played in the Sealed Deck tournament hosted by [OLD]. What the field of teams lacked in numbers, they made up in sheer fun, with Round Robin play over several games. The following players, including members of RB played:FoxBat
CoonerTheRed
Materia
Lev
Aarda
Yobbo
This is a 6v6 format. Check out the Round Two builds here. Well done, team! |
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Beastmastery Vanquish Contest--August 21-23
Posted by
ceolstan on 20 August 2009 - 05:30 PM |
PvE Coordinator FunkyJam has announced our Beastmastery Vanquish Contest. The details have been cut and pasted from the original announcement. Please read the thread and indicate your interest.
Inspired by the generous donation of a Moss Spider Egg by Quidam13....
it is time to announce the first Basin Beastmaster Vanq-off!!!
WHAT: A contest to see which team can vanquish an area the fastest while equipped with pets and beastmastery skills.
WHEN: Starting Friday, August 21st ....ending Sunday, August 23 at
9 pm. PDT / 12mn EDT / 4 am. GMT / 6 am. CEST / 2 pm. AEST / 4 pm. NZT
WHO: Your team of 4 players
WHERE: Area to be vanquished will be in the Echovald Forest. Specific location to be announced on Friday (at 12:01 AM Pacific Time..Thursday midnight)
The Rules
All team members must be a Ranger primary or secondary.
All team members must have a pet.
Each Team must consist of 4 human players.
You may bring up to 4 heroes to complete your party, but the heroes must also have pets.
Players are free to use consumables & PvE skills during the vanquish.
The quickest team to complete the vanquish wins.
All of the team's pets must be alive at the end (no letting the pets die and then leaving them behind).
Judging
Teams wishing to participate should use the /age command and take a screenshot at the completion of their vanquish.
The screenshot must include the following details to be considered for prizes....
- The amount of time spent in the map
- The gold icon indicating that the vanquish is complete 
- The party window showing 4 human players and 1 pet per party member that is alive at that time
Screenshots must be posted in this thread by Sunday, August 23 at
9 pm. PDT / 12mn EDT / 4 am. GMT / 6 am. CEST / 2 pm. AEST / 4 pm. NZT
to be considered for prizes.
How to post your screenshot
Instructions coming soon. I will provide links for a couple options for hosting screenshots on the web and then linking them to your post in this thread.
Prizes
Members of the winning teams will use the /roll command to determine their prize.
1st Place: Each receive 5 Platinum, 20 party/sweet/drunkard items and one of the following
Moss Spider Egg, Unopened 1st year birthday present, Elite Ranger Tome, Mini Pig
2nd Place: Each receive 2 Platinum, 10 party/sweet/drunkard items and one of the following
Zodiac Longbow (req 12), Nundak's Recurve Bow, Urgoz's Shortbow, Koren's Hornbow
3nd Place: Each receive 1 Platinum, 5 party/sweet/drunkard items and one of the following
Skull Longbow (req 12), Guardian of the Hunt (req 12 str), Vera (green hammer), Azure Shortbow unid (req 10) |
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The Amazon Basin (AB2) Perma-Luxon
Posted by
ceolstan on 12 June 2009 - 09:27 PM |
We are currently piloting the concept of perma-Luxon and perma-Kurzick guilds within the Basin Alliance in order to accommodate title-seekers. We have just switched The Amazon Basin to the Luxon side of the game, which means that The Amazon Basin (AB2) will be part of the Basin Alliance when we're Luxon, and a free-standing Luxon guild when the overall Alliance swings to Kurzick.
Only players who wish to work toward Savior of the Luxons or Savior of the Kurzicks will be permitted to belong to these perma-guilds. Luxon players should sign up here if they wish to belong to the Luxon guild for purposes of pursuing a title. Kurzick player should sign up here if they plan to pursue the Kurzick titles.
We will pilot this for at least two weeks and gather feedback. |
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Basin Fund Drive 2009
Posted by
ceolstan on 27 May 2009 - 01:56 PM |
As many of you are aware, The Basin conducts fund drives as needed to collect the money needed to keep The Basin ad-free and running. Our last major drive was in 2007. For those of us able to donate, it's now time to add more to the Basin's coffers.
For the Main Forum thread, please see here. The text is reprinted below:TPJ said: Basin folk -
I come to you, defenses down, with the trust of a child.
The donations received from our fund drive in October of 2007 have all been spent. Unfortunately, The Basin is pretty much running on fumes. If any of you are in a position to lend a financial hand, I'm hoping you will help. It would be nice to receive enough to keep us up for another year as well as ensure a hassle-free ABCon.
The best way to help is by making a donation to The Basin by way of PayPal. You can do that on our Donation page. There are also links to subscription-type donations that are taken care of through PayPal.
Most of you know the drill by now, but if you don't, here's the skinny: The Basin operates solely on donations from people like you. We do not throw banner ads all over the place, nor are we part of Google's AdWords system. This place is run as it always has - advertising free. Your donations keep it that way. Our operating budget is used for things like our server at GoDaddy, the checking account, software, business filings, and taxes/fees. All said and done, we probably average about $160 a month in expenses. This fund drive is the primary way we generate funds to sustain ourselves here. But keep in mind, no one is required to donate. If you don't have the money, don't beat yourself up about it. No worries. We know that not everyone is in a financial position to offer help. But - there are those who can help. Those are the people we hope to reach with this message.
Thanks all.
Oh, and pass the word, will ya? |
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Basin going Kurzick for Double Kurzick/Luxon Reward Weekend
Posted by
ceolstan on 21 May 2009 - 01:23 PM |
After a brief, yet excellent discussion of what to do with our alliance over the Double Kurzick/Luxon Rewards Weekend, The Basin will be switching to Kurzick at or around 6:30 Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, May 21. This will enable our majority players to work on their Kurzick titles.
For our Luxon title chasers, we will be keeping a Luxon guild available: the Dreadful Dead. If you wish to have an invite to the Dreadful Dead, please post here. The Dead will remain Luxon over the bonus weekend, after which it will rejoin the alliance. |
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The Basin Alliance Goes Luxon
Posted by
ceolstan on 11 May 2009 - 02:20 PM |
The Basin Alliance has shifted from Kurzick to Luxon allegiance as part of our 2-week pilot for cycling between Kurzick and Luxon allegiance.
All went well, and we had the Alliance transferred within a very short order! |
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Basin Amazons Places Third in GWEN Cup
Posted by
ceolstan on 28 March 2009 - 08:10 PM |
The Basin Amazons entered the GWEN Cup, a player-run GvG tournament restricted to using only those skills found in Pre-Searing. Our team fielded a ranger spike build.
We had a great time doing some theory craft and build testing. We placed third in the competition, winning a team prize of 200,000 gold.
Many thanks to Foxbat for his organizational efforts in bringing together a Basin team. Also, a round of applause for Bass69, CoonerTheRed, Justin L, DaMadMoo, Yobbo, Yugi, who helped fill out the player roster.
Cheers to the team! |
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Basin Hosts Canthan New Year Feasts
Posted by
ceolstan on 02 February 2009 - 11:46 AM |
This year marked the very first year that The Basin hosted feasts for the Canthan New Year celebration. With what started out as an announcement thread for the dates, the next thing that happened was a full-scale guild organization so that The Basin could sponsor the feasts in a district throughout the entire festival. As a result, The Basin set up a permanent catering house in International District 4, with Allton Brown (notice it's Allton Brown) as the chief sous chef providing the ingredients.
We're really proud of the way that so many people pulled together to make the 2009 Canthan New Year so memorable. And we're thankful to everyone for their efforts, whether farming for ingredients or volunteering to act as chefs.
Great job, Basin!!!!! |
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Basin Team Wins Hall of Heroes--And Holds It!!!
Posted by
ceolstan on 25 January 2009 - 11:26 AM |
Hearty congratulations to the late night group who took Basin Amazons (aka AB4 in our Alliance) to the Hall of Heroes! This is a first for our guild. For a long time, we've had Basiners active in Heroes Ascent, but not as a guild activity. However, for some time, we've had a weekly HA group game. We've come close--O so close!--but never won the Hall of Heroes.
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, January 25, 2009, that all changed. The Basin Amazons took and held the Hall of Heroes. A very hearty congratulations to all who participated!
For more reading, see this thread.
Go team! |
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Congratulations to our own Firedove!
Posted by
ceolstan on 05 January 2009 - 08:07 PM |
Congratulations to our very own Firedove, who found a Polar Bear Minipet while playing with a group of Basiners. Her lovely account of the story is in the best of Basin traditions, where the rare item is dwarfed by the fine company of friends.
We're thrilled that one of our own managed to have a Wintersday pet drop. We're even more pleased that this was an experience that occurred in our community of friends playing games.  |
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Basin Guild Wars featured in lagwar.com podcast
Posted by
ceolstan on 22 September 2008 - 04:31 PM |
Ziss and Brilene, from lagwar.com. a site dedicated to MMOs and the people who play them, just spotlight on The Basin's Guild Wars Guild. You can find the podcast and write-up in their Guild and Clan Spotlight.
We want to thank lagwar.com for this honor. It was a pleasure to talk with both Ziss and Brilene. Their enthusiasm for gaming and for talking with the players is wonderful, and their bold venture into this kind of journalism is commendable!
Also, many thanks to those of you who sent in your screenshots. Your pictures help show the multifaceted nature of our guild's activities. The strength of the guild lies in its people. We're so fortunate to have so many talented and enthusiastic people! |
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Congratulations to Alliance Battle Winners!
Posted by
ceolstan on 18 August 2008 - 09:46 PM |
The Alliance Battle Contest is now over. Our PvE Coordinator, FunkyJam, has announced the following winners:
FINAL Standings
Kaanai Canyon
1st - Doom, Pax, Derezer, Manacraft 512 to 220 = 292 point win
2nd - SlaveOne, Blackcat, Medoc, with FunkyJam 518 to 266 = 252 point win
3rd - Lev with 3 Pugs 505 to 382 = 123 point win
Etnaran Keys
1st - SlaveOne with 3 Pugs 517 to 104 = 413 point win
2nd - Lev with 3 Pugs 511 to 146 = 365 point win
3rd - HellsBells, with 3 Pugs 514 to 167 = 347 point win
Saltspray Beach
1st - HellsBells, with 3 Pugs 514 to 15 = 499 point win!!
2nd - Slayer of Fools, Yobbo, Pax, Derezer 514 to 17 = 497 point win!
3nd - SlaveOne, Blackcat, with 2 Pugs 521 to 59 = 462 point win
Grentz Frontier
1st - SlaveOne, AngelDeth, Blackcat, with FunkyJam 514 to 55 = 459 point win
2nd - Evil Andrex with 3 Pugs 507 to 110 = 397 point win
3rd - Derezer, Manacraft, Pax, & Doom 521 to 137 = 184 point win
Ancestral Lands
1st - SlaveOne 517 to 55 = 462 point win
2nd - Slayer of Fools, Yobbo, Doom, with Pug 514 to 74 = 440 point win
3rd - Hells Bells, Derezer, with Yobbo & Pug 500 to 68 = 432 point win
Prizes Delivered
Blackcat, Slayer of Fools, Medoc
Honorable Mention
Etnaran Keys
Slayer of Fools, Medoc, Lev with FunkyJam 512 to 187 = 325 point win
JFBrown, Medoc with 2 Pugs 503 to 298 = 205 point win
Saltspray Beach
Yobbo, Doom, Slayer of Fools, Blackcat 514 to 105 = 409 point win
MentalElf, 2Vipers, SlaveOne & Blackcat 514 to 130 = 384 point win
Grentz Frontier
Lev with 3 Pugs 513 to 240 = 273 point win
Ancestral Lands
Derezer, ManaCraft, Pax with a Pug 518 to 88 = 430 point win
BlackCat, Myst, 2Vipers, SlaveOne 514 to 123 = 391 point win
Slayer of Fools, Manacraft, Yobbo with a PUG 514 to 159 = 355 point win
Sage, AngelDeth, RealLife, SlaveOne 521 to 187 = 334 point win
Hearty congratulations to all our winners, and a big thanks to all the Basiners who participated in Alliance Battles to help us build faction for our town! Also, thanks to FunkyJam for organizing the contest!
Go Team! |
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The Basin Breaks Three Million Kurzick Faction
Posted by
ceolstan on 16 August 2008 - 07:28 AM |
The Basin broke three million Kurzick Faction on Friday, just before the nightly nerf bat hit us for 10%. 12 hours later, we'd broken the 3 Million Milestone again. The HFFF runs with full groups of riders, the Brauer House Duels, and the Alliance Battles are all paying off. We're on our way to owning a town!
Well done, team! Chaaaarge! |
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Basin Breaks One Million Kurzick Faction
Posted by
ceolstan on 28 July 2008 - 09:06 AM |
It's our great pleasure to announce that The Basin Alliance now has over one million Kurzick faction! This is an important milestone on our Basin Owns a Town Bonanza.
Thanks to everyone who's been donating Kurzick faction. We had a lot of activity with Fast Faction Farming and Alliance Battles. And be sure that if you're doing Alliance Battles you submit your team's scores to the Alliance Battle Contest.
About a week ago, The Basin Alliance had a scant 200,000 Kurzick faction; today it's over 1,000,000. This is an incredible gain!
Go Team!!!!! |
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