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ArenaNet April Fools' Joke: Guild Wars Stick Figures

by Aaron Linde Apr 01, 2008 5:57pm CST tags: Guild Wars, ArenaNet, April Fools
Chiming in with the legion of April Fools gags today, developer ArenaNet swapped all level 20 player characters' avatars with stick figures in the MMO Guild Wars (PC).

The swap was brought to our attention by reader Tadej Lasic. While the change was universal across the game—avatars became stick figures in outposts, Guild Halls, PVP areas and so on—the swap did not affect heroes, NPCs, or any characters not directly player-controlled.

"Hard to say if this was better than last year's gender-swapping prank."8 Comments
        

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