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MrBeefy
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 		Guild Wars trailhead
I'm not sure if they have time for an ARG, but they using very arg-like propaganda on the following two teases:

http://www.guildwars.com/shining_blade/
http://www.guildwars.com/white_mantle/

Including two hidden messages in the source code.

Anyone care to dive in to what could be this very shallow pool?

Or who knows, maybe it's on like Rae Dawn Chong.

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 		I Spy barcodes. If this is an ARG, I'm back into Guild Wars.

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 		The "Obey" QR Code is too small to read with my Windows decoder. The "Dismantle" QR code seems to decode to the same page's URL.

On the "Obey" page is the following comment...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Go, Discover Contentment. Truth is obedience.


...and on "Dismantle"...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Mantle has discovered plans. Writing is on wall.

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diszaster
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 		Confirmed, the dismantle QR code goes back to the shining_blade url.

Oh... wait, give me a second...

No, nevermind. I'll just trout myself. Trout
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 		There's some talk of this on the Guild War wiki for White Mantle:

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A new page recently appeared on GuildWars.com teasing upcoming content related to the Krytan civil war. A look at the source code gives the phrase "Go, Discover Contentment. Truth is obedience." Sure enough, at GDC 2010, a concept art trailer was released that contains further minor teases. No official word on the matter has yet been forthcoming.


So, this does seem to be related to Guild Wars 2, but whether it's an ARG versus just teasers for the game, still up in the air. These images became part of the slideshow shown at GDC 2010. [EDIT:] Kill Ten Rats talks about it further:

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At GDC and ECCC (another small con), the Community Managers handed out some interesting flyers. The flyers had a picture of either a White Mantle guy with the word "Obey" or a hand holding the Shining Blade-iconic sword with the word "Dismantle." Each picture also had a 2d bar code, which gave the URL to a site showing the flyers pictures. Here is the link to the White Mantle flyer and the link to the Shining Blade flyer.

A lot of people believe that an upcoming content patch, likely to drop on the 5th Anniversary, is going to deal with the Krytan conflict between the broken White Mantle and the uprising Shining Blade. Guild Wars 1 largely revolves around this sub-conflict. The White Mantle worshipped the Mursaat as their gods since the Mursaat saved Kryta from the Charr invasion. The Shining Blade were guerilla rebels allied with the Krytan crown. In the Eye of the North expansion, it is hinted that Kryta is in a civil war between the zealous White Mantle on one side and the Shining Blade and Lionguard (Krytan royal army) on the other. Most of the knowledge we have of this civil war comes from the small story of Livia in the Eye of the North Expansion.

Anyway, this bit of "viral marketing" will hopefully continue as we get nearer to the 5th Anniversary of Guild Wars.

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