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The Guild Wars 2 Accessibility Challenge

Hardstuck and Accessibility Wars are happy to announce a new competition - We want to find the ultimate Low APM (Actions Per Minute) builds! This competition will be open to the entire community, and we are looking for DPS and Support builds for each profession, as well as any kind of secret sauce creative build you might have cooked up. Our goal is to make the game as accessible as possible to as many players as possible - we love playing the game, and we want you to love playing the game too. So then, what’s in store? We have and the Community Hero Title! Each profession will have 3 winners, for a total of 27 winners: Best DPS, Best Support, and Most Creative. Each of these 27 winners will receive 650 Gold and a Community Chest! The Community Hero…
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Lunar New Year Charity Fashion Contest!

This Sunday 13th 8PM UTC Hardstuck is going to be running a fashion contest for charity! During the entire stream, we'll once again be raising money for Cure Rare Disease, a non profit charity that develops custom therapeutics for those that have been diagnosed with very rare genetic diseases that don't currently have any treatments or cures. There are two fashion war categories to compete in: Lunar New Year/Cantha Theme Fashion Free For All Each category will be judged separately and you can only enter one! The winners are going to be the 3 most popular entries per category on each server for a total of 12 winners! This will be determined live by the audience rating outfits through Twitch chat! It's a new idea we're trying out so expect pure chaos! Of course, no contest would be complete without…
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Hardstuck Launch & Legendary Treasure Hunt!

It's been A long time coming but the shiny new version of this site has finally arrived! Hardstuck is a community dedicated to bringing players together and making it easier to get into all content in Guild Wars 2 and our website is a reflection of that vision! We want to create the ultimate nexus for all things Guild Wars 2 and the perfect entry point for all content and activities in the game and this launch is the first step in that direction! The first thing we have fully completed are a set of visual guides for every almost PvE encounter in the game - including the new Strike Mission Challenge Modes! We worked hard to make sure the guides are as visual as possible so you can get a great overview of how the fight flows before you…
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Annual Raid Training Day

Hello Guild Wars 2 Community! Have you ever looked at Raid LFG? Almost all listings have something in common. They ask for KP (Kill Proof) or LI (Legendary Insights). You're new to raids so how are you supposed to do raids if you need raid experience? This event is dedicated for people like you but not only. On 19th December [UAW] is organising the Annual Raid Training Day, dedicated to training as many gamers as possible in one of the hardest end game contents. Take a break from your Christmas preparations and have some fun while learning new encounters, bosses and more about your class. And don't forget to spread the word about this event to your friends, family and your cat if it plays GW2. The day will include many different activities suited for EVERYONE. Those will include Standard Raid Trainings, Class tutoring, Commander Tutoring, Raid related information…
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Mistlock Madness

Hello Gamers! Hardstuck is bringing you the Hardstuck Mistlock Madness (HMM) a Guild Wars 2 Tournament revolving around Fractals. Watch as the teams speed through head to head LIVE on stream and see who can survive the mists! Tournament will take place on October 9 &10 all times 2PM EST Saturday & Sunday twitch.tv/guildmm and 2k USD prize pool so far! *10k gems & community chest for the winning team (sponsored by Arenanet if 8 teams sign up) To keep up with all our events, join the Hardstuck discord and be part of a community that looks to bring something for all players of this beautiful game. Discord See you in the Mists,  
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Griffon Rider Contest!

Hello Gamers! Hardstuck strikes again with another competition for you to sink your claws into! The griffon community will be helping us put together this competition. Hardstuck presents the Griffon Rider Contest! Players will compete by showcasing their flying skills and ultimate stunt game! These stunts can include going through small obstacles, sharp cave turns etc. The details for the competition are as follows: Rules: • No speedup or slow-motion videos. we want the real footage. This means no edits. • No copyright music in your video. (if you would like to do so, just note that I have to mute the video on stream for DMCA purposes) • One submission per person (add your account ID into the video so that nobody can make double entries). • The maps for this competition will be Caledon Forest & Queensdale. Note that you…
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The Hardstuck Competitive Roadmap

WELCOME BACK! It's been a little while since the last Hardstuck roadmap, and since ArenaNet just released one it's about time we copy that and follow suit! This post contains some updates regarding competitive events over the next few months and our vision about what it means to have a healthy community that represents itself well, fosters growth and leads by example. It's been a bit of a break but thankfully scourge is finally getting a bit of a hammering so it's time to get the big tournaments rolling again! The Hardstuck Conquest League returns October 2nd & 3rd! Once again it will feature the same Open Bracket/Invitational Bracket format with the invitational bracket taking place two weeks later on the 16th & 17th. The Invitational Bracket will contain the best of the best, top teams from both regions will skip the open bracket allowing newer…
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Community Response Party

Hardstuck is back at it again by organising another PvE tournament. This time it will be all about Dragon Response Missions! INTRODUCING THE HARDSTUCK COMMUNITY RESPONSE PARTY (HCRP)! The tournament will feature a double elimination bracket format wherein every match two teams will duke it out LIVE on the 3RD AND 4TH OF JULY 5 PM CEST over at twitch.tv/Plenyx for a chance at part of a 10k in-game gold prize pool. Prizing will keep increasing by the time the submissions deadline is reached, so feel free to send more items over at Super Fohd.6245 if you would like to contribute! 1st place: 50% of the total prize pool 2nd place: 25% of the total prize pool 3rd place: 15% of the total prize pool 4th place: 10% of the total prize pool The team that manages to take 1st place will also…
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Champions of the Mists

Greetings gamers, as some of you saw in our previous post we are launching a GvG tournament to find out who is the best of the best. Well today, today is the start of the Champions of the Mists. A quick recap of the tournament: 22 EU guilds and 12 NA guilds are battling it out from today, May 30th to June 19th The top 8 EU and top 4 NA guilds will fight to be the best of their region from June 19th to June 24th The Top EU and NA guilds will battle in the global finals on June 27th Prizepool:Currently the gold pool is at around 130k Gold. This will be split amongst the top 8 guilds (4 from each region). Donations are certainly welcome, and can be sent in game to: guild mm.4269 MightyTeapot.2093 Roy.5639 PLEASE SEND ITEMS NOT…
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GvG Tournament, This June!

Greetings Gamers! I am very pleased to announce that Guild MM, partnering with Hardstuck and Mightyteapot, will be hosting a GvG (Guild vs Guild) Tournament, and it will be starting in just about a month! But Roy, there's no such thing as GvG in GW2! Fear not, for that has never stopped us even a little bit in the last 8 years, and it certainly won't be stopping us now! OVERVIEW We've put on Tournaments in the past, but never with the same ambition as this! Starting May 31st Guilds on both regions, EU and NA, will be split up into groups, and will GvG within their groups for 2-3 weeks. Afterwards, on June 19/20th each region will have a Final, consisting of the top guilds from each group. Finally, on June 27th we will hold a Global Finals for the top guild from each region. For the first…