Gaiscioch Community Notes Issue 10, 2017

Cead Mile Failte!

October is upon us and as we enter this spooktacular month we've got a few big things coming up for our community. The First of which is our final meetup of the year in Atlanta, GA celebrating 16 years of Gaiscioch. The second of which is the Great Tyrian Adventure in Guild Wars 2 which launches on October 19th. The third is our 7th Annual Extra Life Charity Event benefiting the Children's Miracle Network. I've provided all the details on these three events below. Be sure to invite your friends to join as well.

Lastly, as October is that last month before our birthday, It's time to mark that calendar for the annual state of the family event! This year we actually get to celebrate on our birthday! November 11th at 5PM PT will be our annual press conference and member Q&A. We will be going over where we have been, where we are going, and cover some of the numbers and achievements that have highlighted our 15th year. Look for details in our November Gaiscioch Family Notes or on Gaiscioch.com.

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Gaiscioch Family News

35-Days Until Extra Life 2017

We're in the final stretch!  November 4-5th is our two day mega livestream event benefiting the Children's Miracle Network. We are still a long way off of our goal and any help you can lend in asking friends, family, and coworkers for support would help a lot. Remember we unlock higher tier prizes as we progress towards our goals. You can download a PDF that can be printed or sent to people as needed at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-b642SCWdVbV2s0NVFZTDZ4WDA

If you haven't signed up yet, be sure to head over to http://gsch.info/extralife-register and join the team. You can link your profile with the Gaiscioch site by clicking on "Update Profile" on your command center, then clicking on Charity.  It will ask you to place your profile ID into the box, and this will extract your Extra Life ID. By doing this, you will earn contribution for every dollar you earn. Don't miss this opportunity to help us give a child a second chance at life.

If you would like to participate in the events, be sure to register for a Gaiscioch Passport account at: https://extralife.gaiscioch.com/register.html

To participate in the fundraiser please visit:
http://gsch.info/extralife-register

If you would like to donate, please visit:
http://gsch.info/extralife-donate

More information is available at:
https://extralife.gaiscioch.com/

Great Tyrian Adventure Season 4: Of Gods and Dragons Launches October 19th

A war ravages the land of Tyria. Once dormant elder dragons wake from their slumber and young adventurers find themselves making the most unlikely of allies. A young dragon named Aurene has joined the fight. An offspring of the famous dragon Glint now fights for Tyria.

Take an exciting tour through Tyria's finest battles and secrets on a Great Tyrian Adventure. Experience the best Tyria has to offer as we lay siege to dragons, solve mysterious riddles, hunt terrifying creatures and hunt for the fallen God, Balthazar.

This 2-chapter, 10-week adventure will feature puzzles, hidden secrets and face off with epic creatures. Each week attendees will receive a raffle ticket which they can use on a grand prize raffle of their choice. Additionally, they will automatically be entered to win the weekly and chapter raffles.

Players can participate or watch this event as it will be broadcast on Twitch.tv and YouTube Gaming. Participants are encouraged to join the Gaiscioch Discord server for instructions, coordination and socialization.

Join the Adventure every Thursday at 5PM PDT starting October 19th, 2017.

https://www.GreatTyrianAdventure.com/

Oct 13th: South East Coast Celebration - Atlanta, GA

For those who live on the east coast, we will be holding our 3rd annual East Coast Celebration at Fado's Irish Pub at 273 Buckhead Ave NE, Atlanta, GA, 30305, on Friday, October 13th at 6PM ET. Over the past few years this event has grown and we continue to welcome more members.

Fado's Irish Pub
273 Buckhead Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
Phone: (404) 841-0066
Website: http://fadoirishpub.com/atlanta/menus/

Patreon Update - 83% to Optimal Goal

I wanted to take a moment to personally thank those who have helped cover the costs of keeping Gaiscioch alive. Since we opened a Patreon, we've had an outpouring of support from the community to help offset some of the costs involved with keeping us online. I am ever-so-grateful for this, and realize now just how much you guys value what we share together.

I'd like to recognize the following people for their commitment to our community.

August 2017 Patreons:

  • A. Smith
  • K. Vail Scheesley
  • R. Reynolds
  • B. Chouinard
  • S. Starkey
  • Rhynor
  • K. Riseling
  • L. Knudsen
  • D. Hampton
  • H. Townsend
  • R. Livernois
  • Void
  • Darj
  • M. Bukraba
  • R. Mayer
  • S. DeRouen
  • Zoewii
  • K. Burns
  • Booie
  • E. Matthews
  • E. Fulham
  • J. Buczek
  • V. Hamilton


If you would like to get involved, please visit: http://gsch.info/patreon

Gaiscioch Family Promotions:

I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to a few members this month for accepting their next credo and stepping into a new role in our family.

Veteran Members (Curadh)

Veteran Members have proven their devotion to the family by participating in events and contributing to the family's success. They have been active more than 90 days and have continued to be contributing members to the family.

  » FallandirUllarach   » Flugh   » Intp   » Loreleaf   » Whoflung

Official Members (Lorgaire)

Official Members have earned the rank of Lorgaire and have accepted the Mark of the Kindred credo. They have officially decided to become members of the family and start their journey to ascend the roles of the Gaiscioch Family.

  » CharlesD   » ImRickRansom   » MichaelD   » Nightshann   » Vate

Gaiscioch By The Numbers

Population
Group Active
Guild Wars 2 323
RIFT 179
Elder Scrolls Online 188
Social Adventures 110
Total 614
Magazine
Group Total
Subscribers 5,125
Readers 28,327
Views 272,479
Followers
Media Total
Twitch 691
YouTube 481
Twitter 844

Guild Wars 2 News

Rejoining the Guild Wars 2 Community

With the launch of Path of Fire we've seen a tremendous surge of players returning to the fold. This seems like as good a time as any to go over how to get back in the community if you've been gone a while.

  1. Gaiscioch na Rall works on a Revolving Door approach
    Just because you get removed from the in game guild does not mean your not part of the guild. Our community is based off of Gaiscioch.com. Anyone who has a Gaiscioch.com account is a member of our community. In game to combat the guild size cap we remove the player who has been offline the longest to send the next invite request. We keep the guild at 490 players at all times as if it caps at 500 all pending invites are discarded.

  2. To Get a Reinvite
    Go to Gaiscioch.com, click "Join Chapter" next to Guild Wars 2 if it's available, then click "Request Reinvite". If you've never been in the Guild Wars 2 community you might need to add your ArenaNet.id (Unique account identifier for mail and social systems) so that we can send the invite.

  3. If you're still in Gaiscioch na Morrigan or Gaiscioch na Anu
    Simply look at the guild roster, sort by rank, find an online commander or elder and ask for a re-invite to Gaiscioch na Rall. If you're in one of the lobbies, no action is needed on the website.

Once a member of the community, always a member of the community. There is always room for more. Right now we're sitting at about a 25 day rotation in Gaiscioch na Rall and a 3 year rotation on Morrigan and Anu.

Path of Fire Launch

If you somehow miraculously missed it, Path of Fire has launched and oh boy was this one a grand slam. ArenaNet learned their lessons with Heart of Thorns and really changed how they do expansions. The new Path of Fire brings all new types of events to the game as well as bounty hunts that you and your friends can pick up in town and go track down epic creatures for rewards. There are also 5 mounts that will help you traverse the world in new ways. Guild Wars 2 looks at mounts in a unique way giving each of them unique abilities that allow you to pass certain obstacles which unlock new areas of the map. Think Legend of Zelda. This adds many layers to each zone where you have a lot of replayability as you can access areas you previously could not.

To give you an idea of how well it's doing. Last night we had almost 100 members in attendance for our new Guild Hall siege. Nightly, we've been averaging between 110 and 120 players online during primetime. Things are really hopping right now and if you're looking to get involved be sure to reconnect with us and share some adventures.

New Guild Hall: Windswept Haven

Assault on Windswept Haven was successful. We amassed nearly 100 Gaiscioch for an assault on the new Guild Hall. While some had to log off along the road to the new guild hall and others had to depart before we completed the fight our perseverance paid off and after several attempts and changing our approach we managed to pull it off and secure our new Desert Oasis.

Why the guild hall change? Lost Precipice was nice in a lot of convenient ways however it was very close quarters and many of our statues, trophies and memorials were impossible to set up in places people could actually enjoy them. Everything was so tight that nobody saw most of the map. Windswept Haven stretches out a little and has many places that allow for meeting areas, trophy rooms, and memorial locations. All of which are alongside something useful. This allows us to build these key areas in areas that players will be exposed to and not tucked away into some hidden corner.

While Windswept Haven may not be our final guild hall, it will serve as a great home until the next one appears. Hopefully, we’ll eventually have one in the forest lands or even in Cantha like our Guild Wars 1 guild hall.

To get to our guild hall press "G" then click on "Guild Hall" in the top right when you have "Gaiscioch na Rall" selected.

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Please welcome our newest members to our Guild Wars 2 family.

  » Atheris [Atheris.2865]   » Carcosa [dimCarcosa.5893]   » CarlMwHa [Carlmwha.1520]   » DeFacto [defacto.9452]   » Fill [fill.3106]   » Gatch [Matias.7641]   » ImRickRansom [ImRickRansom.9512]   » Mellisande [mellisande.5284]   » Orro [SeveredSoulX.1945]   » Ronan [Istavaan.3740]   » Saintswg [Boondoc.2561]   » Symrael [VagabondSymphony.4672]   » Thelvinair [thelvinair.4905]   » Throol [Throol.9635]   » VonDion [Von Dion.9801]   » Wai [Wai.1683]

Guild Wars 2 Events at a Glance

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Top Guild Wars 2 News For September, 2017

  1. Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire—Road to the Desert
    Guild Wars 2
  2. Guild Wars 2 - ArenaNet Unveils New Forums...Thank Goodness!
    MMORPG.com
  3. Guild Wars 2 - 7 Things to Do Before Path of Fire
    MMORPG.com
  4. Guild Wars 2 - Exclusive Developer Diary and Interview on Returning to Elona
    MMORPG.com
  5. [Spoiler] Key Character’s Role in Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire Revealed
    MMOGames.com
  6. 9 Amazing Guild Wars 2 Remixes
    MMOGames.com
  7. Welcome to the New Guild Wars 2 Forums
    Guild Wars 2
  8. Raids in Guild Wars 2 Will Not Get an Easier Difficulty
    MMOGames.com
  9. Guild Wars 2 - What Class to Play?
    MMORPG.com
  10. 7 Ways to Earn Gold Quickly in Guild Wars 2 in 2017
    MMOGames.com

Elder Scrolls Online News

ESO Community Looking for Event Leaders

Over the past month we've had a few of our event leaders have to step down for a little while, in turn activity has seen a bit of a fall since the launch of Morrowind. We are actively looking for players who are curious to lead events for the community. Events are the heartbeat of any community and it is essential that we keep events on the calendar. If you would like to lead an event please contact me, Sir Henry or Verve and we can walk you through the process.  

Additionally, be sure to check out our event calendar and support our event leaders so that they continue to run their events. Nothing kills our event calendar like a lack of participants. Show your support and drop in for some of these great events.

See the full event calendar at: https://gsch.info/esoevents

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Please welcome our newest members to our Elder Scrolls Online family.

  » Carcosa [@blackThirteen]   » Ebon [@ebon.silvershadow]   » Soulwreaver83 [@Soulwreaver83]   » Stomrz [@stormzlord]   » VonStrudel []

Elder Scrolls Online Events at a Glance

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Top Elder Scrolls Online News For September, 2017

  1. The Elder Scrolls Online Shows Off Clockwork City’s Locations
    MMOGames.com
  2. Elder Scrolls Online - PAX West 2017 - Clockwork City Preview
    MMORPG.com
  3. The Elder Scrolls Online Prepares to Preview Clockwork City
    MMOGames.com
  4. Elder Scrolls Online - Clockwork City Patch Notes Arrive
    MMORPG.com
  5. Elder Scrolls Online - Earn a Trio of Free Crown Crates from Sep 22 - Sep 24
    MMORPG.com
  6. Elder Scrolls Online - The Clockwork City is Coming
    MMORPG.com
  7. Elder Scrolls Online - Prepare for New Adventures by Getting to Know the Clockwork City
    MMORPG.com

RIFT News

Rift Adventures Wrapup

We're in the final stretch of our Rift Adventures livestream series and we have but a few more areas to cover.

  • Oct 2nd at 6:00PM PDT: Episode: 17: Rare Creature Hunting
  • Oct 16th at 6:00PM PDT: Episode: 19: Dungeons
  • Oct 23rd at 6:00PM PDT: Episode: 20: Open PvP on Seastone - Grand Finale! Featuring some "special" guests.

So what's next for our community? What would you guys like to do monday nights? Should we revisit some strongholds and hunt rifts? Take on those world bosses? Kill volan a few more times? 20-Man speedruns to get all the shinies? Let me know what you'd like to do and we'll do it! I'm going to have an abundance of keys to giveaway each week and we'll need something to do to give them all away :-). I would like to spend a week in that new zone exploring and killing all the bad things after this is all over with. I haven't really had the chance to get out there. I'm really hoping RIFT is working on something big for this fall as we need something big and new to give us a content platform for Telara Saga next year. If we can't draw the crowd, it won't be much of an epic event.

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Please welcome our newest members to our RIFT family.

  » Famring

RIFT Events at a Glance

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Top RIFT News For September, 2017

  1. Fall-apalooza in RIFT!
    RIFT
  2. Trion Worlds’ Extra Life Day is October 13th, 2017! Help US Help Kids!
    RIFT
  3. RIFTstream Sept. 1 Recap – Archonix Tells All (Mostly)
    RIFT
  4. RIFTstream Post-PAX Plaguestream
    RIFT
  5. RIFTstream Sept. 8 Recap – Post-PAX Plaguestream
    RIFT
  6. RIFTstream Sept. 15 Recap – Telara Fashion Week 2017
    RIFT
  7. New Infinity Walker Supply Crate Now Available
    RIFT
  8. RIFTstream Fashion Show 2017
    RIFT
  9. Telara Fashion Week 2017 Winners
    RIFT
  10. Community Contest Winners – Seshatar & DTC
    RIFT

Social Adventures News

The Horizon Looks Great for Social Adventures

Social Adventures are recreational groups of Gaiscioch players who venture into other games for some fun times away from the primary chapters. They can earn social points for participating in activities together.

Last month we dropped the required participants to 2 players to receive 25% credit, 3 players for 50% credit and 4 players for 100% credit. We also extended the claiming window to 7 days. 

With the new setup there are several social adventures nearing launch time including:

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Gaiscioch Magazine News

Issue 14
Quite Possibly Our Largest Issue to Date

With more than 20 articles our fall issue is sizing up to be massive. This issue features a cover story on Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire and is laced with highlights from Gamescom & PAX West. We've got a few interviews lined up and a wealth of content. Next month I will be hard at work making it all into a magazine. Stay tuned for more!

Be sure to check out our latest stories and gaming news at: gsch.info/mag

Gaiscioch Livestream News

We are 700!

This past month we nailed another landmark. We passed the 700 follower mark on Twitch.tv! I want to thank everyone for their help in getting to 700. I plan to have a big 6 hour livestream event once we cross 1000 to say thanks to our viewers complete with a few giveaways including patches! You can help us out by sharing our Twitch.tv link to your friends https://twitch.tv/thegaisciochfamily Your support has been huge in our quest for 1K.

Also if you are a streamer in the community be sure to use the "Gaiscioch" community in all your streams. I'd love to have some more streams to share with others. If you host family friendly streams on your channel let me know so I can add you to our random autohost list. Persistence is paying off and we've got a little ways to go to hit our 1k goal but I have no doubt we'll get there. Let's be awesome together!

Rift Adventures

We're in our final four episodes of RIFT Adventures season 1. After we conclude the full run of the various content in RIFT we'll be freelancing it a bit more trying different things each week. I might even put it up for a viewer and attendee vote each week what we do. Be sure to tune in Mondays at 6PM PT for new adventures in RIFT.

PlayStation Adventures

Boy this month has flown by and we're on the cusp of having a wealth of new games to show. We're nearing the midway point on our Tuesday stream of Witcher 3 while we just completed the final dlc of Ghost Recon: Wildlands. We have a couple new additions to the stream this month.

  • Mondays: Cooperative: RAID: World War II
  • Tuesdays: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Wednesdays: Orcs Must FLY! Unchained (hehehe)
  • Thursdays: Middle-Earth: Shadows of War
  • Fridays: Fortnite Friday!

Tune in Weekdays at 3PM PT for new adventures

https://gsch.info/psa

The Siege War

Guild Wars 2: The Siege War is going to take another Edge of the Mists vacation during the Great Tyrian Adventure and move to Friday Nights from 6-8PM. We'll be visiting EOTM for the 10 weeks of the GTA:S4 allowing the daggers to take over our old Tuesday spot if they like.

Elder Scrolls Online: The battle continues Saturdays at 11AM PT on Sotha Sil. We will be continuing our adventures every week taking out soft targets, exploring caves, and stealing the odd castle.

Camelot Unchained: Coming Soon. Once we get the green light to show CU, we will be hosting a few sneak peaks at siege warfare in the reimagining of Dark Age of Camelot. At this time, we do not have an ETA on when the beta will be released other than "soonTM". Depending on interest I may turn it into a regular event. Disclaimer: This will NOT be a chapter, we have a recreation social adventure planned. Connect at: http://gsch.info/sa/cu

October Episode Linup:

Slan Go Foill!
(Goodbye For Now)

Benjamin "Foghladha" Foley
Taoiseach de na Griobhta Glas