The Horde Challenge didnt turn out quite like we had hoped.. Some people failed to show up or was too late once again.. So we decided to just play some horde with the people that were here. I have decided to reward the people that showed up and wanted to play.. with a rank up! So everyone on this list below each get a rank up.. Congrats

PWNISH3R’s Team

• xGWAx PWNiSH3R
• Wildcody123 = Sergeant
• xGWAx JAYHAWK = Corporal
• xGWAx EdieKaye = Lieutenant

N00BiNATR’s Team

• xGWAx N00BiNATR
• xGWAx KAMiKAZE
• CurdledLizard = Lambent Drone
• xGWAx SLAY3R = Sergeant
• xGWAx GenerlPig = Lambent Drone

Teams will be announced by the end of the day…

*If we don’t hear from you, we will assume you do not want to participate!*

Game Type: Horde
Total Rounds: 50
Map: Nowhere
Difficulty: Casual
Friendly Fire: Off

Note: You have to have “Dark Corners” Map Pack in order to particiapte.

With the release of the “Dark Corners” map pack on July 28th.. I thought why not celebrate its arrival with playing some Horde on one of the maps? For the this “Horde Challenge” we will be playing on the “Dark Corners” Map “Nowhere” (I thought that would be the best Horde map.) Being disrespectful, mean, offensive, etc. to any clan member, will result in a DQ for you. Remember this is all in good fun, and please try not to take it too seriously.

Horde mode challenges will feature teams of 5, all hosted by a Gears of War Addicts Chairman or General. Each team will play with the exact same game type specifications and the matches will begin at the exact same time. The teams will race to see who can complete the goal number of rounds first(50) or until 2 hours has past…(I’ll let you guys decide) The hosting Chairman or General will report to the others when their team has finished all rounds. The times will be recorded and reported by the official. The decisions of the Gears of War Addicts Chairmen & Generals are final and non-disputable.

What’s the prize? The winners of this Challenge.. will all get a Rank UP!!

The Challenge will be open to only clan members! Anyone who wants to particpate in this Challenge leave a reply to this post with your gamertag to let us know that you’re interested. The deadline to let us know is Friday July 31st by 11:59 P.M. After we figure out how many players we have, we’ll set the teams and let you know who you’re playing. The teams will be set Saturday August 1st. After we know how many people we have, we will determine the leader of each team. If people fail to show up.. we will adjust accordingly.

The Challenge will be held Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 @ 9:00pm EST.(Please get on a few minutes earlier if you can) If any one has any sugestions, comments etc. on the rules.. or anything in this post for that matter. Post a comment and give us your opinion.

By posting your Gamertag in the comments section.. You have read the post and understand the rules.

*If we don’t hear from you, we will assume you do not want to participate!*

WOW!! Thats about the only word that can decribe this tournament.. Boy was it awesome.. Everything ran fairly smoothly. We had the championship live on the GWA website.. It was a good match for sure.. Beatdown barley beat KAMiKAZE 3-2. However Beatdown could not get past our first chairman (Lockdown) So he is just the “Champ” not the “Grand Champ”.. I would like to say thank you to all the particiapated.. and congrats to our Champion xGWAx Beatdown.. Enjoy them points(Dont spend it all in one place)  

if you missed any of the action.. or you want to see it again go [Here]

EdieKaye you are the winner! EdieKaye you are now a .:GWA:. Sergent

Congrats!

This Challenge is simple.. guess the 8 riddles that i have posted below and once agian what do you get for completing this? A Rank UP!! GWA Generals are not eligible (sorry guys you are as high as you can get)

Rules:

• Post the riddle answers in the comments section of this post
• Please wait until you figured out all of them before posting.
• Simple as that.

Riddle #1

• I am the leader of the Delta squad. My dad is a scientist.
• Answer:

Riddle # 2

• Trapped for years and held in cases yet when released we are not happy. But what are we?
• Answer:

Riddle # 3

• Some people say I’m stupid – they judge me because I’m big
• Answer:

Riddle # 4

• I am a bird which symbolizes darkness. I drop down to save soldiers.
• Answer:

Riddle # 5

• We are gone now but not forgotten. We lurk in the shadows.
• Answer:

Riddle # 6

• Im shrivelled up mess, have been held captive in the locust hollow.
• Answer:

Riddle # 7

• I’m not a fighter only a hider, but whenever you call me I’ll be there to help. Who am I?
• Answer:

Riddle # 8

• I drink the fuel of the Earth, and the trees fear my roar, yet a man may hold me in his hands.
• Answer:

The winner of the first GWA photo contest is…. KAMiKAZE with the picture above. KAMiKAZE is now a General for being the winner

KAMiKAZE has asked if TheOnlyJewPony rank up instead of him.. Congrats JewPony.. you are now a .:GWA:. Drone

Description:

• Capture a funny In-Game moment(Ghost Camera) from Gears of War 2 and submit the photo for a chance to win a prize!
• Winner will receive “A brand new Rank”
• Photos can be staged but only person submitting the entry is eligible for a RANK UP.
• Multiple entries allowed

 
Judging:

• Originality
• Humor
• Creativity 
    

Rules:

• Photos can be staged or a candid moment in the game.
• The person submitting the picture will be the only one eligible for the prize. 
• All Entries must be submitted by Friday, July 3rd, 2009 11:59 pm. EST 
• The Chairman will judge the pictures and we will have the winner sometime on Sunday.
• Post a link to the picture in the comments section of this article.
• Photos must be taken by the person making the entry(don’t steal someone elses pic off of gearsofwar.com)

Don’t know how to post screenshots?

• If you’ve ever taken a screen shot while in “ghost cam” mode while playing online, you can go to your “War Journal” from the main menu, and upload the picture to www.gearsofwar.com.
• Sign into Gearsofwar.com, and click the “My photos” tab at the top of the main page. Then click on “My uploads” on the left of the page. You’ll be taken to a screen where any photos you’ve uploaded to the Gears website will be present at the bottom, click the + symbol next to any you want to put in your gallery.
• And that’s it, go to “My gallery” and click on a photo , then post the link here.
• Should look like this when your done:

 http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/photogallery/default.htm?ViewType=4&SubID=C47B8FB8140987D759F9

Winner will be determined Sometime today.. (if Hughes03 picks one)

Update from Hughes03: I’m having trouble deciding because there are a lot of good ones. I’ve narrowed in and will make my decision soon

For the Challenge we have decided to do somthing a little different. Hughes03 has been struggling to come up with a new name with the xGWAx Clan tag next ot his name. So we thought.. why not make a challenge out of it and see what the other addicts can come up with it.

The maximum charactors for a xbox live GT is 15 minus the 5 for xGWAx and 6 for the space between words so that leaves us with a 9 letter word. It is a pretty straightforward challenge pick the name that Hughes03 likes best and you win. Hughes03 may or may not end up choosing a name that someone comes up with, but if he does then they will be declared the winner! What do you get with a win you say… Well of course a RANK UP!

The Rules:

• Maximum 9 charactors long
• Something you could actually put on Xbox Live
• Have fun with it(Hey.. he might like it)
• Post a comment to this post with your GT ideas!(can be as many as you want)
• If the gamertag has already been posted by a fellow clan member, please do not post it
• Try to make the GT ideas in “List Form” so it is easier to read
• Challenge will close at 12:01 AM EST on Sunday June 28th

No Live, No Problem!

See i told you we could still have fun even when Xbox Live is down. I would like to say thank you to all who participated in the “GWA Lives Down” challenges, and Congradulations to all of the winners. Here is how it all went down:

Winner of “Lives Down Challenge” #1: Slade Kechara

• With the win Slade was promoted to .:GWA:. Private

Winner of “Lives Down Challenge” #2: EdieKaye

• With the win Edie was promoted to .:GWA:. Lambent Drone

Winner of “Lives Down Challenge” #3: NinjaSwitch17

• With the win  Ninja was promoted to .:GWA:. Lambent Drone

Come out, come out wherever you are...

Winner Ninjaswitch17

Wheres Marcus?

For our third a final challenge, we have decided to play a game similar to “Wheres Waldo”. We have changes the rules a little bit this time, instead of finding Waldo.. you need to find Marcus Fenix.

Whats the prize?: The first to tell us where Marcus is at on the picture above gets a RANK UP

The Rules:

• In the comments section of this post give me the best possible description of where Marcus is at in the picture above.
•  The winner will be the first person who can give me the best possible description of where Marcus Fenix is at in the picture above

For the general rules for all of the challenges today check Here

Scramble Those Words Damit!!

The winner of this challange is EdieKaye

GWA Word Scramble

For the second challenge we are going to have another GWA word scramble. The first one to descramble the 10 gears related words first wins. Put the descrambled words in the comments section of this post. The first scramble was a little easy, so this time i have decided to not give hints this time. If the words seem to be to hard to scramble then i might give some hints. Depending on my mood The winner will be announced in the comments section of this post.

Whats the prize?: The first person to descramble these gets a RANK UP!

The word is scrambled and seperated according to how many words are in the phrase.

Example: Sadit-or-drW-aGAsecf= Gears of War Addicts

1. dbrai

2. erhmusmtrab

3. oaie-rnlct

4. aarim

 5. larhhalbst

 6. ahnaswic

7. cnoiatj

 8. eauoir-dnr

9. edengmyac-eer

 10. eolpi-fdsahs

For the general rules for these challenges click Here

I got your back like a butt crack..

The winner of this challenge is Slade Kechara

Scanvenger hunt

For our first challenge.. we are going to be having a little bit of a “scavenger hunt”. In the comments section to this aricle post your pic of a hat that looks the closest to Dizzy’s hat. It can be a link to the picture if that is more convenient for you.The winner will be announced in the comments section of this post. Now lets have a little fun!

Whats the prize?: If you can find a hat that looks the closest to Dizzy’s hat you get a RANK UP

Rules:

• It has to REALLY look like the hat Dizzy Wallin wears in the game.
• No inappropriate images. I’m just looking for a hat, not Uncle Bob sitting on a toilet wearing a hat.If you feel you have found the perfect hat and the rest of the image is inappropriate, use an image editor to cut it out. We have to be able to see though that it’s a real life hat.
• Do not use photoshop to manipulate images. You may use it to cut out the image.
• Find dizzy’s hat
• The closet pic to dizzy’s hat wins

For the general rules for these challenges click Here