Talk:Canthan New Year

Anybody know what days Canthan New Year falls on this year? The Chinese New Year starts on Jan 26th this year, according to Wiki. That's a Monday, so I figure either the event will occur the weekend prior to the 26th, or the following. Anybody know for sure?--24.92.116.83 01:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It should be on the following weekend of the start of the Chinese New Year, as has happened the last three years. So I expect to see the Finale happen on the 1st. Kanna 03:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

It really sucks that Prophecies/Nightfall get 12 days + of Xmas and a week + of Halloween, yet Cantha only gets a mere weekend (Superbowl weekend no less!).
 * I would think it will start this weekend and run for a week. Though I'd love to see it run for 15 days since Chinese New Year is celebrated for 15 days. But a week is still good. :) Kanna 20:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * dont forget when they have to repeat events since noone plays the game anymore. cantha also gets the dragon festival and dragon festival redux. of course dont forget tyria/elona both get halloween again and christmas in july -- adrin [[Image:User_adrin_ecto_sig.png]] 08:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Lunar fortunes!
If u have any Lunar fortunes from the year of the pig, please contact me here! ^-^

Event schedule
Do we have an official schedule yet or will this be a copy of last years event.

Thanks Rockweaver 02:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Year of the Horse
Kinda sucks that I gotta wait till 2014 for "my year" oh well I guess it could be worse. Weaponmaster
 * I think a celestial Kirin would be really cool. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  12:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have to wait till 2018 for Year of the Dog my character was born in december O.o

Sell!
Sell your Kuunavang's now!,After the Year of the dragon(Presuming they will use his skin)They will be worthless!-- Neil2250  10:45, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I find that pretty presumptuous, and most likely misleading. IF they choose to use the Kuunavang skin for a mini for CNY, it will most certainly be a celestial. The standard mini kuunavang that came will the collector's edition will remain as rare and as valuable as it is now. Besides, the year of the Dragon isn't until 2012. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  12:06, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * so if gw2 isnt out by 2012 then we should worry about selling our kuunavangs XDAurenX 20:35, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Why wouldn't the just use a miniature celestial in the shape of glint? Pariah [[File:User Pariah Pariahmoa.png]] talk  04:46, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Probably because Kuunavang is much closer to a Chinese dragon and already associated with Cantha. Glint is more of a fantasy dragon. Plus, the miniature model is already available, they would just need to give it a celestial skin. -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  05:36, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Hosting Districts
Like Last year, The Forever Knights [FK] will be hosting a district. (perhaps even 2 if we manage it) Which district it will be will be announced on the CNY 2010 talk page. And most likely also on the GWO and Guru forums. I'm just wondering if the Hosting of a district should get its own page on the wiki? (And yes we have enough items to cover all 9 times the celestial critter shows up.) DBZVelena |  (Talk page)   00:09, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * TBH, districts that aren't covered are the rarity. Sponsoring one isn't noteworthy.  24.197.253.243 00:55, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Celestial Tiger
Celestial Tiger does not only appear from Lunar Fortunes this year? "In addition to the items mentioned above, players will receive a special reward just for attending the end of this year's festival in Shing Jea Monastery—a Celestial Tiger miniature! Carry the divine beast's luck with you throughout the year!" Darthlight 00:10, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Didn't they do that with the pig first year, then made a collector the next year because everyone had so many?--Orry 03:55, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Lolwut? I don't recall them ever giving celestials out for being in attendance. And there isn't even an official page for Canthan New Years 2010 yet. Where the heck do you get your information? Pariah [[File:User Pariah Pariahmoa.png]] talk  05:04, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, they did it in 2007 with the miniature pig, (not celestial). Then then the following year, they had you trade in the miniature pigs for the celestial pigs because there were sooooo many mini pigs (I had something like 40). -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  05:32, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * As I said, Celestials. Unless they plan on going back to the way they did things with the Mini Pigs (which I highly doubt) we will recieve this year's mini as we have the last two times. Pariah [[File:User Pariah Pariahmoa.png]] talk  00:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, they fixed the typo on the Canthan New Year official page. If anyone is interested in seeing it, it's still cached on bing as of now  Darthlight 17:36, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Surely its a summon of some type? -- Salome   [[Image:User_salome_sig2.png|19px]] 17:43, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Summon Nian maybe? -- Wyn [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon2.png|19px ]] talk  17:59, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Apparently its a summon of a random celestial ally. -- Salome   [[Image:User_salome_sig2.png|19px]] 00:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Canthan New Year compared with Chinese New Year
Canthan and Chinese New Year are roughly correlated, allowing us to make some educated guesses about when CNY will occur:



!Year !! Chinese New Year !! Animal Sign !! Canthan New Year Friday !! # of days different
 * - style="background:lightgray;"
 * 2007 || 18-Feb-07 || Pig || 16 Feb || -2 days
 * 2008 || 7-Feb-08 || Rat || 8 Feb || -1 Day
 * 2009 || 26-Jan-09 || Ox || 30 Jan || +4 Days
 * 2010 || 14-Feb-10 || Tiger || 12 Feb || -2 Days
 * 2011 || 3-Feb-11 || Rabbit || 4 FebTh || +1 Days
 * - style="background: #EDC;"
 * 2012 || 23-Jan-12 || Dragon || 27 Jan || +4 Days
 * - style="background: #EDC;"
 * 2013 || 10-Feb-13 || Snake || 8 Feb || -2 Days
 * - style="background: #EDC;"
 * 2014 || 31-Jan-14 || Horse || 31 Jan || 0 Days
 * }
 * Th Started on Thursday, one day before date listed.
 * 2013 || 10-Feb-13 || Snake || 8 Feb || -2 Days
 * - style="background: #EDC;"
 * 2014 || 31-Jan-14 || Horse || 31 Jan || 0 Days
 * }
 * Th Started on Thursday, one day before date listed.

Predictions are italicized; CNY has always been the nearest Friday to the beginning of Chinese New Years that occurs after 21 Jan  24 Jan.   — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 08:36, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The nearest Friday to Jan 26, 2009, would've been Jan 23. So either they actually base it on the nearest Thursday (or the first Sunday on or after Chinese New Year, which amounts to the same thing but in a way that makes sense), or 2009 was just an anomolous delay. We'll see whether they use the 20th or 27th in 2012. Asidely, for 2013, you mean the 8th and -2. That said, I agree with the predictions. - Tanetris 09:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Re: 23 vs 30 Jan, they don't want it too close to Wintersday or Martin Luther King's BD, so mebbe I should have written the nearest Friday as long as it's after the 24th (which would make it never earlier than the last week of Jan). (@Tan: Thanks for fixing my math.)  — Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 10:57, 16 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Updated to show that 2011 prediction was correct (although ANet started the event on Thursday this time instead of Friday, as it had been since 2007; perhaps that's a Super Bowl Sunday effect).

Canthan New Year 2011
I dont want to miss it, so...is it next weekend(28th Jan 2011) or in 2 weeks(4th Feb 2011) that we will get Canthan New Year 2011? I know that Chinese New Year 2011 Year of the Hare is on Thursday the 3rd Feb 2011...is it usually weekend, or whole week? I wanna know because im going camping on the 3rd...I am assuming that they are busy with the Canthan New Year preparations and that the next important update will come after that, since Canthan New Year is more important. 173.32.190.24 01:31, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think we'll know for certain when it'll be until this weekend event's announced. But to answer your question about how long it lasts, usually around 3-4 days.  Canthan holidays don't get a lot of attention.  It's even shorter than Wintersday Redux on the years that it has one.  As for your last comment, I highly doubt they're working on anything specifically for the Canthan New Year (when was the last time any Canthan festival ever had anything of significance added to it?)  So, I doubt they're busy working on it.  They are, however, probably working on the next big updates.  I just highly doubt that any of it is specifically related to this festival.--Res 18:21, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Stay tuned - From Twitter: "Are you ready to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit in #GuildWars ? Canthan New Year starts on Thursday! Event details to come tomorrow! ~RB" 66.170.212.17 19:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)