International Talk Like a Pirate Day

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is an in-game event, started in 2008, that coincides with the International Talk Like a Pirate Day campaign. Although the actual day occurs on September 19th, the Guild Wars event takes place on the weekend closest to September 19th.

Notable features

 * NPCs in port cities (see below) are reskinned as Corsairs during September 19th (Pacific time).
 * All monsters have a chance of dropping a Bottle of Grog (in addition to their usual loot).

Dialogue
NPCs have be heard to say the following during the event:
 * "Ahoy there, Cap'n Tightpants!"
 * "Ahoy there, matey! This be a no-hornswogglin' zone."
 * "Arr! Who be ye?"
 * "Arrg! Silly landlubbers!"
 * "Arrr! It's a pirate's life for me!"
 * "Avast ye filthy land lubbers! Prepare to be boarded!"
 * "Avast! I be a pirate this day!"
 * "Drink up, me hearties!"
 * "Ho there, cap'n! Buy me a grog, eh?"
 * "I be a pir *hic*. I be a pir *hic*. I be a pir *hic*. I shteal things."
 * "I like the cut of yer jib."
 * "Me booty! Who took me booty!"
 * "Sit down on the deck, mate! Rough seas ahead."
 * "Thank the gods I'm not a landlubber!"
 * "'Tis a fine day to sail the seas!"
 * "'Tis talk like a pirate tide, don't ye know?"
 * "Yarr. I can't stop grinning."
 * "Ye salty sea dog! Buy us a drink, hey?"
 * "Well met, jim lad. We be pirates, savvy?"
 * "What will ye do with a drunken pirate, ear-lie in the morning."

NPCs affected
The following NPCs in Lion's Arch and Kamadan appear as Corsairs on September 19th: § In Kamadan, two Istani commoners are transformed. The one that is mobile appears as a monk; a stationary one (near the traders in the northwest) appears as a necromancer.