Hoax

Hoaxes
Hoaxes are when misinformation is spread deliberately, normally for "comedic" effect. For the most part hoaxes in Guild Wars are very obvious, relying on the lack of knowledge of new players. The most obvious example being The Winter Dwarf, this hoax however did gain its own momentum, the sheer number of people falling for it helping to perpetuate the myth.

Slightly more advanced was the case of The Terror Shield which relied on a third party tool called The GW Texture Editor to apply a texture over an existing shield allowing the posting of both Video and Images.