Originally posted by Cowboy700
So yeah, I just got pre-purchased GW2 today and just got my computer on Augest 2nd... i'm a retard and i'm kinda worried that I did something here wrong, is it possible for us to log into Guild Wars 2 and you just go to the login screen? Idk if there even is a login screen but when I try to log in it says "Either there is no current Guild Wars 2 event or this account is not authorized to participate in one. If you believe an event is running that you should have acess to please contact Customer Support. For additional support, please visit http://support.guildwars2.com" is this normal? Does this happen to all people that bought the game because it isn't out yet? I hope it's normal...

Yeah, all it's saying is that the games not open yet and there's no open beta events running so it won't let you in.  That's totally normal.  During betas, or stress tests, or when the game launches, you'll be just fine.

Yes, that's the standard message that you get when there is no beta event or stress test. No reason to worry about that :)

No worries. It's completely normal.

With earlier client versions (Beta Weekend 1 and 2) you could launch the game, see the full-screen login window and access the preferences before logging in. With the newest version you don't have that. The message you are getting is the one everyone is getting when trying to login now. Unless they have another stress test (keep an eye on facebook and twitter) the first time you'll be able to login will be with the early access on august 25th.

Be sure to activate your key and your account though. If you are able to login into the forums (http://forum.guildwars2.com) then you know your account is okay.

If you want to get into the log in screen in the game

right click on the shortcut and add

"-useoldlauncher"

without " " and leaving a single space like this

X:\whatever\whatever\GW2.exe -useoldlauncher

You can listen to the music and see graphic options and whatnot.

Originally posted by Gaia_Hunter

If you want to get into the log in screen in the game

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X:\whatever\whatever\GW2.exe -useoldlauncher

You can listen to the music and see graphic options and whatnot.

 Nice! Didn't know using the old launcher was still possible. Works like a charm. Open a command window in the installation folder and "gw2.exe -useoldlauncher".