Guild Wars 2 Player Dresses Character As Infamous 'Kitten Killer' Developer

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During a recent digital tour of End of Dragons, Guild Wars 2 developer Connor Fallon accidentally killed an in-game cat critter on stream, prompting players to flood him with jokes and jests. One player added to the stream of memes by dressing his Guild Wars 2 character up as the infamous developer.

Guild Wars 2 is preparing for the release of its End of Dragons at the end of the month. It recently revealed New Kaineng City, a sprawling urban zone unlike any other in Guild Wars 2.

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During Guild Wars 2’s most recent Guild Chat, Arenanet developers Connor, Indigo, and Ruby gave players a digital tour of the New Kaineng map. But, while showing off one of the jumping puzzles, tragedy struck. While trying to repeat a kneeling emote command to kneel down and pet a kitten at the puzzle’s end, he accidentally repeated a kill command he had used to defeat a boss earlier in the stream, killing the otherwise-unkillable kitten. The tour ground to a halt in shock and laughter, and Indigo and Ruby proceeded to tease Connor for the rest of the hour-long stream.

They weren’t the only ones. The internet exploded into memes within moments, all at the infamous Connor the Kitten Killer’s expense. Guild Wars 2 fan and Redditor Alderez immortalized Connor’s mistake by dressing up a character–aptly-named “The Kitten Killer”–in the same clothes as Connor had worn during the stream, even including the Relentless title and equipped with a ghostly cat companion. Connor actually saw and commented on the post, saying, “If this must be a thing, at least I look pretty fit!”

Hilariously, this is not the first time cats have been the focus of Guild Wars 2 memes. For