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Retro

Member
Rösti;40434996 said:
Some thoughts on the logo, Retro:
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Logo was a quick and dirty "What looks good, okay, that looks awesome, what's next" affair, format was gif to keep file size down since we were bouncing iterations back and forth, and there's no font actually used in the forum logo. Slapped together a quick and dirty banner just for the announcement.

And the GW2 assets are fine, it's the NeoGAF logo out there that needed tweaking.

aramanKain said:
Good suggestion.
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Good enough to already be up on the guild forum!
 
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Kem0sabe

Member
Personally i love the white space use in the GW2 art, white, black and red would be awesome in a logo or guild site/forum.
 
R

Retro

Member
1. Holy broken frames, Batman, quote that.

2. We're limited on color and layout choices because of the forum software used. That said, the software we're using is amazing and has a ton of nice options. It's just that completely reworking the visuals doesn't appear to be one of them (or maybe just not worth it).
 
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Warrior_Keoni

Member
Retro said:
1. Holy broken frames, Batman, quote that.

2. We're limited on color and layout choices because of the forum software used. That said, the software we're using is amazing and has a ton of nice options. It's just that completely reworking the visuals doesn't appear to be one of them (or maybe just not worth it).
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Too many people focus on visuals and not enough about the functionality of the forums. Hey folks, it's still a work in progress. Give it some time. Thanks to Retro and Ferny and others that help set up the site to get it going.
 
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Naito

Member
Reposting for new page. Your input will be appreciated.

Naito said:
#EU GW2 GAF - Home server poll
here's a poll for EU GAF to help us decide if
. we should join with the rest of GW2 GAFGuild on a US home server;
. we should settle on a EU home server;
. it's indifferent which home server we'll be on.

CLICK ME TO VOTE!

Thanks and do post your opinion on the matter :)
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Rösti

Unconfirmed Member
I made an example banner for the starting post, if that could become fitting once the game launches:

guildwars2logo_2ema4r.png
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Basic information:

  • The clipping mask is just two shapes from the official asset kit merged.
  • Artwork is marked Rytlock_Charr, is a PSD with four layers, one is partially separated from the mask. It's the Charr to the right.
  • The colour on the text is hexadecimal color ff8b01, an intermediate (red-orange) colour. It's the one used on the "New thread" and "Post reply" buttons on NeoGAF.
  • The typeface for "Gaming Age Force" is Permanent Marker Pro. I think it makes for a nice contrast over the serif font above.
The font colour is there to mark that this regards a NeoGAF guild. However, black (or #202020 as I use frequently) works well also. If not defined by colour, I suppose you could throw in the NeoGAF logo; it could be used as a mask as in Retro's logo, though I would need a much bigger version in that case. And the files I could find weren't that good.

Again, just an example for if something like this could come in handy.
 
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Kem0sabe

Member
Rösti;40438632 said:
I made an example banner for the starting post, if that could become fitting once the game launches:



Basic information:

  • The clipping mask is just two shapes from the official asset kit merged.
  • Artwork is marked Rytlock_Charr, is a PSD with four layers, one is partially separated from the mask. It's the Charr to the right.
  • The colour on the text is hexadecimal color ff8b01, an intermediate (red-orange) colour. It's the one used on the "New thread" and "Post reply" buttons on NeoGAF.
  • The typeface for "Gaming Age Force" is Permanent Marker Pro. I think it makes for a nice contrast over the serif font above.
The font colour is there to mark that this regards a NeoGAF guild. However, black (or #202020 as I use frequently) works well also. If not defined by colour, I suppose you could throw in the NeoGAF logo; it could be used as a mask as in Retro's logo, though I would need a much bigger version in that case. And the files I could find weren't that good.

Again, just an example for if something like this could come in handy.
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I don´t find the font very appealing, especially the gaming age sub title, somewhat childish.

Concerning the "painted" brush strokes, if they maybe formed a dragon? could be more appealing, then again, they look nice already.
 
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Deleted member 10571

Unconfirmed Member
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Oh well :D Yeah this is harder than I thought it would be.
 
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Jack_AG

Banned
Ill need to be deleted or name changed since autofill took care of my first/last name and I didn't double check ha! Then again it doesn't really matter to me - unless there's another Jack running about there shouldn't be any confusion.

While my full name is up there - feel free to add me on G+ anyone.
 
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Deleted member 10571

Unconfirmed Member
Hasardeur said:
they look amazing! I like the left-bottom one the best
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Oh thanks :D The bottom ones are the same though, I just added the Forum background so you can see how they look like.
 
MightyKAC

MightyKAC

Member
Just broke down and pre-ordered it on GMG.

Loved the first one, would love to play this one with fellow GAF'ers.

#addme

Incoggnito.4798
 
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Naito

Member
For EU gaffers, I opened a dedicated thread to discuss about EU matters over at GAFguild.
I cordially invite you to join there and share your opinions.

In other news, the poll is still running and it will be closed on the 1st August.
Naito said:
#EU GW2 GAF - Home server poll
here's a poll for EU GAF to help us decide if
. we should join with the rest of GW2 GAFGuild on a US home server;
. we should settle on a EU home server;
. it's indifferent which home server we'll be on.

CLICK ME TO VOTE!

Thanks and do post your opinion on the matter :)
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Ryökäle

Neo Member
I think I'm going to have to stick to the EU servers because of my crappy internet :( Besides I think that if we have even like 20-30 players on the EU servers, it will be enough to make an impact in WvW.
 
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Naito

Member
I wouldn't mind having just 20 guildmates, without counting possible friends and non-gaffers, on EU side.
It is ofc preferable to have a very active small group than a large one with many inactive members. Things are also easier to handle.

We still have some time, 3 weeks, to check and gather EU folks.

Poll's results!
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Naito

Member
We came to the decision that EU GAFguild will settle on their own EU server, Gandara.
You can share your opinions on the matter and follow the discussion over at GAFguild.com
 
R

Retro

Member
satori said:
Sigh this wait is killing me....
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I know. I almost wish I hadn't played any of the BWEs so I wouldn't know how great the game is and want to play it all the time now.

The good news in, in 15 hours, we'll be at 19 days left... which somehow seems both incredibly far away and yet somehow better-sounding than 20. Still too damn long though.
 
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ComputerMKII

Banned
Retro said:
I know. I almost wish I hadn't played any of the BWEs so I wouldn't know how great the game is and want to play it all the time now.

The good news in, in 15 hours, we'll be at 19 days left... which somehow seems both incredibly far away and yet somehow better-sounding than 20. Still too damn long though.
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That's close to three weeks. Three goddamn weeks...
 
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Deleted member 10571

Unconfirmed Member
Retro said:
Nooooo, you have to look at it as being only 5 days away from two weeks away!
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Also, 2 weeks and 5 days full of interesting videos from Woodenpotatoes and Dontain! Get Crit!
 
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Wallach

Member
Hey is the timer on guild page right...? Seems like it is five hours over, if the servers are going live at 12:01 AM on the 25th.

Edit - Actually the GW2 official home page timer is 7 hours beyond our own, so I guess they plan to wait until noon PDT on the 25th?

Edit 2 - Aha, https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/230717628174446592 means their front page is actually dumb, it is 12:00 AM PDT on the 25th, so ours is 5h ahead.
 
R

Retro

Member
The timer on the GW2 site is supposed to use your system clock, but it's not accurate to the very start of the Headstart, I believe. According to my clock, there are 17 days, 9 hours, 53 minutes and change before the game launches at 3AM EDT (midnight PDT). I would guess the one on GAFGuild.com is running GMT or something.
 
C

ComputerMKII

Banned
S

Sinistral

Member
Would like to join as well if possible, looking forward to playing with an established tight community.

#addme

Gyroscope.1402
 
S

Sinistral

Member
I saw Shredder at first, haha...

Whole emblem looks familiar though... I'm thinking insects, scarab, something I can't recollect. It's iconic and readable when viewed small, which is good.
 
G

GundamBanshee

Member
Officially requesting to be added to the guild! Never played Guild Wars before, so I'll be a total noob. Pre-ordering my copy of GW2 today. I mainly play around midnight-7AM.

(I'm digging the emblem; it looks like a raccoon with horns :p)


GundamBanshee.7015

#addme
 
L

LkPr

Member
Have invites gone out yet for new members and/or is that how new member get added? Last stress test I didn't think I was in the GAF Guild yet but I'll check again tonight.
 
F

Ferny

Member
There's no point in invites since it's not even live yet. Starting next week, we'll be getting invites out.
 
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