Gaile Gray in HoH! favor for ANet

Commander Ryker

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/

Wins the favor for anets office? Come people, get real. There's no way it's real.

I pwnd U

I pwnd U

God of Spammers

Join Date: Oct 2005

in the middle of a burning cornfield...

Scars Meadows [SMS] (Officer)

Did anyone try PM'ing Gaile about it? That might get us more answers then yelling at each other saying if the screens are fake or not! Still GG Gaile!

mojave mango juice

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

It is possible that Gaile was bored one day and put it up as a joke. ANet is allowed to have fun, too

Ruben

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Guild announce ftw imo.

Acidic Won

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by mojave mango juice
It is possible that Gaile was bored one day and put it up as a joke. ANet is allowed to have fun, too Who's having fun in HA?

Sirix Leai

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

mass grave in my GH

Team Asshat[Hat] coleader

N/

Faked or not is kinda beside the point, it made people laugh didnt it? But, for arguments sake why couldnt ANet have done that? Theyve shown that they have a good sense of humor with this game, and as Mango said Gaile could have been bored, or actualy won. The flip side is, thats an easy Photoshop. Remove the background from one screen shot, copy and paste the chat box onto another screen shot. Would take less than 5 minutes for anyone halfway familiar with PS. Only ANet and the OP know for sure, and neither is talking.

Cataclysm2000

Cataclysm2000

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

LMAO!! Wow, go Gaile!

Sentao Nugra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Grenths Rejects [GR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruben
Guild announce ftw imo. Bing Bing Bing... we have a winner.

Mourne

Mourne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

North Carolina, US

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

W/

[edit] Okay, I agree, definatly from guild announcement ;P.

Relambrien

Relambrien

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Delaware, USA

Error Seven Operators [Call]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirix Leai
Faked or not is kinda beside the point, it made people laugh didnt it? But, for arguments sake why couldnt ANet have done that? Theyve shown that they have a good sense of humor with this game, and as Mango said Gaile could have been bored, or actualy won. The flip side is, thats an easy Photoshop. Remove the background from one screen shot, copy and paste the chat box onto another screen shot. Would take less than 5 minutes for anyone halfway familiar with PS. Only ANet and the OP know for sure, and neither is talking. QFT. Who cares whether or not it's real, it was hilarious either way.

And I'd have to agree...Guild Announcement most likely. Clever use of spaces could make that possible ^^

noir0

noir0

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006



c wht i did thar?

Lol, it is funny and humurous, but whether it was real or not doesn't really matter so why argue about it -.-.

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

Regardless of if its real or not its still funny

Ascalon Chariot

Ascalon Chariot

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/

Lol, was funny while it lasted :b

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

About 5 months ago, I met a male warrior in RA. When I asked him about it, he said the character had been around since release. His name was Gaile Gray.....im almost certain its the same person.

Hou Lifu

Hou Lifu

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Modus Operandi [MO]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrath Of Dragons
About 5 months ago, I met a male warrior in RA. When I asked him about it, he said the character had been around since release. His name was Gaile Gray.....im almost certain its the same person. I'm guessing he somehow also set up a server location in the country known as "ANet Office"?

Wrath Of Dragons

Wrath Of Dragons

Burninate Stuff

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Mexico

E/Mo

No..he said he just took the name as a joke before Gaile had even done any of her visits

edit:
Hmmm...just actually read the final part of the screenshot. the part about the office.
I really did meet a warrior named Gaile Gray once, but i doubt he won favor for anyone special.

/noob

Mesmer in Need

Mesmer in Need

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

[ToA]

Grey can be spelled either grey or gray...

Ascalon Chariot

Ascalon Chariot

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

W/

Its pretty creative if it is a guild announcement, you must have been REALLY bored to think that up ^^

jonnieboi05

jonnieboi05

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mableton, Georgia

Guild Ancestors Reunited [?????????]

just so u guys know, gaile gray's character gaile gray has been around since beta. correct me if im wrong but isnt it impossible to create a character with the same exact name twice? ^_~

icedragon981

icedragon981

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

Heh, nice trick with guild announcement.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05
just so u guys know, gaile gray's character gaile gray has been around since beta. correct me if im wrong but isnt it impossible to create a character with the same exact name twice? ^_~ Assuming that ANet didn't rename characters just to pull this off. And before someone says that ANet can't rename characters, I think that if your IGN is deemed offensive then ANet will make you change it. So all they needed to do is flag Gaile Gray's character as having an offensive name, make the new character with that name, then reflag the first character to change the name back when finished with the PvP character (if a record is kept of names deemed offensive ANet would simply have to delete that entry from the records).

As for the ANet Office servers, they would have to be testing patches before releasing them. So all they needed to do there is bring it to the current version of guild wars, then connect those test servers up to the main ones.

So it seems possible that its genuine, but I think that its either an edited screenshot (take screenshot with no text, then place text in a matching font onto it) or a guild announcement trick.

greendc27

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Wisconsin

Gaming Continuum [GCon]

R/Mo

I'm not sure if it's real or not, but I hope it is. If Anet did this it's pretty funny imo.

chessyang

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

W/

ya i just saw the same message during an AB game!!



Original Screen Shot NO joke!!







oops i spelled Heroes wrong

Edit sorry to spoil the fun Gaile =(

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Dang, that's great! Someone... err... captured the moment!

Or somethin' like that.

xxSilhouette

xxSilhouette

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Lost in the sands of time...

Blood Of Orr [BoO]

R/Rt

hehe the truth has been revealed!!

Invertation

Invertation

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Shiverpeaks Search And Rescue [Lost]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by JonnieBoi05
wow u people are so stupid and gullible. YOU HAVE TO BE LEVEL 20 TO GET INTO HALLS! note: gaile gray is level ***7*** and can NOT get into HA...PLUS...it would say her GUILDS NAME in order for her to take favor and even so, it would be for AMERICAN since HQ to aNet is in washington. i mean comon!! ffs gg!! its not that hard to understand how fake these screens are. i just can believe how people will believe ANYTHING they see. About that level 7 part--
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...level7pic2.jpg

Fear my leet build.
(Btw, guildies, they dont mind their names)

Note--I took this screen about 15 or so minutes before I posted. Its recent.

MadOnion

MadOnion

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

lol, nice job with that, good idea for a fake screenshot (although, technically it's not fake!)

And level 20 only restricition was only added recently I beleive.

mojave mango juice

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Dang, that's great! Someone... err... captured the moment!

Or somethin' like that.

Hehe, go Gaile! ^_^
See, ANet is allowed to have fun

Ray

Ray

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Denmark

What a bunch of newbs.

Hall of Heros? :|

bebe

bebe

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

http://tinyurl.com/4g5ueb8

Put the peanut in the peanut hole!

Lol. Teddy bear!

Veripare

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada, Ontario

This is by far the best ... easter egg in Guild Wars history. Too bad I was watching the super bowl...

GG Gaile! ... and the Colts!

Cathode_Reborn

Cathode_Reborn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Lol so it is true?

But what's the deal with the guild chat sayin the same thing?? O_o

God Apprentice

God Apprentice

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/N

No Cathode it isn't true, notice Heroes is spelled wrong in the Gaile Gray shot




kimahri

kimahri

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB]

E/

GJ Gaile! What were you running?

btw, since the message isn't shown often the one who wrote it might just have written a typo, if not, still nice .

charlote

charlote

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Hero Battles!

Guild Wars College (GWU)

Me/

god i want my rank 4 >.< help me gaile lol!!!

samcobra

samcobra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

USA

Mo/Me

uh... go HA?

Badboy Thrasher

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

New Dragons [NDR]

Mo/

No problem to edit that in photoshop. *roll*

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

This is fake, ... or just someone wrote that from Anet office; I suppose there are an announce system where they could write anything and show to all players, plain and simple.

Neriandal Freit

Neriandal Freit

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Spiral of The Red Rose, Kryta (Columbus, IN)

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

E/

It's not fake, it was a joke upon the players to see who would catch it.

Obviously, someone has caught it.

Unlucky Slayer

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

R/

Alright, this one is going nowhere with everyone's "OH THIS IS FAKE BURN IT!!!"
"Oh its not fake stop being a tool."

Either way its a picture and it was supposed to be somewhat funny that something like that would possibly happen.

I'm shutting this down and I wont bother to reopen it unless ANet comes to me to confirm/deny this event over what Gaile said earlier in the thread.

(Sorry Gaile, what you said doesnt confirm/deny anything.)