(Before it's asked I've gotten permission.)
I've already proposed this idea in the GWO Lore Forum and there's a decent amount of interest in starting a guild based on researching the GW lore. Or as I posted on GWO:
Perhaps I've been reading too much lore on the Order of Whispers, but I was thinking of organizing a guild and perhaps even an alliance of those who like to do in-game research. The main purpose of this would be the convenience of conveying ideas quickly amongst one another and easy organization of teams for research purposes. The organization of the alliance, if there were to be one, would be something like the following:
Alliance Leader-Has a guild hall where everyone can meet to organize themselves and team up and discuss things. Basically the launching point.
Tyrian Branch-This guild would be made up of those familiar with the Tyrian areas of Prophecies and would be referred to in an event of research in those areas.
Canthan Branch-Same as above.
Elonian Branch-Same as Tyrian Branch.
Northern Tyrian Branch-This consists of the areas introduced in Eye of the North, and like the Tyrian branch would be made up of those familiar with these areas and dungeons.
At any rate, if there's enough interest, and it seems there is on GWO, this will see the light of day.
A guild proposition.
Gmr Leon
Konig Des Todes
This sounds very interesting. Personally, I don't think there is much that can be found out that a people who are not in a guild can do, although for the Lore Lovers *like myself* it would make it easier to ask questions when we find something out. To me it seems like it will start out as a "Search for Lore Info" guild(s) and soon turn into "Share what you know to those who have questions" guild(s). Either way, sounds interesting.
Add one to the "Interested List."
Add one to the "Interested List."
Free Runner
An interesting idea. While i would never have my main account leave my current guild (i've been a member for around 3 years and hope to continue that into GW2 
) i do have a guildless second account that i play often. If ever such an idea does come about i would be interested in joining through my second account.
) i do have a guildless second account that i play often. If ever such an idea does come about i would be interested in joining through my second account.
Gmr Leon
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Originally Posted by Azazel The Assassin
To me it seems like it will start out as a "Search for Lore Info" guild(s) and soon turn into "Share what you know to those who have questions" guild(s). Either way, sounds interesting.
Add one to the "Interested List." |
In this way we would be organized before GW2, rather than scrambling around at release and haphazardly trying to organize ourselves. At least that's the thought I'm having for it.
Edit: Right now, over on GWO, we're discussing possible guild names. Well, sort of.
Some of the ideas I had were:
Sanctum of Meditation and Study [SoMS]
Order of Whispers [OoW]
Tyrian Academy of Sciences [TAoS]
This is what I said when requesting guild name proposals there:
At any rate, I'd like to see several (plausible, not ridiculous, not going over the character limit obviously) name ideas for the guild. We'll decide depending on which one gets the most support I suppose.
I'd like the names to fall under something that indicates a place of gathering, discussion, preparation, and intermittent travel, if you will. Hope that's not too much to ask for.
Trader of Secrets
You know wat would be interesting, if your "organization" rewarded people for their finds.
Enagan
It's an interesting idea.... Although I won't leave my guild, and do not have a secondary acount, I would be happy to be an "external" participant to that Lore guild of yours, I'm new to this forum, but I always liked GW lore, and always wanted to find out about those loose ends!
Free Runner
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Originally Posted by Trader of Secrets
You know wat would be interesting, if your "organization" rewarded people for their finds.
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Gmr Leon
Just a note, if any of you would like to discuss this further, you can contact me in-game by the name Leon Wyvern. Or PMs. Whatever suits you, especially considering I've not been that active in-game lately. (Been playing a new game I just got, is the reason.)
Lady Lozza
I find this proposition interesting, certianly I don't think my main account would join, but I do have a 2nd on at the moment, maybe I might join with that account, I'd have to think about it some more.
Konig Des Todes
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Originally Posted by GmrLeon
Well, to be honest, it does seem as though we've found out most everything we can in terms of lore info for GW. At least, that's the common thought in the GWO Lore Forum, but I like to think that the guild would be in preparation to GW2.
In this way we would be organized before GW2, rather than scrambling around at release and haphazardly trying to organize ourselves. At least that's the thought I'm having for it. Edit: Right now, over on GWO, we're discussing possible guild names. Well, sort of. Some of the ideas I had were: Sanctum of Meditation and Study [SoMS] Order of Whispers [OoW] Tyrian Academy of Sciences [TAoS] This is what I said when requesting guild name proposals there: At any rate, I'd like to see several (plausible, not ridiculous, not going over the character limit obviously) name ideas for the guild. We'll decide depending on which one gets the most support I suppose. I'd like the names to fall under something that indicates a place of gathering, discussion, preparation, and intermittent travel, if you will. Hope that's not too much to ask for. |
Also, some name ideas I have:
League of Researching Envoys [LORE] *couldn't think of a better E word
*Scholars of Myths [SoM]
Thats all I can think of for now, I'll post other names if I come up with any.
Gmr Leon
My first idea for a name for the guild was the following:
League of Research and Enlightenment [LoRE]
Unfortunately that wouldn't fit. I like the names you came up with except, well, envoys doesn't really fit and the only issue I have with Scholars of Myths is the fact that lore covers both mythology and history.
Now if only I could get the people to respond on GWO.
Edit: Not to mention it doesn't exactly fall under the description I had for its name. Which is in one of my above posts.
League of Research and Enlightenment [LoRE]
Unfortunately that wouldn't fit. I like the names you came up with except, well, envoys doesn't really fit and the only issue I have with Scholars of Myths is the fact that lore covers both mythology and history.
Now if only I could get the people to respond on GWO.
Edit: Not to mention it doesn't exactly fall under the description I had for its name. Which is in one of my above posts.
Konig Des Todes
Like I said, the only E word I was able to think of was Envoy that had any relation to lore, so of course envoys can be replaced with a better W word. Also, I was trying to think of something with your description, but couldn't. At least so far.
Edit: Just thought of something that would be cool. Since the idea for this guild is going on both Guru and GWO, then there is a good chance that ANet would see this. I think it would be cool if they put in some Lore NPCs just for the guild *I know wishful thinking right? Still would be cool*. I just had the thought after looking at the title of the (second) "Razah in GW2?" thread. I thought "What if ANet puts Razah in our guild hall to say random things about the Lore? That would be cool."
Always wanted NPCs in the actual guild *not trader NPCs* to make it seem more realistic with how they act...
Anyways, away from my wishful thinking. I think that the guild should have [LORE] as the tag, as that is rather distinguishable and I don't think I have seen it around at all, so it would be original and if anyone who hears about the "Lore Guild" would be able to see someone by seeing the Tag and contact that way *if for some reason they can't through the Forums*.
Also, it would be a good idea to make a Forum for Lore with the guild's creation with known lore topics that are "big threads" in both Guru and GWO *Like the Ecology of the Charr thread here*.
Just ideas for the lore guild that doesn't deal with the actual name *still thinking of some*.
I do think it would be cool if the lore guild can get as popular as LaZy *at least in the eyes of ANet*, who knows what type of Lore the guild would be given then?
Edit: Just thought of something that would be cool. Since the idea for this guild is going on both Guru and GWO, then there is a good chance that ANet would see this. I think it would be cool if they put in some Lore NPCs just for the guild *I know wishful thinking right? Still would be cool*. I just had the thought after looking at the title of the (second) "Razah in GW2?" thread. I thought "What if ANet puts Razah in our guild hall to say random things about the Lore? That would be cool."
Always wanted NPCs in the actual guild *not trader NPCs* to make it seem more realistic with how they act...
Anyways, away from my wishful thinking. I think that the guild should have [LORE] as the tag, as that is rather distinguishable and I don't think I have seen it around at all, so it would be original and if anyone who hears about the "Lore Guild" would be able to see someone by seeing the Tag and contact that way *if for some reason they can't through the Forums*.
Also, it would be a good idea to make a Forum for Lore with the guild's creation with known lore topics that are "big threads" in both Guru and GWO *Like the Ecology of the Charr thread here*.
Just ideas for the lore guild that doesn't deal with the actual name *still thinking of some*.
I do think it would be cool if the lore guild can get as popular as LaZy *at least in the eyes of ANet*, who knows what type of Lore the guild would be given then?
Gmr Leon
I don't know if you guys got this bit of information, but whenever I got Nightfall i zoomed through the campaign in two days, in the first day I was at Vabbi and exploring it. It was in the Halls of Chokhin there that I just happened to stumble upon in-game NPC versions of several of us who frequent the GWO Lore Forum.
This included myself, the previous moderator Quintus Antonius, and several others who contributed much in the way of theories and research.
That aside, I'm glad you have such hopeful thinking, and I'll have to do a bit of searching to make sure you're correct about the LORE tag, but I think you are. Most guilds go with a shorthand of their guild's name, with each letter in the tag denoting a word of the guild's name.
I think we should stick to getting the guild set up and actually existing before we go as far as a forum, though. Not to dampen the optimism, just being realistic.
This included myself, the previous moderator Quintus Antonius, and several others who contributed much in the way of theories and research.
That aside, I'm glad you have such hopeful thinking, and I'll have to do a bit of searching to make sure you're correct about the LORE tag, but I think you are. Most guilds go with a shorthand of their guild's name, with each letter in the tag denoting a word of the guild's name.
I think we should stick to getting the guild set up and actually existing before we go as far as a forum, though. Not to dampen the optimism, just being realistic.
Konig Des Todes
About the LORE tag, along with not seeing it ingame, I also checked the ladder, and it is not there *I know there are millions of guilds that are not on the ladder, but pretty much all known guilds are on the upper ladder so chances are good for the tag*.
As for the NPCs that you mentioned, I do *now* recall reading that they were named after Lore Researching players, I just forgot about that for a *long* while. And yes, we should just focus on one step at a time, I was just saying that is something we need to plan for the future really. After finding a good name to use, we'll need a cape and yada yada yada. I know it all *quite annoying process really :/*.
But once you get the guild set up, send an invite to the igm to the left and I'll be sure to join, and until then, I'll post whatever ideas for names I might get.
But for now...I need to sleep...
As for the NPCs that you mentioned, I do *now* recall reading that they were named after Lore Researching players, I just forgot about that for a *long* while. And yes, we should just focus on one step at a time, I was just saying that is something we need to plan for the future really. After finding a good name to use, we'll need a cape and yada yada yada. I know it all *quite annoying process really :/*.
But once you get the guild set up, send an invite to the igm to the left and I'll be sure to join, and until then, I'll post whatever ideas for names I might get.
But for now...I need to sleep...
Gmr Leon
An idea just proposed on GWO for the name of the guild:
Order of Historians.
Not really fond of it myself, considering it doesn't abide with the idea I have in mind for the alliance leading guild.
Edit: Almost forgot, here are the emblems he suggested:
Order of Historians.
Not really fond of it myself, considering it doesn't abide with the idea I have in mind for the alliance leading guild.
Edit: Almost forgot, here are the emblems he suggested:
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Emblems that could work:
- Pyramids: History and all that - Beer: You can't be a historian while sober...right? - Owl: Symbol of Athena, Greek Godess of knowledge. Could work. - Holy Grail look-a-like thingy: sort of relevant as well |
Free Runner
The name could have something to do with Durmand. He seems to be important in GW2 in terms of collected lore. I noticed there is a place in GW2 named after him (Durmand Priory) that seems to be a centerbase for historians (and by chance its guardians are the Order of Whispers).
Though i do like the Order of Whispers name. Though surely that name would be taken by now?
Also the tag [LORE] is around however it is in very small numbers. No guild registered on wiki has the tag.
Though i do like the Order of Whispers name. Though surely that name would be taken by now?
Also the tag [LORE] is around however it is in very small numbers. No guild registered on wiki has the tag.
SirJackassIII
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An idea just proposed on GWO for the name of the guild:
Order of Historians. Not really fond of it myself, considering it doesn't abide with the idea I have in mind for the alliance leading guild. |
(posting this here because I could use the postcount, it's been several months since I posted on Guru
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Gmr Leon
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(Durmand Priory)
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Free Runner
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Originally Posted by GmrLeon
Are you referring to the monastery somewhere in the mountains near Lion's Arch where the Order of Whispers moved all the scrolls out of the library in Lion's Arch to before it was flooded?
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I know your still trying to decide upon the main guilds name but branch names could use something relevent from that continent eg Cantha has the Celestial Ministry so the branch name could have the word Ministry in it. An example would be Ministry of *insert name here*.
Gmr Leon
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Originally Posted by Free Runner
I know your still trying to decide upon the main guilds name but branch names could use something relevent from that continent eg Cantha has the Celestial Ministry so the branch name could have the word Ministry in it. An example would be Ministry of *insert name here*.
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Songbringer
This sounds pretty interesting. I love to read good lore about gw's but I don't think I would put my main account into the guild. I do have a 2nd and 3rd account. The 3rd bieng a guild leader and the 2nd one I just deleted the guild.
Hit me up IG at Melony Songbringer or on forums. I would love to get an account in there. Maybe even my main if it turns out to be as great an idea as it sounds.
Hit me up IG at Melony Songbringer or on forums. I would love to get an account in there. Maybe even my main if it turns out to be as great an idea as it sounds.
Konig Des Todes
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Originally Posted by GmrLeon on GWO
...one very enthusiastic person suggested that the tag be LORE. As it is, at least to his/her knowledge not a common tag and would be easily distinguished and would thus allow people to get into contact with us easier.
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Anyways, for Leader, I figured the one to come up with the idea should be the leader, only if you want though
. As for capes, I've put up attachments of some capes I've liked in the past(Yes, they are a little bland but I still like them and they are just suggestions, I think the 1st and 4th capes are the best in that group, but I put 5 up so that others can see similar capes that would work).For name, something to do with Durmand would probably work out well in terms of Lore relevance.
For Hall, I don't think it matters, nearly every hall can be argued to have relevance to the idea of the guild. *Hunters for the Library in LA look, Dead for the Catacomb/wall, Frozen because the Library after LA gets flooded is somewhere in the shiverpeaks (I think), I can go on, but won't* So it doesn't really matter, at least for now.
Edit: the 3rd, 4th, and 5th capes can all be given an emblem if wanted as well, the 1st two, not so much as I think they look best without one.
Enagan
I liked the forth cape
Gmr Leon
There's nothing wrong with enthusiasm. I'm still of the thought that we should go with something symbolical on the cape. That is, have an emblem, but have it represent something of a sort. Ex. Knowledge, sharing of information, etc.
I'm still of the thought that we should go with something symbolical on the cape. That is, have an emblem, but have it represent something of a sort. Ex. Knowledge, sharing of information, etc.
Konig Des Todes
I looked through the emblems that were posted on wiki, and with the help of Paint I took out the emblems I think would defiantly not fit. So here is a "list" of possible emblems for the cape. And as I'm no longer in a guild, I cannot go to the Cape designer guy to make up new designs 
, so with the cape, for now, I've done what I can other then which Emblem should be used.
As for name, The best I can think of atm would be Caretakers/Order/Disciples/Scholars of Durmand [LORE] *yes, thats 4 names in one*.
I'm sure thats not something your wanting but, at least for me, coming up with a guild name that deals with a meeting of scholars is rather hard.
Edit: removed attached file and uploaded onto Photobucket so you can show it to GWO if you want.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...mblemIdeas.jpg
, so with the cape, for now, I've done what I can other then which Emblem should be used.As for name, The best I can think of atm would be Caretakers/Order/Disciples/Scholars of Durmand [LORE] *yes, thats 4 names in one*.
I'm sure thats not something your wanting but, at least for me, coming up with a guild name that deals with a meeting of scholars is rather hard.
Edit: removed attached file and uploaded onto Photobucket so you can show it to GWO if you want.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...mblemIdeas.jpg
Gmr Leon
Here are some ideas I had, after the suggested name of Tyrian Colloquium.
Colloquium Nexus of Research [LORE]
or
Nexus of Colloquial Research [LORE]
Edit:
Several more ideas, and it will likely become increasingly clear I love the word nexus.
Nexus of Contemplative Study [LORE]
or as Contemplative can also mean a person dedicated to contemplation it could also be something like this:
Nexus of Contemplatives [LORE]
The Archivists' Sanctum [LORE]
Just throwing some ideas out there.
Colloquium Nexus of Research [LORE]
or
Nexus of Colloquial Research [LORE]
Edit:
Several more ideas, and it will likely become increasingly clear I love the word nexus.
Nexus of Contemplative Study [LORE]
or as Contemplative can also mean a person dedicated to contemplation it could also be something like this:
Nexus of Contemplatives [LORE]
The Archivists' Sanctum [LORE]
Just throwing some ideas out there.
Konig Des Todes
Was actually gonna quote that person from GWO lol. I like the Colloquium idea *not the Tyrian though, too limited unless it means the World called Tyria, but even that is somewhat limited due to the Rift*.
I think the first name of the two you just posted are good.
Edit: looking at the names you added onto GWO *which I'll post all so you don't have to*
I like the Archivists' Sanctum idea of those. Course, University of the Five Gods wouldn't be too bad if it fits either.
How about Order of Archivists [LORE]? *kinda like the Order idea it seems lol*
Another Edit: seems quoting you from GWO was pointless as you added those names anyways lol. Anyways, another idea I got was "Archivists of Durmand." Just putting anything I come up with for people to think about.
I think the first name of the two you just posted are good.
Edit: looking at the names you added onto GWO *which I'll post all so you don't have to*
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How does this name sound?
Colloquium Nexus of Research [LORE] or Nexus of Colloquial Research [LORE] Was another idea I had. Edit: Several more ideas, and it will likely become increasingly clear I love the word nexus. Nexus of Contemplative Study [LORE] or as Contemplative can also mean a person dedicated to contemplation it could also be something like this: Nexus of Contemplatives [LORE] The Archivists' Sanctum [LORE] Just throwing some ideas out there. |
How about Order of Archivists [LORE]? *kinda like the Order idea it seems lol*
Another Edit: seems quoting you from GWO was pointless as you added those names anyways lol. Anyways, another idea I got was "Archivists of Durmand." Just putting anything I come up with for people to think about.
Gmr Leon
Well, as we're kind of stuck on Tyria for the most part, it makes sense to use Tyrian in the sense of the world.
May want to take another glance though, I just added several more name ideas.
May want to take another glance though, I just added several more name ideas.
Konig Des Todes
An idea I recently had regarding the Leader of the guild.
Why not have "Back-up Leaders" as well. Meaning, if the Leader is tired of being in the leader position *and it does happen* or if the leader needs to leave the guild for any reason, there would already be a set leader to take his/her place.
Nothing important but a good idea in terms of a fail-safe.
Why not have "Back-up Leaders" as well. Meaning, if the Leader is tired of being in the leader position *and it does happen* or if the leader needs to leave the guild for any reason, there would already be a set leader to take his/her place.
Nothing important but a good idea in terms of a fail-safe.
Gmr Leon
It would be hard to decide, but I do think it's a good idea to have in mind. Especially if the leader decides to take an extended break for RL reasons or just wanting to catch up on console games. (Like I've been doing as of late.)
Konig Des Todes
Guild Names:
For those who keep up-to-date with this thread and doesn't go to GWO to read the ideas there, I have included the list of currently suggested names.
The names I vote for *and don't care which of these get chosen*:
The Archivists' Sanctum
Colloquium of Research (Removed Nexus, I think it sounds better without it)
University of the Six Gods (Changed Five Gods to Six Gods, seeing how there are now 6 "good gods")
"Alliance Leaders":
Also, a revision of the idea about the "Back-up" leaders. Since this is planned to eventually become an alliance, depending on how many people join, I think the back-up leaders can also be the "candidates" to be the Branch leaders. Of course doing this will require a "Secondary Back-up" leader list as well, for back-up leaders that will be for the Branch guilds and to replace the then Branch leaders.
In simpler format, the "Hierarchy" for the guild leaders would be:
Guild Leader (1)
Co-Leaders *aka "Branch/Back-up" Leaders* (4)
"Secondary Back-up" Leaders *who will replace or follow the Primary Back-up leaders* (4)
Edit:
On another thought, I think it would be best to just scrap the "LORE Alliance" idea because I highly doubt we will get over 100 people into this. Also, we don't even know if we will have alliances in GW2, so planning on one, to me at least, isn't that wise. Keeping the "alliance leaders" idea up in case we do get enough people.
Guild Ideas List:
Also, gonna make a revision of my opinions for the guild, in the order that it needs to be dealt with.
Guild Name: (Not gonna bother re-writing, just look above)
Guild Leader: I think the one to come up with the idea should be the leader (for the narrow minded, that would be GmrLeon)
Guild Cape: My current two favorite are these two (Cape1 and Cape 2). The following link has the emblems that I think would work decent to good with the idea of the guild.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...mblemIdeas.jpg
Guild Forum/Website: Gotta have a place to put our finds, especially for sharing between Guru-only users and GWO-only users.
Guild Co-Leaders: 1-4 "Back-up" Leaders for when whoever the leader is needs to take a break from the guild/game for whatever reason. (Removed the idea about "Secondary Back-up Leaders" since the alliance idea might not work).
People who will be joining us in GW2: Just need to get a list of everyone who will be buying GW2 when it comes out.
Edit: GmrLeon, seeing how you put this over on GWO, I added the two capes as links in the post instead of attachments so you can let them see them (at least until I can figure out what's wrong with my GWO account). Cape Pictures are in the Guild Cape section.
For those who keep up-to-date with this thread and doesn't go to GWO to read the ideas there, I have included the list of currently suggested names.
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Names suggested thus far:
The Archivists' Sanctum The Lore Sanctum The Contemplatives' Sanctum The Inquisitors' Sanctum Temple of Lore Inquisitors' Monastery Fellowship of Tyrian Scholars Colloquium Nexus of Research Nexus of Colloquial Research Nexus of Contemplative Study Nexus of Contemplatives The Order of Tyria's History Tyrian History Order Halls of Chokhin Order of Whispers Sanctum of Meditation and Study Tyrian Academy of Sciences Order of Historians Tyrian Colloquium University of the Five Gods |
The Archivists' Sanctum
Colloquium of Research (Removed Nexus, I think it sounds better without it)
University of the Six Gods (Changed Five Gods to Six Gods, seeing how there are now 6 "good gods")
"Alliance Leaders":
Also, a revision of the idea about the "Back-up" leaders. Since this is planned to eventually become an alliance, depending on how many people join, I think the back-up leaders can also be the "candidates" to be the Branch leaders. Of course doing this will require a "Secondary Back-up" leader list as well, for back-up leaders that will be for the Branch guilds and to replace the then Branch leaders.
In simpler format, the "Hierarchy" for the guild leaders would be:
Guild Leader (1)
Co-Leaders *aka "Branch/Back-up" Leaders* (4)
"Secondary Back-up" Leaders *who will replace or follow the Primary Back-up leaders* (4)
Edit:
On another thought, I think it would be best to just scrap the "LORE Alliance" idea because I highly doubt we will get over 100 people into this. Also, we don't even know if we will have alliances in GW2, so planning on one, to me at least, isn't that wise. Keeping the "alliance leaders" idea up in case we do get enough people.
Guild Ideas List:
Also, gonna make a revision of my opinions for the guild, in the order that it needs to be dealt with.
Guild Name: (Not gonna bother re-writing, just look above)
Guild Leader: I think the one to come up with the idea should be the leader (for the narrow minded, that would be GmrLeon)
Guild Cape: My current two favorite are these two (Cape1 and Cape 2). The following link has the emblems that I think would work decent to good with the idea of the guild.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...mblemIdeas.jpg
Guild Forum/Website: Gotta have a place to put our finds, especially for sharing between Guru-only users and GWO-only users.
Guild Co-Leaders: 1-4 "Back-up" Leaders for when whoever the leader is needs to take a break from the guild/game for whatever reason. (Removed the idea about "Secondary Back-up Leaders" since the alliance idea might not work).
People who will be joining us in GW2: Just need to get a list of everyone who will be buying GW2 when it comes out.
Edit: GmrLeon, seeing how you put this over on GWO, I added the two capes as links in the post instead of attachments so you can let them see them (at least until I can figure out what's wrong with my GWO account). Cape Pictures are in the Guild Cape section.
Gmr Leon
I think, at least by the look of that list, we have enough name suggestions. As that is the case I think we should try to narrow it down.
At the current rate of responses from others interested, I suspect it will take a month.
At the current rate of responses from others interested, I suspect it will take a month.
Konig Des Todes
The ones that are most interested and care about the "minor" things such as name and cape are those who are active in suggestions. Those who are most interested and who care about the name, should be the ones to decide what it is. As such, going that way it will be less time to decide a name. As I see it, that would make me the only Guru supporter (besides you) and on GWO, that would be Larqh, at least as most interested (of course there being others who should vote :P)
I vote for the removal of the following names from the list:
The Lore Sanctum (fits with what we do, and with player base, not so much game base though)
Temple of Lore (don't think Temple really fits, and as above for the Lore in it)
Nexus of Contemplative Study (just doesn't fit to me)
Nexus of Contemplatives (same as directly above)
The Order of Tyria's History (Name just doesn't agree with me)
Tyrian History Order (the order *bad pun* of the words doesn't agree with me)
Order of Whispers (seems to me their main focus was attacking evil, not recording history, religion, and whatever falls under "lore")
Order of Historians (Technically, we are more then Historians)
So that leaves...
1) The Archivists' Sanctum
2) The Contemplatives' Sanctum
3) The Inquisitors' Sanctum
4) Inquisitors' Monastery
5) Fellowship of Tyrian Scholars
6) Colloquium of Research
7) Nexus of Colloquial Research
8) Halls of Chokhin
9) Sanctum of Meditation and Study
10) Tyrian Academy of Sciences
11) Tyrian Colloquium
12) University of the Six Gods
(Bolded names are the ones that I changed in my above post) (Underlined are the names I like)
Hope that helps with narrowing down the names.
Edit: something that can be done is to just take a tally of everyone's favorite few names, and the one with the most is the one that is picked. If there is a tie, just redo but with only those that tied with most votes.
I vote for the removal of the following names from the list:
The Lore Sanctum (fits with what we do, and with player base, not so much game base though)
Temple of Lore (don't think Temple really fits, and as above for the Lore in it)
Nexus of Contemplative Study (just doesn't fit to me)
Nexus of Contemplatives (same as directly above)
The Order of Tyria's History (Name just doesn't agree with me)
Tyrian History Order (the order *bad pun* of the words doesn't agree with me)
Order of Whispers (seems to me their main focus was attacking evil, not recording history, religion, and whatever falls under "lore")
Order of Historians (Technically, we are more then Historians
)So that leaves...
1) The Archivists' Sanctum
2) The Contemplatives' Sanctum
3) The Inquisitors' Sanctum
4) Inquisitors' Monastery
5) Fellowship of Tyrian Scholars
6) Colloquium of Research
7) Nexus of Colloquial Research
8) Halls of Chokhin
9) Sanctum of Meditation and Study
10) Tyrian Academy of Sciences
11) Tyrian Colloquium
12) University of the Six Gods
(Bolded names are the ones that I changed in my above post) (Underlined are the names I like)
Hope that helps with narrowing down the names.
Edit: something that can be done is to just take a tally of everyone's favorite few names, and the one with the most is the one that is picked. If there is a tie, just redo but with only those that tied with most votes.
Gmr Leon
Azazel hasn't mentioned it here, but to anyone wishing for the name to be The Order of Whispers, it seems to have already been taken.
Edit: The only reason I really chose the Order of Whispers was because of the fact that they are spread out all across Tyria by GW2 and knew of threats before they occurred. Much like a bunch of us lore nuts knew that the next campaign was going to be in Cantha and from there Elona. Not to mention their saving of the scrolls in the library within Lion's Arch before it was flooded. In other words, they saved countless recordings of history and, well, lore.
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Order of Whispers (seems to me their main focus was attacking evil, not recording history, religion, and whatever falls under "lore")
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Konig Des Todes
I would like to add, for those who don't look on GWO, that the list has been updated and a new thread over there with a poll for all the remaining guild names.
Remaining guild names are (with their current votes on GWO along with my vote):
The Archivists' Sanctum 3
Fellowship of Tyrian Scholars 1
Tyrian Academy of Sciences 0
University of the Six Gods 0
Colloquium of Research 0
Halls of Chokhin 2
Order of Historians 0
League of Studious Researchers 0
The Lore Sanctum 1
I suggest for those who do not have a GWO to either post your one vote on this page, or to message GmrLeon.
Remaining guild names are (with their current votes on GWO along with my vote):
The Archivists' Sanctum 3
Fellowship of Tyrian Scholars 1
Tyrian Academy of Sciences 0
University of the Six Gods 0
Colloquium of Research 0
Halls of Chokhin 2
Order of Historians 0
League of Studious Researchers 0
The Lore Sanctum 1
I suggest for those who do not have a GWO to either post your one vote on this page, or to message GmrLeon.
Spike Stritter
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Edit: Just thought of something that would be cool. Since the idea for this guild is going on both Guru and GWO, then there is a good chance that ANet would see this. I think it would be cool if they put in some Lore NPCs just for the guild *I know wishful thinking right? Still would be cool*. I just had the thought after looking at the title of the (second) "Razah in GW2?" thread. I thought "What if ANet puts Razah in our guild hall to say random things about the Lore? That would be cool."
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but aside from kidding around I think itd be cool to make this allaince. i could join on an alternate account and id love to find more out about lore
Konig Des Todes
Just an update for whoever was paying attention to the guild.
The guild has been made, The Archivists Sanctum [Lore]. GmrLeon (iGN: Leon Wyvern) and myself (IGN: Azazel the Assassin) are current leader/officer (in order). If you have stated that you wanted to join already, just contact either, if you haven't stated in the thread, contact Leon, as I have a strict self-policy to not act too "rashly" without leader's permission.
We are now deciding on a cape for the guild. The hall seems to have been decided to be Isle of Weeping Stone once we get the cape. Alliance is undecided still as well, current (few) members don't care which we join, or if we will.
Edit: removed the absolute regarding the hall.
The guild has been made, The Archivists Sanctum [Lore]. GmrLeon (iGN: Leon Wyvern) and myself (IGN: Azazel the Assassin) are current leader/officer (in order). If you have stated that you wanted to join already, just contact either, if you haven't stated in the thread, contact Leon, as I have a strict self-policy to not act too "rashly" without leader's permission
.We are now deciding on a cape for the guild. The hall seems to have been decided to be Isle of Weeping Stone once we get the cape. Alliance is undecided still as well, current (few) members don't care which we join, or if we will.
Edit: removed the absolute regarding the hall
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Gmr Leon
Well..I wouldn't say that in total certainty, but it seems like the majority favors it.
GoodApollo1234
This sounds awesome. I would totally be willing to leave my current guild for this one (it's just me and my brother. I won't be missed). Everything I've read about your plans for this guild sounds perfect. The isle of weeping stone is easily my favorite guild hall. I love the cape designs so far, but most of all, I love the idea of being in a guild with other people who are actually interested in the lore. I'd really love to join, if you guys don't mind.
I'll keep checking on this thread, and PM one of you in game if I don't hear anything back.
Feel free to contact me in the game: Il Silent Earth Il
I'll keep checking on this thread, and PM one of you in game if I don't hear anything back.
Feel free to contact me in the game: Il Silent Earth Il
AnAdventChild
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Like I said, the only E word I was able to think of was Envoy that had any relation to lore, so of course envoys can be replaced with a better W word. Also, I was trying to think of something with your description, but couldn't. At least so far.
Edit: Just thought of something that would be cool. Since the idea for this guild is going on both Guru and GWO, then there is a good chance that ANet would see this. I think it would be cool if they put in some Lore NPCs just for the guild *I know wishful thinking right? Still would be cool*. I just had the thought after looking at the title of the (second) "Razah in GW2?" thread. I thought "What if ANet puts Razah in our guild hall to say random things about the Lore? That would be cool." Always wanted NPCs in the actual guild *not trader NPCs* to make it seem more realistic with how they act... Anyways, away from my wishful thinking. I think that the guild should have [LORE] as the tag, as that is rather distinguishable and I don't think I have seen it around at all, so it would be original and if anyone who hears about the "Lore Guild" would be able to see someone by seeing the Tag and contact that way *if for some reason they can't through the Forums*. Also, it would be a good idea to make a Forum for Lore with the guild's creation with known lore topics that are "big threads" in both Guru and GWO *Like the Ecology of the Charr thread here*. Just ideas for the lore guild that doesn't deal with the actual name *still thinking of some*. I do think it would be cool if the lore guild can get as popular as LaZy *at least in the eyes of ANet*, who knows what type of Lore the guild would be given then? |