Guild Wars 2

I’ve been pondering an idea of an image share for gw2 since launch, but before I make a suggestion for it, I would like to see if the community is interested in it. If however the moderators feel it should go into suggestion sub forum right away then please feel free to move it.

I have a good idea how this image share should be laid out and how it should work, but not how it would be implemented lol.

Anyway, I thought it would be nice if Anet created an Image Share category on their official website with nice backgrounds, similar to their Living Sstory promotion pages, where gw2 players could upload their images and share their experiences of the game. This could then be expanded to include things such image ratings, top 100 and sub-categories such as comedy, aesthetics, character shots etc.

So as not to grief other fellow players who upload their images, the rating should be implemented in a way, if you like an image, you give it thumbs up, if not then don’t rate it, but there would be no negative ratings.

Each image can only be rated once ofc and not by the owner of the image and there should be a comment box available so people can express why they liked the image etc. Those images that get the highest ratings would then go into the top 100.

To keep it fresh and interesting and to give everyone a fair go, the top 100 should rotate every 4-5 week.

So after 4-5 weeks of hitting the top 100, your image starts to get phased out according to the date it received its first rating, until eventually, it would leave the top 100 all together, opening room for a fresh batch. However, each new rating an image receives, it would extend its duration in the top 100 by 1 day. So those images that get the highest ratings, could remain in the top 100 well beyond the 4-5 week rotation.

Later, if the images share really takes off, this same system could be split up and expanded into those sub-categories as mentioned above. So you could have top 100 comedy, aesthetics, character shots and so on.

I think with the game being almost 1 year old, I’m sure there would be plenty of players with lots of good images to share. I think something like this would greatly enhance the gw2 community and promote its creativity. It could be a sort of hub where people can meet, make friends and share their experiences through images.

Please express your views if you like/dislike the idea.
Thanks for reading.