Guild Wars 2

So, I used the provided photoshop template to create a guild emblem but when I wanted to submit my entry, it told me that my file was too big. I did however, do exactly as I was told; I put my .psd file ikittenP and tried to submit it.

Anyone else having this problem? Should I wait? Think they’ll fix it? I prefer sending the .psd file instead of the DIY option…

I have this problem too. My .zip file containing the .psd is 44.8MB, but I was told it exceeded the maximum size. (It would be nice if I had some way of finding out what the maximum size is!)

I assume this means it didn’t get uploaded, but I’m not sure if I should try again, since the rules say that identical submissions will be disqualified and I don’t want to ruin my chances in case it got through the first time. I don’t really know how to get the .zip smaller anyway.

I don’t think the upload was succesful if it says the file is too big. It would be kind of a bummer if multiple people would be disqualified for only trying to upload their entry. Like I said, I hope they fix it. I’ll wait a while for them to fix it and otherwise I’ll look into the other option.

Yeah, I decided to go ahead and resubmit it. The DIY format is much smaller so it got through fine this time.

I nearly added a readme to the zip explaining that my original submission was too large and to please ignore it if it did get through anyway, but I decided not to include it in case that somehow hurt my chances. I’m too paranoid for my own good. :/

Nevermind, I’m going to get disqualified anyway. The instructions mentioned that the background colour should be black or transparent, but that transparent was preferable, so I gave all of my files transparent backgrounds. It’s only now that I noticed they wanted the masks to have black backgrounds. I guess transparent only referred to the emblem itself. I’m such a kittening idiot.

I’ve deleted textures that wasn’t needed and file shrink instantly from 40MB to 13MB

Does it have to be a .zip? WinRAR (RAR5) and 7-Zip (7z) have far better compression ratios.

For example, the entire templates/guide file is 325 MB as a zip. It’s only 5.5 MB as a 7z and 43 MB as a RAR5. A single temple (61 MB) is only 3.5 MB as a 7z and 4.5 MB as a RAR5, but 45 MB as a ZIP.

Anyone can easily get 7-Zip (it’s open source). If it’s allowed, that would be a much simpler alternative and potentially save a lot of bandwidth.

Are we using smart objects? the template is to size… If so rasterize those suckers before submitting. Also, delete or merge unused layers, for heavens sake!

Getting “not allowed to connect” when sending a message to forums@arena.net.

Anyone know when they will announce winners or post the submissions? I’m very curious to know the results and see the competition.

I get a problem where it is locked in its Uploading….. state
I cant tell if it submitted or not
Anet might recieve 0

or like 20 from all the times i tried

I get a problem where it is locked in its Uploading….. state
I cant tell if it submitted or not
Anet might recieve 0

or like 20 from all the times i tried