Guild Wars 2

Pordgy is quite correct. Doug is not the first guild mate that this guild has lost.|
For the first, we commemorated him with a change of Guild Tag in Guild Wars 2, since we lost our first friend/guild mate before Guild Wars 2 came out.
So while some of you find it " selfish", we are not asking for a public place to commemorate our fearless leader. So, please keep that in mind.

A monument can be used for various, already stated, reasons. A private monument in our guild hall, seen only by the guild. Be it a statue, a bench, a painting on a wall, a gazebo, a garden, or even a wild animal that can roam ( and be given a custom name).

Each individual is entitled to their opinion. We are not trivializing death. We are simply saying, would it be possible to add a feature to NAME some cool things that are added to the FUTURE guild hall. Yes, it may mean more work for the developers. It doesn’t have to be done right away. Or even at all. We are asking if it would be possible.

Yes, mortality is a daily fact of life. But each of us do things to honor our loved ones. Be it real graves, plaques on benches, naming buildings after them, having a college trust set up for future students ect. Not all of this guild live in the same country. So, visiting his grave IRL is not cheap. Most of us have families as well. Especially how often we will think of him. So, you honor your dead your way, we are asking if it would be possible to honor ours this way.
Also, as stated several times- this thread was requested by ANET.
Some of you are missing that this may is a customizable item to commemorate a birthday or a special event in your guild. While you don’t feel moved to have the ability to have such a monument ( for rewards or for grief), you could possibly in the future.

Wanze, that is an awesome story about the ship and cool history as well! Thank you for sharing.

No matter the decision made, we will always remember and honor Doug in our own ways. This would just be icing on the cake if it were made possible.

Plus, it would be cool to be able to PIMP our guild halls in a custom way! Be it naming things after countries our Guild members are from at a later date! This idea really has no limits to what it could potentially be!
I mean really think about it.

I am a member of this group of exceptional people. As such, I would really love to honor our guild leader in this way. He was the first to help his guildies, and usually the last to sign off each night. He would keep us all from getting too upset during trying runs or dungeons ect, with a joke and a kind word of encouragement.
Please, help us honor his memory.