Jevati.4328

Welcome to our two newest members, Starbrambles and Sylvar! And we're still recruiting, so if you're reading this and you're interested, please check out our Discord link in the original post. 😄

We are actively recruiting! We just had our annual Wintersday Party yesterday, and we still have plenty of Wintersday fun on deck, including our Eight Days of Giveaways, which occurs during Hanukkah each year. 🕎 If you're interested in joining us, please check out our Discord link in the original post!

Our special guild beta WvW (an extra event in addition to our normal weekly WvW event) is happening in less than an hour. It's going to be so great to WvW with guildies across different servers!

Very excited for the WvW beta coming up in a week!

While Mad King/Halloween hasn't quite started yet, we've posted the events we've got planned for this haunted time in Tyria! Come join CAFÉ for a truly spooky time! 🎃

Hiya, Lezbefriends! You might be interested in the guild I lead, Café Solidarity. We have multiple lesbian trans women in the guild, and we have really intentional policies around voice communication. No one is required to be on voice for an event, except for our Raids and Strikes (RAS) Training Group. And, even with that, we have RAS expectations that everyone is required to read and agree to before joining. Part of those expectations read: (One of the lesbian trans women in the guild is an active member of RAS and actually led a raid group earlier today for the Coalescence collection.) Anyway, if you're interested, please join our Discord! You can read through people's introductions and our #rules channel, and decide if we're a good fit. If so, please post an intro in the #introductions channel. 🙂 Discord: https://discord.gg/rWTKRbP

Today our guild members did some End of Dragons strikes, led by Jacob (they/them). It was awesome to see people getting some of the things they need toward the Turtle mount! 🐢

Hiya! If you're looking for a furry-specific guild, there is a guild with the tag [FURS] that fits that description. I don't know anyone in the guild and I can't find a recruitment post for them, but you could try asking in popular maps like Lion's Arch or Divinity's Reach. Otherwise, here are two guilds that look similar: Wishing you the best of luck! =D

Tonight is our WvW event: Rambling Raiders, co-led by Meir and Chichimec! Our Rambling Raiders are on Isle of Janthir, but we're all looking forward to the "play WvW with your guild regardless of server" feature. 🙂

The people have spoken, and the next rotating theme for our Amateur Hour (led by one of our guild "baristas," Rictus), will be old-school dungeons! Come join us for fun and shenanigans!

Our Raids and Strikes (RAS) group is looking for more members! Are you new to raids/strikes? Are you an experienced raids/strikes player? Either way, we'd like to have you join us! Please see above for more info about our RAS group, including raid times and expectations. 💯

Just a note that our Raids and Strikes (RAS) group has killed every single raid boss! 🎉 Here's a quote from a post one of members, Ninjela, made in our Discord:

Café Solidarity [CAFÉ] is now recruiting! Created in 2019, we are an 80% Rep, PvX guild specifically designed for people from marginalized communities. This means Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color; disabled people; LGBTQIA+ people (intersex, aces, aros, polyamorous people, and more definitely included); neurodivergent people; people of different faiths and non-faiths; and anyone who wants to be an ally to people from these communities. What We Offer ✨ Guild Discord (primarily text, as most of our members do not usually hang out in voice chat outside of events) ✨ Raids And Strikes (RAS) Training Groups (read our RAS Expectations here) ✨ Weekly WvW Events ✨ Weekly "Amateur Hour" (Tier 1 Fractals, Dungeons, and more!) ✨ Monthly Guild Raffles ✨ Holiday Parties (like for Mad King) ✨ Isle of Reflection Guild Hall (decorated for all major Tyrian festivals) ✨ Contests and Giveaways (including collaborative projects with prizes for those who prefer not to compete) ✨ Pop-Up Map Complete, Guild Missions, & Hero Point Trains ✨ Help with Achievements and Collections/Goals in Game 💖 People who really care I can't stress that last part enough. This is a close-knit guild where you can really be yourself. We cheer each other on when there's good news like landing a new job or acing an exam, and we comfort each other when there's tough news, like getting laid off or losing a loved one. We strive to be inclusive of people from all different kinds of communities, and this manifests in how we approach guild activities. For example, we don't require voice chat for anything except RAS (to be sensitive to Deaf/HoH people or people with auditory processing issues), and we make sure our Winter Holiday activities are more than just "Christmas by any other name" (which means we do cool things like our Eight Days of Giveaways, which coincides with Hanukkah). Who We're Seeking We're looking for people who are ready to be in solidarity with each other. This means caring about people from different communities and cultures and supporting each other. Our guild rules are pretty clear and can be found in our Discord. We're particularly welcoming of new people who would love some help and guidance in the game. We enjoy helping people with their in-game goals, whether it's story content, achievements, working your way up the PvP ladder, Fashion Wars, or more! How to Join If you think we sound like a good fit, please join our Discord, read our guild rules, and write an introduction. Then I'll check in with you to ensure you agree to follow our rules, and if you do, then you will receive an invite in game. If you're not sure if we might be a good fit and you'd like to learn more, please PM me (Jevati.4328) here on the forums, whisper me in game, or send me an in-game mail message so we can talk more.

First, thank you to the ANet Team for making such cool guild decorations. =D Would it be possible to either A. have a candle guild decoration that you can interact with to light/extinguish it, or B. have an unlit candle decoration? 🕯️ When we decorated our Guild Hall for Wintersday (which we did back in late November because Hanukkah was on the early side this year), we put up the Wintersday Tree and Freezie's Heart, but we also made a Menorah from individual candle decorations. https://i.imgur.com/jXqQw73.jpg This was a lot of fun and our Jewish guild members really appreciated it, but there's not a way to have a partially-lit Menorah, so we opted to go for a fully-lit one. https://i.imgur.com/T6hRxvj.jpg It'd be really cool if you could either have a candle decoration that is interactable (the way the ice sculpture is, where you can approach it and "carve" it or reset it) or have an unlit candle. That way, individual members could either actually go into the Guild Hall and light the candles themselves, or one of our decorators could swap the unlit candle for a lit candle at sunset during Hanukkah. Just a thought, and thank you for reading! 😊

Thank you everyone for making our Halloween Party a smashing success! And congrats to the winners of our Costume Contest: Ninjela, Spero, and Seren! 🎃

A happy welcome to our newest member, Dayne! And a reminder that there's still 4 1/2 days to vote for the best Halloween Costume -- the winners will be announced at our 3rd Annual Halloween party on October 31st! 👻

Warm welcomes to our newest members, Meep and Patrick! 🌻

Happy welcomes to our newest member, Verse! 🎵

There's still time to enter the Halloween Costume Contest! There are 3 categories, with winners in each. Deadline is 23rd October by 11:59 p.m. Eastern. 🎃

A warm welcome to our newest member, Jeanso! 🙂

Happy welcomes to our newest members: Jembeth, Polly, Paramatter, and Eleanor! 🎉

Three more days to sign up for the Secret Spider gift exchange event! 🕷️

Congrats to the winners of the Week 1 Mad King Riddle! May you enjoy your tasty candy corn prizes. 🙂 And a reminder that AMAB people are strongly welcome in CAFÉ! We love and support all AMAB, and we especially want to underscore our love and support for AMAB non-binary people. ❤️

Today is the last day to sign up for the Exquisite Corpse Art & Writing Collab for Halloween! 🎃 We've got a lot of other great events kicking off this month, including a Halloween Party, a Costume Contest, a Secret Spider gift exchange, multiple Labyrinth runs every week, and a weekly Halloween riddle, all with prizes!

Friendly welcome to our newest member, Crimson! 🍎