Japanese guild tag - Guild Wars Forums

Robbeh The Mad · Jul 26, 2009, 11:54 PM // 23:54

I've been seeing a lot of Japanese guild tags lately and was wondering where I can get more information about them, for instance: what style of Japanse writing do they use, is it Kanji? Where can I find a list of the allowed characters and the meanings behind them?

Astralelf · Jul 27, 2009, 12:11 AM // 00:11

Most of the ones i see are written in hiragana or katakana. Even so, you would need to be able to type japanese to make them your guild tag, although doing that isn't hard.

And as for meanings, their guild tags, usually just abriviations or kanji that either mean something (Snow-bird-song was one i saw....liked that one) or just abriviations.

ANYway, the only way is to type in Japanese in game, which you can do by going into control panel going to language and selecting japanese as an additional language, and you can then see an "EN" sigh at the bottom right near your task bar, click it and select JP and viola you can type japanese, if you know it. (This is a vague description of how-to...it was a long time ago sence i've done it, sorry)

Robbeh The Mad · Jul 27, 2009, 12:35 AM // 00:35

ahh. I see, thanks for the info

Evasion Twenty · Jul 27, 2009, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Astralelf, it wont work. I try to type in Japanese but it reads as english fine. I have JP selected and everything, I even tried to change my in-game options to JP but it still wont work.

DarkFlame · Jul 27, 2009, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Points out, that even if you can type in Japanese(or any of the other Asian languages) you won't be able to make a guild tag using those characters, unless your account also happens to be from that region.

Its actually a service some folks with such an account offer in-game. They create a guild with the tag and the desired characters and then appoint someone else as the new guild leader.

Zarion Silverarrow · Jul 27, 2009, 01:40 AM // 01:40

character map
its ftw

*Darcy* · Jul 27, 2009, 01:52 AM // 01:52

There is someone in the Ventari section Giveaways forum who offers asian guild tag service.

Evasion Twenty · Jul 27, 2009, 03:07 AM // 03:07

What if we wanted to type like that in regular GW chat? I can in regular windows, like websites, chats, ect. but I can't do it in-game. It always goes back to english, even when Japanese characters are selected, it goes back to the big A wich is prettymuch English Characters, I cannot find a key in that mode that is Japanese. Anyways, does anyone know how to do so without copy+paste text documents or translators?

majikmajikmajik · Jul 27, 2009, 04:14 AM // 04:14

you have to be from the asian server with asian laungage. you cant just copy paste kanji in to the guild tag becuz of the "use english letters only" thing.

Astralelf · Jul 27, 2009, 04:42 AM // 04:42

You also need to select Hiragana or Katakana from the language bar, sorry for the vague descriptions but i can type in japanese in game just fine on the american client, just not in public chats, but in guild/team/alli/pst you can type in japanese just fine. But, you need to know the word your trying to write, you can't just write "snow" and expect it to come out ゆき you need to literally write yuki. So if you want to write kanji, you need to know how to read/pronounce it to type it then select the various kanji choices (it matters).......and, do you have GW windowed? you need to have it windowed to select JP while GW it selected...

Jul 26, 2009, 11:54 PM // 23:54	#1
Robbeh The Mad Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: AFK somewhere in Kryta Guild: Raven Alliance Profession: W/	Japanese guild tag I've been seeing a lot of Japanese guild tags lately and was wondering where I can get more information about them, for instance: what style of Japanse writing do they use, is it Kanji? Where can I find a list of the allowed characters and the meanings behind them?

Jul 27, 2009, 01:52 AM // 01:52	#7
Darcy Never Too Old Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests Guild: Order of First Profession: W/R	There is someone in the Ventari section Giveaways forum who offers asian guild tag service. __________________ That's me, the old stick-in-the-mud non-fun moderator. (and non-understanding, also)

Jul 27, 2009, 12:11 AM // 00:11	#2
Astralelf Academy Page Join Date: May 2009 Profession: E/Me	Most of the ones i see are written in hiragana or katakana. Even so, you would need to be able to type japanese to make them your guild tag, although doing that isn't hard. And as for meanings, their guild tags, usually just abriviations or kanji that either mean something (Snow-bird-song was one i saw....liked that one) or just abriviations. ANYway, the only way is to type in Japanese in game, which you can do by going into control panel going to language and selecting japanese as an additional language, and you can then see an "EN" sigh at the bottom right near your task bar, click it and select JP and viola you can type japanese, if you know it. (This is a vague description of how-to...it was a long time ago sence i've done it, sorry)

Jul 27, 2009, 12:35 AM // 00:35	#3
Robbeh The Mad Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: AFK somewhere in Kryta Guild: Raven Alliance Profession: W/	ahh. I see, thanks for the info

Jul 27, 2009, 01:01 AM // 01:01	#4
Evasion Twenty Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Outside Guild: Balthazars Chosen [BC] Profession: R/P	Astralelf, it wont work. I try to type in Japanese but it reads as english fine. I have JP selected and everything, I even tried to change my in-game options to JP but it still wont work.

Jul 27, 2009, 01:02 AM // 01:02	#5
DarkFlame Desert Nomad Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ascalon Profession: E/	Points out, that even if you can type in Japanese(or any of the other Asian languages) you won't be able to make a guild tag using those characters, unless your account also happens to be from that region. Its actually a service some folks with such an account offer in-game. They create a guild with the tag and the desired characters and then appoint someone else as the new guild leader.

Jul 27, 2009, 01:40 AM // 01:40	#6
Zarion Silverarrow Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Puerto Rico Guild: The Annunaki Interventionists Profession: P/W	character map its ftw

Jul 27, 2009, 03:07 AM // 03:07	#8
Evasion Twenty Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Outside Guild: Balthazars Chosen [BC] Profession: R/P	What if we wanted to type like that in regular GW chat? I can in regular windows, like websites, chats, ect. but I can't do it in-game. It always goes back to english, even when Japanese characters are selected, it goes back to the big A wich is prettymuch English Characters, I cannot find a key in that mode that is Japanese. Anyways, does anyone know how to do so without copy+paste text documents or translators?

Jul 27, 2009, 04:14 AM // 04:14	#9
majikmajikmajik Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SATown~Tx Guild: Guild Hopper! Profession: R/	you have to be from the asian server with asian laungage. you cant just copy paste kanji in to the guild tag becuz of the "use english letters only" thing.

Jul 27, 2009, 04:42 AM // 04:42	#10
Astralelf Academy Page Join Date: May 2009 Profession: E/Me	You also need to select Hiragana or Katakana from the language bar, sorry for the vague descriptions but i can type in japanese in game just fine on the american client, just not in public chats, but in guild/team/alli/pst you can type in japanese just fine. But, you need to know the word your trying to write, you can't just write "snow" and expect it to come out ゆき you need to literally write yuki. So if you want to write kanji, you need to know how to read/pronounce it to type it then select the various kanji choices (it matters).......and, do you have GW windowed? you need to have it windowed to select JP while GW it selected...