Request from Frontier

[ArithonUK]

We need a Dead Men Walking Logo for Elite.

Also the idea of becoming a "Galactic Academy" is of interest.

Have a read, see what you think.

Wednesday

Hi everyone,

As part of a super-secret community project we’re working on we need a decent high-res version of your group’s logo
The logo would preferably  in .PNG or .PSD format, but JPEG will do as a last resort.

I would need your permission to publish the logos through our usual social media channels, too. So, by sending us your logo, you’re agreeing that we’re able to use it in promotional material.
We want to keep them all on file anyway, so we can promote your groups as much as possible. The logos should be all your own work, and they shouldn’t infringe on any copyrights â€" otherwise it might get us in trouble.

Let us know when you send me the logo that it’s all your own work (or the work of another group representative) and everyone will be happy!

I look forward to seeing lots of logos flying into my inbox. Let me know if you’ve got any questions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Kind regards

Edward Lewis
Community Content Manager
07800756054
@elitedangerous
www.elitedangerous.com

Then Friday

Greetings all,
 
I wanted to send out a quick (it won’t be quick) groups update. First of all I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the groups that have helped create homes and places for players to enjoy the game. We’re truly thankful for the amazing effort you all put into the community and are super keen to support all groups that want to be promoted. We have some big plans in the pipeline but we also want to help promote your content and events as much as possible, so if you have any events, competitions or other areas that need promotion, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
 
Galactic Academy
 
We’ve been considering a new initiative to help and support new users into the game. The program is called the Galactic Academy and the aim is to support new players into the basis of the game and find a community that’s right for them.
 
The initial thought process is to have a new user team speak and a set of Ambassador/Tutors that help support these players into the game. Showing the real basics such as landing ships, using the galaxy map and so on. In addition we would like to consider this an opportunity to have prominent groups have recruitment officers in the chat too, allowing players to find a group to get involved in. As I’m sure we will all agree playing with a group of other players can really expand the experience for a lot of players. We would like to also connect people with the player made and official tutorials. ESS have been running a Galactic Academy as a division of their group for a while and have kindly offered to support the program and we’d love it if more groups and individuals were able to help too.
 
I’m hoping to have this go out to all new and inexperienced players and continue to be an ongoing project, meaning all new players to the game will get an invitation to join in. Hopefully this will be a really great way to help find new community members for your groups too.
 
In addition to this we are considering further “Specialists” in specific areas to help people learn the ropes. For example, Powerplay, Minor factions/BGS/ Trading, PVP etc. However, this is likely to come at a second phase.
 
If you would like to register your interest to be a part of the program when we launch then please reply back to me directly with the email addresses of the people that would like to take part (personal emails), commander names and any other details. For example, would you like to be an ambassador/tutor, a specialist, offer recruitment officers or help the initiative in some other way. Let us know, and we will be back in touch with more information shortly.  
 
Xbox Groups
 
Another area I would like to promote is Xbox One groups. Currently we have a lot of groups in game and some are specifically Xbox One related. However, I wanted to create a directory for the Xbox One forum for people who would like to support and have specific divisions of Xbox One players. So if you have a specific Xbox one area in your group, and ways for those players to join up, for example a section in your team speak. Let us know with your group name, a link for them to sign up and we will publish these details on the forums in an official directory.
 
Team speaks
 
From time to time me and the other community team members like to pop into groups team speaks, to play the game and generally chat with the community. If your group has a team speak, please do let us know the details and we will add it to our list and try and join in where we are able.
 
Logo’s
 
Just a reminder that earlier this week Ed asked for any logo’s for community groups you have. If you haven’t seen it please do send over your logo to Ed directly (elewis@frontier.co.uk) so he can add you to the top secret project he’s working on. Remember that by sending in the logo you are confirming that you have the rights to use all the materials and not infringe copyright. You also confirm we are able to use your logo for promotional purposes.
 
Minor Factions
 
Lastly but not least Brett C has sent through the most recent list of minor factions. Below are the confirmed and declined factions. I have only supplied two fields. The first is “new” or “Edit”. New is a new addition to the game, edit means a change to an existing faction. The other is the group register name (NOT THE MINOR FACTION NAME). The reason is to keep the other details of the requests private. Brett will be getting in touch with all rejected requests over next week but feel free to email him directly (bcooper@frontier.co.uk) if you wish to pre-empt his email. If you are not on this list, please email Brett with the details of your faction as per the groups forum. The factions will probably be added as a server side update and could be done any time. The descriptions will then follow (English only) in a major update (2.1)
 
 
Minor factions accepted (being added, pending any major issues)
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Elite Rebellion[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Noktol[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The Brotherhood of GITS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Red Squadron Germany[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Noble Houses Claymore[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Independent Pilots Consortium[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]HUGS Company of T’iensei[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]apogeios community[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Hessian[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Wittkampf Family[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Corvos[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Aurora[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Spinward Marches Alliance Concern[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]United German Commanders[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The Independent Light Wheel [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]TCForces[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Booty Bay Butchers[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Hutton Orbital Truckers [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]CHUPA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]German War Eagles[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Elite Space Corporation[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Sirius Inc[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Little Norway[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The Kumite Cartel[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]DaVinci Corp.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Alliance Office of Statistics[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Swedish Vikings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Piloten der Kokosnuss[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The Spicers[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Crystal Armada[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Vortex Squadron[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]New Imperial Order [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]10th Legion[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Military Militia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Stroopwaffen [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]The Canonn[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Terran Trade Authority[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]FrogCorp[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Night Owls[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Achenar Immortals[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Sons of Grebmo[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The 9th Legion[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Comunidad Hispana[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Civitas Dei[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Orden de Comandantes Imperiales[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Shadow fleet[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]Planet Express[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Aseveljet[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Elite Dangerous Australia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Canary Mining Corporation[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]First Imperial Fleet [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Les Cochons de l'Espace[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Praetorians[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]BlueSun Corp.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Milky Way Miners Union[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Edit[/TD]
[TD]The Pioneer's Cooperative[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Freelancers[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]The Order of the Shadow[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]La Guardia Hispana[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
 
Minor faction requests denied â€" See Brett C for more details.
 
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Children of Liberty[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Blood Faction[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Requiem Eternal[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Casual Shenanigans[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]ExpBG Spaceworks [/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]=HTF= - Hail The Fallen[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
[TABLE=width: 336]
[TR]
[TD]New[/TD]
[TD]Yorkshire Consortium[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
 
 
Zac Antonaci
Head of Community
Frontier Developments

[TeaLeaf]

Sounds interesting.   The SC side are also looking at a logo, might be possible to combine both.    We have existing logos, which may or may not suit, but what's the preference here, use existing or new?

[Sn00ks]

Hmm what about something like the Elite wings with a grinning skull in the middle?

[albert]

I missed this totally in January. Did we give them a logo Arithon?