Re: Claiming Names
That's great! I'm glad I don't have to rush through character creation :)
Spam advertising in-game is not a good thing and to be honest I think it's a dying practice and we should actively avoid taking part in it.
This form of guild recruitment can attract unwanted anti-gblt attacks or prompt the inevitably "Why do you need a GBLT guild, couldn't you just not talk about it in a normal guild?" type of conversation.
People "should" actively research and pick a guild suitable for them and not just wait until they see a random guild spam and go with them because they have a cool name (or whatever else criteria you could get from a 200 character message). This is the entire reason why most MMO's have guild recruitment forums rather than in-game guild search mechanics.
I have yet to see any guild advertising in game and long may it continue. :)