In what way did they edit it and when was this? If it was recent then the rule might not apply anymore since I'm no longer the one in charge of guild hats. If they were changed I don't know why...it's not good to allow guilds to completely revise their hat once it's been submitted and distributed.

Resizing is also an acceptable edit as far as I know since it's just a minor adjustment. As long as the hat isn't completely changed to something else then it should be fine. It's when a guild submits and distributes a hat then wants to drastically change it by say...changing the colors or design or making it a completely new hat. If we allowed that to happen for everyone then guild hats would be a bigger pain in the neck than they already are.

Are you referring to this hat?


If so, I believe that was a GST hat...which is irrelevant to the guild hat topic. GST hats are made by staff, not players. Even if they were made by players it would still be irrelevant because GST is something that happens 4 times a year, as guild hats can happen multiple times a week. monitoring GST hats is much less of a pain than guild hats, so revising them isn't that big of a deal.

If the same rules from when I dealt with guild hats still apply, then it's because allowing everyone to make large edits would create problems and confusion. There's simply too many guilds that reach 1k too often so we need to be strict about this sort of thing. The guild leader needs to make sure everything is in order and ready to go before sending us the hat and telling us they're ready. It's not that hard to do. If a minor error was noticed once the hat was uploaded and distributed, then they are allowed to edit it. Completely making a new hat is unnecessary if they told us what hat they wanted and we already went through the effort of uploading and distributing it.

TL;DR: Small edits are allowed. It's simply easier for both the guild leader, hat maker, and staff if the leader makes sure everything is ready to go and to everyone's liking before having it distributed. Sometimes small errors go unnoticed until they wear it, so fixing them is no problem. But changing their mind on what they want at the last minute makes it harder for everyone.