User blog comment:Henshin1971/Fairy Tail Blog Part 6/@comment-71.146.146.145-20130411231518/@comment-7418318-20130412062950

If it was, they would be in the crappy place outside of town rather than the big guild hall that they re-build after the phantom lord attack.

So either is plays after the GMG arc or there is an inconsistancy with the building.