Q: What brought you to our website? A: I'm friends with Howi/Dakarian. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A: I'm a 24 y/o lifelong gamer who played WoW from 2006-2011 [progression-style raiding ~25 mandatory hours a week for most of it] and is now looking for something a little more casual. I live in the western region of Los Angeles, though I'll be moving to Portland, OR, sometime next year. My eventual goal is to be self-employed or ecommuting as a programmer [mobile? idk] so that I can work from home; for now, I'm a barista. My music tastes mostly lie in ambient, noise, spoken word, and most of the 'indie', 'synth', and electronic subgenres. I'm not particularly fond of the human race, but I'd rather coexist than make someone else's life hell because I don't like them. Q: All members are expected to uphold respectful conduct when communicating with other players and guildmates. This applies to in-game situations, our website and on guild/GW2 related websites and message boards. Intolerance for others based upon religion / sexuality / gender / ethnicity / etc. is not welcome. We are a guild of HONOR and INTEGRITY, and we reflect that in all public forums. The general rule of thumb is to treat people how you would like to be treated in return. How do you feel about this? A: I am all for this. Q: In-Game Guild Status - Guild Wars 2 will allow characters to switch between multiple guilds as they wish while playing the game. The OSD Division Leadership Council within the Guild Wars 2 game expect that you will focus your time and energy towards this guild alone and will keep your characters as members of the OSD. Therefore it is an expectation that you will be 'representing' the Order of the Silver Dragons at all times while playing in-game as a member of this community. With that said, there might be a feasible reason why an ‘alt’ character or an RP character should be in another guild. Special cases and requests will be handled on an individual basis. What are your thoughts on this? A: I don't see why I should have an issue with this even though I wish our acronym ended up being something terribly clever. Q: Ventrilo is a communications tool that allows our membership to experience the full effect of being in a community-based gaming guild. If you feel alone in game and you don't feel that much is going on, or felt the scheduled event experience was lacking or not working as intended... it might just be because you aren't using the communications tools available to you. VENTRILO use will be 'Strongly Encouraged' for all players to actively use while performing normal game activities whenever you are playing in GW2. Even though it is not a requirement, it should be strongly considered for usage as a communications tool that allows our membership to experience the full effect of being in a community-based gaming guild. VENTRILO use can, and no doubt will be 'Mandatory' during organized guild events, such as Dynamic Content runs and meta-events/dungeons, WvW, sPvP, group or team meetings, as well as other types of scheduled events if the event coordinator advises of such. You don't have to speak if you don't want to, so long as you are on to listen to other members that might need help or guidance. With that said, we have several dedicated Vent rooms that allow you to sit quietly in peace if you so wish. All public discussion areas such as public vent channels are PG-13. Are you okay with our Ventrilo policies? A: I'm completely fine with listening and will most likely sit in Vent once I become a bit more comfortable with the guild. I don't have a mic at this exact moment, but I have a headset on [back-]order that should hopefully arrive within the month. Q: If you are accepted as a member of our guild, you will automatically be placed at our 'New Member' position within the game. Please be mindful that this is not a single-player RPG game, but a multi-wing online gaming community. You will be expected to communicate, interact and support your fellow guildies, as well as ensure that you follow our Charter of Excellence at all times. In order to show your allegiance or loyalty to our community, we will ask that you perform certain 'Community Quests' that give you the opportunity to communicate, interact and generally become a member of our community (don't worry, they are enjoyable tasks that allows you to get involved with our player-base). Once these 'Guild Quests' are resolved, you will be raised one rank level in-game which allows you to access all the benefits of our guild. Are you okay with this? A: Sure, sounds fun. I like that you guys are interested in actively integrating new members rather than forcing them to prove themselves in a climate of hostility. Q: We have found that guild members have a better gaming experience if they use the forums and the events calender. This allows you to get game information and join guildies in events as your real life time permits. Do you intend on being active on our website forums and events calendar? A: I intend on using it, if that's what active means. Q: Once you learn how, we would like you to create events or RSVP for other scheduled events as your real life schedule permits. What are your thoughts on this? A: I'm fine with whatever system is in place. I've used everything from word of mouth arrangements to a set raiding schedule with 90%+ required attendance so anything in between is fine. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A: I played WoW for about five and a half years, but other than trying SWTOR and TERA, that's it for my MMO experience. Q: We expect all members to submit and update their characters in our Guild Wars 2 sub-forum 'Character Roster' (character name, class, level, possibly build, etc.). Are you okay with this? After reading the above content, why do you think it might be important? A: Sure. I might update every ten levels or so rather than instantly, but I'll do my best to remember to change it. I figure it's important so that people know who they can/should try to invite to events on the calendar; I assume the roster is used to populate invites. Q: What kind of character do you typically play? Tell us about your main character you envision, and please list any alts that you know you will be bringing into the guild as well. A: I have traditionally played mage-alternatives, such as warlocks or necromancers, because I enjoy condition-focused or atypical casting classes over direct damage/burst casters. I like to think of my main chars as having manipulative, dispassionate, and selfish personalities due to a lack of empathy and general disconnect from society. They favour the more subtle magical arts out of necessity [illusion spells, for example, or charms to beguile, as well as curses and plagues etcetc] because they are physically frail and not meant for melee combat. [I also love to play tanks but that is purely because of gameplay; the only tank-type characters I tend to enjoy are grim, unstoppable juggernauts.] The only alt I'm certain I'll play yet is a mesmer, but I have an engi and ele created as well. Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A: Serious casual. I like to spend a lot of time playing, know what I'm doing and how to min/max, and have flexible scheduling. I especially enjoy PvE content. Q: If you violate any rules defined within the gaming EULA, you will face disciplinary action up to and including removal from this community. Do you understand, and agree with this rule? A: Yes. Q: What time of day do you typically play? How often? A: Typically, I'm on from 9pm-6am pst [work until 8:30 on most days], but sometimes I'm awake in the mornings, and on my days off I'm on all throughout the day. Q: Are you affiliated with any other guilds? A: Nah. Q: How do you think you can best help this community? How can this community best help you? A: I'd be an active and friendly member who likes to go to instances, shares mats, and likes to help tutor people in subjects with which I am familiar. I'd appreciate being surrounded by more of the same. Q: OSD is generally a "casual, do it all" guild, meaning we welcome players from all playstyles and don't limit our focus to one playstyle in particular. We welcome PvPers, PvEers, Roleplayers, Crafters, etc. For example, while we may offer weekly raids, we are not a hardcore raiding guild that requires you to raid 5 or 6 nights a week. We also do not consider any one playstyle to be more important than another, all members of OSD are equal. For example, a hardcore PvPer will never be considered "more valuable" to the guild than a casual Roleplayer would be. Are you okay with this? Any additional thoughts on this topic? A: At this point in my gaming career, I'm more than happy to enjoy this kind of community-focused environment and treat others the way I'd like to be treated. I have had friends from the most casual [COUGH MY MUM COUGH] to the highest elite, and I love all of them. Q: With the previous question in mind...We will never force you to participate in any activity or event that falls outside your playstyle of choice. However, from time to time you may be asked to help the guild out if we are short a particular class, or just need to fill up an empty group spot. Are you okay with this? Any additional thoughts on this topic? A: Unless I'm very busy with something time-consuming or going to leave the computer soon, I'm usually inclined to help out and fill spots. Please, ask. Q: We do ask that you stay active on the guild website as much as possible. We don't expect anybody to become a forum junkie by any means. But we do expect our members to cast their votes on any polls we put up, give input in any posts we make asking for opinions, as well as chime in with your thoughts when other members open discussions. What are your thoughts on this? A: I'm happy to do this and love to be reminded that there are new forum posts or polls up that I should check out. Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A: I watched someone play it for about a month; does that count? Thanks for reading, folks. I'm happy to answer any and all questions, though you may not like the answers if you push your luck. >
Welcome to the Gates! Our leadership should be with you shortly to decide your acceptance, but in the mean time please take a look around the site and familiaze yourself with our Code, Ethics and other information. I'm sure you'll find it acceptable for dealing with a mature and responsible group such as OSD. When we break away from GW2, we maintain a high level of activity on our forums. Hope to see you pitch in to the conversations! I hope you'll find everything to your liking here at OSD!
Thanks for applying. I have accepted your permission groups, so you're good to go. Please take a moment to look through THIS thread since it has many pertinent things relating to our GW2 division. Also, since you're an electronica lover like myself, you should check out the thread in the MUSIC forum. All the music in that thread is put together on my site, electronicafun.com.
Welcome to OSD. As an ex hardcored WoW raider, it is good to see you've come over to GW2 as well. Also, really REALLY stupid question, but I have to ask, Necro In Progress. That isn't your toon name is it?
Thanks! Hah, no. Fyritka is my char. I'd love to. What's the age range like here? Just curious if people are mostly my age or older.
Hey Fry. You can hit up Zso, Xanz, or Myself. I'm in the game pretty frequently, so I can get you in if you haven't found anybody else online. Today is a pretty busy day for me irl, but I'll still be on tonight at 9pm PST to knock out my dailies etc. Look for me between 9pm and 11pm for a definite invite. Xanz might be on much earlier today though, so I'd also look for him.
I'm jumping in game now, if you don't get an invite tonight, I'll add you to my friends list, so we can get this done.
