Greetings Silver Dragons! Guild Wars 2 - Recruitment Questionnaire Q: What brought you to our website? A:I saw your post on the GW2 guilds thread on Facebook. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A:My name is Ellery. I was trained as an artist (I paint portraits in oil). But for the past 9 years I have been teaching English as a Second and/or Foreign Language. I have taught in a high school in the U.S. and in universities in China. Currently I live in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. 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: This is a reason to join the guild! 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'm OK with it. 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.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: Yes. 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. 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: Yes! 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 willing if I have time. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A: The MMo's I have played include: EQ, DAoC, WoW, Auto Assault, Puzzle Pirates, Guild Wars, WAR, EVE, Pirates of the Burning Sea, DDO, LotRO... eh, I may be forgetting a few . In DAoC, WAR, and Guild Wars (the games I was most invested in) I was an active member of a large guild which contributed to the server and/or game-wide community. 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:A game like GW, with a forgiving leveling curve and compelling content in all locations and professions encourages people to become alt-o-holics. This expectation is so we can A) see who is in game on an alt and B) keep our lists current and know who we are talking to. 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:My main in GW was a Necromancer named Noir Fleur. My plan was to create her descendent Noirfleur and get to work. I will create her, but after playing necro in some of the events I'm not sure if she will be my main. Either something about Necro wasn't "clicking" with me yet, or they seemed a bit underpowered. I spent a bunch of time on my backside, tossing tiny rocks at big bad dudes. Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A: I like PvE because often I only have a short amount of time to play. If WvWvW proves compelling, I will hop in there from time to time. I loved the RvR in DAoC and WAR (although WAR was severely hampered by the lack of a third faction). In GW I participated in PvP from time to time. I think one of the reasons Necro appealed to me is that although I enjoy twitch gaming (like the GW Assassin) I'm not as good at it. I like to "back load" my fights and build up my advantage through preparation and patience. Having said all that, what are the odds a Thief will become my main in GW2? 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: Perhaps an hour or two per day. This may be in the morning or at night, depending on my schedule. On the weekends, I like to dive in for a longer stay! Q: Are you affiliated with any other guilds? A: No. Q: How do you think you can best help this community? How can this community best help you? A: I can help the community by being a nice guy to have around! I like to teach others about the game, but there will surely be others in the guild who know more than I. The community can help me by being full of people who are fun to quest with. To really enjoy an MMO long term, you must get stuck into a community. 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: This is what I'm looking for 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: Sure! 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: Sounds reasonable. Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A: I have been playing it since launch. (See above note) I was less active after WAR came out. But I still hop on to work on my Hall of Monuments! In Guild Wars, I was an active member of The Scouts of Tyria from 2006 to sometime in '09(?) (but I haven't been very active for a few years) and am still a member. http://guildwars.com/community/guildweek/gotw-2007-03-20-sot.php. Honestly, becoming Guild of the Week in March '07 was _quite_ an honor for us, but in the long run it destroyed our community. We got a lot of attention! We halted recruitment for a while and sent inquiries to other guilds in our alliance. Some of those swelled to such a size and changed character so much that many relationships were strained. Eventually it broke our alliance and many people left SoT as well. In retrospect, becoming a Guild of the Week was the worst thing that happened to us. Thanks for everything. You guys seem like a great guild and I hope we can cleanse Tyria together in the future! Sundance
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. While we await the arrival of the Guild Wars 2 release date, we are currently very active on our forums. Hope to see you pitch in to the conversations! I hope you'll find everything to your liking here at OSD!
I wouldn't be surprised if it was yours haha. We should add the question "Were you recruited by Dennis" to the guild application.
I'm actually not sure, sorry to say! It was yesterday about this time... it was in the top 50 current responses on the Facebook thread.
Ok it was tabby then cause i did mine earlier in the day and i had her do one later on in the evening as mine was long buried lol
it doesnt fully matter but my point i made yesterday about posting was right lol but yes doesnt matter whos post brought them glad to have you apart of the guild
Permissions are all done! You are now a member of the OSD. Please take some time to review the following information as you will be expected to abide by our GW2 Charter of Excellence: READ THIS As the game is not live yet, we expect that all members try to stay as active as possible in these forums so that the rest of the guildies get to know you better. Please feel free to take a look around, there is a vast wealth of information at our website. Please become active in our GW2 community by posting and getting involved with the other members here in the OSD. Please ask us any other questions you may have and we'll gladly answer them. Welcome! Zso
Welcome to the OSD! Question: Will you be playing the game in full-English or full-Chinese...? Or half/half (IE: english audio, Chinese writing or vice versa?) Just a random question that occurred to me.
