Guild Wars 2- Recruitment Questionnaire: lycropath

Q: What brought you to our website?

A: Have been playing a the guild wars 2 beta, and been disapointed to find so many immature, unactive guilds, very similar to wow guilds.....
after looking various places, my friend told me about OSD, after looking and reading about the guild, it seemed the most appropriate for me, compared to others.

Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself.

A: I have been a massive fan of MMORPG games since world of warcraft came out, ive been playing very casually at the beginning, but after wrath i have been more serious about MMORPG's.
i have played various MMORPG's such as WOW, SWTOR and TERA, and have found them all to be very fun.

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 very important rule, as without such as rule a guild can fall apart and loose its members, i respect such a rule, and will do my very best to uphold it.

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: All members have the right to play the game however they want, as long as members do not represent the guild in the wrong way there is nothing wrong with joining other guilds, however it would be best to represent OSD as much as possible.

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: A form of communication within a MMORPG is very important, i think that, providing members with such a utility makes the guild much more serious at the game. the policies that have been included are very reasonable and i respect them.

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: This seems to be a great way for members to interact with each other, and i strongly agree with them and will participate in as many of these quests as possible.

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, the more active i am to these forums and calenders, allows me to interact with more members and to help the guild more.

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: This is a good idea, as the guild can then get a good idea of how many participants there will be for an event, i will try to learn this as soon as possible.

Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started?

A: I started playing MMORPG's when the first expansion came out for WOW, 'The burning crusade' but i was a very casual player at the time.

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: I am ok with constantly updating the character roster. i think the main purpose is to let other members see the progress of how you play and to see the various 'ALTS' we may have, as well as to help members know if the characters in-game are apart of the guild.

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 am playing on making an elemental as my main as well as various alts such as an ranger and a thief.

Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most?

A: I like helping my party members, either by supplying buffs, and heals but also love to dish out the damage on my parties foes.
I am more of a pve player than a pvp player, but occasionally like to play pvp.

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 i agree

Q: What time of day do you typically play? How often?

A:around the afternoon to late in the night around 1'oclock

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 always being their to give others a hand in any quest or events they maybe having problems with. the community can help me by making the game more enjoyable and for any members who are more experienced to teach me how to be better.

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: that is exactly the guild i am looking for, and respect the guild for being so.

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: i am fully ok with this.

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: this is very reasonable

Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars?

A: unfortunately i did not play the previous game, but i am very experienced with MMORPG's and will not pull u back when completing events.

thank you for reading my answers, and will be ready to help any members within guild wars 2 or any other games they may be troubled with. Lets all have fun playing these MMORPG's!!
Lycropath

 

welcome!

 

Welcome to the dragons! Leadership will be with you shortly to help you with the completion of the application process.

 

hello and welcome to the bestest guild around! be sure to post around and get to know us in the forums ^_^

 

Welcome! I look forward to meeting you!

 

welcome

 

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!

 

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.

 

Welcome !

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to the guild!

 

Welcome lycropath!

 

Uhm, actually, as per the policy above, we do not support the joining of other guilds that are similar in size/scope as the OSD, as we've outlined. Are you saying that you will be joining other guilds like us regardless of the policy above while playing GW2 or am I misunderstanding? Our expectation is that all members will be 'representing' the OSD at all times while playing in-game because we are all members of THIS community (with a few exceptions again outlined above).

As a player you have the right to play the game as you wish, this is true, but if you wish to be a member of this community you would need to uphold our expectations as per our Charter of Excellence.

Will you be joining other guilds?

Zso

 

Hello Lycropath.
Welcome to OSD!
As launch is coming very soon, it is a good idea to be active on the forums so we ge to know each other better.
We also have a pre-launch party on the 24th on Ventrilo. You can RSVP for the event on the GW2 calendar.
I hope you will like it here with us and I am looking forward to be playing with you very soon !

 

sry, i must of misread it. i my self wont join multiple guilds, as i like to commit my self to one, sry for any misunderstandings, but other than OSD i will not represent any other guilds.

 

Okay, I'm cool with that.

 

Been pacing around this one to see how things worked out. AND they worked out great!

So, HELLO & Welcome to OSD!

 

thnx for the greetings

Thnx for all the warm welcomes to the guild.
Im glad to have joint your ranks, and am ready to help members whenever possible.

Hope to see u all in guild wars 2 in the future ^^

 

I am looking forward to meeting you as well Are you going to be joining the meet and greet?