Q: What brought you to our website? A: www.guildwars2forum.com recruitment post. I have pre-purchased GW2 and am excited to start playing first thing Saturday morning! In the past, I have started new games by playing in pick-up groups and later joining a guild after finding compatible people who are fun to be around. However, due to the heavy group focus of GW2, I am hoping to join a guild early, and the OSD philosophy (especially the casual, mature emphasis) resonates with me. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A: Middle aged male, married, enjoy relaxing with computer games and board games. Am slowly trying to learn to play the piano, after putting aside classical guitar for a while. I have no children, but appreciate the "family friendly" PG-13 rules for public chat / forums. 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: Fully endorse this philosophy. 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 have never been a guild hopper and tend to stick with a compatible group once I've found 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.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 am OK with these policies. My playtime is usually spent wearing headphones on the couch next to my wife with the TV on, so I tend not to be very chatty. However, I do understand the importance of voice communication during group content and will always participate where appropriate. 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: Yes. Sounds like a fun way to get to know other guildies. 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 prefer events to be organized and scheduled, so this fits very well with my personality. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A: I played MUDs in highschool, but gave the first couple generations of MMOs (UO, AC, EQ1, etc) a wide berth because 1) did not have much income; 2) to avoid flunking out of college :shock: I came back to online gaming with WoW, and more recently played LotRO quite heavily during its first couple of years. I have tried some of the more recent AAA titles, but none have really grabbed me. 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 this. It gives other members an opportunity to see what kinds of events would be useful for the group based on the roster of characters available. 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 tend towards support roles that are in high demand in groups (e.g. typically healer or tank), partly because I do like to help others, and I will admit partly because I don't like waiting around for the last spot to fill ("LF1M, healer only"). I understand that GW2 has done away with these rigid character archetypes, so I will probably try out a ranged specialist or spell caster. Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A: I enjoy PvE, including solo for the easy content and grouping for the hard content (eager to see what PvE dungeons are like). I have always preferred co-operative play over competitive play, and usually stay away from solo PvP matches. However, I like the sound of group PvP (and WvWvW) since in GW that is largely a co-operative event. I also like to get involved with the crafting systems. 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: Evenings EST during the week (e.g. 7pm to 11pm), any time on the weekends. My pattern with new games is to play really hard while it's still new (usually every day) and taper off to a few days a week after the newness wears off. Q: Are you affiliated with any other guilds? A: No. When I played LotRO, I was active in a raiding guild, but eventually most of the players moved on to other games and I did not follow. Q: How do you think you can best help this community? How can this community best help you? A: I want to see all the different types of group content GW2 has to offer. To that end, I will benefit the community by participating in scheduled events and making myself available to help others. I will gain benefit from the community in much the same way: being able to participate in group content with other helpful people. 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: Sounds great to me. A large enough guild should be able to support all the game's playstyles without putting too much or too little emphasis on any one. 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: Yes! I am eager to try out all facets of GW2, and even though I am sure I will gravitate towards some activities over others, I am always willing to help. 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: Great, gives me something to do when I'm supposed to be working :biggrin: Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A: Played it when it first came out, including all expansions but not Eye of the North. I never got active with a guild and approached GW1 as a PvE game, which I enjoyed a lot but obviously that playstyle is very limiting. For GW2, I am ready to put the "Guild" back in "Guild Wars"! Thanks for your consideration!
Hello and welcome to the Silver Gates of OSD! Just a random question, does the name Carrion Fields mean anything to you? (a MUD)
hello and welcome! Your application looks good! As a fellow piano player i can relate to how much time an effort goes into learning such a complex instrument Make sure to have your group forum permissions all set up so an officer can approve them when they come along shortly to review your application Other than that, good luck and hope to be playing with you soon
Hi Ken. I have not heard of that one. I don't even remember the name of the MUD I played the most, although I do remember it was maintained by someone with the handle "Fermat" and it was run on the Dartmouth server.
Ok. Figured as much. T'was just a stab in the dark. Not many other people know too much about MUDS. Again, Welcome!
Welcome Lodel! What a nostalgic day to sign up here for GW2. So what kind of board games do you enjoy? Are we talking some hardcore D&D tabletop or something along the lines of Monopoly? See you in game! *cheers*
Hi Wikki, I am a big fan of Euro games like Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Bohnanza, etc. My wife and I play a lot of the Kosmos 2-player games (Lost Cities is a favorite), and Mystery Rummy card games. But our favorite is Arkham Horror, it's an excellent co-op game for 1-8 people where everyone is working together to beat the game system (and we usually lose badly half the time but love it anyways).
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
Nice and interesting application ^^ Welcome to the silver gates Lodel! If you have any questions , feel free to ask. Hope to see you ingame soon!
