Q: What brought you to our website? A: Looking for a new guild, engaged in playing Guild Wars 2! Found your website while browsing. You seem cool, dedicated, and you're playing a few other games I might check out. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A: Ok. Male, Mid-30s, Canadian (Go Jays!), two kids and a very active job with a fair amount of travel. My two loves are gaming and music. Drummer and a big fan of folk metal (Ensiferum, anyone?). As for gaming, I'm a sucker for big, expansive RPGs. I bought Guild Wars 2, not sure what to expect, but I like what I've seen so far and can easily see me continuing to play! Like a breath of fresh air on the scene. 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: It's something I am happy to uphold, as I do so IRL. 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: Not a problem, I don't see myself having more than one guild in GW2. 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: Sounds fine, I've used Vent heavily in the past with other games. 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: Hah, this sounds cool 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: In the past, on other games, I've been an officer and very active on guild forums. Won't be an issue. 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: Ok, that should be reasonable. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A: I've played MMOs for a long time. I was very active in Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot. I played WoW for 2 years (around TBC to the beginning of Cataclysm), and was very active in a big guild and then co-GM of a small one. Basically quit because raiding and kids + an all consuming job don't get along well together I love the experience of being part of a larger group, trying to achieve big goals. 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: Of course. 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: So, in other games, I've really enjoyed being a support character (priest or healer, suppression/buffer). For GW2 I *think* my main is going to be my Mesmer, while I'm also toying with the Guardian and liking what I see - see my signature for the names of both toons. I know there's no dedicated trinity-like roles in the game, but at the same time I can see myself playing with classes I can "mold" into providing those key roles for small groups. We'll find out. I like the Mesmer because it's not like anything else I've ever played before. Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A: I am about a 75% PvE vs 25% PvP kind of person. I enjoy PvP in small stints, really liking WvW, but it can get a little too competitive/intense. I leave that for my RL and enjoy playing the game trying to achieve hard goals with like minded fellows. 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: Not a problem. I have never been suspended or banned in any game I've ever played. Q: What time of day do you typically play? How often? A: Usually after 7pm EST on weeknights, 3-5 days a week, and on the weekends when time permits. In the last year or so, I've had to travel a fair bit for work for a week at a time, so I tend to take small breaks like that. 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'm active, smart, funny, and usually have good ideas on how to get past content. I'm looking for smart, funny people who have real lives, and are low on drama, to have fun with. Hopefully that will work for us both 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: No issues. GW2 is not like WoW, where hardcore arena/raiding and 10 or 25 person caps can really lead to exclusivity and drama with the wrong people. 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: Not an issue, if I'm around I'm happy to step in. 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: That's fine, I've been very active in forums in the past. Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A: I bought the original game and played the campaign through on one toon; I never bought the expansions, though I really did enjoy the original. Not sure why I didn't go back to it. GW2 is really a quite different beast, enjoying it thoroughly.
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Hello Nikadin! Welcome to the guild. I think you will fit very well with us. Hope you like it here, if you have any question please don't feel shy to ask
Very nice app, nicely filled and thought out answers. Thank you for the effort! Welcome to OSD, glad to have you Hope to see you in game here pretty quick!
