Q: What brought you to our website? A: I very much like the name of the guild, I love the family feeling from the community and it is a good size guild. I was looking for a fun group to play with that will give me, my girlfriend, my brother and friend a home. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A: I’m 25 (almost 26) years old and have been playing MMO’s since DAoC. I’m a hardworking individual with aspirations to become very successful in my job. I have a Bachelors of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology and currently work as a Fire Alarm Installer/Programmer working mostly in commercial buildings. I have an identical twin brother (whom I will be bringing with me in Guild Wars). My girlfriend is a Guild Wars vet (~2000 hrs gameplay I believe) and she got me through Guild Wars on 5 characters about a year ago; so I am all caught up in the games lore (including the two books). I also recently built a new gaming computer just for Guild Wars. I live in Calgary, Canada but I am a big NFL fan (go Raiders!). I’m a very easygoing individual with a competitive nature in sports and gaming. You’ll have no problems getting along with me =) 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 feel this is the only way a guild can be run; I agree with this completely. 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 will be focusing on only one guild at a time and have no interest in being a part of multiple guilds, so this will not be a problem. 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: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:Yes, this sounds quite fun actually. 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:This will be ideal, as I will be focusing hard on scheduling work and Guild Wars. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A:For a long 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:Yes I am ok with this; I believe it is required for team coordination and recognizing personnel. 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 played all the archtypes, but the melee/caster has always been a top interest of mine; as such I will be playing the Mesmer on release. Stealthing, deception, tanking, burst dps and support are all roles I enjoy very much (so basically every role =P). Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A:I enjoy dps, utility and support all equally. 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:I will mostly be playing weekday nights and weekends. Will depend on my schedule as to how often, but it will be as much as possible. 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 bring experience, maturity and another able body to help out the guild in any way I can. 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:Yes I am ok with this; being too hardcore just leads to elitists. Being casual and friendly encourages a family like bond as no one is stressed and everyone is playing at their own pace. 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’d be happy 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:I agree with this, it is important for the community to say connected. Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A:Have completed all of the campaigns, got elite armor and weapons for 5 characters, and have the hall of monuments up to 30 points. I have also read both of the guild wars books.
Sorry to tell you, but I'm a raider hater, go Broncos. =) Very well versed in the guild wars world, very nice! I've gone ahead and accepted your permissions, welcome to the Order! Please take some time and review THIS as it contains a lot of great info for the GW2 division.
Awesome tyvm! That was very fast lol @Xanz this will be an interesting year in the AFC West! (Just wish the Raiders weren't rebuilding lol) Peyton looked to be in top shape, I bet you're pretty happy about that! @Icharus the 9iners should have another strong year. They were a pleasant surprise last year. I'm flying to California in Sept. and get to watch the Raiders VS Chargers Monday night opener; will be my first live NFL game!! Thanks for welcoming me into the guild! I was originally on Sorrow's Furnace, but this guild made me transfer lol I'll be deleting my characters on that server so I can hopefully meet some of you in game tonight!
I think you can transfer servers without deleting your character on tonight's stress test. I was able to do that on a stress test. When the game launches, even if you delete every of your character, I don't think you will be able to change servers. I fear that the only way will be by buying a transfer in the gem store.
Welcome to the guild! AFC West rivalries galore here. It will indeed be an interesting season, but at the end the Bolts will go to the playoffs (after 2 abysmal years -.- )!
Cannot wait for week 1... MNF! Will be sporting my Jack Tatum jersey and hopefully tears of joy will flow (we can only hope)!
There will be tears alright, but I am sorry to say that they'll be tears of sadness for you! Go Bolts! @Striefer I felt sorry last season, but his proneness to injury is starting to be really annoying. He oozes talent, but all the talent in the world doesn't help if you can't stay on the field.
Ya I had him on my fantasy football the year he was drafted, that was a mistake lol When he decides to stay healthy, he'll be a great weapon. Well maybe I'll run into you there! I'll be sporting the black McFadden jersey and the girlfriend will be in the white Palmer jersey =)
Oh no way I could make it to the game xD I am in damn Utah /sadface. But I will be watching eagerly awaiting to taunt Docbartus with a win! Common, the Chargers are going into our Coliseum!
Welcome, Striefer! Looking forward to seeing you in GW2! My apologies for Xanz. I think what Xanz meant to say was "Go Steelers". Darn those typos. *cheers*
