Q: What brought you to our website? A: A Facebook group. Q: This recruitment process requires that we get to know you a little bit. Please tell us a little about yourself. A: Hi. I'm Leslie. I'm a 30 year old female from Louisiana. I work full time, so I usually only get to play my games in the evening and on weekends. I've been playing video games since Atari and I have owned nearly every console. The original Nintendo is my favorite, I will forever be in love with Mario and Luigi. I'm pretty new to computer gaming. Actually, the only game I ever played on PC was The Sims..until about 3 years ago. A good friend introduced me to WoW, which I played nearly every day for almost two years. I have some experience with Rift, Guild Wars, and Diablo 3... and The Sims 3! 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: Fantastic rule. I live my life by 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: That's fine. I like to keep all my characters in the same place anyway. 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: Yep. 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. 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: Of course. 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 will be interested in doing this. Q: Have you been playing MMO's for a while, or are you just getting started? A: I've been playing for a few years. Mostly WoW...but I've played Rift, GW, and D3 too. 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. 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 WoW toon is a mage. My main for GW2 will most likely be a warrior. I probably won't have any alts for a while. I like to level one toon at a time. Q: What type of playstyle do you enjoy the most? A: Casual. 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: Yep. Q: What time of day do you typically play? How often? A: Evenings and weekends. I play as often as I can. Q: Are you affiliated with any other guilds? A: None. Q: How do you think you can best help this community? How can this community best help you? A: I tend to catch on to things fast and I'm awesome at remembering things. My vast knowledge is an incredible resource to anyone who knows me. 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 don't enjoy being in hardcore raid guilds. I like to get a group of guildies together and work on questing or running dungeons. 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. 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 like forums. They are a great way to share information. Q: What previous experience, if any, do you have with the original Guild Wars? A: After I heard about GW2, I decided to try the original GW. I played it for a few weeks.
Welcome to the Gates! You seem like an excellent addition to us here 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!
Sims 3 is one of the greatest games ever made. I can't even fathom how awesome Sims 4 will be...if they can even create it!
That game takes all day to install since it has like 12 expansions. It's a guilty pleasure sometimes though... Leslie, great app, but I do need you to request the permission groups for member and citizen individually. Go to the top right of your screen and click on settings, then go to the middle left menu and click on permission groups. I'll check back shortly.
Permissions accepted, you are now a full fledged Silver Dragon! Please take some time to look over THIS thread since it has great information concerning the GW2 division. Welcome to the Order!
Welcome to the OSD, Leslie! And... I've never played Sims 3, but I was a big fan of the Sims 2... Was there that much innovation?
Thanks! Sims 3 is on a whole 'nother level than Sims 2! If you liked Sims 2, you will LOVE Sims 3. EA has already made like 100 expansions for it. Okay, well not 100...probably 10 or so.
Congrats and welcome! I think after counting them all up, about 50% of the last applications have all been ladies
Welcome to our stronghold and community, Leslie. Great to have you. I can already tell that you will fit right in here.
