The "Guild" in Guild Wars....

[Onnie]

Okay, am I missing some big HUGE point to the game?

What is the deal with all the Guilding pestering? Is it something I'm just going to have to get used to? It first started really bad when Xellany hit 10thish level. The tells started coming in asking if I wanted to join a really great guild.

Is it amazing how ALL the guilds are great w/great ppls?! Damn, that just rules. The first bad guild that asks me if I want to group with a bunch of loosers no one wants to talk to; I AM IN ALL THE WAY! Sign me up baby! I'm redoing the guilds motto:

"Ignore isn't an option with us, it's a way of life."
"We put the I in ingore."
"To be ignored would be a step down in life for us."

Then it started with Bixie, she's just working her way around Char in the Square and the tells start coming in. I'm thinking, okay, I see all the shouts all the time... these are the more agressive people. So, I'm on Seas Dawn. She's my baby Elem and I've just received the first quest from the warrior chick who hangs near the guy that has the worm problem. I run to the Abbey and guess what. I'm standing there waiting for my picture to fully appear after moving in and I get TWO tells from people wanting to sign her up. I mean seesh! She's level 2!

I've never been so heavily recrutied for guilding ever. I'm almost starting to take an insult to it because I don't guild easily. Always been a stickler about guilding. One person even said, "Well you can always join for a little bit then leave." I'm thinking, SEESH! Aren't YOU the master of we are all a great bunch of people that love to hang in there together. So what gives? It almost seems like there's this bare minum quota going on that I don't know about and people are just desperate for bodies.

True?

--Onnie

[Erudite]

Yeah, I don't get it either.

I consistently get whispers to Destrid about joining guilds. Not so much with Durloth, and not once yet with Seoman. Because I'm normally too polite to just ignore them, I send a polite refusal and go on my way - which is normally fine, but some folks get downright irate about it. I try to do my banking/selling at the end of the session in out-of-the-way places now, with less population. Ice Tooth Cave, Ventari's Refuge, places like that.

[Raveneye]

Honestly, we need to simply form LoW in game and guild up so we quit getting those idiot tells.

I had been trying to coordinate with Atty to get guilded/officerized in the original GW LoW, but none of those folks are ever on anymore. So instead I'm considering forming a new Legends of Westwood and simply using that. Raveneye should have more than enough plat on hand to form the guild and pick out a nifty cape style. We can vote on several capes before we take that plunge.

[Erudite]

Honestly, we need to simply form LoW in game and guild up so we quit getting those idiot tells.

I had been trying to coordinate with Atty to get guilded/officerized in the original GW LoW, but none of those folks are ever on anymore. So instead I'm considering forming a new Legends of Westwood and simply using that. Raveneye should have more than enough plat on hand to form the guild and pick out a nifty cape style. We can vote on several capes before we take that plunge.

Sounds fine to me. Destrid has 6 or so plat tucked away, so I'm happy to contribute. With four regular players, and Caranthir looking to make it five, having the guild channel would make coordinating things between missions a lot easier - no more tells to two or three different people.

[GravenStone]

I'll kick in as well, as needed. Think it's like 100 gold to register and 100 gold for a cloak, so not terrible for established toons.

[Onnie]

I think Xellany has 1K on her after buying her new outfit. I'm not sure how much Bixie has but maybe 500 gold or so. How much does doing it cost to actually make one?

BTW, got a nifty new hammer that I can't use. Heh it's Yellow Hammer of Lighting or something like that. Gotta show it to Seoman unless he already has one like that. It dropped and I saw, "A rare hammer drops reserved for Bixie Slayer" and I thought.

Onnie: Dumb game, get your tags right. A rare droped reserved for Seoman.

Good thing they don't have /bug in game or I would of sent it in. (eg)

--Onnie

[Charinida]

I need guilded too... :) When I can find time to get away from WoW/SWG... ;)

[Lycos]

Honestly, we need to simply form LoW in game and guild up so we quit getting those idiot tells.

I had been trying to coordinate with Atty to get guilded/officerized in the original GW LoW, but none of those folks are ever on anymore. So instead I'm considering forming a new Legends of Westwood and simply using that. Raveneye should have more than enough plat on hand to form the guild and pick out a nifty cape style. We can vote on several capes before we take that plunge.

That's a great idea, but I think we should use Onnie's idea and call it "The Really Really Bad Guild", or "The Really, Really Bad Guild You Don't Want To Join Guild". :D

[Raveneye]

OK, how about calling it simply... "Piss Off"

[Erudite]

OK, how about calling it simply... "Piss Off"

Too British. Or would that be "Sod Off"?

[Quervo]

We could use Hand of Evil???

[Onnie]

The Really Bad Guild?

Teh.

That's right we are the Teh [The] guild. Not to be confused with any other guild.

Did Atty already make a guild and it is just a problem of getting a hold of it? Someone kick Rubi to get it. Better yet, even if it doesn't help kick Rubi anyways. I'm sure he needs it since Sern is outta pocket. ;)

--Onnie

[Erudite]

/em kicks Rubi

Hmm. Nope, doesn't seem to have helped.

/em kicks Rubi again, just to be sure...

Nah. Somebody else want to try?

[Quervo]

/em gets Chuck Norris to Roundhouse Kick Rubi.

[attriel]

Honestly, we need to simply form LoW in game and guild up so we quit getting those idiot tells.

I had been trying to coordinate with Atty to get guilded/officerized in the original GW LoW, but none of those folks are ever on anymore. So instead I'm considering forming a new Legends of Westwood and simply using that. Raveneye should have more than enough plat on hand to form the guild and pick out a nifty cape style. We can vote on several capes before we take that plunge.

crapola. I thought i got you and erud?

I'll try to get the gaming rig back together and do that. is there a list of who i should contact to invite, here somewhere?

[Erudite]

We went ahead and set one up last Thursday. I hope we didn't step on any toes - we thought the greenspam would help us get organized much more quicky and efficiently, as opposed to whispers between three (and soon to be four+) different people to determine locations and districts and skillsets needed.

[Raveneye]

It let me form "Legends of Westwood" with a tag display (max 4 characters) of "LoW", so I'm not sure what that means. Does it remove guilds with inactive characters after a period of time or was the original LoW named differently?

Anyway, all current players should add Raveneye Darkstar, Destrid Rainchaser and Zyll Tsch to their friends list, then request an invite when we're online. I see no reason we can't officerize everyone considering the small number of people we have. I'm only "Guild Leader" in name for now because I was the one who remembered to zap over to Ascalon City and form the guild. If we want to do some kind of formal election I'm totally cool with that.

We need to pick out a cool uber-cape though. The possibilities were pretty varied. There is a section of Guild Wiki devoted to capes here : http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Guild

We need to choose a style, emblem, background (if any) and colors.

Some examples from when I was playing the other night...

[Erudite]

Haha!

Heie Wishmaster: Anyone Want To Join My Guild? ^.^

[Onnie]

You really don't want me to get in on this do you? It is much faster if you just say:

Onnie, put on your damn guild cape and wear it. I don't care if it doesn't match your new green stockings with the taffeta ruffle sleeves and white smock on Xellany.

I like the icon on the last one though.

--Onnie

[attriel]

It let me form "Legends of Westwood" with a tag display (max 4 characters) of "LoW", so I'm not sure what that means. Does it remove guilds with inactive characters after a period of time or was the original LoW named differently?


I believe kiir went with HoE; those of us in at the time were all HoE originally and preferred the name :)

[attriel]

We went ahead and set one up last Thursday. I hope we didn't step on any toes - we thought the greenspam would help us get organized much more quicky and efficiently, as opposed to whispers between three (and soon to be four+) different people to determine locations and districts and skillsets needed.

no problem. I thought I'd invited folks before, like I said. you finally got tired of waiting for me to get off my keister, no worries :)

[Raveneye]

I believe kiir went with HoE; those of us in at the time were all HoE originally and preferred the name :)

As soon as I saw the flaming hand icon on the cape creation screen I regretted my choice and wanted to reform HoE immediately! :lowlol: Pink Cape, Red fringe, Black hand icon...oh yeah... :wink:

[Onnie]

Yeah! HoE!

Now that goes with everything. (grins)

[Sir Rubi]

/em feels a big nasty boot in the arse immediately followed by the universe imploding around him from the Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kick

HEY!

Wow.

Well, okay then! Um, can I like join n stuff? I'll even log in and stuff! Sorry I've been away ;)

[Caranthir]

We get to kick Rubi?

Man, when a person joins a guild, you're supposed to tell him ALL the benefits.

[Caranthir]

Doesn't the symbol for LoW involve an oak tree or something?

[Sir Rubi]

We get to kick Rubi?

Man, when a person joins a guild, you're supposed to tell him ALL the benefits.

Now see here :P

/em pops another bag of ice on his shapely Mesmer rear

[Sir Rubi]

Doesn't the symbol for LoW involve an oak tree or something?

Only when Draknor is playing :P

[Erudite]

Well, okay then! Um, can I like join n stuff? I'll even log in and stuff! Sorry I've been away ;)

I invited you an hour or so ago. You're just kind of hanging out there, ignoring me. :( :lowrazz: ;)

[Sir Rubi]

I invited you an hour or so ago. You're just kind of hanging out there, ignoring me. :( :lowrazz: ;)

I left Stupid #1 in dance mode in an instance whilst I went on a date with Serani :D

[Erudite]

Productive night, guilding Quervo, Rubi, and Caranthir. Up to seven folks now. ;)

[Raveneye]

Woohoo! OK all you seven folks, get busy with the Wiki link I posted and let me know your favorite cape icon, colors and background. If we can get even a mild general consensus by Thursday I can create a cape when I log on for the weekly mission night, since I'm camped in Ascalon City atm.

[Erudite]

I'm pretty indifferent. The flaming backgrounds match my pyromancer outfit, though. :lowrazz:

I definitely don't like either of the tattered fringes. Otherwise, I don't have a strong preference for anything.

[Sir Rubi]

I like the second one from the left - You pretty much hit my tastes perfectly.

[Serani]

If I count (and I play occasionally), I like the blue one with the stein. Seems to fit us well. :)

[Sir Rubi]

If I count (and I play occasionally), I like the blue one with the stein. Seems to fit us well. :)

You will doubly so when we get your own copy :D

[GravenStone]

Man RE, you're a masochist - running with full chat channels enabled is only for the truly strong of constitution.

[Raveneye]

I like the second one from the left - You pretty much hit my tastes perfectly.

You mean the blue cape, gold stein and dark fleur'de'lis design?

I only threw those few designs together to have examples of what the capes can look like. There are a ton of icons, backgrounds and styles, so feel free to check them all out at the Guild Wiki http://www.guildwiki.org and suggest something...

[Raveneye]

Man RE, you're a masochist - running with full chat channels enabled is only for the truly strong of constitution.

Haha! I'm not sure why I had full channels on in Ascalon that night. I almost always run with only Team and Guild enabled, sometimes Auction too if I'm in town.

[Sir Rubi]

You mean the blue cape, gold stein and dark fleur'de'lis design?

I only threw those few designs together to have examples of what the capes can look like. There are a ton of icons, backgrounds and styles, so feel free to check them all out at the Guild Wiki http://www.guildwiki.org and suggest something...

Yup, that one. And I know you just threw it together, but seriously you've then stumbled across a great design, in my opinion.

[Caranthir]

I'd prefer something in green, but I'll go along with what the rest of the guild decides (as long as it's not pink or something).

I think we should definitely use the foaming ale stein as our emblem (in tribute to the Tavern).

[Onnie]

I'd prefer something in green,

(Onnie snipage)

I think we should definitely use the foaming ale stein as our emblem (in tribute to the Tavern).

Green + Beer? Okay, I don't even drink beer but I'm sure Erudite at least will blink in your general direction. ;)

On the detail, if we are going with the stien... from what I can tell off of the web page, Detail on the 4th row 1st one... It might make the Beer Stien look like it's sitting in froth.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/images/b/be/Details.jpg

On the fringe, I liked either 1st row 2nd pic. 2nd row, 2nd and 3rd pic. Unless we are going for sort of the minstrel look.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Image:Fringes.jpg

The 2nd on 2nd row being my top choice.

On colours, I'm sort of thinking a Sliver overlook with yellow (for the froth) and white. Trimmed perhaps with gold. The back ground being perhaps not metallic like the stien. I'm not sure how the colours apply to the cape so it is hard for me to really say. But it's just an idea.

--Onnie

[Erudite]

Green + Beer? Okay, I don't even drink beer but I'm sure Erudite at least will blink in your general direction. ;)

Beer matches anything. 'Sides, St. Patrick's Day is all about the green beer, and I'm (part) Irish. ;)

[Caranthir]

Beer matches anything. 'Sides, St. Patrick's Day is all about the green beer, and I'm (part) Irish. ;)

I've got the double whammy of being mostly Irish and playing a ranger, hence my preference for green.

[Raveneye]

OK THREE NEW DESIGNS TO CONSIDER:

First I tried to incorporate Onnie's ideas. Hopefully it's close to what she was describing.

Secondly I went green for Caranthir using a similar approach.

Lastly, I made one that I personally like, mostly because of the black/gold contrast...

Let me know what you all think, or if any other colors/designs might appeal. I think we've pretty much settled on the stein as the emblem, but the colors and background are open for debate.

[GravenStone]

I like the latter two, although the third makes me think we should be Saints fans.

[Erudite]

I actually kind of like the first one (haha!), but only because it'll match my 15k armor when I eventually get it (black with gold flames). I'm really pretty indifferent.

I popped back on just before midnight to see if Onnie had ever made it back on. No luck there, but I did catch Lycos on with his monk and guilded him. Up to eight now. I can't officerize anybody, so that'll be up to Raveneye.

[Caranthir]

The green one is pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

[Onnie]

I like the first one as well, but prefer some other cape styles. Eh, like I said. You can always, "ONNIE just put it on!" With me. ;)

[Serani]

If my opinion counts, I like the middle one. BUt, like Caranthir, I'm rather partial to green...

[Raveneye]

Seems like a general consensus towards the green cape, silver stein, blackish/dark fleur'de'lis is forming. If nobody has any objections, I'll go ahead and get that one in the next time I'm on (probably Sunday or Monday). I'm prety sure the 2 plat cost covers capes for everyone in the guild, and that they simply appear on your character once I've set it up.

[Raveneye]

OK, unless somone objects, I'm building the green/silver cape pictured in CARATHIR.JPG in my post above as of tomorrow or Wednesday (whenever I can get on next).

[Lycos]

I OBJECT! :D

[Sir Rubi]

If not blue, green would be my close second. Definitely green :)

[Serani]

I OBJECT! :D
*bonks Lycos*

Hush, you!

[Raveneye]

I OBJECT! :D

OK, I'm promoting everyone in the guild to "officer" except Lycos. He can be our only "member". Feel free to order him around all you like... :twisted:

[Erudite]

OK, I'm promoting everyone in the guild to "officer" except Lycos. He can be our only "member". Feel free to order him around all you like... :twisted:

/em orders Lycos to kick Rubi

That's still a guild thing, right? With the kicking and the Rubi and whatnot? 'Cuz otherwise I might have to de-guild. :lowrazz:

[Lycos]

/em kicks Rubi!

Sorry Rubi! I was just following orders!

And as for being a lowly member...

I OBJECT! :D

[Raveneye]

And as for being a lowly member...

I OBJECT! :D

/em demotes Lycos to probabtionary recruit.

[Lycos]

/em demotes Lycos to probabtionary recruit.

I O....

Oh never mind! :lowrazz:

[Onnie]

I don't have one single problem with you objecting. Please by all means, object object! And no am not kidding.

While I'm still an Officer am still objecting. Though, it's Thurs. which means Raveneye will be on, so I might end up demoted back down to "Eh, player" rank. ;)

--Onnie

[Raveneye]

/em demotes Onnie to Dust Mote, Second Class.

[Erudite]

/em orders Onnie to kick Rubi

[Lycos]

/em demotes Onnie to Dust Mote, Second Class.

Tough crowd! :D

[Onnie]

/em orders Onnie to kick Rubi

Onnie KICKS Rubi for 1 guild point!

(looks at shoes...)

Ahem, can I get my Officer status back? It's just not quite the same being 2nd Class and all. 2nd class, phaw!

Though I think I'm going to have to dunk or should that be drunk? My idea of taking Xell's gear to red and go yellow. Otherwise that cape will just *never* match anything.

--Onnie

[Sir Rubi]

*wakes up from being kicked several times*

Wha..?