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gone · Feb 02, 2007, 07:54 AM // 07:54

after handing out tons of golds/greens/plats/mats in a long list of guilds, i have gotten fed up and the result is being in my own "trustworthy" guild.

I used to be generous and just give all sorts of good items away with the rule "it's free if it's for YOU, please don't sell"...or "all i ask is that you show the same generosity"

I don't have enough fingers/toes to count the times i've seen those very same people(that items were given to) spamming: "WTS...blahh...blahhh..blahh"..

the time spent recruiting members, just to have them leave after getting a run to a specific place. Grrrrrrr....

the peace and quite is nice, but it does get lonely...

therangereminem · Feb 02, 2007, 09:57 AM // 09:57

lol i know wha you mean and if you get into a guild with 50 plus then you have the problem of only 6 poeple being on out of 50 and none will want to do anything questing or missions these days its all about solo farming this and that guild wars is about poeple getting to gather and having fun how you soppose to do that when eeryone is soloing everything

dont get me wrong i also solo every now and then but i would like to have someone to talk too and that thats why i run pople alot at least most of them will talk to you for a while im in a guil dnow that has 7 pople and all are friend ly and talk alot butmost solo farm everything

icedragon981 · Feb 04, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56

I was in a GREAT guild from about May 2006 to around December, did a ton of Deep runs, HA, etc. but finally it broke up over time and got down to ~5 people. I had lots of good friends in it (which are still on my friends list atm) but I left and have been in my own guild of one: Ice Dragoons [Drgn] for a month or 2 now.

**cosyfiep** · Feb 05, 2007, 06:49 PM // 18:49

while my guild has not only one member....we have 3 people....my husband and his brother started it and then I joined....so we are a guild of 3. pretty small and seeing as my brother-in-law works 2 jobs now he is rarely online so its usually just me and my hubby.

Ember010 · Feb 06, 2007, 12:24 AM // 00:24

my current guild situation is odd. I am in a one man guild, in an alliance with 3 guilds. Leading guild has two active members and the other guild has 7 or so. So the alliance is a lot like a small guild. Im in a one man guild because i fancied my own girly cape and no1 else would agree... =]

Doggie Dog · Feb 07, 2007, 04:14 PM // 16:14

Heya all,

Enjoyed reading this thread.

I've currently got three guilds. Explanation:

The main guild is the big friendly active guild with all 60+ members. Don't start flaming me yet - I just need to set this up!!! Yes, sometimes we have issues/drama, but these are relatively few and far between. For the most part, with sensible recruitment, hard work and careful pruning, it is possible to put a decent guild together.

My other 2 guilds are 1 person guilds. I set these up with additional accounts I had gathering dust primarily to reserve guild names that I might want to use in the future.

For a while the main guild pursued the goal of owning an outpost, which it did with some success (we owned Tanglewood Copse when we were at our zenith). This can be a stressful job, particularly when certain guildies who were recruited to do a certain job, refused to deliver (yet were happy to claim the "glory"). We lost many guildies during this period and some were removed by me.

So I found a new function for one of my 1 man guilds - a 'rehab' guild. Any member who wanted to return to the main guild, after we retired from faction donation, had to first do some time alone (or with a few other rogue members) in the rehab guild. This was meant to be time for quiet reflection and contemplation for them

This would probably be bliss for all you

I sometimes briefly disappear from the main guild and use my chars in their 1 person guilds, but I know where I prefer to be. Each to his/her own, of course, and I hope you continue to enjoy your lives of relative seclusion.

All the best,
Doggie

gervasium · Feb 07, 2007, 05:10 PM // 17:10

I am in a one person guild but not because I want to! Have already tried to make it grow but every person that enters, leaves in a short while. So I have given up o inviting people to it.

Maria The Princess · Feb 07, 2007, 07:19 PM // 19:19

im in a 3 man allience... ahhhhhhhh peace and quiet

bokken · Feb 07, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Hello all

Its been a while since I started this thread.
I am glad to see so many others enjoy their own small guilds.
I thought I???d stop in and give an update on what???s been going on with my one man guild.

I must admit to leaving my guild several times and joining other guilds. Like many who have posted here I have a second account that keeps the guild alive so I can come and go easily enough.
All of the instances where I left were at the request of others that I join their guild. None of these attempts worked and eventually I sought the sanctuary of my own guild.

I even joined an alliance thinking that I would get the benefit of staying in my own guild but would also get the chance to group with others every now and then???.nope???..I think I joined the only alliance where NO ONE ever talked in alliance chat. LOL Since I like to group up with others every now and then, especially to help others get through missions, I now find myself out of that alliance and starting to look for anther one to join. It seems like a good idea.

After reading the posts in this thread I???d just like to say to all the people who have commented that being in a solo guild is sad or depressing; that no it isn???t. It???s a place where we can play the game as we want to without putting up with some of the negative aspects that are the norm of being a part of *some* larger guilds.

I think most of us in a small guild would jump at the chance to be in an active guild full of friends that did missions, elite areas, and farming together. I know the most fun I???ve had in GW was when I was part of one particular guild that did just that. Sorry to say it fell apart.

Ill keep looking for the right group, heck I might even start recruiting myself,???*gasp*!!

Lets think about that for a while??????..

All the best to those who have kept this thread alive

See you in-game

~Bokken

CagedinSanity · Feb 09, 2007, 06:27 PM // 18:27

I get a lot of whispers from people when I get guildless. I usually humor them and ask them a few questions about it.
1) Luxon or kurz? (if kurz, the conversation ends quickly, which is why it's my first query)
2) TS or vent? (I ask about vent even thoguh I've never used it)
3) Is in an alliance/preferably leader of alliance
4) 60+ members.
5) Mature. Although most people lie.

Yes, I'm picky, but it weeds out the crap guilds.

I should try that next time I am guildless though. Seems like a good idea.
Although this guild I am in now i've been in for about 4 months now, which is a world record for me. I've been through like 20 guilds, rarely ever for more than a week or two.

morsdrew · Feb 11, 2007, 08:28 PM // 20:28

I have just formed my own guild of 2 members, with my 2 accounts, as I have just started playing again after a 5 month absence involving massive PC chaos, working too many hours and buying an Xbox 360 (Oblivion...)

I will see how it goes for now, would be most interested in joining an alliance of similar 1 member guilds, it does sound far more satisfying than dealing with the lower element of GW players, and I miss the guild chat.

Geminus_Solis · Feb 20, 2007, 01:04 AM // 01:04

I quit PvP and this game with it 6 months ago and went off on a break. I'm back, the group of friends I played with have wandered off to beta-test another game, friends list is always greyed-out and the invite PM spam has started getting annoying.

If any of you 1-person guilds want to play together sometime, feel free to say hello. It does get slightly lonely sometime, though that has little to do with not being or being in a guild...it has to do with not running into any halfway-intelligent company.

I'm going to either stay guildless or just create a 1-person guild of my own. This thread has definitely given me some food for thought. Kudos to those of you who have gone this way.

Steps Ascending · Feb 20, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25

Am I the only one that find my name ugly with a tag on it?

flyinhigh · Feb 26, 2007, 03:19 AM // 03:19

reading this thread has reminded me of allot of the things i went through in the last year.

first day playing joined a guild with someone that i met questing in pre. next day got booted cuz i didn't have a pvp char and had no idea how to make one. needless to say, not sorry. second was Shadow of the serpent SOS, joined from invite from a questing friend. they were a good guild with allot of active members. my friend (one of the guild founders) and the guild leader got into an argument about the direction the guild was taking and most of the officers and quite a few members left. some of us started a new guild. tyrant peace keapers. had about 15 members or so till i got deployed and had to move houses, now it me and my wife as active members. the other members haven't been on in so long that GW auto promoted me to guild leader. i'd love to get rid of it, but i have close to 100k into the hall. oh well.

Taala · Mar 02, 2007, 05:22 AM // 05:22

My temporary one man guild, Empty Guild [Solo], from awhile back is now a permanent one man guild, until someone wants to join for whatever reason. I just lost interest in guild activites and mass recruiters started to piss me off, so now I have a nice hall and most of the merchants of my own.

This'll be the guild I'm sticking with for the rest of my Guild Wars days.

santaclaus66 · Mar 06, 2007, 11:46 AM // 11:46

I do have my one man guild too,

Santas Little Helper [XMAS]

I'm in a small alliance, 3 guilds including me, I think in total we can muster some 20+ ppl.
But I for one, like it this way. Alliance is kurzick and as I in the long run want both alliance titles, my guild for me can leave the alliance, swap Luxon and move on. Buddies are on buddylist, so no big deal.

If anyone needs a holding place for a while, let me know, I can easily invite in order to grant some "Peace of mind" .. or rather guild PMs. I mention this, as I'm sure more people read here out of curiousity.
GH is not full of all types of merchants, I take my time, I'm in no rush at all with anything.

Oh, for the record, I'm Euro, a nice guy and mature. Might drop off once in a while as I have two small kids at home, so going solo quite often gives me the option to play and watch kids, they can get restless at night once in a while.

/Santa

Undressed · Mar 06, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Some stories are nice to read. Most of my GW-time has been solo/guildless.

I think I will start my own guild too until cosmic coincidence allows joining a decent GvG-guild with non-QQing, ragequitting members and the patience to work things out.

T N Player · Mar 07, 2007, 03:32 AM // 03:32

When i first started the game, I really liked the capes so I made a guild just for the capes.

Eldin · Mar 08, 2007, 02:19 AM // 02:19

I originally went out to make a guild with my friend who'd be co-founder, but he's one of those WoW-lovers with a short attention span, and he left me. Now I leave his name on the roster as a museum exhibit so I can tell tales of his gayness should I ever get people in my guild. Also incase I do ever get my guild going, one day he might log on and be like "O_o" when he sees a ton of people on the roster. Of course, I lost interest in GW but came back recently.

I haven't been working to advance my guild's growth, currently I'm in a 1 person guild just so I don't look like a noob or a walking "INVITE ME TO A GUILD" neon sign. Someday when I catch up (and get Nightfall and Factions) I'll try to get it up and running. I have a cape, and am considering getting a guild hall too! XD

If I do get my guild running though, I'd prefer a smaller guild. I'm the kind of person who (as shown by my days with WC3 clans) likes small groups so we all get to know each other better, instead of a giant guild where it's just a giant balancing act.

I, too, decided to make my own guild for the sake of it being PvE. Most guilds are GvG and PvP.

Daenerys · Mar 14, 2007, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Well, one friend who plays GW longer than me, did start his one-man guild, and very sweetly named it after his Beloved ... *happy sigh* It's just romantic, isnt it?

And the guy that is sitting next to me, on another computer, started his guild, but I bugged him into inviting me, then I made him make me guildleader.. I think I used a thread along the lines of "I wont be washing your sock for two months unless.." or "I am going to serve you brocolli and sprouts for dinner for a month and not have pizza every other day anymore! Unless... "

.. yeah, I am into that sort of thing. Anyway, he has been threatening to leave the guild now. So I guess tomorrow is pizza day! Gotta keep the members happy!

Feb 07, 2007, 04:14 PM // 16:14	#106
Doggie Dog Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Euro servers Guild: The Monstrous Fangs [fang] Profession: Mo/Me	Heya all, Enjoyed reading this thread. I've currently got three guilds. Explanation: The main guild is the big friendly active guild with all 60+ members. Don't start flaming me yet - I just need to set this up!!! Yes, sometimes we have issues/drama, but these are relatively few and far between. For the most part, with sensible recruitment, hard work and careful pruning, it is possible to put a decent guild together. My other 2 guilds are 1 person guilds. I set these up with additional accounts I had gathering dust primarily to reserve guild names that I might want to use in the future. For a while the main guild pursued the goal of owning an outpost, which it did with some success (we owned Tanglewood Copse when we were at our zenith). This can be a stressful job, particularly when certain guildies who were recruited to do a certain job, refused to deliver (yet were happy to claim the "glory"). We lost many guildies during this period and some were removed by me. So I found a new function for one of my 1 man guilds - a 'rehab' guild. Any member who wanted to return to the main guild, after we retired from faction donation, had to first do some time alone (or with a few other rogue members) in the rehab guild. This was meant to be time for quiet reflection and contemplation for them This would probably be bliss for all you I sometimes briefly disappear from the main guild and use my chars in their 1 person guilds, but I know where I prefer to be. Each to his/her own, of course, and I hope you continue to enjoy your lives of relative seclusion. All the best, Doggie Last edited by Doggie Dog; Feb 07, 2007 at 04:21 PM // 16:21..

Mar 06, 2007, 11:46 AM // 11:46	#116
santaclaus66 Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Dec 2006 Guild: Santas Little Helper [XMAS] Profession: R/Mo	I do have my one man guild too, Santas Little Helper [XMAS] I'm in a small alliance, 3 guilds including me, I think in total we can muster some 20+ ppl. But I for one, like it this way. Alliance is kurzick and as I in the long run want both alliance titles, my guild for me can leave the alliance, swap Luxon and move on. Buddies are on buddylist, so no big deal. If anyone needs a holding place for a while, let me know, I can easily invite in order to grant some "Peace of mind" .. or rather guild PMs. I mention this, as I'm sure more people read here out of curiousity. GH is not full of all types of merchants, I take my time, I'm in no rush at all with anything. Oh, for the record, I'm Euro, a nice guy and mature. Might drop off once in a while as I have two small kids at home, so going solo quite often gives me the option to play and watch kids, they can get restless at night once in a while. /Santa Last edited by santaclaus66; Mar 06, 2007 at 11:51 AM // 11:51..

Feb 02, 2007, 07:54 AM // 07:54	#101
gone Guest Join Date: Jan 2007	after handing out tons of golds/greens/plats/mats in a long list of guilds, i have gotten fed up and the result is being in my own "trustworthy" guild. I used to be generous and just give all sorts of good items away with the rule "it's free if it's for YOU, please don't sell"...or "all i ask is that you show the same generosity" I don't have enough fingers/toes to count the times i've seen those very same people(that items were given to) spamming: "WTS...blahh...blahhh..blahh".. the time spent recruiting members, just to have them leave after getting a run to a specific place. Grrrrrrr.... the peace and quite is nice, but it does get lonely...

Feb 02, 2007, 09:57 AM // 09:57	#102
therangereminem Jungle Guide Join Date: Jan 2007 Profession: R/Mo	lol i know wha you mean and if you get into a guild with 50 plus then you have the problem of only 6 poeple being on out of 50 and none will want to do anything questing or missions these days its all about solo farming this and that guild wars is about poeple getting to gather and having fun how you soppose to do that when eeryone is soloing everything dont get me wrong i also solo every now and then but i would like to have someone to talk too and that thats why i run pople alot at least most of them will talk to you for a while im in a guil dnow that has 7 pople and all are friend ly and talk alot butmost solo farm everything

Feb 04, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56	#103
icedragon981 Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2006 Location: At my computer Guild: Teh Nine [lll] Profession: N/	I was in a GREAT guild from about May 2006 to around December, did a ton of Deep runs, HA, etc. but finally it broke up over time and got down to ~5 people. I had lots of good friends in it (which are still on my friends list atm) but I left and have been in my own guild of one: Ice Dragoons [Drgn] for a month or 2 now.

Feb 05, 2007, 06:49 PM // 18:49	#104
cosyfiep are we there yet? Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: in a land far far away Guild: guild? I am supposed to have a guild? Profession: Rt/	while my guild has not only one member....we have 3 people....my husband and his brother started it and then I joined....so we are a guild of 3. pretty small and seeing as my brother-in-law works 2 jobs now he is rarely online so its usually just me and my hubby.

Feb 06, 2007, 12:24 AM // 00:24	#105
Ember010 Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: D/	my current guild situation is odd. I am in a one man guild, in an alliance with 3 guilds. Leading guild has two active members and the other guild has 7 or so. So the alliance is a lot like a small guild. Im in a one man guild because i fancied my own girly cape and no1 else would agree... =]

Feb 07, 2007, 05:10 PM // 17:10	#107
gervasium Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2006 Profession: W/R	I am in a one person guild but not because I want to! Have already tried to make it grow but every person that enters, leaves in a short while. So I have given up o inviting people to it.

Feb 07, 2007, 07:19 PM // 19:19	#108
Maria The Princess Forge Runner Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: Aequitas Deis	im in a 3 man allience... ahhhhhhhh peace and quiet

Feb 07, 2007, 08:56 PM // 20:56	#109
bokken Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2006	Hello all Its been a while since I started this thread. I am glad to see so many others enjoy their own small guilds. I thought I???d stop in and give an update on what???s been going on with my one man guild. I must admit to leaving my guild several times and joining other guilds. Like many who have posted here I have a second account that keeps the guild alive so I can come and go easily enough. All of the instances where I left were at the request of others that I join their guild. None of these attempts worked and eventually I sought the sanctuary of my own guild. I even joined an alliance thinking that I would get the benefit of staying in my own guild but would also get the chance to group with others every now and then???.nope???..I think I joined the only alliance where NO ONE ever talked in alliance chat. LOL Since I like to group up with others every now and then, especially to help others get through missions, I now find myself out of that alliance and starting to look for anther one to join. It seems like a good idea. After reading the posts in this thread I???d just like to say to all the people who have commented that being in a solo guild is sad or depressing; that no it isn???t. It???s a place where we can play the game as we want to without putting up with some of the negative aspects that are the norm of being a part of some larger guilds. I think most of us in a small guild would jump at the chance to be in an active guild full of friends that did missions, elite areas, and farming together. I know the most fun I???ve had in GW was when I was part of one particular guild that did just that. Sorry to say it fell apart. Ill keep looking for the right group, heck I might even start recruiting myself,???gasp!! Lets think about that for a while??????.. All the best to those who have kept this thread alive See you in-game ~Bokken

Feb 09, 2007, 06:27 PM // 18:27	#110
CagedinSanity Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Away from you. Profession: W/	I get a lot of whispers from people when I get guildless. I usually humor them and ask them a few questions about it. 1) Luxon or kurz? (if kurz, the conversation ends quickly, which is why it's my first query) 2) TS or vent? (I ask about vent even thoguh I've never used it) 3) Is in an alliance/preferably leader of alliance 4) 60+ members. 5) Mature. Although most people lie. Yes, I'm picky, but it weeds out the crap guilds. I should try that next time I am guildless though. Seems like a good idea. Although this guild I am in now i've been in for about 4 months now, which is a world record for me. I've been through like 20 guilds, rarely ever for more than a week or two.

Feb 11, 2007, 08:28 PM // 20:28	#111
morsdrew Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Feb 2006 Guild: House Of Slaine (HoS)	I have just formed my own guild of 2 members, with my 2 accounts, as I have just started playing again after a 5 month absence involving massive PC chaos, working too many hours and buying an Xbox 360 (Oblivion...) I will see how it goes for now, would be most interested in joining an alliance of similar 1 member guilds, it does sound far more satisfying than dealing with the lower element of GW players, and I miss the guild chat.

Feb 20, 2007, 01:04 AM // 01:04	#112
Geminus_Solis Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The other side. Guild: Who needs a guild ? Profession: E/Mo	I quit PvP and this game with it 6 months ago and went off on a break. I'm back, the group of friends I played with have wandered off to beta-test another game, friends list is always greyed-out and the invite PM spam has started getting annoying. If any of you 1-person guilds want to play together sometime, feel free to say hello. It does get slightly lonely sometime, though that has little to do with not being or being in a guild...it has to do with not running into any halfway-intelligent company. I'm going to either stay guildless or just create a 1-person guild of my own. This thread has definitely given me some food for thought. Kudos to those of you who have gone this way.

Feb 20, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25	#113
Steps Ascending Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2006 Guild: Freelancing (Guildless)	Am I the only one that find my name ugly with a tag on it?

Feb 26, 2007, 03:19 AM // 03:19	#114
flyinhigh Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: meh Guild: wtfpwned Profession: N/	reading this thread has reminded me of allot of the things i went through in the last year. first day playing joined a guild with someone that i met questing in pre. next day got booted cuz i didn't have a pvp char and had no idea how to make one. needless to say, not sorry. second was Shadow of the serpent SOS, joined from invite from a questing friend. they were a good guild with allot of active members. my friend (one of the guild founders) and the guild leader got into an argument about the direction the guild was taking and most of the officers and quite a few members left. some of us started a new guild. tyrant peace keapers. had about 15 members or so till i got deployed and had to move houses, now it me and my wife as active members. the other members haven't been on in so long that GW auto promoted me to guild leader. i'd love to get rid of it, but i have close to 100k into the hall. oh well.

Mar 02, 2007, 05:22 AM // 05:22	#115
Taala Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006	My temporary one man guild, Empty Guild [Solo], from awhile back is now a permanent one man guild, until someone wants to join for whatever reason. I just lost interest in guild activites and mass recruiters started to piss me off, so now I have a nice hall and most of the merchants of my own. This'll be the guild I'm sticking with for the rest of my Guild Wars days.

Mar 06, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#117
Undressed Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Reich Guild: none Profession: W/	Some stories are nice to read. Most of my GW-time has been solo/guildless. I think I will start my own guild too until cosmic coincidence allows joining a decent GvG-guild with non-QQing, ragequitting members and the patience to work things out.

Mar 07, 2007, 03:32 AM // 03:32	#118
T N Player Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Bay Area Profession: W/	When i first started the game, I really liked the capes so I made a guild just for the capes.

Mar 08, 2007, 02:19 AM // 02:19	#119
Eldin Forge Runner Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: America. How about you, commie? Guild: Fellows of Mythgar [FOM] Profession: R/Mo	I originally went out to make a guild with my friend who'd be co-founder, but he's one of those WoW-lovers with a short attention span, and he left me. Now I leave his name on the roster as a museum exhibit so I can tell tales of his gayness should I ever get people in my guild. Also incase I do ever get my guild going, one day he might log on and be like "O_o" when he sees a ton of people on the roster. Of course, I lost interest in GW but came back recently. I haven't been working to advance my guild's growth, currently I'm in a 1 person guild just so I don't look like a noob or a walking "INVITE ME TO A GUILD" neon sign. Someday when I catch up (and get Nightfall and Factions) I'll try to get it up and running. I have a cape, and am considering getting a guild hall too! XD If I do get my guild running though, I'd prefer a smaller guild. I'm the kind of person who (as shown by my days with WC3 clans) likes small groups so we all get to know each other better, instead of a giant guild where it's just a giant balancing act. I, too, decided to make my own guild for the sake of it being PvE. Most guilds are GvG and PvP.

Mar 14, 2007, 09:25 PM // 21:25	#120
Daenerys Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Mar 2007	Well, one friend who plays GW longer than me, did start his one-man guild, and very sweetly named it after his Beloved ... happy sigh It's just romantic, isnt it? And the guy that is sitting next to me, on another computer, started his guild, but I bugged him into inviting me, then I made him make me guildleader.. I think I used a thread along the lines of "I wont be washing your sock for two months unless.." or "I am going to serve you brocolli and sprouts for dinner for a month and not have pizza every other day anymore! Unless... " .. yeah, I am into that sort of thing. Anyway, he has been threatening to leave the guild now. So I guess tomorrow is pizza day! Gotta keep the members happy!