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Rothan Celt · May 13, 2008, 11:41 AM // 11:41

Hello there peeps I was wondering what???s a good way to unite a guild? By this i mean events etc.
My guild has recently become extremely active I finally managed to change some peeps opinions about recruitment and the new guys are flooding in.
Now days its common to see 20 odd ppl online at once which for a guild that has not reached its member cap yet is vry good.

Now i need a way to keep these peeps entertained. So they never complain about how quite and boring it is in the guild. I asking to see if any Guru peeps here know of a gr8 way to 'entertain' a guild

So far we have tried
Vanqs
UW/FoW
And parties

If anyone has any ideas plz reply

Ghostcell · May 13, 2008, 11:46 AM // 11:46

depends what kind of guild it is.
why don't you try and a 1v1 or 2v2 tourny between the guild with rewards. ie) first place 50k, 2nd place 20k, 3rd place 10k

Abedeus · May 13, 2008, 11:51 AM // 11:51

GvG xd

Yeah, that will unite people. AGAINST EACH OTHER!! MUWAHAH.

LOTR123 · May 13, 2008, 11:57 AM // 11:57

I would say contests like what Ghostcell said. Do farming runs with each other. I know it sounds corny but it may work.

lilraceangel3 · May 13, 2008, 12:02 PM // 12:02

AB if you have an alliance, or a scavenger hunt is always fun.

distilledwill · May 13, 2008, 12:03 PM // 12:03

I regularly organise "The Big Blue Blade Race", we get competitors from all over the alliance and from the guild and we do 2 laps of the guild hall (not i the explorable, in the hall itself - thereby prohibiting the use of running skills), consumables are allowed XD. Its good fun, prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
I just posted the map on the guild forum:

and off we go. Its fun giving a commentary, everyone seems to enjoy it.

TheRaven · May 13, 2008, 12:05 PM // 12:05

I'll assume for now that you have a pve oriented guild. Schedule events based on peoples interests.

- Hold Contests. We've done GW trivia contests with prizes donated by officers. We did a "find the leader". The guild leader warped to a random town and the first person to find him based on clues won a prize. He then jumped to another town. In all he hid in 12 different towns. (3 in each campaign/expansion)

- Schedule regular events during peak playing times.
- Monday night Vanquishing! 8pm EST. Show up in GH and we'll pick an area and go.
- Tuesday night PvP tutorials. Anyone interested in PvP? Show up in GH and we'll try our hand at AB/TA/HA whatever suits the skill level best.

- Wednesday is Elite Mission night. Each week we'll gather at 6pm tackle one of the Elite areas. (FOW/UW/DOA/Tombs/Urgoz/Deep)

- Thursday night is newbie night. Anyone need help with a quest/mission? This is the best time to ask. Officers will be available to help with quests whether you want someone to run it for you or just offer tips.

You get the idea. Be creative. Put up some polls in your forum and find out what your members want to see and who might be willing to lead events.

Nightow · May 13, 2008, 12:11 PM // 12:11

We have weekly auctions every Sunday night. It works fairly well; we have different people each week auction off the items so that everyone has a chance to get involved and make some money on the side.

Dies Fourth · May 13, 2008, 12:16 PM // 12:16

I'm an alliance leader. On a daily basis I'm faced with that very same problem

Not that I see " I'm Bored" very often but I dread the few times that I do. And usually it sends me into an involuntary typeing frenzy trying to outline/remind people of all the things that are available to them if they bother to register on the forums

Heres a link to our forums http://rawralliance.forum2u.org under the " Alliance Events " section you can see all the things we try to keep things fresh and fun.

Our Friday night Lotto is our monster event

With prize pots always around 60-70k in gold and 30-45 donated gold/green items

Our Scavenger Hunt is still in its infancy but growing every week.

Also on the back burners are......

Dodge Ball ( i vote for 1 person with correct runes/skills and the rest of us running around nekkid and drunk )

Alliance wide trivia ( wiki has TONS of useless trivia )

Guild relay races in a Guild Hall ( racing along a pre-set path and trading a mini pet to each team member )

Hide n Seek ( using alliance guild halls )

Bingo ( using /roll command )

Get Rich Fast ( party into an explorable area, 1 person drop 500-1000 gold pieces 1 at a time, the others race to pick up as many as they can, gold/green items as well as mods/inscriptions also work )

UAC ( Ugly Armor Contest, find the worst, mis-matched,ill-fitting,disgustingly dyed, noobest, ugliest event mask and put them all together : ) lol Have guild/alliance members vote for the best of the worst armor )

and heres one example of the thought we put into an event..........

P2P Racing ( portal 2 portal )

A group of racers all form a group in an outpost or town. Depending on the number of racers different outposts that allow larger groups may be needed. A " judge or referee" joins the group. Upon exiting to the explorable area the " judge" promptly " dies". Much to the enjoyment of the competitors who seeem to enjoy watching him/her rush headfirst nekkid into the 1st group of monsters that volunteers to violate said judge.

Then with a " GO " command in Alliance or team chat the race is on. Different strategies can be used. The usual " Bum Rush" and see who lives or a more tactical "agrro everything and scrape them off on an unsuspecting victim" seems to be a favorite. People can work together or fly solo. Its really up to them

A running play by play in alliance chat is also good for moral and for generating intrest for other players.

The judge can see if someone zones or leaves the party which is instant disqualification and jump around from racer to racer to check progress or laugh at failure

Its all in good fun and so far we havent gotten it rolling but hope to in the near future.

1st person to enter next town/outpost is the winner.

Thats 1 example of something we are trying to get started. On our forums are several more original ideas and a few borrowed from other guilds.

Hope this helps and best of luck

Once again heres the link to our forums http://rawralliance.forum2u.org

Everyone is more than welcome to join/post on our forums

My ign is Dies Fourth feel free to pm me with any questions or if your intrested in a solid mature family friendly guild/alliance : ) It may take me awhile to answer though so please be patient.

Cebe · May 13, 2008, 12:18 PM // 12:18

Divide the people online into 2+ groups of 8, pick a hard mode mission with lots of guaranteed slaughter, such as Tahnnahai Temple, Vizunah Square, Raisu Palace..., and have a competition to see which team can come up with the most awesome team build which can beat said mission in the shortest possible time. Set maximum 3 attempts, and obviously at least one person must screenshot the time taken at the end as proof.

Every participating member pays 1k into the "pot", and the winning team get an equal share of the winnings. So...2 teams means if you win, you double your money, 3 teams means the winner gets 3× what they put in etc., etc.

FrAnt1c?? · May 13, 2008, 12:25 PM // 12:25

Get a Vent server.

pumpkin pie · May 13, 2008, 12:48 PM // 12:48

I have an idea for you.

could be hard but the writer of the riddle have to be good. might take some time setting up this game to.

It has to do with map travel, like a treasure hunts

Step 1) write up riddles, many riddles.
Step 2) collect donation of items/gold for prizes.

How to play:
All contestant starts from guild hall.

you'll need maybe 3 persons to station at the check points, once the first one is all done, number 1 check point guy will map travel to check point number 4 to wait for the constestant. ect.

Ask your riddle in the guild chat

(for instant, this is a lame one, if you are a monk and desire to farm alone with very little health, where can you find a guy who can help you take off 50 health point?, so obviously the answer is ascalon, so first player to reach ascalon will have to look for the check point guy, obviously beside symon, once found, they get a prize and the question to the next location.)

first guy to solve the Riddle and map to your location gets a prize and riddle to the next location. there are 3 prizes for the first 3 players to solve the riddle. The rest do not get prizes, but they still stand a chance to continue to get the grand prize.

hope you understand. something like the amazing race Guild Wars Style. and you made up rules and regulation as you play along and find out what can and cannot be done during playing.

anyway, just thought I help.

stretchs · May 13, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56

Dodgeball is quite fun, it is only limited to 16 people typically, but I find it to be an enjoyable event without the pressures of "oh noes i just got keeld"

Nightow · May 13, 2008, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Ok, with dodgeball how exactly do you set it up? Does everyone have to make a pvp ele or something?

Rothan Celt · May 13, 2008, 09:34 PM // 21:34

Dodge ball?

By this do u mean a peep running away from other peeps? Ie a chase?

I dnt see how it can really be played :P can anyone explain?

Ty for all the replies guys i think i will draw up a map for a race around the hall considering that we run around it all the bloody time anyway :S saying hi to Steve and Jenny (the 2 frogs)
So yea i will give that a shot

We have a website of course but peeps never sign up o.O which really lols me :P
Ty plzz post more ideas

Dies Fourth · May 13, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37

Its on my forums, 1 of our GL's wrote a posting on it

http://rawralliance.forum2u.org

Were gonna try it 1 way fro an exhibition then slowly work twords a tournament

Rothan Celt · May 14, 2008, 09:35 AM // 09:35

Oh i get it now

Lightning orb

Nightow · May 14, 2008, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dies Fourth

Its on my forums, 1 of our GL's wrote a posting on it

http://rawralliance.forum2u.org

Were gonna try it 1 way fro an exhibition then slowly work twords a tournament

Great, thanks for the link!

BTW, couldn't you also take [shock] and [Windborne Speed] for Imperial Majesty and Trade Winds?

Dies Fourth · May 14, 2008, 07:02 PM // 19:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nightow

Great, thanks for the link!

BTW, couldn't you also take [shock] and [Windborne Speed] for Imperial Majesty and Trade Winds?

Let me give this link to the person that wrote the post in the 1st place

Far be it for me to try to " wing it" by providing an answer that isnt accurate and knowledgeable

I believe his Guru name is RichardT but i might be mistaken, hes the GL of Legion of Avalon [LoA] and hes a very smart person. One of the co-leaders of the "Quit Barkin if U dont Bite" [RAWR] alliance

He lurks on these forums so im sure he wont have a problem answering your question

Richardt · May 14, 2008, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dies Fourth

He lurks on these forums so im sure he wont have a problem answering your question

Lurks? I'm pretty sure if I spend any more time here Inde might start charging me rent

But yeah-[shock] and [windborne speed] can be kinda fun to play around with.

For those to lazy to click through to our forums, Dodgeball is basically this:

E/whatever
Full Radiants, Full Superior with Air Magic head piece
12 Air/12 Energy Storage (thus you should have 16 Air and 15 Energy Storage and your health is at 105)
And your skill bar should look something like:
[lightning orb][resurrection signet]
Optional: 20/20 Caster set, running skill

Basically you Dodge the Orb while trying to hit your opponent, and with the rune setup it's a one hit kill.

And you can throw in variants, like team play, 1vs. Many, etc.

May 13, 2008, 11:41 AM // 11:41	#1
Rothan Celt Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: Aura Profession: Mo/R	Guild fun Hello there peeps I was wondering what???s a good way to unite a guild? By this i mean events etc. My guild has recently become extremely active I finally managed to change some peeps opinions about recruitment and the new guys are flooding in. Now days its common to see 20 odd ppl online at once which for a guild that has not reached its member cap yet is vry good. Now i need a way to keep these peeps entertained. So they never complain about how quite and boring it is in the guild. I asking to see if any Guru peeps here know of a gr8 way to 'entertain' a guild So far we have tried Vanqs UW/FoW And parties If anyone has any ideas plz reply

May 13, 2008, 12:16 PM // 12:16	#9
Dies Fourth Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2008 Guild: Quit Barkin if U dont Bite [RAWR] Profession: E/Me	Welcome to my world : ) I'm an alliance leader. On a daily basis I'm faced with that very same problem Not that I see " I'm Bored" very often but I dread the few times that I do. And usually it sends me into an involuntary typeing frenzy trying to outline/remind people of all the things that are available to them if they bother to register on the forums Heres a link to our forums http://rawralliance.forum2u.org under the " Alliance Events " section you can see all the things we try to keep things fresh and fun. Our Friday night Lotto is our monster event With prize pots always around 60-70k in gold and 30-45 donated gold/green items Our Scavenger Hunt is still in its infancy but growing every week. Also on the back burners are...... Dodge Ball ( i vote for 1 person with correct runes/skills and the rest of us running around nekkid and drunk ) Alliance wide trivia ( wiki has TONS of useless trivia ) Guild relay races in a Guild Hall ( racing along a pre-set path and trading a mini pet to each team member ) Hide n Seek ( using alliance guild halls ) Bingo ( using /roll command ) Get Rich Fast ( party into an explorable area, 1 person drop 500-1000 gold pieces 1 at a time, the others race to pick up as many as they can, gold/green items as well as mods/inscriptions also work ) UAC ( Ugly Armor Contest, find the worst, mis-matched,ill-fitting,disgustingly dyed, noobest, ugliest event mask and put them all together : ) lol Have guild/alliance members vote for the best of the worst armor ) and heres one example of the thought we put into an event.......... P2P Racing ( portal 2 portal ) A group of racers all form a group in an outpost or town. Depending on the number of racers different outposts that allow larger groups may be needed. A " judge or referee" joins the group. Upon exiting to the explorable area the " judge" promptly " dies". Much to the enjoyment of the competitors who seeem to enjoy watching him/her rush headfirst nekkid into the 1st group of monsters that volunteers to violate said judge. Then with a " GO " command in Alliance or team chat the race is on. Different strategies can be used. The usual " Bum Rush" and see who lives or a more tactical "agrro everything and scrape them off on an unsuspecting victim" seems to be a favorite. People can work together or fly solo. Its really up to them A running play by play in alliance chat is also good for moral and for generating intrest for other players. The judge can see if someone zones or leaves the party which is instant disqualification and jump around from racer to racer to check progress or laugh at failure Its all in good fun and so far we havent gotten it rolling but hope to in the near future. 1st person to enter next town/outpost is the winner. Thats 1 example of something we are trying to get started. On our forums are several more original ideas and a few borrowed from other guilds. Hope this helps and best of luck Once again heres the link to our forums http://rawralliance.forum2u.org Everyone is more than welcome to join/post on our forums My ign is Dies Fourth feel free to pm me with any questions or if your intrested in a solid mature family friendly guild/alliance : ) It may take me awhile to answer though so please be patient. Last edited by Dies Fourth; May 13, 2008 at 03:20 PM // 15:20..

May 13, 2008, 12:18 PM // 12:18	#10
Cebe The 5th Celestial Boss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Guild: The Cult of Scaro [WHO] Profession: E/	Divide the people online into 2+ groups of 8, pick a hard mode mission with lots of guaranteed slaughter, such as Tahnnahai Temple, Vizunah Square, Raisu Palace..., and have a competition to see which team can come up with the most awesome team build which can beat said mission in the shortest possible time. Set maximum 3 attempts, and obviously at least one person must screenshot the time taken at the end as proof. Every participating member pays 1k into the "pot", and the winning team get an equal share of the winnings. So...2 teams means if you win, you double your money, 3 teams means the winner gets 3× what they put in etc., etc. __________________ Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

May 13, 2008, 12:48 PM // 12:48	#12
pumpkin pie Furnace Stoker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: behind you Guild: bumble bee Profession: E/	Amazing Race Guild Wars Style I have an idea for you. could be hard but the writer of the riddle have to be good. might take some time setting up this game to. It has to do with map travel, like a treasure hunts Step 1) write up riddles, many riddles. Step 2) collect donation of items/gold for prizes. How to play: All contestant starts from guild hall. you'll need maybe 3 persons to station at the check points, once the first one is all done, number 1 check point guy will map travel to check point number 4 to wait for the constestant. ect. Ask your riddle in the guild chat (for instant, this is a lame one, if you are a monk and desire to farm alone with very little health, where can you find a guy who can help you take off 50 health point?, so obviously the answer is ascalon, so first player to reach ascalon will have to look for the check point guy, obviously beside symon, once found, they get a prize and the question to the next location.) first guy to solve the Riddle and map to your location gets a prize and riddle to the next location. there are 3 prizes for the first 3 players to solve the riddle. The rest do not get prizes, but they still stand a chance to continue to get the grand prize. hope you understand. something like the amazing race Guild Wars Style. and you made up rules and regulation as you play along and find out what can and cannot be done during playing. anyway, just thought I help. Last edited by pumpkin pie; May 13, 2008 at 12:50 PM // 12:50..

May 13, 2008, 09:37 PM // 21:37	#16
Dies Fourth Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: May 2008 Guild: Quit Barkin if U dont Bite [RAWR] Profession: E/Me	dodge ball explanation ( link basically) Its on my forums, 1 of our GL's wrote a posting on it http://rawralliance.forum2u.org Were gonna try it 1 way fro an exhibition then slowly work twords a tournament

May 13, 2008, 11:46 AM // 11:46	#2
Ghostcell Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: =VX9= Profession: N/Mo	depends what kind of guild it is. why don't you try and a 1v1 or 2v2 tourny between the guild with rewards. ie) first place 50k, 2nd place 20k, 3rd place 10k

May 13, 2008, 11:51 AM // 11:51	#3
Abedeus Grotto Attendant Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Niflheim Profession: R/	GvG xd Yeah, that will unite people. AGAINST EACH OTHER!! MUWAHAH.

May 13, 2008, 11:57 AM // 11:57	#4
LOTR123 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: May 2008 Location: My mom's basement... Profession: W/Mo	I would say contests like what Ghostcell said. Do farming runs with each other. I know it sounds corny but it may work.

May 13, 2008, 12:02 PM // 12:02	#5
lilraceangel3 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Western Mass Guild: Passionate Kiss of the cats [Kiss] Profession: W/N	AB if you have an alliance, or a scavenger hunt is always fun.

May 13, 2008, 12:03 PM // 12:03	#6
distilledwill Forge Runner Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blighty Guild: The Legion of the Blue Blade Profession: R/Mo	I regularly organise "The Big Blue Blade Race", we get competitors from all over the alliance and from the guild and we do 2 laps of the guild hall (not i the explorable, in the hall itself - thereby prohibiting the use of running skills), consumables are allowed XD. Its good fun, prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. I just posted the map on the guild forum: and off we go. Its fun giving a commentary, everyone seems to enjoy it.

May 13, 2008, 12:05 PM // 12:05	#7
TheRaven Desert Nomad Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Virginia Guild: Spirit of Elisha Profession: W/	I'll assume for now that you have a pve oriented guild. Schedule events based on peoples interests. - Hold Contests. We've done GW trivia contests with prizes donated by officers. We did a "find the leader". The guild leader warped to a random town and the first person to find him based on clues won a prize. He then jumped to another town. In all he hid in 12 different towns. (3 in each campaign/expansion) - Schedule regular events during peak playing times. - Monday night Vanquishing! 8pm EST. Show up in GH and we'll pick an area and go. - Tuesday night PvP tutorials. Anyone interested in PvP? Show up in GH and we'll try our hand at AB/TA/HA whatever suits the skill level best. - Wednesday is Elite Mission night. Each week we'll gather at 6pm tackle one of the Elite areas. (FOW/UW/DOA/Tombs/Urgoz/Deep) - Thursday night is newbie night. Anyone need help with a quest/mission? This is the best time to ask. Officers will be available to help with quests whether you want someone to run it for you or just offer tips. You get the idea. Be creative. Put up some polls in your forum and find out what your members want to see and who might be willing to lead events.

May 13, 2008, 12:11 PM // 12:11	#8
Nightow Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006 Guild: Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]	We have weekly auctions every Sunday night. It works fairly well; we have different people each week auction off the items so that everyone has a chance to get involved and make some money on the side.

May 13, 2008, 12:25 PM // 12:25	#11
FrAnt1c?? Forge Runner Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Belgium Guild: Legion Of Sacred Light [LSL] Profession: Mo/	Get a Vent server.

May 13, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56	#13
stretchs Jungle Guide Join Date: Sep 2007 Guild: Untimely Demise [Err了] - SOHK	Dodgeball is quite fun, it is only limited to 16 people typically, but I find it to be an enjoyable event without the pressures of "oh noes i just got keeld"

May 13, 2008, 09:33 PM // 21:33	#14
Nightow Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2006 Guild: Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]	Ok, with dodgeball how exactly do you set it up? Does everyone have to make a pvp ele or something?

May 13, 2008, 09:34 PM // 21:34	#15
Rothan Celt Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: Aura Profession: Mo/R	Dodge ball? By this do u mean a peep running away from other peeps? Ie a chase? I dnt see how it can really be played :P can anyone explain? Ty for all the replies guys i think i will draw up a map for a race around the hall considering that we run around it all the bloody time anyway :S saying hi to Steve and Jenny (the 2 frogs) So yea i will give that a shot We have a website of course but peeps never sign up o.O which really lols me :P Ty plzz post more ideas

May 14, 2008, 09:35 AM // 09:35	#17
Rothan Celt Jungle Guide Join Date: Feb 2008 Guild: Aura Profession: Mo/R	Oh i get it now Lightning orb