Just... bad guild.. thingy.... - Guild Wars Forums

Puddin Tame · Aug 04, 2005, 07:58 AM // 07:58

So, me and my friends quit our old guild because leader was an ass, decided to make our own guild. We had 10 or so members in the first few days, all was going fine, then 2 people quit. Yeah, not too bad, we can find a few members. Then the person I made guild leader (a girl, for designing the most feminine cape possible) broke up with an officer in our guild, then things went down hill from there. We are now 6 people. 2 of them are never on, 1 doesn't really, err, play. So it's basically 3 people using our guild as a chat room. We don't want to join another guild, for fear of our guild name being taken immediately (Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly). I feel i'm missing out on quite a bit of the game like this, compared to previous guilds. What can we do without spending days in pre sear yelling PHAGS RECRUITING! WE HAVE GAY CAPES!
Is the guild doomed?

Zilm · Aug 04, 2005, 11:47 AM // 11:47

Basically, yes. lol

Tulkas1 · Aug 04, 2005, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Make new capes, if you dont have the money, whisper me. Im sympathetic to your cause! IGN: Y H W H

The God Of Metal · Aug 04, 2005, 08:16 PM // 20:16

That is quite possibly the best name for a Guild I have ever heard. Expecially the tag.

=HT=Ingram · Aug 04, 2005, 08:26 PM // 20:26

Best advice... don't make a leader position a Honorary thing... no no.. That's always a bad situation... if you want to reward em, make em an officer or something sure... Or give em a Gold item from Guild inventory, or something like that. Heck we even gave out a Sigil once as a reward and they went and started their own guild. which we still play with quite often. I consider it a Sister Guild to ours and treat it as such. I just wish we could have Invites (as guests) to our guild hall. for making our Allied GvG matches. but alas that's kind of hard to code for... so prob not.. makes it easy for Unrated GvG practice though.

Krank · Aug 08, 2005, 04:12 AM // 04:12

My...god..... i will join, thats THE GREATEST guild i have ever heard of

Marc Grahamsworth · Aug 08, 2005, 07:46 AM // 07:46

My "guild" has been around for 3 months now and still it's only me and a friend. We've had people come and go but they never explained why - which baffles me since I've always been honest about what our guild (albeit extremely small one) is about. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get members to stay in your guild are if:

(a) members are your friends in real life or
(b) the members are mature/sociable - since the immature/unsociable ones will only want to be in a guild that is big or is on a high position on the ladder (i.e. playing the game for bragging rights rather than for fun). As soon as another guild which is doing better on the ladder gives them an offer, they'll leave.

Araloth · Aug 08, 2005, 05:01 PM // 17:01

^ reason im still in my old 9000+ ranked guild.

Volarian · Aug 08, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Well I feel for you for sure, I started this game in a guild with friends but 1/2 were still dedicated to other games (WoW & CoH) and so there was NOT allot of grouping going on.
I left and joined another guild but again I didn't get the right feeling as they too were NOT playing together much or didn't make much an effort to the new person.
I then started up with a guild who'd I'd befriended while making Fissure runs but alas their leader was NOT of the caliber I hoped for and soon most of the people I like to play with from that guild had broken off. Then one night we were all talking on a TS server and decided "hey we have a sigil and we all enjoy playing with each other, lets start our own guild. Everyone will be an officer, have admin rights on TS and it will be based on friendship/good group play and not be open to any ole jack or diane."
Based on that concept - Nomads of Turmoil - was developed and we state "Nomads of Turmoil are NOT recruitting" and our slogan is "NOT now, NOT forever"!!

Puddin Tame · Aug 09, 2005, 07:41 AM // 07:41

Uhhh... Who bumped this up? Nothing much has changed since. I just wanna do some GvG and get a decent HoH group.

Aug 04, 2005, 07:58 AM // 07:58	#1
Puddin Tame Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wouldn't you like to know Guild: Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly Profession: R/	Just... bad guild.. thingy.... So, me and my friends quit our old guild because leader was an ass, decided to make our own guild. We had 10 or so members in the first few days, all was going fine, then 2 people quit. Yeah, not too bad, we can find a few members. Then the person I made guild leader (a girl, for designing the most feminine cape possible) broke up with an officer in our guild, then things went down hill from there. We are now 6 people. 2 of them are never on, 1 doesn't really, err, play. So it's basically 3 people using our guild as a chat room. We don't want to join another guild, for fear of our guild name being taken immediately (Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly). I feel i'm missing out on quite a bit of the game like this, compared to previous guilds. What can we do without spending days in pre sear yelling PHAGS RECRUITING! WE HAVE GAY CAPES! Is the guild doomed?

Aug 04, 2005, 11:47 AM // 11:47	#2
Zilm Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005	Basically, yes. lol

Aug 04, 2005, 07:50 PM // 19:50	#3
Tulkas1 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005	Make new capes, if you dont have the money, whisper me. Im sympathetic to your cause! IGN: Y H W H

Aug 04, 2005, 08:16 PM // 20:16	#4
The God Of Metal Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kentville, Nova Scotia Guild: The Boat Crew Profession: Mo/E	That is quite possibly the best name for a Guild I have ever heard. Expecially the tag.

Aug 04, 2005, 08:26 PM // 20:26	#5
=HT=Ingram Forge Runner Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage Alaska Guild: Haz Team [HT] Profession: R/W	Best advice... don't make a leader position a Honorary thing... no no.. That's always a bad situation... if you want to reward em, make em an officer or something sure... Or give em a Gold item from Guild inventory, or something like that. Heck we even gave out a Sigil once as a reward and they went and started their own guild. which we still play with quite often. I consider it a Sister Guild to ours and treat it as such. I just wish we could have Invites (as guests) to our guild hall. for making our Allied GvG matches. but alas that's kind of hard to code for... so prob not.. makes it easy for Unrated GvG practice though.

Aug 08, 2005, 04:12 AM // 04:12	#6
Krank Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: W/	My...god..... i will join, thats THE GREATEST guild i have ever heard of

Aug 08, 2005, 07:46 AM // 07:46	#7
Marc Grahamsworth Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Guild: Guild of Choice Profession: Me/Mo	My "guild" has been around for 3 months now and still it's only me and a friend. We've had people come and go but they never explained why - which baffles me since I've always been honest about what our guild (albeit extremely small one) is about. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get members to stay in your guild are if: (a) members are your friends in real life or (b) the members are mature/sociable - since the immature/unsociable ones will only want to be in a guild that is big or is on a high position on the ladder (i.e. playing the game for bragging rights rather than for fun). As soon as another guild which is doing better on the ladder gives them an offer, they'll leave.

Aug 08, 2005, 05:01 PM // 17:01	#8
Araloth Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Netherlands Guild: Dark Edge Profession: R/Me	^ reason im still in my old 9000+ ranked guild.

Aug 08, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41	#9
Volarian Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas Guild: NOT-Nomads Of Turmoil	Well I feel for you for sure, I started this game in a guild with friends but 1/2 were still dedicated to other games (WoW & CoH) and so there was NOT allot of grouping going on. I left and joined another guild but again I didn't get the right feeling as they too were NOT playing together much or didn't make much an effort to the new person. I then started up with a guild who'd I'd befriended while making Fissure runs but alas their leader was NOT of the caliber I hoped for and soon most of the people I like to play with from that guild had broken off. Then one night we were all talking on a TS server and decided "hey we have a sigil and we all enjoy playing with each other, lets start our own guild. Everyone will be an officer, have admin rights on TS and it will be based on friendship/good group play and not be open to any ole jack or diane." Based on that concept - Nomads of Turmoil - was developed and we state "Nomads of Turmoil are NOT recruitting" and our slogan is "NOT now, NOT forever"!!

Aug 09, 2005, 07:41 AM // 07:41	#10
Puddin Tame Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wouldn't you like to know Guild: Pretty Horsies Arouse Greatly Profession: R/	Uhhh... Who bumped this up? Nothing much has changed since. I just wanna do some GvG and get a decent HoH group.