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LeoX · Apr 18, 2009, 09:29 AM // 09:29

I don't care more than that.

Zebideedee · Apr 18, 2009, 09:53 AM // 09:53

It's annoying when they go Spammatron on main chat, there should be a separate channel for it, with maybe a minutely mention in main saying "4 Guilds recruiting atm!" or something

But the guilds who spam against themselves surely aren't doing their guild any favours by acting like retards

Ghengis Kwell · Apr 18, 2009, 11:09 AM // 11:09

SFH recruiting msg me in game rofl

Aldric · Apr 18, 2009, 01:21 PM // 13:21

I have seen some recruiters who spam the message every 30secs or so whilst talking to people which i have no problem with at all.

On the otherhand I have been chatting in town when one decides that spamming every 2.1315 seconds is the best way to recruit someone and that just gets on my tits and earns them a /report.

My tolerance level is somewhere inbetween

newbie_of_doom · Apr 18, 2009, 02:18 PM // 14:18

I can describe my opinion on guild spamming with merely one word: fun.

Tyla · Apr 18, 2009, 02:42 PM // 14:42

Anyone who isn't a complete idiot would realise they're being desperate. Complaining will only get you into an argument with them (but hey, if you like that shit go for it, I'm not stopping you).

BulletStopper · Apr 18, 2009, 03:56 PM // 15:56

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Originally Posted by upier

It's nice to see that there are still players that want to do things with other players. May it be playing or just communicating.

this is funny. How does guild recruitment spam have anything to do with actually playing with other players?

As a way for me to enjoy playing GW, I bounce around helping people with missions, quests and dungeons. (as several people on guru have found out.) Not running it while you are AFK, but helping people fight their way through.

It is amazing how often I end up helping KISS and YaRR members, and I always ask them why their guild/alliance isn't assisting. The answer is always the same, they can't get help in their alliance.

As far as being "the only way to recruit", BS! Nothing wrong with helping people and if they want an invite great, if not, no big deal either. this method has worked for 4 years for us and we are still going strong. This also generally results in higher quality members.

I guess it's all a debate on quantity versus quality. I will take 150 or so members that that actually play together, enjoy it, and are "good" people than 1000 members that hate each other. But, to each his own.

cthulhu reborn · Apr 19, 2009, 02:44 PM // 14:44

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Originally Posted by headlesshobbs

This makes me wish Anet had a policy in place to keep it in trade where it belongs.

Like hell it does...last thing we need is more messages in trade channel. I am all for seperate channels in chat but don't assign everything you don't like to trade. It's hard enough when you're looking for something to keep up with the messages in Kamadan even if you have only the trade channel on so no thx for recruitement in trade channel....it's not even trading to begin with.

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Originally Posted by Snograt

It's not like they have an option, right? I mean, what we need here is a massive, Guild Wars-dedicated forum with a section for Guild recruitment.

Oh wait...

Hehe...you do have a point, but, sad but true, it's still amazing how few people in Guild Wars regularly use or even are aware of guildwarsguru.com or guildwars.com for that matter.

Xanthe Dashka · Apr 19, 2009, 02:55 PM // 14:55

I don't like this kind of spamming. It's more irritating than an offensive guildname.

Can we /report those who spam their message every 10 seconds?

Hanging Man · Apr 19, 2009, 03:37 PM // 15:37

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Originally Posted by Snograt

It's not like they have an option, right? I mean, what we need here is a massive, Guild Wars-dedicated forum with a section for Guild recruitment.

Oh wait...

that made me lulz thank you

Yeah, but then again not all the players in Gw have a guru account, or know of its existence.
I usually turn off local and trade chat soon as I hit Kamadan or Lion's Arch

KZaske · Apr 20, 2009, 05:00 AM // 05:00

As much as I dislike guilds using all chat to recruiting, I can't really blame them for it. Until I see the same guild over and over with only one or two other people chatting between them. I can that spamming. Do I report it, I did once, for a member of KISS in pre. Four recruiting notices in as many seconds, he deserved it.
If an officer in my guild uses all chat to recruit, he would not be in my guild for long.

Darth The Xx · Apr 20, 2009, 06:20 AM // 06:20

I have never, ever been able to recruit a person using Guru, Wiki or the party channel (too short messages), sorry great ideas but they don't work. When your in a huge alliance that farms faction for example keeping your members up is key. The only way to really get your guild out there is in all chat.

That being said there is a difference between spamming and recruiting. Its spamming when all you see down your chat window is guild ads and no chat. Its no spamming when the guild message comes up every, 30 secs or so. The problem with Kamadan is people dont know how to turn off the trade channel so they think their messages are getting lost in the trade when in reality 90% of ppl have trade off and see a wall of guild recruiting text.

Solution? IMO the best thing that can be done is extending the party window message size. You can only fit in like 20 or something characters. If this gets extended people will being to look for guilds in party much the same way people use it to find stuff to buy in Kamadan.

edit: just checked there are 2 ppl viewing the guild recruitment section atm ...... hardly the exposure a large guild needs.

upier · Apr 20, 2009, 07:18 AM // 07:18

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Originally Posted by BulletStopper

this is funny. How does guild recruitment spam have anything to do with actually playing with other players?

I'd rather take some spam into account if that means that players might end up playing with eachother. Sure it could be taken down a notch - but like I said, it really doesn't bother me much.

refer · Apr 20, 2009, 08:23 AM // 08:23

They should have a Guild Channel or even better yet, have Quest/Mission/Trade/Guild WALLS, where everything gets posted. Yeah, I know, kinda nuts, but for trading and looking for guilds, it doesn't hurt to throw those together. It would also be helpful to have a search feature for Trades or Guilds. Why would you want to look at ads for the other side of Luxon/Kurzick? And it would help to see only WTB or WTS one at a time unless you want to be competitive with price.

Nimble Night · Apr 20, 2009, 10:43 AM // 10:43

There 'could' be a channel for guild advertising. But then you need to think how useful it would actually be. Think about where you see these advertisements. I'd wager very rarely outside of Kamadan. In which case it poses the question why do you need local chat free anyway? People are just there to sell stuff. If it bothers you so much move to a less populated district.

JASON626 · Apr 20, 2009, 06:18 PM // 18:18

you already have the ability to uncheck local chat, nothing really intelligent goes on there anyway. We've got the almighty suppression of spamming filter.