So you want to join the LOA?

Namoric · March 18th, 2009, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by Khanis:

Initiateship can be scary.You're thrust into a chatroom where dozens of people you don't know are talking about dozens of topics you know nothing about and somehow you're supposed to impress them into voting for you??

Well, the good news is that you're not alone - every full member went through this and lived to tell the tale (and boy.. could I tell you a few tall ones!) and so the first thing to do is take a deep breath and in the words of the late, great and sorely missed Douglas Adams... DON'T PANIC!

Right then, the first thing to do is to get your bearings and simply introduce yourself.

"Hi everyone, my name is Khanis and I'm a new initiate. My main character; Ru, is a lv 20 Tauren warrior."

That's it! - keep it simple - if you want to get a few laughs by adding on a few funnies, so much the better :

".. Ru enjoys chewing the cud, demolishing china shops and laying the smack down on matadors..."

Every time you log in to the game, say hello, and every time a new player arrives in guild chat you should make a point of greeting them, and by greeting them I don't mean hitting a canned macro, greet them by name and if you're really keen - send them a tell introducing yourself again. That way you don't spam the guild channel but you still get to introduce yourself to the maximum number of people.

Next.. observe. Just sit in a town, do some crafting or whatever... observe what people are saying and you'll start to get a feel for who's who. Spend at LEAST 15-30 minutes doing this and try to contribute to the conversation if you can. Do NOT try to impress everyone by being a know-all, just be yourself, relax and let people get to know you.

It is VITAL that you talk to people as an initiate. That way, you should know a few people and more importantly, a few people will have seen you in Guild Chat and THEY WILL KNOW YOU!

Once you do start going on hunts with people, you need to know a few things:

1. Friendship first - LOA members grouping together are not power levellers. We are there to enjoy one anothers company and to have a good time. If you're the kind of person who gets antsy if the XP isn't uber or the drops aren't to your liking then you need to think about finding another guild that better suits your personality.

2. LOA members are considerate to one another - If you've achieved your objectives, whatever they may be, then you are expected to wait until everyone else has theirs as well before you leave/log. Nothing annoys me more than people who level and leave. If you have a genuine reason to leave early, that's fine - but doing it repeatedly will get you the kind of rep you don't want.

3. Nobody likes a whiner - If it didn't work out, get over it. Flinging blame around or complaining about how much you lost won't get you any popularity points. Being able to laugh about it and shrug it off will impress people far more than looking for sympathy votes.

4. Be polite - Keep the guild channel clean - We're not angels, but you'll find that you get more laughs being witty than being profane (we have some young members, after all). Now sometimes you'll find yourself in a group of people you know well to be more... umm..colorful - and what goes on in the party/group channel is up to the party, but let's keep the guild channel PG.

Well, that's all I can think of right now, if you have any questions, comments or contributions I know we'd all love to hear them. See you in game

Walterus · March 18th, 2009, 05:09 PM

Well, some of us older members didn't go trough that. I was headhunted by Brim in UO (right outside the city gates) because he needed help guarding Carnifex when he carried the money or whatever, to build our first house in the LOA village.

Dremak · March 19th, 2009, 05:37 AM

Eh, I'm a fairly new member and I'd like to say that it really isn't that hard... Considering I made it I think you'd really have to suck to not!

August 2nd, 2009, 08:38 PM

Hey how is everyone doing? I have two toons that are in the guild for a while now "Promethius & Galantha" however I just created 2 new toons that I would like to get them tagged in the guild. how do i go about gettting them in the guild as well? Toon names: Terelle & Chotha

Freejack · August 4th, 2009, 08:47 AM

In what guild, this guild? In what game?

Khanis · August 4th, 2009, 09:32 AM

Wow... reposted.. I'm touched

akira_loa · November 25th, 2009, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Walterus

Well, some of us older members didn't go trough that. I was headhunted by Brim in UO (right outside the city gates) because he needed help guarding Carnifex when he carried the money or whatever, to build our first house in the LOA village.

now thats an awesome old skool loa member...

i remember those days... in irc with the _LOA tags

lol

Vandoom · December 27th, 2009, 08:10 PM

Hi LOA, my name is Jared and I play a Priest in WoW. I personally know one of your members who speaks very highly of the guild and I would love to apply. I play on Lothar and look forward to playing with everyone soon. Vandoom

Namoric · December 28th, 2009, 10:19 AM

Heya Van.

Hop on over to the "Apply For Membership" forum and follow the instructions on the sticky post there and we'll start the voting process for you.

Also, give a tell in game and we'll hook you upo with the ultra-cool, rare, "Lost Order of Akalabeth" tag over your head.

Who in game do you know (character name if you know it)

If it's Akaela ... we'll have to talk. Anyone else is cool

HAH

See you in game soon.