Dearest Stormbluff Isle denizens:
Have you or are you currently experiencing any of these symptoms?
- Feeling like you are just a body in your guild padding influence for a small clique of players whom you never converse with.
- Questioning whether your in-game chat is defective when you greet your guild because non of the 97 people currently online respond.
- Wondering why you have that 100-slot guild bank when nobody gets the items inside that would benefit them.
- Trying to figure out why that one guy is still an officer despite the fact that you had no say in his promotion.
- Pondering why that one guy in your guild has been hanging out in Lion’s Arch for an hour trolling general chat for attention, while meanwhile, you can’t find someone to take 5 minutes to help you.
If the answer is yes to any of these, then I present you with an alternative.
Ex Oblivione was started by myself in order to have an outlet to spend my guild influence in ways that I felt they would benefit me. While it’s nice to have a say (or all of it) as to my guild happenings, I feel like there might be other players with the same guild management ideals, while having fantastic ideas that I might not have thought of on my own. With this in mind, I decided to present my case to fellow players in hopes that I might persuade some people to bring their brilliant ideas over to my guild.
Currently, I am looking for other, highly active and motivated, players to come aboard as officers – or simply members if that is what you feel more comfortable with. I plan to make all major guild decisions (i.e. events, membership, promotions) through a majority rules, open vote consisting of all accepted and active members. I feel that this approach to running a guild, while slightly more time consuming, would allow all members to make a true contribution to the guild – which in part, makes players feel as though they are not just part of the guild, but feel like it is “their guild” as well.
In keeping with the nature of this guild, nothing is off the table for discussion or change with the exception of:
- Using a player’s gaming ability as an argument to deny membership or leadership roles. I insist on membership being based on how a player fits in with the guild personality-wise as well as their contributions.
- All guild assets must always be distributed in a democratic-socialistic manner. The exact method of implementing this is, of course, up for debate and vote. Initially, I would prefer that all Influence and guild bank expenditures be presented and voted on individually. This, of course, will not be feasible as the guild expands, however I have ideas as to how to handle the problem. Hopefully, you do to!
- For reasons that should relatively clear, I cannot be impeached of my leadership role until the guild’s membership is stable. Stable will be considered to be 25 unique accounts as voted in members. Once this goal is reached, all leaders, officers, and members can be voted out of their position(or into a new one) by a majority rules vote.
Misc. Information:
- Currently, the guild has access to a guild logo, guild armor, and a basic guild bank. There is a small reserve of guild influence for purchasing other perks, as well.
- Once the client of choice is chosen, I will be renting (or hosting myself) a guild voice chat.
Thank you for reading this, I know I have a tendency to get a little wordy. If you are interested in membership or just have general questions, please feel free to message me in-game (Barnesworth), here on the forums, or through email (ExOblivioneWeb@gmail.com) .
I hope to see you soon!
YOU can’t join.