Who We Are
We understand that real life comes first, and value our close-knit culture above all else. We are driven to experience and participate in all of the content that the game has to offer. However, we’re only interested in doing this with a group of friends who we look forward to seeing when we log into the game, rather than blowing through content with a group of hired guns who are together out of convenience. This means that we are a small guild and intend on remaining so.
In general, we don’t care about what character you are playing, your level, or your gear- we recruit the person behind the keyboard. We recognize that friendly gamers and the online communities that we participate in are the reasons that we log into games. No amount of gear can make up for people that no one can stand and no one can stand logging into a community where you consistently see negative comments or self-aggrandizing chat. We’ve played in enough games to know that, in the end, characters will just get left behind. What you keep are the good memories from the community that you join. We strive to develop the type of community that creates those fond memories.
What we expect is someone mature and sociable enough to contribute to a guild and patient enough to go through the steps of learning the game. We enjoy a challenge. We don’t mind wiping or getting stuck at a point in a dungeon that requires work on our part to get around. We play because we enjoy gaming. We also believe that gaming is much more fun with people you know well and can trust.
What We Are Not
We’re a lot of things, but we are not:
- An immature group of players who talk poorly about others and talk about ourselves as if we were God’s gift to gaming.
- Ever going to be the largest guild. In fact, we may be one of the smaller guilds.
- Dependent on others. Our players pride themselves on being self-sufficient. However, that isn’t to say that members won’t help out (we will- we’re more than happy to help). It just means that we don’t pester or want to be pestered.
- Always online. Seriously, our members have jobs and personal lives. We can’t always be online. Are we online when we can be? Definitely. However, as stated above, we understand and expect that real life comes first.
Our Goals
We hope to have an active playerbase of approximately 50 members. We don’t want more than 50 members in the guild because it becomes extremely difficult to get to know everyone when you have too many people online. Currently, we have 20 to 25 active members. Yes, that is small, but when you join, you can rest assured that those individuals are an extremely friendly and helpful group.
We also hope that all of our members enjoy the company of each other. If there is a problem between guildies, we would like to sort it out so everyone is happy in the guild.
We want to play through all of the PvE content provided by ANet.
We would like to be at least somewhat active in WvW. However, current members are more driven toward PvE. As we invite individuals who are interested in WvW, we expect that members will begin showing interest in this area of PvP.
If there is interest, we may field sPvP teams.
We want to be able to organize guildies to regularly complete Orr world events, jump puzzles, and various other open world activities.
Finally, we would like to be able to run regular guild events. We will use our website’s calendar to schedule those events.
Our Expectations
We expect our members to play the game in a way that pleases each individual member. However:
- We expect members to be mature and respectful. We will not tolerate abuse of other players (whether they be in our guild or not).
- We do not tolerate exploits of any kind. We enjoy content when it is difficult. We don’t enjoy content when it is trivialized.
- We expect members to actively represent the guild. We understand that GW2 allows you to be in multiple guilds. However, if you decide to represent another guild, then you’ve missed the point of our guild.
You’re joining our guild because you want to be an active member of our community. You are not joining our guild solely for the perks that we’ve unlocked. If you choose to represent another guild, it shows us that you’re more interested in the perks that you can get elsewhere than the community that you are helping to develop with us. The community comes first in our guild- the perks are just bonuses along the way.
If You’re Interested
Head over to our website (crimsonmind.enjin.com) and check out our Public Forums.
You can also contact a member of leadership in-game:
- Matityahu Erulisse
- Tiavanna Erulisse
- Zombie
- Chopper Ford
(edited by tombstoneradio.7145)
