A bit of history
IoJ was once a T1 server which fell to the bottom of T7 after free transfers ended. We slowly built ourselves back up, training our pugs and organizing our guilds, eventually climbing up to T4/T5 — only to be crushed again when Anet restructured Season 1. We’ve hit rock bottom before, suffered from low morale, seen waypoints built in our keeps, and finished last in Silver League.
And yet, despite this, it’s with a mixture of incredulity and pride that I’m writing this post. We braved the storm, rebuilt our community, and have begun to climb the ranks once more. What we need, however, is you!
Our goal is to stabilize in T3. We don’t care at all about Leagues. Let me repeat that. We don’t care at all about Leagues. We don’t care about stupid rewards, meaningless achievements, and artificial server stacking. We want to be stable and competitive in T3, without stomping or getting stomped by other servers.
Who we are
IoJ is without a doubt one of the nicest and most open communities out there, with no significant drama at all. We don’t tolerate trolling, griefing, or bad sportsmanship. We don’t rely on a few popular pugmanders or 1-2 WvW guilds to carry the server (having suffered from this mistake twice). We boast a variety of guilds and commanders, casual and hardcore, who come out every day.
We play defense and we don’t karma train. Every single guild and commander will hop map in a heartbeat if asked to defend IoJ BL. We have players and guilds who spend hours scouting our BL, walking yaks into our keeps, and sinking gold into upgrades and siege. We’re also one of the few servers with a strong OCX/SEA crew focused on defending our assets overnight and papering up enemy BL’s for the day.
Our guilds and veterans are fiercely loyal to each other and to the server. We’ve seen rock bottom, and we come out to fight anyway, whether it be in the face of overwhelming odds or in the face of those two annoying teefs slapping our yaks.
What we’re looking for
The only guilds we don’t want are ones who cause needless drama, bag farm at the expense of the server, and jump ship when the going gets tough. Other than that, defensive guilds, offensive guilds, GvG guilds, havoc guilds, pugmanders, camp flippers – you name it, we need it. Here’s what we’re in high demand for:
- NA guilds, NA guilds, NA guilds! More than anything, we need NA guilds. We have many talented and hardcore NA guilds already, but relative to other servers in our tier, we simply don’t have the same population during this time zone.
- 1-2 OCX/SEA guilds. If we want to be stable in T3, we need, ideally, a zergbusting guild and another havoc guild. We already have a coordinated night crew who would be more than happy to work with you.
- 1-2 EU guilds. Currently, we have one large EU guild and a looooot of pugs. If you’re looking to tap into a rich source of players in this time zone, we’re the server for you.
What we offer
- Server-wide Teamspeak and forums
- Server-wide siege donation drives
- Weekly militia training sessions
- Fun WvW side-events (Thursday night quaggan raids, commander zergs, etc.)
- Large pug population eager to learn and improve
- Hardcore WvW guilds who communicate effectively and work well together
- No queues (even on reset, the longest queues are 3-4 people)
- No drama
- One of the most stable and tight-knit communities to date
To end on a personal note: I wasn’t here for the first exodus, but I was here for the second. That night before Season 1, we were ticking at 30 PPT. Although there were times when I questioned why I should bother logging in, staying on IoJ and rebuilding the server has been one of the most rewarding experiences in this game. I’ve made a ton of close friends who would rather die in our last remaining tower than to give up without a fight. Soon, we were beating servers that once roflstomped us into the ground. And now, here I am, writing this post, with a mixture of incredulity and pride.
If IoJ sounds like it might be a good server for you, feel free to contact the following people in game:
Mango.9267 / Second Child
Hamster.4861 / Ried Stonefist (NA)
Banzie.5248 / Karnaige (EU)
Tonaius.6712 / Sanctus Custode (OCX)
(edited by mango.9267)
Beside that love IoJ from it’s ups and downs.
