11-23-2004, 03:09 AM
LochnarITB,Nov 22 2004, 04:02 PM Wrote:While I understand your desire to differentiate the Lounge from guild sites, I would ask that you not put so much emphasis on it so as to discourage a Lurker Lounge guild. Although I have no desire to join any other guild, I would join a Lurker guild without hesitation. It is my one and only community on the net and I would like to be able to have a formal declaration of that community within the game.
LavCat Wrote:Barring a statement by Bolty I, for one, would like to see a lurker guild. The beta guild was open to all active posters on the lounge, and I think that is a good place to start. I am not sure having a guild requires a special forum though. I don't forsee having much business besides coordinating instance parties and raid groups.
Terrific! I look forward to reading your upcoming posts on the server(s) on which you have chosen to start your chapters of the Lurker Lounge guild. Let us know, and we can provide a sticky that includes information on the server(s) you have chosen. What type of server (PvP or no, Horde or Alliance, role playing or no) and time zone are you thinking of?
No, I'm not kidding. This is what I mean. The Lurker Lounge "guild" will be a very informal thing, and individual Lurkers are free to make their own Lurker Lounge guild chapters on their servers of their choice. If you make one, then let us know, and we'll add your server and guild information to the list to let people know where to join if they want to join you.
What I will not be doing is running a structured guild like the Amazon Basin does. I refuse to dictate the servers on which we're going to play (I'll provide a list of servers that other Lurkers play on, but I won't dictate that someone *has* to play on one of them), and I refuse to get involved in any vetting of potential guild members or in disciplinary action taken against guild members.
Like the development of content on the site, starting a Lurker Lounge guild is up to you. It's as simple as making a post saying, "I'm going to create a PvE Horde Lurker Lounge guild on server XYZ in the Pacific Time Zone. Come join me!" After that, all you have to do is buy a guild charter, get 10 people to sign it, and turn it in. Pow, you have a Lurker Lounge guild.
For my part, I'll probably start a Lurker Lounge chapter on whatever server I happen to be on, and you're welcome to join me if you wish. I'm looking to go PvP Horde. Hopefully, that means that I will get to play with the AB community. However, their reason for picking a server might conflict with my reasons. If the AB administrators choose a "safe" server that avoids most of the big name guilds, I might choose to go off on my own. Yes, some of those big name guilds can be made of complete assholes, but I have thick skin and they also have some people who really get the inside scoop on some stuff and I wouldn't mind spying on them a bit to get those details.
Right now, looking at the list of guilds on http://www.wowwiki.com/Guilds, I'm tempted to either join Tichondrius in the Pacific time zone or Archimonde in the Central time zone.