If you are a new member, but have a personal scenario, please inform an Administrator about your inactivity or leave a message on this blogspot.
The sweep will be coordinated by the Admins and GM. Admins, please try to familiarize yourselves with those who are active within the guild and those who are not.
It is inevitable that certain members will be kicked. Therefore, if you are a victim of this sweep, please inform an Admin you were accidentally kicked and wish to remain. Otherwise, leave another application stating your purpose.
Current count: 307
**WeTheProud will no longer be accepting Alternate Characters in the guild due to reaching member cap. If you have an alt in this guild, please exit the guild with the alt and make new room for new people.
By the beginning of September 1, ALL ALTS WILL BE KICKED. You have the right to switch your characters any time you want.
**This policy is temporal due to Nexon not fixing the rankings. At this point, I would presume we are at least level 4, somewhere in the 20's or 10's rankings. However, there are rumors of a Guild HUD revamp approaching, so we will maintain such policies until then. Thank you for your time.
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A Path of Great Treachery
It has come to my attention that many should be informed of the psychological and technical aspects of what happens to a guild when it becomes as large as ours. There is a split road here, and it can lead to one of doom, or one of success. The decision lies in YOU.
Quote from a random Forum Poster:
In large guilds, people tend to split off in different groups on their own, a few of the members getting along with each other better and will want to raid together. In small guilds the entire guild just stays together as one group. The end result is you really don't have much difference, except maybe the large guild will have one cluster of people that LOVES raiding and LOVES to group with each other, which 'outsiders' will have trouble joining because it's sort of their group - it's better to raid with the people you get along with, rather than try to suck up and squeeze in a spot with the raiders. In small guilds, you can't have that massive cluster of raiders since there's not enough members. The groups are therefore more specific in large guilds than small ones.
This is the path WeTheProud is avoiding to take. In my experience as a guild member, once a guild becomes TOO large, many members become isolated and secluded from others because there is a gap between generations. Personally, I know this experience because I was a victim of it. Old members tend to dominate the chat and social links, while new members are still pretentious about their surroundings and whom they play with. The result ends with new members causing problems and drama within the guild, then leaving. In order to fix such an abstract problem, I ask every one of our old veterans to welcome and socially get along with new members of the guild. Not to an extremity, but one of harmony and adequate peace so that new members will be able to familiarize themselves with other people of the guild. This in turn, will allow us to expand our community and reach out to new players of Vindictus, as well as those, who left larger guilds due to this.
On another note, interestingly enough there is quite a majority of people in Vindictus who actually wish to avoid large guilds like BOSS, Justice, Feared Alliance, etc. The reason? I do not mean to harass these names, but quote on quote, players have felt left out because members of these guilds would seclude themselves into private raids WITHIN the guild and only socialize among themselves. This, is a common case seen in guilds that expand too much and then suddenly enclose themselves. I have seen this case too many times both in WeTheProud and different communities.
Allow me to state this once more, and hopefully never again,
WETHEPROUD IS NOT A HARDCORE GAMING COMMUNITY.
WETHEPROUD IS A SOCIAL AND CASUAL GAMING COMMUNITY.
However, I cannot argue or force such an issue because it is completely voluntary. I only ask you this, as an equal member of WeTheProud and as a good patron for the gaming community of Vindictus.
Lol! Class Stereotypes as viewed in forums.
Lann
Fiona
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I'm an old member, but I don't dominate much of anything. Then again, I'm just not a "social butterfly." I do hope no new members take that as me being snobbish. I'm just rather shy, kind of like that scared turtle. ;P
ReplyDeleteWell, to new members reading this: I'm not snubbing you; whisper me & I'm sweet as pie. ^_^
-Kristallyne
IMO the best way to get guild members involved is to host battles and help them farm for equips. Daily Raids only apply to a select number of people so those won't do as much.
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