We could have several guilds, just this is the FIRP forum for the server! _________________ Watch out, or I'll build a ladder wide enough for the centaurs to get up onto Thunder Bluff, and then beef will be for dinner.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: The Picture
I'm not sure if the message is getting through, but the enthusiasm is awesome! I hope this doesn't outright chase people off, this reply.
I think, in terms of a FIRP guild, what Lyssira means is a group of heroes in where the stream of events provided by the game swirls about them. If you can think of The Fellowship in Lord of the Rings, that's the sort of guild she's talking about - and it's also why she seems to be on the fence as to whether or not we should be considered a guild until we define our own goals and stories for ourselves.
If you read the forum post carefully, guild chat can have little or no use in a FIRP environment. You make arrangements to meet through the mail system or in person. Or, if you're lucky, you get to meet with your guildmates on a regular, adventure filled basis. It's the available time and enthusiasm of the players that determine how much activity you get out of a FIRPing guild - not chat channels and website schedules. Basically what you put into your fellow players, you get out as your game experience. As it should be. Ironically enough, spending less time talking (like me) and more time DOING is the recipe for success in this guild. We can't set up events here on this board - we have to BE IN THERE MAKING THEM HAPPEN!
Now this hypocrit is going to eat his own words and log in for an hour. Remember that we're all there, we just have to find one another! _________________ "Be True To Your Path"
But I'll state again that I would *prefer* to have a guild... whether OOcly or no. I'm all for not using guild chat. Forcing myself to use the mail system that's in game sounds like a good deal of fun. And also... who doesn't want to get letters? I use my friends list for something else. List of players I *know* Icly... and now that there are notes, how I know them/feel about them ect... just incase. The reason for being in a guild for me, would be easy access to like minded people and where they are. I know that's taking Ooc Ic... to an extent, but I don't have the time to wander all over Azeroth as I once did looking for Rp. I'm on frequently but those times that I'm on are often short. It's unfortunate but there's nothing I can do to change that. And, of course, I don't mean to *only* Rp with those in the guild, but it helps, as I said above, to have a group of like minded people. In case I need a fix.
That's exactly how I use my friends list and will likely use my guild list, as things continue.
I've already added several of the names of players who have come forth as being involved in Lyssira's effort. While seeing them online and their locations doesn't dictate where I go in the game, I can always give myself a strong excuse to make my way to their location and bump into them in my travels.
I also like the idea of using a guild chat channel as a way to touch base with guild members who are on, but are spread out. A quick * in the channel could let everyone know that I'm on to play, and everyone that *'s back is affirming that they are on to play for a while as well, or that they're willing to be contacted. If I saw a guild member (or members) in an instance, I wouldn't expect them to * back until they were done, because there's no chance for me to just stumble into ZF and go "Hey, fancy meeting you here, Tatum!"
Sum up (for my playing, anyways):
Friends List = Subtle way to steer everyone towards the same location and increase the chances of bumping into one another.
Guild Chat = Easy way to find out who I should expect to meet up with if I'm logging on to play for a while. _________________ "Be True To Your Path"
Instead, I think we should simply have an OOC channel designed specifically for FIRPERS. Nothing has to be discussed on here, but it is a place for "all" Moon Guard FIRPERS to come and let others know who they are. These other FIRPERS wouldn't be able to join our guild if they are already in guilds of their own, so simply having a 'FIRP' Channel is the best way to create a hub for all the FIRPERS, regardless if they are in another guild or not.
I also think a guild should come as an afterthought anyway. If a guild is the way we begin to feel as we ICly progress with one another, then a guild it is. But that should be a decision we make ICly, not OOCly.
I agre whole heartedly with what Eto and Orabelle. Eto's description of what our group would be is great, and Orabelle's idea to have a channel for all FIRPers, but not including all of them in our group sounds perfect.
I have thought about this as well. Whether we have a guild or not, once enough of us discover one another ingame we may find it appropriate to identify ourselves in some way. We may decide on a tattoo or other marking, a piece of jewelery or a rare item that we all possess, or a name. Or even more than one of the ways I mentioned.
I've struggled a bit over a name idea, and, sad to say, I haven't had any that I consider worth mentioning just yet. _________________ "The fun of FIRPing is using your skills to enhance the RP experience of others." - Aquataine
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I use my friends list for something else. List of players I *know* Icly... and now that there are notes, how I know them/feel about them ect... just incase. The reason for being in a guild for me, would be easy access to like minded people and where they are. I know that's taking Ooc Ic... to an extent, but I don't have the time to wander all over Azeroth as I once did looking for Rp. I'm on frequently but those times that I'm on are often short. It's unfortunate but there's nothing I can do to change that. And, of course, I don't mean to *only* Rp with those in the guild, but it helps, as I said above, to have a group of like minded people. In case I need a fix. 
