Hello! Welcome to Shadow AD, the fact that you've clicked this means you're looking for a guild! (if you're just here browsing, hello! there's a lot of text here! :3 I'm Aurais, one of the GMs of this guild, and I'll introduce you to the guild!
we're a friendly guild who prioritize friendly and active players, rather then just merely T3, LD, or any other theme. Our motto is that any player can become great if they're willing to learn and be active!
Recruitment-
I'm sure you're wondering about how we recruit, and if not, still read this! We recruit uniquely, in that we DO NOT recruit in haven. There are only two ways to be invited to the guild, either be recommended by a friend, or apply in this forum page. All new recruits will join as the recruit level and take "the test" in which...um...we test you...on stuff...i'm told it's rly easy, so chill.
If you're wondering why, it's because we expect a high quality from our recruits. We believe that active and friendly members are much better then random people we find on the streets.
Activities-
We do everything! We do FSC, we hold Shadow Lairs, and we do Lockdown in all formats! Holiday events, everything! An event for you, and you, and you, and everyone!
Rules and Procedures
ok, here's the meat of the guild, the rules
DUH DUH DUH
1.Do not partake in any activity in-game that might bring our guild name into disrepute. Such activities include scamming, spamming, trolling, bullying, harassing or otherwise irritating other players (note sending numerous unsolicited trade-requests also counts in this category).
2. No Begging! Of any form! Begging is asking for an object or service repeatedly.
3.Be polite in guild chat – and remember that some of our members are under 18 years of age (i.e some topics of conversation may be inappropriate - use common sense here). Also, under no circumstances must any guild member harrass/bully/troll other guild members. The decision of a GM must be followed, i.e. you might not feel you are harrassing someone, but if a GM asked you to desist you must do so without argument.
4.Although we encourage our members to help one-another in game, do not expect as a given that you will automatically be provided with items, ce, crowns or time from other guild members – It is entirely at each individual member's discretion whether or not to give these things. As a general rule-of-thumb, the more you put in to the guild, the more others begin to recognise your efforts and are willing to help you when needed.
5.Do not harass other guild members for invites while they are on runs – One request is enough, more than this can be off-putting. If you receive a reply from a player stating that they do not wish to invite you to their party, do not then proceed to then say, "please/pl0x/plz/pls" or any other derivative; ask "Why?"; start giving reasons for why you feel you should be invited, e.g. "I am really good at [Stratum theme/Boss name]" or, "I just need another 2K crowns to buy this new weapon". Just take the answer as "No" and respect your guildmate's wishes.
6. have fun!
Procedures
Membership- Membership in our guild actually have meaning. I'll skip over recuits, as they are basicily people who we've invited, but haven't taken the test.
Members- this is what most people are. Members are most of the...members. Hi. You'll be here for a while :)
Veterans- players who have been in the guild for 6 months-a year. We do not promote you to veteran rank from the start regardless of gear and or anything else
Officers- players who have a specific leadership task are assigned the rank of officer. At any given time there will be 4-8 officers with assignments within the guild. Officers are expected to be very active, perform guild maintenance and other tasks, and attend meetings. Officers will be demoted once they are finished their assignments, are inactive, or do not wish to perform leadership duties. Yes, silly, you have to work for it :3
Officer tasks include
general task officer
event planner
guild hall renovation
and others as we need them!
GM – that's us! We keep this contraption working! Hi! We're basically officers who have a fancy title and run things:D We will always have 4 Gms ( yes we have more, but they're not active) active , so wave to the people Gms
Aurais- that's me! Well no, that's a combination of symbols that represent me on this glowy rectangle, but close enough!
Savyina –Ohai! I am online quite often, so if you ever want to run missions, or have questions, I'm here for you!
(I also do art. http://greenknight5700.deviantart.com/ )
Xeirla – Hello! I'm the oldest standing GM, and yeah... I mean idk what Aurais wanted me to write here. I can help get things done essentially, but not too good at carrying through coordinated guild plans and events on my own too much. I've played the game for 3 years, since the Snarbolax was released, and I know this game very well. Also I like ponies, animals, and I draw things! My art is found here: http://xeirla.deviantart.com
Kanoka – (You as well)
Guild Hall
ah the guild hall, what an intresting way to AGG, why are you here?
Xeirla- I'm working on the snarby trophy, what's up
Me- ...fine, anyways
Our guild policy for guild halls is that all members donate however much we want into the guild hall, and the guild hall expands to that size for a week! If we donate a total of 5k cr, the guild hall becomes 5k cr big. If we donate 200k cr, well, i guess it'll be 200k cr big! (and we're gonna have a new officer decorating the damm place XD) furniture is donated by the members of course, and when we have a large donation, we'll always ask members if they want to put some into furniture. No mandatory donations of course, and no taxes, but donations are much
Xeirla – Boop
Me- what?
Xeirla – we have a fully decorated guild hall already, with christmas trees! And small snarby! And I wish someone could donate a gobblesnape afagggggg
Aurais smothers Xeirla with a pillow
Ok, let's continue
the test dramatic thunder
...i'm not suppose to say anything about the test...am I
Everyone else – nope
Ok, well the test is censored and censored we are censored for censored and censored but censored so censored if you censored but don't worry censored and censored.
There! Now you'll be prepared!
Team chat
We've all got skype! Once we're in the guild we'll be glad to chat with you if you want...unless we're grouchy, don't feel like it, have to focus, have a headache, or are currently being eaten by Cthulhu. The last one happens more often then we'd like...
Activity and Absent
We've all got lives...except Savyina
Savyina – hey! That means that I have more time to help the guild out!
Savyina – did you hear that Aurais, i mean cough most busy of us cough
Me – well...I have word magic! So ha take that
Savyina – tahw did uoy od...uoy t'ndid
Me- Moihahaha! Fear my power my powers of editing!
Savherpaderp – on pots taht! AAAAAAAfgablerg
Aurais smothers Savyina with a pillow
anyways. We understand, but we do still require you to send us a letter if you'll be absent for more then a week, and we expect you to be active once a week. Heck, we just need to see you are alive. We honestly don't care why you're absent
Acceptable letters
Hi
sorry guys, but I have to go on a vacation with my parents for a week and a half! See you guys later!
(sweet)
or if you're short on time even this is fine
Final exams
2 weeks
(fine, guess ur super pressed for time O.o)
These are not ok.
Guys
Gonna be away for a while.
(you need to give us a timeline, even just a rough estimate.)
Bye
a month
(we would like a reason...any reason. You know, so that you're not just trolling us XD)
Guild Application
What's your name:
How long have you played the game?
Why join this guild as opposed to the hundreds of others?
What time zone are you?
What tier are you on?
Do you like muffins?
Did you read the wall of text?
Do you agree to respect and follow all the rules?
Did you really read the wall of text?
Are you scared of the test?
What do you feel you bring to the guild?
Ok, you can obviously not care to answer all the silly questions (but you should :D), but if you've gotten this far, fill it out, and welcome to the family! I promise you to not smother you in a pillow.
we're just launching, so expect a lot of updates!
Wiki page is up! it's pretty much the same thing here, but we have some legacy stuff there http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Aeonic_Doom_(Guild)
we're revamping up the events, and once we've got a few more members, events will start happening!
Events:
We are planning some kind of Christmas event!
i'm off! woosh!
Major notes!
We have discussed the lack of officers in the eu, and we will do our best to sort out the issue! fear not eu members!
but that means we need an eu officer!
Requirements:
you must be t3 (this is not a normal recruitment, and you are required to be useful and helpful, thus I am making t3 a requirement due to having the necessary experience)
you must show basic leadership abilities. previous forum usage and html coding is helpful, because xeirla could use a friend to help him edit the wiki
you must meet all the member requirements
you must be comfortable talking on skype every once and a while. you're not expected nor will we spam you with calls daily, but it'd be nice to chat with you and sort out guild issues weekly
we must trust you and be comfortable talking with you
notes: we will not be promoting you immediately. we have to get to know you!
there is only 1 officer position open!
application for officer
name?
what exact time do you play? (please put estimated exact time...it's just an estimate, doesn't have to be exact. putting a timezone stamp is required so we can figure it out via our time.)
what abilities do you bring as an officer?
are you comfortable using skype?
have you led a guild before?
how good are you at planning events?
how good are you at teaching new players?
how far are you in t3? what notable equipment do you own?
add this section to your member application if you wish to be an officer...woosh!
edit: the times for the Christmas event has been decided! it's gonna be on the week before Christmas!