Ignore the old thread, I gave Nutz a break by making a new one, this is the official guild recruitment page for Rigorous

We're a guild mainly based on picking up people who aren't very known in the LD community, and making them beasts. We hang around the top 5 in the Guild Lockdown leaderboards, and do well to hold our positions. Rigorous was made on May 27th, 2012, though many of us have been playing since the Steam Release, as most of us play on Steam. (Not including me.) I would call us a well-experienced guild that has fun with what we do. Though it sounds like we're a non-PvE guild, we do have many epic Clockworks runners who frequently come and save me in Danger Missions or FSC. Though we may lose our temper in LD and PVE, we do well regaining it. You will see us mostly in GVG or Haven, as we all spend a good chunk of our time practicing our fencing skills in LD.

• The Squad •

GM's
•Bleedingxorange / Pear (BxO) - The creator of this guild and the leader of us all, he's the man that tells us to shut up when we run out mouths too much. Very active, mature member that is seen both in Random LD and GVG, or possibly chilling in haven with us. He's known throughout the guild for welcoming everyone with a "hey _________" when they log in, and for vent users, joining in the room and saying "What's goin aaan."

•Mwacky (Wacky) - Oh Wacky, where do I start? Very good friend of mine, has been a friend of mine before Rigorous was even a distant thought of being created. Used to be a nasty swordsman, now made the core decision to focus on his gunning. We have so much fun with Wacky (pardon a perverted pun) especially in LD when we troll with a Polaris, good times have been had shocking him on each and every one of my bullets. He knows we do it all in good fun, and that it's all laughs when he cools down.

•Snarkey (Snark) - Ugh, I hate doing these things because then people think I make these to make myself look amazing. I have been in many large prestigious guilds such as: Reign of Chaos (<3), Unity, Guild, Knightmare, and Valkyrie Knights. I have also made some of my own guilds such as Importance, which is slightly present day Dominance and Valkyrie Knights. Importance was pretty much how I met BxO because he was the creator of Rigorous and asked to merge with us and Valkyrie Knights. Never thought of it this way but I might not've been here if I didn't make Importance.

Officers
•Screamingnutz (Nutz) - Oh damn, Nutz, one of the top 3 funniest people I've ever met on this game. Previously a high ranked Officer in Valkyrie Knights, he was asked by BxO to move to Rigorous after Valkyrie Knights went inactive. He accepted the invitation and came over to Rigorous as the lead officer (guild 'servant'.) Idk Nutz, not much to say about you, oh dawg, I forgot about Oh dawg. Oh dawg.

•Ancientdragon (Dragon) - Very quiet player on vent, but in guild chat, he's a blabber mouth. Let alone really holding his title as the King of Ancient Dragons with a sexy Crown of Winter and Divine Dragon Wings, I still don't understand the tail, though. Let alone Dragon is a really good LD player, amongst the top in the guild, if I were to say so myself. We mess with him a lot on vent because my bird gives him a really hard time when he's trying to listen to his music.

•Burnthemprisons (Burn) - I have known Burn for nearly ever. He was a core member in Knightmare as well as coming with me when I made Importance. Extremely funny guy on vent, giving myself and Wacky a hard time about our choices and, let me say it, money spending. Let alone being a slightly under-rated LD player, he's a very important player in Rigorous entertaining us in vent when we're not getting our way in the Coliseum.

•Qgzhwkbnm (Q) - Z0/\/\FG it's Qgzhqkjkalfhjdksaga. Very well respected player known widely throughout the community. Being deadly with his bombs, he has multiple sides to his fighting techniques, having sets for everything possible in the game. As an old Jempire veteran, he came over to Rigorous and helped us get a new voice chat server together. Very important supporter that helps us make jobs easier when GVGing or just trolling in randoms.

•Fwoomp (Woomp) - Deadly gunner, I have so much trouble getting hits on this guy. He is the man in the guild I have to ask tips from on gunning, as I am completely clueless on it. Using his Alchemers, he's so deadly in what he does, ricocheting bullets off the walls, somehow finds a way to be a core member of the LD squad.

•Rangerwill(x) (Ranger) - A growing player within the community on this game. Not many people know, he's an expert swordsman when it comes to Lockdown, and is typically the one to be in the GVG games when he's online. Being a major factor within the Lockdown team, he's got a lot of techniques in his arsenal, and uses all of them to his advantage. Being very productive in LD with his expert strategy of slaying, it's rare to see him under 10k damage.

Our beloved Veterans
Andrewkswish, Another-Guy, Br-Girl, Bizly, Canozo, Darkarkangel, Elpwn, Freezingcold, Funnybunnys, Geelassenheit, Gozr, Hyejin, Ironhead, Kingdomknightsword, Luxfero, Magnetum, Mlkl, Palosoltic<3, Rebel-Ex, Skykabob, Sodenomai, Sushicups, Tigirius, Ultramen, Vicarious, Xairathan, Zhee.

Members, we love you, but there are so many of you there are far too many to list, let alone most of them will make it to veteran within 2 weeks anyway so you will make it on this thread eventually <3

Application & Requirements

• Requirements •

-Must be mature, and continue the positive reputation Rigorous holds.
-Being active, we typically have 15+ members online on average, adding more is to help retain the activity.
-Above average in Lockdown or Clockworks
-Using Ventrillo, we like to talk on vent because it is much quicker than typing, let alone all the good times we've had on it. (Mic not required, certainly preferred)

• Application •

Either send this application in game to Bleedingxorange, Mwacky, Snarkey, or Screamingnutz, or simply post it here. As it's based upon many other guilds' applications, we ask that you just answer the questions with as much information possible so we can get a jist of your personality and if you're right for the guild.

1) What is your in-game-name?

2) How many hours do you play in a typical day?

3) When did you start playing this game?

4) Do you know anyone that's in Rigorous?

5) Are you an active Lockdown player? If so, what is your average caps / defends?

6) [Optional] How old are you?

7) Do you have a mic?

9) Finally, tell us about yourself, examples being: What is your daily routine on this game? Do you have anything that you do that makes you unique?

Thank you for visiting the thread and we hope we're a guild that interests you, we look forward to fighting with you on Spiral Knights!