Flixx - Dominion
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:34 pm
Hey folks,
Throwing my name into the Dominion hat. By way of introductions, here we go:
Name - Dave (Or Flixx in game)
I'm 39, married, no kids, two dogs. I live in the great state of Colorado and currently work in the GIS industry. Exciting stuff, I know. But I get to look at satellite imagery all day long. I like to say that I've seen most of the world without ever leaving my office chair.
I've been playing mmo's since the good 'ole college days of MUD's. It's pretty much how I learned to type. Although looking back, typing "Use potion", and "Look in backpack" over and over isn't really typing per se.
Didn't really touch another mmo until Lineage 2. Ah yes, Asian mmo grinding. Played for years and never saw max level. Although I did learn that with infinite grinding, comes infinite patience. I can raid wipe for hours without breaking a sweat.
And then there was the string of standard mmo's that seemed to come and go...WoW, Secret World, Swtor, AoC.
And through it all, more guilds than I can shake a stick at. Every guild was the same. "We're a family friendly, close knit, no drama guild". That is until someone can't make it to a raid and you become that weird cousin that nobody likes, and mom and dad start fighting and the kids are crying and than someone accidentally pushes Aunt Milly into the Thanksgiving table and the whole holiday is ruined. Yeah, that's the family friendly guild right there.
I stumbled upon Grievance from a post on mmorpg.com that in turn led me to some Youtube videos. And from what I can tell, the folks involved with Grievance walk the walk when it comes to their guild charter. It's one thing to write a guild charter, and entirely another to live that charter. More importantly even above those two, is the ability to hold to those convictions long term. What's the use in making a charter if you only live it for a couple months and everything falls apart? I don't have much exposure to this specific guild, but if longevity is the measure of success, I look forward to being part of it.
Throwing my name into the Dominion hat. By way of introductions, here we go:
Name - Dave (Or Flixx in game)
I'm 39, married, no kids, two dogs. I live in the great state of Colorado and currently work in the GIS industry. Exciting stuff, I know. But I get to look at satellite imagery all day long. I like to say that I've seen most of the world without ever leaving my office chair.
I've been playing mmo's since the good 'ole college days of MUD's. It's pretty much how I learned to type. Although looking back, typing "Use potion", and "Look in backpack" over and over isn't really typing per se.
Didn't really touch another mmo until Lineage 2. Ah yes, Asian mmo grinding. Played for years and never saw max level. Although I did learn that with infinite grinding, comes infinite patience. I can raid wipe for hours without breaking a sweat.
And then there was the string of standard mmo's that seemed to come and go...WoW, Secret World, Swtor, AoC.
And through it all, more guilds than I can shake a stick at. Every guild was the same. "We're a family friendly, close knit, no drama guild". That is until someone can't make it to a raid and you become that weird cousin that nobody likes, and mom and dad start fighting and the kids are crying and than someone accidentally pushes Aunt Milly into the Thanksgiving table and the whole holiday is ruined. Yeah, that's the family friendly guild right there.
I stumbled upon Grievance from a post on mmorpg.com that in turn led me to some Youtube videos. And from what I can tell, the folks involved with Grievance walk the walk when it comes to their guild charter. It's one thing to write a guild charter, and entirely another to live that charter. More importantly even above those two, is the ability to hold to those convictions long term. What's the use in making a charter if you only live it for a couple months and everything falls apart? I don't have much exposure to this specific guild, but if longevity is the measure of success, I look forward to being part of it.
