Guild Intro: Shenks

1. What is your primary character's name/class/level?

Shenks, Rogue, lvl 36

2. If you are interested in raiding with us, are you willing to build a secondary set on this character, and respec as necessary (generally to dps) if the raid needs it, without bitching excessively?

I'm really not high enough level to raid right now, but when the time comes, sure, I'll be accomodating.

3. What alts do you have that you also wish to join the guild?

Divadoll, a fabulously low level Paladin. No worries, she doesn't have to join any time soon.  

Tell us about your gaming history...

4. What previous and current MMO's have you/do you play?

I'm primarily a WoW gamer. I played in 2007 a bit, then went out of world until April of this year. 

5. Describe what makes a good gamer, and then on a scale of 1 to 10 tell us how good a gamer are you, and why?

A good gamer enjoys the game for what it has to offer -- inter-gamer interaction, fun factor, knowing your role within a party -- without getting too wrapped up in the details. I'm probably about an 8. I strive to be polite in party even when others aren't and sticking it out when a dungeon group collapses. But I'm not very good at knowing when to give up myself and back away from the computer.

6. Have you been in any other guilds, specifically in WoW and on Farstriders? How bout in other games or on other servers? Which? Why did you, or why are you leaving them?

I'm currently a member of House of Balewind on Farstriders. I thought I wanted an RP-heavy guild, but more importantly I want a guild with mature gamers. My current guildmates are a wee bit young, and it makes the guild chatter intollerable. In addition I like the idea of a guild that actually supports one another rather than 80s running Deadmines solely for the RP gear when a fellow party member could benefit from the Defias set as well.

7. What do you like to do in WoW (world pvp, instances, etc)? What about other games?

I'm not real big on world PvP right now, just because I'm so low level. It's my someday goal to be able to defend a capital city against a raiding party and then return the favor to the Aliance, but that's still a ways off. I only just started running battlegrounds, but I do enjoy when a good group comes together to actually accomplish the mission.

Talk to us about Natural Order...

8. How did you hear about Natural Order? Do you have anyone already inside who could reference you in a good or bad way? (Who?)

I heard about Natural Order through my IRL friend Zeelatani. When he mentioned that there's no level expectations, I asked him to fill me in more on the guild. I liked what he had to say.

9. Have you read all the posts in the About Natural Order section of the forum?

I read the Rules Bible, yes. However, I have not read through all of the forums. The main page content pleased me greatly. Thank you for the "Oregon Trail" video!

10. What are your expectations? What do you think you will gain from joining Natural Order? What would make you happy that you joined us?

I'm just looking for a better gaming experience. I hope I'll find that simply by gaming with friendly, mature people.

11. What do you think you can bring to the guild? Why are we going to be happy you joined us?

As a character I bring skinning and herbalism. As a person I bring a keen sense of humor and a patient outlook. It takes a minute or two, but I can be witty. Sadly, this response is a butterknife dull example of my sabre-tastic wit. It's still recharging.

12. If you are interested in 25 man raiding with us, what are your available nights and times for 25 man raids?

I'm interested when I get to be high enough level.

Tell us about you...

13. Do you meet our age requirement (18 and over)? How old are you, if you don't mind us asking?

Some ladies get fussy when you inquire after their age. Luckily, I'm not some ladies. I'm 26 1/2. I still celebrate half birthdays.

14. If we had a party in real life, what would you bring?

Baked goodies, maybe booze depending on the crowd, and a kitchen fairy to clean up once everyone's gone home. I like cupcakes a lot.

15. Do you know what parachute pants are?

Oh dear. Yes. When I was quit small I was offended that MC Hammer had the same initials as my sister.

16. If the answer to 12 is yes, did you ever own any?

The answer to 15, no, but I did have stirrup pants and those silly scrunchy shoelaces.

17. If the answer to 13 is yes, do you still own them?

Negative. But I'm sure I still have the scrunchy shoelaces around here somewhere.

18. If the answer to 14 is yes, dear god why?

I'm a horrendous packrat, raised by two noble packrats, and made the mistake of marrying another packrat. Our boxes of past lives shall forever haunt us.

19. Pick one: Moist or Cornbread.

Mmmhmmm. Cornbread. Best side dish with chilli.

20. Are you married? If so does your spouse play games too?

My mister is also a WoW gamer. He's the one who got me into this mess in the first place. He plays Alliance though, bless his dear sweet (thankfully on a different server) heart.

21. Do you have kids? What ages?

Nope, but we sometimes get kitten aggro. They like to chase the cursor across the computer screen and sit on the attack keys.

22. What activities or hobbies do you have other than gaming?

I knit, write, bicycle, enjoy photography, dance ridiculously, and read.

23. Tell us something cool that happened to you recently in real life. If cool things don't happen to you make something up. (hint - think of this as more of an essay...try and tell a story here, preferably something that actually happened to you)

Right. Over the summer I had this really great opportunity to intern in my future line of work as a car mechanic. All in the same day I learned to drive a Bobcat, rescued a small frog from certain death and shagged all day long. Best day on the job ever. Also, shagging is mechanic-speak for moving cars around the lot.

24. Pretend there is someone in the guild that you must eliminate. You want to join the guild, but this person will prevent your application from being accepted. What methods have you selected to dispose of them before they can affect your application? If you don't know anyone, pretend you do, and describe how you'd eliminate them. This question is not optional. Do your worst.

Kill 'em with kindness. Or cut their brake lines. Maybe not do too many unspeakable things to their cars. But let the people they care about know how much of an awful human being they actually are. And then feel like an awful human being myself. It's really just not in my nature to eliminate people.

25. If you half-assed this application, and didn't even attempt to give us more than a sentence on a single question, why the hell should we still accept this application?

Because I haven't intentionally half-assed it and any half-assery at this point is a result of being cross-eyed from staring at the screen too long.

Now for the Natural Order SAT...

26. Fill in the blanks with...

a) there
b) their
c) they're
d) they were
e) they are

"The family went into town to look for their dog. They checked the pound but he wasn't there. After finding nothing, they were very despondent. Perhaps they should have also checked the animal shelter.

27. Which one or more of the following is not a punctuation mark

a) .
b) ?
c) lol
d) !
e) none of the above

28. Do you like Kipling?

a) Yes.
b) No.
c) I'm a vegetarian.
d) I don't know. I've never kipled.

 e) Sadly I have not read any of his work.

29. How spicy do you want your food prepared, on a scale of 1 to 10?

Spicy hot = Anywhere between a 4 and a 5.

Tasty spices = 9 or 10.

30. Divide 546 by 47 to two places, without using a calculator

a) 10.45
b) 11.62
c) 12.34
d) I used a calculator
e) I was told there would be no math.

31. What is a hectocotylus? (it's ok you can Google this one)

A six-sided something? [asks Wikipedia] ... A penis arm thing for male octopi? Maybe a six-sided nifkin? Maybe the next great vibrator for lady octupi everywhere? Maybe I should just stop.