Guild Introduction - Chronicheal

Tell us about your character(s)....
1. Your Main
Name: Chronicheal (You can just call me Chronic)
Class: Paladin
Level: 85
Primary Spec: Holy
Off-spec: Prot
2. What alts, if any, do you have that you also wish to join the guild? (same format as above)
I have a bunch of alts, I have a rogue, priest, druid, and deathknight all 85. I don't really play on them as much as my main but I use them frequently for professions. Since I am transferring and not made of money, I do not want to them to join as well.
Tell us about your gaming history...
3. What previous and current MMO's have you/do you play?
World of Warcraft is my first MMO. I started in January of 2008 (5 days before the release of Burning Crusade). During this time I was able to level up many characters but my latest one was my paladin. I leveled him from 33 to 85 half way through patch 4.1. I leveled him through dungeons healing with strength leveling gear and no weapons (lolz good times). I raided a little in BC on my priest and rogue, but I was really bad and had no idea how to play the game. I tried to raid during Lich King but because I leveled up a deathknight I was behind everyone else. I ended up endlessly doing heroic dungeons frost duel wield tanking. The fact that Blizzard changed DK tanks to blood pissed off so much, I no longer play my deathknight mainly because of that. I did Lich King raid content but no where near the progression level. Cataclysm started and I had a fresh start by leveling my rogue to 85 within a couple of days. I quickly geared him up and started raiding with Horde on Phonics of Scilla. We did BWD, BOT, and 4Winds (Never killed Nef though). That group eventually fell apart and I leveled up my paladin.
4. Describe what makes a good gamer, in your opinion:
This is an interesting topic, because some people will say a good gamer is the best of the best. In my opinion, I think a good gamer can do exactly what they have to in a game to get the objective done and also can do things within the game that they are not necessarily supposed to do (Picking up somebodys slack). A good gamer is skilled but also has an attitude that is not elitest, real gamers do not slander someone for being bad they pick up the slack and guide players to be as good as they are.
5. On a scale of 1 to 10 tell us how good a gamer are you, and why? I would give myself an 8. I know my spec and any roll in any situation. I research my opponents, I come prepared to every battle. As a healer I pay attention to my surroundings the people around me. I look into the mechanics enough to have insightful suggestions that help progress through a fight. I built my computer from the ground up and I use the capabilities of my computer to the max.
6. Have you been in any other guilds, specifically in WoW and on Farstriders? How about in other games or on other servers? Which? Why did you, or why are you leaving them? For now the only relevant guilds I been in and raided with start in Cataclysm. I started in Horde on Phonics on my rouge, they fell apart because of hundreds of failed attempts on Neferian. Then I leveled up my paladin and raided with Heal the mages in their second 10 man group. We did fine and killed Nef, but Heal the Mages turned into a FAIL 25 man raid group. So 10 players including myself split off and raided for fun. We progressed through firelands up to 6/7 normal. The group fell apart and I then joined Ohnoes. They were a 6/7 heroic group that carried me up to heroic Rags. They transferred servers and did not take me with them.
7. What do you like to do with your time in WoW?
I like to do dungeons, level up professions, farm materials, and occasionally troll trade chat. Most of my time is spent off wow looking up new specs and different strats for bosses.
Talk to us about Natural Order...
8. How did you hear about Natural Order? I've been looking for a guild for a while now because I would really like to continue raiding but my server has literally died. So I have been browsing Google for a couple weeks and I came across Natural Order. I read your Rules bible and I think I would be a good fit for you guys.
9. Is there a current member of Natural Order who could reference you in a good or bad way? (Who?) No I don't know anyone in Natural Order (But I'd like to).
10. Have you read all of the posts in the About Natural Order section of the forum? (this is very important to us) I have read them and I will respond to each section.
Taunting - I like to have fun and troll, but in no way will I bring up my guild to get a leg up in a conversation. I will not in anyway violate any of the topics brought up in the section.
Harassment - I would not want to offend anyone in anyway but we are all adults and harassment topics can be quite funny if used in the correct context. I do have enough decency to not offend anyone personally and I will not pick on one individual.
Loot System - I'm cool with that sort of system. I'm one of those raiders that arrives early and leaves late. I pass gear all the time and I just want to kill the bosses and progress I could care less about my gear (Totally the truth, I'm not just being modest).
On Ranks and You - I don't really understand the officer responsibilities but I'm not going to be an officer. I respect authority, but I do challenge it as well. I don't think there will be an issue with ranks (I hope I don't get punished).
Rules Bible - I have read and reviewed the rules and I think I will fit in just perfect with you guys. I don't have any issues with the Rules Bible. I read it all the way to the very bottom.
(My head hurts now)
11. What are your expectations? What do you think you will gain from joining Natural Order, and why are you applying? I hope to gain a cool environment with active players and a chance to raid again. I don't really expect anything from my guilds. I bring my own food and flasks (I can make cauldrons). Maybe guild repairs but that’s only if I am doing something guild achievement related and I go prot ;).
12. What do you think you can bring to the guild? Why are we going to be happy you joined us? I can bring a good geared paladin with knowledge of PvP, PvE, and random events and things to do in the World of Warcraft. I'm interested in a lot of topics as I am a college student. I enjoy interesting conversations whether they be about why we are here or Who was the boss from the show "Whose the boss" starring Tony Danza. I an all around person that can't be offended and I know when enough is enough.
13. If you are interested in 25 man raiding with us, what are your available nights and times for 25 man raids? I am unemployed and I have school from 8am-3pm everyday. But I stay up late all the time and I can raid pretty much anytime any day except I have 1 more late night exam on a Thursday this semester date TBA.
14. If you are interested in raiding with us, are you willing to build a secondary set on this character, and re-spec as necessary (generally to dps) if the raid needs it, without bitching excessively? I'm really bad at ret dps, but I am a good holy and prot sets. If it is absolutely necessarily for me to dps I'm sure I can manage just fine.
Tell us about you...
15. Do you meet our age requirement? Yes I am 19.
16. How old are you, if you don't mind us asking? Oh uh I'm 19
17. If we had a party in real life, what would you bring? The three B's. Beers, Buds, and Bitches. Lol I'm just kidding. I would bring beer and bud though.
18. Do you know what parachute pants are? These are weird questions. Yeah they are stylish pants from the 70's or something.
19. If the answer to 18 is yes, did you ever own any? No I do not think I did. My parents did I'm pretty sure
20. If the answer to 19 is yes, do you still own them? In my dreams I wear them.
21. If the answer to 20 is yes, dear god why? Because I have fun dreams where I can do anything.
22. Pick one: Moist or Cornbread. I never eat my Cornbread and I always "give it away" so I pick moist.
23. Are you married? No I am not.
24. If so does your spouse or partner play games, too? If they don't, how do they feel about you playing games?
25. Do you have kids? What ages? I do not have any kids.
26. What activities or hobbies do you have other than gaming? I am a math/cs double major at MIZZOU. I usually on my computer or in class. When I get the time I like to go play Frisbee or football or throw the baseball around. I'm also a big movie buff.
Now for the Natural Order SAT...
Read the following dialog.
Mary: Did the family go into town to look for _their lost dog?
Joe: I heard they checked the pound, but he wasn't _there !
Mary: Yeah after they didn't find him _they were_ very despondent.
Joe: Oh yeah lol
27. Fill in the blanks above with the following options...
there
their
they're
they were
they are
28. Which one or more of the following in the dialog is not a punctuation mark
a) .
b) ?
c) lol This Juan!
d) !
e) none of the above
29. Please name all of the required AddOns for Natural Order raiding: I have Omen, DBM, and Mumble and I use all them regular basis. I have never used EPGPlootmaster, But I'll catch onto it quickly for sure.
30. Do you like Kipling?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) I'm a vegetarian.
d) I don't know. I've never kipled. This 1!
31. What is the name of the voice over IP application that we use during raids? It is called Mumble. It is the shit.
32. How spicy do you want your food prepared, on a scale of 1 to 10? I eat jalapenos for fun so I'd have to say 10.
33. Who is the current President of the United States? Hmm something about toothpaste. I do not know what my brand is so I'll just say I don't use any. No one wants to be in a room with me because I smell.
34. Divide 546 by 47 to two places, without using a calculator Can I use a pencil and piece of paper? Damn it, too late.
a) 10.45
b) 11.62 Its this Juan! you should include rounding to the nearest hundredth.
c) 12.34
d) I used a calculator
e) I was told there would be no math. (Lol this reminded me of "I was told there would be punch and pie")
35. What is a hectocotylus? (it's ok you can Google this one) It's fucking hilarious and I got to emit I was a little turned on when I googled it.
36. What is the most important number as far as we, Natural Order, are concerned? ≈ 2.718, Right?
By far the best application process ever.



Gnome's Concerns
Nice app I didn't find anything "wrong" with it.
I am concerned tho, as of this post (06/11/11), we ar 7/7 reg 10 and 25man; for someone to come from a 6/7 (7/7?) Heroic guild to come to Farstriders where (the most progressed guilds are only 1/7 Heroic 10) how you will feel. Gnome did the change back at the end of LK, it was a little rough. I just want to make sure you understand where you are coming to.
Explaining Gnome (or at least attempting to, lol)
Gnomewrecker is a DK, mostly dps, think he's frost, not sure. Very sure Gnome is a DK however. When he says "did the change," I think he means when they rearranged the DK talent trees so that you had to go blood or go home if you wanted to tank.
Also, we aren't a raiding guild. We are a guild that raids; lately we've been raiding a lot, but we aren't hardcore raiders. Just so you know what you're getting into. We do take raiding seriously; we also take having fun seriously as well. There's a fair amount of folks that don't raid at all.
Not sure what you know about Farstriders, but we aren't the most progressed server by a longshot. I highly recommend /leave trade, unless you have a much higher tolerance for listening to trolls blather than I do.
Reiterating Gnome's Concern...
We're a slow and steady type guild. We don't race, and we kind of fall ass-backwards into progression by virtue of the fact that we live on a tiny backwater server. Also, we're in the weird position of having a ton of tanks and heals but are kinda low on DPS. That could change, but it's usually healers and tanks who have to sit night-to-night. Since we have an inclusive policy, you'll end up raiding a lot, but may be sat for a less-geared player, or someone lower on the charts, just because they haven't raided in a while. We also tend to do 25-mans, and even though we got Rags on 25, sometimes we look pretty FAIL at times. Are you going to be OK with that?
Other than that, I have to say that this is an excellent application. The responses are thoughtful and funny. We have a 24-hour waiting period, but unless you ran over someone's dog or took an upper-decker at someone's house, I think you'll be set.
36. What is the most
36. What is the most important number as far as we, Natural Order, are concerned? 2.718, Right? Clever!
I like your app, thanks for applying. As Gnome mentioned above we are a bit of a casual guild, but I think that's pretty clear from most of what you've seen of us. If you're ok with the change of pace this is a really fun group to run with. I myself am a refugee from Sargeras, as many of our members are cross realm joiners. You'd also be a very well timed addition as our main holy paladin is going on a break for a while, and goodness knows everyone loves holy paladins. We did just down 25-man Rag, though I think we would have been further along except right around the time we hit 10-Rag we started to hit the fall sign up numbers that allowed us to push 25-man, so we had to renew our push from the beginning with some who had little experience in Firelands.
We also have a large contengency of players looking to try out SWTOR. We have a ready guild there, though I think for many of us that doesn't mean stepping away from WoW. Any interest in SWTOR for you?
In regards to "11. What are your expectations?" We have an inclusive raiding policy, so we try to take everyone who wants to go. In the event we have too many we generally don't have a shortage of volunteers to hold out. If we have to sit someone we make sure they aren't sat the next raid if at all possible. Would you be ok with that?
Lastly "I like to do dungeons, level up professions, farm materials, and occasionally troll trade chat." We have a lot of members that like to do this, but just want to make sure you know we consider your behavior a reflection on us. As long as it's good natured, not offensive or degrading. Not that you would, just one of those flags in my head when I was reading
Anyway all else aside we leave apps open for at least 24 hours for review and responses, check in occasionally for those.
*edit* AAAAHHHH stupid html tags
I vote we change the guild name
<Heal the mages> has my vote.
Yikes
Looks like this somehow slipped through the cracks. So let me officially say app approved, welcome aboard, contact someone ingame for an invite.
It hasn't fallen through
THe applicant never came back to address concerns brought up by members. No responses = no approval.
Ah
I was reading the responses wrong then. My mistake.