Post by Zeli on Jul 27, 2011 12:29:31 GMT -5
Sent: 07/27/2011
Subject: v.3:no.2 : July 2011
tinyletter.com/archives/11802
Thank You
Most of you who intend on playing SWTOR with us have registered on the official swtor.com site and applied to our guild through the Guild HQ system. Also, enough of us that are on the roster have preordered and entered your code so that we meet the criteria to be transferred into game at launch:
All* guilds that meet the following criteria will get transferred into the game: 1) At the beginning of Phase 3, the guild leader must log in to the website and verify that their guild remains active and wants to be imported; and 2) The guild has at least four members who have pre-ordered the game by the time we initiate the import.
so now we wait...
The good part is that we wont have to rush around to get the guild started. We'll be guilded at launch. If you would like to check that you're guilded with Delusions of Grandeur, go here: www.swtor.com/guilds. It should read Member of Delusions of Grandeur and "Delusions of Grandeur" is click-able to enter our Guild HQ there.
If you would like more information on how pre-guilding works, check the FAQ here : www.swtor.com/guilds/faq
Comments
Guild Capping
The game has a guild membership cap of 500 characters (not individuals). That means in a guild of 100 people, each person
could have 5 guilded characters. That could be frustrating with the way we tend to alt but we have never had 100 people in the same MMO at the same time and I hope we never do. We claim to be a small guild. We are that by choice. We enjoy actually knowing each other, and yet, we also like to have people online with us regularly. This is a fun balancing act in a casual guild. Because of this we will be enforcing a soft-cap of 85 guild members for launch, with the intent to maintain 30-45 members.
We currently have about 50 people committed to playing SWTOR with us. We will have a few more past members and twitter friends let us know that they're coming with us as we approach launch. This is above an ideal size for us to maintain for an MMO, so why am are we still recruiting and why launch larger?
Launch Larger
It's good to have a larger launch membership as first month fallout is generally a big dent in our guild's roster. Typically 65-85 guildies is a healthy launch membership for us that we have no expectation of maintaining. We also freeze* initiation for the first month of an MMO to get to know our current guildies and enjoy the chaos of a new game together. By doing this, we establish a camaraderie early on in the guild between those that stick with the game. After that, we will evaluate our guild membership needs.
Recruiting
We also enjoy getting fresh blood into the group. Every MMO we've played has brought new long-term Multiplayers to our mix. WAR may not have been what we all wanted, but we all owe that game for the great friendships it's given us. We've been checking the LFG posts on the swtor.com site for people who seem to be looking for our type of guild. The response from this has been really good since it's been a low number of really great people. Even still, this is the more uncertain population of the guild, so we'll stop recruiting LFG posters if we hit 65 confirmed** members.
Soft Cap
In the past it's been good to start an MMO with a soft cap of around 85 people. I say 85 is a soft cap because we always guild past members. It is possible that we'd get more and we will honor that. That doesn't worry us though as returning members are not a strain on guild management. Any LFG responders who contact us after (if) we hit 85 people will be told to search for another guild, but keep us in mind if it doesn't work out.
Current guildies that we know are coming to SWTOR are listed here: Who's Who? Multiplaying : SWTOR. If you're not on that list, and you should be, simply post a reply to that thread. If you are planning on joining us in SWTOR and are not already a guild member, you need to introduce yourself before we reach the membership cap: multiplayingforums.proboards.com/intros.
* freeze initiation: This does not apply to current guild members and their 18+ friends and family.
** confirmed: They've applied on the Guild HQ & posted an introduction on our forum.
Comments
SWTOR Councilor: Odalus
Odalus recently accepted the position of Councilor for Delusions of Grandeur. Councilor is the title in our guild given to those that co-lead the guild. Odalus has been with the guild since January of 2008 and has been an officer and Councilor for Multiplaying guilds in the past.
Raiding?
You may have noticed a few new stickies in the Guild Events section on the forums regarding raiding, even though we are not a raiding guild. We can explain. Raiding is not DoG's focus, but some of our members enjoy it and this guild is as involved in the game as the members want it to be. We encourage all members to plan any type of event they want, and raiding is no exception. We also don't want any member to think that they need to raid if they have no interest in raiding. As usual, nothing is required. What makes DoG different from a raiding guild is that guild leadership will not form any official guild raid groups and members engaged in raiding enjoy no special ranks or privileges. Guildies can follow the links for the information:
Raiding FAQ
Raiding Schedule
Sample Raid Team
Your Ideal Guild
Find out if Delusions of Grandeur is the ideal guild for you by taking the "Find Your Ideal SWTOR Guild Quiz" If your answers differ but you still believe we're the right guild for you, you can find our explanations to the answers here: Guild Answer Explanations
Comments
Release Date Pool
We are running one, but it will close soon. Don't miss out on your chance to win your very own Star Wars spatula! Yea, that's right, a whole spatula! Read the Rules and Reply
Let's Be Friends!
Over on the official SW:TOR site, you can befriend each other. The weird thing is that the site doesn't inform you when someone requests to be your friend. When you log in, click on "My Account" then click on "Friends" and then you can confirm and deny friendships that have been requested of you. You can find a full list of Multiplayers with clickable swtor names here: FRIENDS! Or maybe you all already knew all of this and I should take a hint... how awkward...
Some SWTORsations
Confirmed Playable Races
For Your SWTOR Launch Party
September Beta Test Weekends
PreOrders are Open
PreOrder FAQs
Thoughts on Limiting the PreOrder Supply
Lasting for Decades
Record Demands
Podcasts
Did you know that the Old Republicast is us? All of the blogging and
podcasting done by Multiplayers but only about Star Wars can be found here: www.oldrepublicast.com
Forum Fluctuation
Very minor updates this month. I added an Introductions link to the
guild menu bar to help new members know where to go. I also added in a link to the Old Republicast in the main header. I'm a bit limited with the current build of proboards and a complete lack of skill/desire, but I am in the beta for the next version of the boards and I'm very eager to get those features going for us as soon as they're available. Combine that with the new design Slurms is working on for Multiplaying.net, and we'll have an even spiffier looking spot on the internet fairly soon.
Multiplaying Articles
If you belong to Delusions of Grandeur, you have an open invitation to write articles for Multiplaying.net. So if you have any interest in that sort of thing, let Slurms know (via forum PM) and he can change your normal access to contributor on the main site and you can submit articles. Yes, at first he will review them to make sure you are not posting any propaganda, racial slurs, or other things that we really would rather keep off the site. If you want to write something up on your thoughts on something gaming related, let him know and we'll bring those thoughts to tens of people!
If you happen to be a blogger and want to write up a guest spot, that's cool too! Just make sure to write something at the end of your post about who you are and where you've come from.
This is the official newsletter of Delusions of Grandeur (DoG), a SWTOR guild. The views expressed in this newsletter are the views of DoG guild leadership and should not be misrepresented as the official views of anything or anyone else.
If you have any suggestions, questions or concerns, please email delusionsofgrandeur.mp@gmail.com
If you are not a current member of Delusions of Grandeur, some of the links in the newsletter may not work for you.
The spacing and line-wrapping in this newsletter is weird, but it's free, so you get what you get.
Contact Information
E-mail: delusionsofgrandeur.mp@gmail.com
Website: www.multiplaying.net
Twitter: @grand_Delusions
Forums: multiplayingforums.proboards.com
ABOUT | LAWS | JOINING | POSITIONS | INTROS | GUILD HQ
Delusions of Grandeur
Subject: v.3:no.2 : July 2011
tinyletter.com/archives/11802
Delusions of Grandeur Newsletter
A Multiplaying.net guild for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Fighting for the Galactic Republic on a Roleplaying North American Server (TBD)
July 2011
Volume III, Number 2
A Multiplaying.net guild for Star Wars: The Old Republic
Fighting for the Galactic Republic on a Roleplaying North American Server (TBD)
July 2011
Volume III, Number 2
Thank You
Most of you who intend on playing SWTOR with us have registered on the official swtor.com site and applied to our guild through the Guild HQ system. Also, enough of us that are on the roster have preordered and entered your code so that we meet the criteria to be transferred into game at launch:
All* guilds that meet the following criteria will get transferred into the game: 1) At the beginning of Phase 3, the guild leader must log in to the website and verify that their guild remains active and wants to be imported; and 2) The guild has at least four members who have pre-ordered the game by the time we initiate the import.
so now we wait...
The good part is that we wont have to rush around to get the guild started. We'll be guilded at launch. If you would like to check that you're guilded with Delusions of Grandeur, go here: www.swtor.com/guilds. It should read Member of Delusions of Grandeur and "Delusions of Grandeur" is click-able to enter our Guild HQ there.
If you would like more information on how pre-guilding works, check the FAQ here : www.swtor.com/guilds/faq
Comments
Guild Capping
The game has a guild membership cap of 500 characters (not individuals). That means in a guild of 100 people, each person
could have 5 guilded characters. That could be frustrating with the way we tend to alt but we have never had 100 people in the same MMO at the same time and I hope we never do. We claim to be a small guild. We are that by choice. We enjoy actually knowing each other, and yet, we also like to have people online with us regularly. This is a fun balancing act in a casual guild. Because of this we will be enforcing a soft-cap of 85 guild members for launch, with the intent to maintain 30-45 members.
We currently have about 50 people committed to playing SWTOR with us. We will have a few more past members and twitter friends let us know that they're coming with us as we approach launch. This is above an ideal size for us to maintain for an MMO, so why am are we still recruiting and why launch larger?
Launch Larger
It's good to have a larger launch membership as first month fallout is generally a big dent in our guild's roster. Typically 65-85 guildies is a healthy launch membership for us that we have no expectation of maintaining. We also freeze* initiation for the first month of an MMO to get to know our current guildies and enjoy the chaos of a new game together. By doing this, we establish a camaraderie early on in the guild between those that stick with the game. After that, we will evaluate our guild membership needs.
Recruiting
We also enjoy getting fresh blood into the group. Every MMO we've played has brought new long-term Multiplayers to our mix. WAR may not have been what we all wanted, but we all owe that game for the great friendships it's given us. We've been checking the LFG posts on the swtor.com site for people who seem to be looking for our type of guild. The response from this has been really good since it's been a low number of really great people. Even still, this is the more uncertain population of the guild, so we'll stop recruiting LFG posters if we hit 65 confirmed** members.
Soft Cap
In the past it's been good to start an MMO with a soft cap of around 85 people. I say 85 is a soft cap because we always guild past members. It is possible that we'd get more and we will honor that. That doesn't worry us though as returning members are not a strain on guild management. Any LFG responders who contact us after (if) we hit 85 people will be told to search for another guild, but keep us in mind if it doesn't work out.
Current guildies that we know are coming to SWTOR are listed here: Who's Who? Multiplaying : SWTOR. If you're not on that list, and you should be, simply post a reply to that thread. If you are planning on joining us in SWTOR and are not already a guild member, you need to introduce yourself before we reach the membership cap: multiplayingforums.proboards.com/intros.
* freeze initiation: This does not apply to current guild members and their 18+ friends and family.
** confirmed: They've applied on the Guild HQ & posted an introduction on our forum.
Comments
SWTOR Councilor: Odalus
Odalus recently accepted the position of Councilor for Delusions of Grandeur. Councilor is the title in our guild given to those that co-lead the guild. Odalus has been with the guild since January of 2008 and has been an officer and Councilor for Multiplaying guilds in the past.
Raiding?
You may have noticed a few new stickies in the Guild Events section on the forums regarding raiding, even though we are not a raiding guild. We can explain. Raiding is not DoG's focus, but some of our members enjoy it and this guild is as involved in the game as the members want it to be. We encourage all members to plan any type of event they want, and raiding is no exception. We also don't want any member to think that they need to raid if they have no interest in raiding. As usual, nothing is required. What makes DoG different from a raiding guild is that guild leadership will not form any official guild raid groups and members engaged in raiding enjoy no special ranks or privileges. Guildies can follow the links for the information:
Raiding FAQ
Raiding Schedule
Sample Raid Team
Your Ideal Guild
Find out if Delusions of Grandeur is the ideal guild for you by taking the "Find Your Ideal SWTOR Guild Quiz" If your answers differ but you still believe we're the right guild for you, you can find our explanations to the answers here: Guild Answer Explanations
Comments
Release Date Pool
We are running one, but it will close soon. Don't miss out on your chance to win your very own Star Wars spatula! Yea, that's right, a whole spatula! Read the Rules and Reply
Let's Be Friends!
Over on the official SW:TOR site, you can befriend each other. The weird thing is that the site doesn't inform you when someone requests to be your friend. When you log in, click on "My Account" then click on "Friends" and then you can confirm and deny friendships that have been requested of you. You can find a full list of Multiplayers with clickable swtor names here: FRIENDS! Or maybe you all already knew all of this and I should take a hint... how awkward...
Some SWTORsations
Confirmed Playable Races
For Your SWTOR Launch Party
September Beta Test Weekends
PreOrders are Open
PreOrder FAQs
Thoughts on Limiting the PreOrder Supply
Lasting for Decades
Record Demands
Podcasts
Did you know that the Old Republicast is us? All of the blogging and
podcasting done by Multiplayers but only about Star Wars can be found here: www.oldrepublicast.com
Forum Fluctuation
Very minor updates this month. I added an Introductions link to the
guild menu bar to help new members know where to go. I also added in a link to the Old Republicast in the main header. I'm a bit limited with the current build of proboards and a complete lack of skill/desire, but I am in the beta for the next version of the boards and I'm very eager to get those features going for us as soon as they're available. Combine that with the new design Slurms is working on for Multiplaying.net, and we'll have an even spiffier looking spot on the internet fairly soon.
Multiplaying Articles
If you belong to Delusions of Grandeur, you have an open invitation to write articles for Multiplaying.net. So if you have any interest in that sort of thing, let Slurms know (via forum PM) and he can change your normal access to contributor on the main site and you can submit articles. Yes, at first he will review them to make sure you are not posting any propaganda, racial slurs, or other things that we really would rather keep off the site. If you want to write something up on your thoughts on something gaming related, let him know and we'll bring those thoughts to tens of people!
If you happen to be a blogger and want to write up a guest spot, that's cool too! Just make sure to write something at the end of your post about who you are and where you've come from.
This is the official newsletter of Delusions of Grandeur (DoG), a SWTOR guild. The views expressed in this newsletter are the views of DoG guild leadership and should not be misrepresented as the official views of anything or anyone else.
If you have any suggestions, questions or concerns, please email delusionsofgrandeur.mp@gmail.com
If you are not a current member of Delusions of Grandeur, some of the links in the newsletter may not work for you.
The spacing and line-wrapping in this newsletter is weird, but it's free, so you get what you get.
Contact Information
E-mail: delusionsofgrandeur.mp@gmail.com
Website: www.multiplaying.net
Twitter: @grand_Delusions
Forums: multiplayingforums.proboards.com
ABOUT | LAWS | JOINING | POSITIONS | INTROS | GUILD HQ
Delusions of Grandeur