Sorry, we have lives and jobs and spouses and kids. We’re going to bed at a reasonable hour and probably won’t catch up on the server drama until well after it’s blown over.

But if you enjoy killing Destro with strategy, making great friends, playing as a team and the occasional beach camping episode in Serpent’s Passage, check us out.

We do have rules. In short:

• We want our members to learn from mistakes and to not complain too heavily about the battles we’ve lost. Lose a fight? Dust yourself off and continue the battle.
• Guild members must download and use Ventrilo. You must also have a working microphone. Download a copy of Ventrilo here. There is no exception to this rule.
• The object of playing a game is to have fun. We always try to have a good time!
• Do not be annoying. We also want guild members to be at least age 18.

If you want to check us out, just do a /who flag and ask any member online or register and post on the forums. We do not have an application process but we do require a conversation in Ventrilo (pretty much to make sure you have Vent/mic). Our play hours are mostly on the weekend, though many of us play on weekdays as well.

Guild leaders have played PVP games for almost a decade in some cases and are not used to reading to communicate with teammates.

For the most part everyone is pretty good about downloading the program and getting on Vent when we PVP (the only time it’s required). But I’ve heard all kinds of excuses for why they can’t talk/don’t have a mic:

• My dog/cat/child ate my microphone last week
• I have a cold
• My computer is in the living room and I don’t want to disturb people

I am here to tell you the excuses will no longer fly. From now on, everyone who is going to PVP with the guild will have a working microphone and should not be shy to use it.

More harping below…

There is no good reason not to have a microphone. They are cheap. And as Huller said earlier today, even if he flings his mic across the room in frustration, he can manage to drive to Best Buy and get a replacement the same day.

See the following examples I found by doing an Amazon search for headset microphone:

Noise canceling, two-eared headset with mic for $18.98 (for maybe when you have to ignore the family)

One-eared headset with mic for $14.99 (maybe for if you’re listening for the pizza guy)

Lots of price points in between.

What are you waiting for? It’s Warsong weekend coming up!

The second is we created a special rule: Nobody under 18 allowed.

Screen shot proof below…

One of his many past times was provoking people into dueling him, and then crying that he wasn’t yet level 70 and saying he would “kik ur ass” when he finally did achieve 70. Pylith had enough, and decided to oblige. This special person got Pylith down to a whopping 85 percent:

The kid is 13. I think we exercised quite a bit of restraint whenever he’d show up and start being his teenage self. I have to admit, it wasn’t only his fault that we have this new rule. It’s because of all the other preteens who boldly came before him.

[I should add that he also violated Rule #4: he did not have Ventrilo and a mic. We are going to strictly enforce this rule from now on, fair warning.]

So now, nobody under 18 allowed. At all. If you are a month from your 18th birthday, that’s great. Send us an invitation to the party and we’ll invite you after we eat some cake.