Guild Update 12/7/10
 

Ahoy partners!

Del again. Just wanted to give you all a briefing on all you need to know, guild-wise.

Three-Year Anniversary Recap

A big thank you to all those pirates that came out to make it such a special night even more special for our guild! For the first time in a while, it warmed my heart to experience lag. I once again give a hearty congratulations to all of those who were promoted, and/or won awards. In case any of you forgot:

• A Friend to All Pirates - Charlotte Goldcastle
• Funny Pirate - Grace Goldgull
• The Victory Shark - Charles Crestshot
• Honorary Partner In Crime - Davy Fireskull
• Savvy Swashbuckler - William Goldwalker
• Partner of the Year - Charles Crestshot
• Promotion to Veteran - Dog Firestack (El/Le/POW) and Charlottle Goldcastle
• Promotion to Senior Officer - Charles Crestshot
• Promotion to Co-Guildmaster - Elizabeth McMorgan and Buck Bankok

Also, a further note. At the Anniversary, I was unable to announce who won Guild Artist, because, for the first time ever, there was a tie on the tie breaker poll! So, I'll be ending it in a truce, with Crest and Rose as the winners! Congrats mates, and to everybody!

Guild Events

For those members that have been asking me, yes, our annual Holiday Party is in the works. Grace and I will start talking things over soon as to when it will be held, where, and how we'll go about it.

Next, concerning the Guild Quest. I would like to thank all of those who are currently participating in it for their help in making it the most popular guild quest yet! The current stance of the grand prize, weighting all of the completions and fails alike, as well as a generous donation by Dog, is 117,000 gold! However, don't be so relaxed yet - there's still PLENTY of it to go!

Partner of the Week

Yes, I know. The reasoning behind me not doing POTW for the past two months, is due to the Anniversary. I had to suspend it for November and Late October in order for me to gather nominations for who to put in to the polls, as well as decide who should recieve the promotions. Expect the poll to make it's return in a week or two :)

Guild Recruitment

I really like the progression in the guild we've been having over the past few weeks. We've gone from about 125 to right below 140, and each of them being top quality members. Least to say, I'm very, very happy with what I'm seeing :)

I would, again, like to stress to people of recruiting powers, to not recruit any random person you see. If you wanto to recruit somebody, I would like it if you would get to know the person, and then judge whether they are able to mix well with our guild - outgoing, kind, good spelling and grammar is a plus, and of course, no downers. Downers and PNC do not mix ;)

I was also thinking about planning another Guild Recruitment Day down the line. Not necessarily soon, but seeing as how the last one we had was a great success, I can say we should try it again sometime.

Other Topics

Currently, I am working on a few new projects that I'm hoping to get done before the new year. This includes a guild member list (following the "Name/Level/Rank/POF" Format, as tradition in here goes,) an overview of our guild's history, and other minor things.

Also, keep a weathered aye on the subforum! I'm going to start planning some more monthly activities/guild contests like we used to do, starting in the next few months. :)

Lastly. I've been getting a lot of this, and, after awhile, I've decided to post my speech from the Anniversary, as it was intended to be said (curse you censorship!), and for history's sake. Enjoy :)


~ Delmaria Darkskull
PNC Guildmaster

Hey Del, when i was wondering if i could join, you said your guild has ~230 people. now, you say you have ~135. also, you said someone has tried to split apart your guild through mistrust, manipulation, and what not.

was someone trying to destroy your guild? if so, i know someone who can take out guilds. of course, i only ask him to do so if someone threatens us. would you like me to ask him to take them out? we cant have guilds who go around attacking guilds.

Nobody ever attacked us. When did he say we had ~230 people? I think he may have been referring to PIC, the old guild.

Where do you see that ~230 people? Can you get me a link to that part then please if you did see it? Maybe you were referring to the old guild of PIC.

By the mistrust, manipulation and etc, he was referring to overall challenges that every guild faces in their lifespan, and some guilds will fall to that corruption and fail. Instead, the guild has lived on its legacy, and we shall live eternally and forever. We do not appreciate guild destruction, it is cruel and we would rather take it the adult way.

That's the gist of what Del probably meant by the manipulation, mistrust etc.

OH okay.

I hate guild destruction to, but i thought someone may be trying to destroy your guild, and i cant see why any guild would attack yours. so i figured they may just be attacking for no reason, and we cant have guilds like that in the game.

By that part of the speech, I was refering to guilds that we've had to deal with in the past that were less-than-truthful in how they acted towards us.

The highest amount of members PIC ever had was 136, and the higest amount PNC ever had is our current number, 139.

People have definately tried to destroy us in the past. But I will NEVER, EVER resort to destroying a fellow pirate's guild to exact revenge. I think that's perhaps the most cruel thing you could ever do to somebody, no matter how justified you may think it is. I find it sickening.

If you want to join, then you can do so by posting on our Recruitment thread.

Good luck there guys! Ok, so maybe PNC isn't the most massive guild in the Caribbean... but your by far one of the best! And thats all that matters. You have some of the best members anyone could ask for, and that is what makes a great guild. If you ever need me, I'll be there for you guys. A good year this was, and to many more to come! Drinks are on me tonight! And don't get used to me sayin' that!

And I would like to thank you guys again for electing me as the Honorary Partner. It is an honor indeed.

Alright mate, i see where you are coming from. i also find the idea of destroying another person guild sickening, but some times they might threaten us.

Na, i would not like to join mate, as i'm co-gm of my guild. we are kinda like your guild, a family, but a huge one. thanks for the offer though.

Thanks for the info Del and the anniversary was great! Can't wait to participate in some contests!

Not to sound rude but Del really didn't invite you, you asked to join in the first post then he said you could join then you declined his invite.