Guild Announcements: 8/03/09

[The Commodore]

Originally Posted by jason davy

A successful guild should be run from the game itself. Promotions, demotions, and how you control the guild in general should be based on the game, NOT a forum fansite.

This is the only way to attract new members, and keep the members you already have. It's fine to have a forum about a guild but a guild about a forum is no good.

I agree with Jason, Jack. I understand yer idea behind the officers in yer guild, but you've lost several people because of it. I will never tell you how to run your guild, just a suggestion.

Also, maybe have yer officers and yerself friend a few people, like Del said. Have guild buddies. When these people log on, have an officer talk with them, make them feel welcome.

[Jack I]

Originally Posted by The Commodore

I agree with Jason, Jack. I understand yer idea behind the officers in yer guild, but you've lost several people because of it. I will never tell you how to run your guild, just a suggestion.

I had already actually made this change shortly after posting this thread. That doesn't mean I'm going to pass out officer promotions left and right, and most of the guild stuff will still be ran from the forum, but it's no longer a requirement to have a POF account just to be an officer.

Also, maybe have yer officers and yerself friend a few people, like Del said. Have guild buddies. When these people log on, have an officer talk with them, make them feel welcome.

I do enjoy chit-chat within guilds very much and hope that the guild is quite a friendly bunch, that's part of what I wanted in the guild. I'm just not quite the conversation starter myself, and I can't really order people to talk, bossing people around to that degree just seems immature in my eyes.

[Juliana Maria]

Originally Posted by Jack I

I do enjoy chit-chat within guilds very much and hope that the guild is quite a friendly bunch, that's part of what I wanted in the guild. I'm just not quite the conversation starter myself, and I can't really order people to talk, bossing people around to that degree just seems immature in my eyes.

Aww Jack, it's not that hard to get a guild chat going! Start by asking what everyone's up to, what do they think of this and that? Who wants to have a random guild sail or take some fun photos for the forum (Used to have a lot of fun with that with Pistols N Bladez, had a random story going with pictures and everything! It actually inspired my blog after a while.)

Be random! Conversations can start from the most random comments! Sometimes the krewe has a whole conversation about what we're having for dinner! If people see you making an effort.. eventually the will too! It may take some time to get people to loosen up and start chatting but they will in time. Just make sure to include everyone in the chat, especially new members. I know how nervous I was when I joined the krewe but by including me they eventually got me over the 'new member' awkwardness. You can't force people to talk but a little encouragement goes a long way...

[MacIronhawk]

When I joined the guild it was because I knew you guys and trusted you.

If I were to be a guildless pirate, to join one I'd like to know the person inviting me. I'd want to be around their guild a bit to see what they do, and if they seem nice. You don't want to be invited to a guild where you'll get kicked out for unreasonable things. I was in a guild once, 500 members or so, and was kicked out after "the last straw" You don't just kick someone out for something they don't know they did, becuase you don't like them, etc...

That's why I joined HSP. It's easier to join a guild when you talk to them a lot, like here on POF. I'm not really good at explaining things, but when I'm invited to a guild, I want to know the people a little bit, their behavior, know the guild rules, and know if it's going to be fun. It just can't be every man for himself where the lower levels of the guild ask for help and then get a "Do it yourself" response.

Like I said, I'm not good at explaining things, but if I'm going to join a guild I want to know them first. Just going up to some random person and saying, "Would you like to join the guild?" doesn't cut it. It's just too silly.

We are having an extremely hard time finding new members. I have five invite codes, but haven't found anyone that will let me play with them or get to know them enough to see if I think they'll be good members.