The Coterie of Relios

[Cicciro]

Many members of the Coterie have been a part of this community for quite some time. Scyne, Sleeky101, Xavz and myself have been active members of The Guild Hall for quite some time. We enjoy the community and we look to build the community of Guild Wars with a strong internal structure.

Do you want to be part of a guild where you have some say? After passing the initial trial phase, our members have the right to change the guild. Any member of Second Class rank may form a petition, and if his fellow guild members like the idea, then they can sign it. The counsel reviews the petition, then sets it up for the guild to vote. Currently there is a vote to increase the number of counsel members. The counsel approved it, the guild seems to be voting possitivly for the motion. Not everyone can be in a leadership position, but no one should feel like they aren't worth anything to the guild. Every brother of Relios is important from the Refugee to the Commander. We're all friends here who are together for a common purpose, to form a wonderful community for a game called Guild Wars. If you want to be a part of this experience, feel free to stop by and say hello, communicate with the guild members and see if we're right for you.

[Murchad]

Every brother of Relios is important from the Refugee to the Commander. We're all friends here who are together for a common purpose, to form a wonderful community for a game called Guild Wars.

Every sister too.

[Xavz]

Yep, we all get along pretty well and we have fun. Check us out.

[Cicciro]

I've redone the site, well, I am currently in the process of redoing the site: uploading files. Links should all be working, but if you notice something looks funny, it may just be because not everything is uploaded yet.

I would say it is great improvement, and so would MeatMan :)

[MeatMan]

looks good, Cicciro :up:

[Cicciro]

Thanks steakboy, and thanks for the help ;)

[Cicciro]

We're looking for quality members to fill our ranks. I decided at the start of the Guild that I would not accept members that were not a respectable part of the community of Guild Wars. You don't have to be active, you don't have to be famous, you just have to be someone who holds themselves to a higher standard. One who can contribute something to discussions, even if it is an opposing view.

If you feel you fit this criteria, please stop by our forums and just say hello. Meet the members of Relios. Many of them are already here at TGH: Xavz, Scyne, Sleeky 101, Murchad and a few others. We're active in the community of Guild Wars while staying together as friends for this game and hopefully in future endeavors. We want to build our own community that is tightly woven so that we function well as a guild. This is what I have admired about the Guild's I have taken part in the past, and this is what I look forward to creating for all who join and come into contact with the Coterie.

Coterie means a close group of friends, would you like to be a part of the Coterie of Relios?

[Saben]

This is a great guild! I highly recomend that you check us out sometime in the near future.

[Cicciro]

There has been a recent flood of applications for admission into Relios. We're nearing twenty members from only thirteen not but two weeks ago. With eight applications in two weeks, and five currently accepted, one rejected, one second chance, and one I'm taking a break from reviewing, I would say people are interested. Are you?

Now may be your last chance for a while. When we reach twenty members I plan on closing recruitment for a little "guild bonding" time. With the flood of new members, it's hard to get to know them all as more keep applying almost daily. The closed period will be at minimum one week and at maximum one month. Apply now, before we reach the cap of twenty, if you would like to take part in a well run, active and well liked guild.

[Xavz]

Alright, Cicciro wanted me to inform everyone that our restricted application phase will soon be over, so go ahead and apply if you want it. We're having loads of fun, don't miss out.:biggrin:

[Sahib]

Are you guys still accpeting alliances? I went to your forums, looking for a place where I could post questions on this topic, but found none. The reason I'm asking is beacuase awhile back, Cicciro confirmed an alliance between our guilds (The Serpentine Brotherhood). I'm just wondering if this is still the case. Sorry for having to post this here :P .

[Cicciro]

If you want to discuss a friendship between our guilds, please just do so on our forums. They are private matters :)

You could post it on any forum and I could just move it (if i even cared to move it), or you could post it in one of the following forums:

Questions and Recruitment
The Coterie of Relios

These are the two forums for either questions or guild discussion.

[Sahib]

I did try replying in one of your topics before I came here, but it looks like guests arn't allowed to do that. If you don't mind, I can register on your forums and then we can get down to business :) .

[Cicciro]

Not a problem at all.

[Sahib]

Thanks :) . I set up a thread for us on your forums.

[Cicciro]

In light of this new recruitment for testing, Relios is going to have a low recruit rate for a while. We're still recruiting, but we will cap it at a defined number of members per week, at least for a while.

I want people to know we're still recruiting, come check us out!

[Murchad]

We've still got plenty of spots open. Don't let our guild master intimidate you :P

[Fluidfox]

It is always good to swell the ranks. (with quality members, that is)

[shadowranger]

I just wanted to say i applied for the Coterie of Relios, and it seems impossible to get in if you catch the leader at a bad time or your not the greatest writer. Ive read a few of the posts there from people who got turned down, and all of them had Cerccio say he was in a bad mood, and I was wondering why its so strict to get into a Guild thats about having fun. Its a game about people building a community, not about how well you can write an application. All in all I think you people should lighten up and have some fun, rather than sitting in a dark corner of your room reading forums.

[Mashekle]

They wish for a "TIGHT KNIT" group of friends, and to achieve this they NEED to be a bit strict. Also im sure its you whos not having fun. :P

[shadowranger]

They wish for a "TIGHT KNIT" group of friends, and to achieve this they NEED to be a bit strict. Also im sure its you whos not having fun. :P

No, its not fun getting turned down when applying for a guild, but when the game comes around, yes I will be having fun :D

[Cicciro]

Hmm, I don't know how to respond to this.

If you look through the applications you would have noticed a different trend as well. We do take those who write stellar applications, but for a reason. I personally enjoy reading something that is well written, especially as an application.

Here are some reasons:

A well written application often shows the conduct of the character. If you have a guy running around writing broken sentences or in elite speak, you find a guy who often doesn't have it together on a maturity level. I'm not saying this is your case, but just some.

Another point to this is the dreaded first impression. No matter how much you want people to take them time and look at character, most people just aren't like that. The first impression is key. If you walked into a job interview dressed as Dee Snyder for a possition over at the Super Big Business Firm, they would just laugh at you. Maybe they would take you if you applied at McDonalds.

I've given you a second chance to apply in a few weeks.

Another thing to note are the different types of communities prevelant in our own society. We have the sports communities, the drug communities, the PTA, the elderly homes, ect.

These are all different communities with different standards. To be honest, it isn't hard to get into Relios. Put a little effort into what you are saying, maybe even type it out in Microsoft Word, but please don't bash a guild on their recruitment policies, it doesn't necessarily make them want to have you re-apply.

[shadowranger]

Sorry for my post Cicciro, I shouldve taken other things into consideration before posting it.

[Citizen]

I'm sure this would have bene posted somewhere, but for mere curiosity, I was curious if Relios was planning on being a RP guild.

[Cicciro]

I myself am an advocate for roleplaying in games. Recently Friax and I roleplayed through a little of the Neverwinter Nights original campaign. I've ran roleplaying guilds in the past, and was heavily active in a roleplaying community for shadowbane (the old boards before ubi took them over).

I cannot say for Relios as to whether we will be constantly roleplaying, however I can say I will encourage it. A recent poster in the 'Looking for a guild' thread sparked some thinking on my part. Why not have a few times where we roleplay through the story of Guild Wars? I would find this to be a really fun experience.

On the otherside, when it comes to PvP that is this fast paced, it would eliminate voicechat and third party programs and force you to type rather drawn out without the use of abbreviations. This would kill, unless we roleplayed some silent force.

So, I will leave it neutral. I am in no way against it, but I cannot logically see it working for PvP. For PvE on the other hand, I see it as a God send. These sorts of things I leave up to the member's preference.

[cozzy]

I agree with our guild leaders remarks concerning applications. I am one of the newest members so I don't have a lot of crediblity to say things but I still wish to express my opinion. I don't wish to offend anyone but if it happens so be it.

I think looking through applications in order to discern the level of maturity in a person's writing is a great way to filter people. What i have noticed in this guild so far is that everyone seems to communicate very well and on a higher than the norm level. Maybe tight knit is one way you can express the need for a certain group of people but you have to consider certain aspects. Our guild leader is currently attending college and is leading a productive life. So obviously he wants others that are on that level. I think overall this guild will be on a higher age bracket than others. It will also have its exceptions of people that are young but are mature for their ages.

Just by breaking down how a person writes in a application or on forums can tell you much of that person. Its just linking psychology to how people express themselves and what it represents when read into a bit deeper. I can see that our guild leader so far has done a great job in that respect because just by reading our forums you get all kinds of personalities younger and older but all at a certain standard of maturity and refinement.

I think just by reading our forums is enough to convince anyone that our guild members will take alpha testing quite serious. I have tested many games and have been playing them since I was 5 yrs of age. I am currently studying at university in order to pursue a career in making games so this is definately something I will be taking seriously and a topic I will promote amongst my guild members. I am sure our guild leader will emphatically promote this as well "take testing seriously, this games success depends on it, our enjoyment of this game after release depends on it." But this of course doesn't mean we can't have fun =D.

Szandor The Black
Necromancer/Mesmer
The Coterie of Relios

[ApeX]

If its anything, Cicciro, I would most certainly apply for the Coterie if I wasn't already extremely loyal to my Guild :).

[Cicciro]

Thank you ApeX, it does mean something. I'm even more happy you are willing to make such a huge sacrifice to remain loyal to you other guild :p

[Murchad]

If you really wanna get to Cicciro, write an entire application in leet speak. Honestly, from what I've seen, Cicciro accepts more people than he rejects. Most of the time if he's only slightly unhappy with the way the application is written, he asks for a revision. He has given everyone he rejects a second chance at a later date. He isn't making a character judgement based on your writing, he just wants the level of written communication to be higher than what is common on the internet.

[Fluidfox]

Not really all that much to ask when you think about it. Though you would be surprised how many people aren't in our guild because they refuse to, or are unable to, write a single paragraph in semi-proper english. I do have to agree that quality of expression through the written word is a good benchmark of a person's maturity. It isn't the be all and end all of the matter, but it is a good first indicator.

I think the application strategy has worked out beautifully actually. Every person who is in the guild is someone that I would be glad to sit down and have an intelligent conversation with. The key word there being... you guessed it, Intelligent. I hope that standard is maintained once the game goes gold and we are recruiting people we meet in-game.

[Cicciro]

Yeah, except we have to hold a spot for my little brother (8) and his seventeen friends (all 8) or else the dads of these kids have threatened my life (also 8... of them).

P.S. I have no siblings.

[Murchad]

Let them form their own group. They can be the Lollipop Guild. We'll just be strongly allied with them :P (lol)

[Fluidfox]

Respect them lest they batter your shins into bloody flinders....

Seriously though, I have very little prejudice against the young, but it would still suck a bit to have a guild of 35 members with over half under the age of 10.

[DeadlyArrow]

Hello I would like to join this guild.....Please email me at hyGene_7@hotmail.com,,, also my aim is ruskibiker1

[Cicciro]

Hello, I would like to assist you in the process.

Here are a list of steps that you must go through to apply for this guild.

1. Head over to our website: http://www.freewebs.com/relios

2. Enter our forums and register there.

3. Post an application while following the criteria posted in a sticky at the top of the board.

4. Patience: I have a life too, so it may take a day or two to get the application reviewed and responded to.

5. Accepted/Declined

[Elithor]

Yeah, except we have to hold a spot for my little brother (8) and his seventeen friends (all 8) or else the dads of these kids have threatened my life (also 8... of them).

P.S. I have no siblings.

lol, Cicc, you got me scared. Yep, as you can see I just registered. I need to add an avatar and sig, should be there by tomorrow. Looking foward to meeting everyone here on TGH. The forum members have a very good reputation.

[Fluidfox]

I'd like to welcome our newest members from TGH on behalf of... well, myself. You all know who you are. It feels good to no longer be "that new guy". :up:

[Lord Nuven]

Hey all. Just wanted to stop in and say you guys have a decent guild here. Seems to be very cool. Hope to see you guys in game for lots of fun :biggrin:

[Elithor]

Thank you !

[cozzy]

Thanks Lord Nuven im sure all of us in Relios appreciates that. MAKES US FEEL GOOD! :biggrin:

Szandor LaVey
Coterie of Relios

[Xairo@Relios]

Fun guild. I recommend joining 100%. Although it's fun. There's a lot of seriousness about it too. Very friendly. Am I right Cicc?

[Cicciro]

I dunno, I always thought we were cold hearted bastards!

[cozzy]

*Roars angrily!*

Szandor LaVey
Coterie of Relios

[Fluidfox]

Well, I would also like to say you have a very decent guild here... (that's why I joined :D )

As to us being cold hearted Bastards... I like to think of myself as being warm and fuzzy... or at the very least, fuzzy.

At this point I would also like to announce with great pleasure that we have FINALLY gotten a Teamspeak server set up and running. If you're in the guild and you don't have a Mic, get one and get chatting. *cracks whip*

[cozzy]

nice! (looks for mic) where are you mic? STOP HIDING!!!

Szandor LaVey
Coterie of Relios

[Fluidfox]

Well, I finally got mine set up for Teamspeak. Had to go out and get a new mic due to some... unpleasantness... involving my dog. We now have about half the guild registered on the server. I'd like to see that number go up before the WPE.

Most of our members have pre-ordered, except for poor Pharalon who lives in Aus. but we're working on that one.. I can't wait to play with all of you, not just during the WPE, but all of the beta events as well.

[Renoz]

Finally, my pre-order arrived. I got mine from Gamestop, because I wanted the hammer item.

::stares at his preorder box awaiting the WPE::

[Saben]

I just got my preorder today from best buy. *stares at box waiting for wpe AND release so special sheild will be available! :)

[cozzy]

umMMM a few more days till WPE!!!!!! YES!!!!

Szandor LaVey
CoR

[Fluidfox]

It really is exciting to think that we will all be playing it again after all this time. Was it really only 5 months? When I think of how much fun I had and how much more there will be to explore this time... It really does make one shiver. I can't wait to see how it has been refined in practice from the earlier verson... I also can't wait to actually get the guild together and playing. And since most all of you have pre-ordered, we can repeat this just a week after the WPE, and the first of every month thereafter. It's going to be an exciting time.

[[GoD]Oscar]

Only 5 months? It feels like it's been years...we've been sitting around with our thumbs insterted directly into our dark holes waiting for something worthwhile.

And by dark holes I mean ears.

And by ears, I mean butts.

[Saben]

I also can't wait to actually get the guild together and playing. And since most all of you have pre-ordered, we can repeat this just a week after the WPE, and the first of every month thereafter. It's going to be an exciting time.

I completely agree. Im looking forward to playing with the Coterie for the first time since joining. PvM and PvP will be alot of fun with guildmates. Im also looking forward to the game with my broadband to see how different it is from my 56k that i had back in New York. Its certainly going to be a fun experiance and hopefully somthing worth all that waiting ive done.

[cozzy]

ya fluidfox its going to be hawt! we are all going to be bashing heads and kicking stuff...and those who don't like it will be...umm...lavished with gold?!

Szandor LaVey
CoR

[Fluidfox]

I can't wait to see what they have cooked up for Halloween... Yet another chance to show off the streaming tech. I don't think the timing is just a happy coincidence.

You can tell things are really kicking into high gear. I just pulled a 69.1 meg download on the client. The biggest I ever got in one whack leading up to E3 was 38 or so. That is, after the initial download of the client when it had to download all the core stuff. This can only be a good thing.

[pharalon]

Bah! This is driving me insane. I now have most of Kryta on my computer, but can't play it! It's so close, yet so far.. I can almost taste it.

Excuse me while I go and breathe.....

[Fluidfox]

Well... seems we're all just kinda crawling out of hour skins here. I was really excited about E3, but it isn't a patch on what I'm dealing with now. Sad as it is, I actually had a Gw related dream last night. That isn't all that odd... what was odd was that I am so hung up on this game that I dreamed about browsing TGH and looking for inspiration for a build... Decided on a specific setup... then proceeded to test that build and take notes. It was only when I woke up that I understood that any information I had obtained was probably not all that accurate since I was just dreaming it... I thought 7 seconds was a bit too short for a signet to recharge.....

[pharalon]

Haha. I started having GW dreams last night as well. They had opened the event 2 days early. I had to hurriedly call in sick for work. And for some reason, even though it was a dream, I was getting a total ass kicking in the arena :boggled: . Still, I was very dissapointed when I woke up :)

I scare myself sometimes

[Murchad]

Only game I ever dreamed about was a puzzle game (something like Tetris). I actually saw that damn thing whenever I closed my eyes. Even in class.

[Xavz]

I haven't had too many game related dreams, but I did have a few hallucinations back in the middle of May... I wonder why?

I sure can't wait until Friday. Alas, I've got to go to a huge laser tag party for my friend's 18th birthday first. Wait... dare I say it? I might actually enjoy it as much as Guild Wars.

[pharalon]

I might actually enjoy it as much as Guild Wars.

*GASP*

Such sacrilege, my eyes burn just glancing at the words you have written. I demand an immediate withdrawl of the above statement, which both you and I know is blatantly false.

[Saben]

*GASP*

Such sacrilege, my eyes burn just glancing at the words you have written. I demand an immediate withdrawl of the above statement, which both you and I know is blatantly false.

Its ok Pharalon, its ok. Im sure he didnt mean what he said. Surely he knows that nothing can be better than Guild Wars.

[cozzy]

ahaha pharalon, awesome. This is going to be some fun stuff can't wait till CoR takes on guildwars!

Szandor LaVey
Cor

[Xavz]

Just so everyone knows, Cicciro, Murchad, Pharalon and myself are currently the organizers for Relios in the WPE; Sleeky101 and Firax will probably join this list, but they have not confirmed yet. If you need to know something, contact us. I will still be checking TGH during the WPE so I can help anyone who needs it.

[Thornblade]

Just to let you guys know i've posted an app on your Relios forums and i would be grateful if you took time to look at it, especially Cicciro as he is the Mercenary Captain/Guild leader etc and his decision is what i need... :biggrin:



PS. Could you get a response up by at latest 25 hours from now? i need to know please before i get engrossed in beta weekend i am invited to... :biggrin:

[Fluidfox]

Well, The WPE and the first BWE were quite a success for Relios.. I'd like to personally welcome the Thornblade and the other new members that joined us before and after the events. It was great to play with all of you and get a feel for how the guild operates as a team.

[Thornblade]

uhh... fuidfox i never joined your guild - i was rejected for being impatient :P - and seeing as i got really impatient - i went off and started my own guild :P - so really i am very impatient :P

[Fluidfox]

Well, good luck with your guild then. Sorry about the confusion. Seeing so many of your posts around the forum led me astray.

[Thornblade]

Well, good luck with your guild then. Sorry about the confusion. Seeing so many of your posts around the forum led me astray.

lol i was enthusiastic, maybe you should have checked my app post then you would have seen my rejection :biggrin:

[Saben]

Well, good luck with your guild then. Sorry about the confusion. Seeing so many of your posts around the forum led me astray.

Are you thinking of the Nightblade?

[Fluidfox]

Quite possibly.. NightBlade or Ironmonkus.. Most likely on the list is Tyrath though, since both names start with the same letter. Either way, the error is mine.

*removes foot from mouth*

So, in light of all that.. I'd like to welcome all the new members, (whatever your names may be)

[Xavz]

Just thought I'd remind everyone that Relios is still accepting applications. We had a great time this weekend and I hope everyone else did too.

[actionjack]

How come we CoR, who was suppose to be somewhat the runner up in the first Alpha pick, with many of our member contributing to TGH and Guild War, is still not in the Alpha yet?

[Fluidfox]

Paitence is a virtue... I have faith that COR will make it into the Alpha sooner or later.

[cozzy]

ya it saddens my heart but oh well I LOOK TO THE FUTURE...either way we shall be playing together! I already played with you guys twice and it was a blast! Best guild experience I have ever had in a game. I just wish we could help with the testing I know we could add a lot to it. And heck I want to test it will help me learn more about video games!