[Old] Official Description of the Nightmare Guild

[Draconia]

Nightmare is recruiting!

We are a full guild with little room for new members- but there are always people who become Inactive that we can /gkick to allow you a spot to join!

We are always seeking active members to contribute to the guild. We want quality players, friendly and fun people.

We are a fun guild, always raiding, leveling, PVPing, or other guild events. (If it takes you more than 35 hours to reach level 70 you are doing it wrong!)

We play this game to have fun. We always try to find ways to improve how we do things! You could say our Guild Master (Draconia) strives to be "the best" but we don't go overboard with this; as long as we have fun that's all that matters.

We help each other whether it be leveling, gold, crafting, raiding, or simply revenging a player that was killed by a horde (our favorite!)

Though we are strongly against picking fights with Horde Lowbes, we will not hesitate to kill them if they attempt to harm any Alliance players. Alliance characters, after all, are supposed to protect the peace (not go hunting for easy kills as the Horde do) If you get ganked by some high level hordes we'll come to revenge and protect you if we can.

We always protect Alliance Territory when we can; you should not see a Nightmare guild member talking in SW town square while the horde are sneaking around ganking lowbees or killing the Flight Master!

All professions are maxed throughout the guild members, so you'll always have crafting help.

We use a simple rank structure that follows the reputation system where the Neutral are new members and the Revered or Exalted members are the higher ranked players. Our officer tier includes JR / SR and Vice GM

We do have international members, Our guild officers are from different time zones, The guild Master is in the Eastern USA - while many officers are found in places like Egypt or Singapore... so we have a presence 24 hours a day -- Each officer is responsible for insuring an active population during his/her playtime. = ENGLISH is the only acceptable language used in Guild chat; we all speak it - though many of us speak other languages as well.


Requirements:
-You speak English.
-You can follow some simple guild rules.
-You aren't seen begging for gold! (Everyone hates beggar!)
-We do not tolerate any form of cheating or hacking; don't join us if you have that in mind.
-We don't tolerate fighting, bickering, or any rude behavior.
-No level requirements! We don't discriminate against noobs.
-No Class requirements; we are a 24 hour guild so theres always a need for someone.
-You must be willing to share your e-mail with the Guild Master; Event invitations go out via e-mail
-You must register on our website and look at the required reading before you will get bank access.
-If you do not want to use our web forums to communicate - please do not join our guild!

If you are interested feel free to whisper the Guild Master Draconia, or anyone you see with <Nightmare Unending> under their name. Type /join HON for access to our guild chat channel.

Other players who can also invite you: Elemo, Pouchofwine, Shortest, Sylvianora, Ranagee, Shannon and Ruther

Things that set us apart from the others; Nightmare has the following things to offer:

ONE
We have our own separate guild website ( http://www.nightmareguild.org) which is hosted on a paid server that gives us complete control of the database for backup purposes, allows us to communicate ideas and share knowledge to improve our game playing; numerous guild members contribute their skills to constantly add improvements.

TWO
Our officers actively promote events using a 'COALITION' of guilds that assists in the ability to create a successful raid - any time - of any day - and can bring as many as 200 willing participants.

THREE
We have our own in-game chat channel (/join HON =Halls of Nightmare) to use along with the /guild chat... we use HON primarily for recruitment. /join COALITION to communicate with other friendly guilds for raid organization.

FOUR
We have access to a PAID- Dedicated Teamspeak server(connection guide on our website)

FIVE
We are active on multiple Servers: Magic - Gamerz - WowCrack - Legacy - Mystery Project AND Retail. The Fellowship created from being in our guild remains solid even when people go their seperate ways.

SIX
We keep an active advertisement on Scapes Guild Discussion forum:
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... pic=215970

[Draconia]

Our guild info has been viewed over 141,000 times on the ScapeGaming forums! (Faith has 700,000+ views... but they have been around much longer! lol)

Our former advertisements are here:

The FIRST add - posted by Prior GM Bunni:
Views= 134,300 +
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... =72427&hl=
(She already requested it to be closed)

The SECOND add - posted by her man / GM Haalun
Views=1300+
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... pic=64102& (posted in wrong forum on accident)
(This needs to be closed)


The THIRD add - posted by her man / GM Haalun
Views=5400+
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... =64159&hl=
(This needs to be closed)

The FOURTH add - posted by a Sr Officer of the guild Smaxor.
Views= 300+
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... 117397&hl=
(This needs to be closed)

The FIFTH add - is being posted by ME (now) so that I can be sure to keep the most important information in the first post...



Other places you can find Nightmare guild mentioned on Scape forums...

Which Guild Is The Best Guild In Wowcrack?
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... 215222&hl=


Best Ally Pvp Guild On Crack?
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... 08947&st=0

Orgrimmar 90 Men Raid
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... 12954&st=0

Nightmare guild add from a former officer (300+ views)
http://forums.scapegaming.com/index.php ... 117397&hl=

[Draconia]

How do you choose a guild to join? Here are some important FAQ's to consider...


FIRST: Where is their base of operations? - What BONUS features do you get with them? - http://www.nightmareguild.org - you will find an impressive front page full of LOTS of perks and things to do...
But the most important are:
-Do they have an active forum here to communicate in?

-Do they have a Website? Is it owned by them ( so it will never be lost/deleted/etc) or is it a Free one hosted on some fly-by-night company that will not allow backups - and eventually just go POOF in the night...?)

-Roster? -- can you actually see all their members/ gear / etc? can you post your personal info on it?


SECOND
What time do you play? Most of us play for about 2 hours a day - but WHEN?
-Nightmare should be capable of creating a raid ANY time of the day - ANY day of the week - and if its NOT - simply create a forum topic about it- and within a couple days you will see changes put into effect to solve the problem.

I log in at 10pm server time every day - like clockwork... So I built my Nightmare guild to be strongest at THAT time... -- of course I decided to populate my guild to run 24 hours a day 7 days a week - THAT IS TOUGH when you have a 500 player MAX... requires a lot of constant kicking/recruiting to keep 25 people online at a time (which is the minimum number in my opinion that a good guild should have)

THIRD
What language do you speak?
- NIGHTMARE speaks English only in guild chat. -- KAOS is 90% spanish... If you need a different language I dont know who to suggest...

FOURTH
What do you want to do? Some only LEVEL (because everyone is new/ low level/ they cant raid/ whatever) - some only RAID PvE - some only RAID PvP
- Nightmare does it all - a mix of everything... Most of our leaders need NOTHING from the game - but create raids to help others get gear... Most of our officers like running PvE raids; I prefer running PvP raids.

FIFTH
What are the standards of the guild? - and are they enforced? What kind of language is accepted in guild chat? What kind of behavior is rewarded; or punished?

-Nightmare guild chat is kept at a 'rated PG' level... If someone is abusing guild chat - they are demoted to MUTE rank until the problem is solved. We use our WEBSITE for EVERYTHING... there are about 5 new posts per day (at least) so its not hard to keep up with things...

-If a member causes a problem - report them in our forum - we will 'VOTE' them out if its a questionable thing -- or simply kick them if its obviously bad...


SIXTH
What does the future of this Guild look like? This is a hard look at the officers of the guild AND the guild Master. -Will your guild master stop playing? Will your officers get mad and /gkick EVERYONE out just to ruin things? Will your new members be able to exploit things and hack away all the goodies in your guild vault?
Is the mentality one that will insure the continued survival and improvement; is this a serious guild or just a loose collection of players...?

-Our leadership tries to understand the methods used by cheaters -- our leaders that have tweaked guild ranks/ permissions to properly protect us from those abusers... (vault abusers - loot abusers - etc)

-a Good guild master insures that events happen -- by finding active officers to run them - or by doing them his/her SELF to make sure that they happen. If someone requests an event - I will support them -- If they dont have the skills to create it - I will do it!

-a Good Guild master insures that population remains High - by actively reminding officers to keep recruitment up -- or by going around recruiting his/her self...

-a Good guild master will use the /GLEADER command to pass lead if he/she decides to quit -- and will pass it to a competent person who will run things as effectively or better I have no intention of quitting -- BUT IF I DID - I would CERTAINLY use /gleader and pass the lead to the most competent person available!

SEVENTH
How are policies decided - leaders chosen - How do important things get done?

-Some guilds are a Dictatorship... a Kingdom - I'm sure you will see every type of guild out there... By rights all guilds start the same way... BUT how they are continued on -- thats the variable.

In Nightmare guild?
- if you dont like the way someone behaves - 'report' them in our forum- we will vote for a solution
- If you think you deserve to be an officer - Create a topic - with a yes/no POLL and we will vote on it... Majority rules.
- If you dont like a policy - again - create a Poll and we will vote on it... - I believe that helps keep things improving at all times...



I'm SURE I could add a LOT more to this -- but I don't have the time... --

Some players are more picky and choosy about who they associate with -- Some guilds are the same way about who they recruit... So just because you think you found 'THE BEST' guild - that does not mean you will actually get INVITED to that guild... - Some of the best guilds are not known by anyone... they keep quiet- they keep busy - they never YELL in SW or LFG for help ( they dont need to!)

So good luck finding the best guild; and if for some reason you think it is NOT mine? -- tell me why so I can consider changing things...



-Draconia
HTTP://WWW.NIGHTMAREGUILD.ORG

[Draconia]

"STATE OF THE GUILD" - to be updated from time to time to document general changes...

On 5-22-08 The Nightmare Guild was disbanded by Haalun (Obsolum on wowscape forums) and Bunni. It was recreated under Draconias leadership. The "Nightmare" name is currently owned by one of Draconias' alternates and the name was modified slightly to signify the change. Now it is called "Nightmare Unending". This was done by Haalun with only a days warning, I am unsure what motivated him to delete the guild he had created. He wiped our bank, 100,000 in gold and then he deleted his character; while Bunni deleted our forums and erased our member list.

Fortunately I had managed to backup the entire guild roster, and was able to send in-game messages to all 298 members; 110 of which were level 70 players. We are now in the stages of re inviting everyone. The guild bank has been restored, the website has been rebuilt; I had managed to back up some of the important postings and tutorials prior to its deletion.

Under my leadership Nightmare will never have to face disbanding, or forum wiping again. Many prior Nightmare members have come aboard and are helping to get things going again; I appreciate their support.

As of 8-22-08 we have 342 members 130 are level 70 players, Our bank is again full of helpful items and has about 40,000 gold in it. I feel we have recovered are are now becoming even stronger than before.

As of 10-5-08 we have 450 members - 236 are level 70's Our bank has about 60,000 gold in it. We run a successful 25 man raid every night (usually targeting 3 bosses or more) I am going to begin to weed out members who do not fit in with our guild.

As of 12-30-08: We have maintained a full membership (500 is the max) We currently have about 20 people online - ALL day and ALL night - every day of the week - never less than 15 - we usually peak with about 35 people unless we hold an event - then we easily have 100 participants. - the only way we can increase these numbers is to continue KICKING inactive members - and removing peoples ALTERNATES to make room for more... Our vault has at least 100,000 in it - and as much as 230,000 in it (we give lots of loans to our members to buy odd things and currently have a few loans out) We have tons of super expensive things available in our vaults for DESERVING guild members - and lots of convenient profession supplies for everyone to use. Our officers do daily raids - our members form numerous raids throughout the day; and over all we are becoming one of the best guilds on the server.

Draconia