The GameOn Magazine Issue 53 | Page 9

Articles So Long and Thanks for All the Cursing - An Ode to My Guild happily in both guilds we both had feelings of being the “odd one out” at times. After we decided we wanted more to do, a decision was made that we I was welcomed in what I recall was a comedy manner and introduced around. The guild was a random bunch of people with little in common but the desire "I spammed a few guilds who had cool names and soon got an invite." would move to a place where we were both on equal terms. At this point we joined ALL OF THE GUILDS. We had a guild where no one ever spoke, a guild which was dead and another where we found all of the creepy people. We even had a guild which disbanded every week. You would sign in and discover yourself guildless then suddenly one of your ex-guildies would throw you a whisper or an invite. I think this happened 3 times in 4 weeks before we gave up. to have a laugh and do some gaming. There were couples who played together, parents, singles and a nice mixture of genders and ages. After just 3 days I was decided that this was my home. This guild just felt right. I told my brother (who had been offline) and he was pleased. He said his guild was nice as well, also small, so maybe we could grab people from his guild and mine when we wanted to run bigger content. Then he logged into the game... of course his guild and mine were the very same. I didn’t leave though as my feet were too far under the table at this point! It is now 2 years later and I am still sat in the same guild, although no longer on the same realm. I have been thinking recently about just why I have stuck with this guild and these people for so long, through dramas and disasters. I even shelled out a considerable chunk of cash to follow them to a new server. It is because of who they are and what we do together. After a move to my brother’s realm I decided to hit up the guild finder again. The idea was that myself and the hubby would find our own guild but could also run around with my brother and his partner when we wanted. I spammed a few guilds who had cool names and soon got an invite. Issue 53 • March 2014 9 • GameOn Magazine