Guns Of Icarus Online
Community => The Docks => Topic started by: Randon Fox on February 03, 2015, 09:00:28 pm
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I am looking for a clan to join. The clan need to have scheduled events on a weekly basis and actual participants. Also be using Teamspeak. I will not consider offers from TAW so no point for you guys to waste your time on me.
I prefere to be in following order:
Gunner
Engineer (gunner)
Engineer
Captain
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Do you have what it takes to be a duck?
Quack quack
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Do you have what it takes to be a duck?
Quack quack
im sorry but a Fox dont quack a Fox say (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE)
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Don't turn down an offer from a Duck so lightly, they're one of the active clans who will arrange events. :)
You could also look at the Gents, SPQR and SREP they're all active clans who as I'm aware are recruiting, you could also looks at Cake too.
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if you are interested in competitive I know that the bards or wings of daedalus need players.
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Don't turn down an offer from a Duck so lightly, they're one of the active clans who will arrange events. :)
You could also look at the Gents, SPQR and SREP they're all active clans who as I'm aware are recruiting, you could also looks at Cake too.
I never intended to turned down their offer, all i said was a fox dont quack as a joke. I guess it wasnt clear from my side that i were just joking. The question i have to them is: do they have what it takes?
Thank you for the recommendations tho but do you know if they run weekly events/ have a TS?
if you are interested in competitive I know that the bards or wings of daedalus need players.
If it means that you wont be treated as cattle but as a member of a team, i don't mind competitive. My goal is to enjoy the teamwork aspect of the game. the channel in which i achieve that is not so important.
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Generally, the best way to find a team is to play and see what members of clans you get along with.
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Imagine has a good point, the beauty of Guns is the close knit community means it does not take long to get to know people.
Weekly events: Many of the bigger clans run Skrims (they're like training for competitive games or games to test new builds) on a weekly basis.
Ryder, Duck and Gents will do this like clockwork.
Most clans use Team Speak or mumble so try contacting the clan leaders, all the clans on the first two - three pages are relatively active so don't be scared to check that out.
Bards page is here: https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,5030.0.html
They're a friendly bunch and well worth knowing. :)
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Hi! I'm the leader of the aforementioned Bards.
We don't really actively recruit people, and very many clans are the same. The best way to find a clan is to just play with people. I joined this clan after playing with the old leader (who's since moved on to other games ((DAMN YOU DOTA 2))) who I found super cool, and he invited me. This is really how most people find their place.
The best way to get into the cool clans is to A) Not be a jerk. No one likes a jerk. B) Don't be prideful. You're just a dude and no one owes you anything. The best clans are just groups of friends who are all on the same level. C) Be willing to learn. I'm coming up on 3k matches, and I'll be the first to admit, I don't know everything. Unless it's someone who obviously doesn't know what they're talking about, pay attention to what people are saying.
If you have a clan in mind and don't want to wait around until you cross paths, add their leadership as friends in-game. Do a little bit of friendly stalking and make some friends \o/
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Hello, I saw SREP mentioned and just wanted to step in to give you a little information as an officer -
We're a fairly new clan but extremely active, especially in the US evenings, though we are international. We don't have an official TS, we use the in game voice chat and party function often instead. We do have a clan steam page where our weekly events are organised including the chaos skirmish which is great fun and had about 30 participants last time! While we're not quite competitive yet, we're working up to it and training hard. Level and aptitude are not important to us, but good communication, friendliness and a willingness to learn absolutely are.
If you're interested in joining our recruitment process or learning more about us seek out myself or some of our members in the sky and introduce yourself!
Best of luck.
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Hello, I saw SREP mentioned and just wanted to step in to give you a little information as an officer -
We're a fairly new clan but extremely active, especially in the US evenings, though we are international. We don't have an official TS, we use the in game voice chat and party function often instead. We do have a clan steam page where our weekly events are organised including the chaos skirmish which is great fun and had about 30 participants last time! While we're not quite competitive yet, we're working up to it and training hard. Level and aptitude are not important to us, but good communication, friendliness and a willingness to learn absolutely are.
If you're interested in joining our recruitment process or learning more about us seek out myself or some of our members in the sky and introduce yourself!
Best of luck.
Thank you but I have to decline. As i allready mentioned, if you dont have ts im not interested. Having in-game coms for when you are playing is fine but TS is when you arent playing, when you maybe just wanna hang out, get to know people om the can.
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Hello, I saw SREP mentioned and just wanted to step in to give you a little information as an officer -
We're a fairly new clan but extremely active, especially in the US evenings, though we are international. We don't have an official TS, we use the in game voice chat and party function often instead. We do have a clan steam page where our weekly events are organised including the chaos skirmish which is great fun and had about 30 participants last time! While we're not quite competitive yet, we're working up to it and training hard. Level and aptitude are not important to us, but good communication, friendliness and a willingness to learn absolutely are.
If you're interested in joining our recruitment process or learning more about us seek out myself or some of our members in the sky and introduce yourself!
Best of luck.
Thank you but I have to decline. As i allready mentioned, if you dont have ts im not interested. Having in-game coms for when you are playing is fine but TS is when you arent playing, when you maybe just wanna hang out, get to know people om the can.
[SPQR] actively hangs out in teamspeak. [Cake] does the same but with mumble. I'm sure there are more.
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Weekly events: Many of the bigger clans run Skrims (they're like training for competitive games or games to test new builds) on a weekly basis.
Ryder, Duck and Gents will do this like clockwork.
emphasis mine. I laughed.
@OP: having been in a few different clans, with TS and without, I would encourage you not to overvalue TS or similar utilities. They're helpful utilities, particularly for larger clans, but that's it. There are plenty of other ways to communicate and get to know people. Finding a group of people who you get on with is the only important thing and it'd probably be a mistake to confuse that issue with other requirements.
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[SPQR] actively hangs out in teamspeak. [Cake] does the same but with mumble. I'm sure there are more.
You should know Clutch Vanya, you hide out in our TS all the time ;P
I really just wanted to make a comment at Dutch, but I suppose it'd be rude to not introduce my clan now that I'm here. I'm the head of [SPQR], Guns of Icarus' generic Roman wanna-be's (every good fantasy/sci-fi universe needs a knock-off Rome). We're an international clan, with members living across the United States and Canada, and as far away as the Middle East, so we're usually pretty active most of the time. In addition to that, [SPQR] currently fields two of Guns of Icarus' major competitive teams, The Praetorians and The Centurions, respectfully, who regularly compete in the weekly Sunday Community Skirmish as well as other Guns of Icarus tourneys and competitions. When we're not in Guns of Icarus, members are usually play any number of other games together, including Killing Floor, Europa Universalis IV, War Thunder, Nosgoth, various MMORPGs, etc. For more information on [SPQR], look at our recruitment thread here on The Docks: https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,3657.0.html
I wish you luck in your quest for a clan, and hope that you continue playing Guns of Icarus with said clan, whomever they may be.
Fair winds to you and smooth sailing, Vale!
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Weekly events: Many of the bigger clans run Skrims (they're like training for competitive games or games to test new builds) on a weekly basis.
Ryder, Duck and Gents will do this like clockwork.
emphasis mine. I laughed.
Well I don't know if you do such now, but I've heard stories! :)
Plus you run the SCS! That could be considered a weekly gent event ;)
@Fox, I have to agree with what others said, turning down solely on the requirement of Team Speak may lead to you missing out on a great opportunity:)
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From the style of your posts I think you are looking for a far more formalized and structured environment that you are likely to find in most of the GoI community. I also think you are unclear as to the nature of the negotiation taking place.
GoI does have a few clans that try to organize regular practices (skrims) and play in competitive events and it has some that are on things like TS/mumble, but the community is small and tight-knit and most clans don't have the members to do the former. They often also don't need the latter as many treat GoI like a chat client with party chat, or use Steam chat. They don't really need TS. I doubt you want TS specifically so I invite you to look at the deeper reasons for this requirement. I suspect what you are looking for is a communicative and / or social clan. I'd identify clans that meet that requirement, rather than your current approach.
The clans that are active and emphasize communication, even if they are actively recruiting, are looking to see what you can bring to them before they admit you. Taking on a new clan member introduces instability into a social scene and someone inexperienced like yourself can place a burden on that clans educators; many clans have criterion you need to clear. While the clans are competing for new talent, they have limited resources and will want to see some evidence that you are bringing something they want to the table. You are very inexperienced and your interest profile is also one of the more common ones (broadly speaking the community has a shortage of main engineers, a shortage of pilots and a glut of gungineers and gunners). If you really want to find a clan that meets your core desires here you aren't really in a position to ask the clans (especially old, established ones like the Ducks) if they have what it takes, openly ask if the clans treat their members 'like cattle', or reject others out of hand because of specific software requirements. You may have to compromise, and recognize that your hand is weak and the clans who have what you want are holding most of the cards.
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From the style of your posts I think you are looking for a far more formalized and structured environment that you are likely to find in most of the GoI community. I also think you are unclear as to the nature of the negotiation taking place.
GoI does have a few clans that try to organize regular practices (skrims) and play in competitive events and it has some that are on things like TS/mumble, but the community is small and tight-knit and most clans don't have the members to do the former. They often also don't need the latter as many treat GoI like a chat client with party chat, or use Steam chat. They don't really need TS. I doubt you want TS specifically so I invite you to look at the deeper reasons for this requirement. I suspect what you are looking for is a communicative and / or social clan. I'd identify clans that meet that requirement, rather than your current approach.
The clans that are active and emphasize communication, even if they are actively recruiting, are looking to see what you can bring to them before they admit you. Taking on a new clan member introduces instability into a social scene and someone inexperienced like yourself can place a burden on that clans educators; many clans have criterion you need to clear. While the clans are competing for new talent, they have limited resources and will want to see some evidence that you are bringing something they want to the table. You are very inexperienced and your interest profile is also one of the more common ones (broadly speaking the community has a shortage of main engineers, a shortage of pilots and a glut of gungineers and gunners). If you really want to find a clan that meets your core desires here you aren't really in a position to ask the clans (especially old, established ones like the Ducks) if they have what it takes, openly ask if the clans treat their members 'like cattle', or reject others out of hand because of specific software requirements. You may have to compromise, and recognize that your hand is weak and the clans who have what you want are holding most of the cards.
Take my salute Nano.
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I appreciate everyone who posted on this topic and replied and provided me with very valuable reflections. Every clan out there is not suited for every player. Some clans already recognized the same qualities as I done with having a external voice server like TS3 and those will be the first ill be looking at. I will be looking at clans without TS3 after i tried some of the ones with TS. While other clans may still be good clans I still find the TS is a good tool to stimulate social interaction more than without.
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I appreciate everyone who posted on this topic and replied and provided me with very valuable reflections. Every clan out there is not suited for every player. Some clans already recognized the same qualities as I done with having a external voice server like TS3 and those will be the first ill be looking at. I will be looking at clans without TS3 after i tried some of the ones with TS. While other clans may still be good clans I still find the TS is a good tool to stimulate social interaction more than without.
Don't forget some clans use mumble too. It's like teamspeak, but it looks humbler and a lady reads out the text people type.
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It is great that you are looking actively for a clan on these forums but I would just like to point out one slight expectation that it seems you have misunderstood slightly. You mention trying out many clans, but I have to agree with what most others are saying that the best way to do this is simply play with people from those clans and make friends that way. I only say this because it won't be possible to clan-hop between most of the older and more established clans. Obviously I cannot speak for every clan in the game but the Gents have an application period which can last roughly 2 weeks to prove your activity due to the huge number of applications we get that never log on again :/ you have to pass this application phase before you are even given our TS password and I know that several of the other clans have similar processes to assure only those that will stay with the game are accepted.
As for organised events I feel that unless you do want to get involved in the competitive community (which may be a good idea if you are serious) fight the devs and other open community events are a really good place to start, and most large clans will have a prescence in these events so you can further get to know other clans.
on a final note, GOIO is so community based that I feel it isn't necessary to have a clan to be social, I got one don't claim to be the most well known player in the community, but it's still common for me to receive game invites and just have a good time using the in-game chat from people whom I have never been in a clan with
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*Ponders.*
We could use the accumulated information in this thread and write a guide on how to join GoIo clans...
Such information! :)
Back on track: How goes the clan search Rando?
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It is great that you are looking actively for a clan on these forums but I would just like to point out one slight expectation that it seems you have misunderstood slightly. You mention trying out many clans, but I have to agree with what most others are saying that the best way to do this is simply play with people from those clans and make friends that way. I only say this because it won't be possible to clan-hop between most of the older and more established clans. Obviously I cannot speak for every clan in the game but the Gents have an application period which can last roughly 2 weeks to prove your activity due to the huge number of applications we get that never log on again :/ you have to pass this application phase before you are even given our TS password and I know that several of the other clans have similar processes to assure only those that will stay with the game are accepted.
As for organised events I feel that unless you do want to get involved in the competitive community (which may be a good idea if you are serious) fight the devs and other open community events are a really good place to start, and most large clans will have a prescence in these events so you can further get to know other clans.
I dont intend to leave the clan as soon as i join to test a new clan. I will chose one clan that i think can work for me based on the info i received so far. Its if that clan does not meet my expectations (obviously after i given them like a few months like my last clan) that i will consider moving on to test next clans.
*Ponders.*
We could use the accumulated information in this thread and write a guide on how to join GoIo clans...
Such information! :)
Back on track: How goes the clan search Rando?
It sure is good to see so many participating, I am grateful and feel privileged to have received this much help and suggestions as well as offers. What my conclusions are so far: I still will be first consider clans among the ones who have Teamspeak3 and if i run out of clans in that category i will narrow it down to mumble and last consider clans without external voice comms. I have out of the clans that been suggested to me decided to sign up my name in the service of the Holy Roman Emperors Navy. Hopefully i wont come back to this thread but if this isn't working out ill be announcing if i become available for other clans again.
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to drop by with an update RE: my earlier post - I now run an official SREP TS3 server for the whole clan to use. It was actually your feedback that inspired me to set that up, so thanks very much Randon =]
See you in the skies!
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Hey everyone! I just wanted to drop by with an update RE: my earlier post - I now run an official SREP TS3 server for the whole clan to use. It was actually your feedback that inspired me to set that up, so thanks very much Randon =]
See you in the skies!
Well as my application at SPQR have not been adressed in a weeks time, I assume they arent interested in my application. So would you still be interested in having me?
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Or if any other clans the have a TS3 and are active on a weekly or more basis is interested in having me. feel free to PM or drop a message in this thread
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Well as my application at SPQR have not been adressed in a weeks time, I assume they arent interested in my application. So would you still be interested in having me?
My guess to this is because you have yet to play with one of our officers. If you see a SPQR clan member on, ask them what time would be good to play with us, or a Senator specifically, as they're the ones who'll be the deciding factor. We're always willing to play with an applicant, but you have to meet us half way and make half the effort.
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Well as my application at SPQR have not been adressed in a weeks time, I assume they arent interested in my application. So would you still be interested in having me?
My guess to this is because you have yet to play with one of our officers. If you see a SPQR clan member on, ask them what time would be good to play with us, or a Senator specifically, as they're the ones who'll be the deciding factor. We're always willing to play with an applicant, but you have to meet us half way and make half the effort.
its hard to play with your senators when i never see anyone of them online (more than half of them havent been online for 4-6 days). would it not be possible if i could get the TS adress to meet up with them in person and arrange a time to play? or cant you and me decide a time as we are allready communicating with you?
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or cant you and me decide a time as we are allready communicating with you?
"We are already communicating with you?" :o
Randon when is the Collective Hive Consciousness planning on making its presence known to the world?
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or cant you and me decide a time as we are allready communicating with you?
"We are already communicating with you?" :o
Randon when is the Collective Hive Consciousness planning on making its presence known to the world?
ha ha! i dont change extra for my typos :P
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or cant you and me decide a time as we are allready communicating with you?
"We are already communicating with you?" :o
Randon when is the Collective Hive Consciousness planning on making its presence known to the world?
ha ha! i dont change extra for my typos :P
Add SapphireSage as your friend, he plays on similar times to us. (Yes I've seen you about :p )