Age: 21

Hobbies/sports: Gaming, guitar, drinking

Previous/current RPG games played: UO for a year, SB for a year, AC for a year, WoW for a couple months.

Description of yourself: Fairly serious gamer that has been looking for a good PvP MMO since leaving my UO freeserver about 4 years ago. I have been playing tons of FPS, and MMORPG games over the years, and consider myself to be one of the better PvPers around.

Tell us what you will bring to our Guild and why you would like to join Bràthair Prasgan: I'm looking for a serious, and mature PvP guild to go into RV with. It's not a game I want to come into alone, especially when Barbs seem to be few far between. Though I do like having the odds against me.

Probably doesn't mean much since I just joined yesterday, but I like this guy already. B)

Edit: One of the questions always asked: What do you plan to be in this game? (What kind of warrior, what kind of weapons, any other proffesions, etc.)

Here's just a few questions:

How often a week do you plan on playing RV?

What do you plan on doing?

How will you help this clan?

What ethnicity will you chose? Do you know much about this period in history? If so how much? Do you plan to RP at all?

How often a week do you plan on playing RV? If accepted into the clan I'll probably be playing around 6-10 hours per week IN BETA. Then play far more once release hits. Possibly upwards of 20 hours a week, and maybe even more (my job allows me to play games on the clock :ph43r: )

What do you plan on doing? I plan on being a warrior with a 2 handed sword. Fairly high agility, mainly to get a speed advantage over the average two handed weapon user. I haven't played the game too much yet, since as I said it's not something I want to play solo.

My plans on what exactly I will be doing will change with time. At the moment I just want to get to the point where I can perfect my PvP skills in this game.

How will you help this clan? I do two things extremely well. Command, and take orders. Both are equally important imo. I can give orders, plan strats, and do whatever it takes to lead a succesful battle. Likewse, I can take and follow orders to a tee. One of the most frustrating things in gaming is people not following orders for their own selfish reasons, and hurting a team because of it.

I chose Germanic. I do know a lot about Roman history, but less about the tribes themselves. I studied latin through highschool, which is where I got a lot of my knowledge on the time period. I do RP if the people around me RP as well. I can go either way. If nobody is RPing, don't expect me to try and get it started.

What expirience do you have as a leader with strategy like this? eg do you play multiplayer RTW?

No I didn't play RTW. My experience with commanding and leading mostly comes from SB. I lead quite a few banes, and seiges as a commanding officer in the guild I was in. I take a lot of pride in my raids, and seiges, because I prefer making them more comlex, and effective than your run of the mill battle. Changing strats throughout the battle, running multiple squads, all with different plans, etc. A lot of times I even liked being outnumbered just for the chance for strategy to shine. Keeping the enemy guessing is essential, and confusing them is even better. With a good guild it is a lot easier than some might think.

I have a lot of experience leading matches in FPS games, but I don't think that is too relative here :D

Can you answer the other questions I posted, por favor?

I did in my second post :D The part with the answers you're looking for is now bold.

My apologies, friend. Thanks for the clarification :)

I am just curious. Did you win the MMORPG.com concest?

No, I've had a beta account for a few weeks now.

Thats cool. I am still waiting for my account. When I get it we should meet up and play together a little.

Same for me, my first question is if we needed someone to say harvest clay could you do that instead of PvPing?

Greetings Dagmar, its Xenophon here. I have some basic questions to ask, so without further ado:

1. What do you believe you will bring to our guild? (since your 21 and have a job you should know why I ask this).

2. Taking orders is a pretty easy job, except for those that tasted power or in this case command. How will you react if you don't get a command position? There are many people here, whom I am pretty sure all want at least some form of command/power, myself included (which is why I applied to be the leader). Ambition can be a difficult ideal to hold to closely, true that it can drive us to do great things, but it can also destroy us as we try and achieve it. What I am getting at is that it is go if you should try and strive to be the position up from your current post, but you should not expect that you will get it. Can you live with this?

3. It is not often that a 21 year old will play with those that are 15 (which is about the age most are here, myself I am 18). While most (or all) here are mature there may be times when one's humour may seem childish to you. While I, and others, try and limit these outbursts they do occasionally happen. Can you endure such trials?

4. As you may have known we are a socialist guild (or what we consider socialist). Or economics (and only economics at the moment) is based on the idea that you give 60 or 70% of what you earn to the guild and in return the guild supplies you with everything you need. This excludes luxeries, such as a fur rug for your house, curtains, silver ring, a bust (statue), etc. What it does include is weapons, armor, a house, health care (healing), clothing, materials for your proffesion (ie iron, wood, cloth, etc.). This idea has been set, so do you believe you can handle this system?

Thanks for your time, Xeno.

As I stated above I can do two things extremely well. Command, and take orders.

I would do it without question. Loyalty and trust are two of the 3 biggest parts of a guild. Both of these things are often pushed to the side, because someone wants to do what they want to do. They play the game to have fun, so they believe they should do nothing that they do not find enjoyable. In turn making things harder on everyone in the guild.

1. I can bring many things to the guild on all fronts. My strongest trait is my ability to win. Not only on the field, but with words more importantly. Politics are an extremely powerful tool, and one that I know well. Relations are my forte, and I can prove that very early on.

2. Position, rank, allowed power, etc. are all images, and nothing more. Wherever I am in the guild I will do my job tenfold, and then some. I will do what I can to the best of my ability to further the guild from the bottom of the ladder if necessary. Ambition is wasted on a single person. I'd rather look back on what I helped create rather than what I obtained.

3. I may have to be limited myself sometimes :D I believe there is a place for childish behavior a lot of times. There is always a line that will be crossed, and members should be kept in check to not cross that line, but acting like a kid is the heart of gaming really.

4. Economy, and politics are what drive a body of people. War, battles, etc. are merely used as tools to further these things. I can do either, and enjoy doing either, with the best of them.

Also, I really don't see the use of luxeries. Unless it helps me get someone done, then I don't really want it.

Hope so, since your going to need more then a strong arm to be in this guild. We have booted people who lacked 'tact' before, but I don't think this will be a problem with you.

They are illusions, position rank power, but powerful ones they are. Fear is also an illusion and we all know how powerful that is. Ambition, can be a powerful tool, what I was saying is that it is also double-edged. It is nice to meet another who too looks to what he created, but don't become the old communist Russia. The lack of ambition sufficated that country, why work hard if you all get paid the same weither your a real good surgeon who takes the extra effort or one that could have been a bus driver ten minutes before?

Having fun is good, no point of playing a GAME if it dosen't bring enjoyment. But what I was saying that there may be times where you will shake you head at the idiocy that may appear. I, myself, can a low level of tolerance of idiocy without purpose. One reason I did not join Eturia...

There are some that like wearing fancy clothes or sitting on gilded chairs. Don't expect the guild to be bringing these in for you, nor should you expect them if you don't produce a lot of goods (from which you can buy with your 40 or 30%).

I couldn't agree more. Deception is probably the most powerful political tool, as long as it is used properly, and you remember to stay loyal to your family (guild)

I agree with this as much as I do the above quoted statement. It's not the ambition that destroys the powerful though. It's the greed they lace it with.

I can deal with any amount of idiocy personally, unless the particular person is not doing their part. That kind of behavior needs to be stopped when there are a few people in the guild that are bothered by it though, because it isn't necessary.

yea, I know those people, but I can assure you I am not one of them. Luxuries are what lead to greed.


Edit: I have also added my YIM and AIM names to my profile if someone would like to contact me.

Agreed, deception has destroyed more kings and empires then swords. One of the greatest tacticions wrote an entire book about using deception to win wars... his name was Sun Tzu.

Art of War, an interesting read and worth the twenty bucks that I paid for it. Its easy to see how he conquered so much of china, the most advanced civilization for thousands of years (and also the largest population wise).


In any event, that is all the questions I had. I am sure there are others that have theirs, so it may be a few more days until you hear the results of the poll we have going.

Just one question what is your occupation? I wouldn't mind being able to play games while I work :lol: .

I might make that two questions. Where do you live?

Hehe... I'm an assistant manager at a pool supply store. Just a nice job to have while going to school, and I live near Houston, TX

My turn! More questions! :barb:

The guild's economic system is a somewhat quasi-socialist method. Right now I believe we have a tax rate of 70%. That means that 70% of your money will go to the guild. The guild will then provide you with all neccesary items for your profession, while leaving the "pretty things" for you to purchase.

Would you be able to handle this? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong...)

You say one of your hobbies is drinking. SO whats your favorite drink?

You could tax me 100% as long as I am getting decent weapons and armor.


Favorite beer.... well it's ale actually, but Fat Tire

Favorite liquor... straight vodka.... mmmmm

You sound like my grandma... hmmm That scares me.

Your grandma drinking Fat Tire and vodka neat? hot damn. Mine drinks wine.

You're in, Dagmar. Congrats ;)

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