Welcome our newest Peacekeeper, EthanReilly!

[EthanReilly]

The application submitted by EthanReilly is as follows:

[Blind Equilibrium]

Seems like a pretty good app... have to say, I'm going to have to google this SWTOR Ideal Guild Quiz though, lol.

[Arkathos]

Hey Ethan! I've seen you around the TOR forums on a regular basis, and was surprised to see your name here, but not unpleasantly surprised.

First, thanks for taking the time to drop off your application! It is, frankly, very well written and thought out - which happens to be highly important to us here when deliberating over an application. As your only concern and question was the time zones, let me quickly address it!

We are listed as US West only because "I" am in Vancouver, BC, Canada - so I revolve my time here as is my home time. That said, we always go off of central time zone for planning events as it works best for everyone on East / West with a middle ground.

We also are fortunate to have officers from all reaches of the planet, from China (Hybrid Lee), to Poland (Lord Marvel), to Texas, America (Kbrury) to Vancouver (Myself and girlfriend Cynette). So basically we have an officer online at all hours, and therefore have events scheduled for all regions so everyone is included. We have game days (for westerners) and game nights for easterners (and for westerners at night :P ). We're fully international, and I like it that way. It seems to work great so far!

Hope that answers your questions bud, anything else let me know! I will leave it up to the other members to provide questions for you to answer should they have any.

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[Arkathos]

Seems like a pretty good app... have to say, I'm going to have to google this SWTOR Ideal Guild Quiz though, lol.

Let me link you :P

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=6055534&posted=1#post6055534

Made by font from Eternal Vigilance. Close contact of mine, and good guy. Enjoy taking it! Hope you get Pax :P

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[Martonian]

Gaiutus wrote:

Hey Ethan! I've seen you around the TOR forums on a regular basis, and was surprised to see your name here, but not unpleasantly surprised. First, thanks for taking the time to drop off your application! It is, frankly, very well written and thought out - which happens to be highly important to us here when deliberating over an application. As your only concern and question was the time zones, let me quickly address it! We are listed as US West only because "I" am in Vancouver, BC, Canada - so I revolve my time here as is my home time. That said, we always go off of central time zone for planning events as it works best for everyone on East / West with a middle ground. We also are fortunate to have officers from all reaches of the planet, from China (Hybrid Lee), to Poland (Lord Marvel), to Texas, America (Kbrury) to Vancouver (Myself and girlfriend Cynette). So basically we have an officer online at all hours, and therefore have events scheduled for all regions so everyone is included. We have game days (for westerners) and game nights for easterners (and for westerners at night :P ). We're fully international, and I like it that way. It seems to work great so far! Hope that answers your questions bud, anything else let me know! I will leave it up to the other members to provide questions for you to answer should they have any.

oh were suppose to come up with questions..... hmm.... pie or cake?

[Blind Equilibrium]

Gaiutus wrote:

Blind Equilibrium wrote: Seems like a pretty good app... have to say, I'm going to have to google this SWTOR Ideal Guild Quiz though, lol. Let me link you :P http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=6055534&posted=1#post6055534 Made by font from Eternal Vigilance. Close contact of mine, and good guy. Enjoy taking it! Hope you get Pax :P

Of course I got PAX, gawd Gai :p

[Clusterfact]

Welcome to Pax, Ethan! I liked the application, thank you for taking the time to make it so well-developed.

Your application didn't leave much for the imagination, but that is a good thing as I cannot think of anything that was lacking to ask about lol. I do have one, however. Just curious, how do you handle situations in which you and another person don't quite see eye to eye on something?

I think I'll have to take that quiz too. When I found PR, it happened to be one of the first guilds I stumbled across while roaming the TOR forums..

Edit: Took the quiz.. I got Elite Jedinja Assassin Squad 8.

[EthanReilly]

Gaiutus wrote:

Hey Ethan! I've seen you around the TOR forums on a regular basis, and was surprised to see your name here, but not unpleasantly surprised. First, thanks for taking the time to drop off your application! It is, frankly, very well written and thought out - which happens to be highly important to us here when deliberating over an application.

Yes, I read that it is very important to have well written and thought out answers on the guild's HQ public forum. If you accept my application, you'll find that even when I'm not as well thought out that I do dedicate much of my time, even in game, to having good spelling and punctuation.

Gaiutus wrote:

As your only concern and question was the time zones, let me quickly address it! We are listed as US West only because "I" am in Vancouver, BC, Canada - so I revolve my time here as is my home time. That said, we always go off of central time zone for planning events as it works best for everyone on East / West with a middle ground. We also are fortunate to have officers from all reaches of the planet, from China (Hybrid Lee), to Poland (Lord Marvel), to Texas, America (Kbrury) to Vancouver (Myself and girlfriend Cynette). So basically we have an officer online at all hours, and therefore have events scheduled for all regions so everyone is included. We have game days (for westerners) and game nights for easterners (and for westerners at night :P ). We're fully international, and I like it that way. It seems to work great so far!

That's great! Just what I've been looking for! Maybe if I do well enough with this guild I will be able to create my own events.

Gaiutus wrote:

Hope that answers your questions bud, anything else let me know! I will leave it up to the other members to provide questions for you to answer should they have any.

I will answer any and all questions you have for me! Bring it on!

Nerd Rage wrote:

oh were suppose to come up with questions..... hmm.... pie or cake?

Both! "Easy as pie" and "takin' the cake"!

Clusterfact wrote:

Welcome to Pax, Ethan! I liked the application, thank you for taking the time to make it so well-developed. Your application didn't leave much for the imagination, but that is a good thing as I cannot think of anything that was lacking to ask about lol. I do have one, however. Just curious, how do you handle situations in which you and another person don't quite see eye to eye on something?

It depends. When it comes to somethings I am nonchalant, and other things I, well, can be stubborn. I once made a guild in World of Warcraft, and I made friends with another guild leader, although we did not fully see eye-to-eye on everything I decided to merge my guild with his. I brought all the members of my guild along, and had only one requirement, that the guild name be changed. The guild name was, "Indecisive" and I found that to be a particularly weak guild name. I found it to be almost of an insult. I had the name changed, but everybody complained, and people started harassing me. I left the guild because of that, and they promptly had their name reverted.

I have some more questions for this guild, now that I think of it.

1) What percentage of people who apply actually become members?

2) Would it be possible to create Pogo (www.pogo.com) game events? I have a Club Pogo membership and would like to be able to play Poker, or Monopoly, or Risk with members of this guild. With ventrilo it could be very interesting...

[Clusterfact]

Thanks for answering my question! Now I'll tackle your questions:

EthanReilly wrote:

I have some more questions for this guild, now that I think of it. 1) What percentage of people who apply actually become members? 2) Would it be possible to create Pogo (www.pogo.com) game events? I have a Club Pogo membership and would like to be able to play Poker, or Monopoly, or Risk with members of this guild. With ventrilo it could be very interesting...

1) That is almost entirely dependent on the person applying, really. Someone who can fulfill the requirements of the trial within the allotted time will usually pass on to full membership with no problem. You don't seem like someone who would neglect the trial's requirements, so I wouldn't concern yourself if that is what you were thinking. If you wanted a percentage of accepted people? Eh.. I would say 80-90% of people make it through the trial. Its not hard, but some people cannot bring themselves to follow through.

2) I don't see why this would be a problem. We already have a wide variety of game nights (and days) throughout the week, so adding in a new one might be a bit of a challenge, but we are always trying out new games and sites, so I'm sure you could find a few members to join you. Formal game nights, on the other hand, would probably have to gain some kind of consensus.

Hope that helped!

[Torvos]

Great application man! My only question is do you have any idea on what role you want to be as a Jedi Consular Heal/Melee DPS/Caster DPS/Tank. Just wondering ^^. Good Luck with your application process and look forward to seeing you around more!

[EthanReilly]

Clusterfact wrote:

1) That is almost entirely dependent on the person applying, really. Someone who can fulfill the requirements of the trial within the allotted time will usually pass on to full membership with no problem. You don't seem like someone who would neglect the trial's requirements, so I wouldn't concern yourself if that is what you were thinking. If you wanted a percentage of accepted people? Eh.. I would say 80-90% of people make it through the trial. Its not hard, but some people cannot bring themselves to follow through.

Edit: Actually I was wondering how selective this guild is in the process of letting new people join the guild.

Torvos wrote:

Great application man! My only question is do you have any idea on what role you want to be as a Jedi Consular Heal/Melee DPS/Caster DPS/Tank. Just wondering ^^. Good Luck with your application process and look forward to seeing you around more!

I plan on being a Jedi Sage, so healer/caster DPS.

Edit: If you need me to be one, I will make a Jedi Shadow.

[Captain Bubbles]

Nice application Ethan
I also love How I met your mother - in fact, as a future smuggler, I find Barney to be a well of inspiration.

You seem to be loyal to the Republic, may I ask what inspires you to fight on that side?

[Clusterfact]

EthanReilly wrote:

Clusterfact wrote: 1) That is almost entirely dependent on the person applying, really. Someone who can fulfill the requirements of the trial within the allotted time will usually pass on to full membership with no problem. You don't seem like someone who would neglect the trial's requirements, so I wouldn't concern yourself if that is what you were thinking. If you wanted a percentage of accepted people? Eh.. I would say 80-90% of people make it through the trial. Its not hard, but some people cannot bring themselves to follow through. Edit: Actually I was wondering how selective this guild is in the process of letting new people join the guild.

Well.. anyone of decent character who can fulfill the requirements we ask of them has no problem making the cut. You can never have too many quality members, so we give anyone who is willing to apply a chance for membership. Generally speaking, if someone is a jerk, or just isn't dedicated, then they have eliminated themselves. We've had some wonderful people apply and make membership, and we have had people post an application and never return.

I feel like I might be repeating myself, so I'm sorry if that's the case lol. I'm not sure how else to word that. We are open to letting anyone apply, though we are pretty close to our projected member cap at the moment. I'm not sure how many current members we have on the waiting list for their desired class, but the list is short as of now.

Let me know if any of that stumbling helped lol.

[Arkathos]

Here are some hard numbers on the pass / declines.

3 Pending.
99 Accepted.
97 Declined.

We are very selective with the quality of individual, more so than with skill since we believe that skill can be taught but character is not so easily changed. We've booted many a player and applicant for poor behavior, and allow only those who work well as a team. If one can write a great app that's wonderful, and the applicant will then pass into the trial phases. But the real test is proving to us and myself that the applicant is a good person, who deserves to be here and is here for the right reasons.

ie: Not for simply personal gain, but to be part of a team and greater community than the self.

Hope that sheds some light on our acceptance/decline rates!

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[Martonian]

Captain Bubbles wrote:

Nice application Ethan I also love How I met your mother - in fact, as a future smuggler, I find Barney to be a well of inspiration. You seem to be loyal to the Republic, may I ask what inspires you to fight on that side?

why do comments about barney always tend to make me shiver? lol