Ashin

Congratulations and well-earned.

On 8/15/2018 at 1:26 PM, Keg said:

I became aware of SoH years ago when ArchAge first launched. I got my farmstead up and running and found myself neighbors with a friendly and chatty Fera and she told me all about SoH!

This is actually kind of adorable.

Also, I approve of your avatar.

Wow - I never would have guessed Exile was a boxer and a volunteer at the local hospital. I clearly know that he drinks Apple juice through a sippy cup, tho.

lol @ my iPhone forcing me to capitalize apple 

Yay, Exile! (Valence B. here, but most people in the guild know me as Ashin.) Awesome to see you here.

Question #1: Should I buy a PS4?

Question #2: Are you thinking about college?

Question #3: What is your favorite juice? And do you actually have a juice cup?

On 3/11/2018 at 7:17 PM, Fera said:

You're use of the English language is stellar

Tut-tut, my friend!

On 3/11/2018 at 5:11 PM, Ratchettt001 said:

I want to get out of my comfort zone a little bit

Apply that philosophy to all areas of your life, and I suspect you'll be pleased with the results.

We like our Texans in this guild - welcome!

On 3/6/2018 at 8:55 AM, Estarriol said:

Well, then, what's your favorite smell? 

Hm.

Maybe coffee! Garlic in hot oil. Coriander (the ground seeds or the leaves).

I can say that fish sauce is my least favorite. I don't mind the taste at all, but fermented fish is something I never need to smell.

I'm pretty neutral on human body odor. Sometimes it's offensive, but sometimes I kind of like it!

On 3/7/2018 at 4:24 PM, Oolong said:

the write up about the 5 dirty words of gaming

You have it right. The title was inspired by a legendary comic bit by George Carlin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dCIKqkIg1w

(NSFW, maybe offensive, and absolutely brilliant)

Thanks for sharing about yourself so generously - I commend your courage. I'm not playing ESO but I hope you stick around and enjoy our community!

Great intro post. I'm not playing ESO but I think we're going to be friends!

23 hours ago, Estarriol said:

What's your favorite smell?

I don't think anyone has ever asked me this question tbh.

Hello!

Belated welcome!

Which crew??

Awesome.  One minor clarification - I think you mean Cohort, right?

On 2/11/2018 at 7:23 PM, Jackal said:

One small housekeeping item: some of the pinned posts on the Policy & Leadership forum are now outdated. 

May I nominate you to huddle with Fera and suggest some edits or archiving as appropriate?

Looks like something's happening here? 

On 3/9/2012 at 2:00 PM, Inedit said:

This is always interesting. When I first joined SoH, it took me a bit to map even Forum names to WoW names. Then there was the layer of voices to Mumble names to WoW names to Forum names. After a while, the voices became very distinct and the mapping was clear.......then I joined Pink and I had to start all over again.

Using real names can be a bit......meh. Let's pick on Cal. Technically, Cal's real name is longer than his WoW name -- am I ever going to call him his real name? No. Why? B/c it's easier to say Cal.

Then, there are preferences -- perhaps, Ashin has a quirk where he doesn't want to be called Bob (it is Bob, right?!). So now, we all have to call him Bobster. I have to remember to say, "DI me, Bobster!" -- rather than seeing Warlock w/name Ashin and using that name.

The easiest way I've found to associate voices with players, is to focus in on a certain quality that creates a distinction. When I first joined Pink, I had a difficult time with Ashin v. Sol v. Feja (and don't bring up the solo Monitor detail!); on Purple, I had a Mord v. Luc confusion for a bit. I made myself focus on details:

• Feja - sounds like he is driving by in a car while trying to say his sentence
• Korrek - always very boisterous -- typically can hear Adele in the background
• JJ - all twang, all the time; can hear a big grin on his face when he's pleased with himself (which is always )
• Ashin - you can hear a furrowed brow
• Sol - interesting slow/quick cadence
• Hip - growl to twang
• Cal - sentences usually punctuated with laughing/bit of an echo
• Dev - soft-spoken, slight detection of a twang
• Nen - at times, quick and forceful
• Duke - crazy accent (still working on this one)

 

Totes helpful, right?

I just re-read this thread while in the process of archive / cleanup / re-org.

First, I was impressed by what a dick I was in my initial response to Corben.

But then I found this gem. I LOVE that Korrek's memory prompt was "typically can hear Adele in the background" !

@Inedit @Fiz

On 2/3/2018 at 7:44 PM, Simone said:

Restated: can existing guild members form an SOH guild in a game before it turns into a cohort proper, provided we aren't recruiting new members?

Yes.

I might pick up a ps4 - but that can’t interact with PC players?

Congratulations to @Rahk Aorm on his promotion to Member!

Just a tiny update that I asked other Council folks to help out getting comma set up since I’m still settling in to my new place. We also still need to sort out a few forum structure things as far as council, vets, etc.

But consider yourselves free to recruit while everything is under construction. 

Just popping in to say that I’m watching the thread. I’m not crystal clear on whether we have three vets or not - Simone you can count yourself as one of them. 

Im a little curious about the game, since it advertises that you can play it as single player for the story. But I’m not really gaming atm so I don’t want to count myself as one of the three!

Cohort status approved!  I’ll type more and do things on the morning.

8 minutes ago, Practical said:

Will there continue to be a place on the forum for that discussion

We will probably retire the applicant review forums and replace them with a general purpose Veterans lounge.. although I don't really want too much communication to potentially shift from Member forums to a Vets forum, so I do need to think on that some.

2 hours ago, Practical said:

I do have a thought on the recruitment process: Two votes of confidence represent two veteran members who have had positive experiences with a recruit. What if a 3rd has a negative experience?

That's a good question.

Practically speaking (see what I did there?) I think that the few times when we have concerns about a recruit, they tend to be pretty widely shared.  I can remember a few times when most folks found someone to be fine, but one person had a personality conflict or bad experience.  In those kinds of cases, I think it becomes the responsibility of the Vet(s) to communicate with each other.  For example: "hey - I know that you recently sponsored Ashin, and I want to let you know that I had a pretty bad encounter with him over the weekend."  Etc.

That is going to be a general theme: with the new privilege of recruitment, Vets will need to take more responsibility for the outcome.