Azulian, GW2 engineer application

[CothOmega]

Hey all,

I'm Derek from Indiana. I've been playing MMOs for... well close to 8 years now. I'm 24 years old with a BS in History.

I've been playing GW2 since the first beta weekends, with a few months off in the middle for some soul searching. (read: girlfriend and other video games).

I like to consider myself a very laid back person, but when it's time to get a job done I am definitely your man.

I used to Co-GM my long time guild in WoW and have had years of experience raid leading. But that is kind of in the past. Now, I just like to be told what to do and enjoy the games.

Souls Assassin is the SoH member who tipped me off to this delightful little group. Apparently, he shadowed me in game for a while during some Timer Bosses and declared me a competent gamer (which is really awesome to hear from someone not myself <3). He pointed me in the direction of this fine site, and after reading through all the different 'About Us' kind of topics you all sound pretty great.

I have no problem being a contributing member to this guild. Anyway, look forward to hearing from you!

-Derek

PS: My current play schedule tends to be in the late evenings. I work tech support from 12-8:30 EST so my play doesn't really tend to start until about 10ish. Tues/Wed are my days off.

[Huntyre]

Hi Derek,

I'm glad Souls sent you over to the site and you got an intro up. I believe he mentioned to me that you where currently in another guild. We do requiring repping, so I'm wondering what you intend to do with the other guild? My other concern is that while you sound like we could be a good fit, your play schedule is obviously off-peak for the majority of us. As getting to know you is very important to us, are you an avid forum user? What's your play schedule look like on your weekends?

Lastly, tell us a bit about yourself. What do you like doing in game? PvE, PvP, WvW? What about outside of work? Hobbies, etc...

[Fera]

Hi Derek -- welcome to the boards

I'm curious.... what/whose history was your primary focus? And how did you parlay that into a career in tech support? There's gotta be a story there!

Chances are I'll be logging off just as you log on, so we'll have to play catch-up on the getting-to-know-you on Tues and Wed. In the meantime, Huntyre will get you squared away. I look forward to meeting you

[SoulsAssassin]

Thanks for stopping by Derrick and showing interest in our guild/family! Was a pleasure meeting you in game and hope to be seeing and hearing you a lot more very soon.

[Tyrlis]

Hi, welcome to the boards. I'm an amateur history buff myself, I'm planning a trip this summer to be there for the Gettysburg 150th. I won't be wearing a wool uniform in the Pennsylvania summer heat though...

[CothOmega]

My major tended to focus mostly on Post-WW2/ Cold War Era and Beyond Europe.

My thesis was a Compare and Contrast Between the Resistance Movements of Norway and Finland during WWII.

As enthralling as that sounds, 25 pages got quite tedious and quite boring rather fast. XD

I'm pretty much dedicated to PVE content, with casual elements of WvW thrown in. I really like the PVP style in GW2, it;s just really easy to get bored with it when you don't really have a group to play with.

And as far as repping goes, I am perfectly fine with solo repping SoH. My current guild was pretty much a random invite when I came back to the game from my little hiatus.

And with forums, I wouldn't consider myself 'avid' unless I had a definite reason to go back and visit each day/ get info. Returning to the forums daily wouldn't be an issue, but I'm not really the kind to sit and post for an extended sitting. lol

And more about me;

-Fera, the transition from a history major to working tech support was more out of monetary need than desire. XD I've always been good with computers, and the position opened up. As far as History-related professions go in my area, about the only thing there is is teaching... and thats really just not for me. My girlfriend, though; she starts teaching high school this fall. So I will just get to hear all of her horror stories. lol

-I'm a huge adventure/RPG style gamer. Final Fantasies, old SNES rpgs, Elder Scrolls... the list is long. I also really like StarCraft, I am just absolutely terribad. Oh well.

-I played WoW for about 6 years. Co-GM'd the last 4. Was a raid leader through our ICC normal/heroic 10 man progressions. That was fun. My guild transferred servers to Alliance Stormrage, and ever since then the guild just kind of fell apart. Most of the core members are still there, it's just not the same.

-I have a pet hedgehog named Wedge! And a cat named Edgar that is a Hemmingway Polydactyl cat! (He has 2 thumbs per front paw. It's cute.)

Also play time on the weekends is pretty much the same. I still work Fri/Sat/Sun, so I'm not available til after I get home at around 9PM.

[Huntyre]

Hi Derek -

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to change your forum status to Recruit so you can have greater access to the boards. Make sure to take the time to read the following threads:

• read and sign the Code of Conduct here
  
• Mumble download and setup is here
  
• GW2 Chapter new member orientation here
  

Once you've had a chance to look everything over, feel free to /w any of us (Huntyre, Tyrlis, Atrael or Fera Moan) in the GW2 Chapter:

Look forward to seeing you in game.

[Fera]

ZOMG, another cat-lover! <3! Friend of mine has a poly-puss he named Paddles. Gorgeous cat. Fitting name. ^^

[Booski]

Welcome Derek!! Looking forward to gaming with you

[CothOmega]

Woo!