Greetings,
As you all may know, one of the topics of the alliance meeting that didn't get *too* far out of control was the formation of some alliance based PvP teams. One of the decisions was that I would take point on it and organize the teams for GvG and HA. As with any PvP group just starting out, it's important to know who can do what so that we don't sit around saying stuff like "uh, so who wants to monk?" Because of that, I'm going to be asking for some basic information from people before we even begin to start meeting on a regular basis or discuss what build we'll be using. After all, it's a little hard to put a team together if you don't know what your teammates can do.
Also, I'm going to arrange different groups based on ability. Now before you start crying elitism or whatever, let me explain what I have in mind. First, this applies only to GvG. The HA group is going to be whoever shows up can play. GvG will be divided into two different types of groups initially. There will be one group for beginners that have very little, if any, GvG experience and one group for people that have experience and generally know how it works.
The beginner group is not likely to do more than scrimmages, just because of the controlled nature of them. When this group meets, it will basically be a teaching session, really. There will be at least one or two others there with a good amount of experience to help explain things to people. Everything from skill selection to what the flag is for. Bear in mind that the best way to learn is to do so you will be playing matches, just not ranked.
The second group, which is for people with experience, will meet and have a prechosen build for use. Depending on the number of people that show up from each guild, we may rotate players or do unrated challenges against other guilds that are not neccessarily a part of the alliance. Because of the requirement of four players from a guild we may or may not play ladder matches.
Next, there is the issue of a meeting time. To start things off, I am going to set days and times now. If there are too many issues with them then we can change them, but for now these times will be it:
I'll work out the different time zones later, for now these are the Eastern US times (which is EDT atm)
Beginner GvG: Saturdays, 3 PM
GvG: Tuesdays, 9 PM
HA: Wednesday - Friday, 3 PM
One more thing: because this is PvP, we will be using Vent. For the beginner teams, having a mic is not required but recommended. For all other teams you must have a mic so you can communicate with the team.
For those that want to participate, I would appreciate you leaving the following information either in this thread or in a PM sent to me:
Name: not your real name, just one that I can use to easily recognize you.
Account Name:
Your time zone and its relation to GMT:
Classes you have PvP experience with:
In order, the classes you feel the most comfortable playing:
Type(s) of PvP experience you have:
How much you've played...
GvG:
HA:
Where you've spent most of your PvP time:
Roles in GvG you have experience with:
If the times I have listed are bad for you, please provide the time when you are most likely to be available (I don't need to know your entire playing schedule, if you say weekdays after 7pm I'll get the idea). If those times can work for you, then, well, I don't need to know your schedule since that'll just confuse me.
I'll be posting this on every allied guild's forums, but the ones I check the most frequently are RB's (obviously). If you need to contact me the easiest way to do so is by PM. In game communication is fine too, but my play time is mostly random right now and if there's a lot of chat or I'm involved in something I'm likely to miss a whisper. If that happens, don't take it personally, it wasn't done on purpose.
edit: No, I don't know how I managed to get that heart attached to the thread.
As you all may know, one of the topics of the alliance meeting that didn't get *too* far out of control was the formation of some alliance based PvP teams. One of the decisions was that I would take point on it and organize the teams for GvG and HA. As with any PvP group just starting out, it's important to know who can do what so that we don't sit around saying stuff like "uh, so who wants to monk?" Because of that, I'm going to be asking for some basic information from people before we even begin to start meeting on a regular basis or discuss what build we'll be using. After all, it's a little hard to put a team together if you don't know what your teammates can do.
Also, I'm going to arrange different groups based on ability. Now before you start crying elitism or whatever, let me explain what I have in mind. First, this applies only to GvG. The HA group is going to be whoever shows up can play. GvG will be divided into two different types of groups initially. There will be one group for beginners that have very little, if any, GvG experience and one group for people that have experience and generally know how it works.
The beginner group is not likely to do more than scrimmages, just because of the controlled nature of them. When this group meets, it will basically be a teaching session, really. There will be at least one or two others there with a good amount of experience to help explain things to people. Everything from skill selection to what the flag is for. Bear in mind that the best way to learn is to do so you will be playing matches, just not ranked.
The second group, which is for people with experience, will meet and have a prechosen build for use. Depending on the number of people that show up from each guild, we may rotate players or do unrated challenges against other guilds that are not neccessarily a part of the alliance. Because of the requirement of four players from a guild we may or may not play ladder matches.
Next, there is the issue of a meeting time. To start things off, I am going to set days and times now. If there are too many issues with them then we can change them, but for now these times will be it:
I'll work out the different time zones later, for now these are the Eastern US times (which is EDT atm)
Beginner GvG: Saturdays, 3 PM
GvG: Tuesdays, 9 PM
HA: Wednesday - Friday, 3 PM
One more thing: because this is PvP, we will be using Vent. For the beginner teams, having a mic is not required but recommended. For all other teams you must have a mic so you can communicate with the team.
For those that want to participate, I would appreciate you leaving the following information either in this thread or in a PM sent to me:
Name: not your real name, just one that I can use to easily recognize you.
Account Name:
Your time zone and its relation to GMT:
Classes you have PvP experience with:
In order, the classes you feel the most comfortable playing:
Type(s) of PvP experience you have:
How much you've played...
GvG:
HA:
Where you've spent most of your PvP time:
Roles in GvG you have experience with:
If the times I have listed are bad for you, please provide the time when you are most likely to be available (I don't need to know your entire playing schedule, if you say weekdays after 7pm I'll get the idea). If those times can work for you, then, well, I don't need to know your schedule since that'll just confuse me.
I'll be posting this on every allied guild's forums, but the ones I check the most frequently are RB's (obviously). If you need to contact me the easiest way to do so is by PM. In game communication is fine too, but my play time is mostly random right now and if there's a lot of chat or I'm involved in something I'm likely to miss a whisper. If that happens, don't take it personally, it wasn't done on purpose.
edit: No, I don't know how I managed to get that heart attached to the thread.
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