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Originally Posted by Jack I
I do enjoy chit-chat within guilds very much and hope that the guild is quite a friendly bunch, that's part of what I wanted in the guild. I'm just not quite the conversation starter myself, and I can't really order people to talk, bossing people around to that degree just seems immature in my eyes.
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Aww Jack, it's not that hard to get a guild chat going! Start by asking what everyone's up to, what do they think of this and that? Who wants to have a random guild sail or take some fun photos for the forum (Used to have a lot of fun with that with Pistols N Bladez, had a random story going with pictures and everything! It actually inspired my blog after a while.)
Be random! Conversations can start from the most random comments! Sometimes the krewe has a whole conversation about what we're having for dinner! If people see you making an effort.. eventually the will too! It may take some time to get people to loosen up and start chatting but they will in time. Just make sure to include everyone in the chat, especially new members. I know how nervous I was when I joined the krewe but by including me they eventually got me over the 'new member' awkwardness. You can't force people to talk but a little encouragement goes a long way...