Spania - our take

[Ofury/ Tom]

I see your point but why must a guild always grow? its simple to delete inactive members but why always be focused on growing? If all you do is focus on growing and sorts it becomes less fun.... Delete the inactive members and just let people join of any size or shape thats how my guild does and we do fine and if some of your active members leave then ask to come back but your full then apartantly they aren't that loyal to ya cause the decided to join a different guild that appealed more....



(Just my say..... I was kicked outta a guild cause i was basic when i was a young pirate this matter does not float with me from my past experiances)

[Davy Darkrage]

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

I see your point but why must a guild always grow? its simple to delete inactive members but why always be focused on growing? If all you do is focus on growing and sorts it becomes less fun.... Delete the inactive members and just let people join of any size or shape thats how my guild does and we do fine and if some of your active members leave then ask to come back but your full then apartantly they aren't that loyal to ya cause the decided to join a different guild that appealed more....



(Just my say..... I was kicked outta a guild cause i was basic when i was a young pirate this matter does not float with me from my past experiances)

We do purge inactive members on occasion, however many members are active and have become very close to others in the guild. I would not say we are focused on growing, if anything the requirements are to help slow growth to a manageable rate. Again, I am sorry that you feel our requirements are unfair, but they will remain the same for the foreseeable future.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by magicmarbels

Today i was having problems getting disconnected and last night while on crew with my guild.
I went back on in game and mentioned the problem that i was having and before i knew it guild members were sending me advice. I pleasantly surprised because this was the first time i experienced this kind of responce. Thankyou all for helping. This is a great guild!

I am glad you enjoy our guild, it has a very friendly and helpful atmosphere.

[Treasurer]

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

I see your point but why must a guild always grow? its simple to delete inactive members but why always be focused on growing?

Davy Is right, we don't want to grow (not literally, but we rather prefer a steady flow)- after the 500 members it is impossible to grow more number wise (currently). But many pirates desperately want to join and would do anything to join - causing an effect that makes us take other measures - such as clean some space and give them a fair chance, otherwise people keep asking without leaving us alone; don't want to get to the point of having to report them or run away from them just not to allow them in, so we just take reasonable approach.

But we also are more than willing to grow player experience wise. If we know someone is talented we would love to guild that person as long he or she is willing to follow the rules.

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

If all you do is focus on growing and sorts it becomes less fun....

Again that is not what we do, we have do a lot more than just have fun, we have responsibilities - each one of our members does, and we have fun, we have dedication, we have experience, we have a lot more than fun.

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

Delete the inactive members and just let people join of any size or shape thats how my guild does and we do fine

We try our best not to do clean ups (anymore). We have gotten to the point where most of what we have left are great members. And it is very hard to choose people who take the kick just to have someone else join, if the person joining won't match the level of experience or the contributions the member who is already in the guild has done even if inactive. Also we have some innactive players that we know well they are inactive but they will never be removed as they have a legacy in our guild.

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

and if some of your active members leave then ask to come back but your full then apartantly they aren't that loyal to ya cause the decided to join a different guild that appealed more....

We have very few of these cases now days. But again anyone member is WELCOME to leave any time they want. We do not force our members to stay in the guild.

Originally Posted by Ofury/ Tom

(Just my say..... I was kicked outta a guild cause i was basic when i was a young pirate this matter does not float with me from my past experiances)

I am sorry you had this issue. We don't remove our members just because. Whether they are basic or not.