I've seen at least one other WAR blogger (scary?) suggest that the WAR bloggers get together and play the game at release. Which is insane (I like that) and won't work (don't like that).
There are three big issues. First, some of us already have friends we're planning on playing with (not me), some of us already have server types and factions picked out (not me), but mostly we'd bore the hell out of anybody reading our blogs, since nobody wants to read about the same humorous guild mistell from 24 different perspectives.
There's really no solution for #3. However, there is a bit of a solution for #1 and #2. What if any interested WAR bloggers (and any interested WAR blog readers) band together and make an Open Beta guild instead?
In my mind nothing good can come of this idea -- it can only lead to disaster and ruin. So you can imagine what a blogging gold mine it would be.
Now, the first thing any new guild needs to do is come up with a mission statement.
Proposed Mission Statement
Our guild will utilize paradigmatic synergies to leverage our mission statement.
Guild Name
We're bloggers so I suggest something literary, like I Stick Pen In Your Eye
Now That All the Heavy Lifting Is Done
Now that I've solved all the tough problems our guild will face, all that remains is one minor piece of trivia : Recruiting and organizing this guild. I would never know in a million years who could do this. Who could bring the entire WAR blogging community together? Who could do that?
Hypothetically, let's say there were three bloggers who were pretty well known and even had some connection to each other, like they were on the same bowling team or had a podcast together or something. Let's just arbitrarily call them "Syp", "Snafzg", and "Keen". If one of them thought it was a good idea to make a War Blogger And Friend Open Beta Action Guild, they could go ahead and do it by the sheer power of their charisma. I know that's a completely hypothetical example, but it seems simple, right?
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I like the idea of a WAR blogger guild for open beta! :D
We have one other problem, the Euro/US split :-/
But I actually think it's a fun idea!
There is the problem of the EU/US split for most aye.
However despite being EU, I always play NA servers. So I shall bridge the pond for all!
That and if you plan things for middle of the afternoon EST it doesnt bone us GMT people.
Sign me up.
Yeah, I know arbitrary, otherwise I would have said you and spinks should lead the guild instead of those other guys :)
As for ardua, I can only rarely play in the middle of the afternoon, but hopefully we'd have enough people that something would be going on then.
Although from the (lack of) response it doesn't seem like anything is going to happen.
I know no Syp. He is dead to us all.
Interesting idea, although the nature of beta is so temporary and in flux that it makes guild formation a headache. What if, instead, we all formed an open "for fun" mass blog guild on a random server none of us planned to play on?
I wouldn't want to lead it, but it'd be funny if we took a night every other week to hang out together.
*steps up to the plate*
I, the lemming, he who will faceplant before all even when playing a tank, shall lead!
Of course for the whole EST/GMT/PST inclusion thing, it'd either need to be 4ish EST or a Friday/Saturday.
Sure it can always start early and keep rolling after my bedtime, including more people. Problem solved.
Order or Destruction?
Either way, pants are optional.
I'm in! Sounds fun
I'll give it a try for open beta, for sure, posted about it over on my site as well, maybe we'll get a little more traffic. It'd be fun to play with other bloggers.
My RL is rather unpredictable, so I couldn't really commit to a certain time I'd be playing, unfortunately.
arbitrary, spinks, does the Europe/NA difference affect the open beta?
Gotta think of a good name. Is Warblogging too obvious? Or too militaristic?
Poison Pens? Mightier than the Sword? Pen and Paper (an homage to Tabletop)?
Well, we're bloggers... so how about Qwerty - The Guild?
:P
All joking aside, Heartless_, Hudson, myself, and quite a few others are down for organizing AT least on the same server even at release.
I'm sure we can make ourselves a nice blogging guild for the OB as well.
I'll jump on the question for Arb and Spinks.
Firstly, unless you get an NA copy of the game sent to Europe (which I know I am) you get the Euro servers, not the NA ones. I imaigne it is the same for open beta, as whats the point of stress testing the NA servers and not the EU ones?
Secondly there's the normal time difference issue. We're five hours ahead of New York and 8 ahead of California.
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