A community Idea That I've Been Posting on other Forums!

Wasn't sure if this goes under the Community discussion or Game suggestions.Its not really a game suggestion then it is a community suggestion.

I've just registered, peeked around and love the site.So far it looks more inviting then my previous registered site the vault for guildwars or VN board.

I posted a thread there called Our community needs to step up.I'd just give you the link but some thick heads decided to debate and argue about a totally voluntary suggestion to people who are interested.Basically trying to ruin the thread by posting nonsense and jibberish filled statements just to make everyone mad.

I was suggesting that we form a more tightly formed community. A community that offers help to new players and veterans alike. From posting that thread there I found a good number of people that I've got info from and hooked up with ingame.I'm also pitching this to my guild which has a decent amount of active members right now.So far on my guild forums,the ones that are responding so far are giving positive feedback.

Now I know what you're think and that is you have a community right here in the forums and each forum has its own community.This is true. The same goes for guilds.Each guild is its own community with forums and helpful members and so on. What I'm trying to do is merge all that together.I can't do it by myself and need people's help that want to be involved. We can do give aways for unwanted items,possibly auctions, list times that escorts or people willing to do select missions to meet at certain cities.If you have enough people then each city can have some of our community members sitting there for a little while waiting for someone that needs people for missions/quests. There are so many things we can do and do as a whole.

Right now the game is pretty shallow ingame unless you have a tight guild.I am fortunate enough to have this but not everyone does. People are also getting wary of recruiting just any member anymore due to the immature actings of certain individuals such as scams, ruining a guilds rating, bad mouthing people in public.

I've gotten quite a few replies from people that say they are already helping others in game but most of us have no idea they are.So as a community we can post on these boards to thank them personally and let others know who are the good guys of guildwars. If we are all out there and start becoming known by name then when people need help they don't have to go looking for a random person and pray that they aren't one of those rude types. If I help people I tell them to add me to their friends list and if they need anything and I'm on just give me a whisper. That list can become huge quickly if we get our name out there. Also if other people have suggestions for community gatherings ingame such as dance offs or maybe a parade or something like that then they know where to contact us on forums like this or by contacting us in game. I also have a 50 person TS that a guy from VN said we could use as a meet place for us for this cause.

I originally got this idea from posts I've read in other forums that bothered me. The posts were the "i'm leaving guild wars and here is why" type.I'm always curious why people leave the games I'm playing at the time.Now from a good portion of them they all liked the game mechanics and the engine. They all liked the pve in some ways.Some wanted it longer or have this or that but overall it was good.And they also like the PVP and GVG.So why were they leaving?? Lack of community, rude people to play with,hard to get a public group, shallow players.Nothing but kill loot pvp kill loot pvp.I know thats the basis of the game but we can still add more with some help from everyone interested. I mean the main thing is rude people and lack of a community feel.If we have players out there having fun in the cities, knowing there is a group(and hopefully a good sized one too) that can offer help when they need it then it would for me ,and I know from the people I talk to them too, it would make the game a much more fun experience. Instead of having to go to an MMO to get a feel for a community(which is hard unless you've been playing awhile or know someone already), we could just do it right here.

At the moment we don't have much to work with ingame. We can't join guilds together to form alliances(which I would do but it wouldn't mean that they can't compete against each other in PVP or GVG.They would be able to definately). We could form alliances outside the game and thats would I would like to do.Join guilds and non guild players together to form a true community. Only people dedicated to the cause though as we don't want any hate mongers joining just to ruin everyone's experience. We can atleast come up with ideas and share them on these boards for now and eventually make a site just for this cause and have people peek in to see whats going on in guildwars that day or that week,month.

If we form a tight community then ANET may take a look at this and help us out if we are dedicated towards it. So far they have listened to the players,more then any other online game I've played and quicker too. So i think that there is enough people involved then they would start adding game content to help us out and make it more enjoyable .Maybe add fireworks displays for people to sit and chill inbetween battles at certain cities during special events hosted by our organization. I mean the possibilties are endless and they would be if we had ANET on our side. I enjoy helping people because it leads to them helping the next guy. Helping people in this game is only going to have them stay and play and do the same when it's their time.Also they will tell others how nice people are on guildwars ,especially this group(us).Others will be curious and buy the game to see what all the hubbub is about.

I know you can go out of your way to help someone only to have them screw you over or not even give a thank you. These people will be quickly identified by our members as outcasts to our society if needed.I'm willing to give people chances as I have faith in humanity. But if its a constant troublesome player interfering with our members and/or projects then we will take action within the rules.

So I'd like to hear what you all think on here and thank you ahead of time for reading my long post.

PS: If you wish to contact me ingame and need anything or just want to chat,feel free to.

Trebon Drak is my main PVE character I'm still working on.

I am all for a tight-knit community...

Count me in. My account Manadar the Healer is at Ring of Fire, and if not in a mission, I can help with anything before that.

I don't know about my current guild, though. Management would have to say OK first

I don't have a guild but I post at this forum.

There are a few types of people who post at forums. Many, like myself, want involvement with the Guild Wars community (that's what this forum is for.)
Other like somewhere they can be heard. They want post negative or positive threads just to get some responce because you can't do that in game so well.
It's a nice idea. Personally I think this forum is a nice tight chickens arse of a forum. Well constructed and managed and the strict rules keep it a more friendly forum than some.

I suggest hang around a bit and see just how well this forum IS run. If you faux pas then you get about two strikes and you're out

I like that

But anyone feel free to ask me any advice. At any rate I think this thread will identify those who are willing to give advice and help if needed.
My Ign is Ayhra Eyahl. When you want me you'll most probably find me in Lion's Arch arguing with someone

uber-long thread and my class starts in 1 minute, still have yet to coffeefy too. I'll read later, but for now:

Welcome to Guildwarsguru. I love it here too. I used to go to gwonline a lot, but the site isn't as full as this one, and also they have a harsh opposition to linking "competing" fansites. Since I see the gw community as a "scratch my back" community this attitude has slowly pushed me away. I've never heard of a warning, post edit, or even comment on guildwarsguru about linking to a "rival" fansite.

This place is full, got good peeps, good mods, good features... now we just need a keg of dwarven ale around here.

PS. Sorry for not reading/commenting on your ideas, not trying to hijack the thread. I'll read when I get time later.

I do like the forums and do intend on using it for this cause even if I'm the only one participating which I can see I won't be. There are many good,giving people in this game and its showing by the responses I've be getting from this thread from many different forums.


I will use all the useful and decent forums for news,announcements,ect for this community idea. I'm still piecing everything together as it is a fairly new idea that I originally posted about this week. So I'm not sure when we're going to organize but first I need to find out who and how many want to help and how we are going to do it.Are we setting up alliances or just having certain guild members/leaders see what is up on the table and telling their members from that point and if so how? Am I going to have to post on every forum? These are all things I'm trying to work out and until I get a solid group of definates then I'll fill everyone in on all the details.

Thanks Manadar, I'm glad to hear it so soon after I posted too.

Mistress, you can be apart of it without a guild.This is not going to be guild based but I want to make it easier for guilds to allocate the members to go do what they need to do. I don't want people barking orders and making people help others. I want it to be volunteer and if you can then you can.If you can't then thats ok too. We can use the help anyways we can so if you want to help out then great.You don't have to be in a guild to do so.

Thanks for the quick replies and positive feedback.

EDIT:

Thank you too Tippy. I will try and contact you all sometime this weekend ingame just to let you know I added you to the friends' list.

IGN of Caco Cola

I can't promise that the advice I give is good advice, but if someone asks me for some I'll give them my words of wisdom.

I'm uh...done with the game and now do random stuff, whatever meets my fancy.

Any help is appreciated by me and anyone else helping us to form this community project cola.

Thank you.

No problem, whenever you have time just let me know.

if u ever need any help setting this up i am avaible. i get bored with the game and go and do random quests with people (espicaly the The Great Norther Wall were i can be literally invincible)

Great.Right now I'm just doing what you see.Posting on various forums and getting feedback. I haven't even had much time to play but I want to plan this and do it right so It doesn't fail and people start to lose faith in the idea of a community for this game. I've had a few negative posts stating that there is no way I'm going to be able to pull this off.That guildwars isn't setup to support a community.Its PVE,PVP then PVE char 2 then PVP. I disagree.Thats how they may see it now but I see a company that can easily add content in the blink of an eye and they are utililizing that. With this technology I can easily see them watching their game form a big strong community and the community as a whole asking them for game content to make the community atmosphere more fun and I doubt ,and I mean seriously doubt they would ignore us.Even if it means changing the setup alittle. As long as it doesn't affect the PVE or PVP then I see no problem in them doing things for a strong community.

If you want and this goes for anyone interested.If you know any sites for guildwars or guilds/groups participating in guildwars let me know on here or PM me their forums/main page. Or if you want you can post a thread like I have on here or you can even link it to them or just copy and paste the thread. I don't even care if you say you wrote it aslong as it gets out there and reaches the decent Guildwars members we're trying to reach.

Thanks for your replies and any help ahead of time.

I didn't want this thread to get lost.Sorry for the double post.

I am always down for helping someone with a mission or quest i've completed...or doing a quest with an interested party.

IGN: Algren Cole

Iteicea Destroidium...14 e/me always ready to do any mission anyone needs help on IG

Adelissa Signe. Almost always willing to help. admittedly I dont play as often as I post but i'll do what I can do. i'm more of a one man guild atm, my other member/friend seems to get on only once in a blue moon.

16 Ran

my secondary's not worth mentioning, i dont use it.

Great, I'm writing everyone's name down and am in contact with a big organization that is already doing what I've been proposing.Just waiting to see if they like the idea.

I love this idea. In fact, most of my guild is geared towards helping others and doing what you can to promote the community.

Also, welcome to this forum. You'll still see the rare troll or flamer here, but I think for the most part we're a good group.

Feel free to add me if you'd like.
IGN: Ardus Shadowmane, I'm not done with the game yet, at Lion's Arch currently. I bounce around a lot depending on what guildies and family and random people need.

Count me in. Currently working my way through, but happy to help anyone who needs it whereever I can.

IGN: Melchior Erionis (E/Mo14)

Add me in too

Rynn Tarisian - Lv 20 Ascended in the Shiverpeaks

hey,

i love the thinking. i'm looking forward to a helpful community that gains the support of ANET. i was reading and thought... its a little naive... but then again... isn't that what this game should be all about?

my main PvE character is Sandra The Savory. lvl 20 Desert (bout to do ascension) looking foward to talking to ya...

I think I replied to one of these on another site, but as I haven't had word from you I'll post a new one here, its nicer here than at guildhall.net, less angst and more decent discussion.

The name is Spirit of Ice, or Spirit of Death...or Spirit of Balthazar, whichever you feel like remembering.

Great idea. I'm only sorry that I didn't find this thread earlier but here I am nonetheless.

Sometimes it's really hard to get help and some people who could just choose not to. It's their choice.

Now, I finished the PvE part of the game and I don't like PvP very much (only when I am really bored). This means that I rather be doing something in PvE and I stay online pretty much to help my guild mates. I would love to be involved in this. It really does feel great to help people out and they usually are grateful.

Accolon Pendragon is the name. Just add me to your lists and don't be afraid to ask me for help or information.