- Joined
- Mar 23, 2011
- Messages
- 298
Which game(s) are you joining us in? Rift.
Are you over 18? (you must be 18+ to apply) Yessir, or ma'am.
Are you a member of any other guild in that game? That's a negative, Ghost Rider.
What is the name of the character(s) you intend to join with? Cirrhosis
Do you have friends or family in the guild? If so what is their forum name? Not yet, who wants to get hitched?
Did you read our charter and rules? Which rules translation was your favorite? Aye, Yorkie to be sure. Cor Blimey!
Do you have an issue using Ventrilo or Mumble? (Being able to at least listen is critical for active participation in PvP/raids) Negative on both accounts.
Answer the following 4 questions. PROTIP: if your answer is shorter than the question, we will make fun of you for being boring.
1. Tell us the story of the dumbest, funniest or most embarrassing thing you've ever done: I used LiveJournal for a while once. I thought it would be interesting to use for creative writing, but then I posted about my roommates pissing me off and that I was moving out; one of my roommates "followed" my "journal". Posting on the internets that you're going to move out before talking with your roommates makes living with said roommates a little difficult. That killed that friendship for about 3 years.
Another smooth move would have to be work-related. I've worked in IT for over a decade, got in pretty much right out of high school (so I'm not that old!), but there's always something new and that's what keeps the job fresh. I was working for a national law firm when Microsoft put out one of those out-of-band, PATCH IT NOW--GIT TO ZE CHOPPA, patches. We had just purchased a brand spanking new patching platform, nothing simple like WSUS and I had orders from the director of IT and the security manager to get the patches on servers immediately. So, I get the patch lined up, appropriately scope the desired servers to target and fire it off. Now one of the out of the box features of this application, which I KNEW about, was that it defaulted to "reboot immediately after installing". I had created a policy that would deploy the patches, but not reboot, previously and like any well thought out plan...forgot to apply it to the patch job. So, one fine afternoon while everything was right with the world, everything came down...all at once. Once I saw the first server go down, my heart dropped into my stomach, followed by approximately 40 other servers dropping whatever they were doing and rebooting. I probably got 15 calls in 3 seconds, the director of IT came over asking why email went down, a partner with his name on the wall asking why none of his documents would open--or save for that matter and three remote offices calling with a loud "WTF?". I was the only one in IT that afternoon and it took me about an hour to get everything back up and working correctly. It was painful.
2. What is your Zombie Plan? I'm a methodical guy. I've thought of what I would do in SHTF moments, a zombie apocalypse is no exception. It would be a highly tactical and efficient affair for me.
I'm a married man, with two beautiful daughters. My immediate plan would be to get everyone from where ever they were and get them close to me, speeding through intersections splattering the mindless half-dead if they got in my way. Once my family was safe I would begin gathering all of the necessities: food, water, medicine if I could find it and ammunition--any I could find, regardless of what weapons I had on hand. It is an absolute fact that you will start with a pistol, find a shotgun, then an automatic rifle, then at some point find some sort of energy weapon that no one ever knew existed. I'm banking on my Mr. Fusion to fuel the latter.
Once we're supplied, we'd have to pick a base of operations. Our current home would be a good place, somewhat easy to fortify and defend, but it's in a residential area--a target rich environment for a BFG to be sure, but in the beginning it may be too many zombies too soon. If the homestead isn't an option, the next logical place would be a gas station outside of town: there would be short-term food supplies, cigarettes (don't really smoke, but if you gottem...) and gasoline blow torches to melt zombie faces off with. If one of those aren't available I would have to resort to an isolated, gated, mansion.
Regardless of our accomodations, security becomes first priority. Blocking entrances, barring (if possible) windows, padlocking/bolting/barricading doors, etc. Once the house is secure and there is enough ammunition, I would go on perimeter zombie hunts to thin the herd. If there aren't any zombies around you, you have time to make a coffee pot radio to communicate with the allied forces while the wife and kids dig an escape tunnel just in case we are set upon by the germans, I mean, the zombie horde.
Eventually with communications online, I would hope to be able to communicate with other survivors of the zombie pestilence and rejoin the social order. Naturally if that were to be a cannibalistic despotism I'd stay home...
If it did come down to my last bullets and the end was nigh, I would tearfully make sure that my wife and children did not live on as mindless rotting psuedo-corpses. I would then go down with the ship, to borrow from nautical parlance.
3. Tell us something cool about yourself that has nothing to do with gaming: I can speak in manifold accents and do impressions, which will make Vent a pleasant place for people who think that Sean Connery plays Rift. I also am a diehard Liverpool Football Club fan, I spend wayyyy too much on television so I can watch one, or if I'm really lucky, two matches in a week. Maybe that should be in the "dumbest thing..." section?
4. If you were us, why would you vote you into The U? Because I help out, I actually like gaming with people and the camaraderie that ensues. I normally try to get people to play together, instead of sitting in my corner and doing my own thing. That's why you're in a guild, amirite? I'm also a solid guildie, even though my first priority is to my wife and family, I usually can make a schedule work (if there's end-game/organized stuff to do). Otherwise I group up, head out, slay interweb dragons, or pee vee pee, depending on who's on and what people want to be doing with their recreation time.
Quick survey! We will totally judge you by the answers you give below:
• Favorite Type of Music: A single type? I can always do rock 'n roll, Queens of the Stone Age type stuff...anything but Nickleback.
• Favorite Movie: 1) Star Wars 2) Shawshank Redemption 3) Princess Bride 4) Fellowship of the Ring 5) Blade Runner
• Favorite Book: A Game of Thrones.
• Favorite Non MMO Game: Starsiege: Tribes
Are you over 18? (you must be 18+ to apply) Yessir, or ma'am.
Are you a member of any other guild in that game? That's a negative, Ghost Rider.
What is the name of the character(s) you intend to join with? Cirrhosis
Do you have friends or family in the guild? If so what is their forum name? Not yet, who wants to get hitched?
Did you read our charter and rules? Which rules translation was your favorite? Aye, Yorkie to be sure. Cor Blimey!
Do you have an issue using Ventrilo or Mumble? (Being able to at least listen is critical for active participation in PvP/raids) Negative on both accounts.
Answer the following 4 questions. PROTIP: if your answer is shorter than the question, we will make fun of you for being boring.
1. Tell us the story of the dumbest, funniest or most embarrassing thing you've ever done: I used LiveJournal for a while once. I thought it would be interesting to use for creative writing, but then I posted about my roommates pissing me off and that I was moving out; one of my roommates "followed" my "journal". Posting on the internets that you're going to move out before talking with your roommates makes living with said roommates a little difficult. That killed that friendship for about 3 years.
Another smooth move would have to be work-related. I've worked in IT for over a decade, got in pretty much right out of high school (so I'm not that old!), but there's always something new and that's what keeps the job fresh. I was working for a national law firm when Microsoft put out one of those out-of-band, PATCH IT NOW--GIT TO ZE CHOPPA, patches. We had just purchased a brand spanking new patching platform, nothing simple like WSUS and I had orders from the director of IT and the security manager to get the patches on servers immediately. So, I get the patch lined up, appropriately scope the desired servers to target and fire it off. Now one of the out of the box features of this application, which I KNEW about, was that it defaulted to "reboot immediately after installing". I had created a policy that would deploy the patches, but not reboot, previously and like any well thought out plan...forgot to apply it to the patch job. So, one fine afternoon while everything was right with the world, everything came down...all at once. Once I saw the first server go down, my heart dropped into my stomach, followed by approximately 40 other servers dropping whatever they were doing and rebooting. I probably got 15 calls in 3 seconds, the director of IT came over asking why email went down, a partner with his name on the wall asking why none of his documents would open--or save for that matter and three remote offices calling with a loud "WTF?". I was the only one in IT that afternoon and it took me about an hour to get everything back up and working correctly. It was painful.
2. What is your Zombie Plan? I'm a methodical guy. I've thought of what I would do in SHTF moments, a zombie apocalypse is no exception. It would be a highly tactical and efficient affair for me.
I'm a married man, with two beautiful daughters. My immediate plan would be to get everyone from where ever they were and get them close to me, speeding through intersections splattering the mindless half-dead if they got in my way. Once my family was safe I would begin gathering all of the necessities: food, water, medicine if I could find it and ammunition--any I could find, regardless of what weapons I had on hand. It is an absolute fact that you will start with a pistol, find a shotgun, then an automatic rifle, then at some point find some sort of energy weapon that no one ever knew existed. I'm banking on my Mr. Fusion to fuel the latter.
Once we're supplied, we'd have to pick a base of operations. Our current home would be a good place, somewhat easy to fortify and defend, but it's in a residential area--a target rich environment for a BFG to be sure, but in the beginning it may be too many zombies too soon. If the homestead isn't an option, the next logical place would be a gas station outside of town: there would be short-term food supplies, cigarettes (don't really smoke, but if you gottem...) and gasoline blow torches to melt zombie faces off with. If one of those aren't available I would have to resort to an isolated, gated, mansion.
Regardless of our accomodations, security becomes first priority. Blocking entrances, barring (if possible) windows, padlocking/bolting/barricading doors, etc. Once the house is secure and there is enough ammunition, I would go on perimeter zombie hunts to thin the herd. If there aren't any zombies around you, you have time to make a coffee pot radio to communicate with the allied forces while the wife and kids dig an escape tunnel just in case we are set upon by the germans, I mean, the zombie horde.
Eventually with communications online, I would hope to be able to communicate with other survivors of the zombie pestilence and rejoin the social order. Naturally if that were to be a cannibalistic despotism I'd stay home...
If it did come down to my last bullets and the end was nigh, I would tearfully make sure that my wife and children did not live on as mindless rotting psuedo-corpses. I would then go down with the ship, to borrow from nautical parlance.
3. Tell us something cool about yourself that has nothing to do with gaming: I can speak in manifold accents and do impressions, which will make Vent a pleasant place for people who think that Sean Connery plays Rift. I also am a diehard Liverpool Football Club fan, I spend wayyyy too much on television so I can watch one, or if I'm really lucky, two matches in a week. Maybe that should be in the "dumbest thing..." section?
4. If you were us, why would you vote you into The U? Because I help out, I actually like gaming with people and the camaraderie that ensues. I normally try to get people to play together, instead of sitting in my corner and doing my own thing. That's why you're in a guild, amirite? I'm also a solid guildie, even though my first priority is to my wife and family, I usually can make a schedule work (if there's end-game/organized stuff to do). Otherwise I group up, head out, slay interweb dragons, or pee vee pee, depending on who's on and what people want to be doing with their recreation time.
Quick survey! We will totally judge you by the answers you give below:
• Favorite Type of Music: A single type? I can always do rock 'n roll, Queens of the Stone Age type stuff...anything but Nickleback.
• Favorite Movie: 1) Star Wars 2) Shawshank Redemption 3) Princess Bride 4) Fellowship of the Ring 5) Blade Runner
• Favorite Book: A Game of Thrones.
• Favorite Non MMO Game: Starsiege: Tribes
