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Posted: January 19, 2009 12:39 am  | |||||
      IRC Nickname: His Lordship Group: Founder Posts: 6029 Member No.: 1 Joined: December 26, 2007 Total Events Attended: 129    | "I'm socially well-off in WG... I don't need this guide." "I don't think social skills can be taught by guides" "I'm not a teen. I'm a proper adult. I'll be fine." "WG has a great community of members. What do we need this guide for?" Did you think any of the above? THINK AGAIN FACT: WG (until about 1 year ago) was the most famous drama-clan in Runescape. FACT: Drama is the NUMBER ONE cause of leavings in WG today FACT: A large proportion of this clan does not know the right way to avoid it and diffuse it. FACT: Learning how to get along with WG members is VERY simple ________________________________ AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WILDGUARD COMMUNITY ________________________________ So you're new to WG? Or perhaps you're a long-standing member. Either way, you've figured out pretty fast that this community is something different. It can have some pretty sad moments, but on the whole, it's a lot of fun. What's the secret? Its all the tiny little things. The WG T-Shirt, calling by first name, IRL meetings and the over-use of the Real Life forum... all these make us get to know the person behind the pixels. There's a lot of emphasis on the human and not the character. And then we have a large amount of low-pressure events too. Our underrated event leaders are making events round the clock. These events ensure we can grow as large as we want, and at the same time keep the community atmosphere. And third, steady recruitment allows us to give attention to every new member. Too many members too quickly doesn't give each new member the intimacy and they may feel left out. We don't want that. There a billion other things too that make WG unique. It's irreplaceable and no other clan could attempt to copy it. This is something we want to preserve. The community is our greatest asset. So here is this guide for you to ensure that you are being a positive force in this community. ________________________________ A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER ________________________________
________________________________ THE STEPS TO TAKE ________________________________ If You Are New If you are new to the clan world you'll find this a bit easier. If you've come from another clan, you might struggle here. Basically, don't start demanding changes until you've adjusted into the WG system. A lot of the time, members may come from other clans and like something from their old clan that they want to see in WG. That's great, actually. We like learning about different methods that may work out better for us. But just exercise caution. These experienced WG members don't take kindly to new people coming in and trying to change things. "Who is this guy? He's brand new and he thinks he knows how the place is run" Keep your head low for a bit and get friendly with the members. We're more likely to listen to a friend than a stranger. Having A Go At People Now you gotta admit, there is something strangely cool about putting people down. Don't know what it is. Friends do it all the time. "Shut up douche" etc... WG is a swearing clan. Sorry, this isn't going to change, mostly because the Primary Leader is a big fucking culprit. We love to put each other down, especially in the IRC. "Shut up Lee, you have a 1 inch penis" The rule here is simple. FRIENDS ONLY. If you're new, you're going to have to wait a while before you can acceptably do this. We won't do it to you, so don't do it to us. For most people, its not a joke until you know each other, so lay off until you know 100% that the person getting it is going to be comfortable with it. Don't assume just because you're in the clan, everyone automatically likes you. It's a great community, but even we can't make instant friends for you. The other thing to remember is... no minorities. I mean OK I'll let slip "You Asian fag" and such... but only if nobody is offended by it. I'm Asian and I'm OK with being called an Asian. The few gay people I know are OK with people calling each other fags, but if someone's around that doesn't like their minority being slandered, exercise caution. It's not an issue most of the time. If it is I'll let you know. Getting Into Arguments Well not everyone gets along. You're bound not to like someone in all likelihood. Tiny arguments come up pretty much every day in the IRC. They mean nothing. But every now and then, usually a few weeks apart, there's a chat room conversation that tears the community apart. "Forget it I'm quitting. I can't take this shit" They are nasty, and I'm proud to say they are getting less and less common. It is So0o0o0o0 easy to avoid. Look, people don't like getting confronted in the main channels, #wg and #wg_lobby. There's all these people there. If you call them out on something they do not want to humiliate themselves. They'll fight back. Teens. This might be OK amoungst adults, but teens are still finding their self-esteem and they get defensive much easier (on the whole of course). They hardly ever back out. They bite back. You want to call them out on some shit that went down? Private message. If they get bitchy to you in private, then either tell a leader, or ignore them. If they get bitchy with enough people, it becomes an issue for the leaders. Arguments are good. It allows people to see your morals... but as long as its debate and nothing personal, we're all good. There is a fight in the IRC. Now what? You can either ignore it, join it, or diffuse it. We all know which of those three is the ideal choice. I'll teach you how to do it. Immediately, you have to take the stance of peer pressure. Show them what they are doing is not on. Good Responses to a Fight
Bad Responses to a Fight
The same goes with forum posting. Forum posts are for many to see. Pick a fight with a member on one of those, and be guaranteed a forum warning is headed your way. More to come in the near future. Please feel free to ask questions as you wish. --------------------  | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 12:43 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: leecable Group: Banned Posts: 1938 Member No.: 410 Joined: April 1, 2008 Total Events Attended: 178 | Good post, makes sense. Thanks for using me in your post  Made me actually giggle. --------------------    | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 12:44 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Hyperion Group: Ex-Member Posts: 1636 Member No.: 978 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 141 | WG is a swearing clan. Sorry, this isn't going to change, mostly because the Primary Leader is a big fucking culprit. --------------------    Dragon boots:29 Whips:2 | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 12:51 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Kero2|bryan Group: Guest Posts: 1302 Member No.: 91 Joined: January 2, 2008 Total Events Attended: 26 | Well put. Mebe you should add a section on good ways to make friends or something around those lines. I enjoyed the swearing part -------------------- Best pure f2p Guardian  Post here http://www.wildernessguardians.com/forum/i...owtopic=20&st=0   | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 12:52 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Lefty Group: Emeritus Posts: 3340 Member No.: 1055 Joined: June 30, 2008 Total Events Attended: 211 | Great guide Elias. Made me laugh and pointed out some valid points for new members to know. --------------------      | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 01:02 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Sithofwookie Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2842 Member No.: 815 Joined: June 11, 2008 Total Events Attended: 48 | haha That's an awesome guide and a lot of this can be applied irl also. -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 01:25 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: rachellove Group: Council Posts: 6955 Member No.: 173 Joined: January 31, 2008 Total Events Attended: 305 | omg no hugging? Depends who is hugging and what the fight is really on that. --------------------  Thank you Garrett and Dallar. “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” ~~Colin Powell ~~  | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 03:03 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Pyro Blade26 Group: Ex-Member Posts: 782 Member No.: 84 Joined: January 1, 2008 Total Events Attended: 64 | "Shut up Lee, you have a 1 inch penis" LMFAO! Subliminal Messages much? =p yes yes i read the guide, i see you put alot of effort into it, nice work =). NOW if people can begin to follow it, we'll should see some improvement --------------------     | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 03:54 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Jenny Group: Emeritus Posts: 1967 Member No.: 19 Joined: December 29, 2007 Total Events Attended: 56 | I thought Lee had a larger penis than that..who knew?? --------------------   | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 07:58 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Havochaha Group: Ex-Member Posts: 2257 Member No.: 106 Joined: January 5, 2008 Total Events Attended: 113 |
i call it the 1 inch wonder  also good guide lordy  -------------------- Havochaha Perm Banned Oct 1st 2009 Havochaha Unbanned February 13th 2011  http://www.erepublik.com/en/referrer/Omar+Dandan How to Make 10m an Hour | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 08:01 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Mickey Group: Emeritus Posts: 5305 Member No.: 48 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 282 |
Very ture  Very great guide Elias. Worth reading to everyone, not just new members. --------------------    | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 08:03 am | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Kiwi011 Group: Emeritus Posts: 3052 Member No.: 40 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 21 | dam i thought this was for irl lol --------------------  | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 08:17 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Group: Banned Posts: 2447 Member No.: 114 Joined: January 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 149 |
 Now every one knows Lee has a 1" pns! Poor Lee... -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 10:16 am | |||||
| IRC Nickname: rachellove Group: Council Posts: 6955 Member No.: 173 Joined: January 31, 2008 Total Events Attended: 305 |
Maybe it's what you do with the inch you have? -------------------- Thank you Garrett and Dallar. “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” ~~Colin Powell ~~ | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 03:38 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Chimpy Group: Banned Posts: 2521 Member No.: 1474 Joined: November 16, 2008 Total Events Attended: 133 | Very nais guide, GJ Lawdy! --------------------    | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 03:55 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Mmangler Group: Emeritus Posts: 1595 Member No.: 1580 Joined: December 24, 2008 Total Events Attended: 165 | Excellent, elements from MOB management of organizational behavior. I especially liked the advice for new members about keeping your head low. Oh my gosh then why am I posting????  -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 04:00 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Nirvanas Group: Ex-Member Posts: 334 Member No.: 240 Joined: February 16, 2008 Total Events Attended: 24 | If someone's looking for a mate it's as simple as /query Nirvanas -------------------- Safe as fuck mate, safe as fuck | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 04:01 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: [Narita] Group: Guest Posts: 695 Member No.: 1378 Joined: October 15, 2008 Total Events Attended: 34 | elias youve taken like half the things i say and told me not to say them=(( nice guide lol -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 04:11 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Dilz Group: Banned Posts: 1403 Member No.: 973 Joined: June 23, 2008 Total Events Attended: 151 |
Aww --------------------  LOLPNS  Perm banned. | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 04:16 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Pyro Blade26 Group: Ex-Member Posts: 782 Member No.: 84 Joined: January 1, 2008 Total Events Attended: 64 |
dont be sad. it doesnt say anything about: /me slaps _________ with a large pnus -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 04:50 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Ubg Fcbruges Group: Emeritus Posts: 1209 Member No.: 1373 Joined: October 12, 2008 Total Events Attended: 64 | Thanks for this guide Elias. I saw lots of people leaving the past days. Hopefulle... this will lower the leaving amount  --------------------  Portfolio ~~ WG Emeritus - 20 November 2010 ~~ ~~ WG Higher Guardian - 10 November 2009 ~~ ~~ WG Emeritus - 2 July 2009 ~~ ~~ WG Higher Guardian - 27 February 2009 ~~ ~~ WG Guardian - 12 December 2008 ~~ ~~ WG Trial Guardian - 30 October 2008 ~~ | ||||
Posted: January 19, 2009 07:11 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Pazenon Group: Emeritus Posts: 1477 Member No.: 33 Joined: December 30, 2007 Total Events Attended: 79 | Lol sweet guide, made me laugh at some points. Good job  -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 20, 2009 05:24 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Mojohaza1 Group: Council Posts: 495 Member No.: 1574 Joined: December 22, 2008 Total Events Attended: 33 | we have old people? -------------------- | ||||
Posted: January 20, 2009 05:28 pm | |||||
 IRC Nickname: Jesseh Group: Guest Posts: 2670 Member No.: 297 Joined: March 8, 2008 Total Events Attended: 222 | Oh my  --------------------   17/6/08--> 12/9/08--> 29/11/08--> 5/1/09--> 2/3/09(Left)--> 19/7/09(Rejoin)--> 2/8/09
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Posted: January 20, 2009 07:44 pm | |||||
| IRC Nickname: Gunsnblades Group: Guest Posts: 265 Member No.: 286 Joined: February 29, 2008 Total Events Attended: 22 | My rules to me: 1.never back down 2.Say what you think is right 3.if someone pisses u off tell them in the nicest possible way that they are a tosser and get lost oh and 4. what elias said.^ i be nice if someone is nice to me which is 99% of the time the other 1% ware shin guards im coming to bite ur ankles. -------------------- 98% Of teenagers surround their minds with rap music. If you're part of the 2% that stayed with rock, put this in your signature! I fail because I try and make out like I'm 18 so I can get Adult Forum access, how cool am I? | ||||
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