“The Happy Shippers” Guild

The Happy shippers, is a guild that was created september 24th on the EU realm - Kazzak.
The first goal was to be casual raiding guild. But then we got blood on our teeth and wanted more out of it. Now we're aiming for a lich king kill before cataclysm, otherwise we will progress greatly into cataclysm, hoping for high end content!

To aim the hardcore and high end content and be one of the top ranked guilds on the server, if not the world. We have certain rules, that the players have to follow!

Here is a quick list of what we want from our raiders (And that may be you!)

- Total dedication to the guild and raiding.

- Though we don’t raid that much while farming, progress raid times are extensive and you must be available to attend all of these raids. Farming raid times are roughly 18:30 till 00:00. During progress you can expect to raid at any hour of the day. We realise this limits the amount of applicants, but it's essential that you’ll be able to free up time for these progress raids that could run for weeks at a time.

- General whining is not tolerated at all. If your main focus is loot or you can’t handle sitting out of raids sometimes, then this is not the right guild for you. Sometimes certain compositions will be better and you simply won’t get a spot. We expect you to play for the guild and its progress above all else.

- Complete knowledge of your class, how to gear and spec it. This means being able to adapt to new situations and goes beyond just reading theorycrafting and knowing what the right gems are. It's something that we expect people to have put a lot of thought into so their character can be the best it can be.

- Top-notch raid performance goes without saying. This means you must be experienced in high-end raid content and able to play your class to perfection. People who repeatedly die to the same mistakes and perform sub-par compared to the rest of the guild will not last very long.

- Have a competitive nature both on a guild vs. guild level and an internal level. You will have to earn your raid spot and show that you are the best person for the job. You must be confident in what you are doing and want to show that you can do it better than anyone else.

- Generally have a friendly attitude towards your guild mates. The flipside of this is that you must be able to take a certain level of abuse and jokes from your peers. If you can't take a few jokes at your expense this might not be the place for you.

- You must be able to take sometimes extremely harsh criticism and improve from it. You will make mistakes, everyone does. It's important that you will learn from them, not make them again and respect the criticism you take.

- You must be fluent in English, atleast written. You must also have Ventrilo and use it when required.

- Be over 18 years of age, there have been some exceptions to this, but don't even consider it if you are under 17.

What 'The Happy Shippers' Can support you with.

- We have a very strong community within the guild. A friendly but jokey atmosphere that is great fun to be part of once you get used to it. We also have a great community here on the website and would like all new recruits to take an active role in that.

- In this game of 12 million players, we are offering you the opportunity to compete at the highest level. From our perspective, that's the best you can strive for.

Guild setup and rules:

The Guild structure is broken down into 3 tiers. There are 3 Guild Masters or Officers: Myself (Joebob), Solbrillor, Azured. There is then a class leader for each class who you will have the most direct contact with regarding your role in raids usually. After that it is the raiding core of players. This is a system that has worked for us over a long period of time and serves us well.

We decide all loot with a loot council system. There is no DKP and we have no attendance system since 100% attendance is expected of everyone. You will get great gear playing in this guild just by default, it should not be your primary focus. We take the point of view that loot is a tool -not a reward- and therefore it is given out according to how it best benefits the guild. This means factors such as who gets the biggest upgrade, what class an item is the best for, player performance, how many top-end hardmode items people have looted and what we need to kill the next boss.

Recruitment for all classes will now be opened to see what we get. We are looking to expand our roster with just great, hardcore players more than anything else. This is because we have been operating with quite a small roster of late and this can be quite limiting at times. Do not be put off from applying because you feel we have a certain amount of a specific class. Spots are performance based and if you can show that you are better, then every spot is there for the taking. A lot of our best recruits don't come from well known guilds, but the absolute best players in less well known guilds who want more from the game.

Finally one important aspect about these applications. Do not login and start spamming people ingame or on IRC about your application, this will only annoy them and make your recruitment less likely. If you have not heard anything back on your e-mail within 1 week, you can assume that your application has been denied. I cannot stress this enough about your applications, people who harass will instantly get their applications thrown away.

Best luck, Joebob!