Guild Choice: How do you know it's love?

People are always looking for that one group of people that they can click with. You know, the ones that will have your back in PvP, will help you get that one last piece of gear, will /hug you when you /cry. But how do you know when you've found the right guild? What is it that made you say, "I belong here"? And what advice would you give to those that are looking to find that "right fit"?

I don't there there's anyone one specific thing you can lock down and say "This is what makes a guild good." It's a collection of things, really. You have to be able to relate to your guildmates, but you also need to have significant differences that set everyone apart. Life is boring without disagreements.

As for advice when joing a guild, make sure you actually do things with your guild members. Don't just hang around and assume after a while you'll all be best buds. It doesn't work that way. Get into Vent and chat with your guildmates, queue for dungeons together, do your dailys together, form a raid team with them, etcetera.

Great advice. You only get what you give and being an active member can make the difference between fitting or feeling left out.

11/09/2011 11:24 AMPosted by Amicia

Finding a bunch of people you can be comfortable with, who accept you for you, and worry about you when your not around. Seems like the standard thing people would look for but it's surprisingly hard to find, especially a raiding guild that offers all these things plus a schedule you can meet :)

This is good advice as well. Many people get very close to the people they meet in their guild and in some cases, their guild becomes a support system even outside of the game.

Not usually one to post on the forums, but I couldn't help it when I saw this topic. I think it all really boils down to just remembering that the pixels you're typing to are an actual person on the other end, and the general rule of human decency should ALWAYS apply: do unto others as you'd want done unto you.

Our story:
This past summer, my husband and I had a house fire. Not only did we have to deal with everything surrounding that, but the electrical company we used ended up severely screwing us over. We spent the ENTIRE summer (3 months) living in our home without power in 115+ degree temps. Luckily, the house wasn't damaged TOO badly; the fire was in the attic so the attic and the third second floor were destroyed, but the rest of the house wasn't unlivable. To say it was a nightmare would be giving the situation too much credit.

Our guild leader at the time, the current guild leader now, and a bunch of other members, started a donations thread on our forums for our guild members to send us money. Not only did this completely blow our minds (along with my parents, who generally try to keep away from our gamer lives, lol) but it was a huge help towards keeping our sanity and helping us through the most difficult time we've ever had to go through. I honestly don't think we would have been able to get through it without them. To put it in perspective: we had "close friends" and members of the family who didn't even ask us if we/the house/the animals/etc were okay, yet people we've never even met in real life went out of their way to help us. It says something about a person's character to do that, and I can guarantee if it happened to someone else, my husband and I would be the first to jump on the donation bandwagon.

*sniffle* I love my guild. <3

Fantastic example. Thank you for sharing!