Combine Gaming Guild


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The Combine is a collective army. We are combined to fulfill individual goals as a team. Advancement as a unit is our primary objective since all other goals are more easily attainable with power. The Combine Way is one of sharing and enlightened self-interest. Sharing with a guildmate is an investment in a person that will grow more powerful more quickly and will be there to help the rest when the time comes. The Combine Way is not easy, each individual ends up contributing more than they get back materially at first, but it's proven to succeed with time.

This used to contain a long history of Combine but it got too long, too boring, and started to resemble the way newer guilds throughout the MMO community try to impress visitors. We've moved far beyond that. We've been around for a decade and, although we don't expect everyone to have heard of us, we simply don't care. You're most likely reading this because you're on our server, you see us at the top, and you were curious as to who we might be. That's the kind of proof words can't deliver.

Here's a list of the games we've officially played, and dominated, as a guild: EQ1/Karana, EQ1/Sullon Zek, UO, DAoC/Merlin, DAoC/Andred, SB/Treachery, L2/Bartz, WoW/Executus, EQ2/Nagafen, AoC/Deathwhisper, WAR/Volkmar. We've been invited to every MMO beta; every single one. We've had unofficial splinter efforts in every MMO I didn't list -- with our usual success -- including the very first jedi in SWG. Our sum MMO experience is complete.

Since those early days, the Combine has had many spinoff and clone guilds formed in its likeness by admirers or ex-members. We are always ranked among the best and are considered an authority on any game we play. We are a PvP-oriented global gaming guild. We are not griefers, we only kill those that have it coming. Combine is always kept self-sufficient and makes its own decisions.

The Combine is a benevolent dictatorship, other than that there is no fixed chain of command. Responsibilities can be delegated to any member, sometimes on an extended basis, usually chosen to play on a particular member's strengths. It is quite common to see a member who is responsible for a certain event giving orders to everyone, including the guild leader. Our adaptability is a strength bolstered by our discipline. In dynamic or even static situations there can only be one final source for instructions and that can be assigned to anyone suitable.

A member of Combine is a member for every game. We guild the player, not the character, and joining us is a serious commitment.

Our age range is from the teens to around 60 years old, with the average falling in the mid to late 20's. We are powergamers that also understand there is a life outside gaming. Real life always takes priority and in some cases members will retire temporarily until their situation changes. If a member retires, he can only come back when we're officially in a game and must serve 2 weeks as an applicant again. This is to prevent a revolving door mentality. We make up for not playing 24/7 by playing efficiently and we are usually well ahead of the curve. Members are expected to keep up to the guild level curve.

Members are expected to take death well with no whining or complaints. Members are also expected to never brag and no public gloating. There are consequences for making the guild look bad.

Rerolling characters while we're in a game is not allowed unless explicitly given permission. The only secondary characters allowed are bots and crafters if necessary.

Everyone is required to run Ventrilo when in the game. If your hardware or bandwidth doesn't support it, you are beat.

Combine members do not trade or sell items needed by the guild. Those items are given to the guild to be passed down to the highest member in need that will then pass down the replaced item. If an item is not needed by the guild, only then can it be sold or traded away. More often than not we simply give it away to someone in need. There are no dues to pay but cash donations to the guild bank are accepted. The guild treasury is always available and used by members in need. Other than when we first start a game, there is no such thing as a poor Combine member.

Ebaying currency, items, or characters is strictly forbidden in any game the guild is active. We don't care if you buy on eBay, only if you sell. That also includes anything you might've bought. No selling or trading away anything without the guild's permission until we leave the game. The guild invests in you while we're playing, to do this would betray that investment.

Combine prefer to play with Combine. Outsiders are always welcome and we like meeting other competent players but we are guilded for a reason. If a guildmate needs a group, it's the responsibility of the rest of the guild to group that person. Whether it means leaving an outside group or asking an outsider to leave a Combine group, do it politely, apologize, explain your guild comes first, but do it. This doesn't mean that a member will always be exclusively in a guild group, we expect Combine members to be resourceful. We provide toilet paper, we don't wipe asses. But if a member can't find a good group, the guild will provide. Guild first, always.

Combine is a team in every sense of the word, there is no room for internal conflicts. On occasion a small issue will arise between two or more members, but it either gets resolved or one or more of the people involved get removed. A team can't function if it's rotting from within.

We are not very open to considering new applicants; unless we have a real need you are pretty much beat. We are a stable and successful high-end guild, our effectiveness and guild loyalty are not to be diluted. When accepting, we look for mature people who are disciplined, patient, honest, intelligent, generous, team players, and always looking to improve. High skill as a gamer is a must. Skilled players who are not loot whores are also hard to come by. Ventrilo is required.

You must get to know us and let us get to know you in game. The application process lasts from a minimum of 2 weeks and you won't become a member before you reach the level cap. During that time members will evaluate you. If objections are raised, you will be provided the chance to answer them. If there is even one objection you will not be admitted.

Membership is a privilege, not a right. Getting in is a lot easier than staying in, we weed and trim our numbers constantly. We have high quality control and extremely low turnover, most that have left did so unwillingly.

In order to begin this process, you must register and post to our message board under Access and Membership Applications.

You should be aware that our message board is our primary means of communication. If you miss what's there for everyone else to read you will not last long in Combine.