So, I came up with an idea last week or so. Why not gather creative people in WoW into a guild, where we can share comments, ideas and knowledge. It would be a guild I’d love to be a part of, and I’d love to see some exciting stuff come out of it. So, off I went, determined to make this guild a reality.
But then I came across a problem. While the WoW addon system is very flexible, it doesn’t allow for much for what I wanted to use it for. To be honest, the only things you could really do inside the WoW client would be the voice chat services (or would Vent possibly be better?), and chat services. Nothing else, usually associated with a guild, would be of any immediate use. And I couldn’t really think of any addon applications that would be useful. I mean, what is there to really do apart from scheduled gatherings to compare works stored at an external site?
It’s a shame because this was something I really wanted to do. And I still do, I just refuse to put myself out on a limb with the limited ideas I have. I’m planning to create some sort of portfolio addon, which if you download a “pack” of things we’re going to look over and critique before loading up the client, you should be able to view them within the client itself. However, all that really does is eliminate the need for alt+tabbing between WoW and your browser (which, argueably might be incredibly useful for some attendees).
I also kind of wanted to make this guild a Horde guild. However, most of the feedback I’ve had on my chosen server (Darkmoon Fair (EU) for those interested) has been from Alliance players. Most of the pre-scheduled RP events seem to come from Allys too.
Also is the fact that there’s been interest in making these things public events. I’m assuming bi-weekly might be a start, with alternating weeks for each faction. Then if people wanted to attend weekly they could roll up an alt and do that.
I’m just running low on ideas for this. I wanted it to be an awesome guild that was super busy (RP guild events did spring to mind!), but now it’s looking like just scheduling public writer’s circles (since I’m bearly qualified to run those let alone ‘artist circles’ or whatever).
So how it seems to stand at the moment:
- Homebase guild
- Bi-weekly/monthly writer’s meetings
- (And other disciplines if we can get ‘officers’ to lead them)
- Alliance/Horde alternate weeks (can attend whatever they want)
Anyone who’s interested either in helping me run this, or just being part of it, please be sure to get in touch. I’ve already posted about this in the WoW forums and am planning to throw a post up on WoWGamers.co.uk (Darkmoon Fair (EU)’s RP events hub – from what I can tell) when I get something more concrete to propose. You can hit me up on Twitter (@anakiro) or ingame on Darkmoon Fair (EU) on (H) Zulkek or (A) Taylea. You’d probably be better sending me mail in-game, since I flit around so many characters, actually catching me might be a chore! :P