Suggestions for naming the new "casual" guild on Arthas

[Creole Ned]

As per the other thread, let's see some suggestions for the name of the new casual-oriented guild that will be the home of casual-oriented players on Arthas for the purposes of casual-oriented WoW gaming.

Go!

[Dg3Nr8]

Shenanigans

[Tai]

The Sporadics

[Budly]

I'm with stupid.

Of course it's better with a guild leader named stupid.

I got this idea when I saw a horde rogue named stuped and it stuck.

I also like The People's Judean Front.

[BoX]

Tri Lambda

[Dg3Nr8]

Tri Lambda

dibs on Takashi!

[Paladin]

Whimsical name mode activated!

Bobnoxious

Animal Farm

Turning Trix

Borde Horde

The Redridge Mountain Daredevils

Nofatchicks

Broken Record

Shaolin Looters

Knight Moves

Melon Collie

[FoeKilla]

damnit! I didn't see this thread, so I have officially broken the unwirtten rule and put a suggestion in the other one.



on with my post!

<Quality Not Quaranteed>
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I'd also suggest looking up the thread that ended in Martian Cartel when QB died. There was a lot of funny stuff in there.

[Harka]

The Muligans (golf term for do over)

[Creole Ned]

After conferring with Naming Expert Circuit, I believe I have come up with part of the name. Let me explain.

The idea behind the name suggestion below is to give the appearance of meaning something when it really doesn't mean anything at all.

The first part is "Guardians of..." This has a sturdy high fantasy flavor that would work well in WoW.

The next part will be something that is not typically guarded, adding a bit of whimsy.

My initial suggestion to get the ball rolling is Guardians of Noon. This sounds like it means something until you think about how one guards noon. Does it mean standing by clocks at 12:00 with swords out? Keeping watch over someone's lunch until safely consumed? Was the group formed at noon? Answer: it means nothing but sounds like it might!

Let's see a few suggestions along this line. Try to keep the names brief. No Guardians of Eternal Fanciness and Cucumber Sandwiches, please.


If anyone suggests Guardians of Chuck Norris, they will be ejected into space.

[Circuit]

I was going to suggest Guardians of Eternal Fanciness since being fancy forever is something I can really get behind. :(

[Creole Ned]

Guardians of Eternal Fanciness is not too long. If you add the cucumber sandwiches it becomes too long (if more delicious).

[Harka]

Guardians of that which needs guarding
Guardians of the Muligan

and I too (points down at Bridudes post) liked Quirky Pandas.

[Dg3Nr8]

Guardians of Shenanigans!

[bridude]

I always liked Quirky Pandas :shrug:

[Dg3Nr8]

Pandas are for girls! You need something awesome like Wolverines or Badgers!

They arent scared to reproduce!

[bridude]

niether are rabbits.


Quirky Bunnys?

[Dg3Nr8]

only if its this rabbit

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/monty_python_rabbit.jpg

[Creole Ned]

Not using Quirky Pandas again, sorry!

[bridude]

Not using Quirky Pandas again, sorry!

well with that attitude maybe you should just call it Martian Cartel 2.0

[Creole Ned]

Maybe I'll call YOU Martian Cartel 2.0!

I just think a new name would be better. I also never really liked the name Quirky Pandas, so you'd probably have to slip something into my drink to convince me to go with it.

[Kermit]

I think that would be the Guardians of Ledger guild....


What? Too soon???

[Orion]

I'm all for guardians of noon, to be honest. I like the way it sounds. all mysterious and whatnot.

[Paladin]

I don't know. Guardians of Noon sounds kind of plain. Now Guardians of Midnight is something I could get behind. Or Guardians of A Quarter Past Three, although that may exceed Ned's name limit. Maybe Guardians of the Universe? How would one guard a universe, and just how big of a flashlight would you have to carry to do the job properly? (Oops, Wikipedia says DC Comics has used that one already).

Guardians of Midnight get's my vote. After, midnight is so much cooler than noon.

Patton. I like the killer rabbit.

Have you seen the fuzzy killer rabbit slippers?

Hmmm... Fuzzy Slippers. That'd be whimsical.

[Falhawk]

guardians of the unguarded

[bridude]

guardians of the unguarded

awesome

[Budly]

Shiny Happy People

We dabble in WoW

Just Noodling

Is Awesome (maybe that one has been used)

Casual Gamer

[Creole Ned]

Tai suggested Guardians of the Loon in IRC.

[Tai]

I like Shiney Happy People too. I'm very good at getting distracted by shiney stuff. =)

[bridude]

since it's casual how about

The Green Machines

[bridude]

The kids on the forums are calling the s1 pvp rewards which are mostly used by casual players "Welfare" epics.

What about

Stormwind Assistance Program

[Dg3Nr8]

you guys are a bunch of SAPs

[Budly]

Too casual for you

[jackrabbit]

if Dg were any more laid back, he'd be doubled over.

[Dg3Nr8]

that sounds kind of painful. doubled over backwards? ouch. :[

[FoeKilla]

Guardians of Backwards

or

Guardians of Backwords

or

Guardians of Things

or

Gardening Guardian

[Falhawk]

guardians of thongs would be better then guardian of things

[FoeKilla]

Guardians of the Brick

[Creole Ned]

I'll put together a short list of names this weekend for a final look-see before choosing one. If you need inspiration in coming up with names, check out this guild name generator (http://www.nickyee.com/python/guildname/generator.py) or this guild name generator (http://www.bigottergames.com/sgng/index.htm) or even this colorful guild name generator (http://www.intelligent.nu/GuildNames/).

[Harka]

Guardians of the Toaster
Pop Tart Guardians
Guardians of the Pop Tart
Guardians of the Toaster Pastry

[Tai]

Guardians of the Toaster

I like this one. The Pop Tart ones not so much :)

[Creole Ned]

A few more, both randomly generated and otherwise:

Guardians of Vague Intent
Knights of Endless Subtlety
The Hand of Lunch
The Hammer of Obsidian Buddies

Remember, if you see any names in this thread you like, be sure to point them out. It will influence what makes the final cut.

Keep 'em coming.

[Tai]

Bastardizing two of yours:

The Hand of Vague Intent

[Falhawk]

how many casuals are actually playing WoW?

[FoeKilla]

1 - Kermit

[Harka]

I am currently in the not paying for any online games mode right now. LotR is paid for for life so thats casual.

I cant go into my WoW gaming at the moment as that sort of thing is frowned upon in these forums I believe.

[Falhawk]

how'd you get LOTR for life?

[Creole Ned]

They have a one-time fee you can pay for lifetime membership. It was initially offered at $200. You can still get it now but it's $300. If you play more than 20 months, it pays for itself.

Harka, I can't imagine anything you'd have to say that would be verboten here. I'm guessing your WoW characters are on some other server, though, just like in every MMO you play. :bg:

As for number of casuals active now? My guess is probably 4 or 5, depending on how you define "casual".

[Dg3Nr8]

I'm so casual that I havent signed in in years! My bar got so filled with blue stuff I bet it exploded!

[Dg3Nr8]

oh those sonsa bitches! Which one of you was it? I havent even mentioned WoW to anybody else in a year I think.

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[Andri]

Now if that's not a big fat hint you got there, Dg!

I like Guardians of the Toaster. (Who has that damn thing these days anyway?) I have to say, though, that for Tai it should really be Guardian of the Beer.

[Budly]

Beer Gardeners

[Circuit]

I really like 3 of the ones you just listed, Ned. Guardians of Vague Intent, Knights of Endless Subtlety and The Hand of Lunch. The first probabaly being my favorite and the last being 2nd.

[Harka]

Yea, the characters I mainly played were on another server in WoW but I still had some on Arthas that were in the Martian Cartel.

[Creole Ned]

Here is the (somewhat) short list. If anyone strongly objects to one or more of these names, speak now or speak later when it won't matter!

Still open to more suggestions, too, but lacking something both new and boffo, it will be one of these six:

Guardians of the Unguarded
Guardians of the Loon
Guardians of the Brick
Guardians of Vague Intent
The Hand of Lunch
The Hand of Vague Intent

[Falhawk]

hand of vague intent sounds like something you'd call the creepy uncle...

[Dg3Nr8]

hand of vague intent sounds like something you'd call the creepy uncle...

or Father Mulcahy

[Budly]

Looney Intent

[Creole Ned]

Yeah, Hand of Vague Intent is a little too easy to turn into "lawl u guys are pervs!" so it's off the list.

[Snake]

How about, "We don't need another hero"

[Creole Ned]

Funnily enough, it turns out the character limit on guild names is 24. That means that Guardians of the Unguarded and Guardians of Vague Intent are both too long.

[Dg3Nr8]

I dont think thats funny at all Ned.

[jackrabbit]

He said funnily.

But I agree, I don't find it very funnily, either.

[Creole Ned]

Guardians of Vague Inten would work. Maybe "inten" is Latin, eh? Eh?

[Circuit]

How about just Vague Intent? That or I still like Guardians of Noon and the Hand of Lunch.

[Creole Ned]

Vague Intent is not bad, actually.

[Kermit]

Same Difference
Unexpectant Heroes
Noon Somewhere
I'm with Them
Peanut Butter Guardians

I actually think you could substitute Heroes for Guardians in most of your earlier suggestions to save characters and maintain the intent.

[Creole Ned]

Heroes of Vague Intent?

[Kermit]

Savior Game

[Creole Ned]

It is done.

I went with the simple Vague Intent.

We now need nine signatures to wrap this sucker up.

[Patton]

Grab me if you want me to sign on with an alt to help sign the charter.

I'm usually playing Kurathis or Kyrandis.

Also, I'm offering protection to everyone with Kurathis for the low low fee of nothing. Kerm, JR, and I were doing some quests in Hinterlands and a 66 Mage killed us. That is why I camped Kurathis there, and that is why I went on a murderous rampage. My goal was to declare to the Horde that the Hinterlands is "my house."

I think I accomplished that goal.

Or pissed them all off.

Playing a Rogue seriously warps your views on world PvP.

[jackrabbit]

Also, never flee from a Druid, you'll only die tired.

[Creole Ned]

I'll pop on with Pretzel over the next few nights. I'd suggest anyone interested in signing the charter add me to your friends list and pester me if you see me casting about. Currently logged in at Shattrath City, so I can get to most places fairly easily.

If and when we get enough signatures we'll move on to getting a permanent leader for the guild.

[Kermit]

In theory since we're signing casuals, this should be almost impossible to pull off, but practically I think there will be enough people who's mains are in PT that can have alts sign a charter that we should be able to get it done pretty quickly.

In non-new guild news, thanks to Patton and JR for putting up with my dumb ass last night as well as to Pogo for the speedy run through for the hammer. If anyone sees me on and wants to run ZF, now is the time.

/me petitions Blizzard to add a notes section to the friends list

[Patton]

Actually, they ARE adding a notes section to the friends list in the next patch. Along with a bunch of other super awesome content.

[jackrabbit]

I look at it this way: if we didn't do the chicken quest a second time, we never would have been witness to Patton's psychological breakdown and eventual, and long-term homicidal rampage. I count myself among the lucky to have witnessed it first hand, and not just left to hear the legend retold around campfires.


(Campfire, +4 Spirit)

[Patton]

They had it coming.

Every last one of them.

Even that tiny Horde baby.

[jackrabbit]

He was holding that pacifier in a menacing way.

Also, back on topicness, I would be very interested in designing the tabard for Vague Intent, but after that would surrender the reigns of leadershipery. I have no interest in investing actual effort into guild management because I am way too involved in scooping epics for my rogue.

My recommendation would be to create four or five trusted (read: NOT Falhawk) officers that are on regularly, give them the power of inviting, and make the Guild Leader a largely ceremonial role. Like the Queen of England, or being a husband.

[Kermit]

I would second both JR's tabard creation and the other points, but I'm not allowed to anymore.
:(

[Creole Ned]

Come to think of it, hanging around in-game with a character I'm not really playing is rather boring. Maybe we could arrange a time to try to get as many to sign the charter as possible and take it from there?

[FoeKilla]

can guild leadership even be passed?

[jackrabbit]

I was thinking the same thing, Ned. I haven't seen anyone from TMC on, except Kermit, in three days at least. But unless I'm on with a TMC character, they join the chat, join ventrilo, or are on my friends list, I'd never know.

Make sure if you do log in, you /join martian so that non-martian players can see you and arrange to swap characters/meet/sign the charter.

[Kermit]

I can guarantee a time tonight to get on long enough to sign, but the weather will dictate if I have actual time to play or if I can get out of the house to go down to the gym. 8" of snow expected by suppertime.

Give me a time after 9:00 server time and I'll be there.

[Creole Ned]

What time zone is the server using? Eastern?

[Patton]

Yes.

[Creole Ned]

Thanks.

I don't go by Hobbit time normally.

Let's say sometime between 9-9:30 Hobbit time, then. Or 6-6:30 p.m. Pacific for me!

[Kermit]

9:30-10:00 Venezuela/Hugo Chávez time... Got it.

[Creole Ned]

I just know we're all going to be on at different times now.

[FoeKilla]

can guild leadership even be passed?

??

[Creole Ned]

311

[Creole Ned]

Seriously, I'd imagine in the worst case scenario, leadership would pass if the current leader quit the guild, likely to the first to join next with the highest rank. But that's speculation on my part, I don't really know and unless I missed it, the WoW site doesn't provide the nitty gritty on this.

I am looking now, though!

[Creole Ned]

How do I remove myself from my guild?

If you wish to quit the guild you are currently in, you may do so by typing /gquit in the chat window. If you are the guild master, you will need to either assign a new guild master then /gquit or you can just /gdisband to dissolve the guild entirely.
This would suggest that it is indeed possible to assign someone else to be guild master/leader.

[jackrabbit]

Leadership can be passed provided you drink a lot of water, have a high-fiber diet, and make regularly. You may experience some difficulty initially, but it will pass.

[Tai]

The command is /gleader <player>

[Kermit]

There also used to be a button for it in the guild menu. Near where you assign people rights and roles. I doubt any recent patches have changed that.

[Creole Ned]

Don't worry, I'll just keep clicking things until it works. Until then I will remain your gleader!

[BoX]

can guild leadership even be passed?

yes

[Paladin]

I'm on with Kurage

[Creole Ned]

I'm on with Pretzel!