Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:08 am
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I've been on a few servers now and I've always joined an existing alliance. I never went for the top one or the best or the fasted growing. I would simply chat in ac and see who I got along with. I would not judge anyone by their game name or what they were saying to someone else. Eventually I would find someone who was a vice or a leader and they would ask me to join them, and I would accept. I would feel welcomed and accepted into their group and would make instant friends. I would come to rely on them, as they would rely on me.
Then I joined server 57. It was new and fresh, and World Chat (wc) was a disaster. I would lurk in wc and chime in to try to keep things under control. I took Screen Shots (ss) to send to support to show there is a need for experts. In trying to settle people I would be called names and threatened. There was one player who started to call me a mole, although it didn't bug me it made people lose respect for me. Eventually -Goqut- and Moonite (who I knew) from server 38 came over as experts, and then two members from server 57 were promoted. But still there were people acting out, getting muted and had no respect for the experts that were promoted.
Then something changed. I started an alliance. I accepted anyone who didn't have a home (alliance), anyone who was new or anyone in need of someone to talk to. I went back into wc with a new outlook on the 'bad' players. I started to talk to them via private messages (pm), to see why they were acting out and breaking rules. I started to get to know them on a more personal level. Before I knew it they were friends as well, and the one who started called me a mole, apologized. All of a sudden the players that were breaking chat rules would be good and followed chat rules. I even had people nominating me for expert (a few posts even mad me cry). I didn't realize how I touched the lives of my alliance members and people from wc.
Now server 57 is a second home for me. I have people in my alliance that look to me for guidance and to answer there many questions. I have taken guides that I've collected and altered then so that my members would find them super helpful and use them. As often as I would apologize for my many letters, they would tell me that they were helpful and that they were excited to see them in their letter inbox.
I guess what I'm trying to say with this story is that as fun as this game is, it makes it even more meaningful to know that there are other people playing that rely on me to enhance their game play. I recently had one of my vice's move up to our sister alliance (for more advanced players), and he told me that he would not be where he was in the game (or even playing at all) without my help and guidance at his start. It's a good feeling!
- PhotoChick
Then I joined server 57. It was new and fresh, and World Chat (wc) was a disaster. I would lurk in wc and chime in to try to keep things under control. I took Screen Shots (ss) to send to support to show there is a need for experts. In trying to settle people I would be called names and threatened. There was one player who started to call me a mole, although it didn't bug me it made people lose respect for me. Eventually -Goqut- and Moonite (who I knew) from server 38 came over as experts, and then two members from server 57 were promoted. But still there were people acting out, getting muted and had no respect for the experts that were promoted.
Then something changed. I started an alliance. I accepted anyone who didn't have a home (alliance), anyone who was new or anyone in need of someone to talk to. I went back into wc with a new outlook on the 'bad' players. I started to talk to them via private messages (pm), to see why they were acting out and breaking rules. I started to get to know them on a more personal level. Before I knew it they were friends as well, and the one who started called me a mole, apologized. All of a sudden the players that were breaking chat rules would be good and followed chat rules. I even had people nominating me for expert (a few posts even mad me cry). I didn't realize how I touched the lives of my alliance members and people from wc.
Now server 57 is a second home for me. I have people in my alliance that look to me for guidance and to answer there many questions. I have taken guides that I've collected and altered then so that my members would find them super helpful and use them. As often as I would apologize for my many letters, they would tell me that they were helpful and that they were excited to see them in their letter inbox.
I guess what I'm trying to say with this story is that as fun as this game is, it makes it even more meaningful to know that there are other people playing that rely on me to enhance their game play. I recently had one of my vice's move up to our sister alliance (for more advanced players), and he told me that he would not be where he was in the game (or even playing at all) without my help and guidance at his start. It's a good feeling!
- PhotoChick
Last edited by PhotoChick on Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
- PhotoChick (s57)
