Application to join TOG (WoW, Eve, Guild Wars, Various)

[Shadowe Darkfyre]

Hola! Como esta?

I'm a 37 year old gamer who got hooked the day my dad brought home Pong when I was 5. While I do consider myself a retro-gamer, I also can't help but feel giddy about what games will look like in another 30 years (and I'm old enough to be retired and play them all day)

My main interest in joining this guild is simply to have companions to play with, no matter which game I choose to play: past, present and future. I still have an account on WoW, but have taken a hiatus. I'm thinking about starting back up again if I can find a decent guild. My wife, Mydnight Darkfyre, just joined this guild yesterday and told me about it. It sounded nifty, so here I am.

Other games I'm interested in playing with this guild:

Battlefield (1947 or BF2). I've been thinking about getting BF2042, but won't unless I know some others are playing it.

Guild Wars: I bought the original game and played it for a few hours. I liked the game, but couldn't find anyone to play with that fit my personality so I gave it up for a while. When I went back, no one wanted to help out a n00b. I'd really like to play that one with a good group that is willing to be patient with me while I learn.

Eve Online: I played the trial and loved it, but again, couldn't find a guild that I was interested in so didn't subscribe after my free month. I wouldn't mind dumping WoW altogether and playing Eve if I found a good guild (i.e. this one).

Neverwinter Nights 2: Don't really need a guild, but MP NW2 sounds fun.

Unreal Tournament 2004 (and 2007 when it comes out): Yes, I still play this occasionally. What can I say...I prefer UT to Quake.

More or less any game that isn't an RTS...I've never really gotten into them much, probably because I suck at all of them.

I've read the AUP, FAQ, Forum Guidelines and pretty much everything else on this site before making this post and agree to everything.


Other various snippets about me:
- I'm a professional geek working as a "Monitoring and Automation Engineer" for a large online stock trading company. At least that's what my title says. Basically, I help design and implement the tools that our operations staff uses to monitor the website.
- As previously stated, I have a gamer wife (Mydnight Darkfyre) and together, we have a 15-year old daughter that also games, although she's more interested in boys at this point *sigh*. Our household has the following game systems: Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Genesis, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii, 3 Gamboy Color, 3 Gameboy Advanced, 3 DS, 2 PSPs, a GP2X (google it...it rocks), 6 computers and a hand-built (by me) stand-up Arcade Machine.
- I like to speak broken Spanish (took 4 years of the stuff in HS/college way back in the day and still remember some of it).
- I don't seem to be a "typical gamer", and I'm pretty proud of that fact, considering the typical gamer seems to be fairly rude and obnoxious these days. I'm a very courteous and kind player, always willing to help out others when needed, and I don't like to get involved in "drama" in any way. I treat everyone with respect unless they prove to me personally that they don't deserve it, then I just ignore them.

Sorry for the long post, but you asked

Thanks for your consideration.

Shadowe Darkfyre

[jesterUK]

looks like you have ticked all the right boxes, there should be an admin along soon to give you access to the members forums.

So welcome aboard mate

[DogMeat]

Welcome to TOG, your application has been reviewed and approved.

You will now have full access to all parts of the TOG website
• All TOG member only forums
• All member only areas of the website
Undoubtedly you want to get started and the best place to start is to visit the main forum for the game in which you are interested, have a read of the sticky posts and other threads that catch your attention.

Introduce yourself and ask any further questions you may have.
You will find other TOG members most helpful if you take the time to ask any questions you may have.

The social heart of TOG can be found in “The Lounge Room”, where any topic is being discussed and debated. If you want to know the other TOG members across the whole of TOG visit the Lounge Room.
Want to know when the next real life get together is of TOG members, again the lounge room is the place to be.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy TOG for as long as you choose too, feel free to spread the message to your friends and family who enjoy gaming and don’t forget to have fun yourself!

All the best!

The Older Gamers!

[Wicken Milf]

Welcome to TOG

[Major Conspiracy]

Originally Posted by Shadowe Darkfyre

Battlefield (1942 or BF2). I've been thinking about getting BF2142, but won't unless I know some others are playing it.

welcome to TOG. SAGN'd already

drop by the 1942, BF2 & 2142 forums and say hi, we dont bite that much

[ausgamer]

Welcome to the TOG's And what a detailed intro, great to see.

Now that you are a member TOG, get your self a copy of CODII & join the fun

Enjoy your stay

Cheers

[Bor@c]

Welcome to TOG! Please stop by the COD division forums, check in with the peeps there, and find out what COD is all about and what the really really dark side of TOG is playing. JK. You will be more than welcome to stop by and say hello. Once again welcome.

[beowulf2947]

Welcome to TOG! I will send you a pm on getting going with BF2. Most any game you want to play has similar information in the respective forum for getting on-line with your fellow TOGers. BTW, we have a large group of North Americans playing BF2142.

[B B]

hi and welcome

[Neric537]

welcome to TOG