Guild:Lawless
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Lawless - EU - Republic Renegade Guild
Lawless was formed out of frustration!!
A Long while ago sometime in 2006 a bunch of like minded "Hardcore", (Screamed in an Anglo-German accent) players came together and joined a "Hardcore" PvP raiding guild called Eva Vix, Eva Vix were billed as the premier European Guild in Warhammer Online for the faction of Destruction, Eva Vix was a pre release Warhammer Online Guild, with members consisting of Employees of WHA,GOA and Mythic.
The Eva Vix XO - (Vendetta) and the Eva Vix War Marshall (Xaunt) left Eva Vix 1 month after retail release of Warhammer Online, after marshalling the guild through Closed, Guild and Open Beta for Warhammer Online and due to disagreements based around a more relaxed recruitment policy and overall direction of the guild. Following a stream of original beta members leaving Eva Vix, (Vendetta) and (Xaunt) decided that enough was enough and quit Eva Vix to form Lawless with 7 other original members of Eva Vix.
Lawless formed early October 2008 on Karak Azgal EU Core Server on Warhammer Online. All of the members had been involved in all stages of beta testing for Warhammer Online. After breaking away from Eva Vix, Lawless set about levelling the guild and progressing in WAR. However a few of the guild members had burnt themselves out with WAR and had issues with the bugs, balance and lack of decent end game content. Most of the guild left WAR and started playing as a group in games such as L4D, Sins of a Solar Empire, EvE, TF2, DOW2. Several members rejoined WAR in Late February 2009 and joined KDS to re-roll from Destruction to Order, deleting various lvl 40 characters to help stimulate the servers Open RvR/PvP. Some members are still playing WAR but we have now joined friends in a guild Called "Radiant Knights" on the Order faction on Karak Azgal. Lawless was officially Disbanded in WAR at the end of Feb 2009.
[edit] Republic Renegade Guild
Republic Renegade Guild?? What the hell is that??
Well we like the idea of dark being light and light being dark, we also like sailing close to the wind. We like to play mainly dark factions but we have history as Rebels in SWG. We also have guilds like KDS who we have a long term PvP relationship with, rolling Sith, which means we have to roll against them as friends/enemies for many years it will make our server all the more competetive. We see ourselves as the dark side of the light, we have a motto "At All Cost And By Any Means Necessary", we exclude grief and exploiting from that statement however. The point is simple, we like the idea of being fundamentally good, but embracing the Darkside to achieve our goals if necessary. "Good is a point of View, The Sith and the Jedi are similar in every way including their quest for greater power" Darth Sidius.
[edit] Lawless Ethos
(Quote) Vendetta "I hate the term "Hardcore", but for the sake of definition, were not a hardcore guild in terms of required hours of play, were all grown ups we have life experience, families, children, (Grandchildren in the case of Spud), we don't want basement dwelling teenagers with no life experience, they wont have the type of personality that will fit into our guild. We have all done the 8 hour raiding 4 to 7 nights a week and it's just a joke. We're "Hardcore" in terms of progression, focus and skill levels, we expect people to play most nights of the week, even if it's just for an hour or so, but more important and the core of Lawless is this. When you are online you focus, progress and work together to be the best on whatever server we roll on. Lawless is not just a name it's an Ethos, we can not be defined by your usual gaming standards, some of us have been in World and European Leading Guilds, we know what is required in the most demanding of MMO environments. What we have found in Lawless is a resting place for us to be a lot more relaxed, yet attain the same results, just not quite as quick".
Lawless is professional in its outlook to raiding, but professional in a part time manner. We don't want people to miss dinner, apologise to loved ones, etc. but we are a collective of Online gaming addicts, we are just mature enough to be able to manage our time, so most of us are on most nights, some nights for 6 hours, some for more and some for considerably less. The ethos of Lawless is we have the leadership and the players to attain success where most will fail and we don't need to be online 8 hours a day to attain it. We attain it through skill, humour, comradeship, teamwork, focus and drive.
[edit] Recruitment & Requirements
The application process for Lawless is comprehensive and strict, proof is required and references checked for all would be applicants and only those with thoroughbred online pvp gaming CV's are considered. As well as pedigree and personal skill, we expect a high level of proven team play experience.
Our recruitment policy also focuses on personality. We have a collective of highly skilled players and leaders, but what gels us together is a shared sense of humour and like minded personalities. Lawless is run as an over 18 mature gaming environment, where swearing is tolerated, mutual respect is expected and discipline is demanded. WE ARE NOT A CAREBEAR ALL INCLUSIVE GUILD.
(Quote) Vendetta "Lawless is a collective of very experienced and very able Players/Leaders, skill is a major factor and each and everyone of us has been key members of server defining guilds in FPS / RTS / MMO's for the past 10 years".
(Quote) Vendetta "Lawless has a strict recruitment policy, we don't let anyone in who can not prove their pedigree as a top European player in one online genre or another". (Quote) Vendetta "As important as individual skill and outstanding team play, is personality. We are a mature bunch of old hack gamers, we have a laugh, we use mature language and take no prisoners if people mess up. However were have fundamental beliefs based around respect and a code of behaviour that is strictly adhered too.
Lawless recruitment policy follows a 3 stage process:
1. Written Application (Format Template on Website)
This is applicants first chance to impress, walls of text are not required, but comprehensive answers to questions posed in the recruitment template is an application requirement. We also require website links, contact details, etc of previous guilds and guild leadership. As an ex member of Nihilum, if you tell me you were in Death & Taxes I want quantifiable proof that can be verified. We wont believe you, just because you say so. The Application process is also a good place to start showing us a bit of your personality.
2. Ventrilo Interview
When an applicant passes the written application stage we give them details of out Vent server and arrange a quick 30 min Interview based on previous gaming experience and to gauge a persons personality. If an applicant passes the Vent Interview they will be encouraged to hang around on Vent and chat to the rest of the guild, this is not mandatory, but the more someone engages themselves with us on Vent, the more we can gauge an applicants personality.
3. Team Play
All of us play many online games including all the popular ones of the moment. Due to Lawless being a TOR pre release guild, it will be difficult to hook up in game an spend time working as a team. So we will arrange a time and a date within 1 week of the Vent interview and arrange to meet up in 1 of a selection of games to be discussed with the applicant at their Vent interview.
Once all 3 process have been complete the recruitment Officer will discuss the applicant with the other Officers of the Guild and an invite or rejection will be made within 1 week.
Recruitment is tough and we ask a lot of potential recruits, we expect the best or as near to the best as possible, but we add further restrictions based on maturity and Game Life, Real Life balance. We have succeeded in this so far and we will strive to make sure we always succeed in recruiting only the right people for Lawless the community. We reject way more than we recruit and were glad that joining Lawless is an achievement in itself.
[edit] Lawless Leadership
Any self respecting decent player wants assurances from his prospective guild leadership, just like we want assurances from them.
We ask you to prove that you're a skilled and experienced player, so I guess it's only fair that you want to make sure we know what we are doing also.
Leadership Profiles::
1. Saul / Vendetta (GM)
2. Xaunt (Officer)
3. Kel (Officer)
4. Spud (Officer)
5. Divinitas (Officer)
6. Juggs (Officer)
7. Neph (Officer)
See Also: Guilds
