First of all I wish to say hello to all of you. Some of you know me as Scorcius but back on Allariele my reputation was earned under the name Moonglum, which unfortunately I had to change when transferred, but enough about me

Ok a little bit about the guild; It was originally a group of Finish people that played MMOs for years together and started WAR as well, they gained a great reputation on Allariele but unfortunately most of them left the game for one reason or another just a few of them left now, I joined when I was level 28 so if you have any questions about something before that you'll need to ask Hew he's the native

At the moment we have around 20-25 regular players, most of them 40 and I can say very skilled group of people. We received a challenge from Precept some time ago concerning LV so we cleared it second on the server, after Malleus's(sorry I needed to brag a bit about that

We are a casual guild, most of us have jobs,some have families so we all try to balance our RL with the game so we're not demanding or anything just trying to have fun and enjoy the game as much as we can while trying to do our best.

As some of you know there's been some discussion of a merge between Insult to Injury and Rajatapaukset, so i guess a lot of you wonder what will you gain with that...Ok so let's start with that;

First of all you'll gain a few guild ranks, we're 27 at the moment(ok not much I know , we'll all get a chance to do dungeon runs more often, especialy LV which is an end game instance and in my opinion everyone should get a chance to see it and clear it. With this merge we will probably be able to have 2 or 3 regular LV groups and even more after the patch when some people return.
But most of all you'll get a chance to spend some time with people who think a lot like you, to have fun, laugh and both of the guild will avoid the option of dying because of lack of interest.

We're also talking with The Avatars at the moment, their leader and some officers are interested in joining us, they have around 6-8 regular player but all very skilled individuals, so we'll see what happens there as well.

If you have any questions you can post it here, i'll try to check the forums a couple of times each day and do my best to answer them as best as I can

Before i finish I apologize if I made any mistakes in spelling or anywhere else, English is not my native language but I do my best

Best regards

Scorcius Moonglum

Greetings Scorcius!

Many thanks for taking the time to post!

As the original leader of I2I, sadly no longer playing WAR, I feel somewhat responsible for ensuring that this prospective merger is the right way forward for our active members. For my part, what you posted sounds ideal, and I know that Tholfir speaks very highly of you and your guild.

I think we all understand that a merger would essentially involve our remaining active members joining your guild. Of course, it will be a sad day for I2I to close its doors, but I think we can all agree that the game is more fun when there are more people around to group with, and if that means a small guild is absorbed by a larger one, so be it.

I guess there are two main questions we need to ask. Are you right for us, and are we right for you?

For the first question, is it possible for you to let us know if there is anything in our Guidelines and Ethos (see the recruitment forum), that might be a sticking point in your guild. Those are the principles that I2I members signed up to before joining, and although I imagine our members will be flexible regarding ages, lols, etc, do you think the general spirit is compatible with that of your guild?

For the second question, is there anything that you would require from our members before they could join? I guess it would be a good idea for them to give a little introduction on your forums when they arrive, but would they need to post an application to satisfy guild bureaucracy or anything? Are there any additional rules that you have that you feel should be brought to our attention before a decision is made?

Ok, I think that covers it for now. Thanks again for coming over here to talk to us

Levin

Hello again

Glad to meet you even if on forums

Ok first to answer if we're right for you, we have some members that are under 25 but i can vouch that they are mature enough and that you won't even notice that, lols etc are hard to avoid, i think yuo'll agree with me on that, especialy because we're a guild with members from all over Europe so not everyone has the same vocabulary that they can use, but of course it's all within limits, we also don't like that when used to often.

The second question are you good for us? To be honest I met some of your members in orvr and in some altdorf runs but mostly been playing and chating with Tholfir and if he enjoys playing with the rest of you guys i have no further questions, that's how high my opinion is of him.

About the guilds compatibility, if we judge it by your intraduction and our guild spirit at the moment plus some of our joined alliance runs and actions, my honest opinion is that we'll do just fine

About the lose of your name, i know that's a sad day for all of you, i know it would be for me too but that's just how it goes, I know when we talked in the guild chat we all agreed to join the guild with the highest rank, i just asked Tholfir your rank today so it was fair , We also had a merge back on Allariele with The Purple Dragons and a nice touch to that was that in the begining all the non officer members had their rank named The Purple Dragon, which made it a bit easier in the start and we all got to know each other well after that and changed the rank names to regular ones after some time.

One more thing i talked to Tholfir about, we curently habe just 3 officers and if we merge with I2I and The Avatars i think it would be fair if we kept our 3 officers and gave both you and The Avatars 2 officers spots, if we merge just with you we can make it 3 so it feels more even. We don't have much oficers at this time and we try to keep only that aspect strict so the officers are regular players, skilled individuals and normal people who won't compromise the guilds name.

Ok I think I got most of it

<waves to Scorcius>

Thankyou for you introduction. Having read your posts and weighed up the pros and cons of a merger with another guild and what we can offer each other regards all aspects concerning Warhammer, I cannot at present think of a reason not to forge ahead with such a merger.

I hope this is the start of a new era for all during our Warhammer experience which provides a strong foundation for the coming months, nay years.

I thus look forward to meeting you all in the near future, so until then see you out on the battlefield.

Take care.




<waves>

Hiya Moon,

Thanks so much for taking the time to come on here and say hello. I won't pretend that I haven't had my doubts about losing I2I's Guild identity over the past few weeks, since talks of mergers first started on our forums, but I can say now that I wholeheartedly agree that a merger with Rajatapaukset is, in my opinion at least, the best way forward for the Guild as we stand, and I would urge people to support it.

I have the very highest regard for the RT players I know, they are amongst the nicest and most capable people I have had the fortune to meet on the Server (outside I2I of course! - our Guilds have a very similar outlook and ethos, and we are suffering the same problem; an atrophied player-base, due to people losing interest in WAR. By merging the Guilds together, I believe we can salvage 1 Guild with the same fundamental beliefs and relaxed attitude that makes me love I2I, and furthermore, we will have enough regular players to enjoy the game in its fullness again, having more opportunities to have permenant Bastion Stair, Altdorf Dungeon and Lost Vale groups up and running. Furthermore (and possibly more importantly to me) we will be a force to be reckoned with in T4 ORvR again.

Up until now, Precept have called the shots where IC raids etc have been concerned. I appreciate all Precept have done for the Server, and don't belittle their achievements one bit, but with a merger between RT, I2I and possibly the Avatars (coupled with the return of our old-guard with the Slayers), we will have enough of a regular playerbase to start organising Serverwide events such as Zone locks and Fortress raids; this on its own is enough to convince me this is the right thing to do at this time.

Whilst it obviously upsets me to close the doors on the I2I Guild, I really can't see us ever getting back to the former glory days we had without some form of compromise, I think a merger with RT gives us far more positives than it does negatives, and would revitalise the game again for those of us playing regularly still, whilst offering a friendly, relaxed and mature environment for the more casual players to continue to enjoy WAR.

No questions, your honour.

Would you guys have a restriction on the amount of alts people may invite into the guild?
For as you may have noticed from my sig, I be a bit of an altaholic .

Of course not Ushli, i think you might have met Viipale/Ralos in game, he has 2 lvl 40 chars and about 3 or 4 t2 ones+he has a couple of alts on karak 8 peak searver, and to mentione that as well we made an alt guild there, a destro one for times when things are slow on Burlok or people just need a break, but hopefully with this merge i think that won't be needed anymore

I also wanted to agree with Tholfir, back on Allariele after we merget with The Purple Dragons we were Order at that time, were greatly outnumbered and with a couple of smaller guilds we did everything there, but after the transferes we lost some players to other servers, other games or RL and it just wasn't like before, we had to start all over again to build a name for ourselves with all the new people around, but I think we did good so far and after our 2 guilds join forces I look forward to being a force that makes a diference again, I'm looking forward to our own guild warband when we need it and scenario premades when ever we wish for them, and of course I look forward to more great people to chat with and get to know them better

I also wanted to say that all of you can contact me in game when I'm online, just add Scorcius to your friend list

Hello again Scorcius,

Just to let you know that your offer has been received very favourably so far. We just want to give it a day or two to make sure everyone gets a chance to have their say, but we'll get back to you soon enough.

Hi Scorcius

Thanks for your posts! Can I ask what the guild name translates into in English please?

Of course, the guild name is in Finish as the original members were and Rajatapaukset are mental borderline cases in Finish

We hear that question a lot, I know it's not a RP name but to be honest I like it most of people feel to shy to even ask what it stands for

And to reply to Levins previous post, no problem I know that you need to talk about it in the privacy of the guild to make the final decision, just to add I'll be checking the posts here for more questions that might need asnwers

In the mean time see you all on the battlefield