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Watching everyone stand in every single aoe they possibly can.

♫ You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep... ♪

But seriously, that's the best advice given so far. I won't force myself to stay involved in RP that makes me extremely uncomfortable just to preserve the IC/OOC boundary. Inarah will suddenly remember a pressing matter of business and walk away. If the other party starts getting weird OOC as well then I won't respond and hope they take the hint. If not, well, blacklists are helpful... Luckily it hasn't escalated to that point for me but it's always an option.

I really feel you on the anxiousness. I can get quite nervous with strangers... Feel free to message me when I'm online, Inarah is a friendly kitty.

Character Name: J'inarah Marad Character Type: Thief, mercenary, scout. Generally pleasant and amiable. Availability Day(s) of the Week: Usually every day. Time(s) of the Day: GMT timezone. Evenings during the week and any time at weekends. Frequent Locations: Limsa Lominsa, Costa del Sol

Singing whilst cooking, putting on her finest clothes (awful, tacky dresses which make her look like a giant layer cake) and pretending she's a princess, going through her friends' belongings and just barely resisting the urge to nick something...

It's open right now at 10 am GMT!

Hello and welcome!

Hello and welcome!

8 pm GMT? Oh thank goodness, yes, that's fine with me!

Ooh another WoW veteran! I played for about 8 years off and on. I also really enjoyed WildStar but the community just kept dwindling and it was really hard to find RP. I'm guessing from your profile that you're in EU? If so, you might want to check out the European Directory for events, linkshells and free companies friendly to our timezones. Either way, welcome to Balmung!

Usually go to bed at around midnight and wake up at 8 am. Sometimes I stay up til 2 or 3 am. I don't regret it because I'm having fun RPing and I always have plenty of coffee to hand. If I'm suffering with insomnia (which I do every few weeks or so) then I can be up as late as 5 or 6 am. Don't have much choice about it then though.

Colibri... Don't ask me how, given their size. I just want it ok!

Yes.

You forgot the best part! Lady in reeeed, is dancing with meeee...

Mmmm, coffee. Hello and welcome to Balmung and the RPC!

It's time for a wee update. First up, well done to Thya and Z'thara who've passed their trial period and are now proper members of our Crew! Next, we had a great time last night with our third running of the Sunny Seaside Bar. Congratulations to Devin Grey and Yoral Porral for their joint first place, voted for by our lovely patrons! After we shut the bar, Inarah, Kilid and Xiv headed to Fuji's Date Auction where Xiv bought himself a date. Let's hope Xiv doesn't mentally scar the lucky man... Earlier this week, we took a little visit to Gridania. Some of us had never been there before so Thya led a tour of the city and parts of the Shroud. We bumped into our friend, Vana'to, at the Sanctum of the Twelve. What's up for us next? Our first company plot will be winding up over the next couple weeks and, as ever, another opening of the Sunny Seaside Bar on 4 April. And that's it from me. You stay classy, Eorzea!

That's largely what we try to do. We don't really have any hard and fast rules, just guidelines and a very flexible procedure for dealing with problems that may arise. Our guild plot, similarly, is not planned much in advance because I want the ending to reflect what each member involved contributes. There is a general idea of where we want to go but the reactions of the group will ultimately decide how it ends. Like one of our most recent events, two participants in particular completely destroyed (in a good way!) what I had planned and the ending was wildly different as a result.

Deal with it.

I couldn't see the eclipse either. Too cloudy, as per usual here. The snow and hail storms I occasionally get, high up on a hill as my house is, aren't particularly special but I always take the time out to watch them.

Yes, that sums me up quite succinctly. I do both RP and PVE, and enjoy both, but I need RP or I'm not going to last long in any MMO.

GMT here. If you're looking for an employer and don't mind the odd dodgy dealing, Jackal & Hide are still hiring. I'm also personally available for RP if you're about in Limsa/La Noscea in general.

I've drawn on my experiences in the past, both as a leader of small to medium sized guilds, and as a member of guilds of all sizes. When Kilid and I sat down to plan out J&H, we recalled all the things we enjoyed in our time playing other MMOs, and the problems or mistakes we made as well, to avoid them this time round. What We Offer J&H is a small FC and wants to stay that way. I've had the most fun in smaller guilds because everyone gets a chance to pitch in, play together and develop a sense of camaraderie. I want people to feel like they're an important part of the group and that what they do with us actually matters. We have long term plots that we weave into our events, to give a sense of progression, but it's not weighty or unwieldy. As most of our regular events involve doing X job for Y person, we wanted to have some of them tie in together rather than every single one being a one off. Say we did a job for X last week; well, now a competitor is cross with us so we'll have to deal with that. It might resolve in a matter of weeks, or we might get ideas to expand and draw it out further, depending on the feedback we get. Open world RP is a big thing for us. Because we're a newer FC, we missed out on getting a plot and, as a result, mostly RP out in the world or openly in cities. Although we were initially disappointed about this, it's turned into a blessing in disguise as we've got quite a bit of random RP this way! Although our focus is RP, we also have one night a week where we focus on PVE, running whatever is the most popular option at the time. We'll never be at the bleeding edge of progression but we gear up and make our way through content, having plenty of fun along the way. From a more nuts and bolts perspective, we have: RP events at least once a week, if not more; Active, regularly updated website; IC linkshell for events, coordinating on the fly RP and casual chitchat RP; Optional Skype group for when you're not in game; Optional TeamSpeak server for PVE and general chat; and Probably some other things my caffeine-deficient mind can't recall at this precise moment... Policies I suppose the policy most important to me is resolving any conflicts quickly. Being a smaller guild, problems are going to impact the whole more severely than they would in a big one, so ensuring people mostly get along is a priority. Of course disagreements are inevitable and whilst we hope that they can be sorted out privately, if the leadership is required to intervene, we'll do so. On the whole, however, we're made up of mature players (18+, although most are well into their 20s, 30s and beyond) so we trust people to respect boundaries and each other, adhere to lore, separate IC and OOC and so on. If for some reason that doesn't happen, again, we'll step in and do our best to help smooth it out. What We Want I suppose our ideal member works well in a team, both IC and OOC. That said, stroppy characters who complain about the ineptitude of the rest of the group can be quite hilarious as long as that IC/OOC separation is intact. They'd also have a decent sense of humour and at least tolerate our silly banter, if not join in on it. Someone who isn't afraid to jump in and get involved is a big plus too. Although I do make substantial effort to include everyone, it takes a burden off us when members actively involve themselves or even take the lead and create their own events for the rest of us to participate in. As our IC theme involves breaking the law a lot from time to time, having a similarly flexible moral code would also be ideal, but not necessarily required. We have some characters with us now who lean more towards lawful good (whilst I'd say J&H is true neutral, or even chaotic neutral at times) and the IC conflict has been quite fun to play out. I think that's about it. Now I'm going to get some more coffee...

You can watch and vote then. Hope to see you there!

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