Aedan Marceaux Posted December 12, 2020 Share #1 Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) December 11, 2020 A bit of restructuring and remodeling and our doors have opened once more! If you've been looking for a company that says they follow the lore and mean it, are adventuring themed, are active with weekly events, and go out of their way trying to make you feel like you're actually a part of the team, then you might just consider giving us a try! As of right now, we run a PvE event (such as maps, dungeons, raids, trials, mount farming, etc.) and an RP leve-like or story driven event each week. We also have a social RP night at least once a month, but it can happen more often than that! All members are encouraged to create events and RP on days outside of those officer-led events, and we are happy to help you plan them and make them happen! For more detailed information, I recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux Savyna Rysen Isa Tsurugi Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share #2 Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) January 10, 2021 A happy New Year to you all! We here at Black Griffin Adventuring Company hope that your holiday season was, at least to some extent, joyful and relaxing! On to our updates! RP - Every week we've held a scheduled RP event using a roll system that we've adopted and we've been enjoying it quite a bit. We have also held a come-and-go, no pressure social RP (slice of life tavern crawl) event every week, as well. Personal and interpersonal stories are developing and there is a "major" plot on the horizon. We've also been getting together to RP between scheduled events both in game and in our discord. As always, we encourage any and all members to feel free to post events, as well, and the officers are always happy to help with planning if desired! PvE - We've been holding weekly PvE events and have been enjoying them immensely. Thus far, they have largely been map runs (zonureskin) and have been great fun as we all get in discord and shoot the shit together there while making tons of gil. However, we are always willing to switch it up for other content to match the needs and desires of the members of our company. On nights without dedicated events, we've often come together to knock out roulettes and weekly raids, as well. Outside of the game - We've had a few non-FFXIV nights, as well. Most notably, we've gotten together to play Phasmophobia to laugh at each other as we piss our pants. Beyond that, our discord is active pretty much all day long with us talking back and forth about just about anything and everything. So, if you're looking for a lore adherent, adventuring themed active company that is active with weekly events then we might be the place for you! We strive to go out of our way to include and involve any and every member that we can in all that we do, helping people catch up PvE-wise to be able to join us for raids, poking people for RP, and just generally trying to get one another IC and OOC - and we're looking for more to join in on the fun! For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Isa Tsurugi Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) February 17, 2021 Another month has come and gone! We here at Black Griffin hope that everyone out there is safe, healthy, and warm! On to our updates! General - We've had quite a few members join us since the last update, so a warm welcome to all of them again! We are still open for recruiting more members into our cult insane family. As a reminder, we are not currently recruiting across servers nor are we accepting members that don't join the FC. We will interact with people outside of our FC, but to truly join us on our adventures you need to have our tag. We understand the difficulty this poses for some people, but we feel a community within an FC is stronger when people are actually part of the FC. RP - We've had two events every week for scheduled RP. One event, usually on Thursdays, is our "Social/Casual" night where we gather together at various taverns in the world (both player-made and SE-made) and enjoy some laid back RP. Our other event is our more story driven, adventure themed event wherein we use our roll system and is usually held on Saturdays. A story arc, of sorts, is beginning to develop from these and we are excited to see where it goes and how our characters interact with it. Beyond that, members get on during in between days to RP as well, further developing personal stories and interpersonal relationships. PvE - Our weekly PvE event has continued, as well. It has usually been zonureskin map runs, but we have also dipped our toes into mount farming in extremes and the like. Beyond that, we have a bunch of folks willing to step in and help on non-event days, too, with dungeon runs, raids, Bozja, etc. Outside of the game - Our discord is active every day with all sorts of shenanigans. Several of us still come together to play games outside of FFXIV, as well. This is usually done through games on Steam, but we've also played some Epic Launcher and other games as well. And... no need to change that which still works... so grabbing from the previous post. If you're looking for a lore adherent, adventuring themed active company that is active with weekly events then we might be the place for you! We strive to go out of our way to include and involve any and every member that we can in all that we do, helping people catch up PvE-wise to be able to join us for raids, poking people for RP, and just generally trying to get know one another IC and OOC - and we're looking for more to join in on the fun! For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Isa Tsurugi Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) March 29, 2021 Ack! Time got away from me! Nearly a month and a half has passed since we've posted an update here. Lets remedy that, eh?! General - We've had another batch of members join on since we last updated and, as before, we would like to wish them a warm welcome into our little cult company. We are still open for recruiting more members into our insane family. As before, as a reminder, we are not currently recruiting across servers nor are we accepting members that don't join the FC. A note to add in this section is that we feel our biggest draw and, perhaps, what makes us different from all, or most of, the other companies out there is our casual nature. We are very understanding of people having busy lives outside of FFXIV. We are never one to push people to join events or be active. We understand that the desire to RP can change on a daily, hell even hourly, basis and never hold it against people if they don't show up for events they sign up for (though we do appreciate a heads up, even a "hey, not feeling it tonight after all" type of deal). The last thing we want is to promote an atmosphere that feels like another job or obligation. This is a game, in which we are layering pretend imagination fun times... it's not meant to be a point of stress. All of that said, we highly encourage our members to be active and to even lead their own events if they're comfortable in doing so. RP - Our two weekly RP events have continued on strong. One of the events is a more casual, "bar night" type event where we gather in a more comfortable atmosphere and let our characters get to know one another over drinks and games. The other event is more in line with our company theme - adventuring. The large majority of the time this is done out in the open world and usually involves a roll system that we have adopted. And, as always, members get on during in between days to RP as well, further developing personal stories and interpersonal relationships. PvE - We still hold weekly PvE events, as well. Usually, it comes in the form of map nights, but we aren't opposed to doing other content, as well, such as Bozja, mount farming, raids, roulettes, etc. That said, we have a helpful group of players that are often willing to step in on nights not designated as PvE nights and help out with dungeons and the like, as well! Outside of the game - Our discord is still crazy and active on a daily basis. Posting memes, discussing content and spoilers (in appropriate channels), sharing recipes and poking fun at each other is a usual occurrence. On top of that, we game outside of FFXIV, as well. Most notably, we have scheduled a Valheim night this week in the hopes that we can all be vikings and "jarl" at each other. Bad joke, I know. So, as before, what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021 A short update as it hasn't truly been a month yet. We've had a large number of new recruits join us since the last update and we are fast approaching that magical number of members that we feel is a good cut off. As such, we are not yet cutting off recruitment, but will be doing so at the end of the month. To share the message that was given to our members on our discord: In order to keep the company from growing too large and causing people to feel like a group of faceless numbers rather than a cohesive group of acquainted asshats, we will be closing recruitment at the end of the month. If you had friends that were looking to apply, no worries. We will be keeping interviews and applications open to those that can be vetted by someone in the company already (IC and OOC) so long as their characters are appropriate for our company, of course. Thanks! - Management So, if you have any interest in joining our company, this is essentially a last call. Will we open our doors to recruiting again in the future? That all depends on the general feeling of the "fullness" of the company. Should members move on to other companies or games and make us feel less full, then maybe so. We don't necessarily plan for it to be permanent, we just also don't have an ETA as to when it will be open again. As always, though, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted May 2, 2021 May 1, 2021 As mentioned in our previous post, we are currently closing our recruitment. We had several people join on and we've reached that level of fullness for which we were looking. There may be a time that we'll open it up once more, but that most certainly will not be until we feel that all of the souls that have joined in our insanity have indeed found their place and feel welcomed into the company as a whole. Again, as mentioned above, should members decide to move on and the "fullness" fade, then we will potentially open our doors again. We don't intend for this closure to be permanent, we are just unable to give a concrete date at this time as to when we will be opening it back up again. So, in the mean time, we hope to see you all in game! Happy hunting! Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) May 24, 2021 After some departures and time to give our newest recruits a chance to feel like part of the group, that "full feeling" has gone away and we are back to being open to new applications again! General - As mentioned above, that full feeling has left so our doors are open once more to new recruits. As a reminder, we are not currently recruiting across servers nor are we accepting members that don't join the FC. We are excited for not only upcoming patches, but the expansion, as well! RP - We have kept to our general schedule of having an adventuring-themed RP event each week and if not every week, every other week, having a social RP event wherein our characters gather either at the house or some establishment out in the world (SE or player made) to just relax and get to know one another. We've made a few small updates and additions to our roll system that we use on most of our adventure-themed events, as well. PvE - PvE nights are still happening. Usually these are map nights, though we have also scheduled running raids and older content (for mounts, glamours, BLU spells, etc.) as well! As mentioned before, we have a group of players that generally like doing all sort of PvE content and are usually willing to step in and help if it's asked of them and will even offer to have company mates come along for roulettes daily. Outside of the game - Our discord is still a den of sin... and good times. It is active daily with memes, spoiler chat (in appropriate channels), RP, and all sorts of other things. We do play games outside of FFXIV as well such as Valheim, Phasmophobia, and many others. So, the beautiful bulleted lists. What we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) June 25, 2021 Another month, another update! General - We've had a few new names join our craziness, so a warm welcome to them! They've been great additions. Our recruitment is still open and we're still looking for more to join in on the fun as we prepare for the upcoming expansion! RP - As mentioned before, we've kept to our schedule of at least one adventure-themed RP event per week. We've actually had several led by non-officers this month which has been exciting! We also continue to hold our at least bi-weekly social event wherein our characters gather together for some food, drinks, and good times. As always, RP between events continues to happen, as well, both in game and in our discord. PvE - PvE nights are still scheduled weekly, usually with a focus on maps. We've had a lot of newer and returning players join our company so we've been helping them with content, as well. As always, our group is usually helpful and willing to hop on for roulettes and the like (barring any other obligations, of course) when asked! Outside of the game - Our discord is still very much active - full of a bunch of nerds being nerds. We also still continue to plays games with each other outside of FFXIV, as well, the most recent of which was Overcooked 2 last night since it was free on Epic recently. Once again, the list and information that has not changed. What we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) July 26, 2021 Here we are again with another monthly update. General - We're still around and still kicking! We've had a few more names join our roster and some names move on, but we are still open to having more join in on the fun! I truly believe that now is one of the better times to get out there and look for an RP FC as we are currently in that pre-expansion lull. No new PvE or otherwise content, so aside from leveling alts or finishing relics (or chasing down Ultimate clears), there's not much to do other than RP. So, if you're looking for a place to call home to be able to settle in before the new expansion drops, now is a good time to maybe consider us! RP - Our schedule continues to be one adventure-themed RP night wherein we usually use our in house rolling system. We also have been pretty consistently holding a social night every week, as well. Of course, between event nights we have personal RP continuing as well both in game and in our discord. PvE - We continue to enjoy the PvE this game offers, even if we are in a pre-expansion lull. Finishing up relics, running old content for mounts, farming BLU spells, roulettes and raids... we do it all and are happy to help out those who need particular things for their own progression. Outside of the game - Our discord continues to be active as mentioned before, talking about all manner of topics both regarding to FFXIV and otherwise. We have also gotten together outside of the game to play other games such as Overcooked 2, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Out of Space, and some of us even had an itch for some Diablo 3 again. So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) August 27, 2021 Another month, another update! General - A few more have joined our craziness and we are still open to having more join in on the fun! We still believe that now is one of the better times to get out there and look for an RP FC as we are currently in that pre-expansion lull. No new PvE or otherwise content, so aside from leveling alts or finishing relics (or chasing down Ultimate clears), there's not much to do other than RP. So, if you're looking for a place to call home to be able to settle in before the new expansion drops, now is a good time to maybe consider us! We believe that we are a friendly place for both new players and veterans alike. We enjoy helping people flesh out their characters and figure out their place in the lore. We enjoy helping people progress through the content at their own pace. So if you're new to the world of FFXIV, a returner, or even a veteran and you're looking for a laid back RP FC to call home, you might consider giving us a shot! RP - Our weekly events continue to take place. We hold an adventure-themed event that uses our in house roll system as well as a social gathering event every week. Beyond that, we encourage members to RP between events, host their own events, and RP in discord at their leisure. PvE - We still get together to knock about some pixels for loot and progression. As mentioned above, we're happy to help new players and veterans alike progress through the game be it through main story questlines or even end game raiding, and everything in between. We also enjoy the occasional mount farm and map run. Outside of the game - Our discord is still very active, posting updates, discussing lore, helping flesh out characters, and just generally shooting the shit. We also still continue to game outside of FFXIV with one another with a weekly event. Recent games have been Tribes of Midgard, Valheim, and the newly released Aliens Fireteam Elite. So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) September 28, 2021 This one snuck up on me, but here we are after another month! General - We've added another name or two to the roster since our last update, so a warm welcome to them! We are still very much open and looking for more that wish to join us on our adventures. As mentioned before, we believe this is as good a time as any to join a roleplaying free company as we are neck deep in the pre-expansion lull. There is a lot of excitement building for Endwalker, but no real new content in the game right now... which means plenty of time to RP! Naturally, you can also spend that time catching up on content, gearing, mount farming, etc.... and we do all of that, too! We are open and friendly to new players and veterans alike. We enjoy helping people find their place in the game by aiding them through content or even helping to flesh out their characters and learn the lore that's pertinent to that cause. So if you're new and have no clue what you're doing, don't let our "lore strictness" scare you off! We promise to help you figure it all out! RP - As before, our weekly events are still happening. We usually hold adventure-themed, out in the world RP events on Saturdays and our more laid back, social events in the middle of the week on Wednesdays. We do shift those days around from time to time to help accommodate those with varying schedules. We currently have two continuous stories going on. We wouldn't label them as grand story archs, but they're not one-off adventures, either. They're somewhere in a happy middle place where the stories will span three or four (sometimes more) events. Beyond that, we always encourage any and all members to feel free to host their own events and we are always happy to step in and help them set them up should it be needd. PvE - A lot of our members are catching up with the MSQ, leveling alts, doing roulettes and raids for gear. We are always happy to help our members progress however we can, often holding weekly events with a focus on PvE. Outside of the game - We play games together outside of FFXIV, as well! Lately, our obsession has been Aliens: Fireteam Elite, but we enjoy all sorts of different genres. We've played Valheim, Tribes of Midgard, Overcooked 2, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Out of Space, and a number of other games together, as well. Our discord still remains our main source of organization. All of our events are posted on our discord using a easy to use bot. We also have our roll system and related discussion threads posted there. And, of course, our general banter, spoilers chats, lore discussions, voice chats and more all very much active in their proper channels. So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Edited October 15, 2021 by Aedan Marceaux Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted October 24, 2021 October 23, 2021 A few days early for it to be a true month that has passed, but there's enough to talk about that I feel it warrants it. General - Again, a few more names have joined the roster since our last update. As always, a warm welcome to them. We are still open and looking for more! However, our recruitment will take a small pause once Endwalker is released. This is to allow current members to take a break from the RP (if they desire) and focus, instead, on all of the new content, lore, and story that is presented to us in what SquareEnix has called their biggest expansion. During this pause, we will still accept applications and people into our discord to talk with the officer core and ask questions, but we will not actively proceed with the interview and induction into the company process. Our recruitment will remain open, but the inviting into the FC will be paused for a roughly two week period. So, if you are interested in joining the company or finding a home before the expansion releases, act fast! You have a little less than a month to go! We take in new players and veterans alike, enjoy helping people through content, help people flesh out their characters (without hand holding - after all, we want it to be your character, not ours), and all around just hang out with one another in game and in discord. So don't let our decision to abide by the lore as strictly as we can scare you off! We will work with you and help you find a way to fit in. RP - Our weekly events are continuing to happen. We have two events geared toward RP. The first is a social night wherein we stray away from adventuring and instead sit back and enjoy one another's company. Usually this takes the form of a "pub crawl" of sorts, though we have held beach parties and friendly sparring competitions as well! Our second RP event type is the adventuring sort. Generally these events happen out in the open world and are themed around adventuring akin to leves and guildhests. The officer team has decided to shift to a biweekly scheduling of adventure-themed events to help avoid burnout. What this means is that officer-led adventure themed events will take place every other week, instead of weekly. As always, though, we encourage any and all of our members to host events themselves. PvE - As mentioned before, we have members leveling and catching up with the MSQ, finishing out raid series and gear sets, wrapping up relic chains, and even running old content for transmogs and mounts. We hold a weekly PvE event wherein we tackle just about anything the game has to offer in a casual atmosphere - usually this is maps but we have done extreme mount farming and the like, as well. As always, we have a good group of people willing to step in and help out with all manner of things. Outside of the game - We continue to play games outside of FFXIV together, as well. Most recently, we played Valheim together and had a load of fun. This, of course, may also go on hold for a brief time as we all focus on the new expansion, but will most certainly come back once we've settled in. Our discord is still very much active and is where we mainly organize everything that we do. Voice chat is relatively active on a daily basis, discussions on lore and spoilers (in appropriate channels), sharing of art and real life pictures... all the usual discord stuff! So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted November 24, 2021 November 24, 2021 Another month has passed so it's time for our monthly update! General - Another warm welcome to the couple of new names that have joined our roster since our previous update. They've all proven to be a nice match for our company! As mentioned in the previous update, we are still open and recruiting more, but there will be a pause once Endwalker is released (starting on early access: December 3). The pause is to allow officers and current members alike a chance to engage in the new content offered by the expansion. The pause will likely last about two weeks. During this time, we will still be accepting applications and welcoming guests into our discord to speak with officers, however we will not be pressing forward with the interview process until the pause is lifted. So, if you are interested in joining the company or finding a home before the expansion releases, act fast! You have about a week and a half to go at the time of this post! We take in new players and veterans alike, enjoy helping people through content, help people flesh out their characters (without hand holding - after all, we want it to be your character, not ours), and all around just hang out with one another in game and in discord. So don't let our decision to abide by the lore as strictly as we can scare you off! We will work with you and help you find a way to fit in. RP - Even leading up to the expansion we are still planning our weekly events. We generally have two events geared toward RP. The first type is a social night wherein we hold a come and go, no obligations get together somewhere in the world. Often times this is held at other establishments such as pubs and bars that are active at the same time as our event, though we have also done it in our company house a few times as well as out in the world at beaches and the like. The second event type is our adventure-themed events wherein our company heads out into the world and does adventuring-type work akin to what one would do with leves and guildhests. The vast majority of these events are held out in the open world, rather than tucked away in housing areas and dungeons. The officer team has opted to lead these sorts of events every other week rather than weekly to help avoid burn out. That said, we always encourage our members to lead their own events and fill in the gaps when they would like. PvE - We've had a number of successful map nights since the last update which were fun. Unfortunately, RNG didn't side with us and get us to the last summon/floor, but it was still fun all the same. We have a helpful group of people willing to step in and help people run through content, farm tomes, do roulettes, and all manner of PvE together. Outside of the game - We're still gaming outside of FFXIV together, as well. We have a Valheim world that we mess around in every now and again, we've started playing Back 4 Blood with one another, and fairly recently have actually started a D&D campaign through roll20 with our members. Our discord remains the hub of our organization and general banter. We poke fun at one another, post memes, share recipes and real life photos, discuss lore, and much more all within our discord. So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted December 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 The month has come and gone, the expansion has been out for some time, and people are returning from their holidays. It's time to get back to business as usual! We hope you all had a good holiday season and wish everyone a happy New Years Eve and Day! General - We've had enough time to fully interact with all the expansion has to offer and are completely open for new members once more! We weren't exactly closed before, but between trying to delve into the new content and also dealing with vacations and the like, there was a small delay in the process being completed. That's all done now so our application and interview process is back to operating as normal! We take in new players and veterans alike, enjoy helping people through content, help people flesh out their characters (without hand holding - after all, we want it to be your character, not ours), and all around just hang out with one another in game and in discord. So don't let our decision to abide by the lore as strictly as we can scare you off! We will work with you and help you find a way to fit in. RP - Much like our recruiting, our events took a small pause while we dove into Endwalker and took vacations for the holidays. We are now back to posting them as usual. In general we hold two types of RP events. The first is a casual, social night where we often visit other establishments and hang out ICly for a few hours. The second is an adventure-themed event wherein we head out into the open world and do some adventuring akin to leves and guildhests. The officers usually post the social event weekly and, to avoid burnout, the adventuring event biweekly. We always encourage our members to host their own events as they feel comfortable, as well. PvE - As with our RP events, our PvE events took a small pause but have started up again. While we wait for the new maps to have portals (6.05!) we have begun running the new raids together as well as roulettes. Outside of the game - Gaming outside of FFXIV does continue to happen, especially when the queues and errors were mean to us. Any number of games on Steam and Epic are usually our choices, though we do also have an in house D&D campaign going on on Roll20, as well! We continue to use our discord to organize our events and chat with one another throughout the day. Naturally, a lot of discussion has taken place over the past few weeks in our ffxiv-spoilers channel, but we also have general banter, IC channels for RP while away from the game, lore discussion, and much more! So, if what you've read thus far potentially has you interested, here is a list of what we offer: lore adherent adventuring themed weekly events welcoming atmosphere PvE inclusion even gaming outside of FFXIV casual, laid back atmosphere For more detailed information, we recommend you hop on over to our company site: http://blackgriffin.carrd.co You can find our rules and policies written out there as well as a little more information about the company itself. The application to join can also be found there! Of course, you are also welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Link to comment
Aedan Marceaux Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted February 1, 2022 January 31, 2021 Another month, another update. This one will be quite a big one (with regard to importance, not so much length). The members of our company have gotten together and decided to do a bit of restructuring of the company as a whole. We no longer consider ourselves a roleplaying company, but rather a company with roleplayers in it. What this means is that though there are members in our company that do enjoy roleplaying, be it in game or elsewhere, the main focus of the company is no longer roleplay. We, instead, are focusing on the game in a more general sense. We are wanting to shift gears and instead have our company be a community where any and all (within reason) are welcome to join, no matter their stance on roleplay or even lore. Yes, you read that correctly. We are no longer "policing" lore. To be completely transparent with all of this, those of us running events have become burned out on doing so or have other obligations (usually real life business) that pulls us away from being able to do so with any sort of real enthusiasm and energy. As such, our shift in our focus. So, unlike all of the posts above, there isn't an RP section to discuss as we no longer really hold weekly events. That isn't to say we don't allow it, it's just not our focus anymore. Members are still welcome to do so if they wish, however. PvE will begin to be a little more of a focus now and will likely see an increase in events being posted. Naturally, this will start with the easier stuff such as maps and raids, but as interest and membership grows, I imagine statics for extremes and savages could be a potential future. Our discord will remain our main source of organization and banter. We still enjoy each other enough to play games outside of FFXIV together. Those listed previously are still our usual hits with a few new ones sprinkled in every now and again. We also have an in house D&D 5e campaign going! So, our usual bulleted list, but shorter and ... sweeter? Active players seeking to enjoy all the game has to offer. Players seeking to join a company of like-minded adults just trying to have fun. New players and veterans alike. 18+ as themes of our conversations and the like can often skew toward being adult-oriented. As always, you are welcome to join our discord and speak with our officer core directly with any sort of questions you may have: https://discord.gg/wAp4cun You can also contact us directly in game with any questions or concerns: Aedan Marceaux / C'laksi Vehnik Savyna Rysen / Aoife Riley Beyond that, happy hunting and we hope to see you in game! Link to comment
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