Here is the short version of Narfle's post ( here for the full version: http://skimpervious.wordpress.com/ ). I just need you guys to mail me on SK a prototype of a questionnary, we will gather all the question to build the final questionnary. Every vet and officer suggestion for the questionnary are welcome.


1.) Posting on the Imp recruitment thread is required for people who want to join–no exceptions.

2.) A lot of our recent recruits have been EU, so we want to try to recruit more US players to keep a healthy balance between the two, as well as a balance between PvE and PvP.

3.) We will be revising the questions asked in the application for guild membership to make sure that new recruits will be a good fit for the guild community. If you have any suggestions for questions to include, please respond here or send Levi a message.



Changes to Recruitment and Promotions: Recruitment/Promotion Officers

The “recruitment officers” will be:

- Narfle
- Toshk
- Urta
- Objectified
- Thephoenix
- Solimando

Promotion (to member and veteran):

- Narfle
- Urta


GMs ALWAYS have final say in both recruitment and promotions.



~ Narfle

To encourage our new (and new-er) recruits and members to get to know some of the old timers, and vice versa, we will be hosting a Secret Valentine event! If you are interested in participating, please mail Narfle by 5:00pm server time on Monday, 2/11. After we have all of our participants, I will then mail you back with the name of your Secret Valentine. Please purchase/craft/etc. a gift for your valentine, and then mail or /trade that gift to me (Narfle again) by the server reboot on Thursday, 2/14. The value of the gift should be 5k cr, though you can spend more if you really want to. I will then distribute the gifts on Thursday afternoon! Feel the love, Imps!



Again, if there are any questions/comments/suggestions, please post here, discuss in-game, etc. We want to be sure that all Imps have a say in how our little guild works <3

~Narfle

This idea has been kicking around in my head for a long time. We have this wonderful steam group, but with almost nothing to do with it! So, in the coming weeks, I'll be posting more information on this first event. Hopefully this'll bring more attention to this great steam group and ways we can use it. If you have any ideas on what other steam games or even non-steam games that we can play that isn't Spiral Knights, feel free to contact me! The only real requirement is that the game must be multiplayer! Free to play games are prefered, but it can be any game at all! So send in your suggestions to me, Riz, or at this time Wheazeal, as soon as you can! The more suggestions, the better and more variety!

Most people play MMOs because of the interaction with others and the communities and making friends. Communication is KEY. If you find you are no longer having fun or losing interest in the game, here are some suggestions: don’t be afraid to take some risks, say hello, be open to playing with others, strike up a conversation, make a post on our guild blog, tell a joke, lighten up and have fun! The game is may seem stale after you’ve done FSC a few million times but be creative, try a different playstyle, create your own minigame within the game (jelly soccer, anyone?) or set up new challenges and share these with others (!) but don’t wait for others to find this fun for you. Need help? Ask! Have an idea for an event or contest? Tell the GMs and if it’s feasible in scope, we’ll help to the best of our ability! Equally as important, be accepting to others too.

Here at Impervious, we don’t want to hold anyone back. If you feel our guild is not for you, we respect your decision to search elsewhere because there’s nothing more important then you having fun playing the game. Don’t ever hesitate to let us know before because we’re reasonable people and we’ll understand and never hold a grudge (plus, there’s always the friends list!). Do also consider what your own goals as well: Do you just play casually whenever you’ve got some time to kill? Or do you want to meet some good friends to share the game with? Here we try to provide both, but know it’s only possible with your help :)

(To current members: this is a reminder/suggestion/update post to let you know of our plan moving forward but also just something interesting to think about. If you have feedback or any suggestions, let us know as well as we’d like to hear it!)

(To potential recruits: still interested in joining us after this and feel we’re what you’re looking for? Then you’d probably make a great addition for us in our guild so post your application on our thread!)

Lastly, I hope 2012 was great for everyone and that 2013 will be even better! Happy new year, everyone!

Cheers,
Swarles

A NEW YEAR FOR CHANGES IN IMPERVIOUS

To current members and new potential recruits alike:

Somehow managing to be one of the older guilds in the game that is still active (exactly a year and half now), Impervious has gone through a lot. Being managed pretty much by myself as GM and only one doing recruitment for more than a year is admittedly, very exhausting. Despite the pains, we’ve also had lots of fun, shared some priceless moments and learnt many things in the process. However as main GM, my big trip to Europe leading to my two month hiatus from SK is not easy for any guild. It was only with the help of Produkt, Levitch, Toshk and Yfke that the guild is still in one piece and I think they’ve done everything they could and truly a great job while I was gone.

With this, recruitment also changed slightly and we became slightly more LD-focused simply because for some, that’s the only thing they do in the game. I’d like to believe we are and aim to be open and active to all that is available in SK such as in clockworks, shadow lairs, lockdown and even blast network. Wanting to fill the void to ensure members can play gvg in lockdown, gathering some friends, it was like a domino effect and more LD players wanted to join us, friends of friends wanted to join which is hard to say no, it was also just a great opportunity for our current LD players to play gvg frequently and as a guild and with each other.

Lockdown for me is not a competitive game. It varies and relies too much on gear, server and latency, and wealth which can make all the difference and then there is skill. For me, the best games are when the playing field is fair and it really shouldn’t be taken more seriously than to have fun together with other communities in the game with a respectable win or a loss. However, some other guilds don’t share this view or have this understanding and has unfortunately only led to over-competitiveness and mere frustration. Being a largely international guild in SK, there are language barriers so we don’t really have the luxury of freely communicating or even understanding which proves to be an additional challenge. Inevitably, we’ve gained the reputation of being an LD guild is not what we really wanted at all. With this, we will be changing our focus, going back to our roots a bit and will be downsizing Impervious to focus more on community building and encourage those who mainly play LD to find a new home that can better fit their needs in the game. Those who will still be here, we’ll still play some friendly gvg games with others if we got a team for it :)

Creating Impervious, I never expected it to be one of the top guilds in the game. We have never changed our description of us being a friendly laidback guild who just aims to have fun. We don’t have any officers and only a few GMs which both put us at an advantage where ranks are less relevant so everyone is equal, but also at a disadvantage where as much as we’d like to, we simply cannot spend all our time helping to bridge those connections between all members because we play casually too. As a result, we rely on others who can appreciate the idea of our guild and our veterans to be welcoming and inclusive, and aim to recruit those who like to take initiative and who are not afraid to put themselves out there to make their experience a good one. In other words, the guild is exactly what you make of it. This is something want all our current members and future recruits to understand.