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06-19-2009, 12:22 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/06/guildparty.jpg (http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2009/06/how-to-make-unforgettable-guild.html)Pink Pigtail Inn has what is probably the most involved guild anniversary (http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2009/06/how-to-make-unforgettable-guild.html) I've ever seen. We've seen quite a few anniversaries and events come through Guildwatch (http://wow.com/tag/guildwatch), but this one takes the cake: a huge competitive scavenger hunt, complete with out-of-game clues, banned class abilities (so teams could be balanced out), and even self-made quests involving the guild's lore. It's probably rare to find a group of officers that can be this committed to something normally considered "an RP event (http://www.wow.com/2007/12/13/tuar-annwns-date-auction-on-moon-guard-this-saturday/)," but obviously it worked out, because the whole guild really enjoyed it.
The context Larisa puts this in, however, is even more interesting. According to the Daedalus Project (http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001635.php?page=2) (a series of surveys of MMO players -- we've mentioned their work before (http://www.wow.com/2008/10/10/daedalus-project-updated/)), the majority of players can't celebrate a guild's anniversary anyway, as they haven't been in their guilds for even a year yet. I've never considered it, but it's true: while we are very attached to our guildies when we do find a good guild, we aren't really attached to them for very long, relatively speaking. There are stories of guilds going on for decades (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/27/from-our-readers-guild-retention/2), but even those guilds have players coming and going -- if your guild has the same group of people playing together for a few years, you're probably in a smaller group than you think. PPI's example is a great one for any guilds who have been around long enough to celebrate it.Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Tips (http://www.wow.com/category/tips/), Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Guilds (http://www.wow.com/category/guilds/), Quests (http://www.wow.com/category/quests/)
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The context Larisa puts this in, however, is even more interesting. According to the Daedalus Project (http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001635.php?page=2) (a series of surveys of MMO players -- we've mentioned their work before (http://www.wow.com/2008/10/10/daedalus-project-updated/)), the majority of players can't celebrate a guild's anniversary anyway, as they haven't been in their guilds for even a year yet. I've never considered it, but it's true: while we are very attached to our guildies when we do find a good guild, we aren't really attached to them for very long, relatively speaking. There are stories of guilds going on for decades (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/27/from-our-readers-guild-retention/2), but even those guilds have players coming and going -- if your guild has the same group of people playing together for a few years, you're probably in a smaller group than you think. PPI's example is a great one for any guilds who have been around long enough to celebrate it.Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Tips (http://www.wow.com/category/tips/), Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Guilds (http://www.wow.com/category/guilds/), Quests (http://www.wow.com/category/quests/)
Celebrating a guild anniversary in style (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/19/celebrating-a-guild-anniversary-in-style/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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