[RECRUITMENT] The Art of Warfare (TAW) Alliance

[RangerThunder]

Hello Commanders,

The Art of Warfare community has started a division on Elite Dangerous (which integrates some veterans that played the original game) and is searching for active and mature players who love team play. TAW was established in 2001 and this year turned into a non-profit organization. Our strength is our policy, that allows high levels of game play while avoiding disorganization or misbehavior among our membership.

Check our code of ethics and if you meet these requirements, apply by filling out this registration form. A Drill Instructor will then contact you and help with your integration within TAW. We also help new members on learning all the areas of the game, including ship systems and graphic user interface, navigation, docking, employment of weapons, combat, ship outfitting, game missions, etc.

We hold an event every Sunday from 19:30 to 21:00 GMT (GMT+1 due to Summer time) where we meet, discuss the goals\objectives for our Alliance and play together. Beware these meetings are mandatory, as explained in our Code of Ethics Section 4: Participation. Game play wise the events can be about exploration, bounty-hunting, training new members, trade escort, discussion of strategy and tactics for the Alliance or anything in between.

Should you have any questions\comments regarding TAW you contact me via forum private messages. Also, every member of The Art of Warfare has an email so you can also contact us via:

TAW ED Leader - istrul@taw.net
TAW ED - RangerThunder@taw.net
TAW ED - Asbo@taw.net

Important TAW links:

- Home page
- Code of Ethics
- Positions
- Leadership
- Awards
- Structure

Best regards

 

[Memnoch]

TAW was established in 2001 and this year turned into a non-profit organization.

What were you before?

 

[RangerThunder]

What were you before?

I'm sorry I'm not understanding your question. Before it was a community, now its a community that is also a non-profit organization. Does that answer your question?

 

[Memnoch]

Non-profit organisation.

Yes, thanks. I had my concerns that the whole registration process was just to sell targeted advertising to the volunteered e-mail addresses.

 

[RangerThunder]

Non-profit organisation.

Yes, thanks. I had my concerns that the whole registration process was just to sell targeted advertising to the volunteered e-mail addresses.

That would be very bad. My initial post does not have second intentions. It is what it is.

 

[JazHaz]

You are aware that there will be no guild features in the game?

 

[Memnoch]

Yes, at least at launch. But groups like this will spring up out of game anyway and more power to them. It will be interesting to see how organised groups will act in game, even if they can't somehow display this. Perhaps groups picking out a certain paint job would have to do for now.

 

[RangerThunder]

You are aware that there will be no guild features in the game?

Not aware, perfectly aware. However that's the case for many games that TAW supports. Personally I'm confident that Frontier will develop features for communities like us in the future.

 

[Asp Explorer]

I wish you all the best - but your recruitment process looks like a chore.

To be fair, it's not just your recruitment process, it's pretty much every other organized gaming group. Apply, and someone decides if you can be in their gang, and then go kill everyone else in every other gang.

I'm all for people grouping up and having fun, but this kind of thing is more like a second job.

Elite is all about freeform, independent and emergent gameplay.

Fly safe Commander.

 

[Fenris Wolf]

Perhaps groups picking out a certain paint job would have to do for now.

And if a non-member has the same paint job?

Just curious...

 

[Asbo]

Just to add towards what Ranger posted if people want to come chat with us on [TS] Team Speak your welcome. You will then get a better feel for what we try to achieve and see all the games without committing straight away.

We have over 2,500 members playing every kind of game you can imagine so there will be something for everyone and it will even open up other games people are currently playing besides ED.

We run TAW in a structured way so that everyone know what's going on all the time and everyone contributes in some form or another to help build a better community.

We are a bit like ED we have a very mature community and that's not to say we do not have younger players as we do and they even take charge of games and run events ect. We also have lots of lady gamer's who find it a secure and fun place to play their games without being hit on all the time.

So we pretty much have something for all but FUN is our main goal here, so if that resonates with you then feel free to mail me asbo@taw.net and we will see you in ED Commanders.

 

[Joe Spivey]

Sorry, no. Sounds more like joining an army than playing a bally game. What with 'Drill instructors' and 'mandatory meetings'. Doesn't sound like an ED sort of thing at all. Tell you what though old chap. Have you heard of a little game called Eve... I think that's what its called anyway. They seem to be into that sort of thing. Maybe you could go play wars with them as they seem to like gangs and wotnot.


Edited to add: I've just had a quick look over their site. They seem to be into organised group play, team v team. Very warfare orientated. They seem to really like having a quasi military structure with various kinds of 'officers'. All sounds a bit too regimented for me I'm afraid. Also, I'm kinda scratching my head as to how they are going to fit into ED? The Elite ethos seems so far out of their ballywhack that I wonder if they even understand what ED is about. Oh well, it will be interesting to see how long they last once the non-competitive nature of ED sinks in.

 

[withnail]

I've got 4 or 5 hours a week tops to play the game. That doesn't allow any time for a quasi-guild or whatever you want to call it.

Mandatory meetings sounds like a right ball ache.

Will be interesting to see how you do though.

 

[Memnoch]

And if a non-member has the same paint job?

Just curious...

They wouldn't be in your group I assume so should be easy to pick out.

 

[RangerThunder]

Off topic

Greetings,

I understand people might not like playing within organized communities and that's alright. In that regard Elite gives you absolute freedom of play: you can join an organized group or not.

I will ask people to stop discussing the existence of guilds\organized groups\clans\corporations within ED in this specific thread. You know you can open a new one to discuss that subject.

Thanks for your understanding.

 

[Joe Spivey]

Greetings,

I understand people might not like playing within organized communities and that's alright. In that regard Elite gives you absolute freedom of play: you can join an organized group or not.

I will ask people to stop discussing the existence of guilds\organized groups\clans\corporations within ED in this specific thread. You know you can open a new one to discuss that subject.

Thanks for your understanding.

I understand, but then the existence of guilds\organized groups\clans\corporations within ED is relevant to this thread. And see, that whole, 'I will ask people to stop' attitude comes over as rather authoritarian, which makes me less inclined to think your community/collective/whatever is a force for good and more a method of control.

 

[Memnoch]

Right now, with the limited grouping features we have at our disposal, these external groups are next to pointless. Perhaps they will have more to offer as more features are added to the game. If or when group missions become available I can see them becoming more useful but no more or less than some public or private group or association you might have got going.

I think its the rigidity of guilds that puts me off. I would counter the whole joining process put forward by the OP with a few questions:

Why should I join your guild?
What could you offer me?

There has to be some tangible benefit to joining. Otherwise what you are selling is potentially a straight jacket. A well fitted one perhaps but restrictive all the same.

 

[withnail]

The problem is that a lot of us do not seem to respond to clan-like structures that well. We are a bit anarchic really.

That's why I'm interested to see how you do.

 

[Cosmo Bozo]

They could join the feds side and slug it out with that other bunch who wanted to join the imperial side.....

or they could be vigilante and gang up on the gankers....

they'd just have to split into groups given the instance size

A bit too rigid for me, and I still don't want ingame guild support(I don't want guild membership to feel mandatory)

But good luck to you.

 

[RangerThunder]

Off topic

I understand, but then the existence of guilds\organized groups\clans\corporations within ED is relevant to this thread.

Joe Spivey,

I completely disagree that this thread is the place to discuss the existence of organized communities within ED. As such I have requested the moderator team to take a look at this thread and give their feedback.

Forum Rule 10:

Thread hijacking

Hijacking a threads discussion will result in your posts and other posts that participated in the hijacking to be moderated. Continuous thread hijackings will result in moderation of your posting privileges on the Frontier forums. Hijacking threads is not limited to you injecting an off-topic opinion to a discussion, posting about politics, comparing objects/people/things to political objects and/or attempting to harass another member or group of members.

And see, that whole, 'I will ask people to stop' attitude comes over as rather authoritarian, which makes me less inclined to think your community/collective/whatever is a force for good and more a method of control.

If I had an authoritarian attitude, I would have made a demand not a request. What you think of TAW is up to you. We know we can't please everyone and have long accepted that.