Karma crits you for 821,730,891.
Towards the beginning of August, I received a guild application that was so horrendously awful that I suspected I was being trolled by one of my more mercurial guildmates:
What are your expectations for us?
not sucking
What is your favorite boss fight? Why?
i hate all bosses cuz they got the loot lol
What is your current talent distribution? How, or why, did you choose it?
i dunno but i can heal so it doesnt matter
What is your preferred raid role? If this role isn't available, are you willing to respec?
i heal and im good at it, i can go boomer for ignis sooo, but no respecing
If you played a feral druid, and bound all of your abilities to letters, and proceeded to go John-Fucking-Madden on Koralon while using program like Octopus to record your keystrokes ... you would probably make more sense than this kid did.
Needless to say, I declined him.
... Except I couldn't actually decline him, because he applied under a name that wasn't assigned on our server — "sosohigh," which sounds about right, come to think about it. >.> Since I couldn't respond in-game (and none of my guildies would 'fess up to being the troll), I gave the application the same amount of thought and consideration that sosohigh did.
In other words: I ignored it.
A week or so later, a paladin /whispered me while I was in Ulduar to check on the status of his application. In between trash pulls, I managed to ferret out that the paladin was sosohigh's alt
"Oh, you're for real? I thought you were a troll."
"Gee, thanks. xD"
I very politely, but very firmly, declined him ...
.... and immediately received a tell from another paladin, "Dinning."
YOU'RE GUILD SUCKS AND YOU'RE GRANDMOTHER IS A WHORE FOR DECLINING SOSOHIGH.
Um. Okay. I repressed the urge (/twitch) to correct Dinning's word choice and simply ignored him.
But, hey! Guess who just app'd to Surreality this morning?

Pro tip: If you want to join a raiding guild, don't confuse your and you're in your first contact with the guild leader. (You might want to avoid calling her grandmother a whore, too ... but in this case, that's clearly the lesser evil.)
September 26th, 2009 - 11:33
So have you politely declined his request yet?
September 26th, 2009 - 11:36
Not yet. I was thinking I might let Angry Sari out of her box for this one.
September 26th, 2009 - 14:14
As much as I think that would be totally awesome, you may want to start with polite guild leader sari. Mind you if he gives you any lip (which i am guessing he might) totally go Angry Sari on his ass.
September 26th, 2009 - 11:48
Ha! I bet you felt the same twisted smug satisfaction I would have upon seeing that app to the guild.
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September 26th, 2009 - 12:09
I challenge you to beat this one: http://www.rising-guild.co.uk/index.php?topic=860.0
(I was in DeathCore back then, you can see the reference if you read the post)
September 26th, 2009 - 12:11
P.S: I miss my gravatar :/
September 26th, 2009 - 16:07
…Heehee. Thanks for sharing this story, it’s pretty awesome. Perhaps this is inappropriate, given that I’ve actually seen /some/ improvement in the general quality of Fraternity members since I’ve been back.. But nonetheless, I’m not surprised this person was in Fraternity.
For the longest time, it was to the point were just had to refuse grouping with any of them. There was just bad apple after bad apple. There was the very (very, very, very) rare exception of course. But for the most part.. *shiver* But as I say, I’ve been told and seen a little that they have improved since the days of early Wrath, but first impressions are hard to undo.
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