Ok, so you want to join a guild. You have heard a lot about A1, maybe seen the signatures and tags in game, or read about Project Omega (or made use of Project Omega!) and you are wondering - what is A1 all about, and how do I join?
First, a bit of history. A1 was founded to be a guild aiming to be the best there is. A place where the best players went to share their decks, play against each other, improve on their skills and knowledge and subsequently use their knowledge to advance that of other players. In the past we have had prominent figures as part of our community (including three of the current development team employed by Wulven and an ex-Wulven employee responsible for the first set!) and released many initiatives to help the Shadow Era community as a whole (see our Accomplishment thread for more information). A1 has gone through many changes, the last one in order of time is the merge with its former sister guild Acolytes of A1 to keep our family even more united than before.
Please browse through a list of our accomplishments on our Accomplishment page: you can see here how we continue to be the best in all of the objectives below.
Our objectives are thus:
- To continue to improve the game and the community
As such, we have some exciting initiatives that are aimed at improving the general state of the game and the experience that everyone has playing Shadow Era. We have many new projects and project ideas that are coming along, including Project Omega
- To continue to enjoy the game and be challenged by it
We welcome further competition from all guilds and hope to see more competitive play, more guild wars and more tournaments
A1 will remain a place of integrity and with the stance that bugs/exploits used to alter the course of a game (whether that be in quick match, Meltdown or tournament play) do not belong in A1
- To continue to challenge the meta and stay a step ahead of it
We will continue to share our best decks with the community once we have built them (usually well ahead of everyone else/the meta) and have built counters to them. This is in the hopes that we can teach others how to deck craft and show them the strengths of each meta shift as it changes
We will continue to nurture a culture where we play test our best decks against each other and use our knowledge and time to come up with the very best decks and strategies possible.
- To continue to share our knowledge and be challenged by fresh and exciting ideas
The A1 forums are a fun place to be, full of camaraderie, sharing of knowledge, advancement of ideas about the game, the future of the game, advanced tactics, deck discussion and how to go about giving back to the community. We are looking for members that can add to this experience, but also members that want to use it to improve their skill level in playing, theorycrafting and deckbuilding.
- To continue to be the best of the best
We already have (and have had) some great players who have achieved incredible accomplishments in a lot of tournaments, like the World Championship 2012 where iClipse Flycheung, Busti and Jacqui claimed the top 4 spots, and the World Championship 2013 where Lyingdragon showed his incredible skills taking the second place. Not to mention 2014's World Champion Sisyphos! We want this success to continue, and as such we are looking for friendly, active and competitive players who aim to be the best there is.
All of our members abide by our requirements:
- That you have a forum presence over at the ShadowEra community before joining. Because A1 wishes to join and help the SE community we need to see you do to.
A1 members are active members of the community and we want people who will contribute meaningfully to our forums.
- That you respect our rules if you join including:
- Promoting A1 in a good light (bring your best game and be your best person)
- Adding our tagline into your signature (promote A1 as we will promote you)
- Choosing a "persona" for your tagline
- Abiding by our rule that no A1 member shall ever use cheats/bugs/exploits to further their progress in the QM ladder, in Meltdown, in competitive play (tournaments) or in the guild wars. ( the bugs will be corrected and using them before is poor sportsmanship!)
- That you join with the intention of sharing.
We don't want leechers of our knowledge. We have our own forum where we share and test our best decks and strategies amongst each other and we want to continue to improve on our knowledge base and skill. Thus, we need members who are willing to share their knowledge, decks, ideas and skills
- That you respect our secrets by not sharing them with others if you happen to leave, or if you are just chatting to others in IRC/the forums etc.
Our forum contains not only a wealth of information, but some test accounts that we keep secret so that we can test advanced decks in peace, as well as a joint A1 test account and a few bits and pieces that we ask you keep to yourself for your own advancement of the game.
- Finally, that you want to have fun.
A1 is a great place to hang out, with many people that you can count on and call friend. Before things get too serious, we want you to be able to step back and realise that this is a game and all of us are here to enjoy the game and each other's company.
A1 is now taking applications for membership!
If you wish to be a part of the A1 family, please sign up to http://a1-alliance.freeforums.net/forum and express your interest in joining A1.
Otherwise you can also send a PM to the A1-Alliance1 account or one of the leaders on this forums to submit your application. You find the leaders listed in the next post.
Please, make sure to include the following information:
1) What's your IGN (in game name)?
2) How long have you played and why do you like SE enough to join a guild?
3) How did you find out about A1 and why would you like to join us?
4) Who is your current favorite hero and describe your play style if you can?
5) Do you or have you played any other TCG or CCG games, or any games you think might be interesting to A1?
6) How do you see yourself contributing to the guild?
7) Are you involved on the forums or Telegram and IRC chat rooms? If so, let us know a little about your involvement.
-links provided below for Telegram & IRC, as well as A1 forum public section-
8) Have you been a member of any other guild? How long do you intend to remain a member of A1?
9) Please share with us a little bit about yourself, A1 is a community of gamers and we would like to know a little more about you.
Please answer all the questions as best you can, we can't get to know you if you don't let us know about you! We will review your application and get in touch with you as soon as we can!
Here's how to join A1 and the whole SE community on Telegram
http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....gram-Chat-room
Check out our public section, there's a lot more when you get inside!
http://a1-alliance.freeforums.net/forum
This is the IRC link not used as much, but still there and there are quite a few links , only one listed here.
http://shadowera.gondorian.com/gamechat/
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