Guild Poaching

[memiki]

Well I am not sure about poaching or not.
I think of poaching an egg when I hear it.

I see nothing wrong with telling people, I have a new guild come check us out.
People should be able to make up their own minds. At least I hope so.

Think guilds have always tried to recruit new players by giving gifts and all that is the way it is.

I would think posting on old guild forum to be a tad tacky in my thoughts. If friends want to join the new one they will.

It is to bad that guild do have conflicts but it happens and sometimes just wise to move on.

Hope all is well with your new guild.

[gralen]

Dont forget the ancient art of "The Ninja" Gorran

Ninja invites, oh man we don't even want to touch that now do we. hehe

[Gorran valiantly resists the urge to write a long diatribe on the subject]

[jared96]

I'd say advertising your guild on another guild's forum is very bad manners... and it makes the rather patronising assumption that any members of that guild who aren't happy where they are need your help to find a guild better suited to them.

Clarification I think needed here.....I have been asked to join MANY guild forums and I do so without ever thinking they have "poaching" in their minds. There is a lot of useful information on various guild web sites and after being invited to register on a guild's web site, I will often provide a link back to ours for the same purpose, with a reciprocal offer. You are welcome to come and join our forums and "mine" whatever cool info we have posted on ours. This is in no way intended to be a recruitment tool.

If you have a friend who you'd like to join your guild, then I'd agree with Acri that it's fine to make them the offer - and as Jack says, if they're happy they'll turn you down, but keep the offer in mind in future; if they're not, you might gain a guildie, without the need for impoliteness.

I wouldn't feel comfortable doing or experiencing that either from the offering or receiving end. Unless a peep makes it known that he is looking for a new home and that the fit where he / she is just isn't working out for all concerned, I don't think it's appropriate to be making offers.

[hemera]

The irony in all of this is that if people within a guild can have a set of base/ground rules none of the infighting that causes members to leave/be kicked out would happen.

Decied on where you stand on matter. ie botting, age of members, swearing, trades of cats, disrespacting older members, power leveling people. The leader has to decisive and cant screw around.
A GL that takes side's or stand back and lets people act like idiots sucks. The main reason people will poach is because they have been kicked out of a guild. The matter could have been sorted by taking a hard stand or setting up rules.
Often if its a HO, they can be demoted, thats the reason we have ranks. You can always kick but that should be the last option.

*cough* *cough* poaching is fine it shows some respect, unless its by a pissed off person who you just kicked out, then its the guilds won problem. Shouldn't be brought to the main forums.

[whiterider]

jared - a guild and its forums are separate. Yes, asking people to join your guild's forum on another guild's forum is no issue, because you can be part of as many forums as you like. The issue is with asking people to join the actual guild, on another guild's forums.

[iphdrunk]

Uhm... by the way, are you all happy with your current guilds?

[xzizoux]

Uhm... by the way, are you all happy with your current guilds?

I´m more than just Happy with GoJ and Goj wont get rid of me anymore

[dakhound]

Uhm... by the way, are you all happy with your current guilds?

can I join your guild ani!

[scarazi]

can I join your guild ani!

I was thinking of poaching Ani actually, not sure if her guild would let me though

[killgore]

Hands off!! My Ani when she gets lonely and leaves guild -Kil