The Lunar Circle / Guild Profile

Guild Name	The Lunar Circle
Guild Tag	[Mind]
Last Updated	8th January, 2017
Server	Ehmry Bay
Style & Focus	Strict/Hardcore PvP
Language(s)	English
Location
Website	http://s3.excoboard.com/Mind
Discord	N/A
Twitter	N/A
Voice Comms	TeamSpeak
Members	Unspecified
Guild Leader(s)	Unspecified
Recruitment Status	Open
Min. Age	N/A
Min. Time Investment	N/A
Skill Level(s)	High
Activities	Structured PvP

General Guild Info

Since [Seek]'s core has been a bit gutted by other games and IRL entanglements over the past couple of months, and my own gameplay has evolved since that project began, I've decided to let [Seek] quietly fade into "friends and family guild" status.  Instead of renewing recruitment for [Seek], I've opened a new project--The Lunar Circle [Mind].  I've been gradually working on laying the groundwork for this for a while now, but the news that the Core Specialisations patch is coming so quickly has pressed me to prioritise getting it up and running sooner than later.  I doubt it's of interest to too many folks here, but who knows.

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You can call The Lunar Circle a guild or a PvP team or whatever you like; the idea is to hark back to the mutual improvement societies from the Age of Enlightenment such as the Junto or The Lunar Society, originally known as The Lunar Circle, from which we take our name.  The goal is to assemble a group of people not only to play together, but to try to help one another to continuously grow and improve, both in terms of mechanical skill and in terms of knowledge and understanding, always looking to delve deeper into the game.  Every member is at once both a teacher and a student.  

The Lunar Circle is focused on organised play in sPvP, though members certainly may be found dabbling in WvW and even occasional PvE.  We will consider applications from any server, including across regions; sPvP is not constrained by server, and many dedicated PvP players have cross-region alternate accounts.  The Guild system in GW2 functions seamlessly across regions.  The goal here is to aggregate like-minded individuals and forge a community together where we can share, discuss, practise, and progress both individually and collectively; to that end, finding the right people is more important than where we find them.  Our home servers are Desolation (EU) and Ehmry Bay (NA), for those interested, and we're currently residing in the excellently tidy and organised Ehmry Bay Teamspeak server for primary voice comms.  

Anyone who shares our goals is encouraged to apply, regardless of your background or experience.  Whether you're relatively new to the Guild Wars 2 sPvP scene and looking to delve deeper for the first time, or you're a veteran player already competing with an established team, you can find a place among our ranks if you have the right mentality.  

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What does a successful candidate for membership in The Lunar Circle look like?
1) You're comfortable with having your beliefs and ideas challenged.  You're also confident enough to challenge the beliefs and ideas of others, and mature enough to do so respectfully.  (See the Code of Conduct for more on this point.)
2) sPvP is your primary game mode.  You certainly don't have to spend 100% of your game time in sPvP, but it will probably be where you spend the majority of your time, and moreover, it should be where you invest the majority of your mental energy in the game.  You PvP because you love PvP, not merely because you want the achievemnt points or because WvW is dead this time of day or whatever.  
3) You're able to play during EU evenings--roughly 20:00-01:00 CEST (UTC +2).  It doesn't have to be your primary period of activity, but you should consistently be available at least once or twice per week during those hours.  
4) You're motivated by the constant pursuit of mastery.  You play in order to be the best player you can be, and you aren't satisfied with merely "playing for fun"; making great plays and winning is fun--much more fun than just haphazardly flailing about, in fact.  
5) You're the sort of person who is always driven to understand why and how things work.  It's not enough for you to know what is optimal; you want to understand what makes it worthy of that status.  
6) You're interested in actively participating in discussions on the guild's forums.
7) You're comfortable participating actively in voice communication.  

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Requirements:
1) Teamspeak, including a working microphone, is non-negotiable.  
2) All would-be members must register on our forums in order to apply.  Active participation on these forums is a part of being a productive member of the Circle.  
3) "Soft majority representation", by which is meant that The Lunar Circle should essentially be your default guild.  We are never going to be an all-purpose PvX guild, so it's entirely understandable that members may have other guilds for specific purposes.  But if there's nothing that specifically calls for you to be representing another guild, you should revert to representing The Lunar Circle.  If you're playing with other members or just PuG'ing it, you should be representing.  If you want to level up a personal bank guild, just cough up the paltry 5 gold.  If you're feeling the pull to represent one of the giant PvX guilds, then perhaps you need to re-think whether your mindset really aligns with that of The Lunar Circle.  
4) Anyone interested in joining the Circle must post a completed application form. http://s3.excoboard.com/Mind/134714/1329241