So I'm sitting at the bar...

And I can't help but reminisce.  

Once upon a time you couldn't run into someone from Gaiscioch by accident. There was no such thing as tight knit guild. There was family. We didn't do things with each other or for each other for points. We did things for each other, period. Sure we still do, we give up loot, mat's, cash, whatever. But back then we did t have something to claim. 

Gaiscioch when I joined, wasn't the biggest fish in the pond, we were the pond. We built a self sustaining entity that people wanted to emulate. I believe there were lots of people who didn't join us because they knew they didn't have that generous "family" style gene. There was no commitment, just a desire to be a part of something bigger than themselves. I came to Gaiscioch with an open heart, never an open hand. I was taken care of immediately, and never shunned. I spend most of my day trying to repay or instill that feeling on others. We truly are a family. It's weird because we grow so fast, and that founding principle can never be lost. I'm not at all saying it is, I'm gonna say that again we have not lost that family feeling. 

Were just a lot bigger than I remember. 

Thats evolution for ya. Unfortuneately current mechanics being what they are it's very difficult for us to do and be what I'm used to. We can't all join wvw and run as one. We can't even all chat on one channel. It's very alien for me to try to talk to someone or group with someone I don't know something about on a personal level. Most of you are strangers to me as I'm a stranger to you. Well I'm starting the ball rolling here and saying I'm not a stranger. This isn't a GW2 guild or a rift guild or even a guild that got its start in DAoC. It's still and always will be a family. 

God I can't stand the people here (at the bar). I'm not a typical gamer, not in any sense. For me this was a distraction from the shit I used to get in. Don't censor me, I know we've got kids around us now, and I need to watch my language because my 2 year old is comprehending every word she hears. I came into this family not needing a handout in virtual garbage. If your money or items mean that much to you then keep em. I came to this family because I didn't want to be another random stranger surrounded by random strangers. The comraderie and the sense of safety of people like me is worth more than anything any game can offer. Even after I went to swtor I still checked back here and directed my new family here. That feeling can't be duplicated, the gear and freebies is just a benefit, if you don't feel like family here then you are taking from the rest of us who know the primary benefit of being Gaiscioch is being family first. 

You know what, I always get silly and sentimental when I get to boozing. I've done this before here, I've done this with my swtor family. I guess I should make my point here. I'm trying but I'm surrounded by drunks making the same mistakes they made for the past hundred years. I guess I'm trying to say to the people who are new here and the people that have been here for a while, don't make the same mistakes those before us have. Don't put a price on the sense of family. If you've been in a guild before great, this is a family. I will give you everything after I've taken care of me, and when I need this is where I will go to first. If you are reading this and thinking you can't give without reward, then either me or you is in the wrong place. I've been here over 2 years, I know what Gaiscioch means. Hopefully after reading this, you do too. 

Cheers, and well said. I am new here and still climbing up in levels so I can contribute. I am not much of a 'hardcore gamer' and you might not see me in PvP or WvW, with the way my hands twitch a little PvE is a challenge at times. But, I am not hear to moan about my problems. I want to say hi and I look forward to getting to know everyone. It is quite interesting how I even found this family. I was doing a search for discipleship and mentoring and the link here was on the second page of results. I find that pretty impressive that even Google ranks you high as far as fellowship and relationships go.

I want to welcome all of you to feel free to come say hi to me in ClubGaiscioch or the Office. I'd like to get to know all of you :). Im here to serve and help you along. If you ever have questions or just want to know what my favorite football team is come chat. I'd love to talk with ya.

I was out in shimmer one day and just wandering about looking at things and I thought to myself. "I'm so lonely. I wish I had more people to fellowship with." Then as if a answer to my prayers here comes this LARGE group of people and I have to say that my eyes got quite big and I soon felt overwhelmed by them all racing past me. I turned to see them heading for a tear and dropping a crafting lure. I wandered over and my insecurity kicked in. I sort of stood there and watched in awe. Jexia took me under her wing that day. She was patient and kind and showed me the ropes and man oh man it took me a little while to get the hang of it. Low dps? Unheard of! You get my drift. But what touched me most was how welcoming and warm everyone was. I was told I was welcome to come next week and like a bad cold I kept showing up. Soon it became my weekly thing to do. I still show up even though Jex isnt there to lead us on and I truly miss her. I do know I have thanked her for asking me to join the family and in turn I brought my small family in my role play guild with me. They all seem to be very happy here as well and thats quite a relief. Many of you know me as the joker in the guild. Always saying off the wall things and such. Indeed I do. But those of you who take the time to sit with me and get to know me will find a very different person. I am kind, considerate, supportive and a life time friend to those who befriend me. I chose to see the good in everyone and know with support and frienship even the most downtrodden man can be brought to trust again. This family and I do think of it as my famiglia, is full of many like minded people. People who are looking out for others before themselves. After all? Purple pixels amount to what in real life? Nothing. BUT what we do and how we treat others affects people for a lifetime. -kicks the soap box aside- enough said. P.S. Please forgive my grammer.

Cheers to this being a family! I've been part of this family since Oct of 2009 when I put Order Victorious into the Tuatha during the Warhammer days. I got to know people and even wound up one of the warband leaders for our tromps across RvR in tht game. I joined because I thought it would be a great way for my little RP guild to have a way to group up better for RvR and know other guilds. I did not want to run it like the former leader who was thinking elitist stand alone stuff. Though I'm better off being a co-lead. ::chuckles:: Then I wound up dropping off the game for a bit and when I got back into it more Gaiscioch was gone. I messed around with some friends on the destro side, but after awhile I just had enough of it. So I started Rift, wound up in a guild on another server. I get this update letter from Fog and say goodbye to where I was and moved over to Gaiscioch. Since then life has not taken me away. Actually now I am disabled and have too much time on my hands. Even my game time has changed so I don't get to the evening events, but I'm around during the day. I may be east coast, but I'm like that oddball who fits with late Oceanic through European time. Every now and then you might see me back on at night, but not often. I love how we are a play as you want family because with my disability my hands get tired fast or just miss keys too much to play full tilt. Hence, I love WvW but can't do it for very long depending on how my hands react to the non-stop mayhem and fun. I'v changed characters to help people. Spent money hopping across the world to help out. Given things away, donated them, made them, whatever to get people what they wanted when I had the ability to do so. I do push the use of the website and marketplace more because it helps us communicate and share resources even with people that don't play when we do. I honestly don't care about the points even when I was a noob. I just want people to use the stuff this crew has spent hours working on for this site. I'm proud of the stuff we have pulled off on this site and in the games we play. And this is why I joke about being the Mama Bear and this family is the cubs that I'll fight for. Don't mess with the family. ::chuckles:: Oh sure, like any family we are all different and things blow up at times, but we have survived a lot. You know if you really are family if you stick though both the bad and the good, even the ugly is okay. ;) So now if I have one of those random disappearances and can't get online for a bit, Fog and the elders even know where to call me or my wonderful hubby to see what in the world is going on. You are stuck with me. MUWHAHAHAHA!