Jul 24th, 2008
The Libraries and Librarians Guild in Wow -the Largest On-line MMORPG Game in the World
World of Warcraft is the largest “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game” in the world. It has 10 million plus subscribers and is, in addition to being a blast and a lovely distraction, gloriously fun and addictive to many. And now, finally, WE (Libraries and Librarians) have a guild. If you play WoW and work in, for, or with Libraryland, you can now join the Libraries and Librarians Guild. We are new, but we already have a substantial Guild web site complete with a forum (very good in Wow-land). And a bank. In fact, we have a bank with three tabs and daily pulls for repairs (that is also quite good in WoW-land). Heck we even have an optional free (to you) Guild tabard (sort of like a t-shirt you wear in the game).
And even without much of an official roll out, as of yesterday we already have a nice collection of members. In fact, just yesterday I took a happy little screen shot of our first Guild chat ever:
So if you play Wow and have wanted to play with other library professionals, this could be the place for you. And if you have never played a gigantic on-line game, this may be the best opportunity you’ve ever had to give it a whirl. You’ll have to download the game to your PC or Mac (and have a machine that is powerful enough to play the game of course). And yes, there is a learning curve. But once you catch on, and you have a posse of friends to help you along (aka a Guild like ours) you may very well find yourself understanding more vividly then you might have ever imagined just what all this “Gaming and Libraries” talk is all about.
So join us! We’ll be there waiting to show you the ropes…and chat…and kill bad guys! Along the way, you’ll likely grok the whole online community/gaming/libraries thing just a little bit more, and have a blast while you’re at it. In fact, consider this your invitation to do exactly that!
Note: If you want to join this guild you must be on the Aerie Peak -US server. If you are a new player be sure to pick that server! Also, if you are creating a toon (new character) or transferring an existing character to join this guild, be sure you put it on this server (Aerie Peak - US)!!!
Thanks and see you soon in WoWland!
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[…] The Libraries and Librarians Guild in WoW -the Largest On-line MMORPG Game in the World “World of Warcraft is the largest “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game” in the world. It has 10 million plus subscribers and is, in addition to being a blast and a lovely distraction, gloriously fun and addictive to many. And now, finally, WE (Libraries and Librarians) have a guild. If you play WoW and work in, for, or with Libraryland, you can now join the Libraries and Librarians Guild. We are new, but we already have a substantial Guild web site complete with a forum (very good in Wow-land). And a bank. In fact, we have a bank with three tabs and daily pulls for repairs (that is also quite good in WoW-land). Heck we even have an optional free (to you) Guild tabard (sort of like a t-shirt you wear in the game)…. […]
[…] The Libraries and Librarians Guild in WoW -the Largest On-line MMORPG Game in the World “World of Warcraft is the largest “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game” in the world. It has 10 million plus subscribers and is, in addition to being a blast and a lovely distraction, gloriously fun and addictive to many. And now, finally, WE (Libraries and Librarians) have a guild. If you play WoW and work in, for, or with Libraryland, you can now join the Libraries and Librarians Guild. We are new, but we already have a substantial Guild web site complete with a forum (very good in Wow-land). And a bank. In fact, we have a bank with three tabs and daily pulls for repairs (that is also quite good in WoW-land). Heck we even have an optional free (to you) Guild tabard (sort of like a t-shirt you wear in the game)…. […]
This might be the last incentive I need to give WoW a try. Last month I visited my brother and he and his wife had to excuse themselves as they needed to go on a raid with their guild (I watched them play). WoW was also how my brother stayed in touch with his closest friend when they lived overseas from each other.
Always wanted to try but I suck at video games.
Jen, WoW is both simple and complicated. There is a lot of experimentation as you play and even if you aren’t so great at games generally, you can still achieve quite a lot and have a blast along the way. But of course I would say that, right?
*shudders* It’s an ALLIANCE guild. *sighs*
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[…] The Libraries and Librarians Guild in WoW -the Largest On-line MMORPG Game in the World “World of Warcraft is the largest “Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game” in the world. It has 10 million plus subscribers and is, in addition to being a blast and a lovely distraction, gloriously fun and addictive to many. And now, finally, WE (Libraries and Librarians) have a guild. If you play WoW and work in, for, or with Libraryland, you can now join the Libraries and Librarians Guild. We are new, but we already have a substantial Guild web site complete with a forum (very good in Wow-land). And a bank. In fact, we have a bank with three tabs and daily pulls for repairs (that is also quite good in WoW-land). Heck we even have an optional free (to you) Guild tabard (sort of like a t-shirt you wear in the game)…. […]
Ok. I was very excited to hear about this guild and did my application to join, and created a new toon in Aerie Peak, and …….nothing. No response. No reply. There is very little activity in the website, which is actually ok, cause its much more important to hav eit in the game, but ….where r u guys?
This is probably gonna aggravate people, but it
s this very lack of action that i hated about the library world. 25 years of waiting..
I like WOW cause its an action kind of thing. And its fun. The social redeeming qualities…not sure. But I have encountered interesting people. and did i say its fun?
Hey Aphrodesiac,
I’m sorry you haven’t been able to get in yet! There are just a few folks that can let people in I’m realizing I haven’t put that info up clearly enough on the site. I am usually on more, but in the last 3 weeks traveled to and presented in NE and KS and also launched the new WebJunction site…. So, that meant much less wow time.
However, we want you there with us! If you send me an email we can pick a time to meet in game and I’ll let you in and give you your welcome gifts too.
email me at michael.libraryman*at sign****gmail. com k?
Sorry it was hard thus far, but we’ll get you in a rollin’ along!
Hey Aphrodesiac,
I’m sorry you haven’t been able to get in yet! There are just a few folks that can let people in I’m realizing I haven’t put that info up clearly enough on the site. I am usually on more, but in the last 3 weeks traveled to and presented in NE and KS and also launched the new WebJunction site…. So, that meant much less wow time.
However, we want you there with us! If you send me an email we can pick a time to meet in game and I’ll let you in and give you your welcome gifts too.
email me at michael.libraryman*at sign****gmail. com k?
Sorry it was hard thus far, but we’ll get you in and rollin’ along!
it would be better with other languages support, but thanks..