Alessandra - Join! LOTRO [APPROVED]

Q) What MMO do you currently have the most
interest in playing? If Warhammer, which branch? (Destruction, Order
or both.)
A) I am a former WoW player. Due to certain aspects of the game that have unmotivated me, I decided to go into a different direction.
Currently, I am playing LOTRO.

Q) Have you read our Code of Conduct and Forum Rules?
A) Yes, I have read them as well as understood them.

Q) Are you at least 18 years of age? [yes, no, actual age is optional]
A) Yes. I am 31 years old.

Q) Have you read at least one of our example applications? [this is highly recommended]
A) Yes I have, which made me change a few formatting issues I'd had =)

Q)
Do you have any relatives or friends currently in the guild, or were
you recruited by someone? If so, who?
A) No, I do not know anyone in the Clan. My husband initiated a kinship info chat with member Aeditha, and he/she has been very friendly and helpful. Currently, we are not in a kinship.

Q) Name: [planned in game/forum name]
A) Kalyani.

Q) Gender: [female, male]
A) Female.

Q) What region do you live in? [City and State is fine.]
A) Edmonton, Alberta.

Q) How did you hear about us: [friend, another member, forum, google, other mmo's, etc]
A) We found you through a recruitment thread in the LOTRO forums.

Q) Are you currently in any other AoC, LOTRO, or Warhammer guilds?
A) No, I am not. In fact, LOTRO is the only mmorpg I am playing right now.

Q) Have you applied to any other guilds?
A) Yes, I have been a member of another kinship for a short time. However, due to lack of chemistry among some of the members, I realised that kinship didn't make me feel at home anymore. I would rather not point any names, for I find that this sort of information is not relevant. I would just like to clarify that I have nothing against anyone there... I just felt that that kinship wasn't a good fit for me due to personality incompatibilities.

Q)
We like to have fun, how's your sense of humor? Not so good? Good?
You're a standup comedian you say?
A) I prefer to observe more than being observed. I love listening to the various types of humour there are, to how witty people can be. I am not saying I never throw a clever line here and there, but that takes a bit of time. When I feel that I have known a certain group of people long enough to the point of knowing that I will not offend or disrespect them in any way, then I feel comfortable enough to give my 2 cents

Q)
What other MMO's have you played if any: [Acquired a few skills from
some other games eh? Tell us about them]
A) I was a raiding member of a WoW guild I'd say less than 6 months ago. I had 4 active toons there, and my main one was a shaman. I've seen most of the end game content before WOTLK, had a lot of fun with most encounters. I got to confess that I miss playing the shammy sometimes, though... but I don't think I'll be playing it anymore. Kind of grew tired of certain bad habits and behaviours found there, you know what I mean?

Q) What makes you want to join us over some of the other guilds? [let us know!]
A) From what I have noticed through Aeditha's behaviour, you are a friendly, sociable, and - most importantly to me - a mature kinship. And if a kinship has these 3 virtues as part of its base, all the other virtues come along.

Q)
Please tell a little about yourself, aside from gaming. Perhaps some
hobbies, about your work, favorite story etc.
A) I used to be an ESL teacher for 12 years. English has been one of my passions for a long time. Ever since I moved to Canada, I stopped teaching ESL simply because the demand isn't really high here. So, I decided to try something I had never done before, which was customer service. Right now, though, I am not working anymore because I have been undergoing a very delicate skin treatment with laser. Unfortunately, this is a very long recovery process... so I need to stay home most of the time with my 2 cats that keep me company and drain my energies with their playfulness =). I try to occupy myself with as many things as I can, but what I like the most is online games, music, certain TV shows like Heroes, House, The Shield (too bad it's over) and Fringe. I also love singing and playing the guitar. Ok, I should stop now... enough mumbling already, hehe.

Q) Do you have any questions for us?
A) Aeditha has given us all the answers my husband and I were looking for. I can not think of any others right now...

Works for me, for the most part. I do have a couple of questions.

You mentioned your husband, will he be joining as well? If so, has he applied already?

We have a tendency to tease each other, normally we know the other person will not be offended and we usually know the limits. However, a shot sometimes may go wide of the mark and hit a sensitive area. If you were the target of such a misguided barb, how would you handle it?

Looks good to me!

Like you, I also need to stay at home due to medical things. I only have one cat though.

I vote . Gaming couples RULE!!!!

Howdy! As I replied in your husband's app thread, I'm glad to see you decided to apply. I thought you had a great app and it sounds like you will fit in well here. from me.

from me. Like my wifey said I like to see the couples playing together as well so that's bonus points for me.

Breygon wrote:Works for me, for the most part. I do have a couple of questions.

You mentioned your husband, will he be joining as well? If so, has he applied already?

We have a tendency to tease each other, normally we know the other person will not be offended and we usually know the limits. However, a shot sometimes may go wide of the mark and hit a sensitive area. If you were the target of such a misguided barb, how would you handle it?

First of all, thank you all for the positive responses =).

My hubby's toon's name is Brinnric, and he has also sent out an application form.

I do take most fun lines in a nice, non-serious way. If I do notice, though, that whatever line that was used had some sort of unpleasant conotation "in between the lines", I'd simply send that person a tell, saying, in the most respectful way possible, that it was a little too much and that I'd appreciate it if he/she took it easy. If that didn't work, then I'd address the issue to one of the kinship's leaders. Such thing hasn't happened to me before (not that I have noticed anyways). Well, never say never, I guess.

All I have to say is I feel your good karma!!, best of luck, .

Ok, a bit more meat to your app, so I give you a .
I am guessing I should do the same for your husband, but I still want to hear more from him.

sound app!

Nice app. I look forward to exploring middle earth with you real soon.

Good app....No longer a LoTR player....but from me.

looks good to me.

what is your current main's name, lvl and class?

aerex wrote:looks good to me.

what is your current main's name, lvl and class?

Hello everyone,

My main's name is Kalyani. She's a level 60 hunter (yes... another one, yet again ).
I also have a lvl 53 minstrel - Amadi - that I intend to improve later on.

The funny (maybe) part is that I was really enthusiastic about playing with the mins, but then I decided to create a hunter in order for her to be a mere "pack mule". Big mistake.

That doesn't mean, though, that Ama will be left behind. It's just that I'm pretty busy getting Kaly the goodies she longs for =)

to the kin!

Welcome aboard!

Thank you all for the warm support =)

I'm sure that there are so many of you who are maxed out crafters, but whenever the kinship needs specific materials (or even something crafted), please do let me know.

Also, if a fellowship needs to be formed, I'd be more than glad to help out.

If by any chance, in the midst of a vivid kinship chat, I miss anything that was addressed to me, please don't take it personally. Multitasking may be a little hard for me at times, hehe.

Anyways, thanks again for the opportunity, and hope to be able to have fun in instances with you soon =)

We all miss some kinchat from time to time. I always say that if it has to be addressed then send it in a tell. I tend to hear that ding that goes off when I get a tell.

We have been exploring Moria for the most part since it came out. A few of us are up to Volume 2 Book 5 Chapter 5 and we will most likely need to do it a few times to get everyone through it. A group of us did Volume 1 Book 15 Chapter 12 last weekend and we are sure we can get everyone through it. I think some people actually have the new V1. 14.1 down as well. I would love to do all of these several times to get everyone through them. I might be on some earlier in the day on Saturday and would be willing to help out with other book stuff that might be needed.

I think we all enjoy doing the full group stuff, but being a casual kin where our rl family and friends come first, we tend to be a little less organized on getting some of these things going. Sometimes we have great plans only to have a few people not be able to make it because something in the house comes up. We all understand though, and it is not a big deal in our eyes. We will get there eventually, just might take some time.

I still want to do the kin event we have had planned and shelved several times for retracing the footsteps of the Fellowship of the Ring. Maybe we can try to get it done sometime after the holidays.

Alessabr wrote:Thank you all for the warm support =)

I'm sure that there are so many of you who are maxed out crafters, but whenever the kinship needs specific materials (or even something crafted), please do let me know.

If you would like to add your crafters to the list of GM/SM professionals, just reply to the stickied thread in the Lotro section with the professions and levels, and I will update the main list. We have quite a few of us working on the SM levels now, myself included. SM tailor is what I'm currently working on, and I sense it in my grasp!

Baradain wrote:

I still want to do the kin event we have had planned and shelved several times for retracing the footsteps of the Fellowship of the Ring. Maybe we can try to get it done sometime after the holidays.

Ooh, me too, me too! I thought it was a great idea when Balamac brought it up, let's do continue this discussion after the holidays - too many people are going to be away the next few weeks to do it now.