I’ll indulge myself and go with a useless personal post today, more out of sheer desperation than any other reason.
Hi guys. This past week, my guild lost two beloved healers, which really put a dent in our raiding roster. We’re in pretty high demand for a stellar healer or two (priests and paladins preferred), and since I know there are loads of amazing healers that grace the blogging community, I figured I’d post our info here in the case any of you are possibly interested. And of course, we’re always interested in monster dps- especially hunters (do these even exist?!).
Let me know if you have any specific questions about us I can answer. Thanks!
Guild: Con Brio Guild
Site: http://conbrioguild.com
Server: Doomhammer
Faction: Alliance
Server Type and Population: PvE and high population (no queues); one of the original servers, and due to its population, pugging at any time of the day is considerably easier than most servers.
Officers: Ariedan, Moskau, Malnutrition, Mantren, and Syltrian
Guild Type: Hybrid Social-Raiding Guild
Progression: 25-man, we’ve completed up to Mimiron (with a 1% wipe on him last week, so he should go down tonight; 10-man, we’re working on Yogg, although our 10-mans are neither official or exclusive to raiders only.
Any relevant information for you: We’re a guild that appreciates a good personality before gear and skill (although we strive for skilled *and* fun people). Our raiding environment is generally upbeat, positive, and hilarious, while still maintaining our focus on slaying internet dragons successfully.
The vast majority of our members are in their 20’s-30’s, and regardless of all sometimes childish tastes in humor, are mature players. Recruitment turn-over and drama are both considerably less prominent than most guilds I’ve encountered (you’re lying if you claim your guild never has any 
), and we’ve had a stable member base for well over a year.
Recruitment Blurb:
It’s about that time again. Shiny new content, forums brimming with new gear and PTR updates, the masses crying out in outrage to class nerfs, and Ghostcrawler sarcastically admonishing the paladins. That’s right, new content! And that means we need you- yes, YOU!- to come fill in our holes (that’s sexual) to tackle the dwarf-infested (no offense, dwarves!) raid instance that is to be Ulduar.
Are you an individual who….
-Is a loyal guy/gal who is looking for a long-term home?
-Knows that Ur is an ancient city, not a lazy substitute for a word?
-Is a competent, competitive, and crazy (sorry, I had to keep the alliteration going!) player, who not only has a full understanding of his/her class, but also keeps up with the latest changes to his/her class?
-Is an analytical player, who consistently assesses his/her performance to consistently improve?
-Is a self-starter, and doesn’t need people to hold his/her hand to get things done? Well, some of us might be convinced to do more than hold your hand; do you have pics?
-Is not only able to accept constructive criticism and learn from it, but expects it from his/her guild-mates as a stepping stone to improve?
-Is able to sarcastically and subtly mock people without them ever understanding they were just insulted? We’re a dying breed, I know.
-Has an outrageously good sense of humor?
-Is also outrageously good-looking? This is important, especially if you’re a man.
-Is comfortable with his/her sexuality? Is comfortable with our sexuality?
-Is a furry or Asian, or a furry Asian. Look, I don’t make the rules around here, so don’t ask me; we have some weirdos here.
Are you interested in a guild that…
-Recruits intelligently? We don’t recruit for bench spots, and personality is as important a factor as is skill/experience!
-Has a diverse and interesting group of people, real people you can actually get to know, instead of voices and pixels?
-Is able to convey things in fully coherent English?
-Is able to have fun during raids? We joke, make fun of each other, have karaoke, have full conversations in vent text-to-speech bindings, and still get bosses down effortlessly. We know how to have fun, but we also focus when it counts.
-Has girls? Which contradicts the rule of there being no girls on the internet, but balances out because they know their place is to make sandwiches.
-Has a name that’s supposed to be all deep, but has somehow been interpreted as Con Bro? That’s right, join us, and you too can bro out with us. We might even call you the next day.
->Recruitment Open!<-
Recruitment is now open for all classes and roles except full-time tanks, which a special emphasis on analytical and skilled healers! We're looking to fill in a few holes with exceptional players in preparation for hard-modes. If you're a solid player and think you'd be a good personality fit for us, please don't hesitate to apply!
More!
We're a friendly, selfless, fun, goofy, and downright dirty-minded bunch, whose ultimate goal is to balance a guild appealing to both social and progression-minded folks of the game. We have an exceptionally lengthy application/interview process, which helps ensure all members recruited fit our ideals and personalities in the guild. We created this guild after being fed up with our past guilds looking at all members as only a raid spot filled, and the members looking at one another as raid loot/slot competition. We strive to create a guild of individuals that play for one another, not the purples, and a guild that feels more like a group of close friends experiencing content together rather than serious job-like raiding. And as such, we've established a very strong foundation. We're a unique guild with a unique philosophy, and people love it. They play for us, not for themselves, so when the going gets tough, we still remain strong.
We raid three nights a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9pm to 12am PST (which is 10-1 server time). That's nine hours a week, and you're only expected to make two out of the three the raids. We have the mentality that if everyone carries his or her own weight, you don't need to raid five, six days a week. Don't waste time, have a fun time doing it.
Interested?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Apply today, and get a free copy of our best-selling bromance novel, Blow My Boat.
Website:
http://conbrioguild.com
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I’m happy in my guild, but I have to give you two huge thumbs up for “Con Brio” as the guild name, and for knowing that Ur is an ancient city.
Good luck with your recruiting!
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@ Isisxotic
Musicians unite!
Alas, I’m horde. But I’m passing it along, nevertheless
You make me cry, Criss.
Reading this recruiting post, then going to Con Brio’s page and taking a look at all the information you have available for “outsiders” there (the rules, the application process, the way the guild works as a whole, etc.) made me want to apply sooooo badly! From all I read, Con Brio would be perfect for me (and I can only hope you guys would feel I was perfect for you too).
But alas, the raiding schedule is totally off for me. 9pm to 12am PST is 1am to 4am for me here in Brazil, and that’s when you guys are in DST and we’re not. During our summer, that would be 3am to 6am! Kinda makes me wish I worked nights and could sleep until like 3pm before I had to go back to work again.
Anyhow, kudos on your guild, and everything you guys accomplished. Con Brio sounds like a place filled with good players and good people, and most guilds can only dream about that.
I know a tree who might actually be interested if you ran on Sundays and Mondays instead. I know that’s zero help, though!
If this results in us recruiting yet another ‘wordy warrior’ I’m quiting.
@Term
Yeah, the late night schedule gets a lot of potential applicants.
@Axe
You must be jealous, since you can’t even spell “definitely” correctly.
If I wasn’t in a guild very much similar to yours and played on the European realms, I’d definitely apply. Though I’m not certain your guild would be able to handle the insanity that is me.
I luvs my guild whom I would never leave, but I think your guild seems amazingly fun. I’m sure you’ll find some people soon enough.
Other option is of course to just go poke your current membership and tell them to start recruiting players in their RL. I mean a zhevra is nice, right? And those people are likely to fit in since they were already friends IRL.
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Great recruitment post, great guild website and obviously a great guild. Playing a hunter (and hopefully well
) I would really be tempted to apply, if I wasn’t happy in my current guild, on an EU Server in Germany…
Good luck with your recruiting and keep on writing.
OMG UR SO LEET I IS DURID FOR FITE. Ok I know I’m not original. Man I really hate being deployed it seems like I miss all the good stuff like guilds that fit me opening up recruiting. I don’t know why I felt led to share with you but maybe you will be looking for w/e Alliance toon Class I make either Druid or priest. I am still sharing things that you probably don’t care about @ all but my wife will be searching also.
P.S. I’m married but im still not a bad looking guy. http://www.myspace.com/pumphrey
lol man im funny.
O yea I live in Alaska so the time is GREAT for me.
BRB, I’m just gonna shoot myself in the foot ill be home in a few weeks.
Ariedan don’t tempt me!!!
@ Isisxotic
I noticed you gave me credit for the Ur name on Plus Heal, so I just wanted to thank you, but also clarify I didn’t come up with it. I’ve seen it used in several guild recruitment blurbs and/or list of expectations, one of which used to be a guild on my server.
Reading up on WW I find this and lament two problems – one, it’s August. Two, you’re Alliance.
If time could go back (or I had a pocket Doctor!) I’d still have the insurmountable challenge of the simple fact that I could raid with you without, er, iunno, doing heroic Deeprun Tram. Which is not a fun heroic, just to clarify – it get’s really repetitive and the Horde? Dude we have NO close FPs.