A long time ago, Graal was around version 0.5 (well, I really don't remember the version number of something I used over a year and a half ago). I had just recovered from the shock of the transition from Zelda Online, and my nick was still "Gandalf the Black" =P. Guilds were at that time just people with the same tags in their name. Most guilds would designate someone as the leader (generally the founder), but that was it. I decided I wanted to make my own guild with some kind of organization. I got a few people together, and planned something called the "Frostblades". This guild was different; it had a complex heirarchy, ranks, rules and salaries, and we planned to make guild members do work. I set up a website, and someone told me I should get an award for "Most Organized Guild". Well, I might have.
Except the guild only had 5 members.
Within a week, the whole thing had bombed. My guild island (yes, I was planning an island with a large area and even a complex storyline) remained as a pathetic few levels with houses in 'em. Eventually my guild website was removed from the links area of the Graal website (because I wasn't updating it). I decided I'd had enough of guilds, and wandered alone for a few months before I suddenly decided I didn't like Graal anymore and left.
Well.
Over a year later, I came back, finally deciding that paying for Graal wasn't so bad. Here's what I found: hundreds of guilds, most with only 10 members apiece, but with complex heirarchies and ranks. Most amazing were the kingdoms, who actually had the men to fill in the varied ranks. And in Graal2001: jobs.
Now, I'm not sure what happened during the time I was gone. Perhaps some guild came up with the same idea I had and sparked hundreds of guilds just like it. Or maybe they even followed my lead, and
I created this whole idea. Even less likely, maybe Stefan Knorr took my idea of jobs and used it.
...Well, it's probably not the case. But either way, I'll be giving autographs and selling my toenail clippings for $8000 apiece
08-12-2001, 12:32 PM
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