Guild of Shadows Retiring from Active Competition

Rylana · January 2016

It is with great sadness this day that we announce Zazeer has decided to end GoS's run as a competitive PvP guild. While you may still see some of us on the battlefield, GoS as an entity is no longer how we will likely define ourselves.

For two years we terrorized your buff servers and PRAISED THE ONE MOST HIGH BATZAZ THE FIRST GRANDSLAM EMPEROR NA (sorry crown, he was first, you en peasant)

But yeah, this is serious, and we will see you all in Camelot Unchained.

This is not a goodbye thread, most of the members are staying, but the guild is going casual, so break out some music, dingdong the witch is dead. Or is it?

Teargrants · January 2016

....Can I have your guild bank?

Jules · January 2016

Sorry to see this. I wish you all the best of luck and hope to still play alongside some of you. All the best.

LazyLewis · January 2016

Sad to see another EP guilf go down. They don't have much left compared to other factions

Xexpo · January 2016

*wonders how Camelot Unchained is coming along .. finds recent video ... asks for your stuff*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0f_PVDT4I

Zheg · January 2016

I always loved fighting you guys. Even though you played on different campaigns, the few times you'd hang on lagzura with us and we'd get to fight were fun times. It's a shame, with the upcoming siege changes, I feel like people are going to need to go tanky, and expected you guys to be one of the best at adapting to that since it was so close to your playstyle.

Sad to see the guild go, hope to see the rest of you in Cyro.

MADshadowmans_Ghost · January 2016

What? why is nobody telling me this? GoS is not going casual, i'm your new leader.

frozywozy · January 2016

kaer426 wrote: »

*wonders how Camelot Unchained is coming along .. finds recent video ... asks for your stuff*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0f_PVDT4I

Fast forward at 15:00. "I don't see why it is lagging, only using 50% CPU". Sounds promising.

Draxys · January 2016

frozywozy wrote: »

kaer426 wrote: »

*wonders how Camelot Unchained is coming along .. finds recent video ... asks for your stuff*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0f_PVDT4I

Fast forward at 15:00. "I don't see why it is lagging, only using 50% CPU". Sounds promising.

defends eso for all of the developers idiocy, criticizes a game in alpha

loooooool

Ghostbane · January 2016

This is actually depressing.

Rylana · January 2016

Zheg wrote: »

I always loved fighting you guys. Even though you played on different campaigns, the few times you'd hang on lagzura with us and we'd get to fight were fun times. It's a shame, with the upcoming siege changes, I feel like people are going to need to go tanky, and expected you guys to be one of the best at adapting to that since it was so close to your playstyle.

Sad to see the guild go, hope to see the rest of you in Cyro.

Oh for sure some of us will be around, but between the officers burnout, the state of this game's functionality, other games being alpha/beta tested, IRL, and other factors, theres not really much likelihood youd see us on a regular basis. Youll see individuals, small groups, members in other groups, and the like, but I, for one, cant put in the hours of leading I have in the last three months, nor can anyone else. We had been hoping a breather would reinvigorate interest, but it did not.

The quality of our groups has suffered with the slow burnout, and while we could still field a sizeable strong group, its gotten harder day by day. Maybe Zaz didnt even see it from this perspective that I see it from, maybe he did, but its better for us to go out still strong than to hold onto the past and try to be something we arent anymore. We can still fight, but to try to be a top tier guild all the time? Not enough interest/will to keep it up I think. Better to remember our fights the way we do, than to see us as a shadow of our former selves (pun intended)

MADshadowmans_Ghost · January 2016

Yeah, i guess now we're really a Guild of Shadows...

Jules · January 2016

LazyLewis wrote: »

Sad to see another EP guilf go down. They don't have much left compared to other factions

yep.

Ghostbane · January 2016

LazyLewis wrote: »

Sad to see another EP guilf go down. They don't have much left compared to other factions

Don't say EP-Hole. Don't.

Jules · January 2016

Ghostbane wrote: »

LazyLewis wrote: »

Sad to see another EP guilf go down. They don't have much left compared to other factions

Don't say EP-Hole. Don't.

What a beautiful thing that would be.

Nifty2g · January 2016

are you really quitting cause of haderus?

Pchela · January 2016

This makes me sad.

Rylana · January 2016

Nifty2g wrote: »

are you really quitting cause of haderus?

Haderus has nothing to do with it. Zaz has been too busy IRL for the last 3 months to run the guild day to day, the officers have been busy with other games, their own IRL commitments, and other things.

Add to that the fact the game's fun factor has gone downhill, less people log in, and the fact I have burned out after leading for those three months interim, it pretty much spells itself out.

If this crack is some kind of insinuation that the events of the last few days of Haderus caused this decision, I tell you to not flatter yourself, it had zero whatsoever to do with any campaign or rivalry with any guild.

If anything, Haderus had been one hell of a guild AP farm and was quite delicious, but we dont have leadership or most of our core available like we used to. That is why this happened.

Ghostbane · January 2016

Rylana wrote: »

Add to that the fact the game's fun factor has gone downhill, less people log in, and the fact I have burned out after leading for those three months interim, it pretty much spells itself out.

Leading is very burdensome. Plenty of the time you are not having sufficient fun yourself, but providing the chore for others.

Rylana · January 2016

Ghostbane wrote: »

Rylana wrote: »

Add to that the fact the game's fun factor has gone downhill, less people log in, and the fact I have burned out after leading for those three months interim, it pretty much spells itself out.

Leading is very burdensome. Plenty of the time you are not having sufficient fun yourself, but providing the chore for others.

This.

i am still mad at Zaz for deciding to go this direction, out of pride, right? But at the same time I am sooooo fricken relieved because I dont have to log in right after dinner and lead the guild for my entire night cause no one else was available. That takes it damn toll. I respect and support my GM's decision, even if I initially was actually somewhat offended by it, due to my efforts in his absence. I should note this has been months in coming really, we went through about five regular leads this year, each of them burned out.

For my own selfish reasons, i am extremely thankful (if quite sad, deeply sad) that we are going this path. Once I realized the hope another lead would come back to take back over was just that, hopes and dreams, the reality of it made the bitter pill much easier to swallow.

Ishammael · January 2016

Rylana wrote: »

Ghostbane wrote: »

Rylana wrote: »

Add to that the fact the game's fun factor has gone downhill, less people log in, and the fact I have burned out after leading for those three months interim, it pretty much spells itself out.

Leading is very burdensome. Plenty of the time you are not having sufficient fun yourself, but providing the chore for others.

This.

i am still mad at Zaz for deciding to go this direction, out of pride, right? But at the same time I am sooooo fricken relieved because I dont have to log in right after dinner and lead the guild for my entire night cause no one else was available. That takes it damn toll. I respect and support my GM's decision, even if I initially was actually offended by it, due to my efforts in his absence. I should note this has been months in coming really, we went through about five regular leads this year, each of them burned out.

For my own selfish reasons, i am extremely thankful (if quite sad, deeply sad) that we are going this path.

This was more or less my feeling after Grunt quit.

OdinForge · January 2016

Best of luck to all GoS members, and to you Rylana. GoS was the last bastion of hope for EP, these are dark days for ESO PvP.

We still got mad pugs doh.

Turtl3Lov3 · January 2016

OdinForge wrote: »

Best of luck to all GoS members, and to you Rylana. GoS was the last bastion of hope for EP, these are dark days for ESO PvP.

We still got mad pugs doh.

Nifty2g · January 2016

Rylana wrote: »

If this crack is some kind of insinuation that the events of the last few days of Haderus caused this decision, I tell you to not flatter yourself, it had zero whatsoever to do with any campaign or rivalry with any guild.

No i was just asking, I don't play in Haderus lol apart from 1 night

Minnesinger · January 2016

It is a true loss for the entire game. Sad to see any pvp guilds go but especially someone who I have seen quite many times. Most of the times as enemies and then there were no kisses changed. You could be a real nuisance but you could be very fair too. Thanks for the fights.

Shaggygaming · January 2016

Rylana wrote: »

Ghostbane wrote: »

Rylana wrote: »

Add to that the fact the game's fun factor has gone downhill, less people log in, and the fact I have burned out after leading for those three months interim, it pretty much spells itself out.

Leading is very burdensome. Plenty of the time you are not having sufficient fun yourself, but providing the chore for others.

This.

i am still mad at Zaz for deciding to go this direction, out of pride, right? But at the same time I am sooooo fricken relieved because I dont have to log in right after dinner and lead the guild for my entire night cause no one else was available. That takes it damn toll. I respect and support my GM's decision, even if I initially was actually somewhat offended by it, due to my efforts in his absence. I should note this has been months in coming really, we went through about five regular leads this year, each of them burned out.

For my own selfish reasons, i am extremely thankful (if quite sad, deeply sad) that we are going this path. Once I realized the hope another lead would come back to take back over was just that, hopes and dreams, the reality of it made the bitter pill much easier to swallow.

Thanks Rylana. You're a great player and even better leader. You've sacrificed a lot of time to hold the guild together for this long. The state of PVP and the game in general is a bigger monster than any 24 man raid we've faced in Cyrodill.

_Chaos · January 2016

Well I officially don't need to log into my EP for anything other than PVE trials now

GoS was a great guild and will be missed by both EP and its opposition. It was always a blast going head to head with people I fought along side with for the first year of the game. Definitely going to miss the solid group play & hilarious TS conversations.

Cheers guys, thanks for the good times and hanging in there as long as you did!

mchermie · January 2016

This is sad

And I dont understand why so many wants to play camelot unchained..

Dutchessx · January 2016

I literally don't know what to say & that doesn't happen much at all. I loved playing with this guild - I wish I got there sooner..

Scamandros · January 2016

No matter where you go, I will find a way to gank you Zazeer

Recremen · January 2016

Nooooo we need moar EP to mash flesh with! Best of luck with your future endeavors, though. I'm positive the folks who are staying will be able to find a good guild and get back into it.