Breakfast Club: We love guilds
by David Nelson 
Dec 18th 2006 at 8:00AM
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After an entire year of Breakfast topic posts, thousands of comments and some spirited conversations, we thought it would be a good idea to round up the best of the best Breakfast Topics for your perusal this week as you pretend to work and watch the clock.
While there has been no shortage of interesting subjects and comments, my favorite Breakfast Topics usually revolve around the social aspects of WoW. And what brings us all together with a group of like minded folks? Guilds!
- Guild names are sometimes a point of pride, sometimes aim to make a statement, and are sometimes just funny. This Breakfast Topic brought the more amusing guild names of the year to the forefront. Some of my favorites from the comments include: Newb Orc Gankees, Holy Gnoman Empire and Sez Pull My Finger.
- And when guilds aren't going for a funny name, or a creative name, they go for the always popular generic, over-used name. Heroes of the Alliance? Knights of the Alliance? Champions of the Horde? Hmmm...they really went out of their way there, didn't they? I can't complain, as I was in Lethal Alliance for a good long while, and if that isn't generic, I don't know what is.
- Finally, when people aren't trying to name their guilds, they are thinking about joining one. How exactly does one go about doing that? Some of the comments from our readers really lay out some good strategies for finding the perfect home.
Filed under: Breakfast Topics, Features
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
andy Dec 18th 2006 8:15AM
EU Laughing Skull "The Brothers Gr|M"
GamerJunkie Dec 18th 2006 9:03AM
People join guilds for 3 purposes:
1) To get loot quickly
2) endgame requirement
3) loneliness, socialize
Morkins Dec 18th 2006 9:28AM
I run two guilds, both for fun:
Ninja Monkeys - Monkeys are cool. So are Ninjas. It just stands to reason. (Alliance Guild)
Undead Ate My Neighbours. (Alliance Guild).
I'm quite proud of those names - they both get lots of /w commenting on them (although these days, the Ninja Monkeys /w usually revolve around ' u r ninja, ur guild sez so, nubs!' and other pointless, stupid ones not worth mentioning, since 'ninja' has since become a derogatory term for someone who steals loot in dungeon runs. Shame.
OH NOES! UNDEAD ATE MY NEIGHBOURS! ;)
AdamW Dec 18th 2006 9:16AM
My two real guild experiences ended in drama.
One was a smallish social guild and the leader /gdisband'd on a pissy whim one day because no one took the guild as seriously as she did, or something.
The second time I left because repeated Nefarion wipes led to whining, arguing, leadership conflicts, prick-waving, and forum drama.
I'd consider going back to one when BC hits and it doesn't take 60-80 members to have enough people to consistently field a raid.
Oh, and the best guild name in memory that wasn't mentioned in the other post was < and Her Amazing Friends > on Scarlet Crusade.
Apocolipto Dec 18th 2006 12:33PM
Me and a few friends are Going to be building a new Guild soon. We are Hord and are thinking right now. Looten Pilage, Southern Destroyers, or Dirty hoBag's.. We have alot of names flyin around but all together its just for fun and killin shit.
Smishy Dec 18th 2006 11:31AM
My fiancee and started a guild to be the anti-guild guild, The Bouncing Bunny Brigade. We found that guilds:
1. Take themselves *way* to seriously.
2. Seem to have more teens and than adults. Which means we need to keep our chat to pg-13.
So we have a loose age requirement and 3 questions for people to answer. The questions just gives us an idea how sick, twisted and perverted they are. The more sick twisted and perverted the better.
Gifflen Dec 18th 2006 11:59AM
I still stand by our former guild name as the best name ever.
"Wacky Weasel Weekend"
Need I Say More?
drewp Dec 18th 2006 12:01PM
Us server boulderfist
The Breakfast Club
Bunkai Dec 18th 2006 12:11PM
Dknag Togu
My Horde PvP Guild on Hakkar (read it backwards if you didn't figure it out).
www.ugotgankd.com
mk2tmr2 Dec 18th 2006 12:11PM
We had a long list of names when we started our guild on Greymane. We ended up with
As a joke our GM called us at first and made our tabard pink with a white butterfly on it.
Screen shot: http://www.steveandlee.com/galleries/blog/pretty-pwnies.jpg
Luckily, that only lasted 2 weeks.
mk2tmr2 Dec 18th 2006 12:15PM
Ok. I'm a newb. The names I typed in my first post didn't show up for obvious reasons.
Original guild name was "Pretty Pwnies"
Now it's "Runs With Scissors"
Krianna Dec 18th 2006 12:29PM
Best guild was the one we had at work-- Order of the Squid.
Why?
Work is the USS Essex, LHD-2 -- the guild was all sailors. *grin*
I rather like Gnomish Marine Corps.
Donner Dec 19th 2006 1:53AM
Server- Emerald Dream
Crimson Alliance FTW!
Were doing alot of pvp right now over a samll X-mas break for raiding. Our guild was on BLW but weve lost alot of members whove used the guild as a ladder to get in Fallout, the best guild on our server so were stuck in MC currently.
Flit Dec 18th 2006 12:51PM
I enjoy my guilds name on Icecrown
Horde Ouvres.
Nathan Dec 18th 2006 10:56PM
I had a guild on the server Eldre'Thalas but it was disbanded due to lack of people joining. It's name was Gnomeland Security. I thought it was a cool name but meh...
Grontar Dec 18th 2006 8:42PM
Our Guild name grew out of our Star Trek club's name, teh USS Justice. Also, since we've been doing PVP mainly where they Allys are attacking, we went with the Irregulars in homage to the militia troops that were not regular soldiers. Hence, the Justice Irregulars.
Grontar
Guildmaster
Justice Irregulars
Lightninghoof Server
paul Dec 19th 2006 12:20AM
i have a guild that my alts are in called that i actually stone form one of these posts. I did have an ally one called
Shauna Dec 19th 2006 2:27AM
"Gnomeburgers" on Suramar!
Dro Dec 19th 2006 5:13AM
The best one I've seen on Tanaris is on the Horde side:
Dro Dec 19th 2006 5:14AM
Sorry, it was "Horde of the Dance".