The Guild, Episode 9 released
by Mike Schramm 
Apr 17th 2008 at 1:30PM
Episode 9 of The Guild is up, and it's confrontation time. The guildies meet each other in RL again to take down the bank ninja Bladezz, but yet another boss battle looms deep on the horizon. Y'know, not that we don't love this series (we do), but has there ever been any actual gameplay footage here? Am I the only one that would kind of like to see them in their characters, maybe raiding into Karazhan or wherever else they're raiding?
Maybe there's legal issues or something involved (but surely Blizzard wouldn't mind, right?). At any rate, another fun episode for The Guild (Tink needs to get some new DS games, I beat Mario like years ago), and it seems like things are coming to a boil on this storyline. Episode 10 should be a big one.
Like The Guild? We do, too! We've got all the episodes so far: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. And don't forget to check out our interview with Felicia Day, The Guild's appearance on Mahalo Daily, or even The Guild's gag reel. Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Odds and ends, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tatiyanna Apr 17th 2008 1:40PM
I have to say this is by far my favorite series. Even without game play footage, that is what makes it great, its not about the game play, its about the guild.
Excellent work yet again. And a great thanks to one of my favorite actresses around!
Manatank Apr 17th 2008 1:41PM
It stopped being relatable when they started meeting in person. The first episode was good, but it became painful to watch after that.
Liel Apr 17th 2008 2:17PM
Sounds like your afraid of RL.
Manatank Apr 17th 2008 2:59PM
My point was just that it doesn't feel like a guild. It's just some random show.
Evean Apr 17th 2008 1:53PM
This series isnt about gameplay. Its a character piece. As far as relatability; Its not about being to relate, if anyone can relate to these characters, then something is wrong. The beginning of the series gave you something sort of ordinary so you could recognize the situation, then it takes it beyond average and into the area of FUNNY. Its outlandish for a reason. FANTASTIC series and awesome acting all 'round.
Manatank Apr 17th 2008 1:55PM
Ah, I see. Not funny to me.
Charlie Apr 17th 2008 1:55PM
Phenomenal series. It's evolved from a WoW thing, into a truly well developed story. Can't wait to see episode 10!
I think I can already see the ending though. Kinda like a, "well what now? Well we still have that raid to finish up" something of the kind where they all just go back to exactly what they were doing before.
Best moment in the series though is definatley when they all meet up for the first time and nobody says anything, then i think its Tink says that she got an epic dagger, and everyones like WOAH. Lmao, so true.
This webseries and the webcomic reallifecomics are prolly the best things around that actually bring a bit of the real world to WoW.
ColinSFX Apr 17th 2008 2:00PM
if you pay attention to the terms they use, you can tell it's not really WoW they're playing, it's just some very WoW-like MMO. Since it's imaginary, I don't think we'll be seeing in game footage anytime soon.
Marc Apr 17th 2008 2:14PM
If they want to put out a DVD, then they should stay away from displaying game footage.
Beelzebud Apr 17th 2008 2:17PM
Yeah from a legal sense it's wise of them to make it obvious it's about WoW, without stepping over IP laws.
FireStar Apr 17th 2008 2:27PM
I tried very hard not to totally lmao here at work. hilarious. love this series
YesPls Apr 17th 2008 2:29PM
Meh. /horizontal flat hand twisting motion
Zaknafeiin Apr 17th 2008 2:33PM
I really enjoy this show, especially as it portrays Felicia Day as a wow addict (which she is in real life lmao). The fact that they can talk to each other for hours over mics and struggle to come up with a whole sentence when IRL made me rofl til i woke the neighbours up.....gz on the Youtube award btw Felicia, i'll re-charge the night vision specs so i can spy...er i mean...er....watch out for that pesky cat that's been terrorising my plants :P
Patyn Apr 17th 2008 2:54PM
"The guild has to help Zaboo take down the scariest boss of all time...his mother."
That's got to be classic.
Hugh "Nomad" Hancock Apr 17th 2008 6:28PM
My suspicion would be that they want to treat it as a commercial project, or that they want to send it to film festivals. Either is likely to be a problem.
Blizzard has a history of quashing potential commercial Machinima projects, namely the Return series (yep, that's the reason you didn't see a series following on from "The Return"). And their fair usage rules are distinctly murky on the subject of film festivals - you have to apply to Blizzard for permission to screen at a festival, and so far I know of no-one who has received such permission since the usage rules were released (although I may just be ignorant on this one!).
Either way, I'd say that Felicia Day and co are making a damn good call steering well away from in-game footage.
icer Apr 17th 2008 9:27PM
"hello these aren't hams i'm smuggling around" LOL
TimA Apr 18th 2008 11:07AM
WoW is not the first MMO to come out.
The sorts of issues The Guild deals with existed before WoW was a twinkle in Blizzard's eye.
People in UO, EQ and DAoC can all relate without ever having played WoW.
The show is NOT about the game they play, it's about the wierdos, like us, that play it.
Marvin Apr 18th 2008 12:57PM
Speaking of guild issues. I was reading Leiandra's blog http://zanderfin.blogspot.com/ where he talks about Guild Leader Appreciation Day! I think it's a good idea to appreciate what guild leaders do for us. What do you guys think?
Marvin Apr 18th 2008 1:03PM
This link is more specific: http://zanderfin.blogspot.com/2008/04/guild-leadership-appreciation-day-april.html