Veni Vidi Defeci (Guild)
From SpiralKnights
Veni Vidi Defeci is a Guild created mostly for the purpose of friendly discussion and general goofing about.
The process of gaining membership is based upon personality. Skill level, wealth, gear level, and nationality are unimportant.
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The Name
"Veni Vidi Defeci" is Latin for "We Came, We Saw, We Failed."
The name is intended as a parody of the classic Caesar quote: "Veni, vidi, vici," which means "I came, I saw, I conquered."
The Roots
For approximately 8 months, the guild We Are Legion was a fairly active, fun-loving group of friends. But as things often go, members found themselves with more and more real-life obligations, and the guild went inactive.
Helioflex, the creator of the guild, came back after a bit of a hiatus from Spiral Knights (partially caused by the inactivity of his guild) in mid-February 2012. He had never really been happy with the name of the guild. (There were some serious negative associations with it in popular culture.)
In an effort to both create a name that said more about his guild and to start anew, he decided to create a new guild, to be named Veni Vidi Defeci.
And so he made it.
The Rules
Veni Vidi Defeci has two major rules:
- 1. Don't be a jerk.
- 2. No begging. Ever.
The environment of VVD is about as relaxed as it gets other than that.
There are no skill or gear requirements for entry and ranking.
Members tend to not be very competitive, nor do they generally take the game extremely seriously.
General silliness and friendly acts are very much encouraged.
The Ranks
RECRUIT: Recruits are basically in a Trial period. It won't take a whole lot of annoying behavior to get yourself kicked. It also won't take a lot of awesome behavior to get yourself promoted.
MEMBER: Members are a part of the team. A friend of their Guildies. A bro of the dudes. Broceratops. Broseidon, king of the brocean. If you're Member, nobody in the guild is allowed to look down on you.
VETERAN: Veterans are fairly rare in the Guild. Usually the most awesome Members are promoted directly to Officer.
OFFICER: Officers are the few members that are very close to the GMs. These are the people we trust to administrate when we're away. Needless to say, they're pretty awesome people.
GUILD MASTER: Guild Masters are exactly like officers in every way except one: in order to be promoted above Recruit, a Guild Master has to have met you and approved you first.
The Honorable Mentions
Most members from We Are Legion haven't played since 2011, but a select few were so awesome they deserve to be mentioned:
Aialjeta
Astar
Sebra
Pthalocyanine
Jakehayes
Joan-Of-Ark
Lonelyrangakid
Duck-Hunter
The Thing On The Side
If ever VVD decides to duke it out amongst themselves, there is a secondary guild, Sacrament, open for members to temporarily join so that they may GvG in Lockdown against other members.
