Who We Are
Requirements
We are a Level 25 Horde guild for ages 21+. We have players in their early twenties all the way to their sixties. Aging Gamers firmly believes the person is more important than the toon. Applicants should have a mature attitude, a good sense of humor, a down-to-earth personality, and the desire to be a team player.
Guild Ethos
Members should feel comfortable that they are not slaves to the game. We understand that our members enjoy different activities, and we encourage that they play the game in the way they find most fun: raid, PvE, questing, level alts, or PvP. It's up to you. The guild is intended to be a place for people to come together so we highly encourage group activities. Each person has their own goals and wish list of loot, but we do not let these overtake our sense of loyalty and camaraderie to our guildmates. We expect all of our members to be ambassadors of the guild and maintain our reputation to anyone they come in contact with.
Raiding
Aging Gamers is a casual guild that likes to raid. Raiding is NOT mandatory for any member and we weave a lot of people in and out on our 10-man runs. We place fun above rapid progression. We want our members to experience as much of the game as possible and have a chance to win that loot. We do not belittle people for making mistakes. We are tolerant of their experience and help them understand the strategy required. By recruiting competent and friendly players with the right attitude, we have seen a lot of success!
Currently, Aging Gamers is not raiding while our members gear up through the new Cataclysm content. We'll begin raiding within a couple of months and will probably raid two nights per week.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:12 Written by Andrew Kassel Tuesday, 13 July 2010 20:18
Why get an authenticator?
Blizzard's game related security is questionable at best. Every day we hear about more and more accounts being stolen, whether it's in Trade channel or Guild chat. Even if you change your password every day, you're still pretty much wide open to this threat. So what do you do about it?
Fortunately, Blizzard has actually given us a tool to integrate at least a *little* security into our battle.net accounts. The Blizzard Authenticator is a simple device that adds just one small layer of security to your account, and applies to any battle.net enabled Blizzard game on your account. This little device simply generates a string of 6 (or 8 on the iPhone/iPod touch app) numbers, which you enter into your authentication screen in a box after your password.
Last Updated on Friday, 08 October 2010 07:44 Written by Andrew Kassel Friday, 13 August 2010 07:39
Best Practices
You lock your doors on your home. You lock your car, and do not leave the keys in it. You keep your money in the bank. You are security conscious when it comes to your real-life possessions, but what about your virtual life in World of Warcraft? Are you doing everything you can to protect your virtual things and your virtual identity?
Security in World of Warcraft is really not very good, so it is incumbent upon us as players to be vigilant about our own account security. We've worked long and hard, sometimes for years, to build the things we have in game. These accomplishments should not be thrown away and cheapened because some criminal decided we were an easy target. We, as players, need to be aware of how easy it is to steal an account. For example, did you know:
- Battle.net accounts are not case sensitive. There is no difference (to the Blizzard authentication servers) between "password" and "PaSsWoRd".
- The in-game authentication sequence is unencrypted. It can be picked up by a packet sniffer. However, this does not apply to the Battle.net web site, which does use SSL encryption.
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 August 2010 11:42 Written by Andrew Kassel Friday, 13 August 2010 08:25