Guild:CTS
From Penny Arcade Alliance
"Pipe Toting Mother Fuckers"
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The Dojo Principle
- Honor
History
Penny Arcade and the Cardboard Tube Samurai
The very first appearance of Gabe as the CTS.[1]
Chronicle of Cardboard Tube Samurai
Founding
Originally founded by Alandria, intended to be a small social guild before Gabe posted on Penny-Arcade.com about our PVP prowess, coining the term "Pipe toting mother fuckers". After that the guild went from around 30 members to 400 in under 2 weeks. After about 2-3 months we dropped back down to around 250 members where we have consistently stayed since then.
Alandria left for a short period late December of our first year leaving his second in command Eakers to deal with Guild Leader duties. Alandria returned for about 2-3 months but then chose to permanently promote Eakers because of RL time conflicts with playing WoW.
Honor
Shortly after forming, the Dojo members agreed to form a guild that followed basic honorable principles. Including behavior not normally displayed in MMOs.
People who have stolen loot from other Dark Iron Alliance members have not only been kicked from the guild but also the Dojo has attempted to reimburse those who were the victims. Also, the Dojo has long had a policy against the griefing of low leveled horde.
For a time there were also some minor behavior rules in guild chat as well. While not strict in actual content, it pushed more for civil behavior among members. Specifically banning the usage of noob and other similar terms used to insult people just for not being members as long.
Guild Leaders
Former Leaders: Alandria, Eakers
Current Leader: Harbor
Dojo Culture
Scapegoats past and present
Scapegoating has always played a significant role in the Dojo. Examples include :
- (Tre's cat bites him causing him to forget that he is autorunning into Gehennas) Treila: Fucking Eakers!
- My 15th attempt and I'm STILL 374 tailoring! Typical Ohmss!
- Eakers - The first official scapegoat, also our previous guild leader.
- Ohmss - Reluctantly replaced Eakers a few months after Eakers disappeared.
- Some Dojo members argue that Eakers is still the true reason for all bad things in the world.
Dojo Raids
Raid Mavintyre
Raid Leader: Corymatsu/Damacus
History/Info: The first Dojo run raid! Wrecked Zul'Gurub back in the day. This was a PG-13 run so no potty mouth in vent. Never saw a Fang of the Faceless. Poor Mavinzel. This raid retired right before the Burning Crusade expansion hit.
Status: *RETIRED*
Raid The Fridge
Raid Leader: Fizzbang and Brambt
History/Info: The Dojo run Molten Core/Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj raid! This was the biggest Dojo raid to date and it blew through MC. Ragnaros was killed pre-sons on only his second downing. Many of today's top Penny Arcade Alliance raiders started here. Post BC this raid became a Karazahn raid but later retired due to some players switching guilds and some quitting World of Warcraft altogether. Two legendaries were also awarded with a Thunderfury to the main tank Veela, and a Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros to Ohmss.
Status: *RETIRED*
Wasted Knights
Raid Leader: Huladdachnk
History/Info: Middle of the week Karazahn run by mostly Dojo!
Status: Runs Zul'Aman on Tuesdays and Karazahn on Wednesdays.
Medivh's Uncouth Dinner Guests
Raid Leader: Ontos
History/Info: Ontos' efforts to bring a kickass Karazhan to the middle of the week!
Status: Runs on Wednesdays and finishes up on Sundays.
CTS All Stars
Raid Leader: Damacus/Crackin
History/Info: Many of the "All Stars" from Raid Mavintyre have joined up to gear new alts and 70's for the Dojo! There are several ringers in this raid, but that just makes it even more fun!
Status: Runs Karazhan on Fridays.
An Intense Experience!
Raid Leader: Ontos
History/Info: The first big Dojo run raid since Raid the Fridge and the first after the Burning Crusade release! Ontos is leading this 25 man raid to destroy one nasty Gronn Lord!
Status: Runs Gruul's Lair on Sundays.
The Leftovers
Raid Leader: Daarguard and Staghmar
History/Info=This raid was initially started by Staghmar and Carthris looking for a late night Karazhan. After the first week or two, Carthris became unable to make the raid to to a changing schedule. Daarguard took over co-ordination of the raid. It ran very successfully for several months. The raid had difficulty keeping a constant supply of people and was eventually disbanded when Zul'Aman went live and Staghmar started a Zul'Aman raid during the same timeframe.
History/Info:
Status: *RETIRED*
Dojo Today
Guild Leaders and Officers
Name (Notable Alts) - Level Class
Guild Leader: Harbor (Censure)- 70 Rogue
Current Officers
- Adrialla (Yania, Kayaa) - 70 Warlock
- Amerdre (Holytouch) - 70 Warlock
- Amonfalar (Gemley) - 70 Druid
- Crazyheals (Morandel) - 70 Priest
- Damacus (Matsukor, Crackin, Korematsu) - 70 Mage
- Fizzfizz (Fizzbang) - 70 Hunter
- Ironeye - (Healitts) - 70 Hunter
- Lliam - 70 Mage
- Moxxy - 70 Hunter
- Ohmss - 70 Paladin
- Rinaldo (Crisium) - 70 Hunter
- Smithwick (Stpauli) - 70 Paladin
- Thorkild (Hamrlik, Kiprusoff, Cantona) - 70 Warlock
- Luella (Vainglory) - 74 Mage
The Dojo's Place in a Modern Dark Iron
We're a social guild, but we still enjoy PvP and raiding.
Joining the Dojo
To join the CTS Dojo...
- Create a forum account
- Create a new thread in the CTS board with your name as the topic
- Copy and Paste the application in the sticky and fill it out
