ATTITUDE OVER EVERYTHING

Attitude Over Everything is a guild founded on the governing principle that games are meant to be fun, and are significantly more fun when played with outstanding people! We have assembled a group of positive, community-oriented gamers that can be trusted to make the experience more enjoyable! We want to cultivate a reputation of being classy, sportsmanlike, and focused on having the best possible attitude!

CODE OF CONDUCT:

1. Play to win, even if defeat is imminent. Dig deep, get to work, and play for a lucky break. Some teams give up. Other teams make impossible comebacks. Let's be the team that shows some grit, and plays it out! Even the best teams in the world get stomped sometimes; look for opportunities to outplay the opposition despite impossible conditions.

2. Don't blame, complain, or make excuses. It won't make anything better, so there's no reason to spoil everyone's mood.

3. Focus on improving your play and the play of others. Try to make your best even better, every game, whether it's a favorable situation or a tough one.

4. Learn to play a kick-ass support role, and be willing to take your turn. "I suck at support" is an excuse that has zero merit. Everybody supports in AoE.

5. Stay positive despite blatant stupidity or seemingly impossible obstacles.

6. Conduct yourself with humility and class towards opponents and teammates. No cocky banter, trolling, teasing, name-calling, or insults. If you enjoy getting under your opponent's skin, AoE isn't for you.

7. Don't engage in verbal battles. If you somehow got sucked into a dispute, stop it.

8. Never quit. Practice micro, finding farm on a scary map, or playing out of bad situations, in order to improve. Even a stomp provides opportunities to improve. We win, or we learn.

9. Get a good mic, and use it! Effective voice chat is a key requirement.

10. Enable the "Expose Public Match Data" setting.

11. Have fun! It's a game! If you aren't enjoying your games, go take a break.

Adding AoE. to your handle is encouraged, but not required. Imagine, though, a situation wherein a player sees the AoE. prefix and instantly knows you to be classy and sportsmanlike simply by guild reputation! If you do choose to represent the guild by including AoE. in your handle, you must AT ALL TIMES act as a representative of the guild, and stay within our Code of Conduct.

If you do add the AoE. tag to your name, please format it as follows:

AoE.Exampleman

In the case of persistent or flagrant departures from the Code of Conduct:

Incident 1: Verbal warning.
Incident 2: Mandate to re-read and agree to the Code of Conduct.
Incident 3: Final warning.

FOR NEW RECRUITS: Please copy/paste the Guild Motto in a Steam message to the officer who invited you, as an indication that you have read the Code of Conduct, and are on-board!

Guild Motto: SENTITE OMNIBUS SUPEREMINET

Welcome to AoE!

AoE.Sleepy (Guild Leader)

"I'm Sleepy."

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RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Is AoE back in business?

6 September, 2016 - Mister Sleepy | 0 Comments

I have been too long absent from the gaming community, and I'm curious to know if people are wanting to resurrect this guild. I feel like it was pretty special in it's time, and it could be again. I would love some feedback on whether this is worth putting some time into, and who else would be willing to put some effort in.

I've updated the Code of Conduct, and the Guidelines for Guild Officers, so check those out, and let me know your thoughts.

I've also mellowed out a lot in the last few years, so you may find the "flavour" of the guild a little more relaxed than in previous years, if that's a consideration.

AoE.Sleepy

"I'm Sleepy."

AoE Reboot

27 March, 2014 - Mister Sleepy | 3 Comments

With the commonality of new additions not meeting guild requirements, the infrequency of guild partying, and the inactivity of several members, a resulting systemic complacency has begun to turn Attitude Over Everything into just another guild.

My hope is that with a Guild 'Reboot,' we can begin to return to the positive direction we started out on. I think it's important that we, as a guild, grow slowly and thoughtfully, with an emphasis on involvement and project development. There are some keen minds among us, and with an open-timeline and volunteer-oriented community, I think its possible for everybody to contribute! The first step, I believe, is to find a new forum for guild community involvement. People just don't check the Steam Page often enough. There is no reason to believe that this page will get enough traction to yield the desired results. I'm sure there are ideas about a better way!

As for membership and officership, I thought it important to purge the roster, and I have removed all members from officer status until, at least, a conversation can be had about the direction we want to go. I want to open a dialogue about this, hopefully via conference call, so that we can hammer out the details and really be on board with a plan for the future.

Please don't be upset at the changes, rather, make a note of your concerns, and we'll talk it out as a team.

AoE.Sleepy

"I'm Sleepy."