Pompous Tophats - A Raucous Band of Merry Man-Children

Pompous Tophats is recruiting raiders and PVP'ers anew for Patch 2.1. We currently have 3 coil groups downing turn 4 and are continuing Twintania progression. We'd like to have a fourth group started soon. Raid times are Monday through Thursday (2 nights a week with staggered groups) starting at 8-9 EST. We use our own Mumble server and are currently saving up for a large FC house. PvP soon to come, along with website support to help coordinate matches.

Newer players are welcome. We're willing to teach mechanics to people competent enough to learn.

Warning: We are a FC of dicks and trolls... "class"holes if you will. This game is too dull to be played without some sense of humor and a good community. That said, if you have a bad case of super-cereal, prepare for a verbal nightmare.

Website:
We've got a considerable amount of resources and information available on our website. From lists of 2-star crafters to a rewards store for helpful members.
PompousTophats.com

Goals:

1. To run 100 meters in QWOP
2. To protect the world from devestation.
3. To avoid making too many Pokemon references.
4. To parody as many guild recruitment cliches as possible.
5. To figure out what "semi-hardcore" even means.

Rules:

1. Nobody over the mental age of four.
2. They're called Tarutarus, not Lalafell.
3. There will be absolutely no consumption of super-cereal while playing.
4. Use of proper grammar and punctuation is grounds for bonus points.
5. Do not follow Rule #5.

Cheating Policy: (We kid you not, some FCs actually feel the need to have one.)
Pompous Tophats feels that cheating is just the excuse we've been waiting for to finally end this lifeless marriage and claim half of our assets in a long and drawn-out divorce.

Narrative Mode Preference:
Pompous Tophats prefers to speak in the third person.

Goals:

1. Check!
2. Turbo will help you prote...... error 1037.
3. Check!
4. ..Doris!, Check!
5. softcore?

It's not cheating if they don't get caught? Then it's just fun!

Turbo accepts this preference.

Hey yo. Y'all got white women?

The voices in my head have been asking themselves lately what all the hubbub is about Hardcore FCs, especially this newer branch of FCs calling themselves Semi-Hardcore.

"How can anyone be only partially totally devoted to something" they ask me in exasperation. "Is there anything more to it than an oxymoron inadvertently created through poor understanding of logic?"

I've thought long and hard on my voice's words, and have finally come to a most reasonable explanation: Semi-Hardcore FCs are Casual FCs who are undergoing a change into Hardcore FCs. With that in mind, I have an important announcement to make:

Pompous Tophats is fully Trans-Hardcore. We were once casual, but feel far more confident with ourselves as hardcore. And unlike these others, we've put in enough raiding operations to fully make the change -- no "semi" required.

Joyous news: Our scant application form on the website has been more fully fleshed out! Because we have both casuals and raiders in the FC, I've done my best to keep the credential questions to a minimum. Instead, I've added some questions that I believe are absolutely vital to sorting out the humorous from the horrible. We'll invite those who manage to tickle our fancy. And we are very, very fancy.

http://www.pompoustophats.com/recruitment

As a slightly (and only slightly) more serious addendum to our normally hilarious shenanigans, I do wish to note that, despite all the silliness, we are recruiting for raiding, we just hate the idea of excluding people for not being such. You never know, that one guy who has never even set foot in a level 50 raid may have four level 50 crafting classes and a desire to outfit the entire company in HQ crafted gear!

(I'll take a full set of HQ Gryphonskin please)

We're now in Turn 4 of Coil and looking for more raiders to fill out additional groups. Crystal Tower Get.

With our second Coil group now full and actively clearing content, we're doing another recruitment push for a third group. Whisper Alatar Skysong in-game if you're curious. We're willing to teach newer players that do not suffer from terminal stupidity.

Perfect gear is not a requirement for the guild, remember. A willingness to learn, and not being infected with the aforementioned Terminal Stupidity, though, are very much requirements. A great player with less than optimal gear is always more valuable then a perfectly geared idiot. One is teachable, one is a hopeless cause (and Turn 4 requires skill along with gear, so there's no room for dumbassery.)

Pompous Tophats is happy to say that we now have three coil groups going relatively strong, and two of them finally managed to down turn 4 tonight! They were well fought, well deserved wins, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement!

We are still filling most raid spots - about the only thing we're truly full on is melee DPS (sorry my fellow Monks). Tanks & healers that can be counted on for consistency are always welcome, ranged DPS are as well - and even if you don't want to raid, if you'd rather just craft all day and chat with a group of awesome folks, we'd welcome you!

Next stop, Twintania!

Bumping this back up to the top to say that we've managed to stabilize the amount of healers we have, and are more or less good on tanks, to the point where we are thinking about getting a fourth coil group started! And surprisingly, we find ourselves in a position where we actually have more openings for DPS then we do for any other class (and well, a another tank or two wouldn't be scoffed at, its always good to account for folks who may not be able to show up due to real life consideration.)

This fourth group will probably be dedicated as a learning group to start out with, so if you aren't super geared or super experienced when it comes to coil, no need to fret about applying - As long as you carry the willingness to learn and listen, we'd be glad to have you - gear is easy to get, a good attitude is much harder to come by! Heck, even if you're not a raider, apply, fun people are always welcome.

We've made some extensive changes to our website in order to better facilitate the raiding, crafting, and information-swapping needed at this point. Come see what our FC has to offer:

http://pompoustophats.com