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United Aussie Warriors [AUS]
The United Aussie Warriors [AUS] is one of the first (and the largest) Australian guilds. It consists of several guilds in an alliance and recently reached a peak of 450 members, with ages ranging from 10 to 68. The guild was formed by real life partners Topaz and Waking of the Night, in November, 2005. AUS is mostly a PvE guild, although it has a regular complement of Heroes' Ascent players. The guild was created for Guild Wars, although some players have considered opening a World of Warcraft division. When the time comes, AUS plans to move to Guild Wars 2. There are no other long-term goals, other than to provide a friendly guild for all players, embracing both Australian and non-Australian players alike.
The United Aussie Warriors guild philosophy is to help everyone, whether new members or old. The guild's members follow a standard set of rules to keep their gaming environment clean and enjoyable. This includes common sense guidelines such as no spamming, no scamming, no begging, no negative comments in Alliance chat, and so on. Officers have their own code of conduct that encourages helping guildies with reasonable requests, recruiting, publicly promoting the guild, enforcing rules, and organizing activities.
When a member is believed to have violated these rules, a lengthy and involved process begins; kicks and bans are not instituted at the whim of a single officer. Instead, the forums have a "jury duty" section where officers debate whether or not a particular member is problematic. This process prevents undue kicks from the guild for relatively minor affairs or misunderstandings.
Events happen sporadically within AUS. The guild hosts seasonal parties (New Year's, Christmas, and so on), scavenger hunts with prizes worth a several 100k split between teams, and competitions such as the 1v1 event running now. Smaller events are also popular and include elite mission runs through the Deep, Urgoz's Warren, and so on, and special runs, like an all-Assassin group going into Tombs for several hours.
There are many reasons to join UAW, whether it's being part of a mostly Australian group, the occasional events, or the helpful atmosphere. Several players joined specifically because of the friendliness of Topaz, one of the leaders, who places the needs of others before her own. AUS is willing to give any recruit a chance. Even so, there are people who don't last long. Players who like to chat with excessive capital letters, swear all the time, insult other members, back chat without provocation, or display racist qualities are kicked. Of course, such people are warned first, to insure they have a chance to improve their behavior, and the rules are always on the forum for any member to see.
The guild's mostly Australian background helps everyone get along. Almost all ideas are fully supported by the guild. Alliance chat is a civil affair. Jokes that one person finds funny, the guild finds funny. It all works very well for them and promotes a sense of community and solidarity.
Currently the guild is going through changes, with members shifting around in the alliance and many promotions of officers occurring. The reorganization, combined with the Guild of the Week nomination, is part of an ongoing effort to show Australian players that there is an active guild in their time zone, and what they can expect from the guild.
