(I'm taking your advice, Miharu.) ;)

It is pitch black... you are likely to be eaten by a . . .

If interested: Please message me in game AND join channel 1008. (Or reply here of course.)
We are a pirate "academy." The only requirement is that you wish to be a pirate. The only rule is that you become one.
We also offer courses for the general population: Pro-Piracy 101 & 102 / Anti-Piracy 101. Contact in same manner.

(GRU is a "recursive" acronym.... supply the abbreviated words for yourself.) ;)
(It also references Infocom's Zork. As well as just about every Infocom game actually.)

You find yourself in a storm sector. It is very foggy. You are likely to be ganked by a [GRU].

I am so in. Can't we be [GRUE], though?

Besides Dr. Lecter, do you have any leaders with strong qualifications in piracy or pvp?

It is dark and lonely, now that TRS has been eaten by a [GRU]

You forgot the part of "this message will be repeated every hour"

Bumping the thread once an hour would be just redundant now :P

But yeah, better to have it here so people can see it without having to wait around for an hour. Lots of people only log in for a few minutes at a time and might miss the spam. ;)

Yarr. We need few strong PvPers to train a load of n00blets in proper pack pyratin'...

A good pyrat crew ain't there to be duelin' any [VPR] who show up. They're there to space and recover as much cargo as they can, as fast as they can, with as little loss as possible. An' that's the very first thing I'll teach the wee un's.

Other stuff, like makin' yer scurvey enemies go pop if they do come tae bother ye, that's gravy and comes later.

It was originally [GRUE] and I was told that was stupid... I took the "advice" and changed it to [GRU].

Yes we can go back Lecter... either way. (You may be making fun, but I choose to take it seriously.) :)

GRUE = GRUE Regional University of Everything?
(Isn't teaching everything implied in "University" though?)

Curently the guild "long name" is simply, "It is dark..." btw.

GRUE = GRUE Really Ugly, Eh? (If anyone had ever seen one...)

BTW... should you join... You get automatic tenure, Lecter. :)'

Assuming you follow the one rule of course. (Which is equivalent to: Don't be a dick, basically.)

GRUE = GRUE are Ridiculously Unlikely to Eat you? (Lecter excluded of course.)

Also, (should this get off the ground) this guild is intended to be Council run... Commander will be an essentially empty title. (Probably filled by an alt of mine, unless I can find some silly sap who wants an empty title.) I intend to be council rather than "leader."

(I make this clear for those leery of joining the "Bidi Baba Guild.")

I'll be back in game post-Christmas, and will look to join up then. I was being serious about [GRUE], but after some thought I may prefer [GRU]. But why the hell are we teaching anti-piracy?!

Cause it's no fun killing the average idiot?
Plus, traders are rich (in general). Tuition is steep.

Oops... just remembered that the line goes: It is pitch black... you are likely to be eaten by a grue.

Gonna have to get the guild "long name" changed I guess.

EDIT: I should google and make sure that is the "official" line I guess.

Bidi, I'm interested in joining up. My guy is Jason Zigley.

GRUE = GRUE Regional University of Everything?
(Isn't teaching everything implied in "University" though?)

so its a doubley redudnant acronym

w00t another pirate guild. How fun!

Lots of people only log in for a few minutes at a time and might miss the spam. ;)
Oh no, you shoudn't mention this... Now he will not limit himself with 1 hour delay