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Vermaak 'Fatal' Kuvakei
Osmon Surveillance Caldari State
151
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Posted - 2013.02.14 03:50:00 -
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I suggest disbanding your corp and joining a larger one, STB is always recruiting |
zeek1227 zeek1227
Blitzkrieg Co.
144
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Posted - 2013.02.14 03:52:00 -
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IRuby Heart wrote:GetShotUp wrote:@Ruby You should squad up with us, sometime. Sure thing bro. DJINN leukoplast wrote:
Oh and I almost forgot, you better have some EVE connections if you are actually serious about a corp in this game.
Never even heard of EVE until this game came out, I haven't even visited their site. I doubt any of those guys would take the time to help a nobody merc like me anyway. Thanks for the tips guys, I gues I'll keep working on it. You have no idea how depressing it is to wake up another day and open your Corp recruitment thread only to see no new replies, even worse to open dust and find no new applications. I'll stick with it though, I'll find good players in game and try and invite them after matches. Hey if this doesn't work out you and ur mates are welcome in blitzkrieg co we currently have around 20 members and we are usually on everyday unless work/school gets in the way. We coild squad up sometime at the least ive seen u around the forums and u seem like a good guy |
Phoenix Archer 128
Better Hide R Die
89
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Posted - 2013.02.14 04:39:00 -
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If you are serious about wanting to start a corp, you have to start making connections and getting your name out there. That is the first, and probably most important thing; you corp's skill is always secondary. Why? There are people of all skill-levels looking for corps, so there will always be people out there to recruit. Going by your skill alone will leave out most of the potential corp-mates. Look at the big corps here; they all are well-known, either for constantly being in matches with others or constantly being on the forums (both are for good or ill). With their names in people's heads, a person looking for a corp will likely look for someone they know first, rather than an unknown.
Yeah, my corp (I'm not the leader BTW) is originally from the PS2 era, though we're most well-known for MAG and Starhawk involvement now, but that's the thing...we are known. We have a lot of connections in certain areas and are able to draw from these "pools" and get people to join. We have a thread up and running in the Corp section of these forums, and we've gained members that way too. Lastly, we run groups all the time, and, for the most part (essentially barring lag, too many tanks/lasers/heavies, and just bad luck) we do well enough in pub matches to get the corp-less to notice. Its also good to note that we are not a highly competitive corp; we're here to have fun first and foremost, to just play the game. That's not to say we're poor players, just that we don't "push" people into doing things they really don't want to do and focus more on having a good time than stressing over stats and getting that win. Yes, we have some really good players, but we also take in many newbies and teach, and as long as people get along and have fun they're welcome to stay, regardless of skill level. We also have some different ways of operating, and sometimes it grates on other corps, but we do what works for us.
So, get your name out there; the forum's Corp Recruitment section is invaluable for that, and also keep an eye out for the threads asking for a corp to join. The more your corp's name gets seen, the more likely you'll get people interested. Make sure you detail what your corp is about when advertising; saying you're a training corp, for example, but really being a highly competitive corp is not a good way to get people (the word will spread about the false advertisement, and yeah, it goes downhill from there) Also, initially you do not want strict requirements; be more lax and willing to work with people and get them up to speed, it will pay off in the long run. When you are established then you can add on stricter requirements, but don't tick off the people who got you where you are.
Post in the other forums, and get corpmates to do the same. Again, its all about getting your name out there.
I do recommend answering questions and paying attention to your local chat in-game; there usually is someone looking for help, and if you give it to them they probably will ask to group, and from there you may have a new corp-mate.
When you do have some more people, grouping up and playing as a team is also a great way to get some of those who are looking for a corp; having your corp (at least two people) at the top of the scoreboards game after game will get attention (kills or WP, doesn't matter), and will get some people interested in finding out more about you and/or joining.
Do not expect this to happen overnight, as others have said. I honestly cannot remember how long it took for us to go from a small, tight-nit clan in MAG to something everyone knew about, but it took months (this wan't at launch, it was probably 8-12 months into MAG's life when this started to really happen). We've grown and shrunk, but really, we started out in Dust with maybe 8-12 people, some of our core members...and now are over 100 in Dust (we also have many others in the clan, but playing other games...some just don't like Dust, others are waiting for more patches/content, others have other reasons), and often have at least 12 on during our peak hours, more certaindays. We do have a few EVE players as well, not many, but that will grow in time.
TL:DR - Get your (corp's) name out there; post a lot in the recruitment section, post a lot on the forums in general, chat in local, help people, get known. That is the best way to grow a corp, IMO. |
Dalton Smithe
OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention
45
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Posted - 2013.02.14 05:02:00 -
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Baal Roo wrote:Punch and pie
This.... |
Belzeebub Santana
SVER True Blood Unclaimed.
409
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Posted - 2013.02.14 05:30:00 -
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This was just a thought but those that run alts and aren't in the spy biz should help fluff his numbers. Join his corp. for the simple fact of helping him get started and recruiting other players.
Like I said just a thought... |
Maraud'er
Company of Marcher Lords Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.02.14 05:44:00 -
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Belzeebub Santana wrote:This was just a thought but those that run alts and aren't in the spy biz should help fluff his numbers. Join his corp. for the simple fact of helping him get started and recruiting other players.
Like I said just a thought... No! This alt is dedicated to the Amarr Empire! And I run tanks on this one for lols.
And to ruby... Keep at it! Dont give up your corp! But if by any chance you do... You can apply to hellstorm |
Imp Smash
On The Brink
51
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Posted - 2013.02.14 06:03:00 -
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Join an existing corp? It's all about meeting and playing with people on a regular basis. |
dent 308
Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
967
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Posted - 2013.02.14 06:05:00 -
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Baal Roo wrote:Punch and pie
We do have excellent pie.
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Baal Omniscient
L.O.T.I.S. Legacy Rising
248
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Posted - 2013.02.14 07:49:00 -
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IRuby Heart wrote:Baal Omniscient wrote:[ This is also an easy way to become hated and seen as honorless traitors.
Just a history lesson, if I can recall it correctly, for those of you who weren't around back in the day. Forgive me if I mess any of this up, I wasn't really paying attention when it all happened and caught a lot of it secondhand:
IN THE BEGINNING, the Imperfects were actually a splinter group of top players who left Betamax (Betamax used to be pretty much uncontested when it came to skilled players, with perhaps one or two exceptions) and started their own corp. Around the time of the period in DUST known as "THE TOURNAMENT", Imperfects had a huge merger with a small but talented corp known as Global Conflict. After the tournament, they of course had become so full of themselves that the majority of them devolved into giant quivering e-peens who felt they had the privilege of dictating how DUST should work, and started spamming the forums with how wrong everyone else was and how right they were on any game feature they didn't like. Now Imps are still trying to recover from that over-inflated e-peen fiasco, and some are still so full of themselves that their ego hasn't shrunk a bit since then.
After "THE TOURNAMENT", they then proceeded to start usurping talent from other corporations by lauding that they only let in elite players. This of course drew in a lot of players, because hey, if you were a good player, who would YOU rather play with? A bunch of blueberries half of whom suck? Or a group of good players who properly support each other on and off the battlefield? So a large chunk of the in game talent gravitated over to the Imp's, thus giving them a hand up in most situations
And most of you know the rest of the story from here. I'll leave the rest for another day. I love reading these Imperfect history lessons, this one was really good, almost as good as my favorite book written by Closed Beta CLOSEDBETA TSTR-est E3 wrote:
Hello kids Im mister Zitro and Im going to write a book on how I got to be a complete tool.
You see early on in the closed beta we had spawn points that were literally a 10 foot area.I would sit up in the mountains or on top of buildings shooting my Large missle turret at the spawns in my Sigarus which at the time had over 8k shp.Thats why I always talk about my 100 kill game like it was a massive achievement.I then put all my Sp into Proto suits and stacked damage mods.Later after I got owned by a scout repeatedly in a ambush game that was called Communication at the time by a full auto mod controller Codewish tac Douvolle. I decided I would do the same thing and act like it was my idea.I then complained repeatedly in the forums about the iron sights and muzzle rise.I told CCP that there game was dumb and called everyone scrubs. When I joined beta max I stole all there good specialized players.To win the tournament.After we got the officer dropsuits 4 high and 4 low it was simply a matter of stacking damage mods.I used simple parlor tricks exploited the imbalance of the BETA and now my newest recent endevor is to complain about armor tanks and QQ like a baby because I was so stupid that I thought they might be good.I was going to pown open beta noobs before they figure out that 4 Av nades would kill me and my tank and that Miltia forges were now on the market>you see because I am the smartest guy in the game.Iwould do that until I got enough sp to go Proto and do the cycle all over again.I also never run solo because I would get my ass kicked so I always have to squad with either Regnum or Proto man and How as back up.Point is I never run solo.
Thats the first chapter
Yeah.... but mine's not a troll post, so mine's less enjoyable. My post was an actual account of past events, whereas this other story, while entertaining, is laced with guesses and opinions on what a particular person did.
His is the Goosebumps excerpt of DUST 514 history while min is more of a DUST 514 History 101 text book excerpt. Of course, as I stated, I may have a couple of things backwards, but I think I covered the jist of it. |
SoTa PoP
Internal Error. Negative-Feedback
1772
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Posted - 2013.02.14 07:57:00 -
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Baal Omniscient wrote:IRuby Heart wrote:Baal Omniscient wrote:[ This is also an easy way to become hated and seen as honorless traitors.
Just a history lesson, if I can recall it correctly, for those of you who weren't around back in the day. Forgive me if I mess any of this up, I wasn't really paying attention when it all happened and caught a lot of it secondhand:
IN THE BEGINNING, the Imperfects were actually a splinter group of top players who left Betamax (Betamax used to be pretty much uncontested when it came to skilled players, with perhaps one or two exceptions) and started their own corp. Around the time of the period in DUST known as "THE TOURNAMENT", Imperfects had a huge merger with a small but talented corp known as Global Conflict. After the tournament, they of course had become so full of themselves that the majority of them devolved into giant quivering e-peens who felt they had the privilege of dictating how DUST should work, and started spamming the forums with how wrong everyone else was and how right they were on any game feature they didn't like. Now Imps are still trying to recover from that over-inflated e-peen fiasco, and some are still so full of themselves that their ego hasn't shrunk a bit since then.
After "THE TOURNAMENT", they then proceeded to start usurping talent from other corporations by lauding that they only let in elite players. This of course drew in a lot of players, because hey, if you were a good player, who would YOU rather play with? A bunch of blueberries half of whom suck? Or a group of good players who properly support each other on and off the battlefield? So a large chunk of the in game talent gravitated over to the Imp's, thus giving them a hand up in most situations
And most of you know the rest of the story from here. I'll leave the rest for another day. I love reading these Imperfect history lessons, this one was really good, almost as good as my favorite book written by Closed Beta CLOSEDBETA TSTR-est E3 wrote:
Hello kids Im mister Zitro and Im going to write a book on how I got to be a complete tool.
You see early on in the closed beta we had spawn points that were literally a 10 foot area.I would sit up in the mountains or on top of buildings shooting my Large missle turret at the spawns in my Sigarus which at the time had over 8k shp.Thats why I always talk about my 100 kill game like it was a massive achievement.I then put all my Sp into Proto suits and stacked damage mods.Later after I got owned by a scout repeatedly in a ambush game that was called Communication at the time by a full auto mod controller Codewish tac Douvolle. I decided I would do the same thing and act like it was my idea.I then complained repeatedly in the forums about the iron sights and muzzle rise.I told CCP that there game was dumb and called everyone scrubs. When I joined beta max I stole all there good specialized players.To win the tournament.After we got the officer dropsuits 4 high and 4 low it was simply a matter of stacking damage mods.I used simple parlor tricks exploited the imbalance of the BETA and now my newest recent endevor is to complain about armor tanks and QQ like a baby because I was so stupid that I thought they might be good.I was going to pown open beta noobs before they figure out that 4 Av nades would kill me and my tank and that Miltia forges were now on the market>you see because I am the smartest guy in the game.Iwould do that until I got enough sp to go Proto and do the cycle all over again.I also never run solo because I would get my ass kicked so I always have to squad with either Regnum or Proto man and How as back up.Point is I never run solo.
Thats the first chapter
Yeah.... but mine's not a troll post, so mine's less enjoyable. My post was an actual account of past events, whereas this other story, while entertaining, is laced with guesses and opinions on what a particular person did. His is the Goosebumps excerpt of DUST 514 history while min is more of a DUST 514 History 101 text book excerpt. Of course, as I stated, I may have a couple of things backwards, but I think I covered the jist of it. You did a great job - enjoyed the read. +1 |
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TranquilBiscuit ofVaLoR
The Kaos Legion
0
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Posted - 2013.05.10 01:53:00 -
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GetShotUp wrote:Yeah, I know what you mean, but I think it might take longer for people like us to get a good corp started since the big known corps now were probably around for way longer. I refuse to join one of the big corps for personal reasons. Join mine, we have 3 active members LMAO It's just hard to find good players that are dedicated and want to try to start a name for themselves. Joining a big known corp is easy if you're good. I know I can if i wanted to. lets make an alliance. my corp has 4 people (3 active). together we can increase our ranks! i am on about 6 times a week |
Nstomper
The Sangheli
396
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:05:00 -
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I spam the locale caldari chat in hopes someone wwould get interested i could make a long inspirationao rectruitment thread but nah |
inohahna mamotto
The Sangheli
16
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:11:00 -
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All us low member corps should form an alliance and no not something like the FSC |
NIIKIA
Namtar Elite Gallente Federation
62
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:14:00 -
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The start is the hardest but as its head you have to be the most strong willed. Your best option is to to have started with 2-3 people as passionate as yourself. And without a goal, or vision your destined to fail. You should know what you want from ur corp and your members and go for it. Elitist corps almost always fail IE unreal arrogance. Weak leaders also fail.
Now to start and for the rest of ur time as a CEO realize your going to be doing most if not all the work if your not ready for that don't even start. Even If you have directors think of them has fingers and not an arm.
Also remember if you invite others to your corp remember they are part of it as well the blood if you will. And drama is a clot or cancer cut it out ASAP or it will kill the body. As for recruiting vet as many member personally as possible help retention they want a involed leader. I recruit people from games I play in
Don't give up man. |
SoTa of PoP
Circle of Huskarl Minmatar Republic
135
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:15:00 -
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This is an oooold thread. OP succeed a long time ago at makin' his scrubby corp <3
Ruby doesn't post as much anymore either :( |
Marston VC
SVER True Blood Unclaimed.
226
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:23:00 -
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First off, get some friends on dust. You need to have some back up when trying to lure people in. The corp will be a lot more welcoming if its not just you on at any time. Secondly, i hope your charismatic. You have to be someone that people want to play with. Thirdly, the player base is FARRRRRR too low to worry about recruiting as a small corp (in my opinion). To be honest..... I would add an alt to your corp, switch CEO powers to him, leave the corp with your main, and try joining another corp until the player base increases.
But really..... if you want a critical mass estimate...... once you get about 10 members active in your corp consistently, things shouldn't be too hard for you. The trick is getting that first 10 though, and given how things are going now..... you'll be hard pressed to find anybody playing this game and not in a corp. |
Zyrus Amalomyn
Militaires-Sans-Frontieres
109
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Posted - 2013.05.10 02:38:00 -
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Interesting... why the bump? |
Mag'azeen
OutLawsz.
0
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Posted - 2013.05.10 22:29:00 -
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NIIKIA wrote:The start is the hardest but as its head you have to be the most strong willed. Your best option is to to have started with 2-3 people as passionate as yourself. And without a goal, or vision your destined to fail. You should know what you want from ur corp and your members and go for it. Elitist corps almost always fail IE unreal arrogance. Weak leaders also fail.
Now to start and for the rest of ur time as a CEO realize your going to be doing most if not all the work if your not ready for that don't even start. Even If you have directors think of them has fingers and not an arm.
Also remember if you invite others to your corp remember they are part of it as well the blood if you will. And drama is a clot or cancer cut it out ASAP or it will kill the body. As for recruiting vet as many member personally as possible help retention they want a involed leader. I recruit people from games I play in
Don't give up man.
NIKIA I know u necroed this thread cuz u didn't like dudes in arrogance, and as a CEO u fail,ur own directors don't even like u they have a separate channel u don't even know about and they don't want u to know about it, ur own alliance don't like u they know u a snake and a arrogant *****, just know u and it Corp is not safe when pc comes out for the simple fact a lot of the corps in it alliance don't want to back u up... these are all facts son |
Phoenix Arakyd
Internal Error. Negative-Feedback
65
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Posted - 2013.05.10 22:33:00 -
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IRuby Heart wrote:I've been trying to get people to join my corp for a good 3-4 weeks now. Total number of members 7 Total number of active members 1(me) Is it the name!??? I thought it was cool enough, at least better than "Imperfects". Everyone I get to join while in game turns out to be an inactive noob freeloader who just wants to be in any corp for the hell of it or they end up leaving in 2 days because hey let's face it no one wants to be in a group with only 1 other active person. If i could get active people to stay till our numbers reach 20ish I can see it becoming a lot easier to get members. I'm just having trouble getting to that point. I thought by doing good in pubs it would attract a lot of people to the corp, nope doesn't work that way. After or before games If people could just click on my name and click send corp application, I'd probably have a lot easier time getting members. I'm not the best of players but I've had a few impressive showings if I do say so myself, I went 7-0 once you know. The corp recruitment forum is a joke no way anyone is gunna click on my thread when others have the prestigious Dev and GM tags on them with over 2000 views and a 100 replies Please don't take my tears to feed your troll meter , I'm honestly about to quit and just join one of the big known corps out there, who wants me!?
Yousa scrub corp. Just recruit scrubs, get numbers, win Dust. |
Ayures II
Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
118
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Posted - 2013.05.10 22:35:00 -
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Tell them your corp is in GENTS and show them the stuff GENTS has done. |
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