It's a bit depressing to hear someone toss about unfounded slander like that
without really thinking about the affects. Sure, you can say the price is
excessive, but you outright accused them of being greedy without bothering
to find out what they do with it. Maybe you should have suggested some
other plan instead? Screaming "bullcrap," and "greedy rogues" won't do a
thing except hurt their image, and really they haven't done anything wrong.
If you don't like it, you don't have to join. Once you join, you can always
leave.
I have personally met Jythri, Ixtlan, and a few other members. Jythri was
excellent company, and offered me help immediatly. Later, when I needed
help and he wasn't available, a friend of his was more than willing to help
me. Ixtlan, a level 7 bard at the time I believe, took me from Freeport to
Halas without charge. He intended to just come back afterwords too. That
has to be a two hour trip, even with accelerando. That is what Jythri was
talking about. Shirt off his back! I can assure you, all other members of
the Soerbaird that I met were just as nice.
No, I am NOT a Soerbaird member, or am I associated with them in any way,
excluding my admiration to their fine group.
I am proud to know the Soerbaird are out there to lend a helping hand.
Good luck!
Gabriel (Kelvin on Fenin Rowe, level 7 bard)
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Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:47 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Re: The Soerbaird
>From: Randy Varnell <rvarnell@...>
>
>Ralborn:
>
>I appreciate your concern, and I know that ten platinum is a hefty sum.
>But, as I responded to you privately, the funds are not misused nor are
>they squandered. Running a guild has its expenses, especially if we are to
>provide collective services for our bards so that they might carry on their
>work with honor and dignity.
>
>As I mentioned to you before, lad, we provide the following services to our
>members:
> * Patchwork armor for all new students
> * The first five levels of songs for all new students
> * A hand drum at level 5
> * A lute at level 8
> * Bi-weekly rewards for the best in-guild ballad or writing. This week
> it was a Banded mail tunic.
>
>Also, we use the money to pay for other expenses, including:
> * Staff for concerts
> * Saving for a guild hall
> * Prizes for other Soerbaird events
>
>We do not use guild money for:
> * Buying better armor or equipment for guild leadership
> * Bribing news sites for better placement
> * Paying necromancers to destory anyone who speaks negatively
> about The Soerbaird
>
>For the public record, all of our staff, called Ollave, have more than paid
>their ten platinum, without a complaint, and most of them continue to
>contribute into the guild treasury on a daily basis, in order to benefit
>our students. I have seen several of them give the shirts off of their
>backs and the weapons from their fists to help a deserved student in need.
>
>Doerbaird, before you sally our guild's reputation again in a public forum,
>I would respectfully request that you air your differences with me, as I
>will be happy to hear any problem you have with our guild.
>
>Listen and Live.
>
>-- Jythri, Pencerdd of The Soerbaird
>
>
>
>
>>From: Joe Racke <joe_racke@...>
>>
>>Is it just me or is Soerbairds guild a rip off....I really want to know
>>why the heck it costs 10plat plus a monthly fee to join...thats a load
>>of Bull crap.....I was going to join but then i found i had better
>>things to do than pay to those greedy rogues....If you give me enough
>>information on that guild and why it costs so much then i might join it
>>until then.....keep begging Soerbairds.
>>
>>
>>This is Ralborn Songbearer ending his song
>>
>>Ralborn
>>Bard of Qeynos
>>follower of Bristlebane
>>(also in his world)
>
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