>Wow, colour me surprised :p.
>
>I'm sure it would be humbling from the sounds of it, because I
>think I make for an easy interview. But I'm sure in my peak
>playing times I belonged to that 'elitist' group. So maybe I
>wouldn't be so surprised, but rather ashamed with myself.

Nah, I'm not trying to dis on you... I'm just saying, I think you get a different perspective of the same event as inductee vs. leader, and that I think that you as a guy who's been there can understand that.

>At any rate, I think my post ended up being 'Hey look at me
>why can't I get inducted into Battle whine whine whine blah
>blah blah'.
>
>I swear that wasn't the intention of my post, nor was it to be
>overly dramatic or to pull a 'sky is falling' post. I agree
>that if any cabal should be tough to get into, it's Battle.
>But tough != reciting a bunch of crap written 10 years ago for
>the lyceum.

Agreed there, I've never really liked the in-depth history quizzes. I think demanding that someone know the stuff about Battle in 'help story' is absolutely fair; get much beyond that and it gets a little silly as an induction test. (In the rites I would think that was kosher, though.)

Although, that said, I'm not sure how you do a much better standard interview process for Battle.

The 'what's your favorite guy on the pillar and why' quiz always felt to me like asking if you'd played Battle before. Not quite, but, you know.

The recommendation system, years ago was more about who you knew OOC than anything else. I'd like to think isn't anymore.

The 'bring me a bunch of mage heads' test? For a berserker, sure. Scout or defender? Eh. Not to say that scout and defender roles can't be about killing a huge pile of mages personally, but they don't necessarily have to be.

>A last thought. I think maybe I'm just shocked at how out of
>touch I've become with CF after not actively playing in the
>past 6 months or so. Just goes to show you how deep and
>complex a game CF is. I think I will leave it at that.

I think you're drawing a generalization I don't think is necessarily accurate from one incident, but I could be wrong.

>Oh and if I didn't induct you, it's probably because
>Cabruesque he must not have been. :)

It's true! I think that character had about 100 hours and about 4 PKs at the time. :P