The Apocalypse Tribe.. =., read further.. Options

[DivA]

~this is to all members of the ATHQ...out of curiosity, i was wondering the following - what does the Apocalypse Tribe mean to you?

[HC82]

Lol, i'll be honest, when I first heard the name AT, I thought "Eh, sounds kinda scary. Is our goal to bring destruction to the world?"

Once you play with everyone, it becomes a totally different story.

AT is all about having an awesome gaming community, but more so then others. AT is far more focused and very tightnit. One could compare it to being like a family, but I'm not going to. I like to see it as being more of a brotherhood formed by circumstance. Kinda like war buddies, different then a family, not like a friend, but a bond that is difficult to break. I don't expect all the ATers to agree with that, but thats just the way I feel(and I know a few others too).

When it comes to the forum aspect, the highly selective nature of AT works to its favor. It keeps the lame brains out. That alone is one reason why the forum is a nice place to visit.

If this whole forum came to a crashing hault and we could never have a forum again, it wouldn't matter, we'd still game together. You can't find that in PSOW, heck it kinda happened on the 3rd AT forum.

I barely chat with alot of the ATers outside of the game and forum, but the fact that I stayed so long with them playing such a barebones game as PSO says alot. I barely create topics or post, yet any effort I get to play with the AT, i'm on it. So to me, AT is greater then just being a great online forum community.

There is a very close bond between me and some of the ATers, but alot different then that of a friend or family member. Best I can describe is like a close war buddy. We can play PSO and never say a word, yet have a good time.

The real issue is that there is a strong sense of trust in the community. Trust is what gets you through PSO and Cmode, and trust is the same reason i'm very close with many of the ATers, yet we barely chat much outside of the forum. I think that is what bonds alot of the ATers together.

I know a few of you never heard me say what i'm about to say(some of you have), but I don't understand the lack of motivation about playing with everyone. I look foward to playing with everyone on the forum, but have yet to do so. I feel that it is key to the AT community. Forums, topics, posts, you can get that at any forum, but playing with other ATs is what really brings me closest to them.

I know some people see AT as being a great forum/community, but like I said, if the forum died out, that would NOT stop us from playing together and that to me is what defines AT from being different from the rest.

I'm curious what other ATers have to say. I know it will be alot different; I expect it to be so.