About Mafia: MUST Read if interested in applying.

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A brief summary of Mafia for those interested in applying:

Mafia was founded in Ultima Online over 10 years ago by a group of friends @ Mater Dei High School.  The guild became notorious for being one of the most dominant pvp/pk guild on the Pacific shard.  10 years later, most of this original group of friends still remain in contact.  One of the group was hired by Blizzard and still works there at the current time.  Mafia was formed once again during WoW's Alpha phase.  The guild quickly established itself as a formidable PvP force during WoW's CB phase.  Entering retail, the guild, once numbering only 15-20, evolved into a end game raiding guild.

Although Mafia has grown quite considerably, we strive to maintain the small guild feel.  All members are encouraged to participate with each other for all events.  Members often assist each other with whatever is needed and rarely participate with outside guilds.  We strive for guild solidarity. Our activities are not only limited to WoW, as many members often participate in the social events held every few months.  Socializing is probably the most important aspect of the application phase for a trial member.  Those who prefer to play by themselves or refrain from participating with fellow guild members are quickly removed. We have removed members in the past who have desired to participate with others outside the guild over their own members.  If you have friends with whom you'll be hanging out with more often than your own prospective guild members, then please don't waste my(our) time by applying.

Mafia is quite diverse on many fronts.  We have quite a few female gamers, are composed of many different ethnicities, and tolerate those of all types of sexual orientation.  Most of our guild members are 21+ with over 75% of the guild being 25 years or older.  We're all kids at heart since we play WoW, but we believe in fostering a mature gaming atmosphere.  Those who exhibit poor attitudes or immature behavior will be removed. This includes making racist, assphobic, sexist remarks, forum trolling, ninja looting, exploiting, l33t sp3ak, and spamming.

Mafia has gone a long way in establishing itself as a successful guild on Frostwolf.  We were one of the 4 original guilds to kill a Pre Nerfed Magmadar (along with SotH, SP, HT).  We were also the 3rd horde guild to down Onyxia (behind Soth & SP). Mafia was the 3rd horde guild to down Ragnaros.  We're also the 3rd horde guild to down Razergore, 3rd guild on frostwolf to slay Nefarian (behind SotH and Raven Ash).   We've had a few server first kills and have long been one of the 3 top tier raiding guilds Horde-side.  We have adapted a more casual raiding attitude after TBC was released.  However, Mafia's success stems from collaborative effort and the individual sacrifices of all of its members and casual or not we will strive to be the absolute best we can be.  Skill can be taught, attitude and temperment cannot.  Those who wish to join must demonstrate their abilities to accept constructive criticism and apply it to make themselves better. We don't care if you are the best at your class if your attitude is piss poor.  Inexperienced players with great attitudes make better guildmates (and raiders) than those with poor attitudes who think they know better.

Mafia does not use a DKP system for raid drop allocation.  We put an emphasis on not emphasizing the importance of receiving drops.  Receiving a raid drop is a bonus and not an end to raiding.  Those who wish to raid to receive drops are asked to apply to other guilds who employ a DKP system.  There is no gaurantee on ever receiving a drop.  Mafia uses an officer decision/class council/priorities system when allocating raid drops.  Members can go weeks or even months without ever receiving a drop.  Applicants and even members who whine/beg/campaign for drops will be removed immediately.  We have recently began to quickly purge membership of those who exhibit such behavior.

Mafia currently has a comfortable amount of active members.  We are not looking to recruit a massive amount of players like other guilds.  We have a very low turn over rate compared to other guilds on the server.  I believe this speaks volumes on the quality of the guild.  Although we may be full for the most part, exceptions are made for exceptional players with exceptional attitudes and qualities.  Mafia will not sacrifice any of its ideals for any one person.  In the end, the question you should ask yourself and answer is "What can I bring to Mafia and why should we accept you?".