Ok so I recently (back in Nov. actually) started playing Online more with my 360 Live account. I got COD4 and wanted to try it out. I did some searching online about the game and went to the Charlie Oscar Delta web site and looked thru their forums just to see what was going on. That was when I came across a post from a member of the Old School Gaming Organization. (old school for short) I had kinda wondered about "Clans" before and wanted to test the waters to see if it was something i wanted to dive into.
The post that OS Perry had left on there grabbed my attention from the begining. Not with Promises of gaming prowess or the chance to play and win tourneys all over the world or anything. He just was upfront and honest about his "Clan". They are a group of guys mostly adults 20+ that like to get together and play games for the fun of playing... Wait people still do that? I thought the only reason people got together online was for sensless bashing of someone's lifestyle or family... So I read on.
They like to compete but that is not all they are about. They take the "Clan" VERY seriously, so much so that you will learn right off the bat they don't even like the term "Clan" and prefer to be called a "Brotherhood". So after reading about the OS I decided to check out the website and learn as much as i could. I am very glad that I did.
I signed up on the website to be a Recruit for the OS. Basiclly that means that I will go online and try my best to play with these guys and let them get to know me to see if we fit together. We play different games (sports games, FPS, Board games, LIVE Arcade) and test out each other to make sure there is no clash of personalities or anything else.
You will find this hard to believe (I did at first), there are people playing games over the internet that are intelligent, and... AND they actually can talk in a lobby without using swear words everyother second. Amazing, I know. Trust me I was shocked.
I have played with them now for just over a month on a couple different games, and i have to say that i am very impressed and appreciative that they have givin me the chance to play. Talking in the lobby before a COD4 game you will get conversations that range from, Football Scores, to last nights Tiger game, to the news of the day, even down to what people ate for dinner. In otherwords REAL CONVERSATIONS!!!!
I am still in the Recruit/Probie phase, but i hope to some day become an Associate Member, and later on even a Full OS Member.
If any of you guys read this I just want to say again, Thank You. Seriously. Like i said in my inital post on the forum, i have missed being able to play with friends that just enjoy playing. Not only that but you have restored a small shred of my hope that the rest of the online world my have kind and decent people on it that actually like other people and know how to carry themselves.
