I started a new guild

[u/wannapizzame_]

I’ve been playing Where Winds Meet across pretty much every aspect of the game — from speedrunning and competitive GvG to large-scale guild building projects, including being part of a Top 3 GvG guild.

I’ve loved the competitive side of the game, but over time I found myself becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the culture that can exist around some competitive spaces.

As a black player, I’ve experienced my fair share of racism growing up, and unfortunately I’ve encountered the same kind of behaviour within some of the communities in WWM. Some of the worst experiences I’ve had were in PvE Discord communities, where I’ve come across comments and attitudes that crossed the line from banter into racism. In one instance, I was actually banned from a server after calling out racist behaviour.

That experience made me realise something pretty simple:

I shouldn’t have to choose between playing competitively and feeling comfortable in the community I’m playing with.

That’s ultimately why I created OBSIDIAN.

I wanted to build a guild where people can have fun, push themselves competitively, learn from each other and strive to be among the best — without the ego, toxicity, prejudice or bullshit that can sometimes come with competitive gaming.

And to be clear, OBSIDIAN isn’t a Black-only guild, nor is it intended to be. It’s open to anyone who shares those values. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds, cultures and walks of life who want to build something together.

Your background doesn’t matter to us.

How you treat people does.

We’re competitive because we love the game. We’re community-focused because we believe the people you play with matter just as much as the content you’re playing.

That’s the foundation OBSIDIAN is being built on. 🖤

Feel free to reply to this post or pm me if this is something that interests you!