FAQ
- Q1. What is WoW Lemmings?
- Q2. Where does WoW Lemmings collect its data from?
- Q3. What kind of information does WoW Lemmings look for?
- Q4. How can I ensure my post gets listed on WoW Lemmings?
- Q5. Are there any tips on improving my post?
- Q6. My listing disappears when I turn on the Idiot Filter. Why was I classified as an idiot?
- Q7. I don't want my current guild to know I'm looking for a new home. Will you "out" me?
- Q8. Why would I want to use the RSS feed?
- Q9. I'm looking for a new guild. How do I use WoW Lemmings to search for guilds?
Q1. What is WoW Lemmings?
WoW Lemmings is a web-based tool that helps guild leaders and recruiters search for new World of Warcraft players. It does this by being a repository for player postings, categorizing them, and offering an easy-to-use filtering interface to quickly narrow down the specific type of player one might search for.
Q2. Where does WoW Lemmings collect its data from?
WoW Lemmings is powered by Kathune, a proprietary spidering robot hand-tailored to scan popular WoW fan sites and
forums, searching for posts that identify themselves as players looking for guilds. Currently, Kathune scans a total of 32 individual URLs across
the following sites:
| Blizzard Entertainment | The official company responsible for World of Warcraft. |
| Blizzard Europe | Blizzard Entertainment's European branch. |
| Shadowpriest.com | The definitive WoW fansite dedicated to the discussion and theorycrafting of shadow priests. |
| TankSpot | This WoW fansite specializes in all things relating to the fine art of tanking in World of Warcraft: Warriors. Paladins. Druids. Death Knights. |
| MMO-Champion | An all-encompassing fansite, MMO-Champion provides forum discussions on a wide variety of World of Warcraft-related topics. |
| Wowhead | Quote: "Wowhead was created with one sole intent: to provide World of Warcraft players with an extensive database and tools to enhance their gaming experience." No self-respecting World of Warcraft fan plays without referring this knowledge base. |
| BigRedKitty | BigRedKitty is a public forum dedicated to the discussion and theorycrafting involving the hunter class. |
| World of Raids | World of Raids focuses its effort into providing the best World of Warcraft-related news, guides, guilds, & raid progression |
| LookingForGuild.net | Looking for Guild is an excellent web-based recruitment site allowing registered users to post guild advertisement information, as well as giving players a new option to sell themselves as they look for a new home. |
| DeathKnight.info | DeathKnight.info is a central hub dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge involving all things 'Death Knight'. |
| LightNatured.com | LightNatured.com caters to the healers of World of Warcraft. Discussions and theorycrafting involving the mysteries of keeping your raid alive lie within. |
If you know of a site that could provide guild recruitment data that isn't on this list, please contact me.
Q3. What kind of information does WoW Lemmings look for?
WoW Lemmings reads the guild recruitment forums, looking for keywords and phrases in the title of a forum post that might indicate whether or not the post describes a person looking for a guild. More often than not, this is simply the case of the "LF Guild" phrase (or variations) detected in the title.
Q4. How can I ensure my post gets listed on WoW Lemmings?
You shouldn't have to do any additional work beyond your standard post to the a WoW fansite's Guild Recruitment forums. Once posted, WoW Lemmings will find the post and, provided you used an accurate title to describe that you are currently looking for a new guild, index your listing into its database. Then, as people visit WoW Lemmings, your listing will show up.
Q5. Are there any tips on improving my post?
Absolutely. Here are a few tips:
- Be sure to identify your faction (Alliance or Horde), server-type (PvE or PvP), and class in your post title.
- Use parenthetical-style symbols to enclose your faction and server-type, which is common on the WoW Forums. For example:
[H-PvP] Destro Lock LF Guild / Has Vashj Vial
is a good example of using the [ and ] symbols to enclose your faction and server-type. WoW Lemmings will look for similar braces, such as (), and {}. - Pay close attention to spelling, typos may cost you!
- In the body of your post, keep your description short and succinct. WoW Lemmings will only display about 400 characters in the "balloon" that pops-up over your post title, so keep the most important information at the start. Introduce yourself, describe your class/spec/gear, and what you are looking for in a new home.
- Add a link to the Armory in the body of your post; it will get picked up by WoW Lemmings, and helps guild recruiters examine your info quickly.
Q6. My listing disappears when I turn on the Idiot Filter. Why was I classified as an idiot?
99% of the time, this is due to you misspelling a common WoW-related term, or using l33t-speak to describe your post. If you are a Rogue, don't list yourself as a ROUGE. If you are a Druid, don't list yourself as a DROOD. WoW Lemmings may know about these terms and will still classify your character properly, but that doesn't mean it won't think you're an idiot as well. Your posting should read like a resume, and should be spell-checked appropriately. For some guilds, this is important.. If you feel you were mis-classified as an idiot, send me an email, along with your forum post.
Q7. I don't want my current guild to know I'm looking for a new home. Will you "out" me?
If you wish to stay anonymous, just leave your character name out of your post, and don't put a link in to your armory listing. WoW Lemmings will never index the Armory link attached to your forum-avatar, so posting on an alt is perfectly fine to stay secretive.
Q8. Why would I want to use the RSS feed?
The RSS feed is for guild recruiters that would like to keep getting updates on a very specific profile. For example, if you are a guild recruiter, and you are currently looking for new Priests on a PvP realm, and you are in North America, you can choose the "US" region filter, the "Priest" class filter, and the "PvP" server filter, to generate a listing of just that resultset. Then, if you don't find what you are looking for, you can subscribe to the RSS feed assigned to that search by clicking on the little "Subscribe" link on the left-hand side of the page, near the RSS icon (a little orange box). Once subscribed, as new Priests on PvP servers in North America make posts, the RSS feed will automatically pick them up, and send updates directly to recruiters that have subscribed. The RSS feeds are provided simply to give you one less thing to worry about.
Q9. I'm looking for a new guild. How do I use WoW Lemmings to search for guilds?
WoW Lemmings was built to act as a tool for guild leaders and recruiters, who struggle daily with finding new people. It does not support the ability to index, list, or provide advertisements for other guilds that are looking for people. This functionality belongs in another tool, and is not planned to be supported.