Our Ethos

Our community has brought us fun, friendship and above all, a sense of achievement about something almost every single one of us has struggled with, because Paranoid is for the socially awkward, the shy, the people who’d like to raid, but get a headache just thinking about all the things they could screw up.

The people who type a message to someone who’s LFM, then backspace, type, backspace, type, stare at what they’ve written, backspace again and finally go off to quest on their own. And if they do press enter, they’re relieved if they get the reply, ‘Sorry, full’.

The people who freak out at the thought of grouping with strangers (or even guildies). The people who don’t like talking in guild chat. The people who are actually quite lively in chat, but cannot handle voice. The people who would like to see all the game content, not just the stuff you can solo, or who would like to solo but without others trying to pressure them into grouping/talking/whatever. All guild events are run entirely through the in game text channels. Our discord has a voice channel but is entirely optional – even for raids!

Paranoid is a no-pressure community. We don’t care if you make a mistake that wipes the group (seriously, we’re too busy worrying about our own mistakes), and we won’t think badly of you if you suddenly need a break because you can’t take it any more.

We’ve brought a bunch of people together who get this. Really get it. We know exactly what you mean when you say, ‘I’m out of social energy. I have to go’ or ‘I need to turn off guild chat for a while’.

We welcome members with Social Anxiety and also their friends (under certain conditions). Non-SA members may join providing they have some understanding of Social Anxiety and have read our ethos. Good news! If you have reached this sentence then you have done that.