How to steal efed members.

Let the head-hunting begin…

Yup, I said it. Hate it or love it, it’s a valid method of recruiting. But… there’s ethics involved in this. Might want to pay close attention. This one will be a little more fed-head friendly.

I had to revisit this topic for a few reasons. One is because I never really fully explained how to do it, I just gave my opinion and left it on the floor for debate. Another is because I’ve looked at this in a different way, tho I still feel the same about it. Also because this is not a free-for-all and I do not think that all is fair game and I must emphasize my position on this.

First and foremost and very importantly, I’d like to say that I have never used this method. I’ve never been that desperate for members and that’s what this boils down to, pure desperation.

Let’s go over what NOT to do, before you go telling fed-heads that “Kut gave me permission to be a “dipshit”.

1. 1. Don’t go joining up on feds, sneak attacking mass PMs about how great your fed is and then leave. This leaves many fed-heads feeling violated like date rape.
2. 2. Don’t just think it’s cool to contact someone’s roster with no regard for who runs the place.
3. 3. Don’t EVER, EVER tell someone to leave an efed for yours.

Let’s be honest here, many many people like to compete in more than one fed. It’s fairly common. But head-hunting is a very touchy subject for most fed-heads, in fact many are dead-set against it with no negotiation. I never understood why fed-heads get so offended when their members get scouted, because if they ran a good fed then they should not have to worry about their members high-tailing it at the first shitty recruiter that comes along.

On the flip side, most members aren’t really keen on getting bugged about joining other feds unless they are clearly seeking one. It’s comparable to telemarketers and let’s face it, nobody fucking likes telemarketers. Even I hate them, with a passion.

But, as usual, I have a true life story that I learned from years ago.

I used to be a salesman, for some bull-shit toy company that basically sold bags of junk to stupid people. It was one of the most cringe worthy jobs I’ve ever had. We had a little meeting in the morning that was intended to “fire us up” by doing a stupid song and dance line. I’m not making this up. Those who know me, know that I am NOT the song and dance type. It was like some twisted, blues clues shit.

I listened to the “manager” hype us up by telling us how we can all be “managers” within months. I decided to play along, especially since I was broke.

So this guy, I call him Captain Douchebag Bob. He’s the typical amped up, bubbly dimwit, asshole that is 100% MADE for being a salesman. He is the one that “trained me” that day.

So, we’re going literally door to door, to every business, every house and people walking by, we were putting Jehovah’s Witnesses to shame. I started noticing that people were actually paying for the shit we were selling. It wasn’t even huge gaps between sales.

The funny part of the day was when he hit a Mexican family’s apartment. I’m doing my best jackass “I know how to speak some Mexican” routine. So I’m all “Thisa here cost 5 denero” and the lady knows I’m a jackass, but she still went and got me $5 for some stupid dollar store toy.

Yeah, yeah, there’s a point. We went to businesses too. Most businesses have “no soliciting” signs in their front window. I always thought that dealt with prostitution at the time, but I guess it wouldn’t make much sense to have a sign to deter hookers from wandering into your store in hindsight.

So, I hesitated and Captain Douchebag insisted we hit ALL stores. Something funny happened, we talked to people in mostly every store, even the ones with plain English “Don’t fucking sell shit to us” signs in the window. I mean, we did have to deal with irate Guidos that told us “Did you not see the fucking sign on the door? GET THE F*CK OUTTA HEAH”.

But we got to one business and sold the shit out of them. A few people bought our crap and when we walked out Cap’n pointed to the sign on the door that said No soliciting. I remembered this as a life lesson. Of course, I didn’t even show up the next day for work but you get the point.

Point is, you shouldn’t be afraid to sell yourself, you might get rejected now and then but you’ll eventually get through to some fed-head.

You need to ask for permission from the fed-head. You never know, they might not care and even be happy that you bothered to ask. It’s not unheard of. Maybe you could offer something in return of his kindness? Free porn? Maybe you should volunteer to write a match or two, or maybe even not be a selfish prick and PARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER in his fed. I bet he’d be happy to negotiate then.

You should do it with class and finesse, explain to the fed-head that you are not looking to take away from the roster, just to add to your own only to those interested in multiple feds.

So to wrap it all up, I don’t see a problem with head hunting so long as you have full permission from the fed. It’s up to the fed-head to clear it with their members from there.

Happy hunting!

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