True, true, yet I could use those items for other purposes anyway.  I'll keep that gem in mind though, I used to have that.

 So to gain entrance, pretty much, those are my goals listed above? (the surface of it all at least)

Oh damn, I made a typo.  *Flametongue Seal

My overall suggestion to move your application forward, Adoron, is the continue to work on your gear and show us that you are working on gear that will do well in RAID (i.e. hit capped).  Keep reading up on all things mage, and please keep us updated on your progress.

Oh, I've also got a belt of blasting in store. :)

Oh god.. hahaha that weapon is definitely a joke, I'm sorry I forgot to change it. No no no, the armory doesnt have it up at the moment, but I use a Nathrezim Mindblade with +40 spell damage on it, and Sapphiron's Wing bone, which gives +12 hit rating and +51 frost damage.

Oh, and to add real quick, I guess that's one of the main things that I didn't get across clearly enough in the app.. About willing to change my playing style, well, I can have fun with what I do in any way I want. To be honest, I was actually going to apply once I get those shoulders out of H Magister's Terrace, because then that will allow me to correctively respecc. to a moreover raid-suited talent tree (obviously I want to raid, haha). But with what I've got now, it would look pretty awkward to have some shoulders on that literally only give me 15 int., 21 stam., and 8 spell dmg. (basically) towards fire. But, I just wanted to see sooner if I could get in despite my faults and hopefully work towards that goal with a new guild.

So to answer your questions:

1) Why do you like to be frost? What does it do for you? I've never been a very 'adept player', in where I know every knook and cranny about my class, but 'ever since the very beginning I've wanted to level with frost. I had an old mage on another account (which I don't own anymore sadly), which I was fire on, and so I wanted a change.

I enjoy frost because, primarily, of the slowing effect. While levelling I've done massive AoE pulls, kited enemies all over the place, and had a fairly leisurely time in instances with it (if I'm ever screwing around in the game in an instance (you know, just as a joke) I might purposely agro a monster, but because of the slow effect I can usually freeze them in place and back off; I wouldn't do that in a serious siutation though, of course). I've just never gotten around to changing it, and seeing how I have this Frozen Shadowweave set, well, I've always been kind of screwed on even going fire with decent damage. Frost has just never really been an issue to me, I have fun with it, but it might be a good time to try something new.

But I've been getting bored of frost, and I'm willing to switch to a 'more-suited raid spec.' to fill in for what's required. Icy/Fire sounds pretty interestingly DPS-worthy.

2) (Giving you an out here...) What about your current build is NOT
ideal for raiding, and what about it would you change to make your
character perform better in say, a Gruul's or Kara or Mag?

Well, when raiding, I've always noticed that my DPS is kind of at the bottom (in Gruul's for instance, usually I'm on top in Kara or ZA). Saying that, I'm lacking the preferred spec., dps I could be dealing, hit rating, and some of the gear. I'm working on revamping my build in this sense, and I'm getting fairly close, but overall, I'm willing to change what I have to gain entrance to what I desire.

So: Up the hit rating, change the spec., change some gear, etc. etc.

Now onto your gear and other game-play things. There is a piece of gear you were wearing that is, to be blunt, a big "no no"'.

^^

:P

3) Tell me if you think you know which items I'm talking about
(again, giving you an out here...). I'll give you a hint: the fact that
you enchanted it with a certain enchant made me cringe. A lot.

Yes, yes, I've changed it.

4) Please tell me what you know about spell hit and why it's important. Go into as much detail as possible.

Well, the higher the hit rating I have, the more likely of a change I am to hit an enemy harder, and not be resisted, basically. For what I used to do (before actually putting the idea of raiding into thought), I never really had to focus on hit rating, just all the more dps. That takes down simple non-elites after all, right?

Yet as said earlier, I'm willing to resocket some things, purchase hit-rating gear based gear over crit gear (some of those new badge items are pretty sweet), or anything to push it forward. That's my understanding of hit rating, at least. If I'm missing something, I'd like to know =).

5) Do you know what a binary spell is?

Mm.. looking at the comments below it appears to be a spell that is completely resisted, or not at all resisted.

I've never actually heard of a binary spell.. nor had an encounter where the knowledge of what a binary spell may be useful, except for maybe.. throwing a frostbolt at a water elemental? I'm not too clear about what it is, but from what I see, well, fire doesn't affect fire and water doesn't affect water, typically.

6) What spells and/or spell rotation do you normally use? What kinds of things would make you change this up?

Basically with frost, all I have to do is spam frostbolt, freeze the mobs if they get too near, maybe poly one, summon my water elemental if I need some extra damage (frost bolt + an immediate ice lance can rack up some pretty heavy damage, about 6k or higher in one instant), and that's basically it. That's what my spec brings me anyway, the rest falls into place if needed, ice block/invisibility to kill threat, icy veins for added spell haste, you know the rest.

Well, I'm willing to completely change my current spec., receive tips on anything that I should be doing while being under a 2/48/11 talent spec (other than what I already know about fire). Pretty much with any necessary changes that need be made, I find necessary, put simply.

I've noticed you're basically using a stock user interface.

7) Are there any addons you use to help you play better? What are they?

Any addons that will benefit my raiding approach (I noticed you have a set raid pack, I was going to look into that just to see what I would be dealing with if allowed in), addons that benefit my non-raiding experience that I'm not too educated on, and literally anything recommended that I find useful or inevitable to have. I've never been too knowledgable on addons, I've always had an easy time with what I've been doing in the game. Change might be nice.

8) How do you manage your aggro?

I don't agro mobs very easily, since my dps isn't too strong in this sense, and typically the groups I'm with have the threat under control. But when I do agro mobs, I freeze them on the spot; if it's resisted then I either cold snap/freeze or summon my water elly to freeze them back. I could ice block, throw up invis., and these simple methods almost always send the mob back to the tank to grab. If I were to agro a boss in a raid (which I plan on never doing, lol), I would ice block immediately and just hope I didn't screw anything up too badly, and hope that the raid regains inital agro, since that's basically the best thing I can do.

I've heard that Omen is a great addon for maintaining your agro, so I'll definitely look into installing that for raiding purposes and whatnot. Other than that, I'm not very prone to agro'ing mobs.

Hm, that was pretty extensive. Oh, and it's 42, pfft. Math's probably my favorite subject.

I think he's just being cute with weapon equipped ;)

You guys suck, the GUILD APP was supposed to answer the questions....  cheaters.

Dude, you need to fix that now before even being considered.  If you don't know what I'm talking about (it's the same thing karli is talking about) you've got no chance.  Sorry to be blunt.

California represent. 

WARNING: This post will probably contribute absolutely nothing to the conversation, it will only waste a few seconds of your life. Mavandon's shenanigans should not be taken by children 10 and under or adults over the age of 70.

Hello Adoron, and thanks for apping! I'm one of the mages in Downfall, and so I will try to break down my response into two sections. And, IMO, they are in order of importance =).

First, for a 17 year old, you sound very mature, and I really liked that although you were honest about apping to several guilds, you actually took some time to research Downfall and even found the article done on us last summer. That says to me that while you have maybe spent some time looking for a new place to call home, you're not just desperately applying everywhere and took our application process seriously.

Second, let's talk about mage stuff. I have written a very comprehensive guide that you can find in the "Handbook" section. It's still being revised (check back on Monday, I'll post what I've been working on then), but there is a lot of helpful info in there.

A lot of the approach is from a maximizing standpoint (math & proven ways to do top dps), but I also believe that if you're not playing the way YOU like to play, it's not as much fun. That being said, I'd like you to answer two questions:

1) Why do you like to be frost? What does it do for you?

2) (Giving you an out here...) What about your current build is NOT ideal for raiding, and what about it would you change to make your character perform better in say, a Gruul's or Kara or Mag?

Now onto your gear and other game-play things. There is a piece of gear you were wearing that is, to be blunt, a big "no no"'.

3) Tell me if you think you know which items I'm talking about (again, giving you an out here...). I'll give you a hint: the fact that you enchanted it with a certain enchant made me cringe. A lot.

4) Please tell me what you know about spell hit and why it's important. Go into as much detail as possible.

5) Do you know what a binary spell is?

6) What spells and/or spell rotation do you normally use? What kinds of things would make you change this up?

I've noticed you're basically using a stock user interface.

7) Are there any addons you use to help you play better? What are they?

8) How do you manage your aggro?

That should be enough for now. I already think you have done a good job with the personality-related aspects of your application, so now I'd like to know more about how you play your class.

As a disclaimer, just know that I'm not trying to trap you into giving wrong/"dumb" answers, I know everyone starts somewhere and it's more to establish a baseline level of knowledge so we can see how to help you improve =).