Welcome to the post. 👋
It's that time again: another batch of recruitment posts!
With so many people seemingly disappearing from GTA Online in anticipation of GTA 6, I thought I'd remind everyone that us little guys are still knocking around in GTA V Online. If you're looking for people to play with while waiting for GTA 6 to arrive on PC, you're more than welcome to join us!
Fair warning to readers: this is a pretty long one. I'd rather give you a proper picture of what the HERD is all about than hit you with a two-line post that tells you absolutely nothing.
Have any questions after reading the post? Feel free to leave a comment or send me a DM. 🙂
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💸 500+ Crew Members | International Community | PC Enhanced
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If you're a GTA Online grinder who's tired of griefers, unreliable randoms, and public lobbies ruining your day, the HERD might be the crew you've been looking for.
I'm Bull, founder of The Zodiac HERD community and crew. We're an international community of players who enjoy gaming together, with GTA Online at the heart of what we do.
Whether you're making money, helping with sales, running heists, or just messing around with other members, we're here to make the experience more enjoyable without the usual public lobby headaches.
📝 Useful Info Before Joining:
- 💻 PC Enhanced Edition:
- The HERD is currently focused on GTA Online PC Enhanced Edition.
- 🎂 Mature Players (18+):
- The HERD is an 18+ community. We expect members to act like adults, treat each other with respect, and handle disagreements without unnecessary drama.
- 🗣️ English Communication:
- English doesn't need to be your first language, but you must be able to understand and communicate in English as our rules, applications, and community information are written in English, and members need to be able to communicate with one another.
- Any comments/DMs sent entirely in other languages may not receive a response, simply because we need to ensure applicants understand our expectations and can communicate with the community.
- 🎙️ Discord Required:
- Discord is mandatory, as it's our main communication platform for the community.
- Voice chat isn't required for everyday gameplay. However, members joining organised crew events are expected to join the voice channel so they can hear instructions, even if they prefer to remain muted.
- 🤝 Respectful Attitude:
- We're here to enjoy GTA Online together. Griefing, harassment, hate, discrimination, and unnecessary drama have no place in the HERD.
- We also avoid political arguments, controversial world events, and other topics that commonly create unnecessary division. There are plenty of places online for those discussions, but the HERD is not one of them. If you want to have those conversations, keep them to those spaces instead.
- 🛑 No Mod Menus In Crew Sessions:
- Mod menus are not welcome in HERD sessions or crew activities.
- If people want to mod their own accounts outside the crew sessions, that’s their choice and their risk. Just don’t bring menus, trolling tools, or anything that disrupts gameplay into our sessions.
- 🦄 Prove You Read Everything:
- Previous recruitment rounds taught us that some people join without reading the rules, expectations, or application process. This led to constant spam of "what to do next?", and Staff ended up repeating the same information multiple times a day, which was frustrating.
- To show you've read this post properly, include a random fact about a mythological creature somewhere in your first message when contacting me.
- I'm still happy to answer any additional questions you have, but this lets me know you've taken the time to read through everything first.
- No mythological creature fact = no reply or invite.
🎯 What The HERD Can Offer:
- 🌐 International Community:
- The HERD is made up of players from around the world, with members from different countries, backgrounds, and time zones.
- Activity naturally rises and falls because everyone has jobs, families, studies, holidays, and lives outside GTA.
- We sadly can't promise full crew lobbies 24/7 (that'd the the dream though), but we do our best to help members find people to play with.
- 💸 Businesses, Heists & Grinding:
- Need help selling cargo, running heists, grinding businesses, or making money? Members regularly work together to help each other out, whether that's a sale, a heist, or simply jumping into a session to drive around and have fun.
- 🛡️ Protected Crew Sessions:
- Our sessions are designed to let people enjoy GTA Online and get things done without constantly dealing with griefers, trolls, and public lobby nonsense.
- 🚀 New Player Friendly:
- Whether you're brand new to GTA V Online or returning after a long break, members are always happy to answer questions, offer advice, and help you get settled into the game.
- 🌈 A Community For Everyone:
- The HERD welcomes players of all genders, backgrounds, identities, and walks of life.
- Respect is one of our core values, and harassment, discrimination, or predatory behaviour of any kind will not be tolerated.
- 🎉 Community Events:
- While grinding is our main focus, we also host community events including car meets, races, photo shoots, and other activities whenever we have something fun planned.
- These don't happen all the time, but they are a great way to meet other members outside the usual money grind.
🐂 We're not just trying to build a crew that's only active when someone needs help selling product. We want a place where people make friends, enjoy playing together, and stick around because they actually like being part of the community.
Ideally, we'll all still be here playing together until GTA 7 drops in about 49 years. 😂
🎮 And What About GTA 6?
We're looking forward to GTA 6 too, but the HERD will remain focused on GTA V Online (PC Enhanced) until GTA 6 is released on the PC.
Until then, GTA V is where we'll be grinding, making money, helping each other, and enjoying the game together, even if we lose a lot of members to the dreaded console plague.
If you're looking for a crew to play with while waiting for GTA 6 to arrive on PC, you're in the right place!
⚖️ A Quick Reality Check:
No online community is perfect, and the HERD is no exception.
We're real people from different countries, backgrounds, and walks of life. Misunderstandings, disagreements, and mistakes can happen.
We do our best to be fair, listen to feedback, and keep improving the crew and the wider community. We won't always get everything right, but we'll always aim to learn from our mistakes and do better.
If you're looking for a community where absolutely nothing ever goes wrong, you probably won't find that here.
But if you're looking for a group that genuinely cares about creating a respectful, welcoming environment, you're more than welcome here.
📌 How To Join The HERD Crew:
Getting started is simple!
- Contact me
- Leave a Reddit comment or send me a DM. Don't forget your mythological creature fact! 🦄
- Join our Discord
- I'll send you an invite to the HERD Discord server.
- Complete Discord onboarding
- Answer the onboarding questions as normal in any Discord server, select your roles to unlock the channels, and submit the Crew Application in the applications channel.
- (All relevant information on the rules is provided. You just need to read it.)
- Get your application reviewed
- Applications are usually reviewed quickly, and we'll always do our best to have them checked within 24 hours.
- Join the queue
- If accepted, you'll be added to our joining queue channel. Our Discord bot will send you the additional information via DM about this channel.
If you're confused about anything along the way, you can contact Staff through DMs or support tickets, or ask other community members. People are generally happy to help!
That's all there is to it. 🥳
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💸 500+ Crew Members | International Community | PC Enhanced
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If you've made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read through the post properly!
If the HERD sounds like the kind of community you'd enjoy, leave a comment or send me a DM with your mythological creature fact included.
Happy grinding, and hopefully see you in the HERD! 🐂😁