So after my /gquit-rage-winter-holiday-special-extravaganza, Rayon convinced me..unwillingly..partially resistant...to come back.
EVEN THOUGH those responsible still haven't uttered a word , least an apology, its okay.
EVEN THOUGH every instinct tells me to take them to the Gurubashi Arena and let my Fire Elemental throw them around a bit while I shake the ground beneath them...I shall do as was suggested and be the bigger person. (Which probably means I should take off the slanderous, public commentary on the old guild website...)
EDIT: I removed the comments.
Forget being an officer in that guild. Although I agreed I wouldn't be slandering them in guild chat, I did delete the guild website and also all the recruitment information on wowprogress.com I've taken the time to work on. If they can do a better job and don't feel like appreciating the people that were already taking care of it, I believe they can start their own websites and recruitment threads themselves. And forget about raid leading... don't even get me going....
Merry Christmas! May all your drops be needed epics!
December 17, 2010
December 4, 2010
In-Game Politics part 2
Found out it wasn't anyone close who demoted me but a long forgotten Co-Gm who had been AWAY FOR FUCKING MONTHS (who had demoted me for not logging into my toon enough) and an incompetant new GM who refuses to excersize any control over him. Holy Legion down the tubes. Rawgrglglrlglrlg!!!! Murloc rage!
December 3, 2010
In-Game Politics
It's one thing that game packet doesn't tell you about when you pick up a fresh copy of World of Warcraft. You think it's all about MMO's...questing and adventuring in a beautifully rendered pixelated world where slaying foul beasts is the ultimate reward.
But it's not just that.
What the advertisements fail to mention is that World of Warcraft like many MMO's are inhabited by large group of real people playing on a particular server. Everything you experienced in high school: Earning reputations, prestiges, followings or groupings (cliques) also happens in the game. Your success largely depends on the friends your able to make and the kind of reputation you forge for yourself.
My "reputation" on the server and my accomplishments and experiences as a player is without a doubt, a top priority for me in the game. To an extent, making (and keeping) as many good friends as possible in the game is beneficial and has saved my butt many a time before when a Guildie couldn't make it to raid. I have friends that mean a lot to me for sentimental reasons (they were there from the very beginning or I've played the game a lot with them), and some friendships or "alliances" i forge with others for a mutual benefit or purpose.
But keep too many friends and it can backfire on you. People can get jealous or feel slighted or feel ignored.
I've been demoted in my guild Holy Legion for said possible reasons:
1.) I never raid
2.) I never participate in guild events
3.) I don't log onto the toon that is in the guild ever
This saddened me immensely today. Mostly because I don't find the accusations to be correct. And the people who agreed to this demotion were most likely people I felt closest to.
I attribute myself with helping build this guild from the start. I was the 3rd member to join. Our goal was to raid with good people. I helped build the roster by convincing friends that i knew to be good players to join. In fact, our very first raid "team" was mostly made up of close friends of mine from a previous guild.
Since then, it has grown, as did my responsibilities. I was officially an assistant-gm in charge of not only raid leading an ICC 10 team, but also recruitment, and website managing/creating.
Over the course of a few months we've had guild-merges, guild leaders dissapearing, raid attendance issues, rageing guild quits, you know..the usual guild politics. Through it all, I've managed to continue recruiting, managing the website, and raid leading a successful team through ICC 10. The amount of time and effort and networking I put into the guild was in part, taking away a lot of the things I wanted to personally accomplish in the game. But I didnt mind, I was determined to see my friends through the storms.
The approaching Cataclysm and the dwindling raid attendance all but put me out. It became a one-handed effort. Well, not entirely. There were people who diligently showed up to raid all the time, and they know who they are. But there were many who didn't. We also had an issue with tank healers: could never find one that could stay or that we liked. I tried so hard to friend tank healers to no avail.... we only attempted the Lich a couple times before it all went downhill.
There was a lot of behind the scenes things I had done to keep our raid group afloat. To ignore everything I had put into the guild is such a hurtful insult.
And with Cataclysm only days away I'm sorry If I don't log onto my druid as much as I used to: My goal with her was to lvl to 80, get a few peices of gear then wait till Cata. I wanted to have another healer for the guild to go to.
Im sorry if I don't raid anymore. I don't feel like saving my main healer to raids that don't go anywhere and take 3 hrs to assemble. I want to accomplish doing Heroic modes before the expansion comes. I pay for the game every month, I'm going to do what I want to do with the game. That's why I took my main toon out. I've already worked for months getting my friends to the top of the game. Then no one showed up to raid after patch and I personally didn't feel like struggling to fill the roster anymore. Thats after a straight 8 months of non-stop raiding....every week.
I'm sorry I don't particiapte in guild events...but honestly I never got an invite and honestly....do we really have guild events? When have we ever had guild events? Oh I didnt go to the spontaneously, random Molten Core run with you guys last night? You know I love Molten Core, I'm always down for Molten Core. But not 1/2 an hour before I must raid. (The raid was cancelled after a while anyway, and I tried to put together a weekly for you guys to make up for it. A couple of you went!)
I'm very hurt that you guys ninja-demoted me after all the stuff I've done. Especially considering that I was the only one demoted from all the offciers...completely ignoring the ones that hadn't logged on in WEEKS or raided in WEEKS. Especially considering that I had already, personally, stepped down as assistant GM when I removed my main from guild.
Good Luck with your guild. Even though I am currently hurt by your actions, I'll get over it. I know I've been busy in-game with my new guild and preparing for Cata, but that'll end soon enough, and if and when you need a hand or partner in-crime, just ask. For godsakes we're all on the same frikin server. But I've hung up my raiding hat with Holy Legion. A new chapter begins for me now.
But it's not just that.
What the advertisements fail to mention is that World of Warcraft like many MMO's are inhabited by large group of real people playing on a particular server. Everything you experienced in high school: Earning reputations, prestiges, followings or groupings (cliques) also happens in the game. Your success largely depends on the friends your able to make and the kind of reputation you forge for yourself.
My "reputation" on the server and my accomplishments and experiences as a player is without a doubt, a top priority for me in the game. To an extent, making (and keeping) as many good friends as possible in the game is beneficial and has saved my butt many a time before when a Guildie couldn't make it to raid. I have friends that mean a lot to me for sentimental reasons (they were there from the very beginning or I've played the game a lot with them), and some friendships or "alliances" i forge with others for a mutual benefit or purpose.
But keep too many friends and it can backfire on you. People can get jealous or feel slighted or feel ignored.
I've been demoted in my guild Holy Legion for said possible reasons:
1.) I never raid
2.) I never participate in guild events
3.) I don't log onto the toon that is in the guild ever
This saddened me immensely today. Mostly because I don't find the accusations to be correct. And the people who agreed to this demotion were most likely people I felt closest to.
I attribute myself with helping build this guild from the start. I was the 3rd member to join. Our goal was to raid with good people. I helped build the roster by convincing friends that i knew to be good players to join. In fact, our very first raid "team" was mostly made up of close friends of mine from a previous guild.
Since then, it has grown, as did my responsibilities. I was officially an assistant-gm in charge of not only raid leading an ICC 10 team, but also recruitment, and website managing/creating.
Over the course of a few months we've had guild-merges, guild leaders dissapearing, raid attendance issues, rageing guild quits, you know..the usual guild politics. Through it all, I've managed to continue recruiting, managing the website, and raid leading a successful team through ICC 10. The amount of time and effort and networking I put into the guild was in part, taking away a lot of the things I wanted to personally accomplish in the game. But I didnt mind, I was determined to see my friends through the storms.
The approaching Cataclysm and the dwindling raid attendance all but put me out. It became a one-handed effort. Well, not entirely. There were people who diligently showed up to raid all the time, and they know who they are. But there were many who didn't. We also had an issue with tank healers: could never find one that could stay or that we liked. I tried so hard to friend tank healers to no avail.... we only attempted the Lich a couple times before it all went downhill.
There was a lot of behind the scenes things I had done to keep our raid group afloat. To ignore everything I had put into the guild is such a hurtful insult.
And with Cataclysm only days away I'm sorry If I don't log onto my druid as much as I used to: My goal with her was to lvl to 80, get a few peices of gear then wait till Cata. I wanted to have another healer for the guild to go to.
Im sorry if I don't raid anymore. I don't feel like saving my main healer to raids that don't go anywhere and take 3 hrs to assemble. I want to accomplish doing Heroic modes before the expansion comes. I pay for the game every month, I'm going to do what I want to do with the game. That's why I took my main toon out. I've already worked for months getting my friends to the top of the game. Then no one showed up to raid after patch and I personally didn't feel like struggling to fill the roster anymore. Thats after a straight 8 months of non-stop raiding....every week.
I'm sorry I don't particiapte in guild events...but honestly I never got an invite and honestly....do we really have guild events? When have we ever had guild events? Oh I didnt go to the spontaneously, random Molten Core run with you guys last night? You know I love Molten Core, I'm always down for Molten Core. But not 1/2 an hour before I must raid. (The raid was cancelled after a while anyway, and I tried to put together a weekly for you guys to make up for it. A couple of you went!)
I'm very hurt that you guys ninja-demoted me after all the stuff I've done. Especially considering that I was the only one demoted from all the offciers...completely ignoring the ones that hadn't logged on in WEEKS or raided in WEEKS. Especially considering that I had already, personally, stepped down as assistant GM when I removed my main from guild.
Good Luck with your guild. Even though I am currently hurt by your actions, I'll get over it. I know I've been busy in-game with my new guild and preparing for Cata, but that'll end soon enough, and if and when you need a hand or partner in-crime, just ask. For godsakes we're all on the same frikin server. But I've hung up my raiding hat with Holy Legion. A new chapter begins for me now.
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