Infraction for bujamga: Grammar

• LodeRunner · 07/06/08, 4:05 PM

Post: So you want to start a raiding guild, do ya?
User: bujamga
Infraction: Grammar
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

The letter "u" is not a pronoun.

Original Post:

First of all hello since its the first time i am posting on these forums and thanks a lot for the interesting article! I will not waste your time by saying how my guild started,all i will say is that it was wrong from the start. With 2 level 60s back then and aiming to do pre TBC end game,you can all imagine how frustrating it was. For a variety of reasons we decided to keep it going and not disband but through TBC we encountered several problems :

1) Raiding ability : Yes i admit it we had no clue on how to raid back then! We weren't raiders and we struggled really much in order to realise how a proper raid is done and what it takes

2)People using the guild as a stepping stone,get in,get gear from the content we were farming (Kara back then),apply to more progressed guilds and leave us back to the start missing key classes like tanks and healers

3)Defining a guild as casual but raiding was a mistake because most people thought that appearing once per week for a raid would be all that it takes for it to happen.

4)Lack of proper leadership. Being over friendly,having too many officers,not being strict enough when resolving problems leads to messes and messes lead to people leaving and a guild that is about to disband.

5)Mass recruiting at some point lead us into getting all sorts of people that unfortunately at points caused more harm than good. Yes we did make the numbers for a raid but we didnt make the mentality or the effort needed for a raid to be successful.

Point of this rant? Yes making a raiding guild takes time,effort and lots of odds that u have to beat. Yes it is possible if u have a stubborn GM,a core group of people determined to make it work no matter what,you don't get discouraged by people leaving,raids failing and so on. I would honestly advice everyone willing to make a raiding guild from scratch to define that guild properly with a correct identity which will not cause you to end up with all sorts of people and players.Focus on your goals,keep trying till u achieve them and make sure that the people u mostly count on will not turn their backs on you as soon as a better guild opens recruitment. Set realistic goals and dont believe that you can get into SWP after karazhan in a month,just focus on something possible and make it happen.Last but not least do not make our (or better say my) mistake of counting too much on a specific tank or a specific healer...real life happens and u cannot predict that!