The 10 million Wow subscribers are a diverse bunch spanning the globe as well as all age groups, social tiers, professions, etc. Some play this game at a very high level and have nothced victories on raid bosses others day dream about or simply don't care for. Through Tankspot and similar outlets, I have met players who have gone and conquered and they too are a diverse group of people.

How do you or your guild measure success? Is your guild a success if they kill Illidan but are...

Sometimes, I look back at where I am, what I've done, who I've met, what I've seen in this game, and wonder, how did I get here? Pre-BC, I virtually had no experience in this game. That doesn't mean I didn't have experience tanking but on another toon, or that at the very least, I did MC and was working on BWL or something. Unless you count walking into ZG once at 60-- and failing miserably with the rest of my guild-- I had no experience. I remember sitting around Stormwind in my horrible questing...

A raid leader's purpose is to guide...to direct. A raid leader's purpose is not to hold the hands of 24 other people by telling them exactly where to stand and what buttons to press at all times. My job as a raid leader is to give my team (my friends) the tools they need to succeed.

It is impossible as a raid leader to micromanage every aspect of a raid and doing so will result in failure, burnout, or both. It is equally impossible to know every nuance of every class' role in every...

Hace mucho que me preguntaron lo siguiente en los foros de wow-europe:

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Last Sunday was my guild's first foray into TK in about 5 months. We have been hitting SSC hard and cleaning up Gruul/Mags and left the 2 or 3 VR kills stand off by themselves. Being stymied on FLK and Leo, we turned back to TK and Loot Reaver to ease some tension and see some different scenery.

As a RL of my previous guild, I was focused on Lurker and Mags so never had ventured forth into TK. Last Sunday was my first time. I was a VRgin.

Well, I went, I saw, I fell...