Abandon Ship! The Phailboat is sinking!!!
Posted 06-06-2008 at 01:53 PM by Radhja
I can't begin to convey how insanely irrate I am right now.
Drama has, once again, crept into my guild, and this time I think the damage it has caused is beyond repair. At least, beyond the amount of effort I'm willing to put forth to repair it.
It's one thing to boast about a new piece of gear to guildmates, or even to gloat a bit about being #1 of DPS meters, but when guildies begin deriding and belittling each other over these issues, feelings get hurt and it becomes very personal. At this stage in the game, it's virtually impossible to genuinely say that Warcraft is "just a game" when you take into account the countless hours/days/months that people pour into making their characters, and making them the way they want. Is it really so hard to accept another player's choices that we're reduced to petty criticism?
I had to kick someone from my guild last night for this very reason, and unfortunately it has produced a chain of events that - literally - can't be undone. Some peoples' feelings got hurt, other people simply /gquit, and one even went so far as to *quit* WoW by DE'ing all of his gear.
This is not an exaggeration or embelishment. Things really went that far, and in less time than it took for me to get DC'd and return to the game... approximately 2 minutes.
I won't name names or point fingers, because at this point I'm ready to abandon my title as GM and move on. I tried, Grom knows I tried to bring them together, but perhaps being GM isn't my calling. It was fun, but I'm going to find a way to enjoy the game I love...
...with or without my guildmates.
Drama has, once again, crept into my guild, and this time I think the damage it has caused is beyond repair. At least, beyond the amount of effort I'm willing to put forth to repair it.
It's one thing to boast about a new piece of gear to guildmates, or even to gloat a bit about being #1 of DPS meters, but when guildies begin deriding and belittling each other over these issues, feelings get hurt and it becomes very personal. At this stage in the game, it's virtually impossible to genuinely say that Warcraft is "just a game" when you take into account the countless hours/days/months that people pour into making their characters, and making them the way they want. Is it really so hard to accept another player's choices that we're reduced to petty criticism?
I had to kick someone from my guild last night for this very reason, and unfortunately it has produced a chain of events that - literally - can't be undone. Some peoples' feelings got hurt, other people simply /gquit, and one even went so far as to *quit* WoW by DE'ing all of his gear.
This is not an exaggeration or embelishment. Things really went that far, and in less time than it took for me to get DC'd and return to the game... approximately 2 minutes.
I won't name names or point fingers, because at this point I'm ready to abandon my title as GM and move on. I tried, Grom knows I tried to bring them together, but perhaps being GM isn't my calling. It was fun, but I'm going to find a way to enjoy the game I love...
...with or without my guildmates.
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 | sorry to hear that man. you gave it a good shot but those issues are going to come up. Keeping a guild together is very hard. Not to long ago some of the co creators of my guild (people who created the guild years (literally 2 years) before I created my first character) gquit over some bs. One was the old MT pre bc but couldnt quite hack after the xpac. he was terrible we talked about him behind his back he found out and qquit chain reaction followed. We bounced back very quickly luckily because we had merged with a guild about 2 weeks before. Doesnt usually end that way. |
Posted 06-06-2008 at 02:14 PM by hbombs  |
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