Since I don't think we can really do polls, just reply in the comments.

Do you know the real life names of your guildies, and to what extent?

In my guild, if someone joins, it's expected that they'll put their RL name in their guild note. It's just the way we operate: as a group of friends who happen to play WoW together (and other things - I'm playing D&D 4E with some of them tonight (more on that later)). This isn't to say that I know all of these people in real life,...

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... assuming, of course, that you raid.

In one of Alent's recent posts, he mentions that he raids "primarily for the camaraderie and to help everyone". There were a few comments on the subject, and I got the feeling that there were quite a lot of different reasons that various TankSpot members raid. I can think of a few possibilities off the top of my head:

• Gear
• Recognition
• Camaraderie
• New Content
• Help People
• Fun

etc...

So, why do you...

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Have you ever raided when you didn't really want to raid? You know, you'd rather read or go do something physical for a change, or play a console game, but there's one slot left, and the raid won't go off if you don't step up?

Well, that's what happened to me with Kara last night, and it made the big castle of fun into not so much fun. I was bored, I felt like we could have been moving faster, I was a little frustrated with offtanking the trash, even though I know the pally tank is...

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Recognition. Appreciation. Thanks. Everybody loves it. No matter who you are, or how modest you are, I guarantee that if somebody compliments you, it will make you smile.

I know I do. Every time somebody says "Great tanking, you were awesome" after a run, it makes me feel good. It makes me feel like all the effort I've put into my character was worthwhile. There have been several occasions where I have been complimented on my tanking, by people I know personally and by random...

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