Positive guild news

I'm afraid I might have given some people a wrong impression of the competence and atmosphere in my guild. The reason is simply that when everything goes well, I don't write about it, because I consider that as "normal". It is in the rare occasions of failure and guild drama, when I get annoyed, that I write about my guild. Time to correct some impressions.

Last night we had planned a heroic Naxxramas run. We usually have no problems filling those up, but due to the Champions League football (soccer) games that night, we ended up with only 19 players. But far from letting that discourage us, we simply started raiding with those 19 people. And that went quite well! Of course progress with less people is slower, but we did clear out first the plague wing, and then the spider wing. With other guild members logging on later, by the end of the evening the raid had swelled to 24 members, and we finished the night by killing Patchwerk. The atmosphere was relaxed, we joked a lot, and had a good time. I didn't get any loot, but I was pleased enough with myself landing on the second spot out on the healing meters out of 5 healers. And the top spots on the damage meter also were quite impressive. So I don't think anyone of us is worried that when Ulduar comes we won't be able to handle that content. Maybe not clear it on the first night, but at some agreeable pace of progress for a not-quite-hardcore guild.

This is still the guild for which my warrior 4 years ago, on the first day of the European WoW servers, was one of the 10 people signing the guild charter. We had our problems over time, usually in some variation of the issue that some guild members wish we were more hardcore than we are, causing some unrealistic expectations and then disappointment. But overall we are quite a nice bunch. So excuse me if I'm not really considering the advice of those readers who said "your guild has problems? /gquit!". Various guild members, me included, did leave the guild or WoW at some point in time, but came back. So I'd consider the ability of the guild to work things out over time as one of its strong points. I am proud to be member of my guild.
- posted by Tobold @ 6:30 AM Permanent Link