Since people don’t think anyone cares….

This posting is in response to several of SR guild members questions about LK kills, raid attendance and my own personal stance on it all:

Let me just say that I do care and I ask myself the same question every week. “Why did xyz sign up and aren’t here?” Then I go over and over with Arioch and the officers. We just can’t seem to find that ground of not being hardcore versus being just hardcore enough to do what we want. People complain and moan when they don’t get what they want (in this case an LK kill) then they bitch and moan even more when they are told how it HAS to be done. You can give “positive” re-enforcement all night long, but at the end of the day, LK will still be standing and you will still be asking yourselves why.

I’ll admit that I have one of the biggest egos in the guild. I flaunt what I can do constantly. None of you really see what I do if I make a mistake. If I am not top dps. Every time I fuck up, I go over and over how I could be better. If I get a new piece of gear, not only do I rawr it, but I also check places like shadowpriest.com or even the hated EJ forums. Not only do I do that, but I go to the target dummy and beat the living shit out of it for hours in 5-6 minute durations. I run OOM, sit down, drink and then do it again. I am not easy on myself when I make a mistake, and I will not be easy on our raiders who make mistakes repeatedly.

Making a mistake is not a time to get down on yourself. If someone points you out, that isn’t the time either. You take that CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, pick your ass up off the ground and fix the problem. You learn from the mistakes, not throw a damned pity party. You don’t give up because others make mistakes, you get in their ass and make them better. We have had too many raiders quit because they were tired of 1-4 people making the same mistake. Instead of helping those people out, they just give up, while bitching at me in whispers.

That is another thing. I am left at the end of the day being the guild “bad guy”. When something needs to be done in the guild and it requires some dirty work or off color attitude, it is left to me to get it done. I have been told (and I personally believe) that I am a blunt object. I say what I mean and do not sugarcoat it. This is the same way I am in real life (ask some people who just recently met me). If you make a mistake, I will tell you. I will also HELP you fix it. That is my favorite thing in WoW….to help people succeed.

As of this posting I am officially done with trying to get any of you over to my way of thinking on this. All of you need to band together if you want to get shit done, not roll over and quit at the first sign of difficulty (even after several weeks). I know I am going to find a way to do it. If you are in this with me, then let me know..if not good luck. If you even want me to raid lead anymore, I leave this open to you. Right now, any SR members go through and leave your comments. Yes or no…personally, I don’t care. I am just tired of hearing about this shit constantly from everyone. Either you all buckle down and get the stuff done that you want to accomplish, accept that it has to be done a certain way…or I quit.

This posting in no way reflects the opinions/views of the SR GM, any SR officers, or any members of SR except myself.