In my guild, we have a long-time member, I’ll call him Mark. He’s a good and friendly person, but he’s definitely not officer material. Passive-aggressive, flaky, self-centered. Mark’s been pining for officership for years. I haven’t been in officership for a while (because I’ve been raiding more diapers than instances), but I was surprised to learn […]
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Guilds are not Businesses
Guilds in these online games are completely voluntary, at-will organizations of people. This creates a strange dynamic when it comes to leading. When I was GM, a good friend of mine in the guild–we’ll call him Angus–was excellent at leading groups and raids. He wasn’t shy about grabbing a couple of our more passive guildmates […]
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Raiding does not mean Skilled
(Related post: Max level does not mean Skilled.) There’s a class of player who feels that their status in the raiding game means that they’re Right. They label other people noobs, and the silly thing is that people believe them. “I have this awesome item, you don’t, therefore I know what I’m talking about and […]
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Max level does not mean Skilled
(Related post: Raiding does not mean Skilled) World of Warcraft, and every game like it, is really two different games. I first read this thought at Penny Arcade (can’t find where because their search function is weak). Basically, you have the levelling game where you start at L1 and then play until max level (currently […]
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Drama is Inevitable
Like most people, I learned the hard way about second chances at relationships–backsliding, regression relationships, whatever you want to call it. Namely that they don’t work, despite the fact that regression sex might sound like just what you need after a series of terrible first dates. However, unless one of you has been in a […]