Tag Archives: social dynamics

Everything is Always Moving

By GoW | Published: October 30, 2008
There’s a funny thing hap­pen­ing in my guild. I logged on late the other night to hope­fully luck into a quick instance run (didn’t hap­pen), and there were four peo­ple from my guild on. I didn’t rec­og­nize any of them. I vaguely remem­bered read­ing someone’s app from a lit­tle while ago, but that’s all. I mean, [...]
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Definition: Main vs Alt

By GoW | Published: August 20, 2008
What makes a main, a main? I read a WoW Insider post today about mains and alts. I dis­agree with the answers offered in the arti­cle and the com­ments, so I thought I’d give it a try.
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The Offseason

By GoW | Published: August 15, 2008
Is being a sports fan sim­i­lar to play­ing World of War­craft? No. But hav­ing sea­sonal dura­tion hob­bies is!
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Some GM Advice

By GoW | Published: August 12, 2008
I read a great arti­cle over at the excel­lent Chick GM about offi­cer lead­er­ship styles and what makes a good offi­cer. It made me think about what I val­ued in GMs and offi­cers, and what I learned as GM. It took me a long time to come up with my online lead­er­ship style, and longer still [...]
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Guilds are not Businesses

By GoW | Published: July 15, 2008
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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