Todays WoW Insider Breakfast Topic, asked by Elizabeth Harper, is "How did you choose your guild?".
For me this is fairly simple - I didn't really choose. I've been in the same guild since I started playing in February 2012. It's the guild that my boyfriend (who has yet again returned to blogging) was in. At the time I started playing WoW properly he was an officer in the guild. I knew maybe one or two of the people from when I'd been allowed to play on the boyfs account. So it seemed a fairly locigal step to join the guild, atleast until I'd found my feet in Azeroth.
I'm not going to lie and say that I've never thought about moving on to pastures new. But the truth is I don't think I'd gain anything from moving and if anything I'd lose out. I have no interest in raiding so the lack of raiding isn't an issue. I'm happy to do dungeons and scenarios but I can also occupy my time with other activities like fishing and pet battles. I'm just happy mooching about.
So, what would I lose by moving on? There's no guarantee that I'd lose anything but there is a possibility. I like how the guid is chatty and relaxed. We're not perfect - far from it! And there are things that really piss me off! But until this really becomes a serious issue for my enjoyment of the game I think I'll stay put.
Interestingly, the boyfriend recently left. He took over as GM earlier in the year for a few months and well I guess things declined. Not his doing but an underlying issue that the guild has had for a number of years and keeps resurfacing... like a virus I s'pose. (I have been intending to blog about this for some time but I'm struggling to not create a blog brimming with tension and anger). Anyway, things started to impact on his enjoyment of the game and he moved on to his 4th guild (in 6 yrs). Since he's moved I've had some interesting things happen. One guildie was slagging him off in /o not realising I could read it - was pretty funny when he realised. Another has asked if and when I'd be leaving. It seems some people think I must follow the boyf like a lost sheep *rolls eyes*.
I think I'll leave it there - don't want to ramble off on a tangent about guild issues. Atleast not in this post but maybe one day in the near future.
Always funny, the way people assume that "the girlfriend" will just trail after her departing boyfriend. And by funny I mean pretty patronising. >.>
ReplyDeleteI know right! To be honest I was pretty shocked that they had to ask the question. I have been assured it was because they didn't want me to feel like I 'had' to leave... which doesn't really help with the patronisingness.
DeleteI chose my guild because I had taken a long break from the game and wanted to start afresh. I found a nice little re-roll guild and was one of the founding members of this guild. This was only early this year. Like all guilds, we have issues too, but I just mind my own business and play the game the way I want to play without any pressures and without looking at other people grievances too intensely.
ReplyDeleteI think being a founding member of a guild is a really cool thing to have done. I'm sure all guilds have their issues and I, like you, do my best to keep out of it. There are however some things that I find hard to ignore.
DeleteMy alliance guild has been around since TBC, but was dormant, until a bunch of us were in an existing guild that transferred to another server, and a bunch of us stayed - and built up that TBC guild. It's now even bigger than our previous guild (and also minus the pressure that was there before). As for my horde guild - we formed that when a bunch of us from the guild i mentioned decided to try out the dark side :)
ReplyDeleteOoh building a dormant guild back up sounds cool. I tried to get my Alliance guild to start a casual Horde guild - I even thought of the tagline 'Roll a Troll Tuesdays' but they weren't having it. I've now semi-settled down on a friends server,
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