Comments on: Build Your Own Guild Part 6: Scheduling

By: Jezrael

Jezrael — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:37:56 +0000

My raid uses the raid ninja tool and has a requirement that people sign up for the weekend raid (we raid 25 mans once a week) by end of day Tuesday. We also have a forum thread for people to post in if they won't be able to make a raid. Advance notice is great. We set the roster on the day before the raid.So far this has worked well for us. We haven't missed a scheduled raid in a loooong time. Jezraels last blog post..Brewfest! Hic!

By: snostrebla

snostrebla — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:05:32 +0000

sexy! snostreblas last blog post..Snostrebla - A Shaman Am I (mostly)

By: Sydera

Sydera — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:35:05 +0000

Yay Matticus!

He has the technical know-how. I just write stuff

By: Matticus

Matticus — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:37:37 +0000

@snostrebla: Don’t worry. When she finishes this, I’ll collect them along with some extras or other reads and compile them into one page.

Might even turn it into an E-Book.

By: snostrebla

snostrebla — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:44:51 +0000

Still loving this series. I think it would be cool if you had a 'landing page' where all of the pieces of this series are linked from, or putting links to all the other ones in each post, in case you join the readership of this series late. Our guild has never rostered our raids, and we've had both great success and great failures from it. We have no attendance rules either, so it gets interesting sometimes. I think a lot of this largely depends on the raiding base you have. Our raiding base would completely ignore a sign up process (or the website altogether), but due to consistant scheduling, everyone knows to show up on Thursday and Monday, and it has worked pretty well for us. We designed our guild around that Raider base. The main idea is that you have to cater to the kind of guild you want to be running. All of that stuff should be set up in your guild charter. If you're pushing hard for progression and consistant teams, a more strict scheduling process should definitely accompany it. If you're really casual about attendance, etc, just make the days consistant, and spread the word. That's the beauty of starting your guild. You have the chance to surround yourself with the types of Raiders you want. The importance of a solid scheduling process is definitely key. I think that's the point Syd is trying to make. How you go about it is defined by you, and your officership, and should be added to your charter. snostreblas last blog post..Snostrebla - A Shaman Am I (mostly)

By: Bonkers

Bonkers — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:40:17 +0000

Having played in loose and more structured guilds I can say hands-down I prefer knowing ahead of time if I’m rostered. Showing up and hoping is like going to the movies on opening night sans ticket — maybe you’re good to go, but maybe they’re sold out (but please enjoy your other choice, a fine showpiece exploring an over-indulgence of emotional tendencies).

Moreover, if I know I’m not needed I can make other plans and skip out completely.

Also, I think we need to start calling bench “the pine pony.”

By: Sydera

Sydera — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:56:32 +0000

As a second plus, when people see that a roster hasn’t filled, often they will sign up on the last day. This has helped us fill some unpopular raids, like early Hyjal.

By: Sydera

Sydera — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:54:54 +0000

@Veneratio:

I can only speak from my own experience, but rostering works for us. We’ve been able to run every one of our scheduled raids all summer–but maybe this is because we also award our bench attendance points and reinforce their participation.

It might also work for us because our members aren’t hardcore gamers and are probably older than your average raider–maybe they’re used to scheduling things formally.

By: I Don't heal

I Don't heal — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:29:00 +0000

Gotta agree with Veneretio here. The best way to do things is to set raid times, and arrange your raid once people show up. Be sure to give people someplace to announce/inform you ahead of time of absences/lateness etc., and either reward people who bother to do so, or punish those who don’t – my last guild considered announced absences to be as good as attendance for maintaining Core status (higher loot priority to those w/ 75%+ attendance) up to 3/month. It worked.

By: Veneretio

Veneretio — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:21:38 +0000

Yup, I gotta say that I disagree with you completely on Rostering. It leads to more attendance problems than the "expect them to show up" approach because inevitable someone on your roster doesn't show up and then the others don't either cause they think they're not getting in. My advice is "expect them to show up" + have a thread where regulars can indicate when they won't be around. Ultimately, if you don't have the numbers then you need to recruit. Veneretios last blog post..The Druid Complex