Last week I Herded Cats. Well, all right, not really cats. I’m not a crazy cat lady and my guild members aren’t felines with string addictions. But our annual guild meet up – or Herd Moot as we call it – finished last week. But what does this mean to you? I know a lot … [Read more of this article]
10 Tips: How To Organise A Guild Meet
What Will The MMO of Tomorrow Bring?
Cataclysm is rapidly approaching and the game world we’ve known for the last 5+ years is changing. Towns destroyed, new races about and new powers for each race to play with. WoW is not the only game facing changes though, In fact the state of MMOs is changing as a whole, I mean let’s face … [Read more of this article]
Pros and Cons of Recruiting the Raid Leader
This is the most important position you’ll ever fill throughout the entirety of your guild’s existence. In fact, it is so important, guilds will often disband if there isn’t a competent nor capable one. If working on farm content, raids can typically get by with zero to minimal guidance. Everyone runs by the same playbook … [Read more of this article]
How About a More Graphical and Public Ban?
I caught some news recently on Massively. Before playing World of Warcraft, I used to engage heavily in Guild Wars (won a sigil once with my team in the Hall of Heroes before we stopped playing). Anyway, they’ve implemented some pretty cool stuff in the game especially against cheaters. Dhuum is the god of death … [Read more of this article]
The Sue Sylvester Method to Raid Leading
She is ruthless. Unforgiving. Merciless. Sue is the cheerleading coach from Fox’s Glee. She certainly knows a thing or two about winning and what it takes to get to that national spotlight. As raid leaders, we try to be accommodate and work with the players available. Sometimes it just isn’t enough. This is where we … [Read more of this article]
A Fond Farewell to AVR/AVRE
I’m sure you’ve heard the news by now. In patch 3.3.5 Blizzard intends to intentionally break AVR/AVRE. It is not the first time that something like this has happened, but it does strike me as a bit odd as to the reasoning behind it. If you missed the full announcement here it is for you … [Read more of this article]
Bursting Bubbles
This is a guest post from Dwynwen, a Discipline Priest with some lessons to share. Be sure to visit her blog! I’m one of many burned out 25 man raiders who have turned to 10’s to help minimize raiding impact on ‘real life’. I’d been at loose ends for a regular but casual raid for … [Read more of this article]
Review: The Guild Leader’s Handbook, M...
“Because it takes a village to slay a dragon.” You might look askance at me for getting excited about that sentence. I wouldn’t blame you. It’s the blurb on the back of the Scott F. Andrew’s Guild Leader’s Handbook. I admit I got quite excited when the opportunity to get a copy crossed my inbox. … [Read more of this article]
It Came From the P.U.G.!: Why I Hate Gundrak
For those who might not know yet, my gluttony for abuse knows no bounds. As a result I find myself in a rather large number of P.U.G. groups. At the end of the day I bring you, my readers, the stories of my travels in the random grouping of Azerothian adventure! I really really hate … [Read more of this article]
Bah Humbug! PUGers, Use My Name
Hello, my name’s druid and I’m a PUGger. That might as well be my name – or yours. We’ve all been privvy to it: “Druid go tank” “warrior u nub pala tank” “priest dead other priest heal”. Addressing someone by their class rather than their character’s name is rude, it’s lazy, and it’s adding to … [Read more of this article]