Fail Blogger is Fail December 1, 2009
Posted by Arioch in Musings, QQ.Tags: fail, guild, World of Warcraft, WoW
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Yup, that would be me.
I really like the way I can set posts to publish at a future time, I really do, it’s a very spiffy feature.
Until I go and fuck it up.
Yesterday some of you may have thought it was an early Christmas as 4 posts appeared (and they may still be in your feed reader).
Ooopsie.
The posts that weren’t supposed to be published yet were removed within a couple hours of publication, sorry to get your hopes up.
I will be reposting them officially over the next few days. All the comments from the early-bird readers have been saved and will show up again when their posts reappear.
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Disclaimer on tomorrow’s post:
Tomorrow’s post is the “angry post.”
It was originally written back in October and is the angry rant mentioned here.
Quite a bit of it still stands although I’m not nearly as torqued off about the situation.
The member of the progression team that couldn’t commit time has since stepped down to allow someone with more time to take his place.
The calendar still sits idly by. I even have people ask me when the next raid is… when it’s on their calendar.
We have gotten better about bringing in second and third string guild members. This *normally* works out well but then we run into snags.
Now when raids get cancelled it’s because I only have 4-5 people logged on, not 8-9.
Our other raid leader has returned. The raiding was greener on the other side but the other raiders were assholes. But now he’s on another character and doesn’t seem to be all that interested in leading anything.
I am down 2 of my 3 first string healers. Our second string healer has come up quite a ways (even healed our Sarth 3D zerg) but cannot support 2-healing most raids when we have to bring in our 3rd string healer.
To be honest, I’m a bit burned out and have been spending more time on other characters. It’s nice to just run around pick a few plants and hit a pile of rocks for a few hours.
Even my husband is burned out. Raiding has become more of a chore and less of a fun thing, and all he has to do is show up. He says if he were me he would have quit organizing raids a long time ago.
Anymore, when I log on to Arioch I’m greeted either with “so when are we raiding / how come we’re not raiding” or a calendar full of invited people that haven’t responded.
When most of the officers had to take a break for real life reasons, I don’t think any of us knew it would be for this long. I, at least, was only expecting a couple weeks but it feels like it’s been months.
I can’t maintain the level of effort I’ve been putting out when the response has been lukewarm at best, particularly from the remaining officers.
I keep telling myself it will all be better when the healers return. I have tanks, I have DPS, I just need skilled healers.
But what if they can’t return at the level they were at before?
I think about leaving, but the odds of ending up with a bunch of assholes is pretty high. I want to struggle against raid encounters not raid members.
Server transfer is an option… but I would be looking at transferring my entire stable of characters – they’re the ones that support my raiding and pursuit of pets/mounts/achievements/happiness.
And again, I wouldn’t have much of a guarantee that I could find a guild that I like, especially one that would be willing to take me, my husband, a couple of my raiding friends and some of my non-raiding friends (if they even would want to make the transfer).
What I would like to see is a return of at least one of my healers and recruiting at least one more quality raid healer. Then I would like to see the people that say they want to raid actually use the goddamn calendar.
I want to be in a situation where I have too many people signed up for an event. This actually happened the other week, it wasn’t progression, but it was still awesome. I sat out so someone that doesn’t normally get to raid got a shot at some gear and learning the encounters.
For now, I’m taking a break and exploring a few other characters.
This does not mean that I’ve stopped raiding – it just means that I didn’t finish that fail boat of a ToCr 10 we ran (which we had on fucking farm). Only 3 people showed up for the scheduled conclusion so I gave up on it for the week.
It’s the end of the year and I know there are a lot of obligations that people have to meet. I’m going to do my best to not get too wrapped up in our lack of progress until the holidays are over.
But come January… there’s going to have to be some changes.
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So for those that have already read tomorrow’s post by virtue of my stupidity, I hope this put it into a bit of context.
For those that haven’t read tomorrow’s post, angry post was angry but I’m not that upset any more. Apathetic, maybe.
I think you should check your email for something that might brighten your day. You keepin’ it real, Ari. /Does the Sammy Sosa
I was happy becaus I thought you were trying to be like me.
I commed you for being able to write that many posts at once, normally my blog tends to be more stream of consciousness than planned. . .not that I have anything important to say, lol
There’s always room for you in the Alliance … and all your alts, friends, pets, whatever. ;)
Hope thing brighten up! And I dont mean weight…..evil thanksgiving.
Have a orangesoda! Always helps to make my day a little brighter. Orangesoda > all others. Well maybe it is tied with Mt Dew.
*Cough*
Blood Furnace.
*Cough*
@ Ty
Flattered, but I don’t think it would be a good fit for me. I need a little more structure or there really isn’t a purpose to me being in a guild if I’ll be pugging most of the time anyway.
@ Jong
I could try for a thousand years to mimic you but could never hope to attain the leetness that you encompass. Now quit deleting your posts! =P
@ Fish
It’s a brain malfunction on my part, I’m sure. I’ll be doing something and go, “Zing! Idea!” and jot it down on a sticky. Then I write the post and usually mull over it for a few days if it’s not time-sensitive.
@ repgrind
I’m having serious issues with my Alliance toons now. There are gnomes everywhere! And I can’t bear to think of Arioch as anything other than what he is now. But I will be rolling a worgen that will need a home… he’ll be housebroken, I promise!
@ Orangeslice
I haven’t had an orange soda in years. Maybe that’s what I’ve been missing…
@ shyste
I think out of all the offers, yours would probably suit me the best. Maybe I’ll roll something over there one of these days. I really don’t want to pay to transfer my toons and all their crap. >.<
Oh Arioch, I can say with a 100% coinfendence that I know exactly what the hell you are going through.
When I read “when I log on to Arioch I’m greeted either with “so when are we raiding / how come we’re not raiding” or a calendar full of invited people that haven’t responded.“.
It made me furious. I used to hate that shit more then anything. The main reason why I stopped playing is because I knew that once I logged back on, I was going to get bombarded with tells about how terrible things have been and what the hell is going on with the guild / raids.
It seriously took the fun out of the game for me and I didn’t even feel like logging in. It was so bad that I even stopped blogging for a few months.
Reading this post was like reading my own post that I wrote back in the summer…so take what I have to say about it with some sort of seriousness.
Number 1: Don’t transfer. It isn’t worth it. One of the great things about being a raid / guild leader is all of the friends you make. You will miss them and you will end up transferring back unless you get lucky. Not to mention all of your other characters and your real friends that play on your server. So don’t do it!
Number 2 : I could be wrong…but it seems like your current guild, wasn’t your guild to begin with. You just took the leadership role. This makes the situation that you are going through worst. It is one thing not to be having fun / slight stressed leading your own guild. It is another a completely different thing not to be having fun / stressed out leading a guild that you didn’t have a part on creating. Try to think of the reasons why you joined the guild in the first place and what turned you on to it and made you join it instead of other guilds. If things have vastily changed, leave.
Number 3 : You have to be happy. If you are not happy then playing WoW becomes more of a thing you do when you are bored then the additive, highly fun game you know it can be. My suggestion is that you give up the leadership role and search out a new guild. Not just any guild, a solid foundation raiding guild. You will be amazed on how much more fun and entertaining the game will become to you. You need to be in a guild with people like yourself and if you do this you will be amazed on how the same people always show up, on time, have fun, and pwn shit.
And here is the best part….if they don’t show up and there is problems, its not on you to correct it. Sure you can help, but all of the guild drama and responsiblity that comes with raid / guild leading doesn’t fall on you.
Finally, don’t be worried about your guildies / wow friends. You can still talk, hang up, and run stuff. You will just be in different guilds. Think of it this way, its either you continue to be unhappy and end up quitting the game due to it or you find a place like I just meantioned and still play and have fun. That way you don’t lose touch with your wow friends forever.
Sorry for critting your comment section, but I felt I had some things to say that may help you =D
Best of luck.
I totally know what you mean with not imagining Arioch as anything other than what he is. That’s why my beloved Junahu and Rozjin are still tauren and troll. I’m sad sometimes that they don’t get played (especially Juna with her Violet Proto-Drake and bazillion mini-pets and Loque’Nahak that I camped for sooooo long) … but she is who she is and I cannot change her.