Sylvadora's Got A New Guild!

Once again, I must apologize for slacking off with my posts! It's summer time, and whenever I haven't been gaming, I've been outside enjoying the sun! I haven't been slacking off on my gaming however!!!

On a recent trip to a family cottage I got in some much overdue quality Rock Band 2 time, which was a refreshing change from my diligent WoW schedule! I also have been perfecting my anime drawing skillz, which lets me draw game characters better! So worry not dear fellow gamers, you are not losing me to the real world yet! ;D

Onto my post...

So Sylvadora is my newest *main* in World of Warcraft. I rolled her on a RPPvP server after my Regular PvE server began to bore me and every guild I had joined crumbled to the ground. A few RL people I knew played on this RPPvP server, so I figured I'd give it a try. I must say the PvP aspect adds a lot of excitement to the game! I really think after leveling 2 80s on the PvP server, that leveling on my PvE server again will be somewhat boring!

So I just recently got Sylva to 80, and decided I would attempt to find her a guild. I wasn't looking for anything that was like RAID EVERY NIGHT PROGRESSING THROUGH ULDAR 25! or anything, I just wanted a group of people who might want to run heroics with me from time to time. I had only asked in general a few times over one day when a nice hunter invited me to his guild. It was cool because right away he asked me what I wanted to do, so we went and did some dailys together and chatted a bit. I logged off that day feeling positive about my guild choice, but unfortunately when I logged on the next day, THE GUILD HAD FALLEN APART! I moped around for a few hours, still in the guild with it's like 3 other members that hadn't been online in 4 months, deciding that I was WoW Guild Poison =(

A previous member of the guild messaged me later on in the day, and explained nicely that the guild master had decided to abandon their guild and join up with another guild which was having more success than they were. The previous member asked if I also would like to join, even though I had only been with them for a day, and I graciously accepted!

So now little Sylvadora has herself a guild! They run heroics with me, chat with me, do PvP with me, and even bring me to Naxx! The guild master is actually GOOD at being a guild master, which I haven't seen since my days back in Lords of Hatred (oh how I miss those ppls!), and they address any issues with their members quickly, which makes me lotsa happy! As a bonus, they are also raiding Ulda, which I am not quite geared enough for yet, but at least I know it will be open to me whenever I get there! The name of the guild is even good, which is more than I can say for like any guild I've been in this year. It's called North Storm =D which has a nice ring to it I believe!

So, for any of you WoWers who are missing your old guilds and unable to find a new one that compares... Don't give up!!! All it takes is a bit of good timing and good luck apparently =) There are still good guilds out there!

That's all from me today, I'm going to do some Wintergrasp! Hehe, I will blog more later ^^

*As an after note, I am pretty sure this guild is done for like within the month... Guild drama, lol crushes guilds even when they are full of potential...

World of Warcraft: Guild Drama!!!

So, you have recently found yourself guildless, and now you need to find a new guild. No doubt you'll get picked up by some kind of guild before long, whether one of your friends gets you an invite, or you group with people who end up inviting you, or something. You start to settle in to this new guild, when you suddenly realize it is exactly like your last guild! How is it that every single guild seems to be made up of different version of the same people!?
If you've been in a few different guilds, you'll know what I'm talking about! There's always the I should be In charge member, who basically runs everything the guild does, but with a hint of bitterness because of all the effort he is putting forth is for a guild that belongs to someone else. I find these members are usually guys, but I have run into a few girl ones as well! I usually find that Mr.I Should Be In Charge plays female characters, just as a side note, lol.
Then there's the Inactive Guild Master, who logs on once a month to check on how things are going, but has mostly gotten sick of World of Warcraft and all the stresses of running a guild, so he's really not around that much. Of course if there is a problem he'll be there, ready to deal with it, but whenever you log on, you'll see Mr.I Should Be In charge playing, not the Inactive Guild Master. Usually I find the Inactive Guild Master plays a dwarf.
Next there's that member that is way better than everyone else in the guild, and no one can understand why he hasn't moved on to something better. He's usually fairly quiet, laid back, and always ready to lend a helping hand. Secretly every member of the guild wishes that Mr.Amazing were the Guild Master, but of course Mr.Amazing happens to be really close to the Guild Master, so he would never accept the promotion. If he ever does leave though, it is a good sign that the guild is about to fall apart. He usually plays a Nightelf.
Then, there is Mr.Nobody Likes Me. This is the person that has been in the guild f...o...r..e..v..e..r! but no one actually likes them! They joined way back when the guild was being formed, and has been like a bad case of lice since then! You just can't shake him! Just when he quits the guild, you think you've finally been mean enough to make him stay out, he logs on to one of his 100 alts that are in the guild and acts like nothing happened. He usually plays a dwarf or a gnome, or a few of both, lol.
Then there's my favorite: Miss.Everyone Here Loves Me. This is the one female that they have managed to get into the guild. She basically thinks she owns the guild, and usually the Inactive Guild Master is in love with her, so really, she does. She's nothing amazing when it comes to the game , but at one time she has dated or hooked up or been liked by or something with every single member. She's got her roots deep into the heart of the guild, kind of like a planter's wart. She usually plays only human females.
Being a girl, I always find Miss.Everyone Loves Me the hardest member to deal with when I join a new guild. I had always tried to be up front and honest about how she'd act, but no one would ever say anything to her and I'd end up leaving because of course she's not going to be nice to someone who is invading her territory. Subliminal warfare is how to deal with her! I am just so nice that she seems like a jerk if she says anything bad about me. If she's rude to me directly, then I'm twice as sweet to her, until finally she starts questioning her own meanness. She either straightens out quick and we become friends, or she quits the guild in the middle of the night when no one is on, and then says it is because she wanted to go make her own guild, or something like that, lol.
I've been through at least 10 guilds during my time playing World of Warcraft, and every single one has had these same members. Inactive Guild Master usually has it out with Mr.I Should Be In charge, or Miss.Everyone Here Loves Me hooks up with Mr.I Should Be In charge, or hates him or something to make things erupt between him and the Inactive Guild Master who loves her. Or everyone gets so sick of Mr.Nobody Likes Me that everyone goes to make a new guild without him and people get left behind and basically it ends up being a guild split. Without fail, something always happens to spark the end of the guild because of the clashing members. It is horrible!
I usually put a lot into guilds, having run one myself for a few years, I know how much helpful members can progress a guild, but it always ends up dieing on me. Maybe I throw off the unstable guild dynamics and really am the indirect cause of all these guild destructions. I think I'd probably be Miss.I'm A Girl and Better At This Game Than You so maybe the wavering guild makeup just can't support me.
I now find myself standing amidst the rubble of another fine guild that has just fallen apart, and I find myself asking if I can really go through it all again? It's really annoying having to start all over in a guild, start at the bottom and work my way back up, and I'm starting to question whether or not the raid contest is worth it, lol. Is there anyone out there who is in an awesome guild that has been together forever? If so, what kind of people are in it? Do you think it could handle a Miss.I'm A Girl and Better At This Game Than You???