Comments on: How I Met My Guild

By: Matticus

Matticus — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:48:45 +0000

“Are you a pansy?”
“What happened to that pro healer we picked up? Where’d he go? Take a night off or what?”
“Dude, you’re suckin’ out tonight, pick it up.”
“Come on, you’re better than this shit. I look around and I don’t see a raid. I see a bunch of slackers. Pick it up.”

Only works on certain types of people. I happen to have recruited people that react the same way.

By: Anolaana

Anolaana — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:38:19 +0000

I hate the Universal Laws of Blogging. I never get around to writing posts because of them *bashes head against wall*.

I’m currently swapping guilds myself (Well, it’s more like a first guild for raiding) and I just about died of fear on my trial after being hit by about a million AoEs (and dying every time) until my friend pointed out I wasn’t doing THAT crappily.
I still think I made the right choice though. I’ll remind myself of that every raid I run with them.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:35:59 +0000

Hmm, I’m not sure you’re still talking about WoW! Getting into a guild shouldn’t be THAT depressing!

I don’t really think of myself as confident…I’m actually pretty insecure. I’m just…indifferent? maybe. I get rejected quite a bit IRL too. I haven’t had so much as a fling in nearly 2 years (over 3 years since my actual last relationship), I lose elections, I do badly on exams. It always bothers me at the time, but I forget all about it when I get lost in my next project.

Maybe the key to confidence is being so busy you don’t have time to feel down.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:00:05 +0000

It seems like that for me too, although I wasn’t there the first year so I don’t know what things were like then. I’m rarely around now, but you guys seem to be progressing really well (and as I write these words, Putricide dies). Spring/early summer was rough, but I think the leadership team learned quite a bit from it.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:44:23 +0000

w00t!! That is awesome news! Good luck!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:43:39 +0000

Hahaha yeah I need some more of that pally spirit!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:41:32 +0000

Very cool! I bet raiding with Kurn will be tons of fun! Best of luck to you!

By: Tyben

Tyben — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:12:58 +0000

“f your dream is to get into Ensidia, it’s ok to try, but it’s unlikely to work out. ”

Too you too I will say, “well yes, but not necessarily.”

How badly to you want in? Is there another way? A “B” team? An exception in the rules somewhere? (I know nothing about Ensidia specifically, I’m speaking more generally) There is also a lot to be said for being in the right place at the right time (and research can help stack the deck a bit).

By: leah

leah — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:53:48 +0000

again, I envy your your unflagging belief in yourself. mine has been very shaky lately, too much rejection with not nearly enough success to balance it out. and all of the rejection based on something I cannot possibly fix. as in incapable of it, having tried for years already.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:03:13 +0000

Ooooh Rhidach! His guild was one of those I looked at before joining Conquest. I don’t remember why I didn’t consider them, I think their raid times didn’t suit my weird timezone. His guild does sound pretty fantastic though.

I’m not one for guild hopping too, so I’m really glad things worked out with Conquest. Guild switching isn’t something I want to do again!