Schism
The last time I did a 'Guild' post as back in late November. No one has been happier than me that I haven't had much to say about my guild. But here I am again.
Last night, I knew I was going to be late for the raid. My wife's best friend lost her father and we were going to the wake to give our condolences to her. I left a message on my guild's message boards so they would know what's up.
When I get online, I find that my guild has basically split in two. After talking with some of the guys that left, it seems there had been a growing schism between members of the guild, and last night was something of a final straw. Unfortunately, the Guild Leader of my guild didn't log in until the argument had gone all the way through officer chat to open guild chat and right out in to Trade.
The net effect was about 90% of the people that I have enjoyed spending my time with online, including everyone I had been in Naxx10 with the night before, left Mal Katai last night to form their own guild. UGH!
Basically, they told me they'd be happy to have me, but they weren't going to exert any pressure on me to change guilds.
A newly formed guild has it's appeal and also it's dangers. It's going to be an interesting couple of days.
Last night, I knew I was going to be late for the raid. My wife's best friend lost her father and we were going to the wake to give our condolences to her. I left a message on my guild's message boards so they would know what's up.
When I get online, I find that my guild has basically split in two. After talking with some of the guys that left, it seems there had been a growing schism between members of the guild, and last night was something of a final straw. Unfortunately, the Guild Leader of my guild didn't log in until the argument had gone all the way through officer chat to open guild chat and right out in to Trade.
The net effect was about 90% of the people that I have enjoyed spending my time with online, including everyone I had been in Naxx10 with the night before, left Mal Katai last night to form their own guild. UGH!
Basically, they told me they'd be happy to have me, but they weren't going to exert any pressure on me to change guilds.
A newly formed guild has it's appeal and also it's dangers. It's going to be an interesting couple of days.
Comments
Good luck.
1 - Philosphical differences?
Loot Rules, Raid Requirements, 10 vs 25 man content
2 - Personal differences?
Personality conflicts, etc.
3 - Scheduling conflicts?
Raid Start times or duration?
I ask, because from reading your blog it seemed like Mal Katai was in really good shape.
I think it was a philisophical difference. If you look at who is in the two groups you see it break down pretty quick.
The group that stayed is predominately young college students. Very good players, maybe a bit cocky and a bit less accepting of lesser players.
While the group that broke off is characterized by older gamers who have significant outside of game responsibilities. They basically want to just log in after a hard day at work or whatever, hang out on vent, maybe kill some bosses and have fun.
You could really see the differences after a wipe. Some people were very antsy, while others were almost nonchalant.
Sounds like you'd fit in better with the group that left, but only you know what's best for you. I would carefully decide who I was a better fit with before making my decision, and I wouldn't give any weight to which group had the name Mal Katai. Btw, what's the new guild called? Guild names are of interest to me.
Fedaykin98
It happened again very recently and this time I decided to stay with the main guild. I truly miss a lot of the people that left but I don't think they really thought they're decision through and I can honestly say I don't see them existing as a guild by this time next year.
It's just something to think about.
The new guild was not without its problems (and ultimately didn't last), but I don't regret switching. I met new people through the new guild and they're now among my closest in-game friends. I had never understood why some folks like hanging out in vent together even when they're not raiding until I met these people, so in the end it turned out to be a good thing.
It was a matter of fairness to the folks we game with..being nice to people who are not the highest dps or the best players but are very good people.
I would rather wipe all night with friends then clear everything in one night and wish I was else where.
I have nothing bad to say about MK our the majority of its current members..but it was time.
Raist
I really don't see how running 25 man naxx on Thursday would be such a shock, guild message or no, as it was run that time and day every week. Further...is a 10 man run of naxx on alts really more important than 25 man on mains?
And no, I'm not one of the "evil" people that transferred over from Alterac Mountains.