Breakfast Topic: What if guilds were like pro sports teams?
by Mark Crump 
Dec 11th 2007 at 8:00AM
Now, this post is in jest, so ease up on the "OMGTHATDNVRHAPPEN" comments, ok? Roll with me on this one.
Lets say you're in a guild that's a little deep in the rogue position and you need a healer, what with Binxie going down with career-ending spousal aggro. And let's say the guild leader knew of this other guild with a healer that's, shall we say, not having a career year. Oh, he does fine on the trash mobs, but when he needs to make that big save on the boss, he chokes. Plus, their guild leader's wife is playing again, so he lost his starting job to her. You've got extra rogues; they've got an extra healer.
Now, what would usually happen is the guild that needs a healer would poach him. Even though that guild would probably be glad to be rid of him, hard feelings would likely ensue. What if the two guild leaders could work out a trade? Say, the one looking for a healer could offer up a rogue and a hunter to be named later? Or a rogue and two alts?
What about you? Who in your guild would you trade for a used codpiece just to be rid of?
Filed under: Guilds, Breakfast Topics
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Surpriseb Dec 11th 2007 8:10AM
OMGTHATDNVRHAPPEN!!! OMGTHATDNVRHAPPEN!!! OMGTHATDNVRHAPPEN!!! OMGTHATDNVRHAPPEN!!!
But seriously, thats not a bad idea lol
Razhlok Dec 11th 2007 8:14AM
LOL. Would be nice. But, since playing WoW isn't a paying job (for 99.9% of the players, gold farmers not included) and you don't sign a legally binding contract with your guild when you join its kind of hard to setup a system similar to a pro sports team.
Mikezila Dec 11th 2007 8:15AM
I wouldn't. Ever.
The very minute a guild gets so serious about it's roster that it starts trading people like a they're workers under a contract, it's /gquit.
Freehugz Dec 11th 2007 11:19AM
DID YOU EVEN READ THE FIRST LINE OF THE ARTICLE!?!?!
Erika Dec 11th 2007 8:18AM
I agree with 3.
Rihlsul Dec 11th 2007 8:21AM
If the trade came with bacon for the traded.... maybe. :P
Kalizkan Dec 11th 2007 8:44AM
I think this would be a great idea, especially among the more specialised "pro" guilds.
The only downsides I can see are logistic problems for large guilds and the simple fact that most people game with their friends, so knowing that you are being traded away from raiding with your friends to raiding with strangers could be disconcerting.
What Blizzard really need to do is have a different sort of guild classification. You would have your guild then your would also have your raid party, which wouldn't necessarily be the same thing. That way you could still chat to your mates in /g but you could raid with members from another guild, possibly with some of your own guys too.
theRaptor Dec 11th 2007 10:03AM
They are called guild alliances and have existed forever. The problem is that people are tribal and get into an us-vs-them mindset far to easily.
Tryst Dec 11th 2007 12:06PM
This is actually a fabulous idea. Just because I want to hang out with people of a certain personality, does not mean that they meet my raiding needs! Just like in RL when you have different sets of friends that meet different needs: fun friends, study friends, working out friends...we should be able to do that in WoW. For instance, thank goodness my old - sadly, disbanded guild - has our own chat channel were I can swear like the sailor I was meant to be, because my current raiding guild is G-rated. I might be happy with our raid progression, but the dirty, dirty jokes in me would languish and die without an outlet!
Tryst
JPN Dec 11th 2007 8:30AM
As a rogue, I'm offended that we would need to be traded WITH something else.
QQ
ThorinII Dec 11th 2007 8:31AM
Come on people, this is supposed to be FUN! "What if" people could be traded? Who in your guild would you want to trade?
I'm not in a guild, but I find this a fascinating concept!
prowller Dec 11th 2007 8:50AM
cool idea, but why stop with guild trades? Can we say guild drafts? Lol, if that happened my guild would get a first rounder, we need it :0)
Argent Dec 11th 2007 8:52AM
'Facepwnsta the warlock got traded for Holylightz the paladin and a rogue to be named later.'
all we really need now is fantasy league WoW pvp and we're all set...
Eric R. Dec 23rd 2007 5:55PM
Heh, oddly enough, I always thought it'd be cool if Arena Teams had the option to offer trades for people and people just couldn't just drop out of teams.
Or perhaps, you could trade teams, so you could maintain your point standings or some percentage of them as opposed to losing them if you dropped the team.
-ERP- http://ericreplied.com
Mirina Dec 11th 2007 9:17AM
I've got a good stack of 'locks I'll part with...the Hunters got trimmed down by their own natural selection, lol.
Ironically, the running joke in our guild is that we don't have other classes, we only have 'locks...(and as GM I love every one of them!)
rafe.brox Dec 11th 2007 9:22AM
As long as I receive a pro-rated portion of any bacon, chocolate, and/or alcohol obtained in trade for my admittedly-questionable services....
ross.brownfield Dec 11th 2007 9:41AM
Considering WoW is a job, that's a great idea.
Paw Dec 11th 2007 9:49AM
So we start by trading one for the other. Next thing you know each guild has an expensive ringer who whines about playing, whines about not playing, whines about salary, whines about leadership, whines about the juice he's on, whines about his denial to the press of the juice he's on, whines when he gets kicked for violating policies, whines, whines, whines, whines...just like top draft picks in real sports.
Hollywood Ron Dec 11th 2007 11:07AM
WTB Steroids/HGH, PST.
mrbill Dec 11th 2007 10:32AM
I can see it now...raiding guilds sending scouts to low level areas to look for talent...sort of a minor league system.