I prefer the calm raid leaders. Our guild's original leader was very hot headed. Nice guy an' all, and brilliant at giving out tactics, but once we started wiping, he'd get more and more volatile, and eventually would start snapping at everyone for every little thing while his fiance tried to salvage the situation. His attitude as raids progressed through Ulduar and ICC worsened, and led to many people leaving the raid in order to avoid his ire. Those people usually got ragekicked from the guild as well. Very hot headed. He was a great leader when he was calm, but he degraded into the raid leader from hell once fights slid downhill.

Our current leader is a lot better. He's calm, helpful, and always has friendly advice for any tank, healer or DPS who needs it. He might not know how to play every class, but he does his research. He stays cool when we end up wiping for the sixth time, and never has a stern word to say to anyone unless it's someone's silly fault that everyone is dying. The guild enjoys raiding with him. He's also got a very classically upper class English accent, which is hilarious to listen to on Vent, and thus, also a plus!

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