Officers' Quarters: Desperate appointments

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4-02-2012 @ 6:44PM

Lipstick said...

How do you break up with your own guild... when you're the GM?

Of late we have a clique of people whom joined together who... is just causing all sorts of problems, from making new recruits feel unwelcome, undermining my authority or constantly saying disparaging remarks about our progression {which isn't bad} our dps {which is admittedly low for a few players but we are talking to them and they -are- working on it} and otherwise constantly pulling stunts which makes it clear that they think they could do a better job {they couldn't}.

I have been trying my best to hold the group together. But all of this work and stress and trying to make everyone else happy has pretty much ruined my enjoyment of the game. It's to the point I don't want to log in, I don't want to play, and I just want to kick these people from our guild but if I do, then the group wont be able to raid -- as our sever is somewhat smallish, and recruiting off server hasn't been very successful.

I feel like if I kick these people who are causing these issues -- others will follow, but they have created a situation where I just don't want to play any more.

I have worked hard for this guild, and done so much. But I am drowding.

4-02-2012 @ 9:01PM

Galatea said...

As a fellow guild leader, I would say you're down to 2 choices -- kick the troublemakers or pass the guild on to someone else. Not logging on might make you feel better in the short term by avoiding the problems, but it probably only makes things worse, because you're just leaving that time open for troublemakers to sow the seeds of discontent and undermine your authority even more.

If you're this unhappy, it's most likely other people are too. Don't leave them hanging. Personally, I would kick the troublemakers, because it's your guild right? It might suck for a while until you can find new people, but you'll probably just lose a lot if you don't choose to kick these few.

4-02-2012 @ 9:02PM

Schwiiing said...

It just isn't worth it. Kick all the dicks, keep the people you can have a laugh with and use raid finder. WOW is supposed to be fun, and it is when you play it the way you want to. Our guild is now down to 7 people (about 50 characters) and we have a ball. Never, ever have any drama.

Raid finder is definitely not the same as a raiding guild, but a GM feeling like you don't want to log is not a healthy place to be. I know everyone is different, but I like being in a guild where I know I can cast Misdirect onto my GM's healer and everyone will laugh about it.

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