As a guild that focuses on progression on our own terms, we take people from all World of Warcraft backgrounds. We look for people that want to raid, to see end game content, and seek to do so on their own terms. We try to balance real world with our love for seeing content – and it's always on OUR terms as a guild. As a casual raid guild that brings a hardcore mentality, the guild walks a fine line. We're all very human, and we all make mistakes – it's knowing or taking the initiative to fix them that make the difference. We often take ventures on new people that have never seen an end boss die – or have yet to experience the bittersweet kill of a boss that you've worked on for weeks. The mindset is everything. Are you performing? If not, are you working on it? There is a difference in guild mentality. In this guild, we do not believe in handing out "pink slips", because we want people that want to be here to raid – but raid instances have requirements – for healing, damage, and threat and let's not forget about survivability. Criticism is a hard thing to give, and even tougher to take. The approach has to be a delicate one. Old School Raiders may well be used to commands being barked out, wiping, and running back was all part of the process of conquering content. A casual raider may have never experienced this type of process: wiping on content for progression. It comes with a price. The emotional player does not fit in well to the guild that seeks progression. It can be a source of stress. It can also be frustrating for this type of player to struggle with the structure that most successful raid guilds have in place.
While this guild has policies on real life taking precedence, the raid is ensured to always continue. This means that the expectations are clear cut coming in. The tone is set during the interview. Fun is relative to how each person defines it. The goal of this guild is a focused raiding environment. This means that we have a good time at the appropriate time. Casual raiders do not always understand the importance of consistency, focus, or following instructions. As someone that's been recruiting for two guild guilds over the span of World of Warcraft, many things have changed. The most important resource in World of Warcraft is human capital and locating the right type of people to make your guild a success is challenging.
The casual raider may sit and think that spreading dissension is acceptable or ranting is ok. The problem with this is it spreads drama. If there are issues, you need to take them to the "management". If you don't like the answers, and the explanations are not valid from your viewpoint, you should ask for clarification. If it becomes obvious that you aren't a good fit, we will maintain the right to remove you. It's a guild, not a jail. Our atmosphere is solid and the people in this guild want to be here. It's not everyone's play style – and we understand that. Before you apply to any guild, you should ensure that you agree with the terms. By applying, and specifically in our process, you are agreeing to the guild's charter and expectations – and that holds true with any guild. The idea and concepts of having policies isn't to make up a bunch of things to inhibit you – the member- but to ensure that the policies apply across the board to all. It makes the policies clear and defined – and thus the expectations are set, and we are all accountable.
