Quitters Never Win

I'm beginning to feel like the only words I'm saying lately are, "I quit!". First it my Auction House addiction, then it was Guild Master, and now it's been uttered to my raid leader.

Or should that be the other way around?

You may have seen my Healer Aggro rant and figured that it was coming. You're right, but only partly. I still enjoy raiding, and it would be unfair -- and rather stupid -- for me to lay the blame at the healers' feet when it's not just them. Everyone has been swept up in this lethargy, this, "I've got Destroyer's End, progression is done." attitude that has a really bad effect on performance.

I think even the raid leaders are succumbing to it. On Wednesday I received a few tells wanting to know what the go was with raid because there was no event on the calender. Inner rage aside that people are still coming to me with these types of questions; I thought to myself that it was a very good question which could be asked about the groups direction as a whole.

After a chat with the raid leader about my hiatus from the team and the reasons for it, this beauty popped up on the forums.

Starting next week it will be H Morchokk then on to H Yoshaj and we will stay there until he is dead. when we kill him we will do Normal Zonozz and hagar for now, then on to Heroic Ultraxion.
If you find as a raid 1 member you don't want to do Heroics or dont have the time or patience then pls let the raid leader know so that you can be replaced.

Music to my ears! I totally have the time and patience to defeat some heroic mode bosses. I just sincerely hope that others feel the same, and that attitude and performance issues will finally be addressed. Hopefully it will be enough to re-kindle my love for raiding Dragon Soul.

Saying Goodbye to Guild Master

Yesterday I did something that caught everyone -- myself included -- by surprise. I stepped down as Guild Master of Concur. We're just shy of our second anniversary on Blackrock, and we had a solid run on Runetotem before that. So, for over three years I've been nurturing and growing what started as a group of seven mates who just wanted to raid together.

When I handed over the reigns, Concur had over 300 members, two 10 man raid teams that have cleared Dragon Soul, a weekend team that hangs out in the Firelands, and a bank at gold cap. When I told my raid leader and good friend of my decision, he completely understood; "You're basically the CEO.", he told me. Oh, don't I know it! The people managememt skills that I learned during my time as GM are phenomenal. It's a shame I can't list it on my resume! But, like all CEO's, even GM's need a break sometimes.

In the week leading up to my resignation, I had yelled at a lot of people -- friends that I love playing with. I am not a yeller; I don't want to be a snarky bitch to people I care about. Sometimes it's incredibly easy to forget that those little avatars shooting fireballs at dragons are being controlled by real people -- people who I've shared many beers and memories with back when we lived in Western Australia! During 'The Big Discussion'that my husband and I had yesterday, he apologised for dismissing World of Warcraft as a legitimate hobby.

For so long he's been harping at me that I should start a "real" hobby like Warhammer 40k so I can experience the, quote, "Thrill of playing in a Tournament against people you like and people you hate, all while knowing you may never meet them again.". I have experienced it, dear Husband. It's called Dungeon Finder. The only difference between World of Warcraft and Warhammer is that pants are optional! In the end, he convinced me that I didn't need to quit entirely like I was planning to. I'm happy he did. Even after all these years, I still do love the game and I don't want to lose this unique way of hanging out with my friends from back home.

I had my first raid last night without the stress and distractions that come with access to Officer Chat. You have no idea how many times I went to type "/o Why don't we try this?"! No, Neri, that's not your job anymore. It's definitely going to take time for for me to realise that some things are no longer my concern, and for everyone to realise that I'm not the go-to gal anymore. Last night the raid leader defaulted to giving me Master Looter, raiders whispered me letting me know they would be late, and I was asked what to do about the last spot that needed filling. Still, not seeing that dark green text and juggling guildie requests all whilst trying to keep the green bars full was lovely.

With all my new-found free time on my hands I might actually research my class! Work on my alts! Put together some more horrendous Transmog outfits! Sadly for you guys, it also means I have more time on my hands to write about all the shit I do in-game and out. It's going to be great to write things for myself and not for the eyes of an exclusive few in the Officer Forums. Let's see how long it lasts before I get drawn back into the gritty world of leading guilds...