and so after the 25man loot rules has been stated out, some are satisfied and some are still confused. well thats becoz the guild is make up of different ppl from different backgrd hence there always exists different feedback/feelings.
but there are a few recent issues i need to express my own opinion.
For newbies:
recently there have been alot of new players that join our guild, probably thro the intro/recommendations of others. I must say that our guild doesnt really have much progression to attract new players , so i assume these new players join us becoz they have frens in our guild. However, the color "purple" has always been an issue for us as well as other guilds. Newbies pointing out about unfair treatment as well as a close knitted family that they cant penetrate into.
Perhaps i can share my story to the rest here. I came over to Makan from DOOM. i believe many might have doubts i will stay long in makan since doom has much progression than makan. but i was looking for someting casual and someting that a family can do together to achieve greater heights. When i came into Makan, i only knew Tinkyyo. i felt abit helpless especially when tinkky is not online in game becoz i dunno who else in makan that i can tok to.
so tinkky advise me to come down to the april bbq at beef's apartment , which is a best chance for me to know the rest and vice versa. However, it was not easy. i wasnt able to start a prolonged conversation and i also notice that there was a core grp that interact happily. I wasnt sure whether i can click/interact with them.during tuesday gathering, the conversation was yet again steaming hot in the mid section of the table . But i was sitting at a corner, not sure what to say and who to talk to.
so i started to come up with weird conclusions that perhaps the core group doesnt like me or i unable to enter into their group conversations. inside game, i will feel that everyone doesnt really wan to help me coz they rather help their own core grp of frens. My morale then was terribly low. i thought of quitting the game back then.
but i really gave a careful thought abt it. i ask myself is there anyting i can do to improve the situation. so i decided the best way to mingle into the core group is to let them slowly understand what kind of person i am. i will tried to help out in raids/instances, providing helps in mats and try to talk more in vent as well as in gathering. as time goes by, i slowly manage to feel at home, feel myself part of the big family.
so i understand now, there was INDEED a core grp.but they have nver attempt to close the door on me nor the new members. It is about how to slowly merging with the big family , interacting and understanding and finally functioning together.
so what i can tell the new members now, is that by blaming others having a core grp and causing u to feel "out" is not a good reason. The door has always been open for u and if what u have been doing at home is juz to play wow and not interacting, there will bound to be a time u will find urself distancing away from the open door.
Dun ask why officers attempted to ask u to pass ur roll to someone else, this is not favoritism. but Remember why officers attempted to bring you to raids , this is to gear u up.
dun feel disheartened/frustrated when lost a loot to a veteran and wonder why nobody stop him from rolling but Remember how excited u feel when u got ur first kara loot and the dejected guild mate whom lost the roll to u.
To veterans.
looting even affects veterans til now but maybe just some. i must said that there is no such thing as enforcing the art of passing loot. when we decided to join a raid, this means we agree to stick with the rolling system.
if today i pass my loot to u, i feel happy and the person benefited from it also happy = everyone happy. if today i wan the loot, i roll and i win, i feel happy, the person affected feel sad = rest disappointed.
now looking at the above scenario, if everyone wans to be happy, everyone all start passing loot, then we might as well DE the loot coz we will pass loot from attumen all the way to prince. if the person rolls a loot, we have to support his decision by believing that its an upgrade for him as well as his conscience is clear. Never mind even if someone wans to make use of our kind hearts and roll for every single loot, coz in the end he can top the dps chart but we will be always at prince and therefore he cant progress further w/o waiting for us to gear up.
there is also no need to whisper/complain to the raid leader about why he nver stop the roll. if every single roll needs to be reflected upon, we can spend 3 hrs at attunmen juz to solve the issue. guys and gals, there is no need to be frustrated about someone who keeps loot whoring, after all this is a virtual item , and u cant bring it to ur grave when u die. most important is we want the raid to be smooth and have fun downing bosses. There is no need for childish ideas about i wan to shift to another group coz i hate to be in the same grp with this raider etc. Put urself into the officers' shoes, an officer has to solve ur personal grievances as well as leading raid etc. Dun ruin the days of others , spare a thought for them.
for officers
if today u met with tons and tons of guild problems from the guild mates feedback, u dun run away from it. instead , u shld sit down and try to give a deep thought into it. every feedback is valuable in their own ways. being an officer is definitely not easy, not everyone is born to lead or to communicate well to his guild. but u must treat it as a learning process, there will be tons and tons of problems throw at u, u have to filter and solve the most important at hand.
when u are being appointed as an officer out of a hundred or more guildies, that proves u have what it takes to undertake the task. remember how many people are happy for u , the support they gave u when u are appointed. imagine how many ppl will be disappointed when u decide to shun away from all the responsibilities when u feel u cant overcome the problems.
if u feel stressful, we gave u helpers to lessen ur load but they are not ur replacements. With greater power comes greater responsibilities. Learning how to handle a guild will come in handy when u go out to work in the society. Man management and communication skills are all part and parcel of working life.
just for thoughts
to lesser some loads of officers, i have always been pushing forward for the idea of class leaders. they act as a mid channel for guildies to express their thoughts and views instead of hundred over guildies all refering to the poor officers
a great example is the mage class. when i juz enter makan, i got lots of complains and feedback and only one person was there to listen and giving me guidance. he was none other than Maicha. he will correct my wrong thoughts and also direct good suggestions from me to the officers. in this way, officers can get better filtering of feedback and have lesser load.
and when there is certain problem with a guildie , the class leader can always step up to handle the situation instead of everyting must be the officer.
everyone must do a part to enable this guild to progress. Not only officers but also veterans and all the way to the new members as well.
Every guild has new problems surfaced every single day but it doesnt hinder us because we are MAKAN!!
Makan has been progressing well ever since i have joined. I felt very happy coz i am part of this family that helps the guild to progress as a whole.
Joint Raid:
lately, we thank a few big guilds like Doom and Defy that help us to explore 25man dungeons. I like this idea coz a couple of our raid leaders like wtm , xavi and CT can gain valuable experience and thereafter bringing the expertise back to Makan to lead us. But lately, has it been too frequent to the extent that we need to be "on-standby" ??
I do understand the point of joint-raid of gaining exposure , and the possible challenge to reach greater heights. But this theory came into me : "richer will become richer, and poorer become poorer" . Applying this to game, our skilful players become better, our newbies become still noobie [ sorry ] .
Newbie
I am not saying that we should spoonfeed our newbies, but tell me how many times did we actually learn from pug. DPS overaggro and horrible CC in pug doesnt represent good examples to follow , which is why running with guild mates will enable the newbies to suit into our practices faster and efficient. I have been leveling hunter recently, i got a shocked when i LFG and i cant find that much tanks and healers as compared to my MAGE leveling time. Even Blitzage'alt also faced the same problem, which indicates this server has reached a "heroic-saturation" stage.
Today we ask , why the newbies not gearing up themselves, why are they playing alts and not the mains. We shldnt push the blame to them immediately, ask ourselves this question first, did we do enough to help them ? If we blame their dps, then ask ourselves did we help them to identify their problems and not eliminating them in front of 25 human beings in a joint raid. We are veterans or we hold a position is for a reason, not for us to see show or to scold people when they fail to perform.
We have been packed with dailies and heroic badges farming for future patch. Now we have to packed ourselves to fulfill the joint raid with defy. Ask ourselves again, are u guys mentally and physically still able to help the newbies?
I would be looking forward to see our new forums, how much valuable information is there in the next few weeks.
Scenario
Newbie: Hi can u help me with this normal instance? Veteran: Sorry , i cant... got to help defy Newbie wonders how come we not helping our own family members and went to help others.
Helping Defy
I do appreciate their help and i do believe we should reciprocate the help to them. But if today we have to recruit a DEFY's alt into guild for a reason of facilitating the joint-raid, i would question our recruitment requirements.
Now if they do find our makanians are skilful and helpful, they should be joining us and not the other way round. Looking at their guild numbers, they have more than enough people for 25man raid, so why they need us? A simple fact, because the rest are newbies, not geared up or not skilled resulting in more wipes. In the long run, we become their subsidiary and have to provide men wherever they need us.If one of their class is not free, we are been called up. If they are full on a particular class, makan would not even be needed to gain the so-called exposure.
Sorry to mention , i know he is a very nice guy and from a nice guild, join us for supper . So if he really like to mingle with us alot, i would see his main and himself spiritually and physically joining us and not the makan veterans joining him. I will be even sad to know if he is using us to remove his less skilful players in his large guild which i think is highly impossible.
Mages Part
Now u audience that see my post, would properly think Gillahsa is eating sour grapes. Now as a mage in makan , i have to fight for my fellow and future mages. A simple fact is DEFY has LOTS of mages, have u seen Gillahsa and Maicha needed ? So if we are talking about letting makan gaining exposure, i would love to see makan mages been given that same amount of status as their mages. If we are not needed in their exposure raid, how is my future mages able to gain exposure? Try to remember the efforts we make in attending the 4months of kara raiding and not the dps we failed to achieve each week.
Makan will never walk alone
I understand we need to help them to solve their problems, even though we are different guild tag. But Makan has problems itself to solve, why are we so eager to solve their problems. We should solve our home problems then solve something that is outside our boundaries.
Our own 25man
I have been seeing the number of 70s online , i am pleased to say our own 25man raid is feasible. Even if, in the next few months, that i went missing from WOW, i will tell myself confidently that i help Makan to gear up the newbies for our very own 25man raid.
Enough of the above venting of emotions, oops. I understand there is no big fuzz about this but if a few of Makanians do feel this way, then there is definitely a fuzz.
All i have to say is, i agreed to let our veterans have some time to go to joint-raids. Its all for the experience and exposure gaining. Veterans do need some time and chance to see newer things if not they will be stagnant . But if we forsake helping our guild in order to join them , i will reject to that. Must remember that helping can only to a certain extent, applies both to newbies and joint raid.
Lastly, i will hope everyone spent some time with Takoyaki , then u will realise WOW is just a game, take it easy [ even though he is farmer!! ]
0800am: Wake Up Brush Teeth 0830am: Breakfast Croissant 0900am: World of Warcraft Leveling My Hunter 1100am: Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Training 1345pm: Late for TWC Project Meeting 1350pm: Shocked By Team Members of A New Task For Me 1400pm: No Laptop Cant Do Any Research [ Basically Just Slack] 1500pm: Saw NYC SMS and he couldnt save me from my misery because he is still waiting for Tucky to arrive. 1545pm: NYC's call save me so I got an excuse to leave that boring meeting 1600pm: Reach Funan Mall and ate Mcdonalds for Tea break
1700pm: Walk to Challenger To view the Windows Vista ******** Nyc was trying to psycho me to buy Vista la... but i think it is not going to work la.. no money no talk lol. It actually cost 288 Sing for the home edition in Challenger, thats like so exp for me la. NYC was actually looking for the academic edition but CHallenger doesnt sell it. He was like so tempted to buy it at all cost. Me and Ha was like persuading him to go scout around the mall and see see first la..
1710pm: Walk To Kimage ******** Ha wan to cut his lovely hair at the salon Kimage however the business was like so good, the receptionist say " sorry ah , fully packed". Damn so we decided to walk off if not we will be late for our steamboat later at bugis.
1730pm: NYC bought his Vista finally~ ******** That lucky boy listen to us and found the academic edition at a level 4 shop loh .. and it COST 138 dollars.. JUst look at that big difference in price. The best part is the shopowner told Ha.. "no need show me ur student card la, both of u look like students liao.. so obvious" lol.. i was laughing at the store without realising i also have a kiddy face too ;p
1745pm: NYC won two Mcdonalds Vouchers ******** So Funan got this " Spend $$ amount and stand a chance to win in our lucky draw". I guess NYC isnt that lucky after all , considering that he won that lovely Mcdonalds Breakfast Voucher. Terms: Only Consumable at Funan Mall...diaoz... He and Ha still wanted to change their lucky pick by dipping into the golden piggy bank without the lady's knowledge lol. Thats what comedy act u get from the chopsticks sisters.. haha
1800pm: Met the rest Of the Air Force khakis at Tian Tian Steamboat ******** Great Fun at the Restaurant, But I am Tired To describe
2100pm: Talk To Ah Guan and Lau ******** Ah Guan and Lau both ask how is my relationship with that gal... nice of them to really notice what i actually put in my msn nick and care to ask abt me. But actually nothing happens in the first place, so i guess nothing will happen in the end.
2200pm: Take Bus 851 Home ******** Speak to Jinde and realise that he has been facing love problems lately. Hope that He will Tide over It. chEerz
2300pm: Bathe and Blog ******** Good Start To A blOg, But Lazy To Continue
Note: To Shichang~~ I know you wan to talk to me and ask how am I.. just like what i would ask in return. Maybe too many ppl, so no time and chance to chit chat. But I am fine, no worries and I hope u will be fine too
Woah, it seems that i haven't been posting for months = >
Quite a number of friends ask me why or wat happen to my blog, but i cant really explain though lol.
I will try to get something started here now maybe perhaps... duh -_-!!
Anyway thanks those who have been dropping by my blog even though it has been deserted by the host [ which is me ] for like decades ;p
[ Note: My blog just look as plain as you are looking at it right now, if you do not like it .. u can always feedback to me but i am not going to do anything to it. lol ]
