"Well, obviously, I can't sit here and reply to everyone's posts. Yes, we knew that when we tried to build a hardcore raiding guild, that everyone was not going to make it in. Yes, we knew that was going to make us unpopular with some folks. Comes with the territory. Adriyel, I'm sorry you feel so used, but I had you removed from the guild. You are another person who's normally pretty cool to hang around with, and you're pretty funny... but your raid performance was not up to par at the time. In fact, when you were removed, I personally spoke to you and suggested that you try to reapply in 30 days if were so inclined. Members of Gravity cannot** die to cave in on gruul. Members of Gravity cannot pass the main tank on threat in an attempt to top the dps meters, but they are still required to pump out decent numbers. It's hard to make it in to a raiding guild, especially if you have no real raid experience prior to applying. The main disservice we did to you (Adriyel) is to let your application status drag on for so long. In my honest opinion you made great strides, and were on your way to becoming an excellent raid lock, but you just weren't quite there yet.
When I first started trying to raid on WoW, back in the day when Onyxia was end game content, I was lucky enough to get accepted as an applicant to a pretty renown raiding guild. I learned to raid in an established hardcore raiding guild, and learned what things work and what don't. When I came to TB, I saw that the majority of the guilds here were more relaxed, and that's great... but that's not what we're trying to do. We're trying to find a specific type of player that is only concerned with logging on to beat new content. The type of player who understands that for 4 hours a night 5 days a week, nothing else in game matters. Finding that on an rp server is difficult, and honestly, it's not inline with what the majority of people on this server want to do with their time... but it's how we operate.
Jonnz
Guild Leader of
I really don't know what to say to that; I not only laughed outloud at the e-peen stroking, along with the Barry Bonds speaking in third-person that accompanied. I do know that this is a reason why I am uncomfortable doing end-game raiding again. (JOEL, PAY ATTENTION.) Anything that becomes akin to a job in our free time tends to lose the lustre in a short amount of time. That in itself pushed me away from mini-painting when I was painting for commission. (And I believe Seanbaby wrote a very eloquent post on making a hobby into a career that echoes the sentiment in end-game raiding.)
Is there nothing in a person's life that brings them that level of satisfaction?
I rode my bike today, in another beautiful California day with a slight breeze and the hot sun. I recall many days such as this being couched over my comp waiting for raid replacements, waiting for a raid to start, or farming for raid consumables.
Fuck that.
*I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. Really. A very nasty individual.
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