Guild Politics
I play a level 70 Tauren Warrior, in a small raiding guild called the Mournreavers. Great guild, brilliant people, great atmosphere, everything you want from a guild.
But, like I have seen quite a few times back when I played Guild Wars, and in the odd clan I have been in, you get round to the old Polictical slandering stage. Now this was going to be a big rant.. but I have calmed down somewhat.
I still have not worked out a way of mitigating such events, if I could, I would run the best guild around I think. As it is, I really don’t want the hassle, and I think my good mate J does a very good job at running the guild. Not soft, not harsh…but fair and doesn’t take shit.
I’m not even sure “Politics” is the right word, its more like “arse covering whinging and finger pointing”! Usually starts off with the boss (and its not usually his her its thier fault), but they have a talk, and would like to see a bit more activity. They might interrogate one or two of thier underlings to find out whats going wrong, maybe pushing something they want to happen, and this is where everyone looses sight of the fact that this is a game, and it starts getting all “Political”.
Then you get the whinging and stuff and thats where it all goes down hill… and if you aren’t careful.. everything falls apart. Especially if this is all said in game.
Whenever I get into such a situation, I call time out… i leave the game a post a message on the forums or through email… setting down how i feel, what I want etc. I also try and see if from someone elses point of view and overall, I get to read it, so I don’t say anything rash… 9/10… this calms the situation.
But just… how do you stop this? I guess you could write down a really strict policy and procedures… but you are already taking the fun out of the game with the rules… I guess this is a natural process that guilds go through and you find out who the loyal members are, from the ones that really are there for thier own benefit and not thinking of others.
…. I think the rant was better… made it hard to read with censoring turned on