In light of a pretty huge episodenof guild drama a while back, I want to know how you all deal with it. Particularly in regards to disputes between guildies.
Leave. Guilds should be drama free.
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Straight up what Ollicron says, no questions. You’re here to enjoy yourself not have to stress about playing in a game.
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What Ollicron said, sort of. It depends on the drama though, if youre involved or not, and how its dealt with.
If youre an officer or GM I suggest privately dealing with individuals involved and talking it out, making sure guild rules are followed. If theres one individual who keeps messing up though maybe they need to go.
Speaking of guild drama… Nasty former GM or their cohort saw me on classic and decided to whisper nasty comments even though I have been out of the picture for well over a year. This is why I like to keep the forums and game separate because there are so many horrible people out there. I wish I could warn people, but I guess they will just keep piling up the ex guildies to gossip about once theyre gone.
All the people in my guild have open relationships. No need for drama.
With a bucket of popcorn
Drama is the spice that makes the game tasty
Usually sit back and enjoy it
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Just like real-life drama. Disagreements are a fact of life, and it’s inevitable that it will happen in game communities.
A lot of disagreements are the product of how people just think and interpret things differently. Sometimes someone might think they’re being harmless and funny by changing everyone’s guild notes to “____ is the best.” and meanwhile a guild officer can look at that and think it’s a form of guild sabotage and decides that it warrants a kick. The best solutions are built on mutual understanding of personal nuances like this, when both parties understand that neither is outright intending to be malicious.
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Become a PuG.
#PUGLIFE
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This is precisely why I avoided playing on a specific server that I knew they were going to be on.
Don’t let it fester.
-Tell the Guildies you’ll deal with them one on one.
-Be sure to weigh all of the facts when you make a decision.
-Tell them that whatever you decide, ultimately your ruling is final.
-Tell them once the judgment is made, the matter will be closed permanently.
-Make sure to hold all parties, officers most of all accountable to that modus operandi.
-If it deals with an Officer and a lower ranked Guildie, don’t let that officer be involved in the decision making. Conflict of interest is a thing. Consider how the lower-ranked guildie might feel. When your routinely losing the lower ranks, it’s only a matter of time before it goes up the chain.
And the most important rule:
-Never let guild members play other guild members against each-other.
Crush that as soon as you see it.
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Have my own personal alt guild.
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Also I don’t even know how you get into guild drama unless you have a maniac that plays the same class as you
This game has been so geared to prevent negative behaviour it sucks for the players that can function in a team environment
I know the easy route is to leave, but some have a connection with people they’ve meet over the course of time and are in the same guild. I would recommend a few things:
a. Try to avoid the drama if you can. If people from the guild are DMing you about things and you’re not an officer or the guildmaster, tell them respectfully that you simply do not have the ability to address there issues and that you would feel more comfortable with them addressing these issues to the appropriate people.
b. While going against what I first started to say above, I would take a leave. Sometimes it is better to leave then to keep dealing with the drama. While I understand others will be different than me on this, I prefer to be a solo player, friendly and helpful; for sure, but solo. This way I owe nobody nothing, they owe me nothing and I walk away or do what I want, when I want. I also have a solo guild I stay in, I do not need to be in a guild with others, 98% of the time it will always lead to drama of some sort, not drama with me per say, but your typical drama in guilds. And to be frank, virtual friends are nice, but how many will I actually meet in real life and actually make a true friend? 0.0001%, so why bother dealing with other peoples drama?
When they start coming to you, ask if this will be credit or debit, your time is worth something.
Say no to PuG life.
Ya gotta get out of that PuG life, friend. It’s just dragging you down.
If you have big dreams, don’t let PuG life get in your way. Choose your own path, don’t let your path change because of PuG life . Once you fall into the hole that is PuG life , its very hard to escape . Don’t put yourself in a place where you become dependent and feel trapped by PuG life .
Yep best thing i ever did Thank you Cata!
Well since I don’t have multiple personalities and everyone in my guild is me…
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I generally watch from afar until it gets way too dicey. At that point I leave because I don’t want to go down with the sinking ship.
Without specifics it would be hard to say how i would deal with it.
Okay OP I’m going to give it to you straight and give you some solid what you can do about it other than “every guild should be drama free just leave”
This is horrible advice and don’t listen to it - ever.
As much as people hate to admit it WoW is a mini real world simulator and a guild, a raiding guild more so functions almost the same as a work place.
First of all be smart about what’s going to happen. If it’s a stupid drama that isn’t going to amount to a whole lot sit back and enjoy the spice.
If it looks like it’s going to have ramifications on yourself or a guildy you pretty much have to be adult as possible, it’s not worth getting into drama on WoW, so you take the high road and say you think this is complete nonsense of advice your guildy to do the same
Also look out for trouble makers. “I left that guild because it was too toxic” “I had to quit because the GM was crazy and had an issue with me” “people were bullying me in guild so I left”
I’ve heard this before, a lot of times - usually comes out the mouth of a trouble maker.
I used to warm my guild upper management when I thought someone was going to be trouble because the pattern is so obvious.
Now the only real problem that you should ever face is when you’ve got upper management of the guild that’s power tripping or they’ve got their partner playing with them - or any couples in guilds that get to involved with it can cause problems.
Feel free to explain this situation better to us so we can help you with how it should play out
If you don’t fee comfortable doing that, let me know I’ll message you in game and give you some help