tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post2486752362514691651..comments2024-03-26T09:53:50.263-06:00Comments on Eight Years in Azeroth: 3.45. Decisions, DecisionsShawn Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05110605868875966328noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-57700386551374252014-01-13T08:57:42.697-07:002014-01-13T08:57:42.697-07:00OH
MY GOD
Fred dying to Icehowl
HOW DID I FORGET...OH<br />MY GOD<br /><br />Fred dying to Icehowl<br /><br />HOW DID I FORGET THISMangetsunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-31091581853318713832013-12-19T07:12:21.705-07:002013-12-19T07:12:21.705-07:00@Goldy: Agreed. I'm excited for when the blog ...@Goldy: Agreed. I'm excited for when the blog gets to the time frame when I stopped playing. I made a comment to Shawn as well; it is great to see "behind the curtain" so to speak and get his personal perspective on the events that took place.<br /><br />I love to read about the contrast of what I thought happened/should happen, what he thought happened/should happen and what actually took place from accounts of other guild members.Dalansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-5165866576259463452013-12-18T23:32:57.883-07:002013-12-18T23:32:57.883-07:00Good grief this blog makes me miss all you guys. ...Good grief this blog makes me miss all you guys. <br /><br />@Cheese, exemplary competence is necessary to command respect. Compassion and empathy are necessary to garner loyalty or even love. You can do the job with just competence, but if you're going to build a long-term relationship with followers who will eventually do ANYTHING you ask without question, you have to be approachable and caring. Jungard is right. <br /><br />You also have to look at the motivation of raiders. The first type of leader (competent but not compassionate) gets the job done, and everyone logs off after successful raids, their own individual goals accomplished. A raider leader that is not only competent but also has compassion and empathy can inspire raiders not only to work hard so their own goals are accomplished, but inspires them to work hard for him as well as one another. Folks who love their leadership will improve themselves not only just to benefit themselves, but also the team as a whole.<br /><br />Nice work on the blog lately, Shawn. The last couple months of posts are backfilling what I missed when I suspended my account for about a year.Goldenrodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-68634321865097264832013-12-17T21:08:45.516-07:002013-12-17T21:08:45.516-07:00@Ryley
Stop whining and kite.
@Fred
Fred still ...@Ryley<br /><br />Stop whining and kite.<br /><br />@Fred<br /><br />Fred still sucks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13547172117866304859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-52790599480738256912013-12-17T21:00:01.926-07:002013-12-17T21:00:01.926-07:00@Aekero,
Thanks for great feedback! I always felt...@Aekero,<br /><br />Thanks for great feedback! I always felt like we lived in KT's shadow, as KT was the only other option of Mountain Standard Time servers on launch day (Boulderfist came shortly thereafter). I remember struggling to get the guys together to try to decide what server we'd roll on and KT was struggling to stay up on launch day. Then (I believe it was Gutrippa) we got someone successfully created on Deathwing-US and the rest is history.<br /><br />I would've loved to have gone further in Naxx40 and AQ40 as well, some of those fights would've been insane. But! We did ok for ourselves under the circumstances.<br /><br />Regarding keeping things together well into Cataclysm: that is a story yet to come...Shawn Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110605868875966328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-87612397760333855872013-12-17T17:17:43.189-07:002013-12-17T17:17:43.189-07:00Love this blog, although I will admit my interest ...Love this blog, although I will admit my interest was mostly in vanilla raiding. Having had extremely similar experiences, I absolutely loved the narrative going from piecing together members, to that first horrible mc pull, to eventually becoming a well oiled machine. My nostalgia also lies in the relationships I had with fellow guildies, which, sad to say I never kept up after I left. I could go on and about my thoughts, but instead I'll just say, thanks. Sometimes it's just good to talk (or read) old shop. I'm ridiculously impressed you kept a raiding guild going through most of Cat, I came from one of the historically best raiding servers (KT) and I don't think there's a guild out there who can say the same. I only wish you had progressed further in vanilla, would have loved to have read more!Aekeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-50645548506089502952013-12-16T22:56:44.380-07:002013-12-16T22:56:44.380-07:00Everyone's all "Mimi's not so bad&quo...Everyone's all "Mimi's not so bad" Because no one was every looking at the poor tree (read: flammable) running around, arms flailing, trying to kite all that damn fire away from the raid and heal at the same time. <br /><br />Both that fight and Twin Valks were total hell for me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13028903486941228190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-56657240348028677222013-12-13T11:05:27.680-07:002013-12-13T11:05:27.680-07:00@Kali,
Thanks for the feedback! It's nice to ...@Kali,<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback! It's nice to hear that some of our lessons translate into the real world -- I have also found it to be true more and more as my work responsibilities shifted into roles of team management.Shawn Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110605868875966328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-2243895243477294762013-12-13T00:16:11.141-07:002013-12-13T00:16:11.141-07:00Fred, I know you're in fantasy talk because yo...Fred, I know you're in fantasy talk because you wouldn't have actually dodged Icehowl! Heyooo.Jungardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-48479820098630057432013-12-12T14:57:58.412-07:002013-12-12T14:57:58.412-07:00Quit fooling yourself Chris. You were only as goo...Quit fooling yourself Chris. You were only as good as I would let you be. I still hold hose puppet strings dammit. /dodgesicehowl /wutnowbitchFrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-65843918076021372952013-12-12T13:23:01.152-07:002013-12-12T13:23:01.152-07:00I'd like to thank you for this weekly blog Sha...I'd like to thank you for this weekly blog Shawn. I've been following it for a few months now, and have carefully read through all the archives as I went. I've been an officer in an RP guild for about a year now, and have found the lessons that are learned and shared here to be incredibly valuable to my job. The insights here have helped me to perform better, and I sincerely think this is the greatest tool I've ever found to being not just an officer of a guild, but a leader in general.<br /><br />So once again, thank you for writing this, and I look forward to many more entries to come.Kalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-22775023550152540242013-12-12T13:19:59.016-07:002013-12-12T13:19:59.016-07:00For the type of guild we were, having those traits...For the type of guild we were, having those traits and investing in the long-term with people had a tendency to inspire better results, strictly because we had far more players on the casual side of the spectrum than the hardcore side.<br /><br />It was interesting to try to strike that balance between being a guild that kills shit on a short schedule because of good productivity, and being one that would give people more of a chance than a hardcore guild would. I can remember frustration with some of those players but our Elites didn't really grow on trees, unfortunately.<br /><br />I actually learned a great deal from those times. As I find myself in a melee leadership position once again, I've changed to take a very analytical approach to keeping my team accountable to their mistakes, but at the same time kept a very approachable demeanor with those nice-guy traits I was always stuck with. I finally started applying some of the lessons taught by my no-bullshit raid leaders of the past.<br /><br />In my DoD time, I think a lack of that was my major weak point but it's interesting to see the difference in how I manage players today after reflecting on those times.Jungardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-61700035354907188942013-12-12T10:33:55.062-07:002013-12-12T10:33:55.062-07:00@Cheeseus,
I said "leader", not "r...@Cheeseus,<br /><br />I said "leader", not "raid leader".<br /><br />:PShawn Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110605868875966328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556575758010903163.post-15026630479497552112013-12-12T10:18:44.240-07:002013-12-12T10:18:44.240-07:00"A leader can speak honestly about players, a..."A leader can speak honestly about players, and know if they are doing well or languishing. They show compassion and empathy towards their fellow teammates. "<br /><br />They don't need compassion or empathy, they need to stand in fire less.<br /><br />http://www.darklegacycomics.com/418.html<br /><br />As the all knowing kitty shows, you just need to be able to critically evaluate others skills, or lack there of :)Cheeseusnoreply@blogger.com