08-09-2006, 02:21 PM
My old raiding guild had just one rule: Don't be an a**hole. Although somewhat touch-in-cheek, it's a pretty good rule, I think. It covers everything, really.
Wanting to believe that some folks are just dim, I sat down to try and write a guide like you describe, only to realize that it's really impossible to teach someone how to not violate the above rule. Each time they do something completely new that makes you want to wring their throat, they honestly believe that they haven't done anything wrong. No one sees the things that make them unreasonable.
Some of them can be taught, it's true, but we're not talking about a howto type of education. We're talking you spending weeks teaching them...if they're motivated to learn. You'll just end up replacing play time with class time.
Instead, as my guild's former 'heavy' (I did the gkicking), I recommend you declare a rule like, "Think of others before yourself," or "Don't be an a**hole," and tell people that if they have any questions, they should ask because you're going to start gkicking people who break it. Then kick your worst, most incorrigible offender and tell the entire guild, "He didn't think of others first,"
Now you've laid down the law and you've given them a way to get education. Keep kicking rule breakers on a regular basis, and the rest of the guild will respect the leadership for it. And your guild already knows who needs to go; members would unanimously thank me for kicking each person from the guild.
Wanting to believe that some folks are just dim, I sat down to try and write a guide like you describe, only to realize that it's really impossible to teach someone how to not violate the above rule. Each time they do something completely new that makes you want to wring their throat, they honestly believe that they haven't done anything wrong. No one sees the things that make them unreasonable.
Some of them can be taught, it's true, but we're not talking about a howto type of education. We're talking you spending weeks teaching them...if they're motivated to learn. You'll just end up replacing play time with class time.
Instead, as my guild's former 'heavy' (I did the gkicking), I recommend you declare a rule like, "Think of others before yourself," or "Don't be an a**hole," and tell people that if they have any questions, they should ask because you're going to start gkicking people who break it. Then kick your worst, most incorrigible offender and tell the entire guild, "He didn't think of others first,"
Now you've laid down the law and you've given them a way to get education. Keep kicking rule breakers on a regular basis, and the rest of the guild will respect the leadership for it. And your guild already knows who needs to go; members would unanimously thank me for kicking each person from the guild.