The Pubbie Point of View

[Darian]

It's fun to laugh at pubbies, but I've also had reverse experiences, where I've grouped up with some incredibly talented people who blew my mind away with tricks and tactics I'd never seen before.[right][snapback]87347[/snapback][/right]

So have I -- but not randomly. I've had great experiences getting into groups with people I don't know, but who are known to me by reputation, but I can't say the same about random pubbies.

Well, it's just that I kept partying with a particular subset of Basin folks and when some people made some horrific mistakes, it was like everyone was too afraid to hurt anyone's feelings to say anything about it.  I actually started liking pubbie groups for a while, because I knew I could bark at people when they screwed up and sometimes those people would listen and the group would get better.

I dunno, I've found that if you do it the right way, or if you're otherwise a jolly, fun-loving scamp, people who are actually going to learn anything will take getting barked at pretty well. I am not the world's friendliest person when we're in MC and people aren't on the ball, but after 15 separate nights there I haven't had word filter back to me that I was hurting anyone's feelings.

Not wanting to snap at people you know and are friends with isn't a bad thing, but sometimes doing it is more of a kindness than not doing it.

On the other hand, having said that, there's probably a difference between being One of Five and being the raid leader, too, so maybe my point's not entirely applicable. However, having spent the time to type it, I'll go ahead and post. ;)