Here's some words of wisdom from Bolty that I have shamelessly stolen from another thread, talking about raiding attendance, etc, on Stormrage, but I think it applies to the raid leaders for MD.
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Also, the raid leaders are having to deal with too much bull-you-know-what. And without solid leadership, no raid will ever succeed. You look at every hardcore raid guild and there's a strong leader who ties the whole thing together, and is able to do so via a solid support staff that helps to deflect some of the bull-you-know-what. Take it from someone who used to try to run this website all by himself and burned out so hard that he closed it for just about a year. You have to put up with people criticizing all of your actions, insulting you, and basically trying to tear down everything you build because, as is true of all things, it's far easier to criticize than to contribute. I see that happening with the raid group, just based on things I've heard, and I'm not even participating...
-Bolty
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The core group is going to have to deal with this exact problem. Me, Frizz, Monkee, Cyr, Zia, Kerana, the people who run the raids, and are on the raids almost every night. We have to stick together to make future big raids work. If I forgot someone obvious, shoot me.
We need to take a good look at Bainer's bunch.
--Kesh
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Also, the raid leaders are having to deal with too much bull-you-know-what. And without solid leadership, no raid will ever succeed. You look at every hardcore raid guild and there's a strong leader who ties the whole thing together, and is able to do so via a solid support staff that helps to deflect some of the bull-you-know-what. Take it from someone who used to try to run this website all by himself and burned out so hard that he closed it for just about a year. You have to put up with people criticizing all of your actions, insulting you, and basically trying to tear down everything you build because, as is true of all things, it's far easier to criticize than to contribute. I see that happening with the raid group, just based on things I've heard, and I'm not even participating...
-Bolty
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The core group is going to have to deal with this exact problem. Me, Frizz, Monkee, Cyr, Zia, Kerana, the people who run the raids, and are on the raids almost every night. We have to stick together to make future big raids work. If I forgot someone obvious, shoot me.
We need to take a good look at Bainer's bunch.
--Kesh
--Mav