Here is the latest email from Mystique and my reply. You will notice that it refers to a website I created today which I hope will facilitate improved communications and signup for raids. edit: You will not be able to see the calendar for the upcoming raid unless you join and are logged in. Lostlurkers
Quote:Hello again.
1. _A joint site_
having a joint site will facilitate
There are currently a few options that I am aware of.
a) http://www.thepumpkinking.com/
This is not a guild site. It is a site created by a member of the Lurker Lounge. It has the advantage of being a neutral site where anybody from our respective guilds does not have to feel like they are "joining" the other guild. The well-designed forums already exist. The disadvantage of thepumpkinking.com is that the site itself has nothing whatsoever to do with WoW, and also some people may not care for the theme and appearance of the site.
B) http://www.lurkerlounge.com/
This is also not a guild site, although it hosts forums which are used by members of the site who have formed guilds. As you know we currently utilize the site for our guild. The advantages of lurkerlounge.com are that it is a well established stable site with threads and articles of interest. The disadvantage is that in order to post on the lounge you have to become a member i.e. a lurker. We do not wish anybody from the Lost Souls to feel uncomfortable about having to become lurkers in order to form an alliance with us. Perhaps this is actually not a concern on your part in which case you are most welcome to join us there.
c) http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?Guil...06&TabID=594274
In the middle of typing this e-mail, I decided to set up a guild test site at guildportal.com. I am very pleased with the way it looks. We can either share the site I set up, or better yet--you can create your own site and our guilds can form an alliance and share calendar events and forums. It is easy to set up and has a lot of nice features. I actually did this site on the spur of the moment and you are the 1st to know about it. I will let my fellow guildmates know about it--they will hang me if I don't, but please don't publicize the site until we are in full agreement over whether we'll use it and how.
2. _Zul'Gurub Raid Guidelines_
Please take the time to read the post I created on the site entitled Zul'Gurub Raid Guidelines at:
http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?Guil...TopicID=2061515
If there is anything you wish to modify or add, please let me know. It should not be considered to be a finalized document, but rather a starting point. I think it incorporates everything we have discussed thus far plus some.
3. _Suggestions for improvement of the Raid Management_.
In our UBRS raid Mogoraindyn learned that she couldn't heal and be raid leader at the same time.
In our ZG raid Durambar bit off more than he could chew by calling the pulls, leading the raid, doing the guild rolls, and explaining all the encounters.
We therefore suggest that 1 person lead the raid: create the parties, run ready checks, handle CTRA announcements, etc. while another person calls the pulls and strategies.
We need to find a balance between nobody having assigned crowd control targets and having crowd control assignments take too long.
4. 2/24
At this point we have 4 Lurkers signed up for 2/24; I am sure we'll have more. I am predicting 8-10; we shall see.
Stay in touch.
Rogoll AKA Alex
Lenard Schmidt wrote:
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> Hi, thanks for the feedback, we're liking you guys too, as to your questions,
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> 1 cool we'd be up for that
> 2 if you can get a joint site that would be great, i've been trying to get something going myself, but what i don't know about web design could fill books....lots of books
> 3. any tips or help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
> 4 will do what i can to get 10 + standbys
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> John
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al" <jlex1374@earthlink.net>
> To: "Lenard Schmidt" <lenardschmidt@optusnet.com.au>; "Olan" <djggsg@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:02 AM
> Subject: Raiding with you guys
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>> Hi,
>> I'll send you a longer more detailed email later; my time is limited atm.
>> 1. We like you guys and would like to do a weekly raid with you.
>> 2. I am learning that this takes a lot of coordination, time and effort. I think it would help if we had a forum where all our members could go and read up on particulars. I'd be happy to use your website when you get one, or you can use ours or we can use a neutral forum. Thepumpkinking.com has been offered to us as a neutral site for joint posting of our guilds if you like.
>> 3. There are ways in which we can improve our efficiency and effectiveness in large raids in ZG--more on that in a later email.
>> 4. On 2/24 we will not have our main priest, Necrali. If you can bring 2 priests we can still do ZG, otherwise we might need to go elsewhere.
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>> Rogoll AKA Alex
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