Spekter

All this guild bashing has brought me to thinking. (yeah dangerous habit)

What truly makes a guild a good one?

I think all guilds start off with people who like to hunt together, friends that seek the same common goal.

But then what happens?

The guild grows, and some just want to keep it simple, others wish to go Umber.

Going Umber I would suppose take piles of rules to keep the masses in line, stop loot issues, tight screening of applicants.
(Anyone who runs an Umber guild, more enlightenment would be loved here.)

Now me, I've never cared for Umber. I prefer just friends who are there for each other and having fun. Quality over Quantity. After all the game should be more about fun and relaxing then loot which is just pixels on a screen right? It's not going to feed or clothe you in real life.

This brings up another area.

Guild Leader/Officer and having a wife/fiancee/relationship, who is also in the guild.

Now yes I've personally had problems being one of the fore mentioned. From talking to others in my position I've heard they too run into the same problems. I guess some people feel threatened that anyone might have a leader's ear over them. (shrugs) I've heard others quit a guild because of disagreements over this significant other. So any out there that stand on any of the three sides, can you tell me how you've handled this? Just curious. :\

The biggest problem I've found though is communication.
" Oh I can't talk to him/her because they will get defensive over their love."
" Can't Talk to him/her because they get defensive and irate, they don't want to listen."
These are only two I've heard. I'm sure there's many many more.
Come on people, if you go around behind other's backs whining instead, what happens? Internal strife and worse. Two sayings work here.

If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
And
If you can't speak openly, don't speak at all.

Any guild, Umber or otherwise needs to know they can trust each other, and not worry about who is sneaking around whispering in shadows.

This is not a flame post. This is one done in curiosity with the want to understand and hear from others how they've fixed such problems. Maybe help others to avoid such as well. So please toss some advice and constructive stories of experienced events here.

Thank you all.

Vaalarian

Nihou!

I prefer Burnt Sienna to Umber, but that's a opinion.

Anymore, there's enough guilds out there that you can actually pick and choose what 'flavor' you like. I say just find what works for you.


With Tolerance For Being On The Scale Of Big And Small...

Valarian

Hubbe

Umber?

Uber?

Spekter

ooppps.

Well a guild more interested in high levels of looting then just having fun, or only interested in how many people they can have in the guild.

Toothy Draghkar

I wish I was more umber. My dyes suck!

ThePerfectFlaw

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Well a guild more interested in high levels of looting then just having fun, or only interested in how many people they can have in the guild. <hr></blockquote>

Hahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahah

*breath*

ahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaah.

pielover23

In that case, SoT already won EQ!

Spekter

hecklers, what a joy.

Seems no one can answer simple questions.

Or are they that simple?:evil

Bowler

This IS the Ayonae Ro board. Did you expect anything different?

Spekter

(shrugs)

Guess some people have to find something to bring light to their boring existance. At least I can take heart in giving them that. :evil