On recruiting and guilds throwing the towel in.

I just read the above link, on the decision of a long-running guild to stop raiding. The raid leader who wrote the blog talks about all the reasons for burnout: constant recruiting, constant churn, no loyalty from players looking to hop up the progression ladder, little reward from the work done other than the ability to raid. And when you succeed and you have a full raid plus a bench in case of emergencies, you make the people who aren’t raiding miserable because they’re sitting instead of having the fun they thought they were signing up for.

I have experienced all of that, though on a much smaller scale. I haven’t put enough work into my guild to burn out like that yet. I take steps to make sure I don’t. Today, for instance, I will not even launch WOW if all goes well. Saturdays are my day entirely without the game. Well, not entirely: I am writing this blog entry. Recruiting and GM stress talk in the next post.