A Fairy Tale (no, not that kind of fairy, Priestest)

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away but very much more violent, a paladin decided to re-roll a mage. This paladin had the reputation of being quite good at tanking but had leveled many toons to 80 on PVE servers and was bored and wanted a new challenge.

So, this paladin decided that rolling a clothie mage on a PVP server was what was missing in her life. Silly, silly paladin. Should have at least considered a Dranei mage for Gift of the Naahru, but no, went with a belf. Silly, silly paladin who never really liked PVP to begin with but blamed it on being Prot. Not actually on the OMG...they're trying to kil...nvm I'm dead and they're camping my corpse...wait did they leave? Let's try a rez and mount really fast...nope they didn't leave life style.

Then, low and behold! Blizzard comes out with the new and improved LFG system! Baby Mage doesn't really need to quest! (Other than the Wrathgate quest chain, because, really that was a primary reason for re-rolling Horde.) But what does Baby Mage find? She may be new at her class and working out a few rotation issues and what not and may be not so sure what to do in certain situations but OMG so many people are totally clueless! Seriously, DPS, wait the 3 seconds it takes your poor tank in greens and a sad mix of blues (which there aren't many of for tanks before 80 and are always rolled on by wanna-be DK tanks) to gain aggro! I see you...you're wearing BOA gear which tells me you have at least a nodding acquaintence with the real world of WoW...so WAIT! Wait for your healer to have mana too! (Mana is the blue bar that looks a lot like your rage and rune bars but it's totally freaking different in that WATER fixes it and it's the reason you live or die in many cases!) Let's be clear, I've aready seen the first forum posts from LFG-unsatisfied customers about crap runs...do you really want to be called out for bad - but fixable - behavior this early in your little alts career? I didn't think so.

Here was the big eye-opening, adventurous thing about rolling on a PVP server...the characters your level just want to quest and be done with it. They don't hurt you. You don't hurt them. It's the characters 12 levels below you that attack you, and ,of course, you kill them, that go for level 80 back ups to come back and haunt you. It frankly amazes me at times how many level 80s have nothing better to do than stalk a level 73 mage who just wants the damn quest drop so she can go back to Dalaran and queue up for the daily BG...and during the 2 hours it takes to do that level her enchanting and tailoring.

I seriously need to join a guild on this little Baby Mage but the one I tried a few levels ago never responded to "Hiya", "Is anyone doing ________ quest?", or "Does anyone need help with anything?" I mean not one response in days...so I /gquit and figured I was better off talking to myself. I'm much more entertaining. : )

Dear Guildies

Dear Guildies,

I started our guild to progress through end game content with talented raiders. We came a long way fairly fast and achieved successes. We have made the top tier of guilds on our server and hold a good reputation with other players.

So why, oh why, dear guildies are you showing up to raids with no flasks, no food, no reagents? How is it that some of you (and you know who you are) still repeatedly die in fires, whirlwinds, and nasty boss spawned things on the ground?

I look at the damage meters and see the numbers needed to kill the big, bad boss and yet Deathwhisper still lives...after a week and a half of wiping.

And for that matter, where are you? I said we were taking a five minute break not fifteen. If I had another one of whatever you are on I would have replaced you already but the others of your class and spec had other things to do tonight. Think! Please! There are 24 people waiting while you finish your smoke, make a sandwich, argue with your significant other or whatever it is you are doing. Have some consideration.

Here's the deal: If you want to be here and kill big, bad things then stay! Come to raids focused! Be a core raider! I will love you forever and reward you with shiny purple pixels and emoted hugs and kisses!

If you would rather use a guild as the stage for your hysteria and emo fits, hinder other's playing, whine about loot and whether or not you were there for a trash pull then go. Go now. Go quickly. Enjoy your new guild elsewhere where they might find this sort of behavior entertaining. Because this GM is over it.

World of Warcraft may be a game and it certainly is your $14.99 a month and you should do with it as you please but, and this is a huge but, collectively it is the other 24 peoples' $359.76 and we want to kill things! So, get on board or get out so I can replace you with someone who wants to be here.

For those that stay, we will continue to strive to be the best and have fun doing it! <3




Lark