Shining Examples

Guilds are all about the people within. People who judge a guild on it’s raid progress need to try to grasp a little reality. A well progressed guild could be a solid group of close friends who form a raid team and have the time and skill to complete content at a good pace. Equally a well progressed guild could be one guy’s ego trip to collect the top skilled players he can and drop them into a raid team knowing their individual ability will achieve the guild success to the credit of that GM.

Either of these examples or any variant between could be the case so this is why I am loathe to judge a guild only on it’s PvE progression.

Take the Dambusters for example. We have some tremendous players here and some average Joes. The one common denominator is that we are all part of the community. Whether we raid heroic content, do random battlegrounds together, focus on doing dailies as a group or just hang out and joke with each other in mumble or /gchat, the spirit of the community keeps it together.

Logging in and seeing the usual friendly faces (ok names) and possibly someone you might not have seen online lately, maybe a new member to welcome or even the sad parting when someone decides to leave. The perpetual nature of the guild at it’s foundation provides us all with a feeling of belonging. We belong to The Dambusters. Some might leave for their own reasons but they are usually welcomed back with open arms because although it is hurtful and insulting when people do leave, we do appreciate that people make their own choices and as such, should be allowed to undo the ‘mistake’ they made in leaving. I’ve met numerous relieved Dambusters who were glad to return having found out the grass is not always greener on the other side.

I wish I could single out everyone in person but for today, the name on my mind is Biggooliess!

Our own famous Biggo is now legendary around this guild. From the moment he logs in with his usual (100% sure it’s manually typed such is his way) “Good evening to all” message. That is usually answered by everyone paying attention to the chat box.

Biggo has been a mainstay in the guild ever since the day I picked him up and took him only a short distance from Ironforge to Kharanos on my X-53 rocket mount. For some reason, that moment etched into his mind about the friendly attitude of our guild and his previous wanderings in the game came to an abrupt end. He found himself a place to call home, accepting the guildies for who they are at all times.

Biggo ain’t no end game raider, he’s not a super nerdy techno junkie like most of you young whippersnappers! He just loves to level toons and be part of the conversation. Most nights he is on mumble and his classic cockney wide-boy accent is always interesting. He tells it how it is, how he sees it and never holds a grudge.

People like Biggooliess are synonymous with our social levelling guild and as a person, rather than skilful player, is a shining example to the commitment and social spirit we love in this guild.

He was dead against our realm transfer because he has so much memories, time and sentiment invested in Xavius but you know what? He accepted the guild’s ‘bigger picture’ decision, got his head down and created a new monk. Perfect opportunity for him to try a monk and he wasn’t long in blasting that dude to level 90. His skill is levelling!

To all the Dambusters, use Lee as your example of commitment, generosity and humility. Appreciate the guild you are in!

/Salute