Stay Classy

Over the years, guild members come and go and while a MMORPG will always have a big turnover in players which inevitably affect guild rosters constantly, we must remember that old friends of the guild are still our friends even tho they might have moved onto a different way of playing the game or even to a different game altogether.

Each year this guild holds a big gathering where the first part involves a march in memory of the ex-Dambusters and no matter the circumstances of our former guildies departure, we will remember them. Some could be old friends who we had a fall-out with and left behind but they were and still could be friends of the guild and that annual moment is for us to think of the times we had that we enjoyed with them. That march is poignant for many reasons including the possibility that former Dambusters could be gone only because something serious cut short their stay with us.

Whatever reasons you have for remembering the old days with your old friends here, it must be remembered that it’s not easy to keep such a community buzzing 365 days a year with the same attitudes and mentality but what we can do is try!

We can keep the same policies about who we invite, who we promote and encourage and also whom we must discourage and potentially remove so that we maintain the best environment we can keep. People who are no longer with us could be so for reasons outwith their control and we need to let them know we still think of them and consider them friends of the guild no matter what happened.

If someone totally burns their bridges then of course they won’t be returning but that doesn’t mean they’re a bad person and we must try to stay classy if we meet former guildies around the server etc.

Remember, they could have been a valued friend and left for tertiary reasons like being removed for a one-off period of inactivity then simply met another friend and joined their guild. They could be immensely proud at meeting one of you guys around town and bring fond old memories flooding back, the dude could be hankering for a return! It’s happened, it will happen again so in the meantime what I’m asking is that just because you meet an old member, treat them with the welcoming respect that you would any new Dambuster because if they don’t notice or even care, someone else nearby just might. That’s the type of ambassadors I want running with this guild. Keep up the good work and let your community know who we are and what we stand for 🙂

/Salute