The Ultimate Leader? LOL

I was recently accused of considering myself to be ‘The Ultimate leader’ which was a strange accusation to level at the guild leader.  I’m unsure whether to actually take that as a compliment or as an insult, insinuating that I may not be ‘the good leader I think I am’.

Let me take a moment to very briefly describe guild administration setup.  It is very possible and proven by many top WoW guilds to have a democratic board of officers appointed to make decisions on behalf of the guild at large. However the traditional style of guild management is to have a single guildmaster who may decide who will be the officers to help him/her fulfil his/her vision for what the guild should be.  This is still fundamentally a dictatorship since the ‘officers’ are decided by the guildmaster and is the most commonly found governance in the World of Warcraft today.

The word ‘dictatorship’ sounds harsh because of the modern era’s multitude of terrible dictatorship examples but a guildmaster need not be such a tyrant.  Some community leaders are considered heroes simply because they have proven to have the community’s best interests at heart.  Actually being a guild leader feels like a job and often results in me providing the role of servant to a great extent.  It takes a lot of thought and consideration aswell as time and effort.  Each move and decision can be felt by dozens if not hundreds of people around the guild so the guild leader can often become a target for questions and close scrutiny.  I feel the pressure from the Dambusters on a daily basis but it’s something I really enjoy and I can very well handle.  To be a decent guild leader, you must be approachable to the masses.  This results in a lot of my time being taken up replying to our members’ questions and needs.  This is something I also enjoy doing, and it’s just aswell because it forms a large part of my daily play.

People who hunt down their guild leader with accusations of failure in the role should consider the bigger picture.  There are a lot more people around the community than just yourself who may partially agree with any dissatisfaction you may have, but ultimately they may have more support for the leadership than they are telling you.  If you have a genuine concern then I will gladly listen to it and hope we can fix the problem you are experiencing together, as friends with the same goals 🙂

However, if you misinterpret your ability to command a lot of respect among the guild members and decide to embark upon a campaign against the guild leader because I will not adjust the guild to your liking then you risk alienating yourself and there will only be one loser in such a situation I’m afraid. 

People who want to control the guild ring serious alarm bells because it appears they feel they know better than the current leadership and therefore they threaten the vision of the guild leader.  The guild was formed almost 3 years ago and the vision I had for the guild back then has been far exceeded since those days but my expectations have modified as we have grown.  I have learned all I know (still such a noob) while being the GL of the Dambusters so being GL here is the only way I know how to play.  You can imagine any threat to that way of playing results in staunch defence on my part.

It has also been alleged (probably in the heat of the moment) that the guild is dying.  This can not be further from the truth.  The current state of the guild is as healthy as ever and the reason for our thriving vibrancy is pure and simply stability of management.  Your guild leader logs on just about every day and often plays for hours on end, if you check the guild TOTAL activity then you will find that Bigticket has surpassed the previous top active players and that tells it’s own story about who knows this guild best.

Come with me and enjoy the stability, fairness and fun of being a Dambuster.

/salute