Officers Quarters
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Want to start your own guild? Here’s what to consider before you buy the charter
Between several tough raid tiers and the draw of other games — like the soon-to-be-launched WoW Classic — guilds are having a hard time of it. Some have quit raiding and some have just…
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How to know when it’s time to change your guild’s focus or disband
Several guilds I’ve known for awhile are ceasing guild raiding as Azshara’s Eternal Palace opens. I’m saddened at this. The problem is lack of raiders. I wrote about the state of raiding and the…
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Guild leaders, poaching players is never a good recruitment option
It’s tough to run a guild now. The pool of available players is dwindling. I see this in my guild as we’ve had people announce they are taking breaks that they may not return…
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Officers’ Quarters: What to do when guild members don’t want to play by the rules
As a guild leader, you’ve probably seen this. Someone joins the guild. You explain the rules and they follow them, at first. As time passes, they bend those rules and finally break them. You…
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How to motivate your guild when progress stalls
If you’ve done any kind of progression raiding, you know this point. You’ve thrown yourself against a boss repeatedly and aren’t making any headway. Consistently dying wears on people. It can destroy morale and…
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Officer’s Quarters: Finding the right officers
In my previous column, I discussed figuring out how many officers you actually need to help you run your guild. You’ve thought about this and have come up with a division of duties so…
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Officer’s Quarters: How many officers do you need?
Guild structure is a fluid thing in World of Warcraft. As a guild leader, deciding whether to go it alone or add people to help you is a decision only you can make. Answering the…
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Officer’s Quarters: Filling rosters; tips on recruitment
In the last column of Officer’s Quarters, I provided tips on dealing with someone who implies they know more about how to run your guild than you do. During the resulting discussion, poster Luke…
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Officers’ Quarters: Handling players who tell you, the guild leader, how to run your guild
Greetings. I’ll be taking over this column from Scott Andrews, whom I want to thank for the years of insight and advice. I’ve been leading a guild since late 2007 and I devoured his…
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Officers’ Quarters: When a raider quits
When longstanding members decide to depart, how do you break the news to the guild?
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