Interactions within WoW

As you know, we pride ourselves on being part of a friendly, grown up guild that putters along quite nicely without all that messy "drama" that can often infest any environment with a bunch of people.

In order to keep things like this, it basically involves being aware of any problems and dealing with them BEFORE they become anything bigger.  Part of this process involves you guys .. you are our eyes and ears and, if you notice something going on that doesn't seem right it is better to have done something about it and it turning out to be nothing, than to do nothing and it turns into some horrible drama monster!

I know we have a lot of stuff written down in our "Rules" section .. most of it is there because, at some point or another in the past, it wasn't there and it was assumed to be obvious .. until it turned out it wasn't.  However, we can't write down every individual thing that most of us would take for granted just in case someone else doesn't, or we'd never get to the end of it.

You know how the guild works, you know what sort of environment you want to be in and, hopefully, we are that environment ... and most of you have been with us long enough to know what is and what is not acceptable.  Part of that is simply being friendly.  If you are having a bad day, try not to take it out on guild members .. be aware of your own actions and if you feel you perhaps went too far, make sure to acknowledge and apologise for it.  We're all human, we all make mistakes .. and we encourage people to own up.  If they don't, then we'll just blame a rogue.  Or a hunter. 

Also understand that everyone plays WoW differently, but it is their leisure time .. if you have questions or wish to discuss something generally, it is better to put it out on guild chat than to whisper someone privately.  That can distract from something they may be in the middle of (raiding, BG's, a complicated quest, etc) and can eat up their limited time set aside to play.  Obviously on some occasions it is better to have a conversation in private .. but be aware that, if they are in the middle of something (or are /afk) then you may not get a response straight away, if at all.

On the flip side of that, if you are receiving private messages from a guild member (via whisper, real ID, Battlenet or any other medium) that are unwelcome, inopportune, inappropriate, persistent or just plain annoying, the best course of action initially is to encourage the sender to keep chat to guild chat.  If that does not work, please let myself or one of the officers know.  If they are not a guild member .. ask them to desist or they will be reported and, if they don't, report to Blizzard and /ignore.

Above all, keep it light, keep it fun and enjoy

Did something prompt this? Because it's a rather long winded way of saying remember you have manners

Yes.  And I know.

It wasn't me was it? I know I can put my foot in it sometimes. If it wasn't then I'll but out ☺️

Don't worry Lee. It could not have been you. No one takes you seriously, apart from your uber-pala healing .

 haha .. not that I've aware of .. but I wanted to make sure people knew that they could let us know if there was anything that was making them feel uncomfortable.  I'm not asking people to report everyone who tells a bad joke (let's face it, we've all done that!) .. I'm thinking more along the lines of consistent, persistent unwelcome behaviour.

I think sometimes if one person thinks something isn't right, they're wary of saying anything in case they're viewed as causing trouble .. but that's not the case at all.  If something seemed a bit off, but it was a "one off", that's fine, but if lots of people are having the same problem, then it needs dealing with.  And we can only do that if we know about it.

At the end of the day it boils down to, as you said, "remembering your manners", but also, if you're on the receiving end of something that doesn't sit right, it's better to say something than to ignore it.  You may not be the only one having problems (not you personally, Lee .. just generally ) and, if that's the case, we can keep an eye on things and perhaps do something about it.

Maybe, but that makes it sound a wee bit as though people would like to speak up but feel they can't, which I don't feel is the case in this guild - neither with the members nor the Powers that Be. It could very well be they're simply not aware of something 'not being right' until it's pointed out to them, or they hear of someone else experiencing the same thing and realise it's a bit larger than just them. :)

Very true .. or at least I hope so