Comments on: What Do You Want in a Guild Leader?

By: Oyless

Oyless — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:45 +0000

I’m glad I saw this post and have taken time to read the entire post and each comment. This is really good advice for Guild Leaders. I’ve recently taken over a guild after my friends, family, and I have guild hopped for the past 2 months. Just because of “Drama” and “Elitest Idiots”. I’m a teacher and have a good understanding of dealing with many different types of people, so all the people in the guild voted me the leader. Though I’m not that knowledgable about end game raids except for Naxx. I’m slowly getting the moral up by doing some farming of heroics and raids on Naxx for our new 80’s. Scheduling mini sessions of Uld 10 and ToTC 10. Feeling out what my guildmates can do and how we work together. Pretty nervous but standing my ground and being the leader. Accepting helpful pointers anywhere I can. Helping out other classes, researching websites to read up and send them to if they ask questions (hunters I pretty much have down because of this site, but still send hunters here so they can read up themselves). Trying to be there for the guild. SO…..Thank You for posting this, Its been extremely helpful!!!!!

By: Blargh

Blargh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:35:35 +0000

HRM…well then…seeing as I’m not a part of the guild, factionor even server I can only drop what I see in my own current guild…and pro’s cons thereof….
I’d like to think that my guild has a unique system that works for us! While we DO have a main leader…who has a great ego and self-title of KING lawl…he graciously has delegated 10 spots as King’s Council…of which I am one. No one person really has any specific role or title, HOWEVER it is expected that in absence of ‘KING’ *heheh* that the King’s Council members be able to make the decisions in his leave…and to protect his secret alt identities if any of them be present during these times *eyeroll*…he’s the perfect balance of devout gamer / emotionless and final in decisions / all-for-one *muskateer* / evilly wild sense of humour / great patience even with the most obscene of moments / faithfully there to deal with anything that therest of us are confused on…I think on Garithos, we’re a rareity in regards to actively promoting our lowbies to get them up the lvl’s…yep we’ll carry someone through or ‘run’ them solo through something to get them the items to increase their potency per/lvl…I have to admit,as I seem to have unnofficially captured the role of the ‘main’ recruiter to our guild, I’m also one of the main people who likes to give a ‘freebie’ run to our lowbies. It’s how I connect with our guildies, encourage them to continue developing as a character…this doesn’t mean that we’ll carry them EVERYTIME they ask…however it’s a nice guild ‘perk’ if you will and a tactic I use to reel back in those I sense straying…we too are a casual raid guild and due to the fact that we’re mainly DPS…hunter’s and dk’s take up 1/2 of the 97 members, the rest are mish-mashed of mages, locks, and the few priests and druids who are finally getting closer to 80 so we won’t have to hire outside help…but that’s where we’re at in our guild, still growing and once our healz bump up to 80 we’ll be able to handle 25 man raids with guildies only!

…ok ok the point….seeing as you’re already a developed guild, established in your sense of what makes your guild tick…then my vote would be to pick Hrist. He’s already there, knows how it works, and is obviously the next best choice. But what about you Frost? While here you focus primarily on hunters (cause we’re the BEST class XD ), you also have a GREAT understanding of where the other classes fit in, kow the game thoroughly, and already you show signs of SOME patience somewhere…I mean you DO put up with us right? ;P

By: Fradin

Fradin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:25:32 +0000

I think a GM must take part in raiding especially in the end game situation, be able to help others , listen to peoples comments , organised, able to help others and all the other basics of a decent GM but must be able to be strong when the poo hits the fan oh and it does . We currently had our GM change and are currently doing a weekly GM rotation where each officer organises the guild and events for that week. One thing i noticed is that guild repairs can only be turned on by the GM and if hes not there for the raid it can’t be activated. The GM should be respected and look up too but should be easily approachable too as people need to say what there feeling because once it builds up it becomes a bigger drama and can cause the guild to fold or break up.

By: Axebrew

Axebrew — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:36:44 +0000

He has, Yume. He has.

By: Yume - Skullcrusher

Yume - Skullcrusher — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:06:39 +0000

Hrist would be win. Not only a great motivational speaker, but he could pull off “Many whelps! Handle it!” quite easily.

By: Kazador

Kazador — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:39:21 +0000

I strongly agree with Arthemystia. The important thing for Frost’s new Guild Leader is that he/she provides US, the WHU readers, with endless entertainment! From what I hear of Hrist, he’d definitely annihilate all competition on that front, and would probably be a damn good Guild Leader for other purposes too. Hrist ‘09!

By: Aardbeitje

Aardbeitje — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:57:05 +0000

I just became guild leader not so long ago, and I mainly want myself to be:

- Present: be there when things go wrong and right.
- Interactive: have a chat with the people I don’t know that well in the guild and make them feel part of the group.
- Nice, so that peopl can come up to me and just talk bout whats been bothering them in the guild and in real life.
- Mean: because the boys do need to be controlled from time to time ^^
- Exceptionless: If one person gets a demo or a kick or a promo and an inv that it happens to everyone, no friend-politics etc.
- Straightforward: I cant stand it when people start to dance around the point. Might come as a blow sometimes… but it saves time and eventually the message is the same.
- Get the guild together: do fun things, in game or in real just to become a group instead of a couple of people from different countries playing the same game.

Eventhough it all sounds very social, I think it is even more important then getting the best of the best raids. Cause if you don’t have a real group you can’t get far with raids anyway…

By: Mason

Mason — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:33:34 +0000

You pretty much said everything a guild leader needs to be. I’d like to add in a sense of humor. Hrist would be a great guild leader in my opinion!!

By: zwirbel

zwirbel — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:17:49 +0000

I have only played wow since March 09 and was amased how open the guild was. Myr made sure I knew the rules (greed, need, pass particular items) and helped me so much with macro and any questions I had. I would like to see the next guild leader to be:
- fair
- open
- helpful
- team player
- honest
- good communication skills
cheers

By: Arthemystia

Arthemystia — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:01:44 +0000

I think we’re approaching this wrong. Our answer shouldn’t be what we want in a guild leader. Our answer should be what we want in *Frost’s* guild leader. And the clear answer is Hrist. Having no investment in Frost’s guild whatsoever, I think all of our motivations should be toward whoever will provide the most entertainment for the WHU.

Hrist in ‘09! Sign me up for one of those buttons.