[Genjiro]

The aforementioned people in my previous post would have been a very good core to build a guild around for raiding, and even though there are a lot of retarded posters here and bad players, there are some good ones too. I simply would have advertised it, had an out of guild trial period to see if the people from FoH were quality, and gone from there.

I'm not trying to shit on the guy, its a tough business leading a successful guild, I just got the "I know it all" vibe from Mistwalkers leadership when it was obvious there was no guild "charter", clear cut goals, or whatever else you want to call it. You cant lead a top guild in these games without a very defined set of goals and people willing to follow those. Occasionally you hurt peoples feelings, you might have to let people go who are good but cause too much drama, or put the guild in front of friendships, all is part of the job (and it is a job).

I'm pretty sure you could ask the leadership of any top guild out there, and its a common thread among them all. Mistwalkers wanted to be everything to everyone, which just left it with no identity. It's a noble effort to try something like that, something I would never try to make work because I already know it wont. I'm not trying to sound elitist, or arrogant or whatever, but I know firsthand what that takes and entails and if there is one thing I know it's this...

When you have good players who are good guys (MW did have several), you build the guild around them then trim the fat and go from there. Those players are diamonds in the rough in a sea of stupidity/incompetence that abound in any game. You appreciate them, treat them with respect, get to be friends and close with those people who make your guild successful, and constantly clean house of people who dont cut it. Having been an officer around some of the best guildleaders in EQ1 and now done it myself, theres definitely a right and wrong way to do things.