World of Warcraft taught me a lot about myself. One of the first things that became apparent to me was that I often end up in the position of leadership when i have no intentions to.
Keeping a 40 man raiding guild running is no simple task, it requires a guild of at least 80 or more regular players, all after the same goal, all working together, all knowing exactly what role they are suppose to fulfill, with almost military precision. Not only this, but you need guys scowering the world for resources so that the night of the big raid your guild has the proper buffs to survive the grueling battles that await you. You also need to have a good recruiting policy in order to make sure that you are getting the players that work best with your guild, so you have to look through submitted resumes of players who are interested in your guild. Because there are so many players, each with their own specific tasks, certain players need to be appointed a position of leadership for their respective class in order to make sure that each gear of the guild is working at maximum efficiency.
Many people liken running a guild to running a company.
Over my 3 years in World of Warcraft i was in a total of 2 guilds, both with the goal of raiding. The role i chose to fulfill in the game was that of a healer, other players were in charge of either keeping the enemy off of me and the casters, or dealing damage using the ability's respective to their class (bows, spells, swords... ect). I was pretty dam good at my role and i guess in both cases the guild leaders saw that and chose to promote me into a leadership position.
One of the largest realizations i came to while in my position is that problems can stem from seemingly nothing at all. Very complex problems arise from one persons greed i generally found. For example, my first raiding guild failed and disbanded thanks to, literally, one person causing an uproar due to not getting the gear he wanted but at the time did not deserve.
After the death of my first guild i ended up joining another raiding guild, and again, somehow ended up in a position of leadership. To say the least, this guild was much more successful, i found that my previous experience helped me deal with peoples problems a lot more delicately, and that staying neutral is always the best option. NEVER TAKE SIDES! It will bite you in the ass in the future, and unless you have absolutely no choice, always take the side of the leader unless they are on a power trip. These people are 20 to 30 years old generally, they have things to do, they can't always be bothered to understand other peoples problems.
I learned a lot about human nature from my time in Azeroth, and now a new world awaits in the land of Hyboria. Whether my stay will be 3 years or 2 months is still up in the air, but i do know that i will be, again, playing a healing class. I seem to find that i really enjoy being helpful, and it's really easy to meet and make friends with people when you're saving their ass. This time my buddy will be in the game with me from the start, so hopefully we will get to play together more often than we got to last time.
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