3 Proper Steps to Switching Mains

Throughout my tenure as GM, I’ve had to address a variety of challenging situations. One of the questions that GMs will undoubtedly face in their reign is the topic of switching mains. Allow me to provide a scenario. BarryManaLow is an Arcane Mage. He’s one of the main staples in the DPS lineup. Barry routinely …

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Officers: Who Watches the Watchmen?

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” I realize not many readers understand Latin. It basically translates to “Who guards the guards themselves?”. During one of my earlier years in university, we studied up a bit on Plato’s The Republic (ethics and government stuff). Who protects the people against the protectors? Plato responds by saying they have to …

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Officers and Alts and Raiding Oh My!

So very recently one of our Officers has been bringing his alt to our raids, not just farm content but our progression nights. This was obviously given the go ahead by raid leadership but it did stir up interest in a few raiders asking what was going on. As a standing rule my guild has …

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Seven Ways to Your Raid Leader’s Heart

I was having a discussion with a fellow officer last night after our raid. We had just completed ToC 25, Ony 25 and VoA 25, with relatively few speed bumps. My friend and I were talking about what makes me happy from a leadership perspective in a raid. I decided to type out the list …

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