I just wanted to share my accomplishment with the world, Button, a 33/28 Arms warrior, successfully topped Damage charts against Lurker, with t4/t5 geared competitors. It made me feel awesome to have cast off the stereotype shackles of my class and prove myself in such a way.
But that's not the topic of this post.
I know I've disappeared for a bit, but writer's block has had me in a rut. It's alright because I have a topic now, and it's one that's close to home for me.
Every guild has that guy, the connected guy. (Go Matticus for pointing it out) He's the guy you want in your corner whether you're getting ganked, your phat lewtz get ninjaed, or you just need to get a raid together. But on the flip side of that coin is that he is also the one person you don't want against you. Harder still is when that "connected guy" is your former guildleader, who took your guild of 5 irl friends and formed a KZ guild of 50+ members. Maybe he stepped down and took a few months off, turning the guild over to someone with more time and patience while he sorted life out.
What you do not do is tell him that he was a shoddy guildleader to start with, and that your new guildleader is better. That's asking for trouble, whether it's true or not. Simple logic and common courtesy should stop you from saying something like that to anyone.
Also, it can cause them to become determined to prove that they're better than you....if they're the competitive sort, that is.
Which I am.
I'm leaving for Naval Boot Camp on May 12th...but when I get back, if I come back to WoW, a reckoning will be had.
Talk about ungrateful. You picked the wrong person to call out.
P.S. I would have quoted Isoroku Yamamoto just to make it more dramatic, but twice in one blog is too many.
1 comments:
Hey Button,
Thank you for volunteering to serve. If you ask any vet (BRK, BBB, me) I think they'll tell you that basic training is not about physical strength; it is about mental strength and flexibility. You will be very tired; you will get yelled at; you will have some of the best memories of your life happen during basic training.
Also, I don't know what job you may be intending on pursueing but I gotta tell (from personal experience in the USMC) the the Navy CT's (cryptologic technicians) and Marine Corp 2600's have a bitching job if you can land it. requires smarts and ability to pass an investigation from the Naval Investigative Service crawling up your backside with a microscope. the payoff is a top secret security clearance with access to info you do not talk about (ever!) while supporting tactical and/or strategic objectives of force units. Anyway, a LONG way to say thanks and goodluck :-)
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