Guid Dramaz

Well, two main things happened today within the guild. The first one started early on today, before I left for work.

Like normal, I woke up with enough time to do my normal morning rituals ((show, eat, etc.)) and hop onto WoW to see what the dailies are and to get the first tricks-or-treats of the day. Well, while I was doing all that, one of the guild members whispered me and said that one of our officers was doing something strange at the Guild Vault ((GV)).

I didn't have the time to check it out, but when they mentioned who it was, I didn't bother because no one expected anything to happen from him / her.

Well, it would seem like I was wrong. After work, when I logged back on to start fishing for my Fish Feast recipes, I found that the member had stolen around 7k gold, and most of the items from the GV. One of the other officers had kicked her, and contacted a Game Master ((GM)) as soon as they could, and now we are within the wake of just figuring out what all happened and why.

The member in question never acted this way, and is quite out of character for him / her. Many of us are thinking that he / she was hacked, but there's no way to be sure on that really. We do know that the person, even after being kicked from the guild, was still on for most of they day; and there was no advancement from whispers or questions to him / her.

As for the other event, it happened while we were doing our Ulduar 10-man run. Someone who wasn't invited, but thought they were, had gotten a little mad about that. He had waited for the raid for a while only to find that he wasn't on the roster for tonight. In the end, he caused some problems with some of the other members, who eventually all left ((beyond the original person who caused this problem in the first place)). We eventually got things with him working out fine, but the people who left we weren't so lucky with.

Some of the people who left I won't shed a tear for; but some where people who contributed to the guild quite well, and I feel sorry to see them leave.

I guess that is just what happens when you have a guild like this. We've grown in size more quickly then I'd like, and it's hard to manage them all. I'd love to be able to take them all on raids each week, but I just physically can't do that.

I may have to find a way to make two or three different runs each week with two or three different members. That way, everyone gets a chance to raid some, and still get to know the members of the guild; which is what I want to eventually happen.

This will require some talking with the guild leader.