World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 13 | Page 75

World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 75

guild members will write about their

we are able to respectfully agree

potential raiders/players, we

guild (or even former guild!) that

to disagree and move forward

are recruiting potential friends.

the reason it’s worth being in is:

without animosity.”Plus that, “I

That goes a long way to keeping

like that no matter our differences

things positive in the guild and

in the real world, we can come

that is a major point of keeping

hard pressed to find their equal

together and have fun in WoW!”

a guild alive and healthy.”

anywhere.” Or that, “My guild

“They’re family. Funny, flawed,

members are my friends and I have

somewhat dysfunctional but there

known some of them long enough

and that means so much. Over

people chatting to their empty guilds

that they are like family. When

the years I’ve logged more time

“For the first time in my history

my enthusiasm for the game has

with this collection of avatar souls

of playing this game, I can log in

lagged its my friends and family

then I have with my colleagues

and reliably expect for friends of

that keeps me coming back. Even

and most of my actual family.”

mine to be online. That is how this

“The people. Period. You will be

when we disagree we keep reaching
to try to understand each others
point of view. If we can’t agree

Most important, and unlike

game was meant to be played.”
For many however, it’s that,
“I’d like to think we don’t recruit

By Ashleigh Ayn Sult

The GameOn Magazine