Comments on: Tricks to a Successful Trial

By: Borsk

Borsk — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:35:51 +0000

Complaining about loot is the #1 raiding felony. It cannot be undone.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:18:00 +0000

One of these days Brade and I will have to travel to Quebec and have you cook for us!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:16:08 +0000

“The Talk” sucks regardless of who it is with. It is, however, a necessary evil. I didn’t really talk about it here, but it might work for a future post Of course, everyone will have different ways in which to deal with difficult situations, but a little insight is never a bad thing!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:13:58 +0000

I really do think that it’s important the you fit into the guild’s culture. You don’t have to like or get along with everyone, because let’s be fair, when you get 30+ people together not everyone is going to like everyone else, but you need to at least be able to respect and work cooperatively with them

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:11:59 +0000

I 100% agree that the trial is a two way street In fact, when we go over how our trial period works with recruits one of the things we tell them is that it’s not only a chance for us to evaluate them, but for them to evaluate if we are a good fit for their gaming needs. I think both things are extremely important to the success of finding a good guild to call home.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:10:07 +0000

It’s just a fancy way of saying “be early”

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:58:32 +0000

If you are on time, you are late!

Wait, what?

By: Noches

Noches — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:40:48 +0000

I couldn’t have said it better for personality fit. Sometimes teams are looking for players who can also really click with the rest of the team. You know, that fun loving player who doesn’t cause drama, generally gets along with everyone and is a good raider. Everyone likes the new kid on the block, he’ll be raiding with them sooner than someone whose personality who doesn’t fit with the rest of the team.

First time impressions are important too, as you have said, this is not the time to be shy either. Assertive and confident people make friends quicker, say hello to someone in gchat when you log in, make general conversations and try to feel out where you could fit in. Most raiding guilds I’ve been in will hold meetings on what to do with you, and your personality will definitely be a big plus amongst the officers.

Great article!

By: Deppi

Deppi — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:22:26 +0000

Also remember it’s not just the guild checking out if the trial fits, but the trial is also checking YOU out. My experience is mostly at the other end – how to politely tell a GM who has just offered you a permanent raid spot after a trial period that you really didn’t enjoy the trial and you won’t be staying, but thank-you very much for the opportunity. If the GM will let it go at that, it’s all good and friendly. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. They want to know WHY in detail (which is sometimes tough if it was one or two people being asshats and you don’t want to name names) and then they start making promises about how things can change and the conversation gets very difficult and uncomfortable and yuk. There’s a fine line between providing useful feedback and making trouble.

Good to know that there is still active recruiting and trialing going on somewhere. My server is frankly, dieing. There aren’t any recruits to be had, and people just log off one day and don’t come back. There are hardly any pug runs going. I don’t think there aren’t any 25 man casual raiding guilds left, Alliance side. I would guess there is a point that we get amalgamated with one of the other Oceanic pve servers, It’s all a bit sad.

By: Blixa

Blixa — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:10:32 +0000

Great! I’ve only had time to read the first couple of sections but will be back later to finish it off – love it so far.
If you go into this further down, ignore me, but if not – I’d love to see a future post that deals with a good way to have “the talk” with a trial who is not suitable to be promoted – whether it be for personality or performance reasons. This might be a bit niche, so perhaps you could also add some “how to react to “the talk” info.
Just a suggestion, you might have included this already, I’ll be back to read the rest later!
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