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The Double O Podcast » Blog Archive » Episode 15: Breakup to Makeup — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:57:28 +0000

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By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:27:32 +0000

I realize upon finishing the reading of your post that my advice to tell you to leave might have been premature. I’m glad you’re out doll.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:25:11 +0000

Leave. Seriously. Get out before they suck you dry.

By: Kat (Resto is Epic)

Kat (Resto is Epic) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:48:46 +0000

Having gone through something similar recently, you have to do what you feel is right for you. It is a game you play for fun, ultimately you have to put yourself above everyone else, especially if it is getting to you so much, and do what will make you feel better and will allow you to carry on enjoying your funtime. Good luck with whatever you choose to do /hugs

Kat

By: Avealyn

Avealyn — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:03:36 +0000

We love you Beru – In the end it’s a game and you should be doing what makes you happy, whatever that may be. Our guild is experiencing a crap ton of burnout and we’ve switched back down to 10M from 25M due to attendance and lack of preparation/care. I wish you the best, and hope you find what you are searching for. Cheers,
~Ave

By: Saif

Saif — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:38:15 +0000

I’m glad you’re leaving/have left – it seems like a miserable and toxic environment and you’ve been writing about it for some time. I’ve done it in the past where my leaving caused a guild to collapse but at the end of the day, I was much happier playing with people who I respected and who respected me in return.

We were no longer a big, 25-man 4-night guild, but damn, do I have a lot of fun with a small core of friends.

By: Inwee

Inwee — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:50:17 +0000

*hugs Beru*
I really, really hope that you ca sort things out for the best; may it be leaving the guild or staying.
I know that I, personally, would try everything beforeleaving my guild, and it sound like you are the same type of wow player that I am. people Iknow ingame are a so big part of my game experience, that the idea of playing wow without them feels… unnatural…
This is like a RL divorce, you know! people like you and I connect with our guildies in a way that make a guildleave just as painful as a divorce! TYou are at a break-point now – what ever decission you make, I wish you the best of luck!
Inwee

By: Targeter

Targeter — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:27:40 +0000

Tough post. Tough position to be in. If your guildmates read your blog with any regularity, then your feelings have been made apparent and they either 1) don’t care or 2) agree with your leadership. It seems to me that you’ve been scapegoated pretty harshly and frankly, your sad-sack leadership team doesn’t deserve your presence! I recommend a graceful bow out, a cordial goodbye, and a quiet, dignified /gquit. I know it’ll be painful to leave what you built, but it’s time to recharge the batteries at a different port of call, if only temporarily. And, your exit may be the catalyst needed for change! You could start a movement, a groundswell in the guild to effect true change in priorities.

If you need a home (even a temporary one!) in SWTOR filled with decent folks and a friendly atmosphere, look us up.

Shien – RP US East (Imperial)

Targeter – GM

I’m dead serious, we’ll take a wayward wordsmith who just needs a smidge of time to collect herself!

By: Anachan

Anachan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:53:26 +0000

You’ll know inside what the right choice is for you. (The hard part is that sometimes the right choice isn’t always easy, either.)

/hug

By: Devilspotato

Devilspotato — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:17:59 +0000

You know already what the right answer is. The thing that you’re holding on to…it’s the past. The past is to be honored, but the now is the only thing that exists in reality. If you are not happy, you must ask yourself why. If it’s because of your situation, you do something about the situation and accept that that is what you needed to do. Do not dwell on the past, it will only hold you back. Let go. Find peace. Find a perfectly good and new guild if you like. Enjoy just being Beruthial.

Be well and good luck to you. We play the game as Cyn said to find some modicum of happiness because some of us can truly narrow down our focus and truly exist in the now by playing this game. But there are other ways to do this, and other people to do this with