Welcome to "The Illumeownati"!
This guild grew out of an amazing place, "Cat on Keyboard". They wanted a place where the player and the person was valued over the item level and the meters. They had a name that represented the real challenges in life, the things we play to get away from, dealing with pesky cats being just one of them. The name of this guild is a homage to that one, a community that I hope will continue to thrive for many years.
Formed right at the end of 9.1, we started with a roster of KSM and Heroic raiding players, and are keen to expand into a thriving group.
Our rules:
- Don't be a dick.
- No combat log-derived meters in any guild public space. This includes but is not limited to in-game guild chat, Discord, etc.
- We don't call out other people's mistakes. This Is Not The Way.
- We learn from our mistakes. What we do after our mistakes is what's important. We all need to be open to appropriate and considered feedback.
- Only an event leader can waive the expectations of an event. E.g. our raids will have a required set of addons; the raid leader is the only one who can let you join without these.
- If you don't meet minimum expectations for an event, don't expect them to be waived. We are pretty generous with our requirements, and they are all there for a reason.
- We don't want to hear 'the meta' being used as a stick to beat someone with, or in a way that puts pressure on the membership. There is a channel for conversations about it. Use that, whilst still sticking to the rest of the rules.
What you can expect from us:
- A busy calendar. It won't be all things for all people, and we don't expect you to attend everything (real-life sucks sometimes).
- A Council who actively listens to concerns, ideas and suggestions. Feedback avenues are well established.
- Considered and thoughtful action from the Council.
- An open policy to joining events. We will be the antithesis of the PuG mentality. We don't expect AotC to raid Normal, nor KSM to run a +6. However, please see 5).
- Any PvE event is more than one person, and so we need to consider the group. If we (the Council or the event leader) think your presence may risk the success of a 'progression' event, we will have a chat with you as early as possible on how we can either get you ready for that event, or maybe the need to wait and be supported to be ready for a future one.
- In order to help with this, please sign up in-game to events as soon as you know you can (at least tentatively) commit.
- Play what you want. We all know tanking and healing isn't for everybody. We also don't care what the 'flavour of the month' is... some enjoy it and others don't. We respect both of those viewpoints. There are times we might ask if you want to respec to Guardian or Discipline, but that will be with guidance, and will not be enforced.
Like most guilds, it is stronger than the sum of its parts. We will commit to you if you commit to the guild.
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