Guilds

Things have changed for me in the past week. Not only did I (and several others) leave our guild (Baptized by Fire), we ended up joining another, more laid-back guild.

My reasons for leaving Baptized by Fire centered around the higher level clan, not anyone that was actually in the guild. I was tired of people that didn't even play WoW try to set policy within our game. I was tired of the "good ol' boy" network they had. When we left BBF this past Tuesday, we all said, "all we want to do is have fun". We were fully prepared to either remain guildless OR start a small guild with just a few close friends.

Sometime last year, Baptized by Fire started running Molten Core with a guild called "Spanish Inquisition". The SI people are great! Not only are they really good at playing, but they're a really close-knit group that really just wants to have fun. Anyway, pre-expansion, but after Christmas, we started running PVP battlegrounds with them.

When we left BBF, some of their members started asking us to join them. Originally, when the 4 of us discussed it, we decided to create our own guild, mainly because we figured we'd be leaving BBF "drama" only to find SI "drama". Well, as the expansion came out, we (the 4 of us that left BBF) kept running with SI to do quests, etc. Finally, there came a point when the 4 of us decided to give SI a shot. They matched our goals, the people are great and there isn't some higher level organization watching us.

I'm relieved to NOT be a guild officer anymore. Even though it's "just a game", being a guild officer is still tough. I don't have that stress anymore. What I have is a supportive guild, my old friends and a great group of new ones. Yea, there was/is some bad blood between those of us that left and the "clan", but oh well. As they've put it, we "weren't really BBF'ers anyway". :-\

Will SI be my last guild in WoW? Maybe. Maybe not. Regardless, I'll come out of SI with some great friends.