angryraidleader.com

People leave guilds.  Boo hoo, it happens, get over it.  They pay their monthly fee they can do whatever they want.  But if you want to avoid being hated, follow these simple steps:

1. Let people know in advance.  Your typical raid guild tries to maintain a balance of classes and specs that makes raiding possible without having a lot of extra people around that whine about missing out on raid spots.  If you’re getting into every raid, and your raid leader rarely lets you sit out for a fight, chances are they count on you being there.  You probably know you’re going to leave in advance, so speak the fuck up.  Be a fucking grown up, give a little notice.  Unless you never grew out of being an angsty annoying teenager you probably give notice at your job before quitting, or when you move out of an apartment.  Show a little courtesy and do the same for your guild.  Unless it’s run by a bunch of little bitch boys, they’ll probably appreciate the chance to recruit a replacement before you leave.
2. Don’t be a loot whore.  If you know you are leaving your current guild, and some insanely rare item drops that everyone in the damn raid is after, pass on it.  If you happen to in a guild that uses a point system like dkp and you are way ahead, then you’ve earned it.  But if you are in a guild that uses loot council, like mine, chances are they base their decisions on what is going to help the guild progress, and you grabbing your loot and heading for another guild, does not help.  Trust me, when you leave your farewell, hope you all still love me, lets get together in ten years and give each other backrubs post on your ‘former’ guild’s forums, you will not get happy responses.
3. Don’t fucking lie.  I don’t really care when people leave my guild.  For the most part they are easily replaceable.  The ones that aren’t easily replaceable know I’ll fucking hunt them down and feed them their liver if they dare leave.  Yeah I mean you.  I know you’re reading this.  But the thing that pisses me off is when they give me a bullshit reason about why they are leaving.  “I’m joining my cousins guild, I really miss hanging out with him!”  So it’s just a coincidence that your “cousin’s” guild is the top guild on the server and they’re recruiting your class for the first time in a year, right?  Man the fuck up.  I’d rather someone told me they’re leaving because I’m an annoying prick, than to blow fucking smoke up my ass and tell me they have to switch guilds because their raid times fit into their busy schedule better since they spend so much time volunteering at the local food kitchen.
4. If you’re server transferring don’t leave a message about how you hope we can all stay friends.  That’s like moving to fucking Zimbabawe and telling your friends you hope they stay in touch.  Fuck off, I’ll forget your ass in a week.
5. Don’t encourage other people to go with you.  You want to switch teams, go ahead, leave the rest of my team alone.
6. When you find out it sucks in your new guild and or server, don’t expect to get back in.  You’re a disloyal little shit who thought the grass was greener on the other side.  I’ve had a couple of girfriends who cheated on me, I didn’t let those bitches back in my life when they came begging why should I welcome you back?  And on the off chance that I do let you back in, you’re starting all over.  You’re the new guy and everyone who has been in the guild for 1 minute longer than when you came back outranks your unloyal ass.

And one last thing. After you leave stop sending me tells asking how the guild is doing. Small talk in MMOs is stupid.