As temporary commander of GXAII I would like to throw in my two cents. No one in my legion is active at all. I sent out PM's and e-mails, and no response. I had bred a barbarian on Diablo II to split the items for my legion members. There was no demand, so I just gave GhostZ the whole account since he was in need of barbarian gear. He isn't in GXAII, and I don't care, he's in SICK. I agree that it should all just be SICK. It works the same way in Counter Strike. We would have teams A and B in a certain clan and B would want to be A... it was a huge mess. I wanted to help out GXAII but there is no one to help out.
I beg to differ. I have attempted to start conversations in the GXAII thread, but to no avail. I may not be as active on USWest as I used to be, but yes, I still play the game and still enjoy it.
However, that aside, I also support the idea of dissolving legions until a strong member base can be established. It would maybe allow the members to interact more with the guild as a whole, rather than just a few people who may or may not even play the same games they do.
Though, as a new member, I feel I should mention that I was pretty hesitant to join when I was given the opportunity to do so. One major reason for this being the fact that several members of SICK are constantly at each others' throats, bickering and fighting just for the sake of doing so. I understand that people have their differences, but honestly, there's no reason to constantly insult and/or flame your fellow guildmates just because you can. It creates rifts within the ranks, people take sides, and those that don't take sides are left in the middle, feeling uneasy and struggling to hold onto whatever remains.
I'm not asking for people to have revelations and change their opinions of others; however, I am asking for a little discretion to be used. If you feel the need to call someone a moron (whether they deserve it or not), keep it to yourself or flame each other via PM. Allowing arguments like that to be seen in "public" just indicates a lack of unity and probably disuades newcomers from joining up with SICK.
Before the leaders of SICK begin to focus on increasing membership, perhaps we should think about strengthening the membership SICK has already. A strong foundation needs to be laid, otherwise the guild will break down and eventually collapse.
I beg to differ. I have attempted to start conversations in the GXAII thread, but to no avail. I may not be as active on USWest as I used to be, but yes, I still play the game and still enjoy it.
However, that aside, I also support the idea of dissolving legions until a strong member base can be established. It would maybe allow the members to interact more with the guild as a whole, rather than just a few people who may or may not even play the same games they do.
Though, as a new member, I feel I should mention that I was pretty hesitant to join when I was given the opportunity to do so. One major reason for this being the fact that several members of SICK are constantly at each others' throats, bickering and fighting just for the sake of doing so. I understand that people have their differences, but honestly, there's no reason to constantly insult and/or flame your fellow guildmates just because you can. It creates rifts within the ranks, people take sides, and those that don't take sides are left in the middle, feeling uneasy and struggling to hold onto whatever remains.
I'm not asking for people to have revelations and change their opinions of others; however, I am asking for a little discretion to be used. If you feel the need to call someone a moron (whether they deserve it or not), keep it to yourself or flame each other via PM. Allowing arguments like that to be seen in "public" just indicates a lack of unity and probably disuades newcomers from joining up with SICK.
Before the leaders of SICK begin to focus on increasing membership, perhaps we should think about strengthening the membership SICK has already. A strong foundation needs to be laid, otherwise the guild will break down and eventually collapse.