Guild Gratitude

I love my guild. Skrah and I have had some bad experiences, but this one is a real keeper; and, to top it all off, we've stayed in and been involved enough that we've even become officers. (I hope we're good officers and very helpful).

Being an officer has changed things a bit. We can now see "notes" on other players--and even make some notes if we so desire; we can take more from the guild bank; we can try to boost morale. Of course, the ironic thing is that we're the high lvls now, so we mostly need to give to the bank, not take from it . . . plus, there's very little of use to us in there anymore.

But beyond riffing on officer status, I'd like to offer a suggestion: wouldn't it be great if there were guilds--GOOD guilds--in real life? If you had a chat line that would contact everyone who could help you with a problem? If there was a communal bank of goods that was at your disposal? If there were events like naked wrestling and fish fighting? Well, ok, the last two could get weird. But the general principle is a good one, I think. A support network that's made up of people who are working hard to advance, who like what they're doing, who want to help each other so that the larger group can succeed.

Damn, I wish I had that in RL! And don't even try to suggest that family counts . . . that kinda guild comes with guild guilt, which will have to be the subject of another post.

To a universal chat line! To phone a friend! For the Horde!