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Posted: January 11, 2010 07:46 pmTop
   
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Basically the activity of this clan is never gonna get better unless the leadership is setting an example.

Our allied raid with Sabres we had

0/1 Founder
1.25/4 Council members (Steve was there for about 10 mins
2/4 Raid leaders
1/3 Event leaders.


So thats 4.25 out of a possible 12 from the leadership team at a raid, which is around 35% of the team, unless this gets better that's all your going to expect from the rest of the clan.

This wasn't from just this event, i've noticed it at most events, this 1 i just got pissed off.


Fair play i might be in the wrong, but i'm speaking my mind, which is what i believe WG is all about.


 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 07:48 pmTop
   
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RANT!!!

its cool to be ticked dude. =D

so you're saying if leadership dosen't step up their game then no results.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 07:49 pmTop
   
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QUOTE: sgtswordfish @ January 11, 2010 07:48 pm)
RANT!!!

its cool to be ticked dude. =D

so you're saying if leadership dosen't step up their game then no results.

I'm saying if they cant step up they're game they should stop trying to make members step up they're game because its just hypacritical
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 07:59 pmTop
   
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Also would help if people didn't skip.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 08:23 pmTop
   
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QUOTE: Chimp Y @ January 11, 2010 02:59 pm)
Also would help if people didn't skip.

also would help if leadership listened to why members skipped. lawl
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 08:49 pmTop
   


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QUOTE: Chimp Y January 11, 2010 02:59 pm
Also would help if people didn't skip.

also would help if leadership listened to why members skipped. lawl

You really can't blame it ALL on the leaders. I would honestly be pissed if I see certain individuals blame their activity on the leadership when it's obvious they're just not dedicated themselves.

On topic, using the statistics you posted, 4/12 staff attended (33%). With a member list of 57 and subtracting the 12 staff, that leaves 45 members. 33% of 45 is 15. There is no way we pulled 15 GUARDIANS to that raid, it was probably 15 TOTAL wg. That leaves ~11 members, even lower than the staff percentage.

I encourage the staff to definitely try harder, but it would be wrong to say that to just them. Yes we lead by example but that cannot be an excuse to not attend. It's a team effort so everyone must contribute.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:03 pmTop
   


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I like how the staff pulls % is similar to the normal member % hash.png
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:04 pmTop
   
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ranks have its priviledge. its just fun to rant on them because if you truly look at it.

they are the ones who carry the brundt of the clan. its also very obvious that if we rant towards our leaders that something is loose and essentially in this case. member discontent

although such rants truly aren't to be placed the emphasis. its obvious that member mentality atm is that the leadership itself is inactive. its like a challenge and i'm curious to know how it will turn out.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:04 pmTop
   
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QUOTE: Randy January 11, 2010 08:49 pm
       
QUOTE: sgtswordfish  January 11, 2010 04:23 pm
       
QUOTE: Chimp Y  January 11, 2010 02:59 pm
Also would help if people didn't skip.

also would help if leadership listened to why members skipped. lawl

You really can't blame it ALL on the leaders. I would honestly be pissed if I see certain individuals blame their activity on the leadership when it's obvious they're just not dedicated themselves.

On topic, using the statistics you posted, 4/12 staff attended (33%). With a member list of 57 and subtracting the 12 staff, that leaves 45 members. 33% of 45 is 15. There is no way we pulled 15 GUARDIANS to that raid, it was probably 15 TOTAL wg. That leaves ~11 members, even lower than the staff percentage.

I encourage the staff to definitely try harder, but it would be wrong to say that to just them. Yes we lead by example but that cannot be an excuse to not attend. It's a team effort so everyone must contribute.

I totally agree with everything your saying, its deffinately up to each and every individual to make sure they attend every event they can. Dont get me wrong i am in no way sticking up for all the fails that never attend events and go when they wish. But the first step for leadership to increase activity is to be more event active themselves.



=== At fish ====

I'm not saying they are inactive, im saying event inactive. They are always on IRC in game etc, just when they'res an event they are 'conveniently' busy with other stuff.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:11 pmTop
   
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then essentially the inactivity falls on them to be active on events.
now if you want leaders to be active in events. what would be consider as a leader of a clan to be classified as active solely on events?
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:18 pmTop
   
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One problem that leaders used to have (not sure if this applies anymore) is that they used to be the majority of people attending events and got sick and tired of hosting events that has low guardian attendance and high staff attendance.

If a high amount of members start showing up to events I'm sure a higher number of staff members will too.

I can still see what you are saying by 'leading by example' but it's not as easy as it might sound. They've got a lot more on their plate than regular members.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 09:39 pmTop
   
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QUOTE: Darkzero101 @ January 11, 2010 09:18 pm)
One problem that leaders used to have (not sure if this applies anymore) is that they used to be the majority of people attending events and got sick and tired of hosting events that has low guardian attendance and high staff attendance.

If a high amount of members start showing up to events I'm sure a higher number of staff members will too.

I can still see what you are saying by 'leading by example' but it's not as easy as it might sound. They've got a lot more on their plate than regular members.

I know its not as easy as it sounds, hell i couldn't handle them kind of ranks. But you take the responsibility on knowing full well what you are letting yourself in for, if for some reason you can't handle it, be a man about it and step down for somebody who can handle it.

I'm not saying the ranks cant handle it, i'm just making my point.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 11:11 pmTop
   
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W0t Randy said.
Um well i've attended like every event for the last 3 weeks since i've been on holiday and like the one event I miss in order to complete a very important coursework essay, I get blamed for not attending....

Mm...
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 11:17 pmTop
   
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QUOTE: George @ January 11, 2010 11:11 pm)
W0t Randy said.
Um well i've attended like every event for the last 3 weeks since i've been on holiday and like the one event I miss in order to complete a very important coursework essay, I get blamed for not attending....

Mm...

My point is you was on pretty much all day leading up to it, why not do CW essay then when you know theres an important raid lateron?

By no means RS > RL, but planning ahead helps.
 
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Posted: January 11, 2010 11:39 pmTop
   
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Most of the people on this this thread come to events and support every single WG being more active. Everybody's on the same side.

Props to you for bringing up the point though - it is part of the activity problem, how big a part, that is debatable, but it's still included. Thus worth discussing.
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 12:24 amTop
   
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So true.
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 01:26 amTop
   
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QUOTE: George @ January 11, 2010 06:11 pm)
W0t Randy said.
Um well i've attended like every event for the last 3 weeks since i've been on holiday and like the one event I miss in order to complete a very important coursework essay, I get blamed for not attending....

Mm...

grilled....

i think the leadership aren't working hard enough card is a common card. don't take it personally! =)

but i can say one thing, i've met people that have always said something great about their leaders for being prompted, committed. the whole 9 yards....

why is that?
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 02:41 amTop
   


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Though in reality every leadership team will have the same type of people. Everyone assumes they can handle it but reality is much different.
What it eventually breaks down into is:

1) people get lazy and do nothing
2) Find they are too busy with other obligations and become inactive/deadweight
3) Actually do the job
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 03:30 amTop
   
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QUOTE: Quikdrawjoe @ January 11, 2010 09:41 pm)
Though in reality every leadership team will have the same type of people. Everyone assumes they can handle it but reality is much different.
What it eventually breaks down into is:

1) people get lazy and do nothing
2) Find they are too busy with other obligations and become inactive/deadweight
3) Actually do the job

one thing to add.

as a leader, your leadership team essentially reflects on you. in other words the clan itself is a reflection of its leader and so on. there is one thing that truly happens like a domino effect and that's duplication. i do believe billy wants to make it clear when it comes that in order for rapid growth and less ranting towards the leader. duplication must be an effective method.
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 04:17 amTop
   
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We have 2 founders.

Ok fair enough point made, but we still fucking owned. When we first hit VH and the speed we started dropping them at was fucking epic.
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 04:58 amTop
   
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QUOTE: WG_Keanu @ January 11, 2010 11:17 pm)
We have 2 founders.

Ok fair enough point made, but we still fucking owned. When we first hit VH and the speed we started dropping them at was fucking epic.

lawl. i admire how you get out of topic?

stick to the post. we're flaming!

RANT lvl 99 ftw =)
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 05:55 amTop
   
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QUOTE: WG_Keanu @ January 12, 2010 04:17 am)
We have 2 founders.

Ok fair enough point made, but we still fucking owned. When we first hit VH and the speed we started dropping them at was fucking epic.

We was with Sabres
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 06:07 amTop
   
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QUOTE: sgtswordfish @ January 12, 2010 04:58 am)
QUOTE: WG_Keanu January 11, 2010 11:17 pm
We have 2 founders.

Ok fair enough point made, but we still fucking owned. When we first hit VH and the speed we started dropping them at was fucking epic.

lawl. i admire how you get out of topic?

stick to the post. we're flaming!

RANT lvl 99 ftw =)

\_O.o_/ I dunno lol, I only read the first post and replied to that. I'd rather not get involved in the flame war this time tongue.gif And yeah, allied raids with Sabres own hash.png
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 06:45 amTop
   
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I was at the raid and yes leaders also have irl lives and need sleep.
Did you really expect eugene to show up at 5am his time for a raid when he needs to get up for irl? Can Leaders have irl activities? If leaders don't skip there is no problem? is there
 
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Posted: January 12, 2010 09:58 amTop
   
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QUOTE: ThisIsUnique @ January 12, 2010 06:45 am)
I was at the raid and yes leaders also have irl lives and need sleep.
Did you really expect eugene to show up at 5am his time for a raid when he needs to get up for irl? Can Leaders have irl activities? If leaders don't skip there is no problem? is there

Psh I dunno about Gene but I love early hours events. Anything post-1:00 AM GMT is pretty much a guaranteed yes for me, any day.

Yeah we're allowed to have a real life to an extent, but the higher ranks have a responsibility to set some time aside for important events (Well everybody does but it's expected more of RLs, etc.). I suppose people consider out turnout a bad example of it but idc, we fucking raped.
 
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