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Poll
Question: What do you support?
Option 1: votes: 0
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 13, 2006, 04:53:24 PM
Due to the low attendance in Rg1 we seam to be having recently the officers have come up with the following options for attedance to improve, please select one of the following that has your support. At the end of the poll the officers will review the results
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Luthor on June 13, 2006, 04:59:16 PM
And remember to uphold the rule :D

ofc there should be taken into account that we are human beings
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Neff on June 13, 2006, 05:11:15 PM
I voted last option, "you"'re better off with waiting for some time, i know its important to have enough ppl for raids, but if you recruit more people an rg3 is the first thing that comes to my mind. Its easier(but then again its more irritating ) to wait some time, and then recruit.

Because if you recruit "alot" "again" we're gonna hit the reason we made a rg2, overrecruitment. Im not saying its a negative thing, because rg2 rawks, they progress fast and they're a cool bunch, and its perfect for casual gamers.  

I tend to ramble mad about, but my point is that you should wait, i dont anyone wants another RG atm, because that'll split people even more.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 13, 2006, 05:12:33 PM
your not an active guardian though so you should have voted 1 or 2  :whistle:
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bob on June 13, 2006, 05:26:06 PM
I voted the last option, and here are some reasons and comments from me:

* Exams are pretty much over by now (or maximum a week more I'd guess), meaning people should have more time for raiding :)

* Some time ago there was sent out a mail where we were supposed to answer quite a few questions about attendance and stuff - it would be nice to get some feedback to how the response to that mail was.  I assume that can answer some of our questions.

* Recruiting will, as Neff said, probably soon lead to a need for a thrid raid group, and I don't think we want that.  It's hard enough to administer this guild as it is.

* Adding one more of each class will much likely lead to too many people missing out on raids, and thus lead to mischief and dissatisfaction.  A bit the same as previous point: too many of each class was some of the reason RG2 was made.

* Upping the attendance requirements isn't necessarily a good thing - at least not the first thing I'd try out.  I would rather see people attend 5/6 (or 6/6) nights because they want to, not because they have to.  Another thing about attendance requirements: I'd rather see that people with low attendance (due to slack, not RL issues ofc) get warings (and if that doesn't work; degraded) so other people can take their place instead of just adding another person to the class.

Hope I managed to make some sence out of my thoughts :)
It is all meant as constructive input in this debate, and if somebody interpret it otherwise, I've probably just formulated myself badly, cause that's not my intention at all ;)
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: lunares on June 13, 2006, 05:30:16 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Threbrilith@Jun 13 2006, 05:26 PM
I voted the last option, and here are some reasons and comments from me:

* Exams are pretty much over by now (or maximum a week more I'd guess), meaning people should have more time for raiding :)

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You make some good points ther bob however when the exams are over, the vacation periods starts so we dont get anywhere again cause of ppl are on holiday.

At the subject of recruiting more i agree it can be a bad thing however ( i use that word a lot lately) if this attendance keeps up you will loose regular raiders cause the go to a guild where they can raid. Cause showing up for raids that are cancelled isnt funny specially when it happens a lot (like it does lately).

And the trouble with replacing ppl is you get downgraded by gear. This is a hard topic to get a solution to though.

lunares
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 13, 2006, 05:35:37 PM
Well id go for either more attendance or more guardians, cause keeping as is isnt really working (we lack 5 odd ppl, or more if its a bad day) my own personal preferance is getting 7 more in, so we can cover for abcences more eazyly and have a small queue all the time to cover for ppl leaving early.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bob on June 13, 2006, 07:39:38 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by lunares+Jun 13 2006, 06:30 PM-->
QUOTE(lunares @ Jun 13 2006, 06:30 PM)
You make some good points ther bob
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Thank you :D

QuoteOriginally posted by lunares@Jun 13 2006, 06:30 PM
however when the exams are over, the vacation periods starts so we dont get anywhere again cause of ppl are on holiday.

At the subject of recruiting more i agree it can be a bad thing however ( i use that word a lot lately) if this attendance keeps up you will loose regular raiders cause the go to a guild where they can raid. Cause showing up for raids that are cancelled isnt funny specially when it happens a lot (like it does lately).
Yes, true - hollidays are also coming up.  But I don't think hollidays will be as much of a problem as exams (but shure, some problems we'll probably have).  People are going away for some time, but not as much in the same time (and for so long time) as with exams.
And also you say; if we don't recruit more people, those who wants to raid alot will quite because lots of raids get cancelled.  Well, if we recruit more people, there's a big risc that we will become overcrowded, and so there will be some people not able to play, and perhaps they will quit to join other guilds where they can raid more often?  Even though this is just a theory, I think it's a good one at least :)

Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: opticalrush on June 13, 2006, 09:24:23 PM
option 4 : put all raid addicted people in one group and do mc bwl and aq in one week or maybe 1 day depend on free days like saterday morning 11:30 pm
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Gorion on June 13, 2006, 09:47:52 PM
ppl work on saturday mornings
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Asheera on June 13, 2006, 10:59:40 PM
option 4: 50 DKP minus to ppl who don't attend as required (2/3 week)
              skip that if some1 is in vacation ofc
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Knabbel on June 14, 2006, 06:42:46 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Gorion@Jun 13 2006, 08:47 PM
ppl work on saturday mornings
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No they don't  :D  :D

This is kinda like a circle.......as I seem not to realize about the attandance problem. If I want to join a BWL the raid is still full. I would love to help RG1 but still have my appointment with RG2 ofc. Maybe the application form can be changed with some additional questions and that way filter out some information. RG3 also acquire 40 people..... same problem again, reqruiting more peeps, RG4 coming...Maybe the problem is that people will not or cannot join RG1 at certain days. To be saved to an instance isn't much of help either. I would love to help RG1 out but as I'm saved to MC I simply cannot join RG1.  If you want to know how many people there will be before you start inviting think about the 20 man raid system we use.  Also to be said I don't think a tier 0 class can't be much of help @ BWL ....

Though situation.....

D.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Soulbringerx on June 14, 2006, 06:42:57 AM
or maybe something like a penalty for not showing up when there's a raid, when you didn't call off the raid with a reason 1 day or 2 days before the raid lets say 20 minus dkp. Officers can see this way who will show up and they can see who are not commiting to their guardian rank  :eyebrow:
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Voretex on June 14, 2006, 07:09:52 AM
Well my exams for sure arnet over yet :P still have 6 left.

But, I think we should recruit ONE more for the problem classes, e.g pally, rogue, lock
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Voretex on June 14, 2006, 07:14:55 AM
Maybe i should explain a little bit better, if the worst comes to the worst with 7 raid members for each class, which already has good attendance (druid, had 6 in the raid in sunday) Those people already showing up now will get punished, by possible waiting times in queues.

nevermind the "5/6 a week attendance" there are some people not even doing 2/3, and havent been consistently for the past 2-3 months!
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: TeaLeaf on June 14, 2006, 08:04:59 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Voretex@Jun 14 2006, 07:14 AM
nevermind the "5/6 a week attendance" there are some people not even doing 2/3, and havent been consistently for the past 2-3 months!
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You're right, the Officers have been lenient on this until recently, but I think if you looked at the attendance stats you would be surprised at how few people have actually failed the 2/3 requirement.  However, the Officers recently drafted a text which was sent by Vargen (I believe) to those members who failed the attendance requirement.  The underlying message was clear, in that we would expect attendance to increase and to talk to us re specific problems, so this aspect should improve either through better attendance from the current membership, or through better attendance of new Guardians following a loss of rank for the existing member.  This then evolved into this discussion and poll as we thought it sensible to seek the view of the membership as to the way forward before taking definitive action.

Personally, right now I am at the 'wait and see' stage.  I believe that another fortnight will resolve matters.  If at this stage they do not then I would be forced to vote for an alternative option.

TL.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 14, 2006, 11:22:01 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by TeaLeaf@Jun 14 2006, 09:04 AM
You're right, the Officers have been lenient on this until recently, but I think if you looked at the attendance stats you would be surprised at how few people have actually failed the 2/3 requirement.
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That is why i voted to get some more guardian members in, the ammount of ppl failing to make the raid requirement is pritty low (less then 5), and thier not far off, most members actualy turn up (way) more then required. This sujests that the current system just does not have enough members in it to work for us.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: ratatosk on June 14, 2006, 02:07:19 PM
Sry if i may bud in! But are new Guardianmembers a good solution? If we then get like say 7 Guardian rogues online applying for a raid and we just take in 5, arent we back at square 1 then? :blush:  ppl will get angry because they cant join even though they are guardians, and havent we been thrue that before.

Although I must admit that we are short of RG1 ppl online for our raids and need to get the attendance up. It seems that we are going to get the same problem that we had before we downed Razor!

Just a dwarfs reflection

Best regards Rata  8)

P.S If U should schedual a raid to AQ40 instead of MC or something i can bet the attendance will skyrocket;) ppl are bored i think!
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: TeaLeaf on June 14, 2006, 03:46:02 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ratatosk@Jun 14 2006, 02:07 PM
P.S If U should schedual a raid to AQ40 instead of MC or something i can bet the attendance will skyrocket;) ppl are bored i think!
.....not after last night's Nefarian exploits.  Damn fine show, we got into Phase 2 pretty consistently and it is edging ever closeer to the point where Nefarian goes down.  I'll just need to blow another wodge of cahs on pots for the next run at him.

And thanks Luna for the pots you gave me! :D  It would be real helpful if everyone could go get a good supply of pots for the next run.  Damnit I want Nefarian down before I have to go into therapy......... :norty:

TL.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Keltor on June 14, 2006, 04:52:27 PM
i think i voted for the wrong option lol. im a rg2 member but would like to express my opinions :) wot i think u guys shud do is recruit players for the class who has been failing to show up consistantly and demote the person failing to come...they failed to meet the raid requirements for their rank therefore they deserve to be removed from guardian. that way there will not be a RG3 nor a fight for the raid spot cos theres still the same number of guardians for their class. NUFF SAID!
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: ratatosk on June 14, 2006, 05:09:56 PM
I agree with U TL Last nights Raid was great!  :D

And yea Pots are needed.And I think drank quite alot to because i have a headache today!  :roflmao:

Best regards Rata 8)
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 15, 2006, 08:39:58 AM
last BWL raid was crap, yeeeeh we got into phase 2, but yet even with a lot of ppl up we failed to even get the dragon semi under control......  we should have killed him weeks ago. We have actualy dropped from number 3 or so in raid progress down to 8th spot.

And for ppl that voted option 2 / 3 here is something to think about: we didnt get a full RG1 raid since mid april.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bob on June 15, 2006, 10:48:16 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Bastet+Jun 15 2006, 09:39 AM-->
QUOTE(Bastet @ Jun 15 2006, 09:39 AM)
last BWL raid was crap, yeeeeh we got into phase 2, but yet even with a lot of ppl up we failed to even get the dragon semi under control......[/b]
I beg to differ Bastet.  Afaik, we have never "controlled" phase one as good as we did on Tuesday.  And that I say is a major improvement.  Did you expect us to take down Nefarian on the first try where we survived phase one with more than 35 people?
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: TeaLeaf on June 15, 2006, 11:04:36 AM
I have to agree.  I thought out progress at BWL the other night was good.  We had, in general. a good BWL week.  We cleared up to and icluding Chromaggus on the first night and had a good night on Nefarian.  it may not have been the result we wanted, but it was most defintely good progress.

Like Bastet I am frustrated by our lack of progress (irrespective of prgress of other Guilds) which has mainly been hampered by poor attendance.  But I am increasingly hopeful of good progress as our attendance starts to improve again and as commitment to the raids leads to better performance and ultimately that first Nefarian kill.

TL.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 15, 2006, 12:22:19 PM
i mean what i say and say what i mean, so i dont quite like getting passed by all those reject guilds, and allthough we been unlucky w/ add colors we should be further along with the fight then we currently are.

Other then that, i blame canada
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Knabbel on June 15, 2006, 12:22:20 PM
RG2 members let this be a lesson for us as we seem to lack of some attendance from some classes to....... that will be punished @ BWL.

D.
Title: Attendance Poll
Post by: Bastet on June 15, 2006, 06:41:43 PM
Option 3: Do nothing, now that exams are over it will pick up again! has won, the officers will give members another week, at that time member turn up will be reevaluated, if its still found in sufficient at that time the officers will be forced to take action, which you may or may not like.