Well lets go straight to the point. Our absence is to low, the last few weeks I had to ask others to give up there evening of free time to help us out.
Starting of with 1 alt...then 2 and now tonight with a grand total of 5 RGT Alts helping us out because people are not coming along.
Mythhunter, where you at? Youve signed up as tentative but I cant find anything in the absence thread.
AngelDark, where you at? Ive noticed you werent invited for tonight but the amount of tentative and declined concerns me, also no post in the absence thread.
Bellanie, even though something happend to your phone history is repeating, your absence is far to low atm and I hope you can set this straight.
Nims, absence is on the edge.
Vanguish, absence is on the edge, ofcourse you cant come due to work, but please dont look suprised if we find someone that can come more.
Treach, absence is on the edge.
And obviously there are people that are less concerning or that im aware of there RL situation.
Lets not forget guys that there are a minimum of 9 others that you keep hanging if you dont let us know whats going on.
If the motivation is not there then dont just show up but let us know and we can find someone else.
But please guys if you want to play this game then put some time into it because thats what im doing and thats what others are doing aswell, and we certainly do not deserve to be handled like that.
Dreaman
I know im not named above but still im really sorry i missed it tonight
Apologies for my d/c tonight, Computer went poof, turned if back on to find my CPU had overheated.. seems to be working though!? Shall take a gander tomorow
if your CPU is overheating you should maybe look at ure whole system jewelz as if your CPU does it again could be last time (that said could also be time to upgrade your hardware mate)
Upgrade my hardware? Its brand new :blink: Increased the RPM of the fans, should do the trick :)
OT I know:
If youre CPU overheated and the hardware is brand new then check the CPU cooler and how it is attached to the CPU. Highly likely culprit is:
-if it came already attached then remove the cooler, remove the cheap thermal pad they probably used (or the cheaper thermal goop), clean the CPU & the cooler, then re-attach using a thin layer of a good quality thermal compound
-if you built the PC yourself then clean the CPU & the cooler, then re-attach using a thin layer of a good quality thermal compound
-finally make sure the CPU cooler is properly attached again
Other things to check:
- Sufficient air flow throughout the case - ensure cables are tied back neatly from the CPU, GPU and vents
- The fans are clean - remove excess dust
- Ensure the temperature thresholds in the BIOS are low enough to trigger more RPM
- Graphics drivers up to date (some official drivers have had bugs re the GPU fan RPM)
bit more concerned that none of the mentioned in the OP has replied, than i am for lynx cpu, sorry lynx ;)
I agree sharp
reply.
on a more seroius note, i have posted on the forums about my absence and i do not feel i need to post anymore than i already have, when i have a update i will let people know.
also make sure that you keep your tower somewhere with nice ventilation as keeping it somewhere small and snug may be space effective but its more likely to be stopping all the heat escaping and also making dust in the tower build up faster.
To Bellanie, aye u have posted but they need to know per session, so if your down as tentative and definatly wont be there just pop on forums under absence and make fast post and ure done, its just so drae knows who he needs to replace for the night
I have been absent alot....i have tried to update where i can....
Due to fracturing wrist/hand bones,moving and lack of internet my attendence has dropped and im sorry to RGW.
Im out of my plaster cast now (still sore) and i am connected again so i am ready to raid full time again.
Looking at the sign ups for the last couple of weeks Im not getting a warm feeling that RGW can sustain a raid team. As its only 2 raid nights I would expect almost 100% on attendance but im seeing much lower than that. The fact it is only 2 raid nights puts people off as most people that apply to us want to raid more.
If people aint all that bothered then its unfair on the ones that are .... I can imagine Drea has pulled out most of his hair by now trying to keep the raids running
with only 2 raid nights all with raider status should have over 80% in total imo, but thats just me
We have identified this concern many times.
Constructive solutions are now needed for the way forward.
Can we shorten the raiding time?( ignore dkp for a moment) with the hour changing would it make it easier? Do we need to look at our tanks again? How many have we got ? Switch or me go Bearform as we seem to have plenty of cover at healz?
The lack of cover magnifies the RL things we all have from time to time that stop us raiding. I think there are a core 6 or 7 who are bothered in addition to Drea.
Can people reply with a constructive suggestion?
do we have an attendance cap as in how many % total needed to maintain raider status? that might be the way to go?
if u look at our attendance, ranged is what we lack in, last raids treach has had to OS to cover
We ask that people keep 66% attendance min .... lower than that and we cant keep a team ticking over and need to fill the spot.
Well said sith btw... It may be that we goto 1 night. 6/7 peeps turning up is not enough 10/15 is needed.
To be honest Jas my first drafted reply was to suggest a drop to 1 raid night then when that is sorted progress to 2 then 3. I felt i may get hung for heresy but it is an option.
@ Sharp if we did kick a few for low attendance surely we will be worse off? not sure thats what you mean tho..
We do need to recruit.
u cant force people to raid. i think someone higher ranked than me should have a chat with the people with low attendance, to see if its going to improve, and if theyre motivated and wanting to raid.
i know RL takes prio, but if people cant attend 2 days a week, perhaps they should consider if wow is taking too much time as it is? if RL issues interfers with half of our raid days,its a shame, but that also means youre personal timetable doesnt allow you to raid.
and in my opinion, when we only raid 2 times a week, the attendance cap should be higher than 66%,more like 75%. as we have a lot fewer raid hours to take from than if we were raiding 3 days, we need our people to be there for those 2 chosen days.
anyhow, i think that recruiting at least 3 people would make a huge difference. personal suggestions would be holy/ret pally, dk dps/tank and a ranged of some sort,maybe even 2
Quote from: Sharpfang;336040i know RL takes prio, but if people cant attend 2 days a week, perhaps they should consider if wow is taking too much time as it is? if RL issues interfers with half of our raid days,its a shame, but that also means youre personal timetable doesnt allow you to raid.
i think that recruiting at least 3 people would make a huge difference
Absolutely agreed. Some people are kidding themselves as to the amount of commitment they have to raiding.
Re the recruitment, my personal opinion is that you need at least 5 more people to make the raid group viable in the long term:
1 x melee
2 x healers
2 x ranged
Those recruits would then bring RGW into line with what RGT retain within their raid group - and we have needed every single one of those people as the law of averages says that someone will always be missing! This is why I posted the RGW Recruitment message some days ago:
http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?34223-RGW-Recruitment
Its easy to say to replace people but we need to have the replacements first before we can actually replace them. Thats the biggest issue atm.
Can someone give the macro we use for recruiting please? So we can spam trade abit?
Slush you have mail :eyebrow:
Thank you. Updated abit, and just spammed in SW for the first time.
There are quite a few posts at the moment about RGW and absence and recruitment and such....So I thought id start a new thread and have my 2cents worth....:2cents:
Firstly I would like to hold my hand up :poster_oops: my attendence has been slack for the last couple of weeks due to several reasons which i cba to type again,for that im sorry. Unfortunatly for you guys im back! and hungrier than ever to get raggy down.
Its not just me though quite a few people have not been turning up,for whatever reasons....1 thing stated is that if you cant turn up,please just post in the absence thread....takes you 30secs to do it and makes Drea's,mine and the other officers that have been helping lives ALOT easier!
It allows us to plan others to come in,as recently we are using alot of RGT alts...this gives them time to sort things as most raid 3nights....trouble is though some are gona burn out if the are raiding 4/5 nights a week which isnt fair on them due to some from RGW not bothering to turn up...
Also its a bit of a kick in the nuts when peeps dont sign up and then are in another channel on TS playing other games....
Which brings me to this....some people are leaving wow,some are playing other games....If you are doing this or planning on it please post here to say you are gona leave RGW or take a break...This will then enable us to see what classes we have and can recruit to that.
There are no hard feelings it something that happens....RL is prio or a new game or just had enough of wow...Just let us know as there are 6-7 of us that you are letting down but not telling us or not turning up...
Im in! As resto/b00m...
Thread merged to avoid further fragmentation of the issue.
I agree with Switch and obviously this is mostly directed to DarkAngel and Lynx(however he already told it).
If someone sees DA on Ts please poke him caus ive send him a PM but no reply yet.(I, myself dont have much time on hands :( )
Hi guys, i was planning on turning up and raiding last night, but due to RL issues i was waiting for my dinner, and thus was playing battlefield whilst waiting as thats more fun than sitting in SW. Secondly, I am quitting the game, or at least taking a break from it. This has nothing to do with anyone in particular as i actually really like talking and messing about with you lot, i just dont find the game fun anymore and it feels like a chore to play. I was late cancelling my subscription yesterday and it ticked over another month, so im still around until the 2/12/2011 if you ever need me for a raid.
All thats left for me to say is Thanks! and Goodbye, see you in another game/LAN :D
Lynxeffect/Jewelz/Holes/Mysticalmeg/Jewellsy (think that covers most of my main wow names :P)
Gl and thanks for the leaps
Sry Tl but i started a new thread as the peeps i was talking about prob dont use the forum anyway but if they did they may reply to a new topic,sadly but the looks of things...it looks bad :(
Lynx,RL issues win....yeah dont sit in SW for an hr but log on and just say....not raiding....
/grrrrrr
i have no problem with people quitting or taking a break, but the timing is...the worst ever. would have loved a heads up so we could have a replacement ready
Quote from: Sharpfang;336325i have no problem with people quitting or taking a break, but the timing is...the worst ever. would have loved a heads up so we could have a replacement ready
Im still about if im needed until 2nd December. So plenty of time for replacement.
DA just Pmed me that hes quitting aswell, what Sharp said count for DA mostly, not that he reads this anyway.
looks like i should do some spammin in sw to get in some new blood
Good work on the macro spam ... 2 new apps keep it up :norty:
Fyi: I'm not leaving or taking a break, i've just been really busy at work. From october to december is always a very busy season and i do need to focus and put in alot of effort to get my job done but i'm doing the best i can to attend raidnights.
Quote from: Nimsraedian;336375Fyi: I'm not leaving or taking a break, i've just been really busy at work. From october to december is always a very busy season and i do need to focus and put in alot of effort to get my job done but i'm doing the best i can to attend raidnights.
thats the life of a male prostitute (who exclusively offers himself to other men)
I gotta feeling i should respond to this thread, so here i go....
As the officers know i work irregular shifts, so i won't be able to come every raiding night. If the raid times were a little bit different i could come more, cause when i have nightshift i have to leave for work around 22:15 ish (CET) and i think i should not sign in for a raid when i can't finish it! if we were to change the raiding times, i would sign up for the raids when i have nightshift. Meaning i could come a lot more cause then i only can't come when i have an evening shift. But i want to say to you guys if i'm able to come raid i'll sign up, cause i really love to raid with you guys....
Hope this shines a little light on my attendence.
p.s. If the officers think i should sign up for the raid when i have to leave early to go to work, i will !
Vanguish
Well the good news is that we have a few new recruits for RGW now which should bump the numbers back up to where they need to be after the recent retirements/absences. Let's start pushing RGW forward again now!
:yahoo::dmw::yahoo: