I was reading the latest Officer’s Quarters on wow.com recently, and was struck by this question that the author posed:
Is every conversation among the officers, even those having nothing to do with guild business, held in /o chat instead of /g?
In many of my previous articles, I’ve talked about keeping the lines of communication open. But I hadn’t really thought about how guilty I’ve been of having most of my conversations in-game be in the officer channel.
I assume that most guild leaders tend to get along with their officers (even if the officers don’t always get along with each other). Perhaps they are friends, perhaps they’re just people who are “better” at the game (by whatever metric you want to use) than other members. Perhaps they’re just people who laugh at your corny jokes.
The trap lays in thinking of your officers as your inner circle of friends, and having most of your conversations in the officer channel instead of in guild chat. It’s an easy trap to fall into, and a hard one to break out of. You might not even realize how damaging it can be until you spend some time only able to see guild chat and realize how dead it is, even when several of the guild leadership are online.
I’ve mentioned in a few past articles about choosing to disband or close up a guild when the needs of the members can no longer be met.
What motivates you to raid?


WoW is in a double-lull right now. Not only is it summertime, with all the attendance issues that this time of year brings, but we’re at the point where juicy information about the next content patch is being dangled in front of us.
