When I first chose the name Cold Comfort (the idea for the guild predates this blog by more than a year), I had just left a guild I was an officer in after a falling out with the guild leader. Things had been rough in the guild for a while. Combined with the pain of [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Do All Guilds Suck?
Sep 28
I know I said I’d get away from the dry stuff, but organizational prep is where I’m at right now, and I get as much out of writing articles about what’s in my head as you (may) get out of reading them. This week, the balance may lean a bit more towards me. Here’s what [...]
Reboot
Sep 21
When I returned to my EU toons from my summer break on the US realms, I felt a strange disconnection from the people I used to play with. It may have only been four months since I was last actively raiding there, but so much had changed. My most recent guild had folded, the GM [...]
Policy Transparency
Sep 17
I’ve always been a proponent of policy transparency. I figure that if you’re open and honest with people then they are more likely to trust you, and trust from the membership is required for a strong guild. For the sake of this article, let’s set aside a few things that I’ve written in the past [...]
Cataclysm: Final Thoughts
Sep 14
This is a series of articles on the changes coming in WoW: Cataclysm as they relate to guild management and leadership. See the other articles in the series: overview, part 1, part 2, part 3 and reforging links. Articles in the series will be published every Mon and Thursday from Aug 27th through September 14th. [...]
This is a series of articles on the changes coming in WoW: Cataclysm as they relate to guild management and leadership. See the other articles in the series: overview, part 1, part 2, part 3 and final thoughts. Articles in the series will be published every Mon and Thursday from Aug 27th through September 14th. [...]
This is a series of articles on the changes coming in WoW: Cataclysm as they relate to guild management and leadership. See the other articles in the series: overview, part 1, part 2, reforging links and final thoughts. Articles in the series will be published every Mon and Thursday from Aug 27th through September 14th. [...]
