Posts Tagged forum

Arouse in the Other Person an Eager Want

This article is part of the series “How To Win /friends and Influence /guildies”.  See the introduction for more. If you’re reading the original book alongside, this corresponds to Part 1, Chapter 3: “He Who Can Do This Has the Whole World with Him.  He Who Cannot Walks a Lonely Way” If there is any [...]

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Tools for Mentoring

A few months ago, I wrote an article on ways to turn bad players into good players.  Today I’m going to expand on the mentoring advice that I laid out in the hopes of showing some practical ways you can help even a completely new player improve their game very quickly. Advice vs Mentoring First, [...]

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The Great Gearscore Debate of ’09

The forums are ablaze with people complaining about the GearScore addon and how it promotes elitism. Do you use GearScore in your recruiting efforts, and should you?

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Nerdrage and How to Deal With It

In my last article, I debunked the myths and lies surrounding the upcoming forced Battle.Net merge.  I wrote those rebuttals off the cuff, in much the same way as I’d respond to someone in-game or on a forum. Today, I’d like to talk about how to deal with the nerdrage that you may be on [...]

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Battle.Net Nerdrage Part 1

Blizzard recently announced that all WoW accounts must be merged into Battle.Net accounts by November 11th.  Failing to do so will prevent you from playing the game until you do the merge. Predictably, a wave of nerdrage has taken over the official forums.  The breakdown seems to go something like this: 50% are people complaining [...]

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