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Some news and posts that caught my eye this morning. A solid article on the history of Warcraft from IGN. Satorri has written an epic essay on blood tanking. Plus Cold Comfort is producing more great articles on leadership and WoW. ps. I enabled user-ratings for these posts and for comments on my site. I’m also going to do a few polls (first one is on guild income, in the sidebar). I’m very pleased to say that Satorri, a well-known Death Knight poster on TankSpot has agreed to have his essay on leadership published here at pwnwear.com. His bio concludes this article. Enjoy the read! On Leadershipby guest author Satorri Leadership plays a very pivotal role in how a team performs, whether it is a pug, a casual guild run, or a high-end, high-intensity raid environment. Simply put, a team is a group of individuals who work together to accomplish a common goal. In order for the team to work together they need the following abilities in some measure:
1.) Personal skills (each member in whatever they’re responsible for) 2.) Composition/Balance (all the necessary elements in the right proportion) 3.) Communication (to coordinate the actions of the pieces) The nuances of communicating as a leader are complicated. The goal in this is that one person is paying attention to the big picture so they can orchestrate the smaller pieces. This does not mean telling the tank when to shield slam, but it could mean telling the tanks to swap targets, to expect a big burst of damage, or to expect a phase switch. Beyond just tactical direction, the leadership is also responsible for setting the pervading atmosphere and attitude of the team. In simplest terms, this atmosphere will determine the efficacy in raids and out of them, as well as the ability of your team to face and persevere through challenges. If you were around during BC, you’ll remember how the end of t5 led to many teams falling apart. That is a simple indication of the limit of the team’s atmosphere and attitude. When they reached that level of time and patience required the team disintegrated unable to support that amount of investment. So, it’s easy to make generalizations, but what specifically does this mean, where and how does the leadership need to use good communication and careful choices to ensure a strong team? Read more of Satorri’s guest post on leadership and communication I’m very pleased to say that Satorri, a very well-known Death Knight poster on TankSpot has agreed to have his essay on wipes published here at pwnwear.com. His bio concludes this article. Enjoy the read! Investing in Loss: How to turn wipes into valuable resourcesby guest author Satorri Anyone who has raided knows it is inevitable, even in the best of teams, that you will wipe attempting to tackle raid obstacles. Everyone has to learn new content, new encounters, and to do so you have to face them and fall in combat. I want to be careful how I use language here, because we can use words that lead us to think or remember things as something other than what it really is: learning. The term we use is usually ‘wipe,’ short for being wiped out. For many people it is easy to think of this as losing or failing, but there is a danger in thinking of it as “wipe = fail, clear = win.” The only way to fail in a true sense is to fail to learn from what you’ve done. Simply put, if you do not wipe you may miss your opportunity to improve, to see where you are weak, where you could improve. If you are good enough, or lucky enough, to waltz or be carried through content without dying or failing to clear a boss in one shot, you may start to believe you are infallible and miss the opportunity to improve that others who struggle will get. Read more of Satorri’s guest post on learning from wipes |
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