Further, I recognized my own selfishness in my actions (no, I didn’t feel like healing level 72 – 80 instances over and over again, and yes I realized that this is a selfish and indefensible opinion) and realized that it was having a bad influence on the guild as a whole, so I stepped back — first down as an officer, and then completely out of the guild. When I read this post I got defensive, and then thought about why — and the why is because some of what you wrote gets very close to the truth, and it’s a truth I’m not hugely proud of. I take responsibility for what brought me to the point I was at — including a stubborn blindness to some problems. And I acknowledge the things that were out of my control. In the end, it’s a little of both.

Regardless, for me, the key was that I was no longer having fun, and no longer serving the guild.

Did the guild really fold after your post or did you just say that to avoid more drama and flame comments on your blog?

I am still part of the left behind guild mentioned in the post above I never actually talked to anyone or participated in any guild groups. I was / am in it for the single reason of that I had friends in the guild. No one ever talks to me or answers me in guild chat and quite frankly I don’t care. Being in this position gives me a voyeuristic point of view of the drama and helps me pick out the douche bags from a purely unbiased point of view. I play casually and have never raided so I don’t need to rely on anyone to get me gear. Fortunatly, the few friends I do have in the guild have been able to help me and my wife get respectable pre-BC blues and the mobs I need for quests.

I’ve had my fill of guild drama from win-at-the-game-fail-at-life type egos from my stint on EQ2.

I had the same issue (link above) and simply went off about it!