The WoW Vicious Cycle: Guild Disintegration and Transferring Servers
The news is in! Your GM has decided to take on a fellow colleague's challenge to fly around the world in 80 days, and therefore can no longer be the GM of your raiding guild. Chances are high someone else in the guild will be anointed lord of the flies, but chances are even higher the guild will disband. You will now enter the five stages of grief.
Denial. The guild is still alive! We can do it! Who needs that schmuck anyway? Sure, you and your chums may try to raid for a few more weeks, but the odds are against everyone. Other things to consider: small server size making new recruits hard to come by, time of the year (people going back to school), new arena season, expansion and patch dates, and general trolling. There are tons of reasons why you could disband as opposed to picking up the pieces, refocusing and burning through progression. Most guilds do not survive for long under new management.
Anger. When one realises there is no reason to go along with the guild's facade any longer, the seventh ring of hell shall open. People will jump ship and take everyone with them. This usually involves trolling, drama mongering, and general bickering. Oh, there will be words exchanged!
Bargaining. Those who haven't left due to harassment or being gkicked for poor behaviour will bargain means in which to keep the guild together. Maybe they'll nominate themselves to become next guild officer? Maybe they'll take it upon themselves to find new, but useless, recruits to fill the ranks? None of this works, however. And no, you cannot be guild officer.
BAAAAAW. This is essentially the time everyone realises that the guild is doomed (if they haven't left already). Some people may not log on for a while as they're so overcome with baaaaw. Then hopefully the GM is a reasonable person who reminds everyone it's JUST A GAME.
Acceptance. Usually the part where everything in the guild bank gets divided up among those who went through the ordeal. Though everyone has secretly been applying to other guilds, this is the step where it is usually made official that it's OK to app without fear of retribution. Everyone thinks fondly of times spent together, or times spent hating each other, then the guild disbands.. hopefully with your bags filled with [Sunmotes] and [Hearts of Darkness].
Step 1: Find a new server/guild.
Transferring is serious business. Especially serious depending on how much crap you have on your Auction House alt. Now is the time to hope there's a tailor on to make you [Imbued Netherweave Bags] for free.
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