Bushmaster Squad Raids

Hey folks,

7 of us hung around after Thursday's raid to chat about Bushmaster. We'd like to take the first 30-40 minutes of this upcoming raid to talk as a full group (regular and occasional members alike) about our goals and processes. A few things that the 7 of us agreed on, I think:

• We all want the same thing: to have fun!
• We may, individually, have different goals (and different conditions for fun!), so we should come together to set some shared goals and expectations.
• We want the group to be resilient, able to overcome challenges, improve over time, and recover from frustration.
• We want to be more communicative during and outside of raids (about performance, strategy, builds, rotations, keybinds, etc.).
• We should have more (and different) people calling features of the fights--too much quiet in raid; too much of a single voice or two.

I hope others who were a part of that conversation will add to, clarify, or revise this list.

We'll check back in on Tuesday, when we get to enjoy a bracing dose of the democratic process. I'll just leave this here:

Thanks for presenting this so tactfully, Mold. I hope others that missed the initial conversation don't feel left out. It was a spontaneous, kick the ball around sort of thing among those too weary to remember to log off sooner, ha ha. I truly hope all our regulars will be available to chat in greater depth this Tuesday. It should be a roundtable and everyone should feel welcome.

Guild raids have become a big part of my entertainment and my life. I look forward to that time each week we spend together. It comes up in family conversations, at work, and yes, even at the yacht club. Maybe I don't say that often enough. So, it pains me if everyone else isn't feeling the same way.

Maybe some of you don't feel anything is broken. We already know some of you do. And, maybe we don't get to the bottom of it in just one simple conversation. But, I hope we can all bring an open mind and are willing to band together.

We're a good group of folks and you're all worth it in my book.