I’ll indulge myself and go with a useless personal post today, more out of sheer desperation than any other reason.

Hi guys. This past week, my guild lost two beloved healers, which really put a dent in our raiding roster. We’re in pretty high demand for a stellar healer or two (priests and paladins preferred), and since I know there are loads of amazing healers that grace the blogging community, I figured I’d post our info here in the case any of you are possibly interested. And of course, we’re always interested in monster dps- especially hunters (do these even exist?!).

Let me know if you have any specific questions about us I can answer. Thanks!

Guild: Con Brio Guild

Site: http://conbrioguild.com

Server: Doomhammer

Faction: Alliance

Server Type and Population: PvE and high population (no queues); one of the original servers, and due to its population, pugging at any time of the day is considerably easier than most servers.

Officers: Ariedan, Moskau, Malnutrition, Mantren, and Syltrian

Guild Type: Hybrid Social-Raiding Guild

Progression: 25-man, we’ve completed up to Mimiron (with a 1% wipe on him last week, so he should go down tonight; 10-man, we’re working on Yogg, although our 10-mans are neither official or exclusive to raiders only.

Any relevant information for you: We’re a guild that appreciates a good personality before gear and skill (although we strive for skilled *and* fun people). Our raiding environment is generally upbeat, positive, and hilarious, while still maintaining our focus on slaying internet dragons successfully.

The vast majority of our members are in their 20’s-30’s, and regardless of all sometimes childish tastes in humor, are mature players. Recruitment turn-over and drama are both considerably less prominent than most guilds I’ve encountered (you’re lying if you claim your guild never has any ), and we’ve had a stable member base for well over a year.

Recruitment Blurb:

It’s about that time again. Shiny new content, forums brimming with new gear and PTR updates, the masses crying out in outrage to class nerfs, and Ghostcrawler sarcastically admonishing the paladins. That’s right, new content! And that means we need you- yes, YOU!- to come fill in our holes (that’s sexual) to tackle the dwarf-infested (no offense, dwarves!) raid instance that is to be Ulduar.

Are you an individual who….

-Is a loyal guy/gal who is looking for a long-term home?
-Knows that Ur is an ancient city, not a lazy substitute for a word?
-Is a competent, competitive, and crazy (sorry, I had to keep the alliteration going!) player, who not only has a full understanding of his/her class, but also keeps up with the latest changes to his/her class?
-Is an analytical player, who consistently assesses his/her performance to consistently improve?
-Is a self-starter, and doesn’t need people to hold his/her hand to get things done? Well, some of us might be convinced to do more than hold your hand; do you have pics?
-Is not only able to accept constructive criticism and learn from it, but expects it from his/her guild-mates as a stepping stone to improve?
-Is able to sarcastically and subtly mock people without them ever understanding they were just insulted? We’re a dying breed, I know.
-Has an outrageously good sense of humor?
-Is also outrageously good-looking? This is important, especially if you’re a man.
-Is comfortable with his/her sexuality? Is comfortable with our sexuality?
-Is a furry or Asian, or a furry Asian. Look, I don’t make the rules around here, so don’t ask me; we have some weirdos here.

Are you interested in a guild that…

-Recruits intelligently? We don’t recruit for bench spots, and personality is as important a factor as is skill/experience!
-Has a diverse and interesting group of people, real people you can actually get to know, instead of voices and pixels?
-Is able to convey things in fully coherent English?
-Is able to have fun during raids? We joke, make fun of each other, have karaoke, have full conversations in vent text-to-speech bindings, and still get bosses down effortlessly. We know how to have fun, but we also focus when it counts.
-Has girls? Which contradicts the rule of there being no girls on the internet, but balances out because they know their place is to make sandwiches.
-Has a name that’s supposed to be all deep, but has somehow been interpreted as Con Bro? That’s right, join us, and you too can bro out with us. We might even call you the next day.

->Recruitment Open!<-

Recruitment is now open for all classes and roles except full-time tanks, which a special emphasis on analytical and skilled healers! We're looking to fill in a few holes with exceptional players in preparation for hard-modes. If you're a solid player and think you'd be a good personality fit for us, please don't hesitate to apply!

More!

We're a friendly, selfless, fun, goofy, and downright dirty-minded bunch, whose ultimate goal is to balance a guild appealing to both social and progression-minded folks of the game. We have an exceptionally lengthy application/interview process, which helps ensure all members recruited fit our ideals and personalities in the guild. We created this guild after being fed up with our past guilds looking at all members as only a raid spot filled, and the members looking at one another as raid loot/slot competition. We strive to create a guild of individuals that play for one another, not the purples, and a guild that feels more like a group of close friends experiencing content together rather than serious job-like raiding. And as such, we've established a very strong foundation. We're a unique guild with a unique philosophy, and people love it. They play for us, not for themselves, so when the going gets tough, we still remain strong.

We raid three nights a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9pm to 12am PST (which is 10-1 server time). That's nine hours a week, and you're only expected to make two out of the three the raids. We have the mentality that if everyone carries his or her own weight, you don't need to raid five, six days a week. Don't waste time, have a fun time doing it.

Interested?

[ ] Yes [ ] No
Apply today, and get a free copy of our best-selling bromance novel, Blow My Boat.

Website:

http://conbrioguild.com

I knew it was a controversial topic, but I didn’t think the way I worded things would receive that much negative attention. I was wrong.

The comments on the thread have been getting out of hand. I woke up this afternoon to find a few comments from people that would clearly erupt into an argument if I left them.

For justification, the post was supposed to be constructive tips for several female officers I either actually know struggling or for all the people who have posted threads on this subject in the guild relations forum. I understand it was poorly written and most of the tips were generic tips that weren’t necessarily gender specific, but they were, in my opinion, the main reasons I’ve seen female officers struggle.

With that said, please play nice. Constructive feedback is nice, but comments like:

“Personally, I have been under female guild leadership for most of my life, and I am sick of woman slowing down raids.”

“I am also sick of ‘girl talk’ in vent, sluggish raids because of poor direction and leadership from woman, and most of all I hate the fan-fic writing nature of woman. They will turn ANY server into an RP server because they are so emotionally tuned and connected to every little thing.”

“PS to woman everywhere. (Talk less – Play More)”

Are bound to offend people and start trouble. Opinions are one thing, but try not to set my blog afire while I’m away at work, okay?

In other news, working on a few drafts.. not sure which will end up being published first. Maybe I can play topic roulette with ‘em? Or, I could always do a silly post. Haven’t had one of those in a while.