On New Beginnings

Zooggy

Junior Administrator
Staff member
Hello, all, :)

As some of you already know, Lith is leaving WoW for Rift. As such, he has stepped down from Guild Master, after many years of devoted service. This guild owes him a lot, and I for one will always be grateful for his leadership.

Me, I'm sad to see the Rift crowd leave the game, and I harbour the secret hope that many, if not all, will come back. Till then, I hope Rift can capture their gaming spirit as deeply as WoW did.

But, in the meantime, the show must go on. I'm proud to announce that I'm taking over as The Haven's new Guild Master. I'm aiming to make this new beginning a fruitful part of the guild's life, and I know I can count on you all to make it happen. :)

Right, then. The new officer crew:

- Auryn is the new Executive Officer, basically the second in command. Promotions, demotions, guild notes, the bank, and all that day-to-day stuff will be her primary role, but she also speaks for me whenever I'm not around. If you need anything from the guild, she's your gal. :)

- Fae is the "new" Warden of the Community, basically our Den Mom. )The quotes are there because she was already handling that, anyway. :)) She's in charge of fields are recruitment, dispute handling and overall good feelings. That includes disputes against me, by they way. If you have a problem with me but are uncomfortable with confronting me directly, she's fully mandated to advocate your case.

- Xylak is the new Raid Manager. His job is to know the raid team inside out. He gets final say on who makes it to Trial Raider and who makes it to full Raider. He also gets to decide on raiding goals and which raids can be considered progression and which can be considered farms. It doesn't mean he actually has to lead every raid, though.

That's it for now. I'll come back with more as soon as there is more to come back with. :)

Cheers,
J.
 

Ronin Storm

Administrator
Staff member
Gratz Zooggy and thanks to all the departing Officers for all their contributions to The Haven guild.
 

Dr Drae

In Cryo Sleep
Firstly, congratulations Zooggy. It's sad to see people departing in such a fashion, especially people that are such a central part of the guild, but I wish them all the best. :)

As for the new officer roles, again, congratulations. I've got faith in all of you to lead this guild into a new era, and I'm happy to see this progress made. The new officers are definitely well suited to their tasks, so I'm happy about that too.

If there's anything I can do to help in this time of transition, I hope nobody hesitates to give me a shout. I might be absent a lot but I still have the guild's best interests at heart.

So yeah. Thanks to everyone, both newly stationed, and also our departing members, and good luck everyone for the future! :)
 

SwampFae

Super Moderator
Staff member
Greetings, one and all!
The people who left the game shall indeed be missed. And here is hoping that they will return :)

Big grats to Zooggster and our fellow officers!
Last night's officer meeting got some things aired and out of the way, which I am very happy about. And rest assured that The Haven has a bright future!

Den Mother says: Fret not! Mother is here ;)
 

Silk

Well-Known Member
I want a promotion!!111 :p

ZOOGGY MAKE IT SO!

On a more serious note, you seem to be lacking a PvP coordinator/officer/douchebag

I am happy to step up to that, advise people on gear, maybe form some grouped battleground shinanigans. Oh and I like to wpvp in tol barad, could always drag some havenites into that (it's the most fun when alliance take TB and you play survival mode, seeing how many you can kill before being killed).
 

Windzarko

Well-Known Member
Oh and I like to wpvp in tol barad, could always drag some havenites into that (it's the most fun when alliance take TB and you play survival mode, seeing how many you can kill before being killed).

Sounds like the kind of mentality that used to make the last stand for the Marines in their final base at the end of a long, decent match of Natural Selection so incredibly fun; I approve!

Anyhoo, yeah, was time for me to step away. At the very least I need a good, long break from the game. Having played for five years, eventual burnout was inevitable, and whilst there are a good number of other factors I could mention, I'll just leave it at that to keep a more positive tone.

I -may- be back for 4.2, not sure. It really depends on what Blizzard pull out of the magic hat to make the game appeal to me again, but I daresay I'll be back eventually. Having put a lot into this game and having plenty of characters waiting for me when I come back, popping in again sometime in the future won't be too tricky. In the meantime, I'll still be on Teamspeak, usually in the Rift channel but not exclusively. Hope some of you will drop by for a chat sometime, and I'll be on hand for advice if it's needed; even if I'm not playing, most of you probably know that I have a bordering-on-the-encyclopaedic knowledge of some parts of the game, and I'd be happy to help where I can.

Also, good luck in any raid ventures; shame I couldn't stay around for downing Nef/Cho'gall/Al'akir, but I'm sure you guys can get them down for the guild just fine without me!
 

Dr Drae

In Cryo Sleep
Also, good luck in any raid ventures; shame I couldn't stay around for downing Nef/Cho'gall/Al'akir, but I'm sure you guys can get them down for the guild just fine without me!

Oh I see how this is. We do all the work, and then you come in and get a Dark Phoenix off of our backs. ;D

Anyways, have fun in Reeeeft, hope to see you back soon. :3
 

Zhar

New Member
Oh I see how this is. We do all the work, and then you come in and get a Dark Phoenix off of our backs. ;D

Anyways, have fun in Reeeeft, hope to see you back soon. :3
James, getting a rare mount? Never. Just, no.

On topic:

Hail Haven!
 

Ashya

Active Member
A Zen-Guild-Master, an Itty Bitty Executive Kitten Comity and an Evil StepDenMother...

Good thing I ordered my handbasket early to avoid the rush...

:D

Gratz to ya'll!
 

Nactall

New Member
Gratz Zooggy on the promotion. Good pick on that part, I expect that you will be a good GM.

Lithy, Cheers for being a nice guildmaster and I loved playing with you.
 

Zooggy

Junior Administrator
Staff member
Hey, guys, :)

First off, many thanks for all the warmth. :) Builds up my hope for the immediate, as well as the long term, future of our guild!

A couple of things I want to touch on:

I -may- be back for 4.2, not sure. It really depends on what Blizzard pull out of the magic hat to make the game appeal to me again, but I daresay I'll be back eventually.

There will always be a place for you here. This guild - and I - owe you more than even you possibly realize, and as long as I'm around, I'll make sure people bloody remember it! :)

(The same goes for T-Bone, if he's reading this, where ever he is...)

you seem to be lacking a PvP coordinator/officer/douchebag

I am happy to step up to that, advise people on gear, maybe form some grouped battleground shinanigans. Oh and I like to wpvp in tol barad, could always drag some havenites into that (it's the most fun when alliance take TB and you play survival mode, seeing how many you can kill before being killed).

I aprove of this as well. :) I don't really know what form this might take, but I'd like to suggest to you that you take charge in reinstating the much-loved PvP Wednesday.

I know there's a shiny new in-game invite system, now, but it's not altogether easy to figure out who to throw invites to for this topic. Fortunately, the forum events thingie is still alive and well, so you could always fall back to using that. :) Go ahead and start creating the events and campaigning for sign-ups. We'll see where it ends up.

Cheers,
J.
 

Dr Drae

In Cryo Sleep
I imagine once you've built up a list of people (probably best to refer to the thread awhile back about PvP, I think Belfer started it?) And invited them, and just make a call every week before it starts, I imagine you can slowly garner people to add to a calendar invite.
 

Belfa

New Member
Awhh the havens being changed so much with this expansion
Sometimes I wish it never came..
But im really glad for you zooggy and I think there is no better member to lead the haven to glory!
 
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