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The Guild Counsel: Is it time to shift your vision or just shut down?
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous A big part of running a successful guild is having a clear idea of what type of guild you want to have and knowing how to make that work....
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The Guild Counsel: Low in levels? Join a guild!
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, Massively Meta, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous Every single MMO player should be part of a guild. Yes, you too! Massively Shawn's recently launched Looking for Guild...
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The Guild Counsel: How to handle the horrors of conflict
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous With the arrival of Halloween, I'd like to revisit an all-too-common nightmare scenario: handling guild conflict. We've looked at how to...
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The Guild Counsel: How guild meetings can help your guild
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous I know what you're thinking after reading the title of this week's column. Why in the world would anyone want to have a meeting in-game...
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The Guild Counsel: Is shared interest in an MMO enough to justify a guild?
Filed under: Culture, Guilds, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous It all starts out so innocently. A few friends are casually chatting and realize they all are excited about an...
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The Guild Counsel: How to keep your guild from disintegrating when you need a...
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous Let's face it, everyone needs a little MMO break from time to time. The open-endedness of MMOs gives a lot more freedom than a...
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The Guild Counsel: Revisiting the Guild Turkey
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous A couple of years ago, we looked at a few ways that guild members can turn a guild into a nightmare, creating all sorts of drama and...
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The Guild Counsel: How to lead and still have fun
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel Leading is hard. Whether it's a sports team, an office of workers, or a guild, there are many challenges that all leaders share and make even the...
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The Guild Counsel: Survive the holidays with these fun guild events
Filed under: Events (In-Game), Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous, Player-Generated Content The holiday season can often mean that things slow down in the guild. Members have their hands...
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The Guild Counsel: All's fair in love, war, and MMOs
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous When we're playing MMOs, we're in a virtual world, but we're also playing a game, and as in all games, there are rules to follow. It's one...
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The Guild Counsel: Making the most of holiday events with your guild
Filed under: Events (In-Game), Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous The holidays might seem like a good time to lay low and take a break, but they can actually be a great opportunity to...
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The Guild Counsel: Seven New Year's resolutions every guild leader should make
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous As 2013 comes to a close, it's a good opportunity to look back at your guild's year and remember the success and memorable high points you...
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The Guild Counsel: Recruitment tips in the age of free-to-play
Filed under: Business Models, Guilds, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous Free-to-play is here to stay, and in just a few short years, the MMO landscape has changed dramatically. It...
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The Guild Counsel: There are no bad players, only bad guild matches
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous If you had to pinpoint the source of what causes most guild drama, it almost always comes down to the guild's screening process. We've...
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The Guild Counsel: Seeking a guild? Watch for these red flags
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous Each week in this column, we explore common issues in guild management, with a focus on tips to be a successful guild leader. But this...
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The Guild Counsel: Guild-friendly Vanguard features I know I'll miss
Filed under: Fantasy, Guilds, Opinion, Vanguard, Free-to-Play, The Guild Counsel When the news of Vanguard's sunsetting broke, I got thinking about what best describes the Vanguard experience to those...
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The Guild Counsel: What EverQuest Next Landmark means to guilds
Filed under: Fantasy, Guilds, Opinion, Free-to-Play, EverQuest Next, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous With the arrival of EverQuest Next Landmark's alpha, the buzz is all about how the game is a fresh...
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The Guild Counsel: How to find a good pre-launch guild
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous There's a wave of new MMOs on the horizon, and with each one comes a surge of enthusiastic fans ready for launch day. Some are so excited...
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The Guild Counsel: What do you need to be a guild leader?
Filed under: Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous The other day, I came across one of those inspirational posters that takes a word and then uses each letter to spell out a quality that...
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The best of Massively's Guild Counsel column
Filed under: Guilds, MMO Industry, Opinion, Massively Meta, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous Karen Bryan is a seasoned MMORPG gamer and guildleader who cut her MMO teeth on EverQuest and went on to run...
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