My World of Warcraft guild officers announced recently that we should consider reopening recruitment.

Let me take 10 seconds to consider it. …

Ok, I’ve considered — WE HAVE TOO MANY GUILDMEMBERS. STILL.

I was offline for a few days, I come back and there’s three new names in guild chat. ??!!?? Where did these people come from, asked I. Actually, the words I chose were, “who the fuck is *NewPriest*?” and “who the fuck is *NewWarrior*?” Because goddamit, recruiting was closed for a reason … WE HAVE TOO MANY GUILDMEMBERS.

Answers: Oh, *NewRogue* is the one woman’s husband. (Interesting. I had no idea she was married, and may I be the first to think what a curious relationship that must be.)

*NewPriest1* is a roommate of a guildmate. (So?)

*NewPriest2* is best friend’s forever of another guildmate. (So?)

*NewWarrior* was a pre-BC (Burning Crusade) app we pitied.

So, to back up my very unpopular opinion, I took a look at our roster, both our internally generated roster and the Armory … because my guild’s roster and equipment is still available in the Armory, unlike certain guilds that are excluded for some reason.

Here it is, cleverly anonymized so I don’t get in-game fan mail and requests for autographs gold.

63 raiding guildmembers?? We need to lose 1/3 of our roster to get back down to fighting weight and the officers want to be Ellis Island and welcome the huddled masses.

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