Chest, it's pretty simple. You can either:
A) Do exactly as I said. You might have to go read my first two posts in order to find out what that is. This may take several minutes, but the hard part doesn't come until you have to spend 4 hours trying to hammer out an agreement with someone you're having a dispute with.
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B) Your guild can find someone else to represent them when you have a dispute with another guild. If you refuse to exhaust every option before bringing a dispute to the GM's, or if you are unable to negotiate with another guilds chosen representative, it is in your guilds best interest to not let you be involved in future disputes.
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C) Never petition another raid issue to the staff again, because this is the way it's going to be from here on out, all guilds, all classes. If you bring a dispute to us and we ask "Have you tried to work this out with Guild X?" and your response is "No." then,
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Originally Posted by Derubael, a couple hours ago, in the post you should have read
we will be declining to intervene in any situation where a significant amount of discussion hasn't gone on between the two parties in question.
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We are 100% serious about this, and I apologize if I made this sound like a request. It is not. Moving forward, you will work together on your own disputes. You will spend more than 10 minutes trying to work issues out. You will either be a part of the problem, or a part of the solution.
If your conduct and attitude in this thread, Chest, is any indication as to how you will be approaching a dispute with an opposing guild, BDA is probably going to have a bad time. If you're not sure how this is supposed to work or what is being asked of you, I suggest thoroughly reading through the posts I've made in this thread. In case you didn't catch on, I was trying to be nice and give you a chance to accept what is happening with some grace. Instead, you crossed your arms, puffed out your chest, and acted like a five year old being told to go make nice with the neighbor boy.
This is not unreasonable. It's not bad, it's not impossible, and it's definitely not something you are incapable of doing. Maybe if you have to take a second to realize that everyone has to work at this, regardless of class, and that no one side dictates all of anything, the raid scene might actually get better. You need to make a real attempt at working with your counter-parts in a raid dispute, exploring all options, and not giving up until it's clear both parties would rather see each other burn than come to an agreement.
If you are unable or unwilling to do this, find someone who will, because the alternative is no longer an option.
Thanks for taking your valuable free-time to read this, and good luck.