We are on the verge of moving onto 25 man content (slowly but surely, and with what may be considered baby steps!). This is no easy task for a guild such as ours that one would label &quot;casual&quot;. With the new expansion on the horizon, we will want to dabble more in this content before it becomes trivial. 

The problem is we don't quite have the numbers to make the jump to 25 man content &quot;quite&quot; as efficiently as we'd like. The ingredients are &quot;almost&quot; there, but in case a few key classes don't log on we'll need a few more to keep the pistons firing. 

So we recruit. Simple, right? Not so much. Here's the catch. I occasionally throw out a recruitment message in the lfg channel and guild recruitment channel. I get responses, but I immediately have to filter out the goons from the non-goons.

What's a goon? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the first thing I look for is their communication skill and style. We do not want obnoxious, l33t, stat obsessed players, but rather reliable, helpful players. My filtering is sort of ok, but since the game has more goons than non-goons, I've been known to allow people into the guild who wind up not fitting in.

&quot;But we should just invite more people to get us moving on, who cares so much about their personalities?&quot;. 

The officers do, and so do you when that knucklehead we let in puts a damper on the raid atmosphere. We've got a good solid raid atmosphere now, because our standards tend to be a little bit above the bar,  and that's a good thing.

&quot;Ok, you long winded supermannish mass of wonderflesh, get to the point. What help do &quot;we&quot; need?

Recruitment help. We need more members to group together and dip their toes in the murky waters of Lake Pug. Seek out new life and new civilizations to get us members who'll go places with us, boldly. If you think you've got a good eye for a good guy (gross) help the officers and myself find us a couple of players who we can depend on.

What I'd like, especially, is if you can determine if the person you're recruiting is going to be a &quot;Help me plz&quot; player or a &quot;What can I do for my country?&quot; player. Gear is not an issue quite as much, as any boob can get fancy stuff.

Right now we could use more of the healing type of player, and maybe 2 more mages. A resto druid could prove useful, even a Boomkin druid and elemental shaman. Even a warlock wouldn't hurt. What we do not need especially is another tank or a dps warrior. 

So, keep your eye open in those pugs. You may help find that daimond in the rough that makes doing 25 mans a more common thing for our guild.