Hey, I just wanted to let you know about a little incident that occurred with Rathdeort the other day.  I didn't want to post the information where everyone could see it, but feel free to forward the information to other officers.  I actually have decided that the incident is insignificant and I have no problem with Rathdeort - and even look forward to him becoming a permanent fixture in our guild.  He seems mature, honest and enjoys the fun of the game.

My alt set up a pug for Scholo the other day.  At one point I had all slots filled except one and Rathdeort answered to the call for a healer and joined us.  (I didn't even realize he was FSE until a few days after the run when I was reading the forums - don't know how I missed that!  du'oh...  And I later found out he didn't know of my association with FSE either.)  As soon as Rath joined up, one in the group immediately threw a temper tantrum.  He called Rath a &quot;ninja&quot; and advised he would not group with him due to previous problems.  He then left the group and I found a replacement.  (Though I am apprehensive about these types of accusations, I have been falsely accused on a couple of occasions so I don't just instantly assume I'm being told the truth by an accusor.  Besides, I don't take very kindly to ultimatums anyway.  &quot;It's either me or him!&quot;  I tend to get rid of the one giving the ultimatum then decide what to do about the accused.)

After I got the group back together I sent a /tell to Rath and asked him if he was going to be a problem in the group.  I explained to him that two people left after he joined (the other person who left was my brother and he just misunderstood something - so that's not really part of the story) and I was concerned about the tabled accusations.  I asked him if he was going to be an asset to the group and told him I wanted to make sure there would be no problems.  He responded in no ill way and advised me he would not be a problem.  He briefly explained what happened to cause the ill will between he and the one who left as well.  So, that was that.  We ran the instance, he healed quite well, no wipes, great group, no problems, nobody left etc.  One of the better PUGs I've been in, to be sure.

Then a few days later I noticed he was in the guild.  I sent him a message through the guild site explaining who I was and told him I didn't realize at the time he was in the guild or I would have treated the situation a bit differently.  I told him I hoped he didn't find me to be obnoxious and he said he was not offended at all and looked forward to grouping with me in the future.  We went back and forth with several enjoyable messages and he explained in more detail what had occurred to cause this guy to be such an asshat toward him.  Rath's side of the story sounds honest, truthful and he was more than willing to share.

As it turns out, I made the right decision to let the childish brat go and kept the one who was probably best for the group.  I enjoyed the run and fully recommend Rath be allowed to continue with the guild.  I did want to pass on what occurred just in case something comes up at some point, though I'd be extremely surprised if it did.  I also wanted to share the positive experience as well.