Guildleader Chores - Kyxyn steps down

So what happens when your friend, who is the raid leader and main tank tells you he is going to step down from raiding for health and family reasons?

"What, you can't leave me!  Oh gosh what do I do now..."

You can't say much, except that as his friend, you understand and support his decision, but he will be missed!  Yes, my dear raid leader Kyxyn dropped a bombshell on me before raid that left me speechless for about 15 minutes as my mind raced over what I was going to do next.  He did say he would still come to Flex, and perhaps I will milk that for all it's worth :) I think that having Kyxyn there for Flex helps make the whole thing run smoothly.  I'm sure with Aimei there it would be fine too but he's not as vocal as Kyxyn, so I would have to do more talking... heaven forbid.

He said he would stick around for a week as we try to tidy things up and organise things. And then I started thinking about who I would get to replace him.  Well, there's Asys and there's Owl. Oh man, if either if them is tanking means I'll be down a potential healer... oh man. Tacky's been stepping up - I could ask him!

"No back up healers... OMG... who can I ask... I'm getting dizzy..."

It's not so bad, really. We do have a lot of DPS spare lying around.  Just not so many healers and tanks. Ugh... does that mean it's recruiting time again?  I have tanks for WoD working their way up the ranks.

"Is it RECRUITMENT TIME AGAIN???"

I'm going to miss Kyxyn. Oh I know, he'll still be around, but somehow it won't be the same.  Kyxyn had a similar ideal to mine when it came to this guild - and actively tried to maintain that with me.  He was someone I could rely on when it came to looking at a new candidate and looking at their potential and their goals and gauging their abilities and their WoW ideals, and whether they would fit in here. I hope he realises just how much I valued his opinions and suggestions.

Raiding will still go on, but Kyxyn had an authoritative presence - that could be the teacher exerting itself - and for me, it added structure and discipline to our raids. I am not a raid leader as my explanations are child-like and simplistic punctuated with a lot of "thingies", "swirlies", "bad stuff", and I'm sure, like always, Kyxyn will be back - we just don't know when, but I don't think it will be for at least a year. Sigh, that's a big hole in my guild heart to fill!