Burnout

In the world of MMOs, everyone burns out on their favorite game eventually. Perhaps you play it too much and get bored, you fall too far behind everyone else and get frustrated, or you find yourself in a bad social situation and it isn't fun to log in anymore.

Officers are just like other players; they face these same burnout factors. But they have a whole slew of other potential factors on top of that. They're under pressure to make the guild a good one, so they put in extra time and effort, both to improve the guild and their own characters. They face competition for members from other guilds and other games. Despite their best efforts, there will always be members who leave or just gradually stop playing. The officers have to find new ...

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