LOL G!  Back in the day it was hell.  I'd spend all day with a pin a paper on the armory looking at everyone's gear, spec, and enchants.  Sending, literally, hundreds of PM's a week to people that "SAID", they wanted to raid.  It was a very rough road.  Then you've got to get everyone one on at the same time and make sure they understand the motive and know the loot rules.  Let the QQ on loot begin!  amirite???

Seriously though, start out with a dedicated 10man.  Set up 2 to 3 nights a week where you guys run Karazhan and Zul'aman.  Start off there and see what you think about it.

Heh, Atar can attest to this:

Leading a new raid looks GREAT on paper.

In actuality, however, it's literally a second job....that you don't get paid for....that takes up all your free time.

It's hard, requires MANY dedicated and professional people. A 25-man raid takes a minimum of 40 people to get moving.

I recommend you show up to our weekend SSC/TK and Mag/Gruul runs to begin with to get a taste for raiding first.

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I actually would tend to agree with Shihli on this one (Serious shi, your avatar drives me nuts....  Its like.... a nazi with a mutant booger or something.....)

Sorry, got sidetracked....  Anywayz, I think the guild could use another 10-man progession-set because not everyone who needs badges (whether for off-specs, alts, guild-apps, etc) is managing to get into Atar'z ZA, Shi's 10-mans, or mAlt.  However, if you really look at mAlt's weekend 25-mans we have four full avenues for guild-apps to progess, alts to gear up, and mains to get off-spec gear.

I could see a benefit to having a second SSC/TK during the weekends, but even that I doubt would get off the ground.

Finally, and yes, in Shihli's words, I'll be "That guy".  A new 25 man raid would also mean new raid officers, possibly new loot rules, but most importantly a whole new set of core-raiders.  Many of the 'call-ins' that are being done now are guild-apps.  If a guild-app is a main-raider for over X-months, but never gets invited to the guild, (s)he is gonna stop showing up to raids.  So before the discussion on a third 25-man would happen, I would recommend you ask to meet with the Guild Officers and G to see if they want to potentially invite another 25-40 core-raiders.  If they are cool with it, and you have the patience, DDOOOOOO EEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!

However, these are just the opinions of a raider turned weekend-warrior.

What would be the goal of this new raid? 

Who would you expect to lead this? Would you be willing to plan and organize this?

What do you expect to accomplish before WotLK?

Who do you expect would be your main raiders for this? Do you have any commits or ideas?

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