See that is what I love to hear, people making adjustments when things go wrong. Omg how I wish you could hear the audio in the video. First off when the guy died he was yelling that his game glitched out and kept yelling it. (Mind you this was the guy that caused both wipes on totems and killed 3 people at Golgoroth so he was on the defensive) I didn't care how he died I just wanted to know which plate he was, so I said 3 times in my normal voice "which plate are you". Then I had to yell which plate were you finally he said he was plate two. The extra Titan in the middle got confused or he wasn't listening so he decided to run to the plate late and kill himself to see if it will do damage, it didn't so that's when the team said its a wipe. I just stood still and was wondering how we could finish. One person was about to jump up and I was begging him not to and said we can 4 man this as long as I am on the plate with 2 ogres. I also told 2 and 3 to kill both of their ogres as a team then focus on the knights after. Sure enough at the end we did it, it was fun though :)

and this is why people should learn how to handle every position in every encounter. I should never hear crickets when asking who will take golgoroths gaze, or who wants to run, or, well, any freaking thing. worst thing you can say to someone who has actually spent time and effort learning the raid = "I always do ___, so I don't know how to do ___. ".

This is true, but it is a two way street. I myself want to learn EVERY part of each raid so that no matter what group I get with, I can play whatever part is needed. But back when there was only VoG, the inevitable question would come up: "Okay, who is running the relic?" Now up to that point I had never run the relic, though I'd seen it done like 4 different ways. I told them I had no idea how but that I would do it. Any time you've never done something like that, it will take a few deaths to learn what to do and actually build a rhythm with it. That group was repeatedly butthurt that we died twice at templar while I was figuring relic out. They got whiny and upset until one douche finally said, "Fine I'll run it, I can do it." Keep in mind, none of them were really explaining what I should do or how I should do it, and when they asked, I got the "Seriously bro? Seriously?" Basically if people aren't dicks, things work better. I had a great team show me kings fall. Because they actually didn't mind helping, we all knew every job and rocked that -blam!-ing raid. When someone died, we knew which plate needed to be manned. Because someone took time to explain the daughters, we all knew what to do when it randomly chose us. We all knew how to steal gaze and run the red bubble of death in case someone else died. Moral: Raiding is better without douches.

I hear ya. obviously I had to start somewhere, just as everyone else has, does, what has you. I am generally very open to explaining a new position, and can be very patient while someone figures it out. heck, I have done six or seven runs through hard mode in one week before, but I guess what I was trying to get across, is that is frustrating when someone says they are a seasoned and experienced raider, but they are lost if they don't get to do what they always gravitate to.