I love raid nights.

We only raid three nights a week and even then, only for three hours at go, so I get really excited on the nights we do get to raid.  I love watching members start to log in about 45 minutes before the raid.  I love hearing the chatter in Voicechat as we get closer to our “On The Move” time.  I spend some time making sure I’m mended and stocked up before I head over to our meet-up spot in-game.

As raid leader, it’s also my job to start sending out the group invitations.  We’ve been doing this a while now and I prefer not to micromanage too much, so once my group leaders are in the raid, they do most of the work for me.  I invite the same people to “Group 1″ 90% of the time, and once I do that, I go grab a tasty beverage and make myself a quick meal (or the future Mrs. Kendricke and I decide to order out).

In fact, about the only thing I really dislike on raid nights is when I have to tell some members who show up to raid that they can’t raid.

I hate raid nights.
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