Entitlement the disease we really need healthcare for

Entitlement, it's a word that is tossed around on the WoW forums a lot. That players feel entitled to certain things from Blizzard and even from their guild. That they are owed something for simply logging on.

Obviously this idea is somewhat silly when taken to extremes however at its base levels I can somewhat understand the line of thinking concerning the difficulty of raiding especially if you're limited by time.

What irks me endlessly is the idea that a player is entitled to something from their guild. That because they've been in the guild for x amount of time they're owed y things.

That's stupid, in fact it's a lot more than that but it's late and I feel like keeping it classy.

To draw reference from my own experience, I had a DK quit the guild because he felt this way. He felt that because at one point roughly about 7 months in the past he had been a reliable raider. He then vanished for about 5 before coming back. Yet somehow he was surprised and even angry that he wasn't getting instant raid invites based upon his merits from back then. WoW is constantly moving forward, efforts from a previous tier are lessened very quickly and relying on those efforts for getting preferential treatment is stupid.

Look if you want to avoid that trap the easiest way is to just drop the ego. We're all here to play the game, maybe for different reasons or with different goals. But I think for the most part everyone plays to have fun. So stop whining to your GMs about not getting that raid invite, or how it's unfair you didn't get x piece of loot.

We don't like having to sit people any more than you, and it's almost as little fun telling someone that they can't play as being the one who can't.