The Red Branch Guild Of Staghelm

This Guild was founded for family and for friends. We have always tried our very best to do things together and experience the joy and love of the game together. Since the coming of the Wrath of the Lich king the World of Warcraft has changed, the dungeons and raids are different. Generally they follow the same method; we go in, kill bosses and receive loot. However with the release of Wrath of the Lich King, Blizzard decided to make Naxxarams the only multi boss dungeon (at least until Ulduar). 

     We want everyone to be able to experience the most that you can inside the World of Warcraft.  So we decided that at this time it would be in our family ‘s best interest to open the door to all  raids (except Ulduar) . We also ask that you do not pug raids during our guilds weekly raid times (which are Wednesday and Thursday nights). With that in mind, it is up to you whether or not you choose to pug anything, but the opportunity is there for you.

 4.3.09

After much gnashing of teeth our officers (at least most of them) decided that due to our skinny raiding nature, that we should open EVERYTHING except for 10 man Ulduar to pug as we are saving the Ulduar for our progression group. That includes 25 man Sarth, Nax and Maly. The only thing we ask is that you DO NOT PUG 10 man Ulduar as we will be running that on our Regularly scheduled raid nights (Weds/Thurs 9pm Server Time and 11:30am Server Time Weekend mornings) This is an interim solution as we attempt to bolster our skinny raiding ranks. Also Pugging is prohibited on the nights we raid as a Guild as we expect you to run with your guild.

     Keep in mind that not all members have the time to grind heroics and that they have limited time to enjoy the game. For those players that have already gotten as far as they can with our current raiding rules this new development give them the opportunity to keep progressing, without consequences. 

     Regardless if you have been in our guild one day or for many years, you will discover it’s not the loot we are after (at least it’s not our total focus), it is the good times and laughter that we share with our friends and family. It should not matter in any way who you are running your pugs with. You will represent a family guild. So let’s go out there and represent our families as we carry on with the new raid rules.

I'd like to thank Kaboom for the original text (which I edited very little for clarity)