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it, even though I’ve said the

DOT VS FORM

have the shape, aka “The Form”
looking perfect or everyone

same thing myself many a
There’s a common argument in

carefully measuring where

the marching arts. Dots or Form?

they should stand based upon

But one night in a raid, I realized

Every group learns how put on the

computerized measurements of

it doesn’t matter if my DPS

field the, for lack of a better term,

how a drawing would be created

was bigger than his. It’s nice

shapes, that they create while

with these “Dots”. I guess you

sometimes when it is so that

marching through a bunch of

can guess which school of

my ego doesn’t get too bruised.

printed dot pictures with numbers

thought I come from. What I’m

We all like to feel good about

on that indicates where they are

saying is: It doesn’t matter how

ourselves. What’s best is if we

marching. “This is my dot!” we

people do it, as long as everyone

are one, two on the charts; I don’t

would proclaim at one another

does it the same or else you

even care about the order as long

while pointing to the diagrams

will have everyone in a perfect

as a Hunter doesn’t wedge their

with our assigned numbers as if

line with someone off in the

way in there. What does matter

it really mattered when a circle

distance screaming “BUT I’M

is that our DPS is close to one

was lumpy and misshapen.

ON MY DOT!!!” unable to accept

time about other Warlocks.

that they look like an asshole.

another’s and that we drive each
other to constantly do better.

Once everything gets in motion,
you have to decide if you want to

Raids are a lot like that. If
someone doesn’t adhere to the
plan, or doesn’t understand
what the plan is or doesn’t move
with and help the hivemind
that is the raid, then they’re left
alone screaming (or silently
fuming) that they’re right, when
sometimes they’re wrong.
For my guild, that dot and form
for all of us was Heroic Imperator
Mar’Gok. We wanted our Ahead
of the Curve achievement and
set aside only a small fraction
of our raid time to work on him.
In phase three, we turned into

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