Naxxramas-sign ups and our invite-system

This post might seem familiar to those who were here a year ago

I'd like to remind everyone about the history and reasoning behind our invite-system, and common misconceptions. Please read it all, as it is very important to us that you do. (Click read more!)

The invite system was created when we started to do Karazhan runs to prevent the drama's other guilds were having (and still are) when it comes to group make up for raids. We didn't want to just invite the first 10 people that signed up - that would be unfair to those slower with signing up. We didn't want to put anyone in a position of 'selecting' raiders because that would be too prone to favouritism. In short, we wanted a fair system that would give everyone an equal chance to go to raids (or as equal as possible, because the raid organisers (us) still have to get a group that *works*), so the KIL (Karazhan Invite List) was developed. It has now evolved into the NIL, the Naxxramas Invite List.

In this system, you sign up for the runs you are able to attend, and 24 hours in advance one of the officers (currently Neti) checks our priority-system to see who has gone more often than others, giving the guildies who haven't been for a while priority. I won't go into the exact workings of our priority system here, as there is enough written about that here.

Two common misconceptions about the invite list system:
- People that aren't on the NIL yet, aren't allowed to sign up for events. They are, they just don't get first dibs for a spot when there's enough people that *are* on the NIL (because being undergeared increases the raid difficulty), or guild friends that meet our gear requirements. It makes organising raids much easier for us if we're aware who is available in advance
- There's 11 sign-ups! I don't need to sign up, I won't get a spot anyway. By not signing up when you see there's already '11 signups', you're turning our fair rotation system into a 'first come, first serve' thing. Also, it is not possible for you to see what role someone signed up for; so there might actually be a spot free for you to DPS in even if you can't see it

If there's anything regarding all of this that you have questions about/want to discuss please contact me in private (pm via the site, message in WoW or a whisper) and I'll make a list of things to address

Thank you