Post: WoW Player Kicked From Guild for Being Deaf
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01-02-2011, 01:04 PM
#1
CLM
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WoW Player Kicked From Guild for Being Deaf
Well you no longer have to be bad at a game to get kicked from a clan or guild. Now being deaf will be your ticket to getting rejected from teams.
User Unwelcomed explained how he was involved in an accident significantly damaged his hearing. Since he had troubles talking to friends and listening to music he turned to World of Warcraft to boost his morale. His guild didn't mind his disability till they asked him to use the Vent voice chat servers. He said no but mentioned he could research raids and use DBMs.
His guild didn't really care about his "raid researching" abilities and kicked him. Here is his complaint:
Originally posted by another user
Hey there thanks for clicking my post. This is going to be a bit lengthy.
I recently had an accident that resulted in the permanent lose of my hearing. The last few months have been the hardest i have ever known. I have had to deal with never listening to music and talking to people has become exhausting.
Its become that most people i thought were my friends just didn’t want to deal with me anymore as i had become inconvenient. I felt more alone than ever.
So i came back to wow. Now I’ve been playing with my guild for about 4 years. We have all become close friends. We have even done some rl guild parties. I explained why i have been off for so long to the guild. I explained my condition. Everyone was pretty supportive for about 5 minutes.
Do you know what the first question i got from my guild leader was? He asked me if i could still use vent. I told him no, but tried to assure him it wouldn’t be a problem as i usually research the fights before hand and use dbm.
He tells me that i can’t raid unless i have vent. Guild rules and all. I was pissed. After a huge blow out between us i get removed from the guild and put on ignore. Our guild wasn’t even that good. We did naxx full clear 10 man once.
After that i cried. I didn’t know what to do, who to turn to. I tried joining up with some other guilds but their response to why i can’t use vent went about the same.
So i come to the forums to not only vent my frustrations but to find others with my condition. Are there any deaf friendly raiding guilds out there? Would you be willing to take me in? How have you dealt with being deaf?
Any advice is appreciated, so long as its constructive.
Thanks for letting me blow off some steam, typing this out has helped.
TL
R version
Got deaf, got kicked, cried.
Edit: I can’t believe the responses i have received. My brother and i have been reading all of them and i have not felt such compassion in such a long time. (And from the wow forums no less lol) Its almost to much to handle. Now don’t get me wrong, i’m 6’3 240 pounds built like a truck chef crying just isn’t something i do. lol But here i am making an exception.
My brother and i have decided to make something out of our guild. The offers have been appreciated and noted. Thank You all again for the feedback it means more than you could ever know.
I recently had an accident that resulted in the permanent lose of my hearing. The last few months have been the hardest i have ever known. I have had to deal with never listening to music and talking to people has become exhausting.
Its become that most people i thought were my friends just didn’t want to deal with me anymore as i had become inconvenient. I felt more alone than ever.
So i came back to wow. Now I’ve been playing with my guild for about 4 years. We have all become close friends. We have even done some rl guild parties. I explained why i have been off for so long to the guild. I explained my condition. Everyone was pretty supportive for about 5 minutes.
Do you know what the first question i got from my guild leader was? He asked me if i could still use vent. I told him no, but tried to assure him it wouldn’t be a problem as i usually research the fights before hand and use dbm.
He tells me that i can’t raid unless i have vent. Guild rules and all. I was pissed. After a huge blow out between us i get removed from the guild and put on ignore. Our guild wasn’t even that good. We did naxx full clear 10 man once.
After that i cried. I didn’t know what to do, who to turn to. I tried joining up with some other guilds but their response to why i can’t use vent went about the same.
So i come to the forums to not only vent my frustrations but to find others with my condition. Are there any deaf friendly raiding guilds out there? Would you be willing to take me in? How have you dealt with being deaf?
Any advice is appreciated, so long as its constructive.
Thanks for letting me blow off some steam, typing this out has helped.
TL
R versionGot deaf, got kicked, cried.
Edit: I can’t believe the responses i have received. My brother and i have been reading all of them and i have not felt such compassion in such a long time. (And from the wow forums no less lol) Its almost to much to handle. Now don’t get me wrong, i’m 6’3 240 pounds built like a truck chef crying just isn’t something i do. lol But here i am making an exception.
My brother and i have decided to make something out of our guild. The offers have been appreciated and noted. Thank You all again for the feedback it means more than you could ever know.
I guess the guild really had their heart set on voice chatting. Hopefully this kid joins another guild and gets his vengeance.
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01-22-2011, 10:22 PM
#84
l33t j0rd4n
Is it because I'm 1337
What kind of a sick hearted boy/man would do that. It's not even funny, I would've got there details while I could 
Post them all over 4chan, bro.
Post them all over 4chan, bro.
01-22-2011, 10:30 PM
#85
iiSuPerBaD
Banned
i would of done the same thing because whats the point of playing with a team if u cant hear them,
01-23-2011, 12:29 AM
#86
Classy.
<3 BOXXY <3
Originally posted by Superman.
makes you think how lucky you are, just a simple thing like our hearing is so important in our lives...you never realise that until you read stories like this.
Yea. I could not imagine being deaf or blind.
We should all be lucky for being the way we are.
01-23-2011, 12:54 AM
#87
Booshykins
Tech Enthusiast
Originally posted by waltuO
Is it 'cause I'm deaf?
But yeah, this IS quite sad, but as Red said, gamespeak is very necessary with those types of games.
But yeah, this IS quite sad, but as Red said, gamespeak is very necessary with those types of games.
I beg to differ. I've been playing WoW for 3 years, not once have I had to use TeamSpeak or Vent. Guildies get along fine with me. And yes, they raid and run through dungeons A LOT.
Just sounds like a simple case of douchebaggery.
Just further provides evidence that mankind is the worst thing to have happened to this world. =D
01-23-2011, 01:30 AM
#88
MarioDaKid
.:SwagTeam or Die:.
I don't really understand why this is such a big deal. Its just a game. He can easily join another guild.
Oh and this is my 300th post.
Oh and this is my 300th post.
01-23-2011, 03:16 AM
#89
Booshykins
Tech Enthusiast
Originally posted by MarioDaKid
I don't really understand why this is such a big deal. Its just a game. He can easily join another guild.
Oh and this is my 300th post.
Oh and this is my 300th post.
It's the principle of the matter. It's not important because it was World of Warcraft, it's important because he was kicked out because the guild leader must have seen him as "useless" due to his physical ailment, just because he could not hear the game-plans for raids/dungeons/etc... although WoW has a perfectly fine chat feature...
01-23-2011, 06:23 AM
#90
Whore
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This proves that ppl take WoW too seriously and cant help out a kid that has been with u for a long time. U guys were so-called "friends", and just because he lost his hearing, u decided to be a total ASSHOLE. How would that kid have felt if he was deaf, and got kicked out of his guild??
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