Stolen from SN Board


The Average Raider
Chances are you fit into this category. He talks on Vent when needed, is fairly adaptive to the instance, pays decent attention, fulfils his class role adequately, and doesn't cause too many problems.

The Pessimist
This dude always sees the worst in things. He'll say things over Vent like "[Main Tank] is at 90%, it's a wipe" and means it. If your group wipes at all, no matter how preventable it was, he'll either leave the raid or complain that it's going to be "a long night." Even after successes, this guy will say stuff like, "that was really sloppy, we almost didn't make it."

The Optimist
Arch-nemesis of the pessimist, the optimist will see the silver-lining in everything. Expect to hear things like "That was a great attempt! We got Vael all the way to 29%!" and "All we need to do is keep the MTs up, do more dps, stop dying, and we've got this." Even if your raid is absolute $!@% that day, The Optimist will celebrate all accomplishments.

The Cusser
Swears profusely about everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. He'll swear when your group is idle in front of the two beginning giants. This dude can be very funny, especially if he has an accent. He's almost always drunk and will usually tell you he's drunk multiple times.

The Clown
Provides good entertainment for your raid. Does impressions, tells jokes, sings/raps, plays sound clips... you name it, this guy does it over Vent. His main flaw is that he will do this at the worst times, including in the middle of boss fights. This guy can overlap quite easily with The Cusser.

The @$%!@%&
Damn, I hate this guy. Every time your group wipes he will immediately try and blame someone and/or anyone. If he makes a mistake, he'll come up with some BS excuse for it (&quote; I lagged into Ragnaros; that's why I pulled aggro!” etc.) At least one wipe he will claim that it was your class that caused it, even when it was probably his class too. Example: Your raid gets to Onyxia. Your warlocks don't bother with an SS, being told that anyone who rezzes will pull aggro on Onyxia and that SSes are useless for wipe-control. Mid-fight the main tank dies, druids have no battle rez. Your group wipes. The @$%!@%&, a druid, immediately starts screaming that the warlocks are incompetent for not placing a soulstone. A warlock asks him why the MT wasn't battle-rezzed; he replies that "all the battle-rezzes were used on mages." He then continues to blame the warlocks. (This actually happened to me.) He's probably buddies with at least one officer, if not an officer himself. Tends to overlap with The Pessimist.

The Princess
NOTE: This does not describe all female players, only a certain breed of them.
The Princess will flirt with everyone, and I mean EVERYONE. She almost always gets loot over people with more dkp, due to either her flirting with all the people above her or a "slip-up" by the Master-Looter. If she's decent-looking, everyone knows what her Myspace is. If she isn't decent-looking, she'll pretend she is. She probably talks in a really high-pitched voice. She knows at least one other raider in RL and will defend him on any issue no matter what; the whole raid will probably start taking his side too to suck up to The Princess.

The Dude With the Freaky Ass Voice
Often from another country or down in the Deep South of the US. Nobody is capable of understanding him so he's usually ignored. Sometimes is mixed with The Guy That Yells Too Damn Loud which complicates things and is very annoying. Depending on his coherence he can easily become the Clown.

The Activist
Tries to look out for the raid, at the expense of a few of the raid members. If he's not the raid leader or guild leader/officer, he'll almost certainly be hated. Will try and end any argument that pops up in your raid, frequently with threats that he can hopefully back up. Hates wasting time and will get pissed every time your raid wipes or on any other delay at all. Gets very impatient on loot and will occasionally force it on people if there is enough of a problem. May try to be inspirational, trying to push the raid onto the next boss but can get frustrated fairly easily and will insult the raid into movement if needed. Tends to hang with only a few people in the guild, most likely other officers. This character can overlap with the Vent !@#@ and a few others, and tends to hate The Cusser or The Clown.

The Complainer
Complains about everything possible. Not really an @$%!@%& or a jerk - just that whenever something goes wrong to this person, they complain about it. "WOW will someone get this !&$%ing mob off me? I can't do my damn job when the tanks aren't doing theirs." or "Wow, nice lag tonight Blizzard. Oh wait that's every night. Screw BWL, I'm tired of this laggy $!@%." or when we're pvping "WOW I LOVE HOW [insert class] CAN JUST [insert ability]." If this character is not very good and/or dies a lot, he can be extremely annoying.

The Attention !@!#&
During raids especially, when the most people are on vent, will start talking about his personal life like we really care that much. Will bring up real life issues when we're in the middle of something and people just aren't interested. Usually he'll keep at it until someone pays some kind of attention to him. Example: "Man it sucks that I have to be at this raid tonight, cause I'm pretty depressed since my girlfriend just broke up with me. Apparently she fell for some guy who just got out of prison for sexual assault. I don't know what's up with her, but I think I'm gonna go pour rice into her carburetor after we down Vael. Oh and tomorrow I can't come to Onyxia, I have an appointment with my psychologist. I punched my sister yesterday so my mom's making me see one." Usually people just don't respond, but you can just tell they're dying for the attention. The Princess usually falls into this category.

Armchair Raid Leader
Is quiet most of the time but when an encounter gives the raid trouble, he is quick to suggest a million impractical and poorly thought out strategies which he considers to be foolproof ("Okay, let's get in a circle around Golemagg and have everyone fight for ranged aggro so that he stays in the middle and doesn't attack anyone!"). No one pays attention to him and he will never actually lead a raid.

The Dictator
Nines times our of ten, the Dictator plays the roll of guild leader. If he is not guild leader, he be found as the guild's raid leader. Basicly he is the one that gives all the orders during a raid. Prefers to take away TS/vent speaking privilages from everyone else in the raid, besides those he trusts, aka his right hand man, his cronies, and the MT. Creates a seperate voice channel for healers to speak to each other so he can ignore them but they can still hear him. Does not allow anyone to type in raid unless it is constructive. Instead a /join channel is used for all the worker bees to talk. He dictates every aspect of loot, forcing loot down the throats of passers, and denying it from Loot !@!#&s that will use it once in a blue moon. He has a horrible voice and $!@%ty mic, but you are forced to listen to him 24/7. If you dont like the way he does something, you have no room to speak, because he knows all, and in most cases he does know all. You fear to even cross his path because his 6-7 cronies that follow him as their leader would do anything to protect him. The dictator tells you what to do, 39 follow. Raiding is treated like a chore with him. Overlaps heavily with The Activist but never does things as nicely.

The Bomb
You won't know he's in your raid until he explodes. He may get into a few minor conflicts in the guild/raid but probably won't be suspected of anything. When he's pushed too far, he will wipe the raid outright, or worse, ninja a boss's loot when you're doing FFA. Rarely gets into a different guild/raid.

The Inflamer
Will bring up controversial societal issues and inflame people on purpose. People used to him get a good laugh, new raiders will sometimes be offended/confused. Can be extremely radical ("All drugs should be legalized!") or just moderately controversial ("George W. Bush is the greatest/worst President ever!").

The Impatient Puller
The IP wants no downtime on the run. Will pull the next group of mobs when the healers/ mages/locks are out of mana and drinking. This is usually a melee class. Contradicting his need for speed, he will be first to complain about you looting in battle when you didn't have time to loot before he pulled.

The Gossip Queen:
Speaks mostly in /whispers to many people in the raid. He/she knows all the drama going on between the members of the guild and frequently will talk behind the back of people he/she doesn't like. Is known to cause a lot of drama to win loot with his "he said, she said" tactics. Is also known for the occasional very hilarious and sometimes embarrasing mistell in raid chat like, "Yeah I can't believe that Kitty cybered Rogueblade last night."

The Guild Spy
This person normally comes from the notorious guild of the server, brought to fill a slot. He sets up with guild officers from the notorious guild to infiltrate the best guilds on the server to steal strategies and if the worst case scenario comes along… ninja loots all the items on Onyxia/Nefarian because its on FFA loot. High-End guilds must always be wary of such scum.

The Guildist
This is one you will only see in guild alliance raids. It is often an officer or leader of one of the guilds. He/she will try to come up with excuses for the other guild(s) and their members to not get any loot, and will blame them if something goes wrong, even though it was blatantly obvious that it was one of his/her guildies that screwed up. Whenever one of these are involved, guild alliances will crumble fast.

The Pervert:
Makes a sexual reference about anything and everything on vent. Usually pretends to be gay with another member of the guild. Overlaps with The Clown.

The Independent Spirit
A player who refuses to gear appropriately or fill a raid role. Goes nuts when someone criticizes their build (probaably a 51-point dump in one area), form, or refusal to heal/tank/CC/whatever, usually with the phrase "Don't f-----g tell me how I should play. I pay $15 a month and I'll do whatever I want."

The Lousy Off-Tank
Why this guy is your backup is beyond you. He has maybe 330 defense, if that. His FR ranges in the low 80s whe he has the Paladin/Shaman buff on Rag fights. He dual-wields a Barman Shanker and a Thrash Blade when tanking. He hasn't grasped the concept of "Defensive Stance." Yet he is always called upon by your MT to get that spare Molten Giant. Every time an epic 2h weapon drops, expect him to make loud noises to get this item.

The Greedy Roller
Tends to be a hybrid-ish class )Paladin, Shaman, Hunter, Druid). When an item drops with +spell/healing, this player will insist that [Healing Class] should get to roll on it when mages/warlocks could get more use out of it (Mageblade comes to mind). Will usually argue vaguely that "it has +healing too, so it must be for Paladins!" Worse still will be Priests that ask for a one-hander, ugh. Get your damn Benediction! The Greedy Roller will probably cause a small crisis the first time he shows up in a new raid.

The ADD Kid
This guy is annoying as hell. His voice could break glass, his skills in the game could break a WoW record low, and pretty much everything he says is off-topic to the raid. Almost always tries to be a Clown and usually is a Damage Meter Obsessive-Compulsive (even though his status on it fluctuates often). If you can get this guy mad enough, you'll have entertainment for weeks (though he'll turn Bomb quickly and then beg for a re-invite the next day).

The Gender-Bender
Most often found in male players, this person plays a character of the opposite gender from their own, and gets really hot under the collar if you use the same gender pronoun for both. What they usually fail to realize is that people only tease them becasue they get so irate about it. If they'd just let is drop, no one would care anymore.

The Idiot Typer
This player slaughters the English language every chance he gets. Fragments, run-on sentences, numbers 4 words or 13773rs, no punctuation or awful use of it, Yoda-like sentence structure, or worse. You may not be a grammar-fascist but after seeing this character speak, you'll feel a strong urge temporarily. Surprisingly, this person can be quite coherent in Vent.

The E-stud
This guy is as macho as it gets. He hits on everything resembling a female, asserting his ability to woo any lady, even the fictional ones. His favorite insult is the word "f4g" and proclaims regularly how easily he could whip you IRL. He makes subtle references to his intense workouts earilier in the day when he falters in a raid. And, when the raid is complete, he makes sure to reveal exactly how drunk he is going to get after he signs off, simply because he is just that good at life.

The E-Dater
Will hit on any girl in your guild or raid. He probably plays a lot with his chosen target, hanging out in battlegrounds with her, etc. Eventually he begins to feel a real connection happening, and is hurt when his feelings are not returned. Can be extremely hissy if you make fun of his e-life.

The Guy Listening to Music
The guy is always on vent, and always listening to music really loud. Whenever he speaks, you can't understand anything he's saying and produces some of the most awful noises in existence through your speakers or headphones. Insists that Unknown Band X is the best music ever and is shocked to hear that you've never heard of them or don't like them.

The Aussie
Doesn't play on your server's time-zone. Can't raid with you on weekdays. Has a funny accent that, if he overlaps with a few other characters, can be quite entertaining. He probably plays a class essential to your raid (like a Dwarf Priest) or else is extremely skilled at playing the game. The Aussie is generally a friendly, easy-going guy that rarely causes problems for the raid.

The Ignorant Looter
The guy in the raid that doesn't know his class and what gear he should have worth a damn. Frequent occurances are: hunters rolling on shaman gear, shamans rolling on hunter gear, and priests rolling on warlock gear. Another less-frequent appearance is the warlock who rolls on +defense gear over the tank because it has "a ton of stamina". Officers can't tell them not to roll because it's "my DKP and I can spend it how I please".

The Officer Demander
The guy that most frequently says "I pay my 15 bucks a month and can play how I want." However, they make it known that they expect the officers to be completely responsible for how much fun they are having. He/she refers to the officers not as people but as working stiffs who live for the sole purpose of making everyone else in the guild happy. Frequently contradicts themselves, taking the side of whoever has a problem with the officers at any given time. Their demands are sometimes completely unexcusable, but they refuse to see that and just demand that it gets done so that they may enjoy the game. This person is never an officer but you can bet that if they were, nothing would ever be their fault.

The Lucky Roller
This person usually shows up to raids unexpected and knows virtually nothing about the current instance. However, if anyone has roll hacks installed, this is the person. They will roll over 90 on items like the Heart of Hakkar (without knowing what it does) and then never show their faces in the instance ever again. Other common items are: Frayed Abomination Stitchings, Key to the City, Corruptor's Scourgestones, any reputation item in Zul'gurub or Ahn'qiraj, and Head of the Broodlord Lashlayer.

The Purist
Doesn't use addons on the grounds that they're "cheating." No CTraid, no Decursive, no anything. What's worse is that he's probably an inportant character like a tank or a healer. Also tends to stay off Vent for the same reasons.

The Drama Queen
Tends to also overlap with The Gossip Queen and The Attention !@!#&. This person is the major source of all drama in your guild ot the server in general. Everything that happens is a problem, s/he didn't get the item s/he wanted, didn't get to group with the person s/he wanted to, his/her "e-date" partner is upset with him/her (or TDQ is upset with the partner) and brings it up in guild/raid chat/Vent, and/or believes everyone (especially the GL and officers) is somehow alined against him/her. If he/she leaves the guild, expect a lot of drama to continue afterwards.

The Answer Guy
This guy/girl is always in vent, guild chat, raid chat, and the guild alliance channel. If an issue arises, people go to this guy to discuss it (though not generally to gossip, though many times the Answer Guy can be confused for the Gossip Queen). This guy lives on Thottbot and Allakhazam. He trolls the guild forums (both his guild and other guilds) and WoW forums for strats. Most times this player is not an officer, but the officers may listen to this player, and may possibly use his suggestions. Because of this he feels he has some sort of latent power with the officers that doesnt really exist. He tends to be outspoken whenever he feels he has found an answer to a problem, a quest, or what loot may drop. A common combination is The Answer Guy and The Diplomat.

The Diplomat
He/She is very adept (or thinks they are) at mitigating arguments and attempts to ensure that the survivability of that particular raid, or of the guild is paramount to all else. He may suggest that all players re-spec for specific encounters to ensure maximum survivability. He attempts to approach guild or raid issues with an open mind and infinite patience. He is who players come to when they need to discuss guild issues. On rare occasions he is known to snap at players that are having an open dispute in vent to quiet down or take it elsewhere, or attempts to cut them off with an all encompassing "feel good" remark (Sometimes overlaps with The Optimist). A modification of this role is the Impatient Diplomat, whereas all previous points have an edge, that, while getting the job done, sometimes overlap with The Jackass. The person in this position is often an Officer.

The Opinionator
If an opinion can exist (or even if it cant) on a subject, this guy has it. (IE: <MT>Golemagg hits hard. <The Opinionator>Oh, but not as hard as Vaelstrasz). He many times overlaps with the Ex-Guildie or The "Pro", although his opinions are generally correct, they are often entirely without context in a given situation. He thinks he knows what items should go to what classes in accordance with how that class is to be played. He may also be one of those who has the audacity to tell another class how to play. This position occasionally can be confused, or more frequently, overlap with The Answer Guy.'

The Insomniac/No-Lifer/Chameleon
No one understands it, but for some reason, this guy is ALWAYS on. Login at 6AM he is on, login at Noon or Midnight and he is on. In fact, if this person were NOT logged in, you'd be afraid your guild had disbanded or that he dropped dead at his keyboard. He claims to have a personal life and will occasionally assume the roll of The E-Stud while attempting to proclaim is real life exploits, although he never seems to be logged off long enough to actually have done them. He is generally quiet in vent or guild chat, unless he is temporarily assuming an alternating roll (which happens often). Many times this player also overlaps the He of 1,000 alts position. Because of his constant presence he may have been given the roll of an officer.

The Unlucky Roller 
Never seems to get a roll over 20, and often makes a big deal of it. Comments such as 'This lag is affecting my rolls!' are common from him. After about an our in the raid, he will start to expect pity for his misfortune, and makes a lot of noise when he wins something. Funny for a time but becomes rapidly annoying, especially over vent. 

I guess this is me... although no way I had enough energy to read them all ^^

The Pessimist / No-lifer

I'd guess, probably some other one aswell