No no drama, you don't want no drama...

An interesting post coming out of Zen of Design today, talking about one of the world's top raiding World of WarCraft guilds and their no girl policy. One of the reasons cited was that 'girls cause drama.'

I agree with Damion that it's not a one-way street. In fact, in-guild drama I have seen to do with women has tended to center around the tension between males in their real or perceived fight over a certain female guildie (or any other imaginable permutation). Damion's example of guys becoming blubbering idiots around women once that femaleness is confirmed over voice chat is also totally on the mark. A "Hi" becomes a sickly "Hiiiiiiiiiii....." you get the idea. Heck, get those guys outta ma guild. Their pubescent selves get distracted too easily.

Having been in a top ranking raiding guild on a PvP server (and been privy to the often idiotic guild chat), I agree that it can totally get completely brainless--but it's not because of the ~women~.