Wow getting help

From OiWiki

To help facilitate Oisters running with Oisters and all of us avoiding the dreaded "L2Play n00b!" pugs we all know and love, I present the following five tips.

1. Personally PST people. Guild chat is wonderful and marvelous, but many like myself have a hard time killing the murloc, looting his scales, reading the quest log, and keeping tabs on guild chat. Feel free to advertise first in guild chat, but if it isn't working out, don't be shy to /w someone. Even if you don't know them very well, Oisters are by nature a friendly bunch and nothing grabs the attention like some purple text and the signature whisper sound. For folks like myself who use WIM, it's doubly great since I get a little window that pops up every time I'm whispered.
2. Accept invitations. If you've proven yourself to be up for running 5-mans in the past, chances are people will remember you again when they run and will ask you or will remember when you find yourself spamming guild chat. Human nature leads us to seek out what is familiar. Be familiar!
3. Be a competent player. 5-man regular content doesn't require ubahl33tsauce players to do successfully, but it does require a certain amount of concentration and a good understand of how to play your class. DPS that hit the target before the tanks does, CC that can't or won't CC, tanks that rush headlong into the fray, healers that are eating a meatball hoagie while watching "The View" and trying to click on heal bot, players that go AFK every 15 minutes, and players that are generally unwilling to learn are usually not invited back. You may be an Oister, but if you are an Oister that refuses to help the group, you're gonna have a hard time finding folks to run with. No one likes bad Oisters!
4. Use vent, even for the easy stuff. Even if you don't talk, vent helps everyone to get to know each other better and improves your odds of making a friend. More friends=easier 5-manning.
5. Be a good sport. When someone spams the guild chat for one more DPSer and three hunters and a Shaman respond "Take me!," don't take it personally when you aren't picked and definitely don't make a big deal about it in guild chat. People who do make a scene are the ones that tend to drop to the bottom of the list. more drama= less fun. Instead, if you don't get picked, whisper the person that started the group letting them know that you'd be interested in running with them in the future.

And a bonus one: Use the Forums!!! For two months, at least, they won't be crowded with raid signups. For two months, at least, the majority of the guild that raided twice, three times, or even 7 times a week will be available and looking to do something. If you want to run the nexus, make a post about it. Even if people don't reply to your post directly, at least they'll know when you'll be on and looking to run and may try and work their schedule to match yours. Also, the in-game calender is your friend. Use it!