Naxx25 madness and the joys of pugging.

Last night i was in the middle of some PvP when our Warrior MT called out for people in guild to PuG Naxx25.

When Zoning in i discovered that we had a group of about 16 people, 4 of which were guildies. Now 16 people is more than enough to kill Sapphiron and Kel'Thuzad on 25 man with a competent group. But as i soon found out this it was not.

Oh the glorious wipes on Sapphiron when our healers managed to get caught by the shockwave during the air phase or the even more enjoyable defeats on Kel'Thuzad where people were killed by "Purple Swirly Things" on the ground or when our whole melee group managed to get turned into one big iceblock. We did manage to get them both down in the end - and needless to say - had a great laugh about the silly mistakes people were making. So all-in-all a great Pug.

So this brings me to the topic of why i love pugging raids:
1) You have no responsibility to anyone except for yourself.
No matter how bad you play you know that people in the PuG really weren't expecting any better so meh. Which also means that if you play really well you can watch other people fail on simple things and laugh out loud behind your computer.
Furthermore if you feel that you have no responsibility you can also relax better from the troubles of the world.
2) You can leave at any time.
In an average PuG - when the atmosphere gets really bad or when you can see that the Pug just isn't progressing anywhere you can just make a nice excuse and just leave. No penalty other than maybe a small hit to your realm reputation, if you have any that is.
3) You have a chance to check out other players and guilds on the realm and get a feel of the other people that play on your realm.
4) Finally - The big one! You can  really feel good about your guild raids - and just how much better things are there. This thought primarily just makes me smile :)