WoW Raid Meeting and WCA question #3 (late)

Observations:

1. 11AM everyone logs on and meets for the Saturday morning raid of Ank Hill.
2. There's about 20 players in the raid group all under one leader who seems very organized and keeps everyone in order maybe that is why it seems he is highly respected. 
3. There are a few others trying to get into the group late but they are told no because they are to late. They are getting annoying and asking alot.
4. Alot of people get ready for the raid and respec and grab different gear from their banks.
5. Everyone seems to be super excited, this is a free server so nobody knows what drop they will get?
6. People are chatting in game and it seems that most everyone is friendly and knows eachother quite well. Some people are using a voice chat program called ventrilo.
7. There are a few VIP players that i think i will ask to interview as well.
8. i see some gamemasters or GM's watching and hanging out.
9. Everyone is attacking one monster or mob that has an insane amount of health.
10. 12:36PM the mob has died and everyone has gotten a token that can be turned in for better gear. most people have left and others are still around just chatting. 
    

Impressions:

1. These players seem to long for these saturday morning raids. Most of them seem like kids going to the annual fair and thats just from watching them talk in-game.
2. I feel i should interview the raid leader and figure out why all these people respect him and let him lead.
3. I guess this is a life lesson...Dont be late! 
4. I wonder how long have people spent getting all this gear and experience?
5. Why would people spend a good hour and a half killing a single monster, trying to get one single item? 
6. I am wondering how all these people meet and start playing wow?
7. I see that the vip players have really good gear. where did they get it?
8. How long does it take for people to have enough experince to be a GM?
9. I see that on free servers alot of gear is created and is 100 times better then the retail gear so that must be why the mob has more health.
10. I wonder how many of these people are actual friends other then game friends?

WCA question #3:

As I read kidders excerpt I get the sense that he is being pulled more towards the conservative side. As I read on I got the sense that this was a happy, quiet, little town full of people with conservative views and ways that was slowly overtaken by younger more liberal people who wanted to come in and change this town. As I read on I felt kidder expressing sympathy for the older towns folk who just wanted to be left alone and to there merry little ways. His writing was slowly subconsciously influencing me in the direction he was leaning towards weather he meant it or not. 

My attitude towards my community is greatly influenced by my experiences, so when i talk about my community I am very enthusiastic about it. I could probably persuade anyone to dab into my group. But I realize everyones experiences are different so some people might hate my community while others like it. It just depends on your own personal experience with that community.