Raiding Mechanics being ignored

New to the innovated mechanics of World of Warcraft gear acquiring as I am, I have noticed a few shocking things that may be a symptom of this overall, beautiful new system.

The Random Dungeon Finder: A wonderful mechanic to getting groups together, this tool allows even the least social person in the game to be able to do heroics and get pre-raid geared. All without the help of a guild, or friends outside or inside the game to help you. Regardless of how wonderful this tool is however, there are problems.

One of the chiefest problems I have to come across comes in the Heroic end of queuing for random dungeons. Many players seem to want you to be geared well outside of a reasonable quality for wanting to do the dungeon. I was accosted by one player who seemed to be under the impression that you should have a 6000 GearScore and be wearing 4/5 T10 armor pieces before queuing for a random heroic. This is a ridiculous sentiment, considering that if I'm geared that well, theres no reason for me to be queuing random heroics at all!

Another is the complete disregard for proper dungeon/party constitution. For instance, I witnessed a priest looting trash mobs as the tank was getting pummeled by a boss. The tank was low on health and this priest wasn't even moving to heal him. An utter fail, in my opinion. Or tanks demanding that you not AoE on pulls of 2 or more as it makes aggro difficult to maintain. Or DPSers insisting on pulling ahead of the tank because, "Its only trash." These are enormous problems, (granted they are problems with the people, not the system)

I think it would be wise for people to take advantage of this beautifully designed system. (Thank you Blizzard) However, I also believe that it would be wise for the people using this system to get a better idea for how grouping and party mechanics work.

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I...found myself...thinking...today.........about macaroni......we can learn something from macaroni.....it is rigid and steadfast..indomitable and forboding....but put it in water....and it becomes flexible and accomodating....remove it from the water and it becomes rigid and steadfast again........we can learn something from that...............don't get near water

random thoughts circling the world...are they truly random? or is God sending them to us at calculated times to provoke reactions in us....it does damage to the idea of free will to think of it that way...but then we are put on this earth to think....not exist...not live...not die....not to serve....we were put here to make use of the mind that God gave us....are you making use of it?

1. What is your favorite metal genre?
thrash, death, black. Its all equally loved by me

2. Do you like Lars Ulrich?
Well, isn't it totally metal to be a complete asshole?

3. Last Album you bought/Downloaded?
Last album I bought would be.....Kill 'em All by Metallica
last album I downloaded would be......Chaos AD by Sepultura

5. Last gig you attended?
its been a while, I think it was the Slayer/Manson show

Well, where's the question 4?

6. Last gig you missed?
Wacken Open Air last year. :(

7. Favorite American Band?
Metallica or Pantera, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Obituary, Morbid Angel, idk ITS TOO HARD

8. Favorite Norwegian Band?
That would be Mayhem. Or Gorgoroth

9. Age you started listening to metal?
When I was.....12 or 13. Somewhere in there. It all started with *gasps MALLCORE. D:

10. First CD you bought?
Load by Metallica. I had no idea what metal was back then.

11. Favourite metal filmclip?
I love the Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap.

12. Favourite metal guy/girl?
Favorite metal guy would have to be Necrobutcher from Mayhem. Fav metal girl? Laura Nichol of Light This City

13. Do you know how to growl like Corpsegrinder?
psh I can growl way fuckin better than Corpsegrinder
14. Do you own any metal t-shirts?
Lets see.. duh I own metal t-shirts. Hopefully I will be buying moar soon.

15. Are Vinyls releases better than CD ones?
If you have the capability of playing Vinyls, yeah. But you can't put them in an iPod.

16. Name your 3 Favourite Death metal bands.
Cannibal Corpse, Vital Remains, Morbid Angel

17. Name your 3 Favourite Black metal bands.
Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Behexen

18. Name your 3 Favourite Thrash metal bands.
Metallica, Kreator, Sepultura

19. Do you believe in Satan?
Being a former Satanist I can attest most strongly that he is very real.

20. Are Metallica Sell outs?
Yeah, but I still love their music

21. Do you think Darkthrone sold out when they released a single?
No, its not selling out to try to be successful

22. Name one song with SATAN in the title?
Gorgoroth - Incipit Satan

23. Do your parents like metal?
nonononononononononono

24. Is MySpace intensely gay?
Depends on how you use it

25. Best band you've seen live?
Ozzy Osbourne

26. Best metal band in your hometown?
Sacramento has no good metal bands

27. Favourite deceased metaller?
Dimebag Darrel

28. Do keyboards belong in metal?
yes

29. Does the idea of wearing medieval armour and fighting battles arouse you?
Not really

30. Injuries you've suffered in the mosh?
Broken nose, cuts bruises, that sort of thing

31. Best Australian metal band?
The Berzerker

32. What's better, buying a full length or buying an EP?
full length

33. Do you visit Metal-Archives frequently?
no

34. Did you think it ruled when Varg (Burzum) killed Euronymous?
No cause he killed EURONYMOUS. D:

35. Would you kill Dani Filth if given the chance?
No, cause I love Lord Abortion. I mean, us metallers forgave Rob Halford for being a fag, we can forgive Dani to.

36. Do you like short fast songs or long epic songs?
Both

37. Is Lemmy God?
No

38. Do you support church burnings?
depends.

39. Do you really care about metal these days?
Yes

40. Who's better, Philip Anselmo or Tom Araya?
Anselmo

Gaahl, gay or true?

OK, we all know that Gaahl of Gorgoroth has just come out of the closet. We also know now that he is planning on releasing a clothing line with his French designer boyfriend. We also know the the biggest afront to God and Christianity would be homosexuality. So with all this in mind, this bears teh question, is Gaahl's being ghey, trve, kvlt and antichristian? Or is he just a fag?
Of course we have to look at it this way, Gorgoroth is the trvest, most kvltest, most heavy, most Satanic band out there and then Gaahl comes out about liking danglers. :O
I can't begin to answer this question. All I can say is I hope Necrobutcher from Mayhem doesn't come out to. That would be a low blow.