being deaf must be one of the worst experiences

That sucks. Evem though he cannot hear he can still do some research and look at vids of whatever they need to do. He said their guild was small so they were not some leet guild who are able to down enemies first on the server. There are plenty of vids and information for him to look at and his guild mates should also be able to assist.

That's BS. I would welcome this dude into my guild with open arms and help him with anything he needed. Guild leader is..as Penn Jillete would say...an asshole!

Poor guy. It's bad enough to go deaf, this is just asinine.

I have raided without ventrilo and there was no problem at all. Seriously, a guild policy? I guess there are no exceptions for douchebagery like that guild leader of his...

everyone gets kicked from wow for being stupid and obsessive over a game that really isnt that good , maybe that article would be nice to see.
sorry if offended anybody if n4g had open zone i would have gone there . :)

I was a GM on WoW before I quit and we had 1 deaf guy in our guild, luckily he lived with his boyfriend so he could quickly sign commands to him.

You've got to wonder who's the real handicapped in this situation.

he could of at least heard them out.

If they use voip as standard, and it is a requirement of the guild. They are not obliged to change the way they play for a handicapped player.

I don't personally care about the serious side of gaming, but if I did and someone couldn't keep up - I would kick him too. Of course if he proved he was perfectly capable, despite his injury then there's no logical for them to kick him. Then again as a guild leader, you have the right to kick whoever you want for whatever reason, so who cares, join another guild.

Wow isn't difficult anymore that pugs need to use any type of vent.. and 10man naxx is easily puggable. These guys were just stroking there epeens. I hope that guy finds himself a better guild.. as there are plenty out there.

This is serious buisness people.

Somebody get this guy in their guild and kill those dooshers

Whats so good about wow anyway? i played it a few times but all i did was chatting chicks up, then i got a warning from blizzard for being a diff lol... funny times.

Why do WoW guilds and MMO gamers need to increase the severity of their stigma more? Kicking a deaf person out of a guild, because of something he cant control, where he probably has a lot of friends is just another negative image added to MMO gamers that we dont need.

Heartless Bastards!

Seriously????? How pathetic is this guild????

If I knew who the douche Guild Leader was.
I'd bitch slap him.. Until fucker went blind.

Best of luck for dude to find a good guild.

haha, cleared naxx 10 man once??!!

you defiantly don't need that guild man. there are a lot more fishes in the ocean :) especially when it comes to wow.

I agree people are heartless if your in the army in your comrade is shot your not going to leave him. And say he's no longer useful your going to help guide him

now i know most people arent like this when it comes to deaf people like me but this is essientally why im a one man army in any multiplayer game if possible or a certain team or co-op with the objective being straightforward

even though i got a cochlear implant that gives you digital hearing im still having trouble

In our FPS clan (mostly play Battlefields) we have someone that is def but born with it, and we love the guy to death and he's been in our clan since it started (in 2004), we've even let him play in TWL matches.

That's horrible what they did, it seems like they cared more about his character then they did him. They didn't even give him a chance to at least try to see if they could do their raids or whatever, but stopped being friends with him completely ... how lame and shallow of them...

If this guy ever gets into FPS, he's more then welcome to join our clan with open arms. Just google Trunkz Jr and you'll eventually find the clan I'm in.

Crappy guilds are a dime a dozen in WoW. He is better off without them if they seriously can't figure out a solution.

I've done most of my raiding in WoW without voice. You only really need voice when you're going for some of the harder achievements. It's not like the rest of the raid can't use voice either if someone is unable to use voice. All it would take is someone else in the raid who has an easy rotation and quick typing speed to relay any important messages. I've done it before, so I know it works.

But yeah, find a -real- guild and let the losers play with the losers or find another MMO where voice is even less important or where the community is more mature and helpful. That's my advice to the guy and anybody else in a similar situation.

People are feeling bad for him but I'm just wondering how this is even news. It would be no different than booting a kid out of your guild. A lot of guilds raid by voice chatting instead of using text all of the time so I can understand why he'd get booted out.

It's news because this is just straight up BS. Many raiders in WoW have their heads up their asses and think they are all that - their way or the highway. I personally think this whole voice chat stuff is stupid and pointless, I never talk because i prefer typing than talking. Booting him because he's deaf? No the proper headline should be "Player Booted From Guild Due to Guild's Extreme Laziness to Use Game Chat". using chat isn't hard, i swear to god bunch of lazy asses.

LOL, thats dumb, like raiding pve content is hard if people actually have half brains. Those kids i guess like to feel they are doing something serious and using pro tool vent...

don't feel bad bro

just quit and join another guild. hell there are too many guilds

People seriously should take a chill pill in WoW.. So the guy with a disability gets removed from the guild becasue he can't listen to what people say on Vent...

Didn't it occur to this lowly guild master to ask the guy to install Deadly boss mods? would it kill him to type quick boss tactics in raid or party chat? The guy already mentioned he reads on tactics and gets all the necessary Add-Ons for PvE purposes.

Poor guy, I hope he finds a guild with people that have hearts. Don't worry lad I am sure you will find a hell of a great guild.

This is off-topic but I had an experience not too long ago, i was in the Stonecore Heroic. We approached the first boss that crystal worm with rotating car tires thing.

Dungeon guide asked.. 'all know what to do?' I replied 'Explain HC tactics please' very politely. He ignored me like I was talking shakespeare to a Hershey's bar.. and the guy pulls and wipes us and puts the blame on us first timers and says 'clearly no one knew what to do' and left.. He obviously didnt read a letter of what I wrote on party chat...

All in all, I just wanted to say, people need to 'chillax' in WoW. If I was a guild leader and a deaf person joined I will be more than happy to talk to him/her in text. I don't think a person can't use VT or voice chatting due to a disability is an excuse to get out of talking via text chatting. It is not the end of the world if someone couldn't use VT for a solid reason.

im deaf too. i understand how he feels. i was being kicked from some clans from BFBC2 and other shooters because i cant hearing of anything. i know where to go, how to support my team, and etcs. can't Deaf do anything?

hey Deaf people, want to join deaf club for games?

Nothing new, I saw this about 3 times in the first couple years of WoW and I've seen prejudice against it in other MMOs as well. Maybe not kicked from guilds but kicked from groups, etc. Vent is stupid imo. I am not so retarded that I don't know how to play a simple MMO like WoW, or be able to switch targets or focus fire or look and see what everyone else is doing, etc. I would much rather listen to music than stupid drunken hillbillies. I can read and type pretty damn fast as should anyone else be able to who spend that much time on the computer.