Today, My ignorance was tolerated.

Before going in, I played WoW, but never as a tank. Mainly because my brother was the tank and he always tanked for me while I would just ride the instant-qued train to mindless slaughter and quick loots.

That being said: the story is not like that, as he isnt here and I needed GC tokens to get my chocobo. My brother recommended to play as a gladiator to be a tank. After grinding into lvl 16, and doing guildhests to grab some tokens and learn to tank (though with mixed results), I randomly, and unintentionally, qued for a dungeon.

After a few pulls and watching 2 mobs walk away from me to the man in the skirt and to the lady poking them with a pointed stick, I took up responsibility and told them this was really my first time tanking ever. Instead of recieving a boot, I got advice. Instead of toxic players being mad, I was dealt with patience as they all helped me learn my class alot better, giving me better rotation advice.

We survived (mostly) all the way down to the end, after recieving a new belt which I used the buckle side to beat C'thulu for showing up in only his bathrobe. I had a freaking blast.

Thanks to the people from the group, I decided to stock around longer with this game. Yes, I probably should have looked up what I should have before jumping into a dungeon. Instead of being knocked down, I was carried in the good way.

Thanks for being nice to a noob. :)