Quote Originally Posted by skaterger View Post
Maybe I'm missing something, but why can't you make friends with the other 7 people in your static? They're real people too, and just because you are forced to interact with them in an "arranged" situation does not make them any less of a person. It's like saying that real love can never possibly exist between two people that meet through matchmaking or online dating. Personally I met many friends through raid groups (both pugs and statics) and it usually occurs from banter in between wipes. I don't think raiding is just srz business where its just killing bosses that matters, but having fun and joking around are actually more important for many groups.
It takes two to make it (friendship) happen and some people just don't seem to like to interact. When I run full party events with my friends and we pick up some randoms we tend to goof off during down time, most of the pick-ups just seem to sit there and wait or start going elitest (not many, but happens often enough) while may be 1/20 join in; it's those ones that we ask to join our LS/FC, but sadly only half end up accepting.