Quote Originally Posted by Alaray View Post
Pretty much every static will have someone who parses, that's the reality and it's normal. If a static group is particularly interested in knowing their own metrics in order to improve their own gameplay by finding their struggle points, seeing where they're at and being able to compare to others who're where they wish to be... that's completely fine, and their business. If they want to play with like-minded people, that's also fine. You being a part of a group with a mentality that's fundamentally opposed to your own, is stupid and you don't belong there nor will you have fun there. At that point, you find a group that fits your own mindset... you don't demand groups you wouldn't even enjoy change and cater to what you want - that's self-centered and childish behavior.
I just want to expand on this a bit, using an example that doesn't involve any gray areas of the TOS.

1. Some groups will want you to have full crafted, max meld gear for raiding on day one, or as close to day one as possible.

2. Others will go "What's the point of wasting that much money on stuff that will quickly be replaced anyways."

People with #2 mentality joining a #1 kind of group will have problems. They'll resent having to spend so much money (or hours on DoH/L). Conversely, the group will resent the joiner for not adequately preparing. And vice-versa, someone with the #1 mentality joining a #2 kind of group won't be happy with the group not taking it seriously enough, or whatever else.

There's many other metrics but in short, it's pretty important to join a group with similar expectations to your own. That can be a no parse group if you wish, they do exist. Or any number of other things that some people consider important to do a certain way, and can cause friction/resentment when those expectations aren't met.