Someone explain the LFG tool hate?

That's patently false. My guild will continue to schedule its raid and other events and players will continue to participate.

Now if the basis of the guild was a simple loot grab rather than being formed for all the "right" reasons, yes, I can see that happening. But I hold little pity for them. They got what they asked for and can continue to do so through the LFR tool. After all, they only got together to chase phat purple pixels, right?

My WoW guilds flourished after LFD was released. We had more people get raid geared faster which gave us a bigger pool to choose from so if someone wasn't feeling well or not in the mood one night, a replacement was quickly found without drama. And we had multiple raid groups where before the tool we had one A-team and lots of drama. The only guilds that 'suffered' were the LEET ones who were used to being among the few on their realms who cleared content. Suddenly they weren't so special anymore because others could clear content without their permission. That, IMHO was a good thing! It wasn't until after Cata, long after lfd was released, that many of us quit the game for reasons that have nothing to do with LFD.

Welcome to MMORPG's. They are called timesinks for a reason. One thing that none of you have admitted is that all you want the tool for is to chain run your way to 50 while collecting your precious loot along the way.

You quit because you couldn't cake walk through the raids anymore

Not being lazy and not waiting to stand around doing nothing are two completely different things.

In fact, wanting to stand around doing nothing (while waiting for someone to answer your LFG spam) is the very definition of laziness, isn't it?

I want to get into the game and get stuff done! I do not want to wait around to start getting stuff done. That's the opposite of lazy.

So making something easier is not making something easier?

So you are also in that boat and think a game is only good if it caters to you and makes your life easier. Seeing how many people here just want everything handed to them on a silver platter, it is of no wonder why Demon and Dark Souls were not huge successes.

Because most people are happiest if they have a second job in a online game during their free time, instead of being able to decide themselves when to play? Not sure how long these job guilds last anyway. Those I have seen seem to change lineup all the time when people burn out or get bored or get a life.

Again I ask you, how is removing tedium and boring, valueless stuff making the game easier?

Say I'm going to climb a rock wall at my gym. If I stand in line for 20 minutes before I get to do that, that won't make climbing the wall any harder than if I get to walk right up to it, right?

Lazy is wanting to have the game create the group for you.

Nope that's not what I said, but at this point, believe what you want. If you want to believe I'm in a corner jumping up and down crying and throwing a temper tantrum, go ahead if it makes you feel better. My wife and I are having a good laugh at that one btw.