Thursday 10 December 2009

Better to reign in hell...

Ice Crown

And thus, true to guild tradition, the last leg of the expansion begins just as the dust from the latest emo nerdrage subsides. No point in dwelling on the bad stuff really, only point that matters is that we're still going strong and thanks to the tremendous effort of the current officers we're able to realistically tackle the challenges of the new instance and discover new exciting ways in smashing our faces to the floor.

Our first foray into Icecrown was filled with the usual troubles associated with patch days, instance lag, add ons not working properly, people arguing about proper tactics, bussiness as usual :) Still we managed to put on a rather good show and downed Lord Marrowgar after 4 increasingly better tries. Lady proved to be a collossal pain in the behind due to lag and people getting tired, but she has a date with the lootwhore collective on Monday :) For the moment, we'll focus on clearing the place in 10 man to getter a grasp of things and enjoy the rather hyped up airship encounter.

Keep up the good work guys!

p.s. Stop playing Dragon Age and come back you slackers! You know who you are!

Friday 6 November 2009

We ain't dead yet!

Mad Skill

Yup, what the title says. It's true that this page hasn't been updated for quite some time, but frankly put, there hasn't been something worth putting here for a longer time. Thanks to the Ez Mode encounters and the new direction the game is taking, we haven't been really able to accomplish something that felt like an achievement. Yog Sharon is dead and buried and if it wasn't for Donnin's karmic debt to the MMO gods (beware the curse of Greenspike :P) we would also have a new legendary to flex our collective e-peens with.

Thankfully, there are always those that are looking for bigger challenges and pushing themselves to the limit. Thus, it was with great joy that last week, a team comprised of Matsustathis, Forcea, Sashavykos, Maedhros, Oomph, Mallec, Flamingos, Cirri, Davdi and Sadrinna managed to blitz through ToC hardmode and earn a hearty cheer from the guild chat. Hopefully more 10 man groups shall follow presently with these achievements, and we'll finally manage to shake of the post-summer/post-patch slack and move on with the 25 man hardmodes and Algalon before the big loot party at Icecrown commences. Once again, a big cheer for the conquering heroes!

Army of Darkness, still alive and kicking it after 4+ years! Come for the loot, stay for the people and the fun:)

Tuesday 16 June 2009

Is that a tentacle in your pocket?

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Tuesday 28 April 2009

A study on the potency of fish...

As this raiding week comes to a close, you'll find most of us in a rather celebratory mood. Despite some glitches in raid organization resulting in cancelling one and doing a half raid on Sunday we managed to score 5 new kills in Ulduar without really sweating much (XT002, Ignis, Kologarn, Auriaya, Hodir - okay maybe the not sweating bit isn't 100% right, Ignis was a fucking sauna of pointless wipes until we got the kiting right but the rest was 1-3 shotted tops), and almost getting Thorim down (what can we do, we're old and sleep early :P). Decent progress on the 10 man front as well, with two raids knocking on Yogg Sharon's door tonight after trying him out in the weekend.

So, noble visitor, if you are an old acquaintance or kept tabs on us you'd probably expect us to still be trying to arrange vehicle passengers for Flame Leviathan or trying to figure out how exactly one can move in a vertical square for 1/8th of a semicircle (sorry for the pun Don :) ). Well, a lot of factors have contributed to this (obviously my stellar contribution to the bottom of the dps ladder), but most likely it all boils down to fish. Yup, that's true, from the moment the current administration established a mandatory free fish feast consumption policy, we transformed from zero to hero. Maybe it was the mandatory part, maybe it was the free part, or most likely it a gestalt assosiativce reaction with being hunted by angry moms with plates filled with greasy fish sticks and such (ooo er). Or maybe, we're all worshipers of the almighty penguin god.

Anyhow, awesome raiding week, hopefully only the start of a nice, smooth and challenging treck through Ulduar.

'till next time, so long and thanks for all the fish

Tuesday 21 April 2009

To Ulduar my braves! Let the wipefest begin...

While it's true that this page hasn't been updated since the last time shadow priests actually appeared on damage meters, the guild hasn't been idle. Kept awake during the long wait by steady drama infusions, we farmed, we geared up and bidded our time. Now Ulduar beckons...

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