Holiday Weekend

So my plans to travel to exotic Maine to observe the habits of the Flying Panda fell through, so I may be a bum and just stay in New York this weekend. If so, I'll probably be playing a lot of WoW. Is anyone interested in doing an instance on Saturday morning and/or Monday as well?

Right now our progression is pointing to either Maraudon, or back to Jintha'Alor for Cowchan to get his trinket and for us to get that stupid egg. Mara would require a pugged healer, Jintha would not. I think that Dwight still needs to get his infernal, as well.

Who's available this weekend?

zomg bgs

so i went to AV last nite with my priest and man, what a difference. previous attempts had always failed due to a grand total of 0 games being up whenever i tried to get on (like midnight server time)... last nite thanks to the new patch... 28 AVs!!! it was great. wait times < 5 min for the 2 games i played and i scored almost 2k rep in < 2hours. (and i didn't even get to stay for the completion of the second game, that one had reached a stalemate and i had to drop to run human strat with my guildies).

good stuff... i need to get meef in there asap... i can feel the unstoppable force... it's too bad you can't join av as a group, cuz that'd be a great way to spend guild time if we could. we still can for other bgs thou, right?

Mucho Azul en el Desierto

Other than making the unfortunate choice of PUGging a troll healer in a purple dress who was visually identical to the mobs we were slaying, we had an excellent run through ZF. Dwight and I got blued up, and everyone finished all the quests except for the collection of Troll Juice, which really is just as well. It was also our first run with Cowchan back from his world tour, so that was also pretty cool.

See the full post for more pics.




Gojira was no match for us, and I am now using one of his fangs as my ambush weapon.


Chief Uzorz has like a 7% chance to drop Embrace of the Lycan, which is not only the best helm I can get prior to Stratholme, but it also makes me look like Fox McCloud! Rawr! Now I don't have to miss out on my lycanthropy when I'm not playing my druid. And alex can keep saying something about bdussbdbd. The only downside is you can no longer see my awesome mohawk, which is a little sad. Back to the topic of Starfox real quick though, if you haven't seen this penny-arcade strip, it really should not be missed.


Dwight actually got in the way when I was trying to get a screenshot of my cool helm, but I thought I'd include this. Among other things, Dwight was able to snag Zum'rah's Vexing Cane. We're all starting to look very menacing, which is good.

Zul'Farrak

Anyone up for Zul'Farrak this Saturday, same Bat-Time as normal? Now that I'm using ItemRack, I think I want to get that dagger off of Gahz'Rilla and train up Ambush.

Rick, if you're situated, you should come. Level 48 should be fine for the mobs in Zul'Farrak, and then we'll just have to PUG a healer.

Welcome new guildies!

I'd like to welcome Synbian (lvl 8 Tauren Druid), Bitrot (Orc Hunter) and Mojito (Druid). I've also created an alt -- AngelaMartin (undead priest).

I've already sent Mojito some mageweave bags ... I'll be sending some to Synbian shortly.

We'll soon be scheduling some low level grind sessions ... probably in the barrens ... I'll schedule it soon.

Edit: If someone sees Synbian online ... can you /ginvite him?

The Cow Has Returned...

...kinda.

So I'm finally back in the states and anxious to get back to the fleeting summer BBQ fun. I see many improvements have been made, and I will get back to the grind as soon as I find a)an apartment, b)internet access, and c)a job. Hopefully, this will take two weeks or so. Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate everyone on their hard work and I will do my best to join the ranks of the Korean BBQ once again.

For the BBQ!!!

PS - Australia was frickin' cool. No tips! And wombats (which are basically fulborgs!)

Progression

So looking at the items laid out on the BBQ planning page, it seems like the progression from here should be Hinterlands -> Zul'Farrak -> Maraudon -> Sunken Temple.

Also, the Hinterlands quests are not in an instance and may be a little less hardcore. Is everyone cool to do it this Saturday, same time as last week? I'll be 51 and alex will be 50, so it should be doable. I'll throw something in the gCal when i get home.

On another note, I finally created the custom Guild ranks Just let me know if you want to rename/change your rank.

fuck the alliance

graaarrrgh. so i'm killing furbolgs, there's an alliance 60 mage farming too, i keep my distance, he/she leaves me alone. fine. couple minutes later, finishing off a gardener... fucking 50 druid finishes me off from the 30% i was at ><

run back, rez, druid is off killing more shit, so again, keep my distance, seems ok for awhile, 60 shaman runs around, then i don't see any alliance for awhile... until i get ganked by a 60 pally and 50 priest... and then a hunter and shadow priest show up.

i was at fucking 2920/3000 but i had to call it a night cuz i couldn't kill anything without getting ganked >< motherfuckers i just want to walk through the damned tunnel.

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Nyohoho!

Once again, Google's algorithms fall prety to our guild's machinations.

Anyway, we had a pretty good run on Saturday- We got Gralax to uber enchanting, and Meef was picking up blues like Bob Dole. I myself have started the arduous Timbermaw grind, but I'm not crazy about any of the high level craftables there, so I can wait a bit on that. That time is a good time for me in general, so if we could make that a somewhat regular affair, I think that would be über.

Also, thanks to Meef for setting up the Upcoming BBQs twiki page, I've already added a few of the quests I need help with for Fleckso and Bendyr. Do we maybe want to organize this by location rather than group size?

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I added a new page to the meefipedia - upcoming bbqs (for some reason the link was underlined in red when i was looking at the main page, but clicking it still took me to the page correctly). inside you'll find a link to the calendar and lists of quests/things to do. If you're bored, feel free to add shit you want to get done to the list or add your name to things that you'd also like to get done.

btw, dunno bout you guys, but i thought that we had some excellent bbq action on saturday. instance clear + uber ralax enchants + some questing in searing gorge was eswet.

Happenings

Dunno if you guys are interested, but I've made a google calendar for steve's korean bbq. I was thinking we could mark days for trying to run instances or grind rep together or whatever. I gave full access to you 2, lemme know if it didn't work.

calendar

Spicy Dog!

In a bloody, unforeseen coup, I, Bendyr, have wrested control of this Guild. As your brand-new, all-powerful Guild Master, I promise to rule with a maniacal yet merciful insanity. I promise that your reasonable "guild tithes" will go only to the finest BoE Epix, rare non-combat pets, and whatever phat loot I might be tempted by in the Auction House.

Before I get to the frivolous buying of shoes, the erection of totalitarian structures, and fiddling while our wiki burns, I must direct you to the Spicy Dog™! Our guild tabard has finally been created, along with its corresponding pbwiki page; naturally, given our Guild's massive influence over Google's search algorithms, this means that our page will very soon overtake the current favorite in the google search for "Spicy Dog", which I assure you is an improvement. I ask that each and every single active member run out and purchase the mark of our Guild's distinction (and I've already mailed the two of you money so you don't have any excuses. Zing!).


See the full post for more spiciness.

Had a little horsey named Paul Revered

Guess who's revered with the Outriders? I've got the crazy [Outrider's Bow] and the [Legionnaire's Sword], both which give me a nice dps and stamina boost.

Now that I'm no longer paranoid about leveling, we should do an instance. Uh, the three of us. We can pug a healer I guess. J and I both would benefit from getting the Thrash blade from the primary Maraudon quest, which we could do in a group when you guys get to level 49 maybe? Gralax would obviously benefit from a quick trip to Uldamann. I have pretty nice gear from my pvp forays, but some of my items are disgracefully bad (I still use the [Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt], which is pretty cool for 10 minutes, but during the 50 minute cooldown it's total crap).

On the plus side of Engineering, I used my MC hat to trash two level 60s in the Undercity courtyard yesterday. I MC'd the mage, who made short work of the Warrior, and once the MC wore off he was slightly damaged and mana depleted, making him mincemeat for me and the other lowbies running through the courtyard. One of them was a Knight-Commander or something, so I got something like 600 honor for just those two kills!

P.S. It may be time to change the name of the blog up top, no?
P.P.S. Yay! My spam campaign has finally bore fruit!

Probably gonna quit for good

WoW has pretty much lost all appeal to me. What with being busy again once school starts and everything, this isn't a very good time investment for me. My sub ends on the 21st and I probably will not renew it. Just let me know what to do with the guild leadership.

Thanks, it was fun while it lasted!

-Julius

Should we feel... guilty?

I just noticed this... and... I couldn't help but feel that we've done something very wrong.

It is just pbwiki's high pagerank I guess, but still.

You guys should play

You got me started again, you should too! Grinding is pretty damn boring.

almost 45

the murlocs in the swamp of sorrows have met my wrath.

not sure if we're the right level to be getting any of these, but you may want to check the markets for:

mooncloth
ironweb spider silk
living essence

high level cloth wearing raiders will needs these mats if they are working on their nr, so it may be a good time to sell this stuff if you happen to have any (and if it is indeed a good time to sell, the same is probably true for the mats for leather/mail/plate nr gear too... you can check this stuff on the cenarion circle rep page at the official site)

in addition, nexus crystals and arcane crystals are needed for naxx attunement, but i doubt any of us have spares laying around ^^;

Lowbie grinding

So Elsie (Julius's priest (that sounds like Judas Priest!)) and Fleckso (My drood) were grinding in Barrens yesterday, and I guess as a career rogue I never realized the grinding power of a healer and tank working together. It was crazy! We were taking on like 4 or 5 mobs at a time with almost no downtime. And I got to do my scary bear dance! I hit 14 and Elsie hit 13. Woo!

On another front, did you guys see the upcoming development notes? World PVP with consequences? Intra-server Battlegrounds? ROGUE PATCH!?!?! Christmas comes early for Bendyr-kun.

Anyone?

No comments on my last post. Is everyone playing kind of regularly? It's Julius, by the way. So it seems you guys are all about the level of my warrior. But we dont really have a healer now, right? I might have to make the priest and grind grind grind. I work full-time now, but am free after that for the most part.

Coming back

Yes I am! Just as soon as I reinstall WoW.