Thursday, August 28, 2008

Blizzcon lottery

According to WoW's main page, the winners of the lottery have been sent their notification on the 27th of August. No email in my Inbox from Blizz so 1 account down.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Raid Scheduling

ah the duties of a guild leader...

firstly, i understand that you all have work, school, life, and a g/f or wife to agro

secondly, doing in game content is more fun than level, honor, or rep grinding... well to most people

thirdly, i would like to know what night still works best for doing in game content/raids


Some raids like ZA we may only need like 1 night to get to maybe 2-3 bosses, hopefully 4 since it is a much smaller instance. But raids like Karazhan, at our current rate we can take 80% on the first night with exception to maybe 2-3 bosses... so this will take more time to run or be split on separate days. With that in mind, some places we need to start early or be on time as close as possible, prepped with heal/mana potions, reagents and such. Post below your preferred nights and availalbility. Hopefully we can do this consistently, but understandably can take a break or do it on alternating weeks.

JP
- Betadine/Haohmaru

Oh SNAP!!!

Firstly, the pre-WoTLK patch will be coming in the next few weeks: (source)

(here the text for ppl who can't read the link from work)
With the release of Wrath of the Lich King approaching, we wanted to provide you with some important information. In preparation for the expansion, we will be issuing a new content patch in the coming weeks. Much like the patch made available shortly before The Burning Crusade's release, this content patch is designed to bridge current game content with that of the expansion and will contain some exciting changes and additions.

We have outlined some of the larger features scheduled to release with the patch below:

New class spells and talents
Stormwind Harbor
Barbershops in capital cities
Zeppelin towers outside of Orgrimmar and Tirisfal Glades
Two brand-new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles
Guild calendar
Hunter pet skill revamp
New profession: Inscription

As mentioned above, this is not a comprehensive list, just some of the major highlights. We’ll post the full patch notes as soon as they’re available. Regarding Inscription, please note that all Burning Crusade players will be able to select Inscription as one of their two professions and level up to a skill level of 375 with it. Upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King, players who purchase and install the expansion will be able to continue leveling in Inscription and the other professions beyond 375.


Secondly, Arena points WILL BE WIPED OUT ONCE YOU LEVEL PAST 70, no carry over. (source)

(again here is the text for non-linking people)
We want to provide some information about the direction of the Arena system. Upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King, players will find they are still able to access the Arena system at level 70 for rated matches. Those competing in the Arenas at 70 will still be able to attain items using Arena points and rankings; however, we do not currently plan to offer new items or titles for this bracket. Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.

Two new skirmish brackets (71-75, 76-80) will be available for players who wish to hone their Arena skills while leveling in Northrend. Those who reach level 80 will once again have the opportunity to create new Arena teams and play in rated matches once a new season starts. New items, titles, and end-of-season rewards will be offered to the most successful teams at level 80. Additionally, the sets released for the Arenas in Wrath of the Lich King will no longer share aesthetic similarities with tiered raiding gear. We want those equipped with the best PvP rewards and those with the best raiding sets to stand out from each other. Players at level 80 will also have the opportunity to compete in two new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

ZA for August 25

Another ZA run has been proposed for next Monday, August 25. Reply here if you are available for a raid that night, and if ZA is your destination of choice.

As with this week, plan to be online by 7:30 so that we can roll out before 8:00 (one of these days we'll succeed at it!)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Blizzcon ticket lottery information

From the WoW's main page:
- To be eligible for the BlizzCon ticket drawing, you must (1) have an active Blizzard Account that was created on or before 9:00 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, when we first announced BlizzCon 2008 tickets had sold out; (2) be an adult in your country of residence; (3) have not previously purchased BlizzCon 2008 tickets; and (4) live in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, or South Korea.
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The opt-in period begins on Wednesday morning and will end the evening of Sunday, August 24. As this is a random drawing, those who opt in early will not have a better chance of being selected than those who opt in later.

- After the opt-in period ends, we will randomly select 1,500 eligible Blizzard Accounts from the opt-in pool to receive the opportunity to purchase up to two BlizzCon 2008 tickets. If selected, you will be notified via email with further information about how to purchase the tickets.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

ZA for Aug-18-2008

We're going to give ZA a run for the money on Monday, the 18th of August, so sign up here to let us know who can make it.

Plan to be online at 7:30pm, we roll at 8pm sharp.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Blizzcon

Was anyone successful in getting tickets for Blizzcon??? I tried to get my tix this morning but Blizzstore continued to have issues after issues so no tix. I hope they aren't sold out when I get home tonight. = (

Friday, August 8, 2008

ZA again

I'm seeing the the guild MOTD that ZA is up on the board. I'm not sure who put it up... b/c there isn't a date listed. w/ that in mind, are you guys up for it? Mon? Tues? I just hope its not a last minute.

- JP

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

J.P. busting a move!!!

Congrats to J.P. and his dance team for coming in 2nd at NJC 2008.

here's the vid to watch (turn down your volume before hand)

Friday, August 1, 2008

Something fun to doooooo...

I'm not sure who else read BRK's blog beside myself and Brent but there is an up coming fun event hosted on Argent Dawn server (RP-PVE) that I would encourage people to do if they wana have fun with the WoW community.
Link: http://www.bigredkitty.net/2008/08/01/its-finally-almost-here/ has detail information on the event.

Once in a while BRK host these thing where people just meet up on a chosen server at the appointed time and do fun and crazy thing, in this case the Biggest (hopefully) scavenger hunt.

Talk to me online if you want to form up a team for Orcapalooza.
Where: Argent Dawn server, US
When: 4pm PST on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008!
Who: YOU!!!

Update by Thomas: changed link into hyperlink. L2HTML!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Karazhan - Monday 8/4

http://www.wowwiki.com/Karazhan

ah... good ol badges and purplez. We need 10 of you :)
2 tanks
2-3 healers
5-6 hawt dps

we hope to start @ 8pm and get through most of it. Post below if you can make it.

JP
aka. Betadine

Blizzcon Tickets Go On Sale

http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/080729.html

IRVINE, Calif. – July 29, 2008
– Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its third BlizzCon gaming convention will go on sale August 11 and that live coverage of the event will be available as an exclusive DIRECTV pay per view event. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®'s Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft® game universes. The event will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11.

"Meeting and interacting with our players at BlizzCon is always a great experience for us," stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're also pleased to be working with DIRECTV this year to bring the show, for the first time, to those players who are unable to attend."

In addition to serving as a gathering place for the different Blizzard Entertainment gaming communities, BlizzCon will offer an array of activities, including discussion panels, hands-on playtime with upcoming games, tournaments, contests, and more. Tickets to the convention will be priced at $100 USD each, and will be available for purchase directly from the official BlizzCon website at www.blizzcon.com.

The pay per view event will deliver a minimum of eight hours of live HD coverage from the show floor on each day of the convention, including exclusive interviews, demos, and more. Beginning in August, DIRECTV will run a promotion offering the BlizzCon pay per view event free to new DIRECTV subscribers. Pricing for existing DIRECTV customers and programming details will be available in the coming weeks from Blizzard Entertainment and DIRECTV.

"BlizzCon is one of the most highly anticipated gaming conventions of the year, and we are excited to partner with Blizzard Entertainment to deliver coverage of the show to gamers nationwide," said Steven Roberts, senior vice president, new media and business development, DIRECTV. "With our BlizzCon pay per view package, members of Blizzard's gaming communities who are not attending the event can now experience it in crystal-clear HD."

As the event draws closer, further details will be announced at www.blizzcon.com.

Monday, July 28, 2008

E-mails

OK... seeing as the in-game MOTD may be have "delays" in getting updated. I'm compiling an e-mail list. It will not be used for spamming, but more along the lines of organizing guild events. I will continue (or at least try) to post messages on the blog about future raids and events. This is optional, and if you should choose not to have your e-mail on list, please try to log on the blog for updates. I'll try to put things here at least 1 week in advance of any event planned.

- JP aka. Betadine/Haohmaru

PS: for now, e-mail me at jpbabiera@yahoo.com... we'll try to set up a guild e-mail acct as well.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

ZA revisited

I'm throwing the idea of trying ZA (Zul'Aman) again. We got to the first boss first time, though we could not quite take the 2nd & 3rd one. Hopefully this time around we'll get further and have fun with this next run.

What days (S,M,Tu,W,Th,F,Sa) would work and what date? Post below on feedback, questions, concerns & availability.


JP
(aka. Betadine)

Monday, June 16, 2008

Full Kara run this Friday (June 20th)

7pm on Friday, we will be trying a full Kara run... I know when can run through it quick.

Please sign up in the comment if you can make it.

Update:
- Kinz (c dps)
- Bubble (tank)
- Naestel (heal)
- Beta/Haoh (c dps/m dps)
- Stone (tank/dps/heal) *not sure what Stone will bring
- Nereid (dps/heal)
- Propane (dps)
- Veriele (dps) *maybe
- Zor (heal) *maybe

Friday, June 6, 2008

How are the weekends?

I was wondering how many people we would get for Kara on Friday night, Saturday (afternoon or night), or Sunday (afternoon or night).

Unlike me some of you do have social lives so I realize the weekends might be bad for WoW... hehe.

choice 1 - Friday night
choice 2 - Saturday afternoon (12pm - 5pm)
choice 3 - Saturday night (5pm - 11pm)
choice 4 - Sunday afternoon (12pm - 5pm)
choice 5 - Sunday night (5pm - 11pm)

Please let us know your choice.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Potential new line up for Kara

I believe this is the list of people and the toons that we would like to get into Kara. We should try and get the primary in as much as we can and use the reserve if we need.

Primary Tank
Bubble (MT-Takadin) - Danny
Stonebarr (OT-Bear) - Robert

Reserve Tank
Kyron (MT-WARR) - Mike

Primary Healer
Naestel (Hally) - Harout
Sarahn (Hally) - Brent
Zor (Hally) - Mike

Reserve Healer
Betadine (Priest) - JP
Stonebain (Priest) - Robert

Primary DPS
Haohmaru (Rog) - JP
Kinzlayer (Lok) - Phong
Propane (Mage) - Casey
Rotgutt (Mage) - Thomas (added)
Somebeach (Rog) - Derek
String (OomKin) - Anthony
Viriele (SP) - Elliott

Reserve DPS
Betadine (SP) - JP
Jagan (SHM) - JP
Kyriel (Mage) - Mike
Leinad (Hunt) - Danny
Stonemage (Mage) - Robert
Testicoilz (Lok) - Derek

We should look at when the next Kara should be (after the reset on June 10th), please put in comment a day that works best for you or a day you can't come if that is the case.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Video of the new tier gear & Death Knight

here's a link to a video of the new tier gears for Priest, Warlock, Mage, Rogue, and Hunter...

http://www.vimeo.com/1052422

tbh the priest gear looks half decent, mage is not too bad, warlock looks like crap, rogue looks interesting, but WTF on the hunter gear??? it's like demon-looking for some reason???

Also found this Death Knight video, omg I want one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNGAy4_J2Q

Sunday, May 25, 2008

helpful web app for figuring out stats

this web site is great to use for figuring out your toon's stats with various gears, gems, enchants, talents.

http://www.chardev.org/

Check it out.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

BlizzCon 2008 Announced

Back by popular demand, and now with 50% more hall space for your convention- going enjoyment, BlizzCon officially returns to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, on October 10–11. Join us for another epic celebration -- meet your guildmates and fellow gamers from around the world; spend some quality time with current and upcoming Blizzard games; and partake in the contests, tournaments, and developer discussion panels that make up BlizzCon. Check out the press release to learn more, and stay tuned for further updates. The Latin American Spanish version can be found here.

http://www.blizzard.com/us/blizzcon/

I went last year with Mike (Kyron), Anthony (Stringfellow) and Danny (Leinad). Despite rubbing elbows with the weirder percentage of the world's population, we had a pretty good time out there... got some great info on future development, got to play the Starcraft 2 demo, and got to Ebay (not I) some free items for a nice fee. We plan on going again this Oct and buy tickets as soon as they go on sale... they will sell out fast. Check it out... consider it... don't be left out without a Murlock suit to sell (or whatever it is this year).

- JP (Betadine)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Karazhan - March 25 & 29

Same plan as last time... run it in 2 halves.
1st Half - attumen, moroes, maiden, opera... maybe try nightbane

2nd Half - curator, shade, illhoof, chess, prince... maybe get to netherspite or nightbane if we don't get him on the 1st night.

If you're unfamiliar w/ Karazhan, check out http://www.wowwiki.com/Karazhan in your free time

- Betadine

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Friday, March 14, 2008

March Karazhan

First off, good showing at the ZA run, did well for a first run through. Got first boss, we can probably take the 2nd boss next time around.

Second, my apologies for being rather silent these past few weeks. School has really been kicking my butt. If you guys want to run anything, feel free to let me or any of the guild officers know and we'll try to plan something. You guys don't have to wait for me to say anything to plan something... I want this to be your guild as much as it is the senior officers.
Officers are as follows:
- Kyron/Kyriel/Zor - mike
- Stringfellow - anthony
- Leinad/BubbliciØus - danny
- Stonebain/Stonemage/Stonebarr - robert
- Kinzlayer/Kiserai/Orgreaznik -
- and myself Betadine/Haohmaru/Øptimusprime - jp

Third, we haven't ran anything since ZA and its been brought up when we're going to do it again. We do have a few new 70s (Fifedoggy, Naestel, Eggbrook) who may be interested in checking it out. Where they are in the keying process, I am uncertain.

With #3 in mind, I'm wondering if the last week of March will work? March 25/29. Another alternative is in 1st week of April.

- Betadine

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

ZA... are you prepared? (continue)

From the comments of the previous post Beta made about ZA, we will be making an attempt for our first ZA on Saturday the 1st of March.

Please sign up for the run.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

ZA... are you prepared?

So... it was broght to my attention from Mike (Kyron) that we should try ZA... and I thought, why not. We've done Karazhan quite a bit, and we can get through most of the bosses. Time to mix it up and try something new (not that we're gonna stop trying Kara). I've only ran it once and it seems like a short instance... just some pretty insane bosses. So we can possibly just run it in 1 night instead of breaking it down into two.

http://www.wowwiki.com/Zul%27Aman

Post and give me your feed back and let me know what day will work.... usual raid nights are Tues and/or Sat.

- Betadine

Karazhan Bingo

A coworker who plays Alliance on a PVE server (boo!) sent me this today. I thought it was quite funny, and that several of the squares apply to our runs.



Click to enlarge.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Second half Karazhan - 2/10/2008

I've posted the logs from this Saturday's Kara run, and this time the two files (Phong and I) were able to be merged.

Here's a link to the guild's runs: http://wowwebstats.com/ega5pb2235b13

That site contains both runs from this week, and will continue to expand as we add more logs in the future. WowWebStats is a neat site - it sets all this stuff up automagically.

Excellent run, especially with the Prince clear. This one page was a bit of a concern, though: http://wowwebstats.com/ktqpdi4bxvdrw?a=34#break. Nobody was hitting the demon chains? Good thing we were still able to clear him!

Thursday, February 7, 2008

First half Karazhan - 2/5/2008

I've uploaded our stats from the first half of Karazhan. Phong and I both ran our combat logs the whole time, but unfortunately the two logs could not be merged. Apparently one of us was lagging for portions of the instance, and this caused enough corresponding lines to have mis-matched times that the parsing client got befuddled.

It's not a big deal, but the stats are more accurate when more files are merged because the range on the combat log is not infinite. If people really appreciate these stats, in the future we should consider having more people record their logs: at least one melee, healer, and ranged DPS.

Here's the stats: http://wowwebstats.com/rc5h6sscdow6u

Enjoy.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Kara 02-05-2008

Due to some technical difficulties we don't have the WWS report for last night Kara yet but stay tune and check this blog again to see the report.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Kara Keyed

We have quite a few people as well as characters who just reached the glorious level 70 and is anxious to get in on the Kara fun. Please indicate where you are in the keying process (don't worry if you haven't started) and available evenings where we can possibly knock it out. Also, if you aren't honored w/ the different factions, I recommend getting there and the keys so we can start running heroics with you and get you some PURPLEZ =)

- Betadine