Why I miss Saturday Flex Fun raids
This expansion we have been very closed shop, and have only done raids within our guild with very little (ie zero) outsider input and influence in our raids.One of the reasons was because of the huge...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Fixing some of my bad decisions
Last night I was late to raid because of work and it was brought to my attention that something which I had initially made to try to be fair wasn't really very fair and working out very poorly. I...
View ArticleBut wait... there's going to be MORE to do in Ashran?
I'm in the painfully long pathway trying to get all my achievements for the Gladiator's Sanctum which I thought I would be unlikely to achieve with changes coming in 6.2. I spend so much time in there...
View ArticleRandom thoughts because I'm running out of things to talk about
This patch wind down is almost like end of expansion wind down. I know we go through cycles of it EVERY single expansion but there seem to be so many other things luring people away right now.Heroes...
View ArticleNow I can have 200 names on my Battlenet friends list!
Sars told me yesterday that I could now have 200 friends on my battlenet friends list. I couldn't wait to see if it was true!I found it confirmed on Blizzard watch.So I readded all the people I had...
View ArticleWe can fly in Draenor soon-ish!
People say Blizz don't listen but they obviously did....we will be introducing a new meta-achievement called Draenor Pathfinder. You’ll earn this achievement in Patch 6.2 by mastering the outdoor...
View ArticleWhere's all my WoW posts? Oh right, I'm in HoTS...
I can't blame Heroes of the Storm for my blogging laziness - Netflix has gotten me hooked on things again, this time I binge watched Sense8 (and just before that I was watching Vikings - trying to...
View ArticleMeta achieves in BRF and Highmaul - Gruul, Oregorger, Kargath, Butcher and...
A fun night was planned - ACHIEVEMENTS! Who doesn't love achievements? Well Kyjenn and Madcow may not like achievements but I certainly do and everyone who felt like I did came along for achievements...
View ArticleChatting with other GMs about raiding
The game may be winding down but I've found this downtime has given me the opportunity to make new friends.Noctem's current GM has been my friend for a while - we were chatting in Pandaria because he...
View ArticleMore Navi-doodles by Coolidge
Coolidge made me a lovely gift the other day which I forgot to put here so people could see - more artwork always makes me happy!If you want one done of your toon, go check him out, he does do...
View ArticleRaiding - Disappointing, but not unexpected
It is the last raid we will do before expansion and I was really keen to try to get Blackhand for some of our guildies. There were a number who hadn't come to Blackhand because it is a tough fight, and...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Time to upgrade my Ask Mr Robot
A few of my guildies have upgraded their AMR to the premium account - it's not much to upgrade but I am the LAZIEST add-on person ever. Aimei has premium and often tells me about my gear and what I...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Looting and which difficulty for raiding in Hellfire...
In a previous post I touched upon whether we should be doing normal or heroic Hellfire citadel, and there were a few things supporting both sides of the argument.Learning the fight on normal may make...
View ArticleRaiding - Heroic Hellfire Assault is REALLY HARD!
I pugged a normal Hellfire Assault yesterday and after Balinar said it was very easy, I wanted to see what it was like. I only did Iron Reaver but that on normal with a bunch of pugs not knowing what...
View ArticleRaiding - Success! How we dealt with Heroic Hellfire Assault
Back we went to Hellfire Citadel on Thursday ready to try Hellfire Assault again on heroic. I admit that after reading a lot of the negative comments on MMO Champion's forums, I wondered if we would...
View ArticleGuildleader chores minipost - And here we are on the Guild bank Gold...
Last tier was good. We made money from BoEs. Guild bank was the healthiest it has ever been.I am not sure why they decided to go down this rubbishy path again of no income.Personal loot, which I have...
View ArticleWhaaat?? Being a GM and raid leader can land you a RL job in business?
Kyjenn linked me this article in Forbes titled "7 Ways World of Warcraft Builds Better Leaders". It was an interesting read, but you have to remember that it's not just talking about any old WoW...
View ArticleMinipost: Raiding - Yay Iron reaver down on heroic!
I ALWAYS forget to take pictures of our kills these days. I need Dragonray to come back and take pics for me :(On Sunday we did normal and got down 4 bosses. It was good because we saw the mechanics...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Trying to better teamwork out of a raid team and guild
My raid leader, Hwired, has been really tired lately and has decided to take a break from WoW. You could see that he was winding down anyway - he wouldn't login till raid time, and when 6.2 hit he was...
View ArticleRaiding - A small turnout but a good raid night
When I logged into raid last night I was the only healer. Rowyn/Kaillynn was on call so she couldn't raid, Yuuda had messaged me saying he'd be late. Rag was feeling sleepy and wasn't sure if he...
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