Our first Anub'Arak Heroic kill was possibly one of the ugliest kills in the history of WoW. It seriously looked we were going to wipe with 2500 health left... then Elija, who was the last man standing, saved the day by popping his bubble long enough for him and dots to kill the boss.

For those who want to experience the mingled joy and shame vicariously, Apol (a.k.a. Òrion) has uploaded a video. Read more... »

I'm posting this a good week after the fact, but here you go:

We spent our time this evening working on the Northrend Beasts encounter on heroic mode, under the ever-heartening banner of the words "Unsuccessful attempts remaining". Phase 1 is the the only hard part of the fight. Bloody snobolds!

Theme song:

Dead yeti and leet loots:

The loot even has the happy green word "Heroic" on it! Read more... »

Why doesn't this guy stay dead?

I received a short description from one of Anub'Arak's killers... the best part:

the traditional dwarven battle cry "FUCK!"

Mikeoneal is our saronite vapor hero on General Vezax, watching the healers' mana pools, killing vapors just the right time, and directing folks to puddles as smoothly as an air traffic controller. However, even Mike is victim to Yogg-Saron's corrupting influence once in awhile.

[Mikeoneal]: Shit.
[Apathy]: Get Mike up!
[Fennel]: I'll get Mike in a sec--where is your body?
[Fennel]: Mike?
[Fennel]: Mike? Ping your body.
[Mikeoneal]: By the green thing.
[Fennel]: "Green thing"? What the f***, what green thing?
[Mikeoneal]: The only green thing.
[Fennel]: What are you talking about? Just freaking ping the map.
[Mikeoneal]: I pinged it...
[Fennel]: I don't see a ping. Where is your damn body?
[Draikian]: The only green pool up.
[Fennel]: Right, because I can see where that is.
[Fennel]: Okay I am just going to run around looking for you... Read more... »

We got off to a great start in today's 10man by 1-shotting our first kill of Iron Council hardmode (Steelbreaker last).

Reassurance from Brann Bonzebeard...

Probability of our doom, Larry Jenkins style

We also got hardmode Hodir and Thorim for the first time, each on the 2nd attempt.

Sif's true nature, revealed

All in all a good raid.

The guild did some great work in 25-man this past reset. Everyone buckled down and got it done for the two watchers that'd been giving us headaches (Mimiron and Thorim).

We'd only ever made it to Thorim Phase 3 once before Sunday, so things were a bit frantic. It was a good example of how irritating the new taunt mechanic can be: "Unbalancing Strike, taunt! It's on Kayhless! It's on Välos! It's back on me, taunt!"... "...Immune..."

I didn't get a screenshot of Thorim because I'm a dork, but I'll post one later.

I won't lie... the nerf to Mimiron definitely made it easier. We were on track to get it this reset anyway, but with the nerf it didn't take us long at all.

We also pushed on in 10man despite limited raid time, and stayed up extra late Sunday night to kill General. We're on Yogg! Even though it was after midnight for most of us, we had to take a peek at Sara. Read more... »

We "released" our first and coolest watcher today.

Here's Hodir, chillin' over Yogg's prison and ready to lend a hand.

Grats to priestly recruit Murf, who lands the guild's first actual T8 token (Emalon drops aside.)