Tales from a Horde Guild on Frostmourne.

This is simply a blog for our guild. Somewhere to put everything and anything about us; stories, frustration vents, screenshots, quotes, guild information, whatever comes up.

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Random thought: WoW drop rate v's Real Life chances.

Many people that play WoW will grind for an item, pet or mount with a very low drop rate for ages, because they believe that it will eventually drop if they keep at it long enough.

And yet...

Many people will have casual sex over and over again without concern because they believe that with the use of a condom, the chances of an unwanted pregnancy or disease is so slim it's not likely to ever happen.

WoW very rare item drop rate chance: 0.01%

Condom failure chance: ~1%

Thus, people will assume a good thing will happen if they do something long enough, but will assume a bad thing won't happen even though it's about 100 times more likely.

Maybe that's why people that play WoW don't have casual sex lives: we choose to play WoW instead because we're more aware of the drop rate.

Smart people play WoW.  :D

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19260/21000 Ogri'laaaaaaaargh!

So close and yet still 2 days away before I can hit exhalted.  :(

The race is now on to see which faction gets me the achievement for 45 exhalted reputations, because I'm also just over halfway through revered with Dragonmaw, wearing their tabbard, just depends how many dungeons I manage to get done during that 2 days.

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If I play WoW I have no life?

Really?

Okay, so I could go out clubbing and hang out in noisy bars with crappy music, surrounded by annoying drunks and losers, sleezy jerks and skanky tarts, suffer brain-dead conversations that have to be yelled to be heard over the noise, the reek of beer and sweat, and the ridiculas cost of a drink... I think I'd rather pass on all that and play WoW.

I could watch tv and bore myself to death with crappy rehashed storylines, fake over-stereotyped characters, and zero interaction... I'd rather play WoW.

I could spend time playing games on an x-box, playstation, etc... but such games bore me. I'd rather play WoW.

I could spent time haunting so-called social sites, like facebook, and read about everyone else's shallow dumbass dramas, play mindless boring games, get harassed online, and let others create huge social dramas for me by hiding behind their keyboards and influencing all the so-called friends on my list that aren't really friends but like to pretend to be because they're on my "friends" list... but I'd rather play WoW.

Add the hours normal people spend in public bars and clubs, watching tv, playing other games, and hanging out on social internet sites during the week, and you have more than the number of hours the average person plays WoW each week.

What constitutes having a life? Enjoying whatever it is you do means you are living rather than merely existing. If someone is enjoying spending time playing WoW, they're living.

Is it a waste of time? Yeah, but so is every other recreational activity. It's merely the way I prefer to waste time that would otherwise only get wasted doing something else less enjoyable for me.

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truthisneveracliche:

okay heres another thing that grinds my gears

once i bring up anything with WoW with other people they instantly say

OMG LIKE IF I PLAYED WOW I WOULDNT LEAVE MY HOUSE ILL PLAY WHEN IM OLD AND CRUSTY LOLOLOLOL

like shut the fuck up

im the youngest person in my guild and i play the most out of all of them

the people in my guild have lives and go on when they have the chance

WHEN YOURE OLD YOU CANT PLAY ONLINE GAMES SORRY DOUCHE BAGS

Funny that, it's the older ones in my guild that can be found online the most. The young ones are the ones that seem to come and go, the older ones have stuck around like someone superglued their brain to their hard drive.

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Get a load of this. Blue was bitching me out because at Ozruk in Stonecore, my dps was, for the most part, caused by autoshot and dots. Ozruk is a mongrel of a boss. If he has his shield, I can't use arcane shot, if he doesn't have his shield I get rooted and can't do anything at all. Explosive shot has a 6 sec cd and steady shot is slow to use so I might get one of each off between getting rooted. Other than that, dots and autoshot are pretty much all I can do in this fight. He rage-quit blaming my dps for being too low on that particular fight and yellow went with him. When this appeared in chat after the last boss was down, I ROFLMFAO.

DPS is SITUATIONAL. One day people might actually grow a brain and figure that out.

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We must be crazy.

It's the things guilds do together that make them good to be in.

Some guilds raid like demons possessed and their raid teams are legendary.

Some guilds are so social they organise real-life meet-ups and activities for their members.

Some guilds are so PvP that they own battlegrounds, arenas, and every PvP zone on their server.

Some guilds are so united that if you gank one of their members, you will find you suddenly have the entire guild ganking your ass.

Some guilds generally do a little bit of everything without any particular specialisation, and those ones often also do weird and even obcessive stuff.

Like this guild.

It has been decided that we will run OC every Wednesday night at 20:00  (8pm) realm time until every toon in the guild that can walk into that raid has the drake mount that drops from the boss.

I have a feeling I'll be running that raid for a few years to come with so many toons in our guild we have to get that mount for. I wonder how long it will take for me to get it... mhm... I'm the antithesis of a high roller. lol

Amystil, Guild Master.

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Toxiklore WoW Funeral March (serious) (by weyzer01)

Some people play WoW because there really isn't much else they can do. WoW may be a game, but the personal interaction that occurs between players can make it more than that for some people, as this very touching video shows.

This is one of the reasons I love playing. Some of the people that play really are worth playing with.

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Busting the stereotype.

Some real life facts about some of our guild members...

8 of them are over the age of 21.

6 of those 8 know another guild member in real life.

6 of those 8 are over the age of 30. 

6 of those 8 work full-time jobs.

5 of those 8 are parents.

4 of those 8 are women.

3 of those 8 are married.

2 of those 8 have served in the military for quite a number of years.

2 of those 8 have owned their own successful small business.

2 of those 8 are over the age of 40.

2 of those 8 are self-employed.

1 of those 8 is fluently trilingual.

1 of those 8 was a professional model for quite a number of years.

In the game...

6 of those 8 are in the top 15 most active members of the guild.

2 of them are the Guild's Officers.

1 of them is the Guild Master.

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WTF is this appearing in the water by Bloodhoof Village? Does it have a purpose beyond making players wonder wtf?

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When you've fished enough pools often enough, you eventually figure out that almost all of them have a small safe spot out of agro range of anything that hangs around. The trickiest part is not only finding that spot, but actually figuring out how to land exactly on it without attracting any agro on the way or falling once you dismount.

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How stupid do they think we are, really?

World of Warcraft gold sellers and the like. Either they are completely stupid, or they think the players are completely stupid (and sadly some are, but they usually don't last long). These are some of the typical whispers and in-game mails I've received (and reported) from these dipshits:

"Would you like to buy some gold..."

"Would you like to buy a rocket mount..."

"Congradulations, you have won..."

"Your account is going to be closed..."

"Would you like to buy an epic item of your choice from my website..."

"Would you like to buy cheap game time..."

Yeah okay...

I am stupid enough to give you my credit card details so you can slug my credit card for hundreds of dollars for shit I didn't buy.

I am stupid enough go to your website so I can pick up the spyware that will give you all my account numbers so you can steal money from my bank accounts.

I am stupid enough log into your fake WoW website so you can get my password to steal my WoW account, take all my gold, and use my account to bot farm for more gold and whisper other players with your fraudulant bullshit.

I am stupid enough believe that you can indeed trade to me a strictly Bind on Account mount or Bind on Pickup item.

I am stupid and greedy enough to support your illegal fraud activities by buying stolen stuff from stolen accounts and breach the rules of the game and in many cases the law, and get my account banned, by doing so.

I am ignorant enough to believe that a Game Master will talk to me using normal player in-game mail and chats rather than the blue Blizzard mail icon or completely seperate Game Master chat screen.

I am stupid enough to believe that no one could ever possibly use a stolen credit card to buy game time cards to sell cheaper than what Blizzard Entertainment will sell them for, because I'm so stingy-assed that I don't care about anything so long as I can save a buck, even if it means losing my account and being legally persecuted for receiving stolen goods.

I will accept any WoW gifts from strangers out-of-game because I don't care if they bought it with a stolen credit card, even if it means getting my account banned and being legally persecuted for receiving stolen goods, because I'm greedy and selfish enough to assume that anything that is for free is good.

I will buy a WoW account that was hacked and stolen from another player because I am so up myself that I think I deserve to have those highly geared level 85 toons that I have never played before more than the player that the account was stolen from.

I will break Blizzard's terms of use and have my account banned without debate because I just have to have that one rare item because it will make me think I'm a better player for having something I didn't actually achieve by playing the game.

NO.

I will immediately report your ass every time I see any such scam bullshit posted by you on any chat channel or in my in-game mail.

I will immediately report every toon I even suspect might be running on a bot program.

I will immediately report every toon that I have come to know as soon as they do something completely out of the ordinary for the player and I suspect their account has been stolen.

I will immediately report any toon that contacts me pretending to be a Game Master.

I will never log into to any unofficial Blizzard website using any of my WoW account details, and I will only ever use a completely seperate email and password on all other websites.

If I buy an account, I will only ever buy it directly from Blizzard Entertainment and I will level and gear my own toons.

When I buy game time, I will only ever buy it directly from Blizzard Entertainment or in the form of an official game card from a licenced and authorised dealer.

I will not accept any gifted item that wasn't given to me in-game unless it comes from a very trusted friend or relative.

I will play the game the way the game is meant to be played.

When I gain something rare or expensive, I will feel genuinely proud to have it because I will know that I genuinely earned it.

And no, I am not going to follow your tumblr blog because you are giving away a Blizzard Store mount or pet. I will not give you my WoW account email address to gift it to and I don't trust that you didn't buy it with a stolen credit card. If you are really so desperate for tumblr followers that you are willing to pay US$10 or $25 to give away a WoW pet or mount, you seriously need to get a life... or spend more time playing WoW.

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epinephrine123:

Wifey Material.

ROFL!!! FTW

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How to loot 57 Azshara's Veil in one night with no herbalism skill:

Catch 529 fish from pools off the coast of Twilight Highlands.

The weirdly obcessive stuff I do on WoW some nights.

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You know you play WoW too much when...

You call a hangover 'res sickness'.

You call being sick a 'debuff'.

You call the best things in life 'epic', the second best things are 'superior'.

When someone cooks fish sticks without burning them you rate their cooking skill as '375'.

When you're thirsty you ask for 'mana'.

You call devouring caffine first thing in the morning 'buffing up'.

When you learn of anyone's success with something you say, "grats".

You refer to most of your friends by their main character's name.

The most reliable way for anyone to send you a message you will actually see and read is via WoWmail.

The top item on every wish list for Christmas and birthday is game time.

You refer to anger as 'agro'.

You refer to cashiers as 'vendors'.

You refer to fluid medications as various types of 'pots'.

You call a cluster of herbs, a school of fish or a mining site a 'node'.

You call small children 'Gnomes'.

You refer to being bullied by someone more powerful than you as getting 'ganked'.

As far as your concerned, Tuesday marks the beginning/end of each week.

You refer to a major life change as the next 'expansion' to your life. A smaller change is a 'patch'.

When preparing to confront someone about something contentious that might cause an arguement, you say you are going for the 'pull'.

You call a vehicle a 'mount'.

You know the meaning of the following abbreviations/terms: WTB, WTS, LF, Org, UC, TB, SM, SW, Dal, WH, VL, BG, AB, AV, AH, 1h, 2h, alt, AQ20, AQ40, belf, nelf, BFD, BRD, MC, BoP, BoE, BoA, BRS, omw, cc, dc, Darn, DM, dps, Ele, Exo, FTW, FTL, IF, RL, UBRS, LBRS, LFG, LFM, Naxx, Nex, nerf, buff, npc, OS,, Prot, PUG, QQ, Resto, Strath, SFK, Spec, warr, lock, shammy, pali/pally, WTT, ZF, ZG, IC, ICC, port, oom, SH, res.

You spend more time researching the latest upcoming patch/expansion changes than you do you school/work assignments.

When feeling tired you say you're oom.

When looking for motivation you say you need to build up your rage or wait for you focus to regen.

When having to get your personal items (phone, wallet, keys, etc) which you call your 'gear set' together to go out, you say you need to 'equip'.

If you legally register something in your name, you call it 'soulbound'.

Getting together with 4 friends is a 'party', if any more friends join your group it becomes a 'raid'.

When your children are asked what you do for a living they answer 'DPS', 'tank' or 'heals'.

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A guild full of achievement junkies.

It seems that a lot of the members of this guild are chasing achievements, not only for themselves but for the guild as well.

Mengoo, myself, Blackadder and Unknowndruid have been spending a lot of time running through the heroic BC and Wrath dungeons for the guild achievements, and trying to get a few of the Glory of the Hero ones for ourselves that we missed doing earlier while we're at it. We also added a couple of the cata heroics that were missed by others.

Every second wednesday night has become raid night. Without enough of us geared yet for cata raids, we've been collecting guild achievements by going through the 10 man Wrath and BC raids - which earned a lot of us individual achievements as well. This has also been good for forming more guild unity and to help the newbies learn what raiding is actually like before throwing them in the deep end.

Nemalin is grinding his way through making flasks for the guild alchemy achievement to get the cauldron recipe, and several others are contributing cata herbs for it. He's also driving himself insane with archaeology to get the recipe to make the flasks so we can all turn into dragons. :)

Dirkoth is going nuts making more glyphs than is even sane for the inscription achievement and Bettymoo is helping collect most of the herbs for him.

Bettymoo is shooting for the fishing in pools guild achievement when she feels like doing something dull and increasing her fishing at the same time. She's also adding to the herbs and ores collected achievements and seems to be leveling with doing that moreso than actually questing lately. lol

Mystiquei has been going nuts adding to the guild skinning achievement. I add some now and then as well.

Mengoo is cutting gems like they're going out of fashion.

Sealtel is doing his best to get his alchemy up high enough to help Nemalin with making the flasks, as well as adding to the herbs collected achievement.

Fires is placing feasts all over the place every time he's in a dungeon group, adding to both the guild Dinner achievement and the Cata recipes cooked tally. And he is our main disenchanter for the greens put in the guild bank for the guild disenchant achievement. Lorieth has come out of retirement as a personal bank toon and has become a guild bank toon, she is helping Fires by disenchanting all the lower level stuff and storing all the lower level enchanting mats for anyone that needs them seeing as how there's no room in the guild bank for them.

Pyreni was upping his guild reputation and jewelcrafting to add to the guild achievement for having all skills maxed out between guild members and has succeeded. Now it's a race to see who clocks in the very last one we need: blacksmithing.

Vylectior, Mystiquei and a few others have been adding a heap to the daily quests completed guild tally. I think Sealtel has recently joined that bandwagon as well.

And every time anyone is going to run cata randoms they fish for at least 2 more in guild that are online at the time to join them to make it a guild group.

Once I get off my butt and finish off ALL the Vash'ir quests, I'll have to start questing like crazy with an alt to keep adding to the number of quests completed for the guild tally I think. I've run out of quests almost everywhere else. I get all excited when I find one I've missed nowdays. lol

Amystil, Guild Master.

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Slow down and enjoy the adventure.

Experience points for collecting herbs and ores and exploring. I was flying around collecting herbs and ores with my alt, Bettymoo, and exploring high level areas whilst at it. She actually leveled more in 4 hours of doing that then in doing 4 hours of Northrend questing. OMG WTF! Hey cool, easy xp, don't complain right... I still say it's not a good thing. Look at it this way... The idea of most games is to get the highest score, highest level, ultimate treasure, etc. Once you get it, game ends, start again or buy another game. The whole purpose of playing games is to have fun with the challenge of getting to the ultimate goal.

WoW is very different however, because once you reach lvl 85 you can keep playing, you can gear up, you have a whole world of different things open to you to do, and you can still go back and do the low lvl stuff you missed as well. Then they bring out expansions to open up whole new worlds again to keep you playing. It is a game that is designed for us to be able to get enjoyment from playing one toon for years... and then they also allow us to have multiple toons! Brilliant!...but the challenge of getting a toon to the maximum level of the latest expansion is still a huge part of the game. I've heard people comment that the game starts at lvl 85. Bollocks! The game starts when you create a lvl 1 toon, it just changes when you get to lvl 85.

I've seen experienced players with too much time on their hands level a toon from 1 to 85 in not much more than a couple of weeks. Even a new player can do it within a month or two if they have time for it. People complain about noobish level 85s, but what do you expect when it is so easy to level a toon to 85! New players can level up a toon to 85 before they've learned anything much about the game, other classes, group tactics, etc; and then people wonder why they suddenly find themselves doing a random heroic with someone that is asking why the mage isn't healing anyone, or why is the group letting the warlock get away with being a ninja on the soul shards, or having to explain to the warrior that he doesn't need the cloak with +50 spell power, or tell the druid that he can't tank in cat form while wearing cloth armor... and the list goes on.

Yes, those are indeed situations that I have come across while in random groups!

Players being able to level a toon so fast isn't necessarily such a good thing. I deliberately slowed down my main's levelling so I had more time to learn the game itself better before diving into the high end stuff. I'm currently leveling a tank alt rather fast, but as soon as she hits 81 I will be slowing her down to properly learn - with my guildies as back up - how to properly tank with her before I let her step foot inside any instance with any random group.

If more new players were willing to take some time to slow down and learn a bit more about the game and their character and enjoy the adventure of leveling, there'd be a lot less hassles in the high end random groups for everyone.

Amystil, Guild Master.