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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - Adam aka Lunarstorm
Illidan down to GNV and Friends!
I must admit, I briefly hesitated before declaring that Illidan's death was imminent. I thought "Could I jinx us? Will I feel like a dork for such a bold declaration if we stumble and just can't get him down for weeks? Or months? Or what if our small, scrappy crew starts to burnout and we just can't do it?"
As you probably know, there's a well known, well established, longtime raiding guild on our server who has been at the Illidan boss stage of BT for much longer than us. As of this writing, they haven't killed him. Who's to say that we'll fare better and kill him only a couple of weeks after seeing him for the first time?
All the above aside, I'm pleased to say that the crew came through. Less than 24 hours after I posted that his death was imminent, we killed Illidan. Although it's not a competition, it's interesting to note that our casual raiding crew is the third organization on the server to accomplish the feat.
Needless to say, we're all thrilled to reach this milestone. Stay tuned for screenshots.
Monday, April 07, 2008 - adam english
Illidan's death is imminent.
Despite repeated reminders and urgings to post updates of our raiding group's success, this site has been sorely neglected. Screenshots should be posted soon. but in the meantime, here is some text...
This update is dedicated to two distinct groups:
1. The leadership of GNV and Friends. Those who have continuously for months dealt with the headaches of slotting and attendance, DKP, strats, resist gear, etc etc.
Although multiple people have contributed, the single person who has perhaps contributed the most is Droknar. Our progress speaks for itself, but his contributions as both a raid lead and a main tank have been enormous.
2. Though each individual who contributes to our kills deserves credit, this thanks goes to the gamers who have been able to stick through it from the beginning. This "Thank you!" is for those select players who were able to persevere and stick through it all. This is for those who raided with us from Gruul's through SSC. From TK through Hyjal and finally, now, the Black Temple.
Even though every level 70 player now can enter Hyjal and The Black Temple, it was due to the above two groups' diligence that we got there in server record time and will soon defeat a major character in WoW lore: Illidan.
In closing: thank you! I'm glad I was able to be a part of it all. Although it's been a long road, and it sounds like some will hang up their WoW weapons after Illidan's death, I think we can all agree: it's been some of the best gaming, ever.
-Lunarstorm
Friday, January 04, 2008 - Adam aka Lunarstorm
We're on the cusp of the final zones of the endgame!
An update has been a long time coming, though this isn't for a lack of new mobs killed since my last post. Thx slackatude.
At any rate, since the last update we've killed Vashj and all of Tempest Keep except for one big, bad mofo: Kael'thass.
We now farm SSC and TK on a weekly basis as we learn the complex Kaelthas encounter. As Vashj was a good challenge, Kaelthas is even more so; it's by far the most complicated fight we've ever faced. We really look forward to killing him and earning the right to enter Mount Hyjal and soon after: the Black Temple! But that's enough talky-talk, here's a pic! -Lunarstorm
The secret to killing Vashj: she's scared of gnomes!
More pics and killshots incoming soon!
