Well, that's from Arthas' perspective, in any case.
From my point-of-view, I got to tag along with JD's (aka Amateur Azerothian) crew yesterday for a cross-realm raid. Yes, Mr. Arthas Menethil, your time has come, again.
We had a blast, and I stacked up the achievements like cord-wood:
Highlord Tirion Fordring, although looking like an insurance salesman to me, seems appreciative of our efforts...
Shiny happy raiders!
BUT--as fun as that was, and indeed it was fun, I found myself with an agenda, and underlying motivations. The thing was, this was what I have been looking for in a raid group for a long time. It was a great balance of irreverence (notwithstanding my love of dirty martinis) and actual game knowledge/mechanics (DON'T STAND IN THE DEFILE! okay okay!) We did all this without Vent, tripped up a few times (I am pretty sure I ran too far away from the Sindragosa fight, hence, the gate locked me out--I've done that one a few times and should have listened to my own knowledge/experience), and the boat fight started before I could strap on my parachute. I jumped off the boat anyway to see what would happen, and nothing. Just landed back on the deck of the non-fun, er, fight, boat. I have also done that one successfully, so was kind of bummed I could jet over and punch the villains in the snouts.
Which leads me to my agenda. I don't want JD to go. And, I am going to see if I can help make that happen. All I want to do is the occasional old content raid with fun people, and check out newer content with folks who do not take it seriously. Yes, of course I want to "win," but I have some fairly strong opinions on what a "win" is. Did I have fun? Yes. Did I make other people smile or laugh? If yes, win again.
I am not sure what Ke$ha means by 'waking up like P.Diddy,' but it can't be a good thing. I still have no further understanding of this one fight after watching this video except for a healthy debate over UI and musical tastes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQsqiDSuug8
And my other agenda is this: I want that Frostbrood mount. I don't care if we get a 25-man together or not. I only have a few more to go--whaddya say, guys? Wanna come along? I can't do this alone. So put on your swagger, 'Kick 'em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger...sure. He's probably there. Along with Arthas.
Excellent! The 25-man ones were from about a year ago, when a guild who was friendly with my current guild asked me to go along, but never finished. And they wanted me to heal, for heaven's sake. *shudder*
That part about not wanting me to go was a heartstringer...
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, we're totally on board with the mount. And old raids...and just good times.
Yes! Being a nice person does work out sometimes!
DeleteIt was wonderful wasn't it? JD's not kidding in his header, haver of fun, he delivers!
ReplyDeleteAnd you were an excellent purveyor of fun!
I can dish it up, that's for sure!
DeleteGrats on all those achievements :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had fun, I'll have to try and make the next one.
Excellent! The 25-man ones were from about a year ago, when a guild who was friendly with my current guild asked me to go along, but never finished. And they wanted me to heal, for heaven's sake. *shudder*
DeleteShould you need some help with having fun, Gurdrid likes to thumb her nose at the bad guys! (Especially Moira, hence the self-crafted dark iron gear).
ReplyDeleteDone, Shoryl -- anyone with a character named Gurdrid is my kind of folk.
DeleteThat looked like an amazing blast :) Sigh, wish I was alliance... oops bite my tongue. What a terrible thing to say! My druid would throw dung at me.
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