My Precious….

My next suggestion for Blog Azeroth are those things that spawn our personal kryptonite in Azeroth, things that may or may not be obvious. They are the events, the items, the game style, whatever, that causes even the strongest resolutions to dissolve. I have so many it's hard to choose, but one of them that I really need to examine is my love of changing guild names.

Poor Señor (I swear, I should change my friend's pseudonym not to just Señor, but Poor Señor). I have changed our little cottage guild name about six times. I was watching Lord of the Rings over this holiday, the director's cut, HD, etc., and let me first tell you it's worth it. Watching Peter Jackson's vision is worth every minute. It's become somewhat of a holiday tradition for me, I suppose. Anway, so at the end, where Saruman is on top of his tower after the Ents, Merry and Pippin vanquish him, and King Théoden tells him to shuddup and the line, 'gibbets and crows' is bandied about. A gibbet is a hangman's pole, a special kind, (see Darkmoon Faire outskirts), and a crow, well a crow is a bird. (I'm funny, huh?) So succumbing to my romantic Renaissance-y way I spoke out loud, "What a great name for a guild!" To the Internet!

So Gibbets and Crows it is for now, to remind me of that for all our glory, for all our work, there are some things that simply bring us to our knees. I'll try to keep this guild name for a while, unless of course Señor insist that it change: which is why he's one of the best guildmates ever - he just goes with the flow.

What's in a (guild) name?

Would a guild by any other name smell as sweet?

Do not be fooled by the stubbornness that a set of horns may conjure: I can be as indecisive as a spring breeze. For instance, consider our guild name: Ever Thus To Deadbeats.

We in the guild did not make this decision lightly: it speaks to both our human and super-human interests. Azeroth is full of tyrants and deadbeats, and its demanding, exhaustive, endless grinding of truth and justice seeking blah blah blah never ends. There is always one more oppressor to strip, one more monster to slay, and one more rug to, well, you know. Micturate on.

We are a small but hearty guild. We are loyal and true. Our mission is to enjoy the world, gain favor, achieve success, and have fun while doing so. We cannot begin to compete with some of the mega-guilds such as Alea Lacta Est or some of these others.

Guilds, large and small, and every shade in between, have a story behind their name. Though we have our own little story, I have driven guildies to distraction by thinking out loud what it would be like to have a different one. Some of the ones I have considered are:

• Loyalist Scum: a hordie friend liked this idea so much they used the patent.
• Revenant: Revenant means back, especially from the dead. Here is a quaint Visual Thesaurus definition:

He's Back! Word of the Day:

Three hundred and fifty years ago today, Oliver Cromwell, one-time Lord Protector of England, was executed. This was not so unusual for the time, except that he had already been dead more than two years; his corpse was disinterred and subjected to various humiliations by political enemies. In honor thereof, we salute revenant, a noun and adjective pertaining to those who return after some time, especially from the dead.

We were Misunderestimated for years, until one day, while walking in the pre-Cata sunshine of downtown Stormwind, I spotted some young jackanape-hooligan sporting OUR SAME GUILD NAME but with typographical accents! The audacity! Flattery is one thing, but way to spoil the mood.

I keep a running list and every so often burst out, "Hey, that would be a funny guild name!" and then am reminded of the little engines who could who have spent their time and energy leveling up the new guild to its current cozy state. I have personally been whispered several compliments on the name, which brightens my weary day.

So, now we are thumping Deadbeats. And proud of it. And obviously you are not a golfer. (And I can imagine if you Wordle'd this website what the largest word would be.)


Some of the guild names that spark curiosity (?) are:

No Chicks Allowed: Is this akin to the old-school "He Man Woman Haters Club?" Wonder what prompted that outburst. And, how do they really check? Are they going to look under players' robes? What if that draenei stuff her chestpiece with wool? Doesn't DADT work in Azeroth?

Rocket Surgery: Very, very clever. Because this is neither rocket science nor brain surgery, is it?

Sleepless Knights: That's just cute.

We Know Girls: With their charm and creativity, I am certain they do. Check out their website.


Specifically on Whisperwind: http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/us/whisperwind


http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2113741


Ever thus: http://ask.metafilter.com/42582/Ever-thus-to-deadbeats-Lebowski


Very interesting Patch Notes: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2011384
Pop Culture references in WoW: http://www.wowwiki.com/List_of_pop_culture_references_in_Warcraft

My own little pie chart: http://www.wowprogress.com/character/us/whisperwind/mataoka