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Re: Save the Guild Relations Forum

Imak — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:45:56 -0000

I would say this was a mistake as there is a "Guild masters" forum but there is none on the US forums. On the other hand, the structure of EU and US forums has been different for quite a long time, maybe it wasn't a mistake.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Liore — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:42:35 -0000

Dude, ICC has been out for 10 months now. My guild is currently 9/12HM by raiding 6 hours a week, and a number of folks only raid for half of that time. The whole "raiders are unemployed basement dwellers" trope hasn't been true -- if indeed it ever was -- for years.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Brandoncarlson_19 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:36:43 -0000

The problem is that most people don't have tons of hours to dedicate in game to get t10 gear, and would still like to view engame content. Content, mind you, that they pay $15 a month to play. Perhaps you have the time to spend to beat each and every boss normally, and if you do I hope you can find a guild that shares your enthusiasm and will run these raids on hard mode without world buff. But for casual raiding guilds, where we have school/work/lives, we appreciate Blizzard allowing us to view all aspects of the game without devoting our entire lives to getting gear.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Trent_sss — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:18:20 -0000

Thats why they made HM's...
so everyone can see End content but for the better people they get to ride Nice Shiny Drakes that say 'look at me, we passed grade 3' :D :D ;D

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Cleanfor2 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:18:54 -0000

BS... Learn to play and get to end game with out a buff .

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Dignified BE80 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:15:23 -0000

It all comes down to the elitists wanting to, not only be better than you, and tell you they are better than you, but to basically ass you out of content because you dont play like them. They are the same sob's that want an achieve the second week of a release, and refuse to group with people that for whatever reason, didnt get the achieve the first week. Making content more accessible to a wider range of player seems right. After all they pay for the game too. The selfish attitude of "pro" players should not be catered to, in any way.

Re: So What Else Are You Playing?

KiwiRed — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:07:46 -0000

If you like Zuma, give Tumblebugs a try.

Re: So What Else Are You Playing?

Liore — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:57:40 -0000

There is a sequel! It's called Zuma's Revenge.

I finished the last level of classic Zuma after years of sporadic practice. It will probably remain the premiere achievement of my life. ;)

Re: So What Else Are You Playing?

Jasyla — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:24:07 -0000

There's a Zuma sequel?!?! I know what I'm doing when I get home.

I'm jealous you beat the original. That last level drives me to drink.

Re: His Name is Robert Paulson

brangwen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:21:13 -0000

"This means that the new forums will be populated pretty entirely by privileged, young, straight, white boys."

This x1000

Re: His Name is Robert Paulson

Idie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:46:22 -0000

There are a fair number of people in game that have my real name, phone number, and/or email address. I personally gave it to each and every one of them.

I'm really not worth anyone's effort to stalk; but I will not be posting my personal information on a public forum, either. We'll have to see where this leads. Making the forums read-only to folks that don't care to participate in RealID is fair enough. I won't choose to participate; but it won't be be big loss. The better forums are non-Blizzard, anyway. If RealID becomes a requirement to play, it will probably become time to find a new game.

Re: His Name is Robert Paulson

Orpho — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:33:49 -0000

I tried to sleep on it, I'm going to give it to the end of the week. If i still feel betrayed like this, it's Steam/buying new games for me. My privacy is worth the $30/month, if you figure I have to buy a new $50 game every month just to keep busy - and I bet I don't. My field isn't one where you can be a WoW player and be taken seriously. Sorry, but career>WoW habit. Addiction my ass.

Re: His Name is Robert Paulson

SleepDepZombie — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:19:50 -0000

The more I think about it the more I dislike the whole notion of this system. I'm seriously reevaluating thoughts of returning at Cataclysm. If this stays the same I'm not sure I'll ever play another Blizzard game again; it's just that bad.

On a completely unrelated note, the right end of your comment box here gets hidden underneath the right column in Chrome.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

ggetaclue — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:56:17 -0000

Waah waah!!! Only people who have suffered for months and months raiding with 24 other a-holes should be entitled to get gear and see end game! When I was your age, I had to walk to all the dungeons in the snow without any shooz!!!! SO UNFAIR QQQQ Imma quit waaah waaah someone call the wahmbulance.

That's the tone of a lot of these comments.

I sincerely wish people would get over themselves. Blizzard is sick and tired of having only a tiny percentage of the wow playing population ever see end game. If the game designers have elected to make the encounters more do-able for more players, I say YAY! Not everyone who plays is a former Nihllium member, but that doesn't mean they should never get to see end game.

Sheesh. Take a chill pill peeps.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

kris — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:11:49 -0000

Well... just imo but if it's true that more than half of ICC guilds are stuck at 4/12, couldn't that just mean they're retarded and don't deserve to clear any more? I mean, even if they were 'very casual', spending an hour researching fights in the next wing wouldn't ruin their perfect lives, surely?

The buff is there to encourage progression, if your guild can't progress past 4/12 with it, then I think they should all log out, delete WoW and throw their computer off a cliff... considering 'poorly made' pugs frequently make it further than that.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Lestat — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:03:00 -0000

I like how he doesn't want the buff even though he can't down the bosses. The forums are filled with people who say WotLK is too easy as they sit wiping on Putricide.

Re: Notes on Cataclysm: Priest Preview

John — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:14:04 -0000

Life Grip will be amazing! How could you say otherwise? Im in
class right now so I dont have time to chat but yes of course
it's a pvp thing!

Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

Liore — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:47:48 -0000

Thanks, Anafielle! Glad I'm not the only PR fan out in the WoW circuit. ;)

I am a total ditherer IRL, so "keep it simple" is good advice for me in-game and out. As my guild likes to say, all boss strategies really boil down to the same concept: "Kill things. Don't die."

Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

Liore — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:41:52 -0000

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Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

Liore — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:40:21 -0000

Thanks, Stickers!

Just to play devil's advocate, sometimes it's tough to integrate advice on the fly. Sometimes there are related concerns that you might not even know about! It sounds like you need to either talk to your guild officers outside of a raid and talk to them about strategy, or find another guild. Sitting around not caring and alt-tabbing sounds not fun. :)
My recent post Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

sema — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:30:55 -0000

"solicit feedback from your “mentors” in the guild"

Didn't you read the sign? No soliciting.

always listen to sema.

Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

anafielle — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:35 -0000

I love you. For the project runway references. I laughed so hard, and I loved every bit of it.

DAMN this comment system screwed my comment halfway to sunday. I had a much more lengthy one written, but it lost it when I tried to log in.

Anyways.... thanks for the concise, meaningful advice expressed in such a cute and memorable way. :) I will definitely remember to "edit" my strategies and keep them simple! That's exactly what my guild's RL told me the other day - except since he's a 40 year old sports loving guy's guy, he didn't exactly phrase it in the project runway way. :)

another blog for my blog reader.... excellenttttt :D

Re: Raid Leading, Project Runway Style: Make It Work!

Stickers — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:40:01 -0000

I really liked what you said. I wish my guild read what you wrote. Sometimes I feel like my words don't seem to reach the guild officers' ears and I'm one of the best healers in the guild. I figured that having my perspective would help in our fights but they don't listen and we end up continuing wiping for hours on end. It came to the point where I don't even care and just let them do their thing while I alt tab at times and half-heartedly heal.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

aleanathem — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:01:30 -0000

You must enjoy the silver platter, Areuserious. It's sad to see what raiding has become. Its "What can Blizzard give me this patch?" You could enjoy the game without the nerfs. 90% of the blocked guilds have internal problems preventing them from clearing it. That could be drama or having members who just cannot play their class.
There is harm with these nerfs. It's proof that the average human is a lazy bastard. They have to have everything dumbed down and simplified or it's "too hard". Jeeze try playing the game instead of having to have it handed to you just because you pay $15 a month.

Re: The ICC Buff Can Bite Me

Dorgana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:15:33 -0000

I don't think he's being elitist - in fact his guild isn't far progressed into ICC at all.