Guildwatch: The anti-ninja strikes
by Mike Schramm 
Feb 27th 2007 at 3:35PM
Hey hey all, it's Tuesday, and not only does that mean you sleep in (instead of waking up at 5 am to play WoW), but it also means it's time for Guildwatch, your weekly look at drama, downed, and recruiting guilds from around the World of Warcraft.
This week's GW starts, as usual, right after you click the link below. To send us tips on your guild (or any other guilds you happen to know about-- anonymous drama tips are welcome), throw a note to wowguildwatch@gmail.com.
DRAMA
- Split on Icecrown-H: Dark Talisman is dead. People who didn't like being yelled at by DT's raidleader formed a guild called Wraith, while those who didn't mind being yelled at (maybe to them it's relaxing) formed Sedition.
- This from MBAzeroth: Lots of guilds are going through the expected BC drama right now-- the fact that the raid limit lowered and everyone was giving 10 more levels to gain means guilds are being pushed to the breaking point right now. In most places, there's usually one core group of players who are rolling through the endgame stuff together, and then just kind of hanging around the top waiting for everyone else to catch up. I know my guild is going through this a little bit, and I'd bet it's not uncommon for most guilds, even the smaller ones that seemed so tight before the expansion hit. The dust hasn't settled yet, people.
- Humility on Auchindoin is doing something interesting, since the LFG channel is gone (it's coming back, but not really, since you need to be flagged LFG before you ever see it): they're making their own. To join a clean, moderated LFG channel on Auch-A, type /join aa.
- This one is interesting because it's actually not dramatic at all: Kindjal of Medivh was standing over a rich thorium vein when he had to stealth to keep from being hit by a mob. While he was stealthed, and messing around with his inventory, Dumaur, GM of The Stacked Deck, stepped up to the node and unknowingly ninjaed it. Kindjal unstealthed, explained what Dumaur had just done, and then-- get this-- Dumaur gave him the arcane crystal from the node. What's this world coming to when people are that giving and understanding?
- Some noob guild downed Magtheridon for a world first
- Drop Bears on Moonrunner-A downed Murmur (or, as I like to call him, "Air Rag")
- Nomercy, guild leader of Damage Inc on Warsong, wanted to show off his guild: Not only are they made up of a group of people who used to play Warcraft II together (and played WoW since Day 1), they just downed Attumen and they're working their way through Karazhan. Cool.
- R I P co on Elune-H downed Kazzak for a server first.
- Your guild here! If you've downed a boss lately, feel free to drop us a tip (and a screenshot if you got it) at wowguildwatch@gmail.com!
- Woot Sauce on Jaedenar-H wants us to know that they're awesome (or should that be "sauce-ome"? They're a group of 20s-50s dedicated to World and battleground PvP, so look them up if you're there and looking for funny mottos like "Don't be a pansyorc!"
- Psycho Beast Killers (winner of this week's Best Guild Name award) is on Kilrogg-H and looking for a Warrior, Priest, and Shammy.
- Nokturnal Karnage on Aman'Thul-A is looking for late night raiders (raids starting at 11pm EST)
- Moonlight Marauders of Bladefist-A are looking to grow their ranks, and recruiting levels below 30 to roll up towards the endgame
- Titan on Blackhand-H wants healers and a few more players to round out their endgaming
- Veritas on Vekil'nash wants a few folks to help them run their two runs of Kara every night (they've gotten through the Chess event, and to 25% on Aran)
- Total War is doing World PvP on Haomarush-H sometimes four nights a week (one Alliance city per week at least), and they need good soldiers willing to die for the cause
- Cenarion Alliance on Cenarius-A (hey, I have a guildless alt on Cenarius-A!) is looking for help at endgame
Filed under: Guilds, Instances, Features, Raiding, Guildwatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ErsatzPotato Feb 27th 2007 4:02PM
Congratulations to Dumaur for not being a jerk (rare enough) and especially to Kindjal for the extra effort of giving Dumaur public credit for same.
--Thanatoscope 70 mage Shadow Council
James Feb 27th 2007 3:58PM
Very nice of him to give over the Arcane Crystal. However, did he hand over the thorium ore? A stack of thorium on my server is going for anywhere from 30-40g, and on a good day, assuming he pulled 4 thorium ore from the vein, the stack of 4 would go for about what arcane crystals are going for. Still, a nice gesture.
len Feb 27th 2007 5:55PM
If a rogue does not unstealth, and never hits the node, does he have any claim to it at all?
Frankly, I consider it a violation of etiquette to ask for the ore. It's not unlike the problem with noob skinners, who kill and loot multiple mobs, and then expect others to ignore all those skins lying around. You take what you claim, one at a time, and move on. You can't expect everyone to ask, "excuse me, is that yours?" while sitting there waiting for you to get back to your keyboard, while in the meantime an opposite faction player or farmer just takes it all anyway.
email Feb 27th 2007 6:08PM
I don't think he needed to hand anything over, but it was nice of him to share it. The rogue was stealthed and ignoring the node. I got there first. It's not like he was standing there killing a mob and he ninja'd it.
Mike Schramm Feb 27th 2007 6:16PM
Just to clarify, the rogue had hit the node, and seen the Arcane Crystal in it-- he was clearing his inventory for room to get it out. So he did have a claim to it, even though it was pretty weak.
KitKatDruid Feb 27th 2007 6:51PM
Nice to see people in WoW being friendly. :)
BenMS Feb 28th 2007 2:37AM
Is downing Murmur a big thing? If so, Supreme Knights, Kirin Tor-A, took him down twice on the weekend. Not sure it's really worth a mention, the only thing he has going for him is that massive AoE he winds up for.
chimera Feb 28th 2007 3:18AM
As some of my guildies say "It's sort of a shame to wipe on Murmur". True dat :D
Timur Feb 28th 2007 3:48AM
Always the same: "is XXXXXX boss really something to brag about ??"
Well if its the guildfirst its something fun for the guild right ? even if its a boss who have been downd by a wellknown guild by the first time.. when Naxx came about, anyone who downd any boss in there was proud of their efforts.. so they should..
So if you down anything in any instance, Im happy for you guys =)
Annoula Feb 28th 2007 9:49AM
Dunno, bragging about downing murmur is like bragging about downing baron pre-BC.