The Classifieds: The Spectacular Wipe Club
by Lisa Poisso 
Feb 17th 2010 at 6:00PM
The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on guild recruiting, rankings, splits and merges, progression and more. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com.
Huzzah! We have a winne -- err, loser to announce! Proudly claiming the lead in our Spectacular Wipes Challenge is the stalwart PUG from US Thrall-A shown in the Sarth-3D video, above. "This was a zerg attempt prior to release of 3.1, the first done Alliance-side on Thrall-US," writes submitter Popalicious. "While we don't all come from the same guild, most of us were friends and some of us had been guilded together prior to the release of BC (though I think the hunter in this video was a total PUG none of us knew at all, heh). I was the only one who had successfully completed Sarth+3 on 10- or 25-man in the group, so it was kind of awesome fun to see the spam when we finally did get it down. I was proud of us for sticking it out, but the QQ over Vent when this wipe came up ... 'OMG one more poison proc and he would have died!', 'One more tick of Ret Aura ...' After this wipe, one of the rogues went back to Zangarmarsh and farmed up some Firebloom, convinced it would be that one little extra push we'd need. But sadly, it just wasn't meant to be that night. We did complete it successfully the next week with almost the exact same makeup."
This group's 223-hp spectacular wipe easily bests <Spectacular Death>'s 1,475-hp gem. Can your boss wipe beat that? Send in the best of your worst to TheClassifieds@wow.com.
Now let's crack open The Classifieds ...
Around the world of WoW
Calling all thespians The in-game theatrical project mentioned in last week's The Classifieds has made it to the web. Read the script and get involved at project head Tim Balzer's web site.
Milestones
Happy fifth anniversary to <Low Landers> (EU Stormrage-A). The Dutch/Belgian guild has been celebrating its milestone week with a surprise party for GM Littlebonnie, a For the Alliance raid and commemorative screenshot (above). The guild offers something for everyone, from 25-man raiding (now working on Festergut) to a large group of players who exclusively enjoy Arena and Battlegrounds. Here's to another five, <Low Landers>!
It's a thrilling time for guilds pushing hard into Icecrown Citadel. This week, the world's top-ranked teams are pushing hard to bring down Icecrown Citadel's bosses in heroic mode. Competition is tight among those vying to be first to tick off ICC achievements. Progress is heart-stoppingly tight in the smaller pool of the 10-man strict teams (those who raid 10-man content without 25-man-geared players). Even if your guild doesn't share the urge to cap these encounters before anyone else, you can get in on the excitement by following the teams from your faction and realm who do.
Rankings listed below were accurate as of Tuesday evening.
- 25-man Progression This week, it's a battle to clear the bosses on heroic. In the lead: <Paragon> EU Lightning's Blade, <Exodus> US Ysondre, and <For the Horde> EU Nazjatar.
- 25-man Achievement <Wraith> of EU Sargeras takes top honors this week with Been Waiting a Long Time for This, bringing them to 1,415 achievement points. Close behind are 17 other guilds worldwide who've earned 1,395 achievement points.
- 10-man Progression Russian guild <Экзорсус> EU Ревущий фьорд heads a list of 25 guilds keeping a brisk pace in ICC-10.
- 10-man Achievement It's <noxa> of EU Arygos taking the lead with 1,390 points, followed by just five other guilds at 1,380.
- 10-man Strict Progression <From Chaos> US Suramar and <Vox Immortalis> US Hyjal top the charts this week, followed by 15 other guilds who are close on their heels.
- 10-man Strict Achievement <From Chaos> and <Vox Immortalis> also top the 10-man Strict Achievement charts with 1,340 points. Next in line is <Three> EU Executus with 1,295 points.
Recruiting
Please include your guild web site address with recruiting submissions.
- Icecrown Citadel raiding We're not sure which was the savvier move, making a guild recruitment video or sending it to hit-machine WoW.com. Either way, the gang at <Irregardless> of US Altar of Storms-A (above) looks like a group that knows how to get things done while enjoying one another's company in the process.
- More of everything, please <G U I L D L E S S> on US Altar Of Storms-H is filling its fourth 10-man team and launching a second 25-man team, for progression raiding 3-5 p.m. Saturdays and 4-8 p.m. Sundays.
- 10-man looking toward 25s <Wildcards> (EU Doomhammer-A) recently lost a batch of raiders to that nasty real-world stuff and seeks more 10-man raiders, especially healers and DPS, for eventual growth to 25s. Also seeking to move from 10-man to 25-man is <Avengers of Azeroth> (US Ursin-A), currently clearing the first wing of ICC with a relaxed, personable outlook, raiding Wednesdays and Sundays 4:30-9 (Thursdays optional).
- 10-man team <Bânished> of US Skywall-A is rounding out its second 10-man ICC team; needs all but ranged DPS; raiding 4-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Late starter 10-mans <Esquire Trading Company> (US Cenarion Circle-H) is looking for 10-man team members to raid Thursdays-Saturdays after 9-10 p.m. PST; weekly ToC and Onyxia clears, beginning ICC.
Random Acts of UbernessShaelia, US Maelstrom-A "I had just started a new pally on a new server (Maelstrom). While at level 10 and with no other toons on that server, I was traveling to Darnassus. On the boat, there was also a max-level toon, Shaelia. Out of the kindness of his/her heart and with no asking from me (I was getting by and am too proud to ask for anything from others), Shaelia's player impulsively and very generously gave me 100g and four Frostweave bags to help me along on my travels. That act of kindness has made my week!" (Anonymous)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
B Feb 17th 2010 6:06PM
Something seems to be missing from this column.... any guesses what it is?
ROB13 Feb 17th 2010 6:10PM
Needs more old wipe videos with bad cartoon theme songs.
HeartStrikeMOAR Feb 17th 2010 9:04PM
I have a good idea, and yeah it's absence made this column not worth reading.
>.>
loop_not_defined Feb 17th 2010 10:30PM
THEN DON'T READ IT.
Seriously. Grow up, move on.
Guruda Feb 18th 2010 1:24AM
In before comment deletion for talking about you-know-what. Guess we really do need to move on...
alexgreat Feb 17th 2010 6:11PM
the real question is why is that shaman using LHW
Cataca Feb 17th 2010 6:23PM
Looks like he was MT healing.
This is back when Wrath first launched. Back then LHW was the absolute, hands down, best MT heal. HW was garbage and wasn't even on most shaman's bars.
Eregos ftw! Feb 17th 2010 6:16PM
Oh gosh. That was epic! 223 health.. ouch. If I were at that and healing, I would just try to pop an instant cast damaging spell... nice job though, almost got him!
Minimagicma Feb 18th 2010 5:07PM
Am I the only one that noticed it zooms in on his 223 hp, there are a few dots up on him, and the tank is still alive, and then it cuts out? He was still agro'd on someone, so I call a down and not a wipe. Evidently, it was a great try since you got placed up there.
Eregos ftw! Feb 19th 2010 12:10AM
As someone said below me, the disciple spawned at 223 health. So, only 1 ish healers left at the start of wrath, they aren't going to survive that portal!
Falcon6 Feb 17th 2010 6:19PM
Oh, damn it, that song...Hahaha. Nice use for it.
Frank Feb 17th 2010 6:27PM
i would shake my tiny fists at the heavens and cry hot, salty tears if we wiped at 233 health like that. congratulations to winners/losers for finally taking him down!
Desmeister Feb 17th 2010 6:41PM
Ugh... We had a festergut wipe with him at 103 hp. I REALLY wish I had caught that on camera. I feel for you guys :(
PhoenixMandC Feb 17th 2010 7:01PM
Uhm... This is fake. When the camera zooms in on the health bar, you can see that the tank is still alive and the dragon has warrior bleeds on it.
Meaning that the dragon died likely a second after this video was cut.
Sorry, but that's just lame.
serrif Feb 17th 2010 7:10PM
I think you're forgetting the mechanic behind Sartharion 3d zergs: You have to kill him before Shadron's Disciple spawns (and pops up the immunity shield on Sartharion). That's what we see happened there. They were just close, but he had 223 health when the disciple spawned. At this point, the group would have to go in, kill the add in the portal, and then finish off sarth, which is a difficult task in a group with presumably one healer.
zetathran Feb 17th 2010 7:16PM
jeez Altar of Storms getting lots of press, I would say maybe alliance side is actually getting invigorated, but in the video those guys are horde
BTW shoutout to my homies in G U I L D L E S S, uber guild ^_^
Gimmlette Feb 17th 2010 7:45PM
I tip one of my many hats to Popalicious for the delightful proof of "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory". I posted Spectacular Death's story to our server forum and a number of people chimed in with epic tales of, "Oh ^%#*". As the forum is pretty dead right now, it was lots of fun reading the stories. I don't think I've laughed so hard, since I was lying on the floor in Deconstructor's room staring at a 0% wipe.
We still talk about it in guild chat. The three new members who just joined can't wait until they participate in an epic wipe. There has been a long discussion of how to "best" that 0.03%; when not to attack, what not to toss on a boss, who dies first, etc. I don't think you can stage it. It happens or it doesn't.
It's going to be really tough to beat 229 hp but, rest assured, Spectacular Death is trying. Now, if you will excuse me, we're gearing up for Heroic Hogger, if I can get my shadow priest out from under his bed. He is still suffering the effects of our last attempt.
Fnord Feb 17th 2010 8:24PM
It's funny, but I think people would have been less turned off if WoW.com had simply discontinued a certain lamented Feature Which Shall Not Be Named. But resurrecting its two-thirds of filler that so many readers never liked and wished would go away ... it seemed like A) adding mild insult to mild injury, and B) a nigh-supernatural cluelessness about what people were coming for.
No offense to the columnist, who's doing the best she can with what was assigned, but I return to this feature to check for any developments, and find little that improves on a blank monitor stared at for the same length of time. Part of the hostile reactions this whole episode elicited was simply a normal Internet feeding frenzy. But an awful lot of it was worsened by the high-handed and revealing reactions of certain highers-up, and still more came from an unpleasant realization that hit us: now that certain personnel and features have moved on, what DOES this site still do that some other site doesn't do considerably better? Some of us are mulling that one over, and looking at the "WoW.com" on our bookmark menus with increasing doubt.
HeartStrikeMOAR Feb 17th 2010 9:06PM
The truth,
This man speaks it
plastixblue Feb 18th 2010 7:21PM
I too find myself coming here less offten, what was a daily stop .(Sometimes two or three times a day.) Has now become a once or twice a week thing. Not because of the lack of that which must not be named, but because of the WoW.com's staff's reaction to people's wanting it back.