Hello again, from the world of all-access heroics. Last night was heroic Morchok night! It was a lot like last week, except we got a better explanation of the fight's mechanics then 'it's like Morchok, but there's two, and it's easy, and I don't live in Detroit'.
Some people will say that I, once again, forgot to take a screenshot. They are wrong. I merely used an aerial lens.
There are problems, mind you. It's about Droof. He has let himself go.
We should have seen it coming. He's such a Paula Deen fan, when he found out she had type 2 diabetes it was only a matter of time before he followed suit. And now he all fat.
Say hello to your new friend for life, Droof.
Too late I realize I could have copped out on an update by claiming to be protesting SOPA, Neglect, - Newsmonster Lamp
A TRAGICALLY BELATED, NEGLECT-Y XMAS
'Twas well past Winter Veil, and all through the guild,
Lamenting was heard over buff slots to be filled
Surely our 10 man cannot be so lacking,
Our stats stand so bare, without any backing!
But oh, wait a moment! 10 man's are easy
Not unlike Sang, but just one third as sleazy
Though one thing's for sure, despite any losses,
There really is an obscene lack of bosses
Where, o pray, where, have all the monsters faded?
Have they become all elitist and jaded?
"Today's raiders are just not worth getting off my backside so spiny,
I scoff at modern warriors! They are woefully less shiny"
And as bemonacled bosses sip monstrous brandy in their lair,
Our version of expanded content is the new darkmoon faire -_-
But hey, if our raids have less than spectacular specs,
There's still no denying Deathing's l00ts r forged out of sechs
So raids go by fast, but drake hunts still loom,
So many more chances to hear healers yell OOM!
A bunch left to do, new trials to attack,
If something goes wrong, hey, blame it on Zak
It's been a brief expansion, firmly rooted in past,
Everything old is new again, but it just doesn't last
Fleeting stories as the world goes to heck,
All overshadowed by shiny new tech
Expanding RealID, raid finder and transmog,
It can't be too long before our characters blog
75 valor a post, with blog achievements and feats!
Even small bits of jp when your character tweets.
But the next chapter's been anounced, and in a puzzling stroke,
The newest expansion still sounds like a joke
There shall be pandas, and monks, on a whole Asian seam,
What a radical notion, an expansion with a theme?
With all year-passers in beta, it'll no doubt be wrecked,
What better circumstances to revive <Child Neglect>!?
We'll beta relentlessly, whilst other players shirk,
Who better than us, to test how heroics work?
Then Greathfather winter appeared, notoriously late
Most likely flammable, his blood alcohol at .8
"You've certainly caused me enough holiday shtress!
Noone filled out a form for your change of address!"
He bemoaned our going Alliance, near ready to hurl,
To which Pegus replied "It's because Lamp's a girl"
He reached into his gift bag, a bottomless pit!
And he passed out many epics, none of which fit.
Mishapen mail shoulders, a single plate boot?
He shrugged drunkenly, "Hey that's 10 man loot"
We shared tales of Warcraft and the wonders we see,
"I used to be a raider" he boasted "'But then I took a Greench claw to the knee"
"Hey, you guysh should raid more times a week" he said as a notion,
A thought so outlandish, Fraax near showed emotion
"That'll go over great, a veritable breeze!
We'll get on it as soon as we feed Nihalos this cheese."
There was merriment, even gambling, despite the night's shiver
"Here's 500 gold in the Evy pool, on cirrhosis of the liver"
The greatfather stirred through his haze and expressed it time to go home-
Climbed on his rocket sleigh, and whipped his indentured gnomes
"Less kidnap-able than reindeer, tho sometimes explosive"
He explained, matter of factly, with breath quite corrosive
"Weep not for them" he proclaimed "as they're miserable noobies,
Their debt's from late in 4.2, they shorted inferno rubies!
If my sleigh, they run safely, in two years they'll be freed"
Quad nodded somberly at their plight, and said, gently, "Indeed."
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Belated happy Winter Viel to all, be ready to kung-fu fight!"
Sorry it was late this year... is what Dell should say, <Neglect>. Grumble.
-Newsmonster Lamp
THE GANG HELPS ZAK GET NICE THINGS?
It was a terrible day everyone. A day which will live in infamy. October 25th, a day when we helped Zak get something nice, and he ruined it all.
Things started innocently enough. We killed heroic Shannox again, thus proving we are better than a fight that's somewhat harder than heroic gunship. Nihalos brought water for the whole team
So then we, regrettably, helped Zak do strange, possibly perverse things to bosses, there was a lot of grabbing and touching, and what does that get us? Access to a boss who doesn't reward valor or loot -_-
Ok so then we kill the boss, and does Zak get some amazing item? No, just a sidegrade staff, same level as his old weapon.
But oh here there's a title. BUT IT'S ONLY FOR HIM?!
And boy did he show it off with his flowery trail and business. Oh, and it gets better, the title has a LIMITED DURATION.
AND HE SPENT MOST OF THE TITLE TIME ASLEEP!!!
So the only one who didn't waste all their time helping Zak get nothing done in a possiby illicit manner was Sang. Thanks Zak, you made Sang seem smarter than the rest of us. We hate you.
And everyone but Sang was there, am I writing news for him now? FML -Newsmonster Lamp
PS Zak didnt even remember to thank Pegus, whose off-toon healing made it all possible! Jerk!
NEGLECT DAY 2011!
Hooray for us. Monday the 7th of March was our fourth anniversary! And for once we celebrated it, rather than forgetitated it. It was the best anniversary yet, if only because Mahdi wasn't around!
We reveled in the cozy luxury of Gallywix's pleasure palace, and like all great celebrations, there were presents! And a surprising amount of no0dity <_<
Though Droof won he passed the custom guild rank to Mez (but he still got the book of polymorph:turtle). It might say 'Mez Rank' for now, but there's a lot of time left on it, and the rank of unicorn inspector has been discussed!
Vanity set contest- Winner: Minori's everything is on fire set Runner up: Magnificent in season 8 pvp gear Dishonorable mention: Naked Nihilos
Minori chose the pets prize package. Congratulations to him.
Barnaby could do naught but look on in vanity envy.
Fraax ran way with this one. He won the professional goods prize package.
Neglect roll-off door prize- Winner: Cyn
I promised a door prize worth showing up for. Grats to Cyn on her shiny new mount.
And that was Neglect day! Next year the celebration will probably be shifted to the nearest raid day.
'Til next year! -Newsmonster Lamp
MEANWHILE, NOT IN RIFT
Hello again Neglectigans! It was a shiny day today, as a whopping chunk of the guild was off in the preview day of some other gamey universe killing different doods with different pointy sticks. But we wrangled them online for some overdue Al'Akir antics. Alliteration.
I have mixed feelings about the encounter. Overall it somehow manages to have an enormous boss and crazy mechanics but nonetheless feels infinitely less epic than it should? Maybe because I spend most of the encounter looking at/attacking his waist.
Alas for no lolcats and loot details. He drops random enchant garbage. Le sigh.
Well, it has been an interesting couple of weeks. There was that time Zakuhn, Minori and I put on a vaudeville show for a clearly disinterested Mez. Zak shines in his role as the dummy.
Droof took the time to give me some amazing career advice.
I took the time to teach Xyber how shiny works.
And Mez pointed out that we are all getting painfully old.
But I am sure that what everyone really wants to know about, is the happenings in feelings of late! Like maybe how I feel about Fraax.
