Valar Guild's 15th Anniversary Plans
Aug 15, 2012 21:55:13 GMT -5
Post by Eonwë on Aug 15, 2012 21:55:13 GMT -5
Heya all!
As you all hopefully know, the Valar Guild's 15th Anniverary will be coming up October 4th, 2012, and I thought I'd start talking festivities now.
We'll continue to have our weeklong chatroom marathon from the previous Sunday to the Anniversary Meeting (thus running this year from September 30th to October 7th). Members are as always encouraged to come in any time during the week, meet and chat with other members you might not get to meet in the game(s) you play, reminisce, and help us keep the chat room open all week.
This year, an amusing thought occurred to me. Both WoW's and LotRO's new expansions launch in September, and both of their current expansions have raids involving dragons as an end-boss: Draigoch for LotRO and Deathwing (the final boss of the expansion even) for WoW. So, why not try to bring them both down for the Anniversary?
Now, I understand that by the time the Anniversary comes, it'll have been a month into Riders of Rohan, and about a week into Mists of Pandaria. On top of that, some of us in WoW might still be getting used to the major changes coming. I think it would be cool if we pulled it off and got to brag about it at the Anniversary Meeting. I would say Friday, October 5th for WoW, and Saturday, October 6th for LotRO would be the days to go for it at the standard run times for each of those nights/games. This nestles the events nicely between the Anniversary and the Anniversary Meeting.
Still, I don't want anyone's time to be wasted, and thus, I'm calling for responses from all members interested in making this happen in each game to reply on this Forum, to this thread. It's just easier to keep track of the interest if those interested reply to this thread. Further, I will be setting a response deadline of September 15th, 2012 so that there's approximately two weeks to hammer out the final details in each game.
Additionally:
1.) Each group should be primarily Guild Members: 8/10 for WoW (that's what it takes to get guild credit) and 9/12 for LotRO (assuming 12-man Draigoch). Guild friends will be welcome to fill in the gaps, once we've established enough Valar Guild interest in the first place.
2.) Don't assume you're too late if we fill out the numbers. This is to gauge *all* interest, and things may come up where you will get a shot to fill a spot. You're only too late if you miss the deadline and we haven't established enough interest to try it in your game.
3.) It's going to take patience, persistence, and paying attention (alliteration not intentional :}) from all involved in both fights, whether or not we're going to be past them level- and gear-wise, so be ready to bring your A-game.
4.) This is probably clear, but just in case, saying you're interested means you want to participate, not that you'd like to see others do it :} So, only say you're interested if you're willing to join in on the fight, be there at go time, and all the other fun stuff that comes with getting together with other people.
5.) Say which game (LotRO/WoW) you're willing to join in with, even if it might normally be obvious. Save me the work, please, because I'm the guy who's going to have to compile this and figure out where we stand :}
And lastly, if we have groups of Guild Members in another online game that has a tough dragon (Does D3 have a dragon? heh), and they can field a group to take him down, let me know too, and we'll see if we can throw that game into the mix here :}
That should cover the basics, but if you have any questions, please ask them.
Let's make Eä safer for treasure-hoarding Dwarves :}
As you all hopefully know, the Valar Guild's 15th Anniverary will be coming up October 4th, 2012, and I thought I'd start talking festivities now.
We'll continue to have our weeklong chatroom marathon from the previous Sunday to the Anniversary Meeting (thus running this year from September 30th to October 7th). Members are as always encouraged to come in any time during the week, meet and chat with other members you might not get to meet in the game(s) you play, reminisce, and help us keep the chat room open all week.
This year, an amusing thought occurred to me. Both WoW's and LotRO's new expansions launch in September, and both of their current expansions have raids involving dragons as an end-boss: Draigoch for LotRO and Deathwing (the final boss of the expansion even) for WoW. So, why not try to bring them both down for the Anniversary?
Now, I understand that by the time the Anniversary comes, it'll have been a month into Riders of Rohan, and about a week into Mists of Pandaria. On top of that, some of us in WoW might still be getting used to the major changes coming. I think it would be cool if we pulled it off and got to brag about it at the Anniversary Meeting. I would say Friday, October 5th for WoW, and Saturday, October 6th for LotRO would be the days to go for it at the standard run times for each of those nights/games. This nestles the events nicely between the Anniversary and the Anniversary Meeting.
Still, I don't want anyone's time to be wasted, and thus, I'm calling for responses from all members interested in making this happen in each game to reply on this Forum, to this thread. It's just easier to keep track of the interest if those interested reply to this thread. Further, I will be setting a response deadline of September 15th, 2012 so that there's approximately two weeks to hammer out the final details in each game.
Additionally:
1.) Each group should be primarily Guild Members: 8/10 for WoW (that's what it takes to get guild credit) and 9/12 for LotRO (assuming 12-man Draigoch). Guild friends will be welcome to fill in the gaps, once we've established enough Valar Guild interest in the first place.
2.) Don't assume you're too late if we fill out the numbers. This is to gauge *all* interest, and things may come up where you will get a shot to fill a spot. You're only too late if you miss the deadline and we haven't established enough interest to try it in your game.
3.) It's going to take patience, persistence, and paying attention (alliteration not intentional :}) from all involved in both fights, whether or not we're going to be past them level- and gear-wise, so be ready to bring your A-game.
4.) This is probably clear, but just in case, saying you're interested means you want to participate, not that you'd like to see others do it :} So, only say you're interested if you're willing to join in on the fight, be there at go time, and all the other fun stuff that comes with getting together with other people.
5.) Say which game (LotRO/WoW) you're willing to join in with, even if it might normally be obvious. Save me the work, please, because I'm the guy who's going to have to compile this and figure out where we stand :}
And lastly, if we have groups of Guild Members in another online game that has a tough dragon (Does D3 have a dragon? heh), and they can field a group to take him down, let me know too, and we'll see if we can throw that game into the mix here :}
That should cover the basics, but if you have any questions, please ask them.
Let's make Eä safer for treasure-hoarding Dwarves :}
