Asra at 60 in my all time fav BloodFang set + CTS & CotBD

First Nefarian kill - (Red & Blue)

Hit the road, Jack
And don't you come back no more no more no more no more
Hit the road, Jack
And don't you come back no more...
What you say?

Yet again, the Aussies stuck by us. (They really love us that much huh?) It helped to ease through the difficult period and we picked ourselves up again despite the tribulations, just like how we always did from previous falls. We refused to crumble in the face of adversity.

The guild is now 3+ years old and is one of the, or maybe even the oldest on the server. I have never once left for another nor have the rest of those who remain in it until today. It was home to us.

Throwing pumpkins at Effie in Ironforge

When ZA opened, we went in and gonged our way to Lynx on the very 1st raid, only to lose interest the following day when the new arena season started. That marked the end of my raiding days. I guess my drive for PvE content was not there anymore. The Aussies did a combined raid with Old Guard and they made good progress to Black Temple. I'm really happy for them.

As for me, I focused on the arena aspect of the game and became what my colleagues call a PvP junkie. After 3 years in the game, only arena could provide the adrenaline rush for me to want to continue playing. AI smackdown just don't cut it anymore.

Shiki, my old priest got given away to someone else by some misunderstanding and I didn't have the heart to demand for her back (I miss her though). I created a new priest called Ashura and played her mainly for arena. She hit 1873 for 2v2 with Locksmith's hunter (then Locksmith got transferred over to another server). Good thing for me was that Notus approached us to ask if we would like to play together and form a new 5v5 team. I had known Notus' druid (Equalize) when he used to raid with Equinoxite's weird China farmers raid pre-TBC. We roped in Danz & Enphesis and hit 1900+ before Season 3 ended.

However, just before S4 was released, Enphesis' account got banned by Blizzard for some reason. He had bought over the account from someone else and Blizzard didn't recognize it as a legal transaction. In the attempt to salvage the situation, Enphesis bought over Notus' paladin and we embarked on S4.

I can still remember some dumb conversations we had:

Enphesis: Holypaladin, a pally. He's holy.

Ashura: Like duh.

Notus: ROFL

Danz: Ah Shouuuuuuuuuuuu...

Asrael: Bloody hell squeeze sugar cane again.

We'd dance Tunak Tunak to pass wait times. Bash Squirrels. Zap frogs. Fish. Swim in the moonwell. Check out the AH. Share turban jokes. Whatever. We'd always have a few laughs. I was genuinely happy that I had found some team mates I could play arena with and we were doing reasonably well. Like what Enphesis likes to say, "Got synergy, synergy."

It was the only thing in WoW I looked forward to every week. Besides the Aussies, it was what was left of this game that was keeping me from leaving which I had wanted to do for a while now but never could really make a first step towards. There have been too many good memories and I had wanted more for keeps while it lasted. Because I know very well that nothing in this world lasts forever.

So here comes the best part. We peaked at 1980+ and just when we held hopes of being able to see a highlighted S4 weapon option on the goblin arena dude, Blizzard decides to send us their 'warn'est regards in the form of a 'love letter'.

__________________________________________________________________
Greetings,

Account Name: ARCTICASURA
Realm: Gorgonnash

Character Name: Ashura
Account Action: Warning
Offense: Arena Exploitation

Details: Player was discovered to have possibly participated in the exploitation of the Arena queue system with the result being advancement of characters on this or another account. A user of the above account may have recently been involved in actions deemed inappropriate for the World of Warcraft by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment. During the course of our investigation, we discovered that one of your character's Arena teams has queued in an irregular fashion.

Please review the World of Warcraft Terms of Use at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html, which you accepted when you installed World of Warcraft and established the account(s). Section 5, Paragraph C details the rules related to game play and what is considered "fair" and what is considered a serious violation of these Terms of Use. While we do understand that there may not have been malicious intent, please keep in mind that exploitation is taken very seriously. Please also understand that this is merely a preventive measure, and further Arena exploitation of any kind could result in harsher penalties including, but not limited to removal of items, account suspension, or closure.

Any disputes or questions concerning this account warning can only be addressed by Account

Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21505

Thank you for your understanding in this matter and respecting our position on all statutes within the World of Warcraft Terms of Use.

Regards,
Lisistast
Game Master
Blizzard Entertainment
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

__________________________________________________________________

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I swear on my fucking life that our team has worked our way up by legitimate means. We have beaten Nakata's & Robwarrior's teams & some other random high rated teams from other servers which fed us 15-22pts per game. The only team we haven't beaten was AOT's and we lost close to 100 rating.

Q times average between 5-10 mins as 5v5 teams are lesser compared to other brackets. Any teams that Q within this timeframe has a chance of meeting us. I can Q until my character goes afk in Darnassus or fish until my backpack's full of stupid seafood and sometimes the friggin' Q still won't pop. How on earth can we fix matches based on that? How does that qualify as win trading?

How many weeks of Q-ing for hours we have spent...

How many 'pop pop pop's we have reminded one another...

How many goddamn fucking games we have played...

I need to work to support myself. I ain't no fucking bum who doesn't own a job because I can live off government funds and play WoW all day. I don't have less than 50 ms like the Americans do.

Just cos I can only play on Monday nights and have to Q for an eternity and keep meeting the same old teams/ last min 10 games per week teams and keep squeezing juice out of them.

Just cos some assholic sore loser couldn't take losing 10 games of 1 pts to us every week.

Just cos I can't play everyday like a jobless WoW addict.

I get fucking reported as a win trader.

And they say I paid someone else to play my account for me to up my rating.

And they say we have not been honest with our friends.

And that perhaps one of us is selling the whole team out without the others' knowledge.

I say screw you assholes. Burn in high hell Douchebags.

B U L L F U C K I N G S H I T .

I got accused of an offense I did not commit. No reasons were given. No evidence to justify the charges. No guarantee that the same thing won't happen again even if we whack our way up to where we were, which we are capable of. It just dawned upon me how retardedly simple it was to pull a team down, just by saying a couple of things.

I think this pretty much sums it up.









This is where I wake up.







As much as I would like to write a reply email saying, 'Screw u fags I'm going to play Warhammer'. The truth is I am not. The guild has already all canceled their subscriptions in protest and they've all moved on to WH. Danny and Echie have been bugging for me me to join them but I think I will swear off MMORPGs.

Effie, Isobel, Echelon - You guys have been my pillar of support all these years. I do not know if the guild would have carried on so long without you guys. It means a lot to me and you guys are the best things that ever came out of this long dream. Keep in touch and hope to be able to put a face to the character one day. Till we meet.

Tatakai, Katariand, Inosomnia, Lunasky, Docnerdie, Locksmith, Ndazian, Doomie, Tric, Bloodlust, Fablox, Firelight & whatever zillions of Echelon's ever multiplying cousins (forgive me if I forgot anyone) - Thanks guys. I owe you all. Had a blast. (editted: I actually forgot Nano! I swear it wasn't deliberate and nothing to do with your druken stupor and leaving me at the airport)

Enphesis, Danz, Notus - It has been a great pleasure to know and get to play as a team together. It kept me alive in the game. I will always be proud to have been a part of it.

Some people will say it's just a small matter and that I'm over reacting. It is just a game. Perhaps.

Sports are games too but the whole world is wild about 22 men chasing a ball when they each have 2 of their own.

Game or not, big or small. All those years, it had been a part of my life.

It was a part of me.

Feels as though like I've lost something. Doesn't feel right somehow but at the same time, I feel liberated.

/WoWquit

It ends right here.

Bitchin' @ 12:53 AM