Sorry for the radio silence.. lots of non-WoW things [...]]]> After a frantic 10 minutes where Blizzard refused to accept my credit card and I transfered money elsewhere so we could use a different card.. I finally got tickets for Blizzcon. So yeah! I know where I’ll be at the end of October.

Sorry for the radio silence.. lots of non-WoW things happening.. and not much WoW.

That will be a sad sad day. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

I work in software engineering. My QA person sets up QA tests. It is 42 different versions of poking at the software from every angle. He [...]]]> Are you beta testing or playing a game you can’t wait to play? Me? I’m doing neither. But if you were in the beta… would you actually beta it?

I work in software engineering. My QA person sets up QA tests. It is 42 different versions of poking at the software from every angle. He tests old features to make sure we didn’t break existing functionality. He test new features to make sure they work as advertised. He does things that “real users” would never do. If you were in beta would you ACTUALLY be a -good- beta tester… if not…why should blizz give you access? Especially NDA covered access.

Just sayin’

Oh also, Blizz just announced that Blizzcon Tickets will be available for purchase on June 2 and June 5. Get your refresh buttons ready.

So now we’re 11/12 in ICC-10 and 8/12 in ICC-25.

Seriously, I’m thinking about using those words on every attempt.

For those who have been following [...]]]> What is it about those words? 2 hours of wiping on the boss.. we’ve got 10 minutes left.. so I say “Ok, last attempt guys” and BOOM we went from only getting it 75% done to getting it totally done.

Seriously, I’m thinking about using those words on every attempt.

For those who have been following along at home I’ve been kinda mum lately. Ok.. Let me ’splain. [pause] No, there is too much. Let me sum up.

– We spent a month faceplanting on Festergut. We finally killed him and BOOM he’s on farm. We down him weekly with no problems.
– We spent a month faceplanting on Blood Princes. We finally killed them.. and we still struggle on them. C’est la vive.
– We spent 2-3 weeks faceplanting on Putricide. We were making no progress. Times looked dire. Attendance was at an all-time low.
– BOOM we acquired A BUNCH of new raiders. I won’t lie and say it’s all been roses.. but so far it’s working out. Like -that- [snapping fingers] Caffeine went from #86 on the server running a single ten-man each week to#32 on the server running two 10-mans and a 25-man. We’ve downed Blood Princes, Queen, Valithria. The early 10-man has gotten Sindragosa down and is starting to work on the Lich king. The late 10-man is still working on Sindragosa. We’ve gotten her down to 9%.

So.. last night it occurred to me that we are one little bony dragon away from facing the last boss of the expansion.. during that expansion. I mean WOW. Go us.