Asstool
11-29-2006, 03:01 AM
I saw Haiden saying farewell and decided to follow suit, for everything I’ve been through and done for this guild you all deserve a better goodbye then what I posted.
I joined Black Phoenix in March of 2005. The guild at the time was a small one with 20-25 members, and was just getting ready to start MC together with Witherblaze Conspiracy. Things were much easier back then, you came on, you raided, you hung out for a bit, and that was it. I was really happy to be in a guild with my friends (Gort, Seracor, Telin, etc). There was no drama, guild leadership was focused, and everything went well.
I quickly demonstrated my skill as a warrior and became the guilds’ second main tank, a role I held for over a year and a half. I became Warrior Class Leader a few months into our MC raiding and also held that title for quite some time. I have been there for Black Phoenix for the first pulls of MC to the countless weeks where nobody would show up to Ragnaros to the month break the guild took because of nobody showing up for Razoregore. I was there when we learned Vael when he was on his one-hour spawn. I led this guild during the Green Dragon push, and helped gear the majority of our warriors in NR. I was there day and night farming Silithus so we as a guild could open the Gates of AQ. Few people remain who remember the hours and hours we spent on the Duskwood Satyr or trying to do Eranikus during the Lunar Festival with tons of lowbies around, but I was there, and I persevered through it all.
When Elem decided to reselect his Officers he chose 3 people to be his 2nd in commands, Haiden, Kalrol, and myself. Whatever you may think of me, there is no denying the fact that I had a lot of people’s respect, including Elem.
So why did I leave? I did not leave because I got my 4 pieces of Tier 3, please think hard and carefully before you say something like that. I don’t give two shits about loot, only reason Elem has a Thunderfury is because I passed the first binding to him (I had double his dkp at that time), I also passed Sulfuras to Kalrol. I have never raided for loot, or dkp, when I’m raiding I’m focused on having fun and that comes with progression. In my time in BP, every raid I’ve attended I played with dedication and heart. I brought my laptop to Europe and raided every night from there (which required me to wake up at 3-4 am) because I knew the guild needed me for MC. When I was given Tier 3, I had EVERY intention of raiding with BP till the end of my Warcraft days, the guild I loved and cared about so much, the guild that I helped create, and the raiding force I helped forge.
But I quickly realized that the guild I was in was no longer the guild I cared about. Certain people have poisoned what the guild stands for, and what it could be with their laziness and apathy towards raiding. BP continues to take crappy players to raids that have no intention and make no effort to improve. In order for you to do Naxx you need to have all 40 people actively farming potions and materials for raiding, getting people to get potions for one night of Patchwerk was a feat itself. I won’t name names but you should know who you are by now. These players are nothing but black holes of loot and if they’re around during TBC, they will do nothing but bring your 25 man raids down too. You guys had some of the best players on Argent Dawn, but you also have a lot of lazy people who don’t contribute to the raid at all outside of showing up, you can’t make anything happen if you aren’t all on the same page and have a common focus.
I tried. I tried really hard to get the guild back into focus. Haiden tried, Kalrol tried, but we couldn’t do anything without the rest of BP wanting to succeed. Lack of focused leadership, and ultimately progression produces drama, which is what drove away people like me, Gort, Drace, Lithandrea, Haiden, (I hear Kalrol is taking a break too) and even Mikaya.
In the end, I just wanted to raid and finish Naxx and that is why I joined DP. I don’t care if I don’t see a piece of loot (which is actually not the case at all), I don’t care if I’m cut in TBC, it would not be possible for me to go without raiding for 2 months. It’s only been two weeks since I’ve been in DP, but I am having fun raiding again, and having fun playing again. The only regret I have is not joining sooner.
I’ll miss a few of you, but I won’t miss the Estrogen-based drama, guild leadership throwing fits every raid, and the aforementioned lazy people hindering the progress for everyone. Those of you that I considered my friend should know who you are because I will keep in touch and hope to be able to level and do some instances in TBC with you. This will be my last post on the BP forums, so feel free to move this thread to the private forums.
Farewell
I joined Black Phoenix in March of 2005. The guild at the time was a small one with 20-25 members, and was just getting ready to start MC together with Witherblaze Conspiracy. Things were much easier back then, you came on, you raided, you hung out for a bit, and that was it. I was really happy to be in a guild with my friends (Gort, Seracor, Telin, etc). There was no drama, guild leadership was focused, and everything went well.
I quickly demonstrated my skill as a warrior and became the guilds’ second main tank, a role I held for over a year and a half. I became Warrior Class Leader a few months into our MC raiding and also held that title for quite some time. I have been there for Black Phoenix for the first pulls of MC to the countless weeks where nobody would show up to Ragnaros to the month break the guild took because of nobody showing up for Razoregore. I was there when we learned Vael when he was on his one-hour spawn. I led this guild during the Green Dragon push, and helped gear the majority of our warriors in NR. I was there day and night farming Silithus so we as a guild could open the Gates of AQ. Few people remain who remember the hours and hours we spent on the Duskwood Satyr or trying to do Eranikus during the Lunar Festival with tons of lowbies around, but I was there, and I persevered through it all.
When Elem decided to reselect his Officers he chose 3 people to be his 2nd in commands, Haiden, Kalrol, and myself. Whatever you may think of me, there is no denying the fact that I had a lot of people’s respect, including Elem.
So why did I leave? I did not leave because I got my 4 pieces of Tier 3, please think hard and carefully before you say something like that. I don’t give two shits about loot, only reason Elem has a Thunderfury is because I passed the first binding to him (I had double his dkp at that time), I also passed Sulfuras to Kalrol. I have never raided for loot, or dkp, when I’m raiding I’m focused on having fun and that comes with progression. In my time in BP, every raid I’ve attended I played with dedication and heart. I brought my laptop to Europe and raided every night from there (which required me to wake up at 3-4 am) because I knew the guild needed me for MC. When I was given Tier 3, I had EVERY intention of raiding with BP till the end of my Warcraft days, the guild I loved and cared about so much, the guild that I helped create, and the raiding force I helped forge.
But I quickly realized that the guild I was in was no longer the guild I cared about. Certain people have poisoned what the guild stands for, and what it could be with their laziness and apathy towards raiding. BP continues to take crappy players to raids that have no intention and make no effort to improve. In order for you to do Naxx you need to have all 40 people actively farming potions and materials for raiding, getting people to get potions for one night of Patchwerk was a feat itself. I won’t name names but you should know who you are by now. These players are nothing but black holes of loot and if they’re around during TBC, they will do nothing but bring your 25 man raids down too. You guys had some of the best players on Argent Dawn, but you also have a lot of lazy people who don’t contribute to the raid at all outside of showing up, you can’t make anything happen if you aren’t all on the same page and have a common focus.
I tried. I tried really hard to get the guild back into focus. Haiden tried, Kalrol tried, but we couldn’t do anything without the rest of BP wanting to succeed. Lack of focused leadership, and ultimately progression produces drama, which is what drove away people like me, Gort, Drace, Lithandrea, Haiden, (I hear Kalrol is taking a break too) and even Mikaya.
In the end, I just wanted to raid and finish Naxx and that is why I joined DP. I don’t care if I don’t see a piece of loot (which is actually not the case at all), I don’t care if I’m cut in TBC, it would not be possible for me to go without raiding for 2 months. It’s only been two weeks since I’ve been in DP, but I am having fun raiding again, and having fun playing again. The only regret I have is not joining sooner.
I’ll miss a few of you, but I won’t miss the Estrogen-based drama, guild leadership throwing fits every raid, and the aforementioned lazy people hindering the progress for everyone. Those of you that I considered my friend should know who you are because I will keep in touch and hope to be able to level and do some instances in TBC with you. This will be my last post on the BP forums, so feel free to move this thread to the private forums.
Farewell