7/31/2005
Give me an “A” give me a “T” what’s that spell! AT! Ok so we only had enough for two letters, but look at that form, the organization, and precision! Arsenal Team has made a lot of progress through Molten Core including one night of three bosses! Our most recent challenge has been recruiting more healers to raids but I don’t see that as a long-term problem. Our new website is up and running which features an active sign-ups page and integrated points page. We have a Ventrilo voice chat server running and I will be video recording our upcoming raids with FRAPS for post strategy discussion. Goooooo Arsenal Team!
7/24/2005
After Hog dug literally thousands of Dark Iron Ore out of Blackrock Mountain, Hogit with the help of the Arsenal Team journeyed back into Blackrock Depths. Lokhtos Darkbargainer resides in The Grim Guzzler, a bar in Blackrock Depths, and collects commodities for Ragnaros’s army. The five of us loaded with ore quickly pushed through to the bar. After arriving at the bar turning in the ore was not so quick; it took nearly twenty minutes of clicking until finally Hogit was revered with the Thorium Brotherhood.
Hog has been developing a serious case of Dark Iron Lung. After initially mining for Hogit, Hog has received numerous orders for caches of Dark Iron Ore. Most of the ore is loaded and shipped raw, but some is smelted into bars as well. Cue the Black Forge. Under normal circumstances a full group is required to travel to the Black Forge because it requires fighting passed the Summoner’s Tomb. But Rogues have many solo skills (lava swimming), and Gnome Rogues have additional perks (being short).
7/8/2005
What can you say about a celebration for blowing stuff up? Awesome. While I was hoping for some new Engineering firework recipes, it was still fun buying lots of cheap fireworks and lighting them in quick succession. Ironforge was smokier then usually as multitudes of pyros were fired off inside! This day was also about a little competition. Engineers take pride in their schematics, even fireworks. Perfection in pyrotechnics is a fierce competition among Engineers.
Deep within the cavernous halls of Undermine, goblins labor and toil over their strange and fanciful engineering creations. When they are not constructing powerful devices of destruction, they find making fireworks a diverting pasttime. They work tirelessly over strange chemical concoctions used to produce precisely the right color and, of course, spectacular explosion. It is an artform that comes naturally to those who find great pleasure in making things explode in a variety of ways. For one glorious day, the sky would be alight with the fantastic creations of engineers throughout Azeroth.
Vendors in Ironforge and Stormwind sold some unique fireworks; sparklers, red white and blue, multiple colors of rockets, and many different shapes. What do you do when a Gnome in a suit is standing holding a blue sparkler? Line up next to him and hold a sparkler as well of course! This is the same phenomena as the mount lines in Ironforge which naturally progress even without discussion.
