Last Call - Bugged Kara and other sad news

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Where to even start. We had our first bad Kara run last Friday night. Not for lack of trying but because our Kara instance was bugged. Mobs coming through walls, respawning on top of you, shackles that would NOT hold...just wasn't a good run at all. Sadly, that was only the start of a rough weekend for LC.

We seemed to break our own rules this weekend...no drama, have fun, be helpful...yada yada yada. Yep, they were all pretty much broken this weekend. Unfortunately causing us to loose at least one great member. It is with a very heavy heart that I have to say we lost one of the best tanks and nicest guys I've met. *sigh* But on another note, I do wish him the best of luck and hope that he finds all he is looking for.

It also brings to light the fact that we have to be what we preach. Each and every member has to be willing to help or we as a group can't be what we claim we are. Be drama free, helpful, fun...those are all the traits we built LC on and those are the traits I want us to have and to display at all times. We can't expect to take help/advise and not be willing to give it in return. LC has always been full of active people, wanting to run instances and heroics, wanting to offer their help to guild members that needed it, always cutting up and having a good time together....what happened to this? We have a great group of people, each one offering something new to the guild. We just have to take that and grow with it. Help each other; remember what we built this guild on. *steps off her soap box*

Good news to break up the bad -
Congrats to all our members that hit 70 this weekend! Good job guys!

Until next week and hopefully better news,
~Kaly

Last Call - Members, meetings and more

I'm posting again before my normal updates but I just couldn't believe this myself.
We have offically hit 100 members!

This still blows my mind. Starting with only 12 and now we're at 100. Wow, all I can say is good job guys! Keep up the good work.

Welcome to all our new members, we are very glad you are joining our little, guess I can't say that anymore, crazy group!

Well, with this being said, it's time for me to take a close look at our officers and start looking for some Class Officers. Guess I should have been a little more prepared for this day but I didn't expect to grow so quickly. However, with the number of members we have, its in the best interest of the group for me to get our structure set up more effectivily. I've been putting a lot of thought into class officers so this should be fun. I'll let everyone know the results of this after the officers meeting on Sunday.

But anywho, just a shot note I know but I wanted to update on the accomplishement we have made a guild.

On to Kara tonight, I'll update on this next week! Have a great weekend guys and I'll see you in game!

~Kaly

Last Call - New Members/Wolf Nightmare

Well it's another week down and yet another trip to Kara.

I think each time we walk in that place we come out with a new member or two. Line up for this trip:
Doompallyz - Again our MT and tour guide for Friday night
Gaulder - our tank in training
Kalyanna - "yay, no shackles for me this week!"
Darkmoonn - my new evil twin! "Yes Dark, nipple is your target"
Shaniquah - "you have REAL girls?" (newest LC member!)
Reyfantasma/Whiteeagle - No Ben, dying is not hawt! and keep your bird out of my face! Imerald - Shadow priests should NOT do that much damage!
Serennya - Let’s try NOT to pull the audience next time!
Somebody somebody - Ok so I can't remember them all without screen shots!!

So, exactly how many times did we attempt to down that damn wolf? Who knows I lost track after the second or third try. I honestly think we had more fun laughing at this even then we did the entire night. We were able to finally down the stupid thing on Saturday night. We lost a couple of people for the continuation run but picked up Shurt, Kuriuss, Sedge and Rav. Maybe they were the good luck charms that got us through that fight. Saturday night we did make it to Curator but were not able to down him this time. Guess we were missing Kyn's amazing ability to kill the sparks. Oh well.

We have picked up some great new members, welcome to Shaniquah and Vezz, we are glad to have you both!! That brings out total member count over 80!! Wow, that's worth celebrating!! So glad to see that Sedge is back. Hopefully, this weekend we can get a full guild run of Kara! I'd love to actually say we down a few bosses after Curator!!

So, it seems we are seeing a little interest from some members wanting to do Molten Core. Think we'll try adding this to the calendar and see how many takers we have on this one. It would allow for some of our up and coming members get into a few more guild events!

I am totally amazed at how much fun this group has together. Vent has to be one of the funniest places to be. Listening to all these guys definantly makes raiding and dailies and questing much more interesting!! Well, until next time, happy hunting guys!!

<3
~Kaly

Last Call - Wow, we did what?

Wow, what a weekend!

Our first Kara run went even better than I could have hoped. It started off a little rough. Due to some real life events we were down an off tank and two dps classes before we even got in the door. However, with a little luck and some great PUGs, we were able to get started. In total we had;
Kynthia - Cute little angry gnome did well with watching her aggro!
Jun - The amazing healing tree
Doompallyz - Our main tank and wonderful tour guide for the evening!
Carnifreak - poor guy had to listen to Kyn whine because he was out dpsing her!
Serennya - the Undergeared wonder!
Kuriuss - Boomkin!! yay
Kalyanna - "you want me to shackle what?" ::Kalyanna dies:: "oh, that one, oops"
Imoza - PUG mage
Whiteeagle - PUG hunter who is now a wonderful new guild member and apparently everyones favorite to pick on!
Judicae - PUG Pally (OT)

With the lack of CC we were pretty certain we would only get a couple bosses in and would have to give up. To our surprise, we got as far as downing Curator!! That was a major accomplishment for us as a group. The better news? We probably could have gone further if we had more time. Due to the late hour and people falling asleep we decided to stop there.

I am very excited and extremely proud of all our guildies for working so hard to get ready for this event. Hopefully, the interest will continue to show and we can get on a normal raiding schedule in the next week or so. There were some wonderful drops during our Kara run, and I'm not just saying that because they were mainly healer drops either! I did by some lucky rolls end up with some great gear.

All in all, this night was great, a ton of fun and I can't wait to do it all again! Hopefully, we'll have some more people available and make a full guild run next time!!

~Kaly

Last Call - Excitement in the Air

Well, here we are 3 days before our first Kara attempt. I'm so excited I can't stand it. Made my third run though Kara last Sunday and got a nice drop, now I can't wait to get the guild in there as a group! We've gained a few great new members! Welcome to Doom, Carni, Reg and the wonderful little shadow priest, who's name escapes me at the moment. We are growing by leaps and bounds. Our numbers are up to 75 with 19 level 70s! I'm also very happy to welcome our newest guild officer, Prenna. Her dedication and determination is more than amazing. Thanks to her and Durkan, we now have VENT and are enjoying actual conversations. It's a good thing we can't wear it out, we sure are using it enough!

It's funny to see all the new *friendships* building within our group. Kinda makes you wonder if some of them aren't more than just that! hehe. I'm glad to report that with the exception of a few small instances we are still doing really well at keeping the drama out! Our guild profession members are working extra hard to gather the patterns and items that our members are needing as well.

So, all in all, it looks like Last Call, is still moving forward. Can't wait to post next week about the progress of our Kara run!

Last Call - A New Beginning

Wow, who would have thought that LC would grow as quickly as it has? We opened LC less than 4 months ago with the hopes of forming a group of friends together with common goals and look where we are now. Nearly 60 members and going strong. I can't believe we have as many active, fun, caring and dedicate people as we do. It's nice to see that we all share the same common ideas - Keep the game fun and keep the drama out! All of our founding members are still there and we've formed strong bonds between us all. All of us with histories together going back much further than our starting days in previous guilds. It's funny to think back to the days when it was normal to log on and only find 1 or 2 other people online. It's seems nothing unusual now to log on and find 10 - 15 people! We have welcomed many new and great people into the mix over the last few weeks. Each one bringing something new to the group and bringing us one step closer to being where we all want to go.

Seems we are trying new things all the time. We are a brave group of adventures to say the least. Charging boldly into Azshara, on one very late Friday night, came 16 eager (if not crazy) individuals, ranging in level from 40 - 70, prepared to down Azurego the Dragon. Some wanting to relive the memory of days gone by, others wanting to experience the adventures that were pre-BC. After a many jokes, some crazy vent talking and a few naked gnome dances we put ourselves to work and eventually downed that evil beast. Some adventurers walked away with nice prizes to show for the victory, the rest of us content with smile and lots of fond memories. The photos of our victory now showing on the gallery page!

We finally have our first Kara run scheduled! This is exciting for us all to be raiding as a group instead of in our own individual pugs. I'll update soon with the outcome of this well anticipated event! Happy hunting to all my guildies and keep up the good work!!