Happy Halloween!!!

Okay I am back from Seattle..am sober once again..and giving you all a shout out for a Happy Halloween!!!

Here are some fun pics of Mr. Wahoofish sporting an "incredible" costume. Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Wahoo

More fun pics

Judex, Redlittle ,and Grejius showing off our horseman helms do we look good

Fun pics for u all

HolyChickens side job

Week in Review - Tortugas Haven

All,

What a wild week for the guild!! We did so many things last week and they were all fun. Okay here is the shout out..Miss you Sabr!! Here are the highlights:

1. Vizeroth returned to the game..yay for musicians everywhere!

2. Halazar returned to the game..yay for guys who put up with Davey everywhere!

3. We raided Ulduar and managed to down 5 bosses (Flame Leviathan, Razorscale, XT-002 Deconstructor, Kologarn, and Auriaya). Great first attempt by many members and we all learned a bunch. Find out more about Ulduar at http://www.wowwiki.com/Ulduar_(instance

Also great info available at http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ulduar+boss+fights&search_type=&aq=f .

4. We cleared three wings of Naxxramus!

5. We did Obsidian Sanctum with 8 (count them 8) guildies.

6. We did numerous heroic runs and H TOC.

7. We all spent some time leveling alts.

8. Did some Pirate Day and Brewfest action. (Note: Brewfest still in progress).

9. Finally.....Seffera still did not get boots. EPIC FAIL!!

All in all, it was a great week and one in which we had great fun!! I want to really thank Naffenu and Spacedevil for their leadership during the raids. The experience was great and it is nice to have two guildies who can put up with noobs and do not give up!!

Also want to welcome all our new members and congratulate Bastille for trying tanking, Dreamlynn for leveling like a madwoman, and the rest of you new joiners for your solid contributions. Please remember to ask for help when you need it..i guarantee that 90% of the time someone will step up and help you!

Thanks,

Wahoo (p.s. this is me on casual friday at work..motivating the minions)

Raiding

Raiding can be fun . It is not always fun but if u have a good group it make a huge difference. I think that in this guild we have a lot of people who have but a lot of time into their toons and that is great and I would love to these toons go to the next lvl and get some great gear. WoW has made this easier with the new emblems system that have added, but there is still great gear to be gotten in raids. I think the problem we have had in your running of raids is the lack of knowledge about the raid we are running. Now their are some raids that don't take a lot to learn such as OS or Obsidian Sanctum there are a couple of things u need to know on this but no where close to as much as needs to be known for Naxxramas. Naxx takes some time planing and strategy to complete and knowing the fights makes all the difference between a good run and a complete disaster. I have found a very helpful web site to assist in this area the site is
http://wow.zuggaming.com/2008/11/24/naxxramas-10-man-instance-guide-boss-strategies/ this web site goes through all the bosses in naxx it also has videos of all the fights and the strats for each fight. I strongly believe if we watch this a few times get to know the fight the next time we roll into naxx we will leave it in shambles. I really hope this helps and I look forward to us destroying naxxramas as a guild and getting everyone some awesome gear and achievements

Your buddy, pal HolyChicken

Blizzcon 2009

First of all, I will now begin every blog with:

"MISS YOU SABR AND VIZ!"

Now that this is taken care of...let me begin.

For those of you who know what Blizzcon is...WTG...if you do not it is a yearly conference about all things World of Warcraft and includes important updates regarding new releases, expansions, patches, new in-game items, etc.

For example this year it was revealed:

1. Worgen would be a new Alliance race and Goblins will be the new Horde race.

2. All races will get access to new classes. (Dwarven Shaman?)

3. The old world will suffer a cataclysmic event and be completely redone to include several instances. This will also allow flying mounts in the Azeroth.

4. New raids are coming.

5. Many stats are going away such as attack power, spell power, etc.

For this and many more updates please feel free to check out the website at:

http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/

Thanks,

Wahoo

WoW Dance Orgins

Fantastic.  All wow dance moves that have a RL orgin are in this video.

Miss you guys!
Sabr

Mountain Dew Battle Bot Pet

All,

Have you got your mountain dew pet yet? If so, then cool lets fight!!

If not..the directions are below. Good Luck!!

Battle-Bots are out in the US ... and in EU
I talked about the Mountain Dew Battle-Bots plenty of time in the past weeks and they are now available in game! Even if it is clearly an US only event it seems that the bot is currently available in Europe .... All you need to do is :

• 1. Link your WoW account to a Battle.Net account on the US Battle.net or EU Battle.net website.
• 2. Register on Moutain Dew Gamefuel website and login.
• 3. Click the picture at the bottom right to redeem your pet, login on Battle.net.
• 4. Click the "Redeem Item" button at the bottom of the page, even if it says US only it definitely works for EU players too.
• 5. Connect to the game and just get your bot in the mail!

Sabr's World of Eating: No. 4

Sabr's No-Bake Cookies

I couldn't resist.

1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons cocoa (unsweeted)
1/2 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
3 1/2 cups oats (I use the quick kind)
2 teaspoons vanilla

In a medium saucepan, add the butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.
Cook over medium high heat, stirring until mixed.
Bring the mixture to a full rolling boil and keep it boiling for exactly 1 minute.
Remove from heat; stir-in peanut butter, oats and vanilla.
Drop by tablespoons onto wax paper.
They are immediately ready to eat, but rather mushy.
I recommend popping them in the freezer to make them harder and easier to eat.

Happy Eating!

Funny Things on a Friday

All,

I wanted to take a second and reach out to from the Calico Jack's Cabin. Sometimes as I ramble about this ship we call "Tortugas Haven" I do not always take the time to speak to all the deckhands :) I just wanted to stop and say how much I appreciate all of you in the guild and that each of you make it a special place that I enjoy visiting quite frequently. In order to repay some of the happiness that you all bring to me...I have broken out some Friday funnies!!

First of all, if you have ever seen those motivational posters and wondered "Do they have WOW motivational posters?" Guess what? THEY DO!! Here is a quick link to some funny WOW posters:

http://images.google.com/ and just search for WOW Motivational Poster

Next..some jokes:

Q: What do you get if you put an Undead Rogue in water?

A: Soup!

Two Tauren are standing in a paddock..one says "Mooooooo". The other says "Bastard! I was going to say that!"

Q: What do you get when you cross a Wahoofish with a female Night Elf?

A: I don't know but, sweet jesus, I would like to find out!!

If you want more funny jokes, google your own :)

Finally, for all those who have had about Leroy but have never really understood. THis is the link to the official LEEEROOOYYY video. It is a must watch for all WOW players:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU

Okay..thanks for reading and have a great weekend! If you want to post more funnies, feel free to comment on this thread!!

Wahoo

Sabr's World of Eating: No. 3

Sabr's (Healthy!) Cheesy Potato Chicken Soup

6 Cups Water
6 Medium/Small Potatoes
3-4 Carrots
1/2 of a Yellow Onion
2-4 Boneless Chicken Breasts
1-2 Cups Milk
1/2 Cup Cheese (I've used both sharp cheddar and those pre-sliced sandwich cheese squares) Don't use non-fat or soy, they don't melt well.

Bring the water to a boil in a large pot.
In the meantime, peel and dice the potatoes, carrots, and onion.
Toss the vegetables into the boiling water. After the water is at a rolling boil for about 5 minutes, turn it down to a high simmer.
While watching the pot, dice the chicken and cook in a separate pan.
When the vegetables are tender (about 10 minutes into the simmer) toss in the chicken, the milk, and the cheese. You may want to shred the cheese before hand to aid in the melting.
Season to taste. I use garlic/garlic salt, red pepper flakes (use sparingly!!) and black pepper.

Keep in mind all these ingredients are approximate, so feel free to use more or less depending on what you like and don't like.

Happy Eating!

Guild Photo!

Presenting, the guild photo! Enjoy!

Guild Rules

All,

Guild rules have been posted on the guild website (www.tortugashaven.com) and are available for viewing at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfs6jj29_20c86549fc

Guild Policy
All members must adhere to these guidelines. There is a “three strikes, you're out” policy in effect. Any member receiving a strike will be notified by an officer. Actions or comments made by any member that contain excessive vulgarity or discriminatory content are grounds for immediate removal from the guild.
Tortuga's Haven will henceforth be referred to as TH in this document.

General Rules
TH members must treat each other with respect.
TH members are representatives of the guild at all times and must conduct themselves in a professional manner when participating in events with other players.
No member is required to contribute to the guild bank, though it is encouraged.
All members have the right to pass on participation in guild events that are of no interest. No TH member shall ever threaten or pressure another member into attending a specific activity. This includes but is not limited to:
Raiding
Running an instance
Participating in a contest etc.
This is a casual guild. Therefore, no member is ever required to be online a certain amount of hours a week to keep their rank.
TH members should do all in their abilities to help other members. This includes but is not limited to:
Running a low level member through a low level instance
Using profession skills to craft an item for a member
Giving advice on a particular boss fight or piece of gear
Farming mats for the guild bank
Helping other members with quests or achievements
TH condemns the use of “power leveling” and will consider removal of a member if there is evidence to suggest the use of these services.
Members who have not been online for a month are subject to removal. This is to keep our roster current and active. Alts are not affected by this policy.

Vent and Guild Chat Rules
Abuse of these rules results in revocation of vent/guild chat privileges. Vent and chat may be suspended at the same time or separately depending on the circumstances.
All general rules regarding respect and conduct are applicable to use of vent/guild chat.
Requests made by TH members regarding microphone volume on vent are to be addressed to the best of one's abilities.
Please do not excessively link “mad lootz” in the guild chat.
Please conduct instance communication in party chat. If one is using vent while conducting an instance, please be considerate of those who are not in the party and join a separate room if necessary.
Any topic that makes a member uncomfortable must immediately cease at the request of the offended member.

Raid and Instance Conduct
All PUG party members are to be treated with the same respect we afford to our guild members.
No member is to be awarded loot above any other member.
TH members are expected to contribute as much as possible to the success of the run. Excessive wipes due to player error are a waste of everyone's time.

New Member Rules
New members must be given the same respect we give all members.
Players that are recommended by TH members are subject to the same recruitment process as everyone.
New members with the “Cabin Boy” title are in a trial period and may be removed from the guild for any one rule infraction at the discretion of the Calico Jack.

Guild Recruitment
This material is only applicable to those with the privilege to invite new members.
The following is an example of trade chat recruiting:
Tortuga's Haven is a casual leveling guild with fun and friendly members, accepting all classes and levels. Running every instance from Deadmines to 80 heroics. Some members raid, some go nuts over achievements. All bank tabs, tabard, vent. Ages 21+ only.
Please ask these questions (or something similar) when recruiting. This is how we determine if a player would be a good fit1. What do you like to do the most in WoW?2. How would you describe yourself as a player?3. What are some qualities you look for in a guild?4. What qualities do you see yourself bringing to this guild?5. What are some of your hobbies in real life?7. Are you over 21?6. How do you like your bacon, crispy or chewy?

Sabr's World of Eating: No. 2

Sabr's Delicious No-Bake Peanut Butter Cereal Balls

1 cup Corn Syryp
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Peanut Butter
6 cups Cereal, I use Rice Crispies, my mom uses Wheaties

In a small pot, combine corn syrup and sugar on low-med heat until sugar is mostly dissolved.
Add peanut butter and stir well.
Put the cereal into a large mixing bowl.
Pour half of the peanut butter mixture over the cereal and stir with a wooden spoon until mostly coated.
Pour the rest in and stir until all is well-mixed.
Get out a cooling rack and cover it with a sheet of wax paper.
Make the cereal mixture into ping-pong sized balls, rolling them between your palms.
Place finished balls on rack to cool.

Makes about 30-40 balls. Always a hit!

Happy eating!

Add-Ons for the Addict

Hello my fellow Turtle Haven-ers!
This is a post I've been intending to write for a very long time! These are some of my favorite add-ons that every add-on addict needs to consider adding to his own bag of tricks.

First of all, I use the Curse Client (available from www.curse.com) for all my add-on needs. I like it because it automatically downloads updates to my add-ons, I can search for add-ons without visiting the website, and I can delete add-ons without visiting my Program Files. In fact, I haven't been to that Interface folder in like, 6 months. I should send it a postcard...

For the sake of conciseness, I'm going to try and not repeat any of the add-ons that Wahoo mentioned in his post.

Cartographer
This is a great map add-on that plays nice with questhelper. You can turn the fog (that undiscovered space) on or off, which is great for going where you need to go, even if you haven't gone there before. Cartographer also has instance maps, battleground maps, and built-in coordinates. There's also a bunch of cool note options I haven't dinked around with yet.

Dominos
There used to be this great add-on for action bars called Bongos, but the person who made it stopped updating it and made this one instead. In between Bongos and Dominos I tried many different action bar add-ons and none have made me as happy as this one. I use all 10 of the available actions bars with 12 slots on each. This gives me a whopping 120 spaces to use, or not use. In addition to all my spells and professions, I have my hearthstone, my pots and foodz, my funny trinkets, and most of my pets and mounts available to click on instantly. This mostly leads to me having a different mount every time I choose to ride, but I'm random (read: awesome) like that. You can change the scale of the bars, so my pets and mounts are tinier than my spells and such.

Healbot
I know I said I wasn't going to repeat any of Wahoo's, but I have to say few things about Healbot. This add-on should be a requirement for healers. For example, I have key or mouse combinations for every spell I normally use. This means I merely have to click on your name in the tidy healbot box to do anything I want to you. That's what she said. I can also see what healing spells are already on you, see any incoming heals that would render mine pointless, and judge whether you have all your buffs, and with a mouse-over, see when those buffs expire. I can see when you are poisoned or diseased, whether you are out of range, and whether you are in combat. All this from glancing over at this tiny box of delicious joy. Its even fancier for raids. I'm done now, let me wipe up my drool and continue to the next add-on...

myReputation
This is one of my favorites because of it's simplicity. What happens with this one is every time I kill a mob that gives rep, I get some text that pops up in my chat window. It says how much rep I just received, for whom, and how many repetitions of that particular mob it would take to get to the next rep level. Also, I enjoy the large and exciting text that pops up in the middle of my screen whenever I level my rep. This is a must for reputation and achievement junkies.

NotesUNeed
This is my new favorite. I am able to add notes to individual players. I got this with the intention of marking those players that have been less-than-desirable to play with. Now, of course, I use it to mark everyone I come into contact with. It has a very detailed window for each person where you can fill in their class, professions, etc. but it also has some pre-made one-liners that are quick to set and show up next to their name in chat or in a mouse-over tool-tip. These are funny and serious. I marked Viz as a "Mr. Bean", the definition being "a player that is always wandering off, pulling adds from every direction." Wahoo is a "Roadrunner," or, "a player that runs at top speed toward every chest, quest objective, or shiny bauble, usually resulting in adds, a scattered group, and a wipe." Fun right?

RecipeRadar
This particular add-on tracks recipes you haven't learned yet on your mini-map. That's right, if you forgot to buy that blue lumberjack shirt recipe from that dude in Khranos 50 years ago, it now shows up on your mini map (or on a convenient drop-down menu that corresponds to each zone). I really like this because there's always those weird obscure recipes that get sold by the most random vendors. I would never think to look in their bags. That's what she said. This add-on is a must for anyone serious about leveling their professions.

Here's a nice little picture of my UI setup. I try to keep everything mostly clean and out of the way.

And with that I will close my lengthy post. I do want to reiterate my love for Titan Panel, Quest Helper, Auctioneer, and Atlas Loot, all of which were covered by Wahoo but deserve a plug at the end.

Your favorite Draenei (<---I just learned I've been saying and spelling this wrong) Holy Priest,
Sabr

General Guild Update - It is that time!!

All,

Well we all have been very, very busy and accomplishing many great and wonderful things. This is just an update to let everyone know what is coming up in the near future and about some recent in-game accomplishments.

So far the Meat Master and Cloth Master tournaments have been fairly successful. Many guildmates have received great high quality gifts for participating and have enjoyed the experience. Additionally, the guild bank and guildmate professions have really benefited from these contests. Everyone is enjoying the plethora of food and mats available. So...due to the large success of these contests we will be introducing a new contest that will occur on a monthly basis focused on the collection of crystallized mats (crystallized fire, earth, water, air, and life). These mats can be used to create eternal fire, earth water, air and life. There are several areas within Northrend to farm these mats and they are extremely useful in several professions such as tailoring, alchemy, blacksmithing, and leatherworking. This new contest will be titled "Master of Crystallization"!! Dates for all upcoming contests follow:

• Meat Master - March 27 at 8pm EST


• Cloth Master - March 28 at 8pm EST


• Master of Crystallization - April 4 at 8pm EST

Okay..now we are moving on to something very important..A GUILD PHOTO and PARTY!!!! The 1st Annual Guild Easter Party and Photo will take place on April 11, 2009 in Menethil Harbor aboard the moored ship. During this party there will be contests of various types, prizes, and a guild photo will be taken. Party will last approximately 1 hour so please show up to partake in the fun.

Finally, I would like to take a moment to recognize some significant recent accomplishments or accomplishments in process:

• Sabr and Elwynd just cannot stop exploring. Dora watch out!!


• Judex and his alt Swashbuckler have joined the guild..Welcome!!


• Holychic and Wahoofish recently earned War Bears for completing the "For the Alliance" achievements.


• Several members (Seffera, UrPally, Wowsham, Grejius, Shekhinah, etc.) have reached level 70 or greater. Fantastic work!!


• Mustardhead no longer misenchants..we have made progress.


• Vizeroth and Acherus both recently took down a Northrend rare!

Oh yeah one more thing..I have been doing some guild statistic work and have noticed we could use some plussing up in the following areas: So for those of you out there recruiting (most of you have the power) please keep in mind that we need more of the below:

• Mages


• Shamans


• Warlocks


• Rogues


• Jewelcrafters


• Engineers

Thanks all for your continued membership in the guild. It is through the combination of our quirkiness, kindness, sense of humor, and wide range of player types that makes this guild so special. I truly enjoy talking to each of you because I know I will always enjoy myself.

Your fortunate, poor at tanking forget to set 20% aggro increase, in love with Britney and Chuck Norris, achievement worshipping, Guild Leader,

Wahoofish

Sabr's World of Eating: No.1

Sabr's Delish Homemade Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream:
1/4 cup Butter
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa
1/4 cup Corn Syrup
1/2 cup Milk
2 tsp Vanilla Extract

I have tried this with both skim milk and soy milk and it all tasted fine.

Melt butter on low heat.
Remove from heat and add sugar, cocoa and corn syrup. Stir.
Add milk until the sauce has a consistency you like. I personally don't add all the milk, probably like 2/3 of it.
Put back on heat and add vanilla. Stir until smooth.
Serve by drizzling warm sauce onto the ice cream.

I usually double this recipe so I have leftovers.

Happy eating!

The Insane

In my never ending attempts of avoiding real work, I ran across a new title/achievement that blizzard might be adding in the next patch: Insane in the Membrane. As the title would suggest, you have to be dedicated to the point of insanity (or named wahoofish) to get this one.

Its rep based, but with some of the most obscure factions possible:

* Honored with Bloodsail Buccaneers
* Exalted with Booty Bay
* Exalted with Everlook
* Exalted with Gadgetzan
* Exalted with Ratchet
* Exalted with Darkmoon Faire
* Exalted with Ravenholdt
* Exalted with Shen'dralar

this blog has some links to the different factions and how to get rep w/ them:
http://egotisticalpriest.com/2009/02/the-insane/

Good luck, and try not to get hauled off in a white coat attempting this one.

-Vizeroth

p.s. You need a rogue to get the lockboxes for the repeatable rep quest that Ravenholdt gives. You can also get rep by killing syndicate mobs, but they only give rep points up to 1 point below honored.

Guild Updates

All,

Wanted to take a moment to bring some recent guild accomplisments to light:

• Elwynd finally has her flying mount!


• Seffera, Acherus, Wowsham, and Jirk have all hit 70 or greater with their respective toons.


• Songbird was recently promoted within the guild and is on the way up!!


• Mustardhead purchased a nice epic trinket and since it had no slots he could not misenchant it.


• Wahoofish recently completed his first 25-man Obsidian Sanctum and nobody yelled at him the whole time.


• Elwynd won the February Meat Master title with 100 mammoth and dethroned Vizeroth. Who will take home the meat in March!! Can Elwynd defend her title?


• Davey continues to make alts..he has so many I cannot count them but I am sure they live in a shoe...get it? Daveycrockett lived in a shoe..had so many alts he did not know what to do :)


• The guild purchased their final bank tab so check it out..lots of stuff to choose from.


• Cloth Master tourney is scheduled (moved) to this Saturday at 8pm Server time (February 28th).


• Garnog and Luniera went on vacation and have not been seen since :) I think they were abducted by aliens and are enjoying the close examination.


• Patch 3.1 is coming soon and will allow dual-speccing. Also a new instance/raid will be introduced in this patch. Do not forget to update your addons.


• Sabr is still looking for heroics..lets help her out. I heard if we do not she will visit the wrath of Tampa on us all :)

This is the update for now...look forward to playing with all of you.

Wahoofish

Now What?

Well..the Love Festival is over and I sense a little bit of despair within the guild :)  Yes, the festival has ended and so has your chances for titles, pets, and unrequited love.  Well you still have a chance at unrequited love..after all I still send a lock of my hair to Britney Spears once a week.

Now that the Love Festival is done what do you do now?  Well sweet sassy molassey! I have some ideas:

1.  Get back to leveling if that is what you were doing.

2.  Continue to raise cash for that elusive epic mount.

3.  Start doing daily dungeons and daily heroics.

4.  Work on your professions.

5.  Get a guildie to run your lowbies though instances.  We will all do it!

6.  Run old world instances for achievements.

7.  Hunt down rares in BC and WOTLK.

7.  Do anything for achievements.

8.  PUG a raid if you like or try to pull one together from Tortugas.  As I have mentioned in the past, we are not a raiding guild but if there is enough interest we can try it.  However, I will never schedule more than raid per tw0-week period :)  Too much pressure.

9.  Do some guild recruiting.  We are always looking for new members.

The bottom line is that the game is robust and complex and there is always something to do so do not despair.  

For example, last night I was bumping around Onslaught Harbor just doing some dailies to raise rep and a NPC told me to GO TO HELL!  Now that is cool..just doing my job and getting some lip for it.  There is quite a bit of hidden content in this game that is just cool to discover like Mr. Pinchy, the Westfall Chicken, and the rares in both BC and WOTLK.

The bottom line is that I want everyone to continue to have fun and if you need help you will get it.  You pay to play so make some hay!!

Wahoo

Love is in the Air!!

All,

Love is in the air!! seriously..check it out...everyone is looking for love in Darnassus, Ironforge, and Stormwind. All you have to do is send out your scent like a Skunk :)

This festival is the latest on the quest to the Holiday Mount. So of course, an achievement $$$$ like me is chasing it hard. In fact..I have nearly finished it. YAY!!

While this statement does pat me on the back...all is not lost for the rest of you guildies. I am going to start putting all the city items for these quests in the guild bank so you can save time and pull them out to move you along faster. Any item needed for the city gift boxes and the alliance gift package will be in the guild bank this evening so help yourself.

p.s. Do not forget Underbog run tonight..I am planning to lead it but (just in case..read Wife ear infection)..I will appreciate if two of the 80s can step up to lead this run..just need two 80s and then the lowbies :)

Thanks,

Wahoofish

Emeriss the Dragon

Okay..we tried this last night and it did not go so EPIC..in fact we FAILED!

However, since most of us are no stranger to failure and can do research I have found the skinny on our friend Emeriss the Dragon at http://www.wowwiki.com/Emeriss

Basic strategy is such:

1. Pull Emeriss to the raid, then turn her around so she is facing up the ramp. Healing should be on the MT, and everyone should be away from the tail. Ranged should be at a good distance and not clustered so they can avoid the sleep clouds more easily.


2. Have the second tank run in to cover for the MT should he be put to sleep. Neither of them will be able to taunt.


3. After a while, call for the raid to assist. Melee should hit her hind legs (rather than her butt) to avoid getting tailwhipped. Ranged should be spread out at max range.
   Steady dps, have the majority of the healers on the MT; make sure the secondary tank knows what to do if he takes aggro cause the MT got sleeped.


4. At 75%, 50%, 25% health, have melee move further than 100 yards out of range to avoid her AoE DOT. (Have priests move as well, and druids / pallies/ shaman healing MT during this DoT).


5. Be sure you don't get slept during her Corrupted Earth DoT, watch your positioning! Consider putting a healing group on her left, and another on her right, in case this happens.
   When Emeriss performs Corruption of the Earth, she will yell "Taste your world's corruption!". This is the cue for the group to melee and the rest of the group to return to their original positions.


6. Do not die! Use a potion or bandage where possible.


7. Greater Nature Protection Potions seemed to absorb damage from those who died and sprouted mushrooms.


8. Not a vital note for the fight, but the Noxious Breath DoT persists on the MT after Emeriss dies, its rather funny the whole guild celebrating and 5 seconds later the MT falls over dead, just remember to heal him after Emeriss dies.

I think if/when we want to try this again we can do it with 20 people if 10 of them are 80s. We definitely need two tanks. We can bring as many as 40 so there you go :)

Off Topic: I am setting an Ahn Qiraj raid for later this week so people can get mounts. I will place information on the website and send out calendar invite this week.

Thanks,

Wahoofish

Addons - Here to Make Your Life Easier

All,

Many of you, heck, probably all of you know about and use addons. But if not I am going to draw attention to what they are and how nice they are to have. Translation...Use Them!! :)

Addons are programs that people have developed that interact seamlessly with the WOW interface to improve your playing experience. There are multitudes of addons that make all things easier to automate and more efficient such as Healing, Tracking Damage or Aggro, determining the best price to sell something for, tracking quest locations, determining boss loot, etc.

You are probably asking yourself "Holy Shmoley Guacomole! How do I find these fabulous addons and make my life so much better. This is even better than the underwear I got for Christmas!". Well..fortunately for you, I have the answer(s).

There are several locations to get addons. I personally recommend www.curse.com but you can google WOW addons and find several sites. Curse is good because they also have a program that automates the installation of addons and keeps track when updates are available. This is nice if you are not as computer savvy as..say..Mustardhead or Kryston.

I have provided a list of some of the addons that I use and find them nearly indispensable at this point:

• Auctioneer - Want to know how much to sell something for..this is the tool.
• Auctionater - Same principle but more lightweight than auctioneer.
• Carbonite - Great for tracking quests and finding map locations.
• Deadly Boss Mods - Want to know when a boss is going to drop a debuff or fearsome attack..this is what you need.
• Atlasloot - Wonder what gear a particular boss drops..Here is the answer.
• PallyPower - Helps to dispense and automate group buffing for pallys.
• Healbot - A must for all healers..makes healing a very easy process.
• Outfitter - Want to switch gear seamlessly with one click..this is what you use.
• Fishing Buddy - Keeps track of every fish you ever catch and provides statistics on catch probability for any body of water.
• Gatherer - Similar to fishing buddy but does the same for mining, herbs, etc.
• Recount - Gives you a built in dps/healing meter so you can find your most effective build.
• Omen - Lets you know if you are beginning to build more threat than the tank.
• TitanPanel - Better action bar interface and also tracks items like gold, bag space, location, time to level, etc. A MUST HAVE!!

This is just a partial list and you can always find more specific addons for your class, profession, etc.

Bottom line..use addons..they make life easier!!

Thanks,

Wahoofish

Welcome New Members

All,

I would like to welcome all the new members that have joined over the past few days.  It is great to have like-minded people in the guild.  I reiterate that this guild is about as low pressure as a guild can be.  We actually do enjoy running low level guildmates through instances, helping guildies with quests or leveling, and just enjoying the friendship and humor of each of our very unique guild members.

Every member of this guild brings great value.  As I have said in our mission statement this guild is a representation of all of us and how we enjoy playing the game.  Never forget that you pay to play this game and have fun...never allow yourself to feel any pressure for that and never ever allow yourself to be criticized for your play style.  Last time I checked there is no such thing as the WOW Police..well..I mean GW Bush is a private citizen now so that could be coming :)  But for now just focus on playing your character any way you want.

Our guild activities will allow us to do most anything any member wants to do..we also have a very good relationship with other guilds that specialize in more specific tasks like raiding, etc. that are always willing to take a Tortugas Haven along so do not despair if you do want to raid..the opportunity is there :)

I am rambling like John Belushi in Animal House but my goal is to let each of you know that you are all very welcome to be who you want to be in this guild..there are no expectations except that you have fun!!

Thanks,

Wahoofish

Guild Contests this Weekend!!

Guildies,

This weekend promises to be a very busy one for Tortugas Haven.

On Friday the 30th we have the "Meat Master" competition. The rules of this contest are simple..the guildie who collects the most "cookable" level specific meat within 45 minutes wins the "Meat Master" title for the month. By level specific I mean that you are farming meat from mobs that are within 5 levels of your current level. For those over 70, you should be farming in Northrend. For those over 58, you should be farming in Outlands..etc. etc. etc. I shall serve as the final judge and all meat will be turned into me in Ironforge at the conclusion of the contest. I will then cook up the meat and place it into the guild bank.

On Saturday the 31st we have the "Cloth master" competition. Again, 45 minutes to farm as much level specific cloth as possible. All cloth will be turned into me in Ironforge and placed in the guild bank.

Current title holders are:

Meat Master - Vizeroth

Cloth Master - Vacant

I look forward to seeing you all and let the contests begin!!

Wahoofish

Lunar Festival Fun

Guildmates,

If you have not yet had the thrill of participating in the Lunar Festival it is definitely worth the time. I have been busy traveling the world of Azeroth talking to Lunar Elders and the nearly useless Coin of Ancestry is always a great treasure to receive. However, I will provide an easy way for some of you to get your Dungeon coins without actually having to run the dungeon...

1. Just announce in one of the chat channels that you need a particular instance elder and see if anyone is nearing completion of that instance. If so they can finish and invite you to the instance where you run through mob free to get the elder.

The benefit of the Lunar Festival is that you can score some serious bling in terms of pantsuits (thank you Hillary Clinton) and other useless rewards that you purchase with your ...wait for it...COINS OF ANCESTRY.

Seriously, if not for the promise of a mount down the road..would anyone do the Lunar Festival?

Thanks,

Wahoofish