MTC Monday: Selangor

We're back! The new expansion grace period is officially over and it's time for me to get off my butt and start posting here again. You can expect new daily posts from me (time permitting) once again, but right now we have the triumphant return of Meet The Crew!

Selangor
Blood Elf Death Knight
(Unholy)

Location:
Canberra, ACT, Australia

Age:
21

Likes:
Drinking, games, drinking games, epic Harms Way raids and wondering where the day went after a full day of WoW.

Dislikes:
Elitists, noisy and immature people, assignments and tests (why can’t we be graded on how awesome we are?).



In life, Selangor was a scholar studying the arcane energy provided by the Sunwell. He fought valiantly against the Scourge during Arthas’ march on Silvermoon and, although he survived the Scourge assault, was caught in the fires meant to deter them from Sunstrider Isle.

Following his death and subsequent resurrection as a Death Knight, Selangor became intrigued by the unholy power the Scourge possessed. For years he studied and practiced, honing his abilities and trying to find the limit of his power. He had not found it even by the time he was freed from the Lich King’s grasp.

Now with a will of his own, Selangor joined Harms Way as they marched on Icecrown Citadel in the hopes of facing the Lich King himself. Selangor aimed to gain even more power over the unholy forces he commanded. Unfortunately, other heroes slew the Lich King before Selangor could reach him.

The strength that Selangor possessed was unlike anything the members of Harms Way had ever seen – frightening and heroic at the same time. He was clearly one of the most powerful beings they had ever come across.

Despite the Northrend campaign coming to an end, Selangor has chosen to stay amongst Harms Way, becoming ever stronger, and always waiting for the next opportunity to sharpen his skills.




That's all we have time for this week; I have to go hide from Sel, just in case he doesn't like his profile and decides to put an end to my long-winded ways. He really does scare me... unless he's reading this right now, in which case we're bestest buds, right?

Right?

More MTC next Monday!

Cataclysm Dungeon Guide!

I know I haven't posted anything (interesting) recently, but this time I have good excuse. Honest!

I've been spending the last few weeks developing a cataclysm dungeon guide for everyone to use, so we don't all feel so noobish going into the expansion.

Click here for the guide!

So far it contains details on normal-mode dungeon mechanics for:

• Blackrock Caverns
• Throne of Tides
• The Stonecore
• Vortex Pinnacle
• Grim Batol
• Lost City of the Tol'vir
• Halls of Origination

I'm planning on also adding heroic mode and achievement guides (including Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep) to it, as well as doing up some Cataclysm raid guides in a similar format, once I've had some firsthand experience with them.

Anyone is free to use the guide, so feel free to link it to your friends or pug groups if you think it will help :D

If you spot any errors or have any suggestions then please let me know - I'll be keeping it up-to-date as often as I can.

For now though, I need some sleep...

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Gnome

The Pelvic Thrust

UPDATE: The server maintenance has been pushed back by two hours (to 1pm PST), which means we can expect to see them back up at 8am AEST.


UPDATE 2: Pushed back to 5pm PST, which is midday AEST for us.


This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang, but with a COLOSSAL EFFING DRAGON!

The old world is now gone for good, the next time you log in you should be greeted with Deathwing wrecking up the place. Take THAT Stormwind!


My first reaction was to post here accompanied by REM's It's The End Of The World... but I like to be a little more off-beat than that. Then this happened:

Some people have been asking about the gap in time lore-wise; from old Azeroth to new in an instant. Bashiok, a community manager for Blizzard, responded to one such question thusly:

Bashiok: "It's just a jump to the left."

Despite the players complaining about just how helpful such a response is, I'm of the tinfoil-hat-esque belief that this is a heavily veiled hint regarding Cataclysm. 

Yes, I am now convinced that this expansion somehow inextricably connected to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I'm sure that over the coming months we'll discover exactly how they're connected. All we know so far is that Bashiok appears to be playing the Criminologist, but for now we can only theorise. 

See you in the new world!

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Creature of the Night

Call to Arms: MTC Volunteers

When the Cataclysm hits, we'll be looking at restoring MTC Monday to it's former glory (new member profile every Monday). However, in order to do so we need volunteers!

Heres what we need:

• Character name
• Preferred title (optional)
• RL Age and Location (optional)
• Your likes and dislikes
• Your most epic moment (optional)
• Some details about yourself or your character

Heres what you get:

• An MTC profile page
• Your own WoW TCG-style card
• Bragging rights
• The ability to guilt Ahzae into doing things for you ("Aw c'mon dude, I did that MTC thing you wanted...")
• About a billion bonus points if you're not a Tauren

Anyone can apply for an MTC profile, even if you're not a member of Harms Way. In fact, even members of the Alliance can apply! As long as you have some sort of vague connection to us (even if you just share our philosophy) then it's good enough to be considered.

Finally, your profile will not be posted here before it's approved by you. If you don't like what you see then it won't go up!

If you're interested, mail me in-game or at tobiasmasters@gmail.com.

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Gnome

"...mais moi j'ai envie d'sauter!"

This is exactly what you (yes, you) are going to be experiencing during the first few days of Cataclysms launch:

Granted, we'll all be like that during the launch (that's pretty much my default state, new expansion or no) so don't fret. After the first 32 hours we'll all be the exact same grease-covered stank-zombies, peering at people through our bloodshot eyes and groaning loudly.

Yessir, it's a good time to be a power-nerd right now :D

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Gnome

Even More Flash!

Ah, now we're gettin' places!


Here's what I've been working on all night. It should give you an idea of what our cata raid guides will look like.


Click through to check it out!

Cataclysm Raid Flash

Hooray! More flash!

I know I've been neglecting you all online lately, so I'll make this a quick post to avoid feeling guilty (HA!).

Here's a quick peek at the (almost) complete version of our new Raid Progress tracker:

Let me know if you have any suggestions :D

-Ahzae, Lord of the Trifling Conscience