| The State of Arisen |
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Hey guys and girls, Time for a bit of a history lesson which most of you has heard, but one last time can’t hurt right? ;) Arisen was not originally our main guild. By ‘our’ I mean, the main founders of Arisen. We were originally from Al’akir and were in a very similar guild called The Last Stand on the Horde side. The guild was social and that is where the core officers met and started becoming strong friends. Now what happened to TLS is that another guild decided to be dicks and pretty much tore our guild apart and stole all our members. Now the original officers were heartbroken and decided to move to a server called Hakkar and reform instead of joining said bastrd guild. Thus Arisen was formed, I still remember the day when we all rolled our characters and we started our new adventure. Eventually we got Arisen into MC and 40 man raiding and even into BWL. TBC arrived and this is where my memory fades since i skipped the vast majority of TBC and only ended up raiding Karazhan and Gruul for the entire expansion. But either way, we got fed up of Hakkar and decided to move to Stormreaver due to the infestation of Italians that plagued that server (not being racist, but they were all dicks >.>). This is where we once again, took up raiding again, gaining more and more core members along the way who all fitted into the Arisen way of life and prioritzing having fun over anything else. We raided all the instances of Wotlk with mostly, great success. Now, in comes Cataclysm. Again, I can’t really speak much due to the vast amount of time i’ve been away. But the guild kept on going and somehow managed to find us even more superb members to add to our already fantastic friendly ranks. Even considering our not so great attempts at trying to get raiding. So, the core officers, finally tired of trying to get the guild somewhere, took a break in some form or another. Some sooner than others, but either way, what I would consider the ‘core officers’ left for a period of time. When I came back, all I can say is that I was disappointed. But I’m not willing to discuss the drama that has ensured in the last few weeks because frankly, I’m tired of it. So we’ve talked. The original officers, new officers we’ve picked up in our travels and even talking to trusted guildies about what we should do. And to be brutally honest, we’re not following any advice. The plan… Well, theres no two ways of putting it. Arisen is on her death bed. It has been dying for a while. We’ve always struggled getting people into raids and progressing. But we scraped along, but we’ve never had the success that a raiding guild should have. But we accepted it and we carried on. Each and every officer in this guild, whether you personally like them or hate them, has put their heart and soul into this guild. But at the end, you can only love something so much. Arisen shall not be recruiting for raiding anymore nor will we be scheduling anymore events in the near or distant future. It’s time to let the guild rest. After much discussion we’ve decided that we’re tired of leading. All of the officers are. So we’re going to become normal members and do our own thing. Whether that means joining another guild, re-rolling on another server or quite simply, just playing the game.. either way, we’re not going to be running arisen anymore. But at the same time, we’re not going to promote anyone to officers. We dont want to see the guild die and never be used again. So in the near future, we’re going to promote all ranks to be able to invite people into the guild. Arisen shall become a leveling guild. People can come into the guild and use the perks and rewards that are available. If anyone comes along who wants to try their hand at leading then we may consider it. But for the time being, we’re content with Arisen at least getting some use. Now, some of you vain bastards are probably going to get all shirty and start going “what about the guild bank?!” “Thats my gold in there too, i deserve a nice lump sum!”. And heres my answer, Piss Off. What we’re going to do is allow all ranks to withdraw gold. However only a limited amount. We’re not sure yet, it may only be 50g a day. But people can abuse that and log 8 different chars and end up with 400g a day. So that plan is still in progress. However, there have recently been some core members who have already left the guild. Gone but not forgotten. They are just as entitled to a sum of the gold/loot as anyone else in the guild and they will be getting exactly that. If you don’t agree with any of the above then your welcome to talk to any of the ‘old officers’ about it. If you can’t find us then use the forum! We’ll keep checking it from time to time. But from this day on, we’re done. We’re tired of the drama and we’re tired of having to scrape people together to get anywhere in this game. Even if our own members are the best in the game ;). I hope that each and every one of you has found friends and similar minded folk in Arisen and had fun in your journeys throughout Azeroth whilst being in a safe and fun enviroment. I’m devastated that my fun times in Arisen has come to an end, but nothing lasts forever. And I also apologise for not mentioning any names throughout this post, but if i miss one out then i’d feel guilty so I decided to avoid them all together! I speak for all the officers as I wish every single member: past, present and future the best of luck in all of their endeavours. And thank you for putting up with us :) |
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June 27, 2011 |
| The Past Few Months and Bastion of Twilight |
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We haven’t been updating that much lately, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been active. We’ve had problems with sign ups, just like every other social guild on our server. But we got an coalition with the guild Mercenaries from our server. So we would like to thank Wildespirit, Foxnelf, Deathmotion and Fasad from Mercenaries for joining us in The Bastion of Twilight. Halfus Wyrmbreaker: Haara’s (on Heram) tactic explanation and Deathmotion’s interupting of Halfus’ shadownova was both a huge help in defeating him.  Click for large picture Valiona and Theralion: After a few tries we managed to down both dragons but it was a very difficult fight, need to be focussed at all times. The dispelling of blackout and the stacking at the same time took some practise. It all came down to teamwork and communication.  Click for larger picture Ascendant Council: It took us a bit of experimenting because both bosses we encounter at one time need to be aprox at the same health before the second phase is starting. So during the fight we had to mix and match the dps somewhat. After defeating all 4 bosses they fuse together into an elementium monstrosity. All our couldowns saved for this last phase. We did manage to get the bosses to fuse together a few times but failed on defeating him. We kept trying and finally we could say, Ascendant council: down!
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June 6, 2011 |
| Inside Una’s Head When Raiding |
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At the last Maloriak kill, I had to tank the adds, and on Ventrillo we started to sing the Benny Hill theme while I was kiting the adds. I hit the record button, and made this video out of it (sadly it wasn’t of the kill). Have fun: |
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June 6, 2011 |
| Maloriak Dropped his Vials |
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So, we got Magmaw and the Omnitron Defense System on farm now. Which gives us time to try out new stuff. Last time we had one try on Maloriak, and we quickly saw it was very doable. So last night we fine tuned the tactics, and after getting all the adds under control, we managed to nail this dude. So Maloriak can now be added to the kill list! Good job everyone!  Click for large picture |
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February 21, 2011 |
| Omnitron Defense System Deactivated |
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After Magmaw finally went down, we really wanted to improve on the defense system. And after realizing why our tanks got one-shotted from time to time, it all went a lot better. It actually went so good, so this happened:  Click for larger picture |
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February 10, 2011 |
| Magmaw doooooown!! |
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It’s been a long time since we posted here. There’s been a reason for that. We’ve been gearing up, we’ve been practicing tactics on both the defense system and Magmaw. We chose to focus on Magmaw, and now it paid off. Arisen’s first Cata-kill happened last night, when Magmaw finally went down. A big thank you to Fydria for stepping down, so we could get an extra dps on board. And a big congratulations to everyone!  Click for a larger image |
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February 7, 2011 |
| Kolorath’s Epic Loot |
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[Guild] [Darkreaverr]: Guys, I just found a world boss, 5 man outdoor boss in Vashj’ir! I was thinking, yeah, that sounds cool, so I volunteered to join in on this epic adventure. I moved to Vashj’ir as fast as I could. This was too good to be true. When I arrived it was gone. But we kept searching for it. And we managed to find it again. The huge beast called Kolorath. So we got there, 1 tank, 3 dps and a healer. The tank pulled … and got one shotted – I thought, oh my! But we started kiting it, and I couldn’t stop thinking: This is pretty epic! It took ages to go through all his health, but after a few minutes of kiting, we finally managed to down the beast. Excited to see what it dropped I tried to loot it. But I couldn’t. How odd! Seemed like the only one who could loot it was our tank. So he did, and gosh, the loot was epic! We got 12 silver… in total! Big thanks for Darkreaverr for getting everyone there, for such an epic kill! We wouldn’t have done it without you! No, seriously! We wouldn’t! :P Kill picture of course! |
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December 28, 2010 |
| Arisen Oscars and the Arisen Guild Quiz |
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The winners were found! In the Arisen Guild Quiz, Snowdon was the one who ran with the first prize which was 5000g! 
The Oscars winners and the complete Oscar speech follows: |
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December 6, 2010 |
| Arisen Oscars 2010 |
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The nominees are now picked – now it’s time to vote. So go to the forums to vote. The categories and the nominees are: The ‘You are making my ears sore’ award. Most chattiest member on Ventrilo The ‘You lold my roflcopter’ award. Funniest member The ‘Golakka Hot Springs’ award. Most sexiest voice on Ventrilo The ‘Need… more… Goblin Rocket Fuel’ award. Most online member The ‘Is that ketchup on your chin’ award. Best PvPer The ‘F**king Rouges’ award. Worst PvPer The ‘Get the f**k off Facebook, we are raiding’ award. Most missed AFK checks The ‘The Goldshire Boars’ award. Best new coming player to Arisen The ‘Spank me hard’ award. Best tank The ‘It’s just a flesh wound’ award. Best healer The ‘Slice and dice’ award. Best melee dps The ‘Omgzor Lazor Beamz’ award. Best ranged dps The ‘Get the f**k out of the AOE’ award. Best raid leader Go to the forum and vote now! |
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December 1, 2010 |
| The Arisen Quiz 2010 |
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A while ago, (I think around 2 years actually). I set up a mini event of a guild quiz which turned out to be quite successful and a lot of fun. I have decided with only a few weeks left until we all start the leveling process again to host a similar event. A date is not confirmed but it’s very possible I may conduct one on the early evening of Monday 6th December. The quiz will feature a host of questions, Mainly about the guild, World of Warcraft and maybe some random questions too. Now here’s the interesting part: The winner of the quiz will pocket a cool 5000g. So what have you got to lose. Start Cataclysm with a guild quiz master reputation and 5000g. More details may follow on the forum! |
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November 19, 2010 |