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An epiphany

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Last night, during our TOC 25 man raid, I had the most amazing flash back. In one single moment I was reminded of all the wonderful reasons to be Pink.

Forget the ease with which we downed Ony or the fun and the banter, that was as usual really good to be part of, the part that really reminded me of who we are and why we are special was when we invited a group on non-guildies in to make up the numbers – the way we welcomed them, treated them with respect….. in a flash I was transported to a time pre Wrath of the Lichking.

To a time when a younger Bizzmark was still struggling to get into 25 man raids. I was in a really nice guild that was making good Kara 10 man progress but those elusive 25 man Gruul and Maggy runs we had to try and align with other guilds or PUG. Needless to say my runs in these dungeons where few and far between.

A message popped up one such night, /4 Looking for Group: Whitemikki “ Looking for Healer, 4 DPS for Maggy – mostly guild run”

I responded and was invited to my first RMWP raid.

It was exciting – I had done Maggy before but only once or twice, these guys seemed so confident and the vent channel was full of fun. A horde group was at the summon stone and some horde “baiting” was on the go.

I will never forget mikki coming on vent and saying “Guys stop that, we have guests with us, that is not the pink way, do not embarrass ourselves – leave the horde alone”

The raid went well, a few wipes but eventually Maggy went down, the banter, the comradeship and the respect the Pinks displayed to me left a lasting impression.

Sometime later, Lyera and I where wooed over to a bigger guild and started tackling Maggy and Gruul on a regular basis. We where the healing team that would be taken into the brand new Naxx - It was great, more discipline, lots of focus but cold and clinical. The raid leader was a force to fear, Noobs who dared to die somehow would face the wrath of the a thousand Lich kings … we where pretty uber though and even though it was very stressful we where making some progress and it, I really believed I was with friends.

Towards the end however in Mount Hyjal, the cracks where starting to show, due to a couple of DC’s. I was demoted to replacement healer and although first choice in 10 mans, almost always a bottom of the barrel choice for 25 mans.

I could not believe how quickly the tide had turned, 3 months of dedication, main healer, tirelessly raiding every night ... 2 bad raids and I was dropped – it was a sad realization that no matter how hard I worked, these guys where not really my friends – if I could not deliver 100% of what they need then I was not needed.

Damn – this was a whole lot different to that crazy bunch of Pinkies….. I wonder if the accept girls??? ..... they did ... and do.

Joining RMWP going into Naxx was wonderful and I have never looked back. Friendship, laughter, mutual respect all came with some brilliant raid progress.

Last night reminded me of how it all started,

Well Done Kotha on your raid leading, officers that where online for the great calls and decisions in officer chat on how to get the raid going and how to deal with the guests.

Mostly though well done to you guys – you make this an unbelievable home.

Anyway, enough mushy stuff, sign damn you SIGN!!


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/sign totally agree tht was a really fun evenin, not just fun but great! the only tarnish was tht we couldnt get 25 sign ups yet again but hey we cnt have everything :P thanks bizz for getting all those extra pinkies to come to the raid and the patience to make it happen ^^
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Ok. I dont say this often so enjoy.

I am very proud of the way every single Pinky executed last night. Northrend Beasts were killed with the greatest of ease. One shotted with everyone managing there dubuffs off the worms superbly.

Everyone also putting up with delays and crap and holding focus to execute the fights excellently. In 4 hours we made only 5 kill attempts on bosses Killing 3. SO it was slow but rewarding.

A special thanks to Kotha. Excellent leading work and tbh if you had not listened to the demons on your shoulders and killed the Shaman first on champs we would have killed them also. TBH I still feel the Rogue is the way to go, but its not essential to the kill. But by switching so late on your giving of tactics we never got interupters assigned to the Shaman who then proceeded to outheal our DPS. Remember Kotha we are there to give advice but it is by your word we kill or fail. Thats why when I RL I am conpletly ignorant of other opinions and roll with my thoughts and feeling.

Thanks to All!!

We continue the Raid Saturday Night.

I remeber that Raid very well Bizzmark. Dacce was going over the Tactics for like 20 mins. It is such a hard pull it needs to be managed well. With the fears and such. Clickers and backup clickers for the channeling. After 20 minutes of waiting we was preparing to pull some numpty hit one of the adds and started the fight.
It was here that being Pink is defined. There was no stress, just a laugh, a PLEASE DONT DO THAT AGAIN YOU TIT and we moved on.
In other raids with other guilds and RLs war would have broken out.

The tones of a Raid is set by the RLs. And we are blessed to have been led in raids by Dacce, Kotha, Zonthor, Bizzmark and the legendary (did he even really exist Happy ) Taker. All have helped to make RMWP raids something we enjoy.
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Not read it all but "needs of others ahead of their own"

People need to realize that. Will read rest later. As I am off to my award ceremony as I have been nominated.


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nice post, I like
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omg dont ever dare to say i'm an cudly bear!!!

nice post bizz


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