Well what a journey it has been. 10 actual years and still going strong after all we have been through together. I’m bursting with pride to know that something tiny I created back in Wrath could still be affecting people to this day. All the players we have had, kept and lost over the years accumulate to make this community something to cherish. This Friday 26th July we will host an event which will inject some fun, togetherness and drinking (in-game and out) into the occassion. A big prize draw (detailed below) will be conducted as we get together to pay tribute to all of you who have made this community so special for so long.

If anyone would like to check out the history of these occassions then click this link.

EVENTS

The guild formation will begin at Dalaran (Broken Isles) so use your purple Hearthstone and meet up 7pm Server Time just outside Krasus’ Landing where the Hearthstone puts you. I will be standing on the steps opposite. From there you will be invited to a raid group and wait around until we have enough to start.  Please try to be early because I want to get going sharp if possible.

Dalaran Jump

We will get together on a nearby Dalaran island and leap off to our death. The nearest to land at a designated spot will win a prize!

Alliance Smash-Up Raid

Raid as a guild and visit some Alliance neighbourhoods to thank them properly for disrupting the peace! A prize will be allocated for the MVP of the group to be decided by your fellow attendees!

Commemorative March (RP walking)

Enter Orgrimmar Valley of Strength as a guild and line up together in unity. We shall remember former Dambusters who are no longer with us for various happy and sad reasons. Important note: other players might try to troll us so we must be on our best behaviour and not get into any arguments with others on the server. We live here now and we must be ambassarods for the guild at all times! I have recently removed someone for terrible behaviour in general chat. This needs to be a happy day where we start being recognised a bit more around the server. Shout out about who we are but please be humble in the public chats.

Join us on Discord

Get together on our Discord server. We will likely use the ‘Crew Room’ but please ensure background noise is kept to a minimum so that we don’t have to move to another (push-to-talk) room. There will be a lot of people online so this is important.

Dambuster Draw

I will conduct a ‘Dambuster Draw™‘ using a /roll method which will be visible by people attending the event raid team on the night. Players will join the draw by sending in-game mail to Bigpyjamas with gold for their tickets and be allocated a number in a live spreadsheet which can be views using this link.

DRAW RULES

1. Tickets cost 1,000g each
2. Characters may purchase up to 10 tickets each (maximum 10,000g per character) IN-GAME MAIL
3. Players who have alts can purchase tickets on any or all their toons
4. Characters must be guild members to purchase tickets
5. Closing time will be Friday by 6pm Server Time, I recommend people get their tickets bought early so that final prize pot can be adjusted prior to the draw
6. Gold prizes will likely change (increase) depending on ticket uptake. The guild bank will receive an allocation as part of the fund raising.

PRIZE LIST

[Please note: this list will increase and change as the draw approaches]

30-day game time (x2)

Dreadwake Mount

Transmorpher Beacon

Horde’s Might Fireworks Display (Account Bound, unlimited use)

150,000g (subject to possible increase)

100,000g (subject to possible increase)

Level 25 battle pets prize list

[Feathers]

[Barnaby]

[ShadefeatherHatchling]

[Crimson Bat Pup]

[Leatherwing Screecher]

[Playful Frostkin]

Summary

• Send ingame mail to Bigpyjamas 1,000g per ticket (all characters can buy up to 10 tickets each so 10,000g max!)
• Attend 7pm(ST) using purple Dalaran(Broken Isles) Hearthstone and join the created raid group
• Join Discord
• Get booze (in-game is recommended, irl is up to you)
• Enjoy

Useful Links –

Guild Anniversary Blog History

Dambuster Draw List Spreadsheet (view only)

Wednesday the 26th will be the Dambusters’ 8th birthday and as always, we will stage a get together.

It gives me great pleasure to lead the guild into a 9th year since I founded it with 10 signatures back in 2009.  Events like this will be remembered by the guild for years to come and this occasion will be no different. Please remember that as a Dambuster, you are an ambassador for the guild wherever you are and especially while interacting with other players from outwith the guild. I require the best behaviour from all of my fellow Dambusters at all times.  Some people might try and troll us a little bit during the day but we should refrain from getting into arguments or any negativity. This day could see other players looking to join the guild so I will ensure that all Dambusters are able to invite if people whisper you looking to join the guild. You are welcome to invite on the day.

The guild has witnessed a resurgence recently and although there have been a bunch of new members, this will be our first chance to get together and do something fun as a group.  I expect this year to be a low key affair but as always, it’s actually a good recruitment tool so we will use the event to bring some people into the guild. The key events are subject to change of order on the day, but the main layout will happen from the below list.

Please note: Discord will be active with voice channel ‘Dambusters Crew Room’ the place to be, click this link to join us there.

12pm Server Time (11am UK) – Remembrance March, Stormwind

The Remembrance March is the original starting point of the Dambusters’ celebration birthday event. Every year we hold a now famous gathering of whoever is in attendance where I will say a few words to explain what we are doing and why. People are welcome to join in when they log in or other members of the wider community are very welcome to join in from around if they witness our gathering. I will lead a procession from the front at walking pace and people should set to follow each other and shout out for The Dambusters. The event will take place in Stormwind, starting INSIDE the Trade District bank. Everyone should meet there.

1pm – Gnome Party, Newly created level 1 gnomes

When the march has reached it’s end, I will notify everyone to go and create a gnome of their class choice and we will all wait until everyone is ready at the gnome starting area and make our way to Ironforge where we will bounce around and generally be playful. We used to travel to Stormwind then to Westfall for that but this time Ironforge is quite a busy  place so people will see us and want to join in with our playful behaviour.

2pm – Gurubashi Arena

While this may not be for players of all levels, everyone is of course welcome to come and spectate even if they don’t join in. We will do an all-in battle royale and the winner will get a prize. I’m sure we will spend some time here and everyone is welcome to have fun, of course there will be a prize or 2 for the top performers and all-round good people.

Dambusters Draw

Historically, the Dambusters had a monthly lotto draw where people paid in a certain amount to buy a virtual ‘ticket’ to be drawn by a highly esteemed former officer.  Some fantastic prizes have been won over the years with rare mounts and pets, gear, consumables, TCG loot and mountains of gold.  I will look to do a simple draw involving those Dambusters who were able to attend the 8th Anniversary Event and I will use that as a springboard to reinstate the old draw. The 8th Anniversary draw entry will be free on the day but future events will see a cost commitment per player.

Please note, because of my short preparation time, the events are subject to change and as usual on the day I am open to suggestions if anyone would like to request that we do something together in addition to what I have scheduled.

/Salute

Roar

PRIZE FUND  –  400,000g

MVP

IDIOMS  –  Officer MVP   –    20k + ‘Landro’s Gift Box‘ + Blizzard Store Mount, pet or helm of the winner’s choice + Coalfist Gronnling mount

OMEGA  –  Non-Officer MVP   –   20k + ‘Landro’s Gift Box‘ + Trading Post Garrison Auctioneer + Coalfist Gronnling mount

Selfie Competition Winner

–  Vial of the Sands + 20,000g

Gnome Party

–  1,000g each

All gnomes will get  1,000g each, this could be up to 40 people if we get an amazing guild turn-out.  As with last year, I expect people to join as the day goes on which will mean that some miss out on parts of the day and of course you only get a prize if you attend the event. Please check your gnome’s mail box afterwards because last year I received returned mail 30 days later.

Dalaran Jump Winner

HEINOUR   –  Vial of the Sands + 10,000g

Gurubashi Arena Winners

HEINOUR   –  10,000g for solo winner

IDIOMS/BAMBALAM/KIRAH   –  10,000 each for team winner

LOTTERY

–  100,000g

1. 30,000   –   Shethehunter

2. 25,000   –   Lonok

3. 20,000   –   Caledonia

4. 15,000   –   Omego

5. 10,000   –   Sparkkle

Well done everyone

/Salute

Any errors of calculation or judgment, please notify me by email (bigticket@dambusters.eu) or by whatsapp if I’m not available in-game.

Here we are Dambusters, 6 years in the making and what a journey it has been!  We have seen some amazing things over the years and we have only become stronger and better progressively as time has gone by, using the firm foundations we have laid as a community that ensures we embrace new members and encourage people to play the game the right way.

As your guild leader, it gives me great pleasure to still be here pouring out the superlatives to describe this guild and all our members.  The work we have done gives me the opportunity to host a culmination of events in celebration of what you have achieved in the past year.  Again, many thanks go to the guild members who have helped to make our prize fund so generous this year.  Everyone has played their part but there are a few exceptional Dambusters who boosted the prize fund as always.

PRIZE FUND  –  400,000g

• Throughout the duration of the day, there is an ongoing selfie competition.  Take your own opportunity to create the perfect selfie moment during the course of the day.  Qualifying entries MUST have a guild banner somewhere in the selfie but the location and content is otherwise completely up to your imagination.  A decision on the winner will be made by myself by Sunday at the latest after deliberation.  Please email selfies to bigticket@dambusters.eu

• Every year, The Dambusters celebrates it’s formation date with a raft of activities for everyone to join in with.  This year is no different and we will start at 12pm noon (ST) on Saturday 25th July at the Hero’s Rest Inn, Stormshield. We will proceed to drink the bar dry and when there is no space floorspace left uncovered by beer vomit we will hit the streets of Stormshield!  RP mode marching to celebrate the guild community and as a solemn reminder of former guild members from the past.   You never know, one day some of our old friends may just return!  I want to see guild banners everywhere and I expect friendly behaviour with the other members of the server while we are there.  BE AWARE that this is a big opportunity to be trolled by others from the community but I EXPECT TOP BEHAVIOUR as noted in this blog post and I will be reminding all guild members about this.

• After we have remembered old Dambusters enough, we will create level 1 gnomes and bring them to Stormshield (I have Pettysue sat at the gnome start point waiting to provide portals for everyone).  Get naked and feel free to mingle with the Stormshield patrons.  Feel free to be warm and friendly to others who ask about what on Earth we are actually doing but the primary goal is the feel-good factor that lil gnomes will offer as we all dance about like idiots together.

• Next up we will log our desired characters for a massive guild battle royale down in the gurubashi Arena in the Cape of Stranglethorn.  We will have a total brawl where everyone will land on a countdown and commence warfare, no grouping at this point and it’s every man for himself until the last Dambuster is standing.  When dead, release and run in but DO NOT resurrect.  You are welcome to return to the arena as a ghost but no resurrecting as you will affect the outcome of the fight.  After the first (likely short fight) we will team up in pairs that I will decide for reasons! and do it all again in our teams.

• After kicking each others’ butts in the arena, we will proceed to kick our own butts over in Dalaran. Our annual ‘jump off the tallest platform and see how close to Bigticket’s guild banner we land‘ event will be short and silly but fun and a nice reward awaits the winner.

• DAZZLING ROD  Dodgeball game should be fun.  But first, lets make sure everyone has the item.  We will stream down to the Ironhold Harbour and make sure everyone has their toy from the chest in the East Tower, then play dodgeball on scene and probably all the way around Tanaan, dodging balls and probably killing mobs along the way.  I would like this event to extend to us basically just smashing around Tanaan as a mob, breaking people and generally owning the place.  If we end up with a strong enough team then I would like to Go to Throne of Kil’Jaeden and kill Kazzak or assault the horde base Vol’mar.

• LOTTERY – Everyone who attends the day’s event will automatically be entered into a draw which I will conduct at the end of the day and there will be a guaranteed prize pot of 100k.

MVP

Voting has already started and is well underway for the accolade ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the past YEAR for two categories,  Officer and Non-Officer.  All Dambusters may vote one of each regardless of your rank and for any reasons you can think of.  Please ensure any remaining votes are in during the day so i can count and announce the winners.  Any personal message to me will do, via WhattsApp, in-game mail or whisper.  You may not vote for yourself!

Prizes for the MVP votes will be as follows:-

Officer MVP   –    20k + ‘Landro’s Gift Box‘ + Blizzard Store Mount, pet or helm of the winner’s choice + Coalfist Gronnling mount

Non-Officer MVP   –   20k + ‘Landro’s Gift Box‘ + Trading Post Garrison Auctioneer + Coalfist Gronnling mount

Selfie Competition Winner

–  Vial of the Sands + 20,000g

Gnome Party

–  1,000g each

All gnomes will get  1,000g each, this could be up to 40 people if we get an amazing guild turn-out.  As with last year, I expect people to join as the day goes on which will mean that some miss out on parts of the day and of course you only get a prize if you attend the event. Please check your gnome’s mail box afterwards because last year I received returned mail 30 days later.

Dalaran Jump Winner

–  Vial of the Sands + 10,000g

Gurubashi Arena Winners

–  10,000g for solo winner

–  10,000 each for team winner

LOTTERY

–  100,000g

1. 30,000

2. 25,000

3. 20,000

4. 15,000

5. 10,000

It is entirely possible that the guild may find recruits looking to join on the day because of the server publicity generated.  If so, please send them to the guild website to apply as normal.  I hope the recruitment staff (and other officers concerned) will be on hand to process any applications, however newly joined guild members on the day are not eligible for any prizes.  Bigticket and alts are not eligible for any prizes so please do not vote for my characters 🙂

Hope you have a great day guys, you deserve it!

/Salute

Any errors of calculation or judgment, please notify me by email (bigticket@dambusters.eu) or by whatsapp if I’m not available in-game.

TOTAL PRIZE FUND  –  275,000g

Most Valuable Player – (40,000g)

Officer MVP   –    20k + ‘Flag of Ownership’   –   JOLTS

Non-Officer MVP   –   20k + ‘Amani Dragonhawk’   –   YKE

Total Guild Activity  –  (167,000g)

This guild rewards active members who work hard on their characters.  Altoholism is difficult to track so we have stuck to simplicity here and awarded prizes for the total activity top 20 at the time of the march commencement.  Bigticket is ineligible for all prizes and his current activity position will be overlooked.  The screenshot of the list from today is below the prize results.0

1. 20k + Ethereal Soul-Trader   –   JOLTS

2. 20k   –   ANANIEL

3. 18,000g   –   SPYROT

4. 16,000g   –   IDIOMS

5. 14,000g   –   HANDSCAR

6. 12,000   –   ANUVUME

7. 10,000g   –   BUBULIS

8. 9,000g   –   ESTHERE

9. 8,000g   –   SHAGS

10. 7,000g   –   BAMBALAM

11. 6,000g   –   DONTBESTUPID

12. 5,000g   –   EXCELMO

13. 4,500g   –   GRIMSLAYER

14. 4,000g   –   SHETHEHUNTER

15. 3,500g   –   NIGHTSKY

16. 3,000g   –   SKANKFOO

17. 2,500g   –   LOPAKODO

18. 2,000g   –   MELLOWHEART

19. 1,500g   –   NARCISE

20. 1,000g   –   VAREÓ

Gnome Party – (28,000g)

Each gnome in attendance will receive 2,000g each.  I have increased it from 1,000g each since the last blog post.  Attendees for this awesome showpiece of hilarious fun were:-

Edalicious, Jáff, Zenozoldyck, Weps, Nickisbest, Dinkydoo, Yke, Meatjnr, Yummycupcake, Busterofdams, Bambamidget, Debbsdildø, Rudolfski, Spyrotanoni

NOTE: Gold will be posted to the gnome’s mailbox

Battle Royale – (30,000g)

After a brutal war in Gurubashi Arena which included other random players from outwith the guild who just had to get in on the act, we moved to Nagrand and had a more exclusive battle which ended up in a stalemate with 3 of the healers fighting it out with a rogue.  Idioms (whether he likes it or not) Edacious and Sonicay will take the prizes but Pished was also there until the very last.  Great job all involved,  a video of the fight can be watched here    http://www.twitch.tv/nicklasoskarsson/c/4749514

1. 12,000g   –   IDIOMS

2. 12,000g   –   SONICAY

3. 6,000g    –   EDACIOUS

Dalaran Suicide – (10,000g)

At the end of the day, we decided to add the popular event from last year and after a ‘trial jump’ lol Sonicay came home with the prize for the 2nd year running.  Stop hacking man!

10,000g   –   Sonicay

Hope you all had a great day, I sure did!  Sorry for my slight AFKing during the gnome party….that visitor.

/Salute

What a day this will be!

The biggest celebration in Dambusters 5 years existence is upon us and I am truly the proudest guild leader of all time to be sat here typing this out.  I declare myself utterly humbled by the way this guild’s members have battled hard to make us (and keep us) together as a fun community over the years.  It is with significant emotion that I continue to be your guild leader and with this day as a marking point in our great guild’s history, we will forge forward and create many more days where people can enjoy being a part of this family.  I’m sure you can sense the satisfaction in me as you read these words but I need to get down to the purpose of this post.  The prize distribution:

Thanks in particular to the stand-out guild members who have gone the extra mile to donate to this prize fund, some more than others but all equally appreciated.  You guys have made this great but infinitely more difficult to distribute these prizes.

TOTAL PRIZE FUND  –  275,000g

• Each year, this guild celebrates it’s inception day with a memorable layout of activities which we can all get involved in.  This year is no different and we will start at 1pm (ST) on Saturday 26th July at the Northshire Abbey in Elwynn Forest and march in RP walk mode as a guild to the Lion’s Pride Inn, Goldshire and onwards to Stormwind.  This march is a celebration of our guild community and a solemn reminder that we have lost a lot of former guild members in the past. Whatever has happened for people to no longer be with us, we will remember the times we spent as friends in the game during this march.  People may have left unwillingly due to real life events, they may have left on good or even bad terms with us but all is forgiven on this day and all our old friends deserve a moment of thought.  You never know, one day some of our old friends may just return!

• We will follow the march with a grand old booze-up in Stormwind’s Trade District where we will happily shout from the rooftops about who we are as a guild and what we represent.  I expect to see you all drop guild standard emblazoned flags and to be friendly with the other members of the server population while we are there.  Please be aware that this is a big opportunity to be trolled by others from the community but I EXPECT TOP BEHAVIOUR and I will remind all guild members thereof again at the time.  You are all fine ambassadors of this guild and I do not want to see any tit-for-tat in tradechat or any other chat formats.  Best behaviour, while getting thoroughly drunk!

• Hard on the heels of the drink-up (and vomitfest) we will all log out and create level 1 gnomes of our choice.  Log in, get naked and stream over to Ironforge, take the Deeprun Tram to Stormwind and again parade in the Trade District.  This event will provide maximum publicity for what is sure to already be a big hit around the server community.  Feel free to be warm and friendly to others who ask about what on Earth we are actually doing but the primary goal is the feel-good factor that lil gnomes will offer as we all dance about like idiots together.  After our lil tea-party in Stormwind, we will bash over to Elwynn Forest and kill stuff as a big group, hopefully even Hogger down in the South-East of the zone.  Please try to avoid levelling of any kind where possible during this event, of course I expect people to inadvertently ding but I don’t want to see level 5 gnomes before we even head out of Stormwind.

• After we are all suitably tired of larking around on our naked gnomes, we will all log into our desired characters for a massive battle royale down in the gurubashi Arena in the Cape of Stranglethorn.  This will be a total brawl where everyone will land on a countdown and commence warfare, no grouping at this point and it’s every man for himself until the last Dambuster is standing.  Bring whatever you want to give yourself a tactical advantage and let the battle rage on!  When dead, release and run in but DO NOT resurrect.  You are welcome to return to the arena as a ghost but no resurrecting as you will affect the outcome of the fight.  You are free to watch the remaining battle as a ghost.

MVP

At specific stages throughout the day I will be gathering votes from all guild members which will provide us with a result of MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the year for 2 categories,  Officer and Non-Officer.  Officer and Non-Officer votes will both be provided by all members regardless of rank.  You may not vote for yourself!

Prizes for the 2 MVP votes will be as follows:-

Officer MVP   –    20k + ‘Flag of Ownership’

Non-Officer MVP   –   20k + ‘Amani Dragonhawk’

Total Guild Activity

This guild rewards active members who work hard on their characters.  Altoholism is difficult to track so we will stick to simplicity here and award prizes for the total activity top 20 at the time of the march commencement.  I will screenshot the list at 1pm and prize distribution will be as follows:-

1. 20k + Ethereal Soul-Trader

2. 20k

3. 18,000g

4. 16,000g

5. 14,000g

6. 12,000

7. 10,000g

8. 9,000g

9. 8,000g

10. 7,000g

11. 6,000g

12. 5,000g

13. 4,500g

14. 4,000g

15. 3,500g

16. 3,000g

17. 2,500g

18. 2,000g

19. 1,500g

20. 1,000g

Gnome Party

All who attend the gnome party will get 1,000g each, this could be up to 40 people if we get an amazing guild turn-out.  As with last year, I expect people to join as the day goes on which will mean that some miss out on parts of the day and of course you only get a prize if you attend the event.

Battle Royale

The remaining prize kitty will be distributed between the winner and runner-up.  If a winner and runner-up can’t be decided for whatever reason then Bigticket will decide how to distribute the prizes 🙂

It is entirely possible that the guild may find recruits looking to join on the day because of the server publicity generated.  I hope the recruitment staff (and other officers concerned) will be on hand to process any applications, however newly joined guild members on the day are not eligible for any prizes.  Bigticket and alts are not eligible for any prizes.

Hope you have a great day guys, you deserve it!

/Salute

Any errors of calculation or judgment, please notify me by email (bigticket@dambusters.eu) or by whatsapp if I’m not available in-game.

INTRODUCTION

Today July 26th 2013 will mark the 4th anniversary of the day I completed the guild charter.  The event is open to all Dambusters and I hope to see as many of you as possible.

Bigticket will pair 100,000 of the guild bank’s gold with the extremely rare ‘Trading Card Game(TCG)’ [Ghastly Charger] flying/ground mount to form a fantastic prize pot for lucky guild members who have proven their dedication to the guild.

LAYOUT OF THE EVENT

• The Dambusters will begin forming at Northshire Abbey in Elwynn Forest from 12pm ‘noon’ server time and gathering everyone on our Mumble server before a 1pm march through Goldshire and onto Stormwind where we will parade as a guild through the city in a display of solidarity.  This march will be focused on encouraging our members to remember the Dambusters we have lost over the last 4 years for whatever reason they became lost.

• After we conclude our Remembrance March, we will all race to the Gurubashi Arena where an almighty ‘Battle Royale’ will ensue!  This is your chance to show how tough you are and will be a rare opportunity to hit Spyrot where it hurts as many times as you need.  It is possible that no outright winner is declared but we will get a rough idea of who was among the top fighters on the day.  The entire group will be separate and there is to be strictly no pairing up into teams in this event.  Lower level characters, healers and tanks will have it tough but this isn’t supposed to be a fair fight, just an awesome spectacle and a chance to sock it to your guild leader and those so-called ‘officers’ hehe.  The event will end when people get fed-up getting their butts kicked lol.

• After the Battle Royale, we will all head to Stormwind and throw a massive Dambusters Beerfest!  I want to see everyone stocking up on the city’s local beers, rum and other cheap plonk and show the trade district what we are all about!  People will join in and undoubtedly will get trolled but I expect only a light-hearted and fun atmosphere on display where we are all right in the limelight of the server’s alliance population. DO NOT get into any troll wars with people in the trade district or on /tradechat please, just ignore any trolling you may see.  This is our chance to start a party and be the masters of Ragnaros’ community spirit.  This event will include a drinking contest to see who lasts the longest and also to see who can vomit the most over fellow Dambusters! I wanna see kegs of beer projectiled all over my big ginger beard! 

• When we are all suitably drunk and covered in vomit, we will gather the masses of the server’s online Alliance population and swoop down into Orgrimmar and kill that son of a bitch Garrosh Hellscream for the last time before the next patch takes him out of the game forever.  This will be a good chance for people to finish off their [For The Alliance]
  

PRIZE DISH-OUT

1. [Ghastly Charger] + 10,000g to be paid to the guild member  in the top few total guild activity meters who attends the anniversary event, displays an outstanding attitude towards the game and is voted by their fellow guild members as the Dambusters Most Valuable Player (MVP) in all aspects of World of Warcraft gameplay.  During the BEERFEST in Stowmwind, I will begin asking people in the group to submit ‘in-game mail’ votes from the list I decide upon from the top group of Dambusters attending the event.

2. 10,000g to be paid out to the winner(s) of the guild Battle Royale kill-fest.  If there is no outright winner then a debate to decide who shares the prize should clarify who gets the pot.

3. 16,000g will be awarded to the most boisterous drunk person at the party, this decision will be brought by a (probably furious) vote to be orchestrated inside the raid group’s chat LOL. Should be fun!  There must be an outright winner in this event so I advise all atendees to use their initiative to come up with innovative ways to impress the group to get that all-important vote.

   *NOTE: As this event is in the areas of /Tradechat, I will be monitoring those public chat channels and anyone seen acting against the ambassadorial requirements of the guild will be exempt from earning the gold prize*

4. The hard working officers of the guild will be rewarded for their efforts around the guild to the tune of 27,000g

5. Attendance of the day’s event will see the remaining top guild total activity meters examined and the remainder of the prize fund dispersed between people on that list, taking into account people who may already have won a prize in the day.  As follows:-

27,000g total to be distributed

5,000g to the current top guild activity leader.  *Bigticket as current number 1 is exempt from all awards*

The remainder of the balance will be distributed among the rest of the guild total activity meter leaders thereafter in a descending order for their final positions.

I hope we have a fantastic day, the right people in the guild will be rewarded for their fine efforts over a period of time where they showed their commitment to the guild.  It’s a great day to be a Dambuster and I wish you all good luck with the prizes!

/Salute to my wonderful guild members

The real life 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron recently celebrated their 75th anniversary and us here at the World of Warcraft Dambusters tribute guild will celebrate our own 4th anniversary this coming Friday, 26th July.

The day I pulled together 10 signatures to create the charter seems so long ago because such a lot has happened since that day.

I remember whispering people to request their signature. I helped a guy with a couple of quests I had already done before asking for a signature politely, I even let a higher level rogue test his crit on me in a duel before he would sign my charter. Those were the days when I wore spirit on Bigticket, bragged about my mana regen in aspect of the viper and voyaged from Hogger’s patch to Booty Bay as a wide-eyed lvl 10 adventurer.

I went everywhere, exploring and getting my butt kicked and I fondly remember those days. The days of people like Zeitgeist, Crimsonious, Annelie, Icebabe, Chrisg, Bás, Ellchera and too many others to name including a lot more good friends I’ve made since while all being part of this big old guild.

The people come and go, some friendships last and some turn sour, usually due to communication problems more than anything else. The friendships you make in the game are what keep people coming back and that is why it is so important to try and gather all Dambusters up for our event this Friday. This will be a celebration of the friends we have made and a timely reminder of friends we have lost from the game.

Think of it for a moment, was there a good friend in game who simply stopped logging in? Do you wonder where they went? You were such good pals and all of a sudden they were just gone. This is a fact of life in this game and it happens all too often. People leave the game for all sorts of reasons and we are left behind with no option but to be glad of the good times we had. We will make new friends in the game but it’s just possible that old friend is somewhere, thinking of you…

On Friday, we will march from Northshire Abbey as a guild in memory of those friends we lost in the game.

We will shout and celebrate the name of our guild with pride so all of Stormwind will know our name!

We will pull the server together and take one last swipe at Garrosh Hellscream before next patch takes him down and the server will know us! We will treat others on the servers as our friends and show them what our guild is all about and at the end of the day, there will be a big pot of prize gold and a pretty TCG mount loot code for one lucky, hard working Dambuster to show off!

BE THERE!

/Salute

Having ‘spelled’ (ho ho) out my vision for the practicalities of raiding moving into Legion in the previous blog post, I have some more work to do regards fleshing out plans so that people are aware of what’s going on and the possibilities I am exploring.

We have actually become a social raiding guild over the years and as such, it is important to come to terms with that. To fully embrace the ethos of us becoming a social raiding guild, I have been considering revamping the rank names and functions to more accurately define members’ roles within the roster without them being required to visit the website to find out what their rank actually means.

While the tradition is to have these revised Royal Air Force ranks in the guild, the time may have arrived that I stop clinging to the nostalgic past and embrace the future where our new guild members can more easily grasp exactly where they stand in the guild. The dilemma is, this will require a revamp of the guild bank tab access and allowances. This will be a huge task!

Until now, we have managed it by categorizing items into their respective tabs and allowing each rank an increasing amount of access to each tab with only officers and raiders having access to Gibson raid tab. If we revise the ranks then we will have to adjust the bank tabs to suit. I wonder what the guild feels about these potential changes? Changes can be good if well thought out and if they serve their intended purpose but I am wary of change for the sake of change. A fresh approach to ranks could instigate a new good feeling about the guild with the influx of new members hopefully beginning to integrate as they speak to people, join activities and make friends around the place. We must continue to include the newer members in these ways as much as possible and continue to recruit.

The guild’s 7 year anniversary is closing in quickly, I intend to hold an event on Friday the 29th of July, 3 days after the official 7 year date passes. I hope as many people as possible can make it, timings will be decided beforehand but probably 8pm Server time if not a bit earlier. We will be smashing up the horde base in Tanaan like we did last year, making naked level 1 gnomes and running about like idiots around places like Goldshire etc. and having a fight to the death at Gurubashi Arena. If we have a big enough group, we can kill Vol’jin in Orgrimmar 🙂

The guild’s officer team will kick back into action from it’s current low key state. Guys like Bonesi, Gierrod and others will be back performing their defined roles. During the pre-launch I will have to make some tough calls about which officers are able to carry on in their post depending mainly on game activity. We will need everyone back and playing their part and I have no doubt these guys will be in the thick of the action when it starts up again.

There are players in this guild who have stuck in there playing with the rest of the vanguard right up until the very end and even trying to maintain that weekly get-together in Hellfire. These people are to be commended for their passion for the game even to dig in and join these admittedly often frustrating runs in the name of love of doing it. I know your names and I appreciate it, I’ve been there week after week, quietly doing my best for whatever team turns up so I’ve seen the great attitudes there. I, like some others, would much prefer to be operating at a much higher level but it’s testament to my unwavering commitment to this guild that I don’t complain about them, I appreciate what we do still have and I look to bolster that spirit with more organisation and stronger players so that we can get back in the scene early in Legion.

I will be adding people to the officer team who I believe will do a good job and let’s rebuild the raiding and social aspects of the Dambusters up again ready to be viable for new Legion content. I no longer want this guild to be the underdog like it has become since Hellfire Citadel progression ended. Let’s stick with it in Legion!

/Salute