Comments on: The Anti-Gear Score Experience

By: ironyca

ironyca — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:52:17 +0000

Your post was a very warming read indeed.

Thankfully I know these “rag tag” raids happen on my server as well, maybe you started a movement?

By: triarchelon

triarchelon — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:16:10 +0000

This sounds *EXACTLY* like a pug I went to! Right down to someone upgrading from a green weapon to an epic on Deathwhisper! I had to recheck the server to see if it was possible that this was your run, but I do not have any level 80′s on your server.

After reading this post and all the comments, I wanted to add one request. Don’t be *too* strict about requiring vent. I lost my hearing several years ago, and I have been declined raid invites or kicked out of the raid because I couldn’t hear what they were saying on vent. I tell people up-front that I am deaf. Most people think I am just making an excuse to not get on vent, so I will sign on. I can speak very well, but I can’t hear, and I do just fine in raids most of the time. It helps to be familiar with the fights already, but if other people can remember to tell me what they say on vent, I do pretty well.

By: Redbeard

Redbeard — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:07:00 +0000

I’m here via Cassandri’s latest post about her own experience. (Whether that’s a good thing is open to interpretation.

I think your experience –and hers– reinforces what I’ve felt all along, that skill and desire will get you farther than people will give you credit for.

Thanks for this post.

By: Doing a Good Deed

Doing a Good Deed — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:43:55 +0000

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By: Cyynna

Cyynna — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:17:02 +0000

Thanks for this post. I have done the same thing, meaning I invite whoever wants to come with the ONLY requirement being they are willing to “vent up”. It’s so important to be able to talk.

Even when putting together the “hard core” groups, I have to admit, I NEVER, EVER check gs on a person. It makes me crazy all the energy (mostly negative) that gets put into such silliness. Let’s play, let’s kill some shit, let’s have some fun!!! Rock on.

By: Elvenbane

Elvenbane — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:22:21 +0000

I am in a fun guild so if / when we do ICC everyone can come. Of course this often means we only down 6 bosses, or maybe council or dreamwalker (never professor mind you

On my resto druid just this weekend i got declined for icc25 because OMG, gs lower then 5500, no you cannot come (as restro druid i still wear the t9.5). The next day i got into a random pug with a RL with your attitude, we did 6 bosses and a few tries on Prof and guess what ? I was second on healing behind the ICC25 hc equipped druid.

“!Bring the player not the toon.!”

By: Madadh

Madadh — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:28:22 +0000

wow this is great, finally people who don’t care about gear score just having good old fashion fun!

keep up the awesome work guys hope to see more!

By: spinecutter

spinecutter — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:02:21 +0000

unfortunately, according to game rules, you and i are enemies. i am on the alliance side of llane. i often wonder what goes on on the horde side. the alliance side of llane is obsessed with gearscore. my gearscore is over 5900, and here lately, i have been destroying everyone in dps when i go into icc (or anywhere) pugs. but, i want more. i want to go heroic, but pugs don’t do heroics. i’ll get to the point. i have asked for invites to guilds and have been told my gearscore is too low. one of those guilds is your counterpart, Anguish. actually the whole top 12 on llane alliance rejected me. most of which i have pugged with, and kept them going when their tanks failed to keep threat, and dps tanked for last million or so health. maybe fury warriors are underappreciated. i don’t know. i started playing this game last summer. i agree with you. this is a game. games are fun. the experienced players need to remember that they too were once “noobs” with tiny little gearscores. this is why i don’t get mad when you guys invade alliance cities and embarrass all those “leets”. they get on to me for not joining in and protecting the turf, but it’s fun to watch them wipe against level 80 hordies while they are making fun of others for not being as super awesome as they are. honestly, i’m just a guildless noob with epic gear and a high dps. i am considering leaving llane or jumping to the other side when blood elves can roll warrior. but i can’t hate on llane alliance too much, if it weren’t for their elitist attitudes causing me to completely solo to 80, and pug or solo every instance i have been in, my lonely warrior wouldn’t be as tough as he is. and i must also thank wowwiki, youtube, and the inspect function on character for teaching me all that i know about this game. i sometimes secretly cheer for monolith to overtake anguish for top realm guild. i’m not a traitor, i’m just acknowledgeing the decency and intelligence of the enemy, while wondering why it doesn’t exist among my allies. have fun. if you see me, give me a wave.

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:09:22 +0000

Argh why am I only reading this now?! Loved this post, loved this idea.

I think these days you can get the required GearScore just by throwing yourself through the Heroic Daily and then throwing yourself at desperate PuGs until you claw your way into a run for a few achievements.

I’ll bet your average PuG member might not really know the strategy or care. Your raiders, on the other hand, really did care and didn’t assume they knew it all. Sounds like they trusted you to make it work as well.

I wish I was willing to raid lead a 25 man to do this. Or that I had a unsaved character that I *wanted* to take into ICC. Perhaps, when a few of my friends – just returning to wow – want to see ICC I’ll improvise a 10 man with zero prerequisites.

By: Apple

Apple — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:04:31 +0000

Wow. I wish you were on my server. :O I would’ve had so much fun with this. :<

But good on you for doing that, 'cause… dude. That's just amazing and awesome and LOVE.