Descending into Madness

[Tyranis]

So there we go folks. We are one boss away from finishing off Ulduar (normal mode).

This was a great kill. First off all, I can't remeber the last time that we had exactly 25 people show up for a raid and we happened to have the perfect mix of tanks, healers, ranged and melee.

Secondly, everyone was performing extremely well in the raid, but there's a bunch of people to acknowledge specifically.

Grime/Dirti/Alarissa: You guys rocked those interrupts hardcore. I think only one got through all night. I'm sure it was stressful, but you did it.

Beo and the Surge of Darkness cooldown crew: Sure it might be easier with a bear or DK tank, but you guys proved we don't need them.

Coberen/Haladrin: Thanks for switching specs and trying to do your best on this one tank fight. That shows real teamwork and self sacrifice for the greater good.

And a special thanks to my DK Deathgrip Posse (Sr and Soulsiege) who helped me get those vapors to the healers.

Great work folks. I'm proud of all of you.

Gratz to the loot winners:

- Lanfear
- Alarissa
- Haladrin

[Alarissa]

This kill was by far the most stressful and intense feeling kill I've made in my entire raid career. Sure, Kael'Thas, Al'ar, Leo, Gruul, and so on down the list felt awesome when we killed them, but last night was incredibly intense for me.

Maybe it was because I was in "Grimeling's Dirti Channel" in almost complete silence, essentially cut off from the rest of the raid.

Maybe it was because I knew just how important the interrupts were and was nervous that I was going to hit the wrong button when Grime called out for me to hit the next one.

Maybe it was Beo dying at the end and seeing that big flash of red indicating I had aggro and knowing that I was not specced nor geared to survive it, knowing that the boss was not tauntable, and knowing that we were just so incredibly close to success.

And maybe it was a combo of all of these, but whatever it was, last night was the absolute biggest adrenaline rush this game has given me in years. It also made me feel incredibly proud and very, very lucky to be able to raid with such an amazingly fun, dedicated guild. You guys all did awesome last night. This kill reminded me of exactly why I still play WoW, even if the "daily grind" has been wearing on me a bit. Thank you, and congrats to everyone. You rock.

[Tyranis]

[Alarissa]

I wanted to smoke something afterwards, but it wasn't a cigarette

[Tyranis]

[Quilldragon]

[Tyranis]

Oh and in case anyone had trouble understanding the headline on the screenshot:

[Reorix]

[Quilldragon]

Green jelly beans!

[Kaandre]

Shame the sound was disabled (WMG complained about this, but not the other one that T posted... funny) but it's even better :P. Just substitute the sound you heard on T's version..

[Tyranis]

The shadow priest one still works here: