Eating Glass

*wave*

Hows it going?

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Good. Good.

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Not much around here. I mean not really. Well there was this silly little run Husband had of Gruul’s Lair.

I am not kidding. Yea. He picked up the Malefic Mask of the Shadows as his first ever real raid loot.

Yep. Yep.

Oh and I shouldn’t forget that he also went on a non DKP guild run of Karazhan, where he picked up off the Huntsman the Worgen Claw Necklace. Someone passed on since it was a minor upgrade for them and BIG one for Husband. Then there was also the Girdle of Treachery he picked up out of a chest. AND his 22 Badges of Honor for a complete clear of Kara. Did I mention this run of Kara was done in one night? No. Oh sorry.

Husband did the Oz fight and I watched… that was a lot of fun.

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Me?

Oh nothing really. I mean my head was so fuzzy I didn’t volunteer for either the Gruul’s or Kara runs this weekend. But I did get called in to help in a group. Very sweet of them. Something about needing a geared warlock (thanks everyone).

Where?

Oh sorry. Some little place called Magtheridon's Lair. My guild had a spot in their glass eating team. Basically it was a “Calling all Warlocks!” campaign.

Glass eating you ask? Well I didn’t know either…and online actually was no help on the term either.

Glass Eating = (my definition) for a large group of people to learn through a tough technical fight. The raid has wipes for different reasons but each time learning form those wipes. Then modifying and improving on the strategies.

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I believe this was the third week they tried. But I have been a bad guildie and wasn’t really paying attention.

Interesting thing getting pulled into this raid. I got a call on my home phone, then a call to my cell phone, and once I got on vent it was “Talk to the raid leader now!”. I spoke with the RL and then I was in the line up. Told me about some videos and went to watch them…particularly the cube clicking and banish/fear elements.

Okay…

Here is what happened…

I had 3 videos, about 22 minutes worth. After an hour of watching, re-watching, note taking, created list of questions, print outs, timing and visual cue notes… I started to FLIP out. I had so many scrawls all over my notepad I about had a panic attack. You know I have not done anything bigger then a 5-man?? Now I am on the glass eating Mag’s Lair team?? Someone should have their head examined.

*looks down at her notepad* Maybe not? Maybe they are lucky that they can call on me three hours before the raid and I can be this prepared for a 25-man raid.

But you know… I didn’t do bad. I was slow to click once… I was in the middle of the room banish/fearing and a bad timed quake bounced me away from my cube. But I sure hope that was it… because I didn’t see what else I needed to change. So I underlined my note to self to put my back to the wall in advance.  

Deadly Boss Mods helped a LOT with the cube clicking. I had long ago learned I am twitchy with instant DoTs. To combat this affliction (punny… Yea my head is still a bit fuzzy), I target my assigned tank first and use them as my cue instead of the mob. Worked wonders in Mag’s Lair. I do have to figure out how to see if someone else is Banish/Fearing an elemental, because I noticed I was over lapping with other warlocks. This is not an efficient use of time or mana. Didn’t happen often, but I am wondering if it is something that can be easily fixed.

I ate glass for the first time with my guild. I hope they didn’t regret having me. It was pure joy!