Der-ner-na na na

… another one bites the dust. Thursday night marked our first new boss kill since we took our initial and (until this week) only trip to the Bastion of Twilight. Having dealt with Halfus and the dragon twins on Tuesday, on Thursday we extended the lock and went to play with the Twilight Ascendant Council.… Continue reading Der-ner-na na na

Nice group, shame about the pally

As you might have spotted from my smug “ostensibly WoW-related but really just bragging ‘cos I’m drinking beer in Munich” post, I was away last week. Rrecently, we’ve had some problems getting our raids off the ground — people unavailable because of work, people on holiday, people with social engagements which don’t involve internet dragons… Continue reading Nice group, shame about the pally

Thanks, Murloc Mom

We weren’t able to take the Murloc Mom’s advice on Tuesday as (seemingly) *all* of the European servers were largely unavailable. I’m still not exactly sure why — apparently TeliaSonera had some general connectivity problems in northern Europe, but we experienced the most drawn-out disconnect process I think I’ve ever encountered, resulting in 7 multi-hour… Continue reading Thanks, Murloc Mom

Nostalgia? Recidivism? You decide.

Sorry, can’t resist this. It’s officially a year since my first post here on Mysterious Buttons1 so I’m pretending that’s a good excuse for incoherent ramblings. A post from the end of May 2010 was a slightly cryptic acknowledgement that I’d moved servers, joined a new guild and taken part in my first raid. About… Continue reading Nostalgia? Recidivism? You decide.

Deja vu and stuff

Writing this is giving me a strange sense of deja vu. Not quite a year ago, I was writing about how I really wanted do some raiding. About how I’d geared my main about as well as as possible from heroics. I’d built a healing set out of spare triumph badges which I was terrified… Continue reading Deja vu and stuff