While it's true that this old warlock could have used a break from the game, he could've done without gettin robbed.
Word to the perpetrators: Rest assured, you'll be masturbating in hell with a red-hot iron glove for millions of years.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Ol Nob's Been Robbed
Some bastard managed to hack into ol' Nob's account and steal his gold, pawn his items, and somehow put up a 72-hour ban on his account.
While it's true that this old warlock could have used a break from the game, he could've done without gettin robbed.
Word to the perpetrators: Rest assured, you'll be masturbating in hell with a red-hot iron glove for millions of years.
While it's true that this old warlock could have used a break from the game, he could've done without gettin robbed.
Word to the perpetrators: Rest assured, you'll be masturbating in hell with a red-hot iron glove for millions of years.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Join other guilds today! Brewfest Champions Sucks!
Yes folks, I'm stil trying to tell you all that the guild is a failure. Utterly horrible. No management, teamwork, or incentive. The only thing updated in this pyramid scheme is our website here, and our daily message.
Some of you good folk are still straggling behind, hesitant to leave behind all the fond memories you've accumulated underneath my wing. But it's time to grow up and get out. Leave. You are no longer welcome. Leave this place, before you all die.
Stick around if ya want...
...actually, it's cool if you still wish to stay! However, I need to inform any remaining guildies that the 2-month inactivity boot policy still remains, as can be seen by our current population.
Ol' Nob still plans on being around. Either I'm workin' hard on gettin' my mount collection up to speed, or I'll be on my new warrior alt, Nobrox.
Future of Brewfest Champions, and the fate of Nobrox
The warrior Nobrox is the guild master for Brewfest Champions now. Nobious has left the guild. I'll be taking my main toon over to a new guild, likely, as I sometimes have the craving to run a raid that I don't feel like organizing. Best to leave that to fifteen year olds who have the time to run raids and guilds.
I'm workin' hard on leveling Nobrox to level 80. After that, I'll be assiduously striving to bring my priest to the same conclusion. With a level-maxed warrior and priest, it will be easier to assist other WoW players in instances and quests. And therefore, it will one day be easier to have a guild because we will already have a healer and tank. But then again....will ol' Nob still have the gusto to revive Brewfest Champs in a year? After all, this tuckered out zombie has a kid in the real world. Is it not possible that your leader will move on with life?
We'll see.
And on that note, I provide you the following: Warcraft Addiction Dot Com
Some of you good folk are still straggling behind, hesitant to leave behind all the fond memories you've accumulated underneath my wing. But it's time to grow up and get out. Leave. You are no longer welcome. Leave this place, before you all die.
Stick around if ya want...
...actually, it's cool if you still wish to stay! However, I need to inform any remaining guildies that the 2-month inactivity boot policy still remains, as can be seen by our current population.
Ol' Nob still plans on being around. Either I'm workin' hard on gettin' my mount collection up to speed, or I'll be on my new warrior alt, Nobrox.
Future of Brewfest Champions, and the fate of Nobrox
The warrior Nobrox is the guild master for Brewfest Champions now. Nobious has left the guild. I'll be taking my main toon over to a new guild, likely, as I sometimes have the craving to run a raid that I don't feel like organizing. Best to leave that to fifteen year olds who have the time to run raids and guilds.
I'm workin' hard on leveling Nobrox to level 80. After that, I'll be assiduously striving to bring my priest to the same conclusion. With a level-maxed warrior and priest, it will be easier to assist other WoW players in instances and quests. And therefore, it will one day be easier to have a guild because we will already have a healer and tank. But then again....will ol' Nob still have the gusto to revive Brewfest Champs in a year? After all, this tuckered out zombie has a kid in the real world. Is it not possible that your leader will move on with life?
We'll see.
And on that note, I provide you the following: Warcraft Addiction Dot Com
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Guild is collapsing. Prepare to move on with your life.
My babies.
Brewfest Champions is collapsing. The plane has crashed into the mountain. It is clear that I was holding it up for the last few months. Now, due to the fact that I have a kid and plenty of crap to do, I cannot put the same amount of attention into our beloved guild as I once did. For example, I cannot be online for seven hours a day for a raid or something like that.
If you are disappointed with our guild and wish to move on, I COMPLETELY understand! (Traitorous bastards you.) There are plenty of other guilds that do raids and instances, and often have more than two or three people on at a time. Our guild has not met those standards. Frankly, our guild has never had standards. All I've ever asked of my children is that they be properly alcoholic to match the theme of our cult.
"What happened to our guild money?"
Our guild money was generously donated at first by one of our early members, Ervilha. He made a 1000 gold contribution that kick-started things nicely. And I also have been putting in anywhere from 10 to 20 gold a day, and we were able to perpetuate our fund and allow guildies to repair their armor. But I was away for half a month and I couldn't keep the pot filled, and when I came back, we were down a lot of gold.
I made a conscious decision that at 500 gold, I would withdraw the guild fund to return what's left to Ervilha when he returns from Iraq in a few months. That leaves our treasury at approximately 7 copper. Since there are no members tithing our vault on a daily or weekly basis, we continue to have nothing.
"What will happen to Brewfest Champions?"
We will live on. Or, at least, I will! I shall keep the guild and relinquish control of it to NO OTHERS! The Brewfest Champion name shall continue to be represented on Kael'thas for months or even years to come.
Since we have had no people interested in developing the guild, recruitment and instance scheduling have been nil. You ask: What kind of guild can we have then? My answer: At most, our guild can be a band of people who come online to do dailies and have no time to commit to much else besides slow progression in Warcraft.
Brewfest Champions may one day have a small future, though. If it was one thing we lacked, it was a healer and a proper tank. Slowly but surely, I have been working on two alts. Coincidentally, I'm working on a warrior and a priest. If I can level these two alts, then Brewfest Champions will have the healer and tank it needs. But that day is still a ways away.
"I have no where else to go. Can I stay in Brewfest Champions?"
Sure! Stay, my friend! I'm not goin' anywhere! I'm addicted to Warcraft!
I check in every day, if not every few days. If you just wanna continue carrying the Brewfest Champions guild name over your head, stay! If you have a sudden urge to take control and liven up the guild by recruiting and setting up instances, that would make me happy! I'll make ya an officer if that happens.
As for those who are offline for over 2 months, I will clear them out, as our policy promises.
Well gents, that is all for now. There will always be a Brewfest Champion somewhere out here!
Brewfest Champions is collapsing. The plane has crashed into the mountain. It is clear that I was holding it up for the last few months. Now, due to the fact that I have a kid and plenty of crap to do, I cannot put the same amount of attention into our beloved guild as I once did. For example, I cannot be online for seven hours a day for a raid or something like that.
If you are disappointed with our guild and wish to move on, I COMPLETELY understand! (Traitorous bastards you.) There are plenty of other guilds that do raids and instances, and often have more than two or three people on at a time. Our guild has not met those standards. Frankly, our guild has never had standards. All I've ever asked of my children is that they be properly alcoholic to match the theme of our cult.
"What happened to our guild money?"
Our guild money was generously donated at first by one of our early members, Ervilha. He made a 1000 gold contribution that kick-started things nicely. And I also have been putting in anywhere from 10 to 20 gold a day, and we were able to perpetuate our fund and allow guildies to repair their armor. But I was away for half a month and I couldn't keep the pot filled, and when I came back, we were down a lot of gold.
I made a conscious decision that at 500 gold, I would withdraw the guild fund to return what's left to Ervilha when he returns from Iraq in a few months. That leaves our treasury at approximately 7 copper. Since there are no members tithing our vault on a daily or weekly basis, we continue to have nothing.
"What will happen to Brewfest Champions?"
We will live on. Or, at least, I will! I shall keep the guild and relinquish control of it to NO OTHERS! The Brewfest Champion name shall continue to be represented on Kael'thas for months or even years to come.
Since we have had no people interested in developing the guild, recruitment and instance scheduling have been nil. You ask: What kind of guild can we have then? My answer: At most, our guild can be a band of people who come online to do dailies and have no time to commit to much else besides slow progression in Warcraft.
Brewfest Champions may one day have a small future, though. If it was one thing we lacked, it was a healer and a proper tank. Slowly but surely, I have been working on two alts. Coincidentally, I'm working on a warrior and a priest. If I can level these two alts, then Brewfest Champions will have the healer and tank it needs. But that day is still a ways away.
"I have no where else to go. Can I stay in Brewfest Champions?"
Sure! Stay, my friend! I'm not goin' anywhere! I'm addicted to Warcraft!
I check in every day, if not every few days. If you just wanna continue carrying the Brewfest Champions guild name over your head, stay! If you have a sudden urge to take control and liven up the guild by recruiting and setting up instances, that would make me happy! I'll make ya an officer if that happens.
As for those who are offline for over 2 months, I will clear them out, as our policy promises.
Well gents, that is all for now. There will always be a Brewfest Champion somewhere out here!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wanted: Instance/Raiding Officer
Folks, I'm back from a 2-week hiatus with my family. Apparently my wife had a kid, and that took up a bit of time, and you know. And in the course of that joyous two weeks, the guild has been neglected a bit, and consequently, we lost some folks.
Nevertheless, Brewfest Champions is still alive, damnit. We are the unflushable turd of Kael'thas. You can't git rid of us.
We've welcomed some new members, and returning members. Nomi is back with our guild with an alt named Taffey. So we welcome Taffey back to the fold! There are other new folks who are at low levels in the guild--and damnit, I swear I'll update this post with yer names! But at the moment, I'm up here at the ol' job typing this blog out, and I have no access to our guild records.
It occurs to me that our guild needs two important people to make this organization work:
1. We need an enthusiastic recruiter
2. We need an organizer for instances and raids
Months of trying to do both have taught me that I am more built for the former. I like recruiting and bringing people into the guild. I would have no worries if I could just simply focus on that one task.
But setting up raids and doing instances is difficult for me because I do not have the time for that. I can't even find time to run a raid instance, let alone set one up. (Thank the newborn for that one, fellas.)
Therefore, I need a "Number 1" to do this. I need someone to set up instances and raids and ensure that those raids and instances are run. The instances or raids can be of any level. We got many leveled players in Brewfest Champions. No worries if we have instance runs through Shadowfang Keep, or Mauradon. (In fact, there have been talks of perhaps expanding ourselves largely into the low-leveled population. If we can create a low-leveled base of Brewfest Champions, and nurse them all into maturity, perhaps we'd have a potent collective of high-leveled players in time.)
Anyway, I need a Instance/Raid organizer. We need a Raid officer! Comment here if yer interested, or send me an in-game mail!
-Nob the Warlock
Nevertheless, Brewfest Champions is still alive, damnit. We are the unflushable turd of Kael'thas. You can't git rid of us.
We've welcomed some new members, and returning members. Nomi is back with our guild with an alt named Taffey. So we welcome Taffey back to the fold! There are other new folks who are at low levels in the guild--and damnit, I swear I'll update this post with yer names! But at the moment, I'm up here at the ol' job typing this blog out, and I have no access to our guild records.
It occurs to me that our guild needs two important people to make this organization work:
1. We need an enthusiastic recruiter
2. We need an organizer for instances and raids
Months of trying to do both have taught me that I am more built for the former. I like recruiting and bringing people into the guild. I would have no worries if I could just simply focus on that one task.
But setting up raids and doing instances is difficult for me because I do not have the time for that. I can't even find time to run a raid instance, let alone set one up. (Thank the newborn for that one, fellas.)
Therefore, I need a "Number 1" to do this. I need someone to set up instances and raids and ensure that those raids and instances are run. The instances or raids can be of any level. We got many leveled players in Brewfest Champions. No worries if we have instance runs through Shadowfang Keep, or Mauradon. (In fact, there have been talks of perhaps expanding ourselves largely into the low-leveled population. If we can create a low-leveled base of Brewfest Champions, and nurse them all into maturity, perhaps we'd have a potent collective of high-leveled players in time.)
Anyway, I need a Instance/Raid organizer. We need a Raid officer! Comment here if yer interested, or send me an in-game mail!
-Nob the Warlock
Sunday, October 11, 2009
What to do at level 80...
Just yesterday, a good friend said to me: "I'm at level 80 now, and it's boring because there's nothing to do."
I found this interesting. My colleague then stated he was starting a new character out of boredom!
But there are things to do at level 80. I know this, for I've been level 80 for at least three months now!
The activities are as follows:
-Max out your 2 particular professions
-Max out your 3 general professions (cooking, fishing, first aid)
-Become a Crusader at the Argent Tournament
-fight in the Trial of the Champion, or Trial of the Crusader
-Raid with your guild...which we shall start to do this week.
-Obtain 100 mounts--I believe you get a very special mount reward for that one
-assist other players who are still leveling
-go through all the instances you couldn't go through before (WoW Classic and BC instances)
-Do 25 dailies (get up to 450 gold a day with all 25 dailies in Northrend)
-Achievments: Do all quests and instances in Northrend
-Obtain all the PVP gear and tear ass against the Alliance. Pick on weak alliance opponents! (I recommend boosting your resilience for that one! As a warlock, I'm working to attain over 800 resilience)
-Become exalted....with everyone.
There's plenty of junk to do! But, if you wanna start an alternate toon, that's always an option, too. Myself, I got a level 40 warrior sitting around I need to level someday. A priest too. (In fact, if it's one thing our guild needs, it's more healers.)
Okay...that's all ol' Nob can think of. Remember, Naxx on Thursday guys! We even have people outside our guild checking out this webpage and asking to go. So...get yer asses ready!
And, if you fellas wanna try a 10-Man Trial of the Crusader on Monday, I'm in.-Nobious the Warlock
I found this interesting. My colleague then stated he was starting a new character out of boredom!
But there are things to do at level 80. I know this, for I've been level 80 for at least three months now!
The activities are as follows:
-Max out your 2 particular professions
-Max out your 3 general professions (cooking, fishing, first aid)
-Become a Crusader at the Argent Tournament
-fight in the Trial of the Champion, or Trial of the Crusader
-Raid with your guild...which we shall start to do this week.
-Obtain 100 mounts--I believe you get a very special mount reward for that one
-assist other players who are still leveling
-go through all the instances you couldn't go through before (WoW Classic and BC instances)
-Do 25 dailies (get up to 450 gold a day with all 25 dailies in Northrend)
-Achievments: Do all quests and instances in Northrend
-Obtain all the PVP gear and tear ass against the Alliance. Pick on weak alliance opponents! (I recommend boosting your resilience for that one! As a warlock, I'm working to attain over 800 resilience)
-Become exalted....with everyone.
There's plenty of junk to do! But, if you wanna start an alternate toon, that's always an option, too. Myself, I got a level 40 warrior sitting around I need to level someday. A priest too. (In fact, if it's one thing our guild needs, it's more healers.)
Okay...that's all ol' Nob can think of. Remember, Naxx on Thursday guys! We even have people outside our guild checking out this webpage and asking to go. So...get yer asses ready!
And, if you fellas wanna try a 10-Man Trial of the Crusader on Monday, I'm in.-Nobious the Warlock
Friday, October 9, 2009
Naxx for now, Uldar later.
I was excited to do an Uludar run yesterday. I got REAL pissed when I was told I wasn't "leet" enough.
Therefore, I'm pushing this guild to finally start gearing up for raids.
How do you gear up for a raid?
Get good gear by doing Heroic level 80 instances and the Heroic Tournament of Champions. Also, we need to do a Naxx run together to accumulate good gear. I would like to do this next Thursday. Please put in the comments form on this post if you can go. I will mark it on our calendar.
About ten of us are level 80. Keep recruiting. We will get more.
I'll update more this weekend.
-Nob
Therefore, I'm pushing this guild to finally start gearing up for raids.
How do you gear up for a raid?
Get good gear by doing Heroic level 80 instances and the Heroic Tournament of Champions. Also, we need to do a Naxx run together to accumulate good gear. I would like to do this next Thursday. Please put in the comments form on this post if you can go. I will mark it on our calendar.
About ten of us are level 80. Keep recruiting. We will get more.
I'll update more this weekend.
-Nob
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Brewfest is over...
Oh no. It's all over. No more pirates. No more keg runs, or dwarf battles. No more varieties of beer that buff us during our battles. If we're lucky, we came away with some nifty trinkets to keep the magic kindled throughout the year while we wait for the next festival.
And with Brewfest goes many people's opportunities to gain those nifty Brewmeister promotions that come with the festival. Have no fear though. In a month, I will unleash a new promotion opportunity. In the middle of November, you'll hear about it. And not before!
Some are interested in promotions within the guild based on merit. Sounds like a hot ticket to me. But it will take me some time to devise a way for guildies to prove themselves worthy of that kind of officer promotion. I can say this much...ol' Nob wants devoted enthusiastic consistent officers who can kick ass and carry a good sense of humor with em! So, that means: recruit for me, lead instance runs, participate with the website, and get yer name circulating among the tribe. A Brewfest Champion with that kind of streed cred will definitely get my consideration.
For now, let's deal with the reality before us. We now have to settle for Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or Valentine's Day holidays, and crud like that. But no longer can we enjoy that greatest holiday of em all. The very holiday that ESTABLISHED our loverly little guild.
Yes friends. Brewfest is over.
And with Brewfest goes many people's opportunities to gain those nifty Brewmeister promotions that come with the festival. Have no fear though. In a month, I will unleash a new promotion opportunity. In the middle of November, you'll hear about it. And not before!
Some are interested in promotions within the guild based on merit. Sounds like a hot ticket to me. But it will take me some time to devise a way for guildies to prove themselves worthy of that kind of officer promotion. I can say this much...ol' Nob wants devoted enthusiastic consistent officers who can kick ass and carry a good sense of humor with em! So, that means: recruit for me, lead instance runs, participate with the website, and get yer name circulating among the tribe. A Brewfest Champion with that kind of streed cred will definitely get my consideration.
For now, let's deal with the reality before us. We now have to settle for Thanksgiving, or Christmas, or Valentine's Day holidays, and crud like that. But no longer can we enjoy that greatest holiday of em all. The very holiday that ESTABLISHED our loverly little guild.
Yes friends. Brewfest is over.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
======>Post schedules here!<=======
Hello my little dumplings. Daddy hasn't forgotten you. All 30+ of you.
As you can see by checking your guild tab, we have over thirty guild members enrolled in the Brewfest Champions at this point. So far, so good!
But unlike the early days when we were whimsical and light-hearted...we now have a tribe of killers. And that's just how I like it. More corpses for me to eat.
Requests have lately flown my way that ask when we can do instances, when we will do raids, and how our ranking system works. Looks like our guild's becomin' more serious.
So, in order to start organizing guild instances, I am requesting that each guild member please submit their schedule to me in this comments forum here. Just click on the comments link at the bottom of this blog entry here, and tell us your schedule.
"What do I do when I click on the comments button?" you ask. Simple, first you leave the message of your schedule right in this big area here...
Then, after that, you have to type in a password so that the Blogspot people know yer not a spamming machine...
Finally, you need to leave your name. To do that, just click on this option here:
A window will come up with an option for you to leave yer name.
You don't have to worry about the URL.
Incentive? Well, like the Brewfest photo contest, there is an incentive for participating on this little webpage. Post a comment, and ya get 5 gold. That's right kids. Your opportunity for a little free money is here again.
As you can see by checking your guild tab, we have over thirty guild members enrolled in the Brewfest Champions at this point. So far, so good!
But unlike the early days when we were whimsical and light-hearted...we now have a tribe of killers. And that's just how I like it. More corpses for me to eat.
Requests have lately flown my way that ask when we can do instances, when we will do raids, and how our ranking system works. Looks like our guild's becomin' more serious.
So, in order to start organizing guild instances, I am requesting that each guild member please submit their schedule to me in this comments forum here. Just click on the comments link at the bottom of this blog entry here, and tell us your schedule.
"What do I do when I click on the comments button?" you ask. Simple, first you leave the message of your schedule right in this big area here...
Then, after that, you have to type in a password so that the Blogspot people know yer not a spamming machine...
Finally, you need to leave your name. To do that, just click on this option here:
A window will come up with an option for you to leave yer name. You don't have to worry about the URL.
Incentive? Well, like the Brewfest photo contest, there is an incentive for participating on this little webpage. Post a comment, and ya get 5 gold. That's right kids. Your opportunity for a little free money is here again.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Pics from Tonight's Direbrew Run
Folks,
Here's tonight's pictures from our successful Direbrew Run!
Well done, everyone! We did well, even though we didn't have a single priest or shaman!
Too damned bad we didn't have a single mount drop for us.
Maybe next year though!
Yes friends, it seems our guild is growin' at such a pace, we can start doin' instance runs together finally. Tonight, at one point, there were a total of 6 guildies online at once.
Not bad for a guild formed on an established 5-year old server.
In addition to this run, Kills, Nomi and myself did a Wintergrasp battle together--and we didn't do too bad for ourselves. In fact, we kicked serious ass. Good work folks.
Although the Brewfest season is wrappin' up, this guild will stay right where we are. Our plan? Recruit the whole damned server, until Blizzard is forced to rename the server known as "Kael'thas."
Some day, with our dedication, we'll make this place the Brewfest server!
And, damnit, we're gonna be the envy of this WoW universe one way or another!
Here's tonight's pictures from our successful Direbrew Run!
Well done, everyone! We did well, even though we didn't have a single priest or shaman!
Too damned bad we didn't have a single mount drop for us.
Maybe next year though!
Yes friends, it seems our guild is growin' at such a pace, we can start doin' instance runs together finally. Tonight, at one point, there were a total of 6 guildies online at once.
Not bad for a guild formed on an established 5-year old server.
In addition to this run, Kills, Nomi and myself did a Wintergrasp battle together--and we didn't do too bad for ourselves. In fact, we kicked serious ass. Good work folks.
Although the Brewfest season is wrappin' up, this guild will stay right where we are. Our plan? Recruit the whole damned server, until Blizzard is forced to rename the server known as "Kael'thas."
Some day, with our dedication, we'll make this place the Brewfest server!
And, damnit, we're gonna be the envy of this WoW universe one way or another!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Brewfest Photos of the Brewfest Champions
Well gents, here it is! Photo time! So far, we got a few photos. Cash money goes to these fellas for their contribution to yer guild page. 
Will we get more? We'll see--because there's only a few days of this free beer left.
For now, I present to you our photos from this year's Brewfest, 2009.
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...Brewmeister Celynas' Ram (Nice view of Ogrimmar!)
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...The powerful vomit of Razbek the Terrible!
(Watch, as the filthy troll pukes all over himself and our precious beer!)
...A man proud of his accomplishments! Take notes. (Nice work, Killidin)
...ya know, nothin' says an Oktober Brewfest like a good ol' fashioned Viking helmet! (Howdy Porgar!)
...Bubnite, kickin' ass in Hellfire Penninsula. (Welcome to the guild, dude!)
Will we get more? We'll see--because there's only a few days of this free beer left.For now, I present to you our photos from this year's Brewfest, 2009.
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...Brewmeister Celynas' Ram (Nice view of Ogrimmar!)
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...The powerful vomit of Razbek the Terrible!
(Watch, as the filthy troll pukes all over himself and our precious beer!)
...A man proud of his accomplishments! Take notes. (Nice work, Killidin)
...ya know, nothin' says an Oktober Brewfest like a good ol' fashioned Viking helmet! (Howdy Porgar!)
...Bubnite, kickin' ass in Hellfire Penninsula. (Welcome to the guild, dude!)
Direbrew Run Monday 9pm
Now, I know you fellas have been as enthusiastic about this beer festival as I have been! Maybe you've even managed to accumulate all the Brewfest crap you can carry, and yer bank is overloaded with junk now!
Nonetheless, we are entering the third week of Brewfest, which is also the shortest and last week of the festival.
All such things must come to an end, I suppose. It's the Second Law of Thermodynamics, after all. Besides, a keg can only be tapped so much until it is dry.
Nevertheless, Brewmeister Porgar has insisted on one last hoorah for our cult, scheduled for Monday at 9pm. Yes, we are finally doing yet another guild activity together. I'm confident it will be a grand success that will earn the inspiration of other WoW players, and we'll have rivers of recruits once we accomplish our goal.
At 9pm on Monday night, I'd like for us Brewfest Champs to try to meet up for one last shot at Direbrew's jaw.
That son of a bitch owes me a kodo, and I aim to collect.
So...if ya'll wanna get some good clean revenge on Coren Direbrew and his family, then let's meet up and slice into his gut at 9pm tomorrow night. We'll slice and dice until we've had our fill of his smelly little Iron Darf blood!
Now, doing a Direbrew run with you fellas would be great for several reasons. First of all, it would be great because our guild would actually be running something together. We just don't get to meet up as much as I'd like--though that will change with the more recruits we get.
But also, with a team of our own, we could fight the bastard with our own tactic.
What am I talking about?
Well, I've found that I could get better drops off of Direbrew if we kill off his adds and his sisters/wives. In fact, we could probably continuously kill them off for a good five minutes, and I wouldn't be surprised if we got a lot of good drops. Now, I could be wrong--but I'd like for us to at least try to farm his family.
Can you guys imagine what it'd be like to have a group of five people collect five Brewfest Mounts from one Direbrew run? Then, we could truly say that we were Brewfest Champions at that point.
However, if we're gonna be able to try anything, we gotta meet up for the event together. So...level 75 and up, come online at around 8:30pm server time tomorrow, Monday night.
We'll tear it up one more time before the festival ends!
I'll miss the Brewfest after this week. I hate the fact it comes only once a year. But I guess that's what makes it special.
There will always be a place in my cold dead heart for free beer.
Nonetheless, we are entering the third week of Brewfest, which is also the shortest and last week of the festival.
All such things must come to an end, I suppose. It's the Second Law of Thermodynamics, after all. Besides, a keg can only be tapped so much until it is dry.
Nevertheless, Brewmeister Porgar has insisted on one last hoorah for our cult, scheduled for Monday at 9pm. Yes, we are finally doing yet another guild activity together. I'm confident it will be a grand success that will earn the inspiration of other WoW players, and we'll have rivers of recruits once we accomplish our goal.
At 9pm on Monday night, I'd like for us Brewfest Champs to try to meet up for one last shot at Direbrew's jaw.
That son of a bitch owes me a kodo, and I aim to collect.
So...if ya'll wanna get some good clean revenge on Coren Direbrew and his family, then let's meet up and slice into his gut at 9pm tomorrow night. We'll slice and dice until we've had our fill of his smelly little Iron Darf blood!
Now, doing a Direbrew run with you fellas would be great for several reasons. First of all, it would be great because our guild would actually be running something together. We just don't get to meet up as much as I'd like--though that will change with the more recruits we get.
But also, with a team of our own, we could fight the bastard with our own tactic.
What am I talking about?
Well, I've found that I could get better drops off of Direbrew if we kill off his adds and his sisters/wives. In fact, we could probably continuously kill them off for a good five minutes, and I wouldn't be surprised if we got a lot of good drops. Now, I could be wrong--but I'd like for us to at least try to farm his family.
Can you guys imagine what it'd be like to have a group of five people collect five Brewfest Mounts from one Direbrew run? Then, we could truly say that we were Brewfest Champions at that point.
However, if we're gonna be able to try anything, we gotta meet up for the event together. So...level 75 and up, come online at around 8:30pm server time tomorrow, Monday night.
We'll tear it up one more time before the festival ends!
I'll miss the Brewfest after this week. I hate the fact it comes only once a year. But I guess that's what makes it special.
There will always be a place in my cold dead heart for free beer.
Short Brewfest Intermission
Before I go on with this next post, I gotta apologize that I haven't been able to get the latest few posts up fast enough. The next post needed to go up yesterday. However, I've been runnin' like crazy up here at my job, and I was unable to post anything from home last night due to the fact the wifey may squirt out a kid any day now. We're hoping to induce labor next Tuesday...but it's been a full moon lately, and you know what they say about pregnant women and full moons! (Or do you?)
Chances are that I'll be even more sporadic with my online activity and postings for the next week or two, though I'll do my best to be consistent with my cult of Brewfest fans. Just please understand...I'm about to have a kid here!
That being said, let's move on!
Chances are that I'll be even more sporadic with my online activity and postings for the next week or two, though I'll do my best to be consistent with my cult of Brewfest fans. Just please understand...I'm about to have a kid here!
That being said, let's move on!
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Brewfest Photo Contest Shall Proceed
Yesterday evening, I was able to check in with Taynor and Razbek. They were workin' together on leveling up North in Azshara. 
So far, so good--keep it up fellas!
Remember, if you need anything, let the guild know.
And don't forget, I can always cast some expertise enchants to help ya level, and, of course, while Brewfest proceeds, there's always the 6:15 buff from the Tapping of the Keg, which boosts your experience accumulation.
While we were visiting on a rock next to the monster-filled ocean, the subject of photography arose once again. It was decided that Brewfest Champions will push through with a photo game. The object is simple. Send me a good photograph of something hopefully brewfest-related, and I'll post it and award ya with an award of gold. Easy money.
And now comes the question: have you ever taken a photo with Warcraft before? If not, the process is simple. All you do is hit the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. This action will photograph everything on your screen, including your toolbar.
What if you don't want your toolbar in the photo? Simple. Hit Alt-Z to remove your toolbar from view. Hit Alt-Z to bring it back.
Sometimes, I like to remove the names from above players, to provide for a nice clean picture. To do that, you need to go to your Interface menu to remove Names.
To obtain this photograph, you need to go into your Warcraft folder on your computer. There, in your Warcraft files is a folder titled "Screenshots." It is there that you can find your images, which are usually saved in jpeg format.
Rename them if you wish, and send me a copy of your picture. Send the copy to brewfestchampions@yahoo.com. I'll post em, and promptly send ya a cash reward as soon as I can get my WoW-addicted ass to a computer.
There's plenty of places in Azeroth to get a good picture, and there's plenty of stations where the Brewfest decorum is set up that you wouldn't even suspect. For instance, I bet you have no idea where the hell this is at!
I look forward to gettin' mails from you chums outside WoW. It really helps fight the monotony of my 16-hour shift at the job, and the website and mail system are the only ways for me to communicate to you during weekends. So now, let's see who'll read this!
Hardy har har!
So far, so good--keep it up fellas! Remember, if you need anything, let the guild know.
And don't forget, I can always cast some expertise enchants to help ya level, and, of course, while Brewfest proceeds, there's always the 6:15 buff from the Tapping of the Keg, which boosts your experience accumulation.
While we were visiting on a rock next to the monster-filled ocean, the subject of photography arose once again. It was decided that Brewfest Champions will push through with a photo game. The object is simple. Send me a good photograph of something hopefully brewfest-related, and I'll post it and award ya with an award of gold. Easy money.
And now comes the question: have you ever taken a photo with Warcraft before? If not, the process is simple. All you do is hit the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard. This action will photograph everything on your screen, including your toolbar.
What if you don't want your toolbar in the photo? Simple. Hit Alt-Z to remove your toolbar from view. Hit Alt-Z to bring it back. Sometimes, I like to remove the names from above players, to provide for a nice clean picture. To do that, you need to go to your Interface menu to remove Names.
To obtain this photograph, you need to go into your Warcraft folder on your computer. There, in your Warcraft files is a folder titled "Screenshots." It is there that you can find your images, which are usually saved in jpeg format.
Rename them if you wish, and send me a copy of your picture. Send the copy to brewfestchampions@yahoo.com. I'll post em, and promptly send ya a cash reward as soon as I can get my WoW-addicted ass to a computer. There's plenty of places in Azeroth to get a good picture, and there's plenty of stations where the Brewfest decorum is set up that you wouldn't even suspect. For instance, I bet you have no idea where the hell this is at!
I look forward to gettin' mails from you chums outside WoW. It really helps fight the monotony of my 16-hour shift at the job, and the website and mail system are the only ways for me to communicate to you during weekends. So now, let's see who'll read this!
Hardy har har!
We welcome new recruits!..We have rewards for photos!
Last night, in the wee hours of the morning before the 6:15am tapping of the keg, Brewfest Champions welcomed three new recruits.
I introduce to you Kagish, Pablosandovl, and Aeloria! (Photo of Aeloria coming soon.)
These fellas were, of course, playing on the third shift...so chances are they'll be a late-night addition to our little crew. The more, the merrier, gents!
Keep workin' on those rams and kodos fellas. Become a Brewmaster so I can recruit ya up to a Brewmeister! Get a keg of Brewfest Beer for when the season ends! And kick the ass of the Alliance!
Now, remember everyone, ya'll still have the power to recruit yerselves...so reel em in! The more we get in, the more a chance we have on raiding.
Of course, the idea has always been that we're a rag tag group of renegade outcasts on Kael'thas. But still! It'll be nice if we can do some instance runs and maybe some raids later on, if we have the numbers. So far, we're up to 25 members, and about 10 of em are level 80. So...we're doin' good!If any of you newer members have any questions for ol' Nob, and ya need to contact me outside of this game, send an email to brewfestchampions@yahoo.com. I'm able to correspond on weekends in that manner only. (I only get to play an hour on Saturday nights.)
In any case! Brewfest continues! Drink up fellas! Enjoy the holiday, because it only comes once a year!
Take a good photo of yerselves and send it to the email address I posted above. As long as it's decent, I'll post it, and I can include a small cash prize for ya. One photo per member!
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Brewfest: End of Week 2
Well done, well done everyone! Folks are really doin' well this week representin' us during the Festival. All week, our crew has been fighting and killing Direbrew and his family, robbing them of their goods and stealing his cattle.
The recruting has also been good this week. As of the end of this week, we had up to 25 members in our guild. Over ten of us were level 80. That's a quarter of a hundred members, fellas. Good good. But it dropped, of course. It happens. In fact, by November I expect there to be a purging of members who've been inactive for over two months. We gotta clean up the ranks, gentlemen. Don't be fearful when our numbers drop a bit. It must happen for us to retain a solid core of players.
But have no fear. We'll recruit more. Next week is the third great week of Brewfest, and there's plenty of opportunity to reel em in.
In the meantime, if any of you lower-level players (40,50...8....whatever) need a hand in questing, I'll come to your aid. Maybe we can do an instance run.
And speaking of lower levels, Outland is a great place to recruit! These fellas are strugglin' to get up to level 80. Maybe the Brewfest Champions can help em out and earn their trust.
In any even fellas, have a good time. Only a few days are left. Work hard on gettin' those tokens! Perfect that ram race to maximize your winnings! Try not to miss the "Down with the Dark Iron" quest turn ins! And don't forget to ride yer ram around Ogrimmar and bark out advertisements to anyone who hears ya. Stock up on Brewfest specialty beers. Get some regalia. Kill Direbrew a few more times.
Drink em if ya got em.
The recruting has also been good this week. As of the end of this week, we had up to 25 members in our guild. Over ten of us were level 80. That's a quarter of a hundred members, fellas. Good good. But it dropped, of course. It happens. In fact, by November I expect there to be a purging of members who've been inactive for over two months. We gotta clean up the ranks, gentlemen. Don't be fearful when our numbers drop a bit. It must happen for us to retain a solid core of players.
But have no fear. We'll recruit more. Next week is the third great week of Brewfest, and there's plenty of opportunity to reel em in.
In the meantime, if any of you lower-level players (40,50...8....whatever) need a hand in questing, I'll come to your aid. Maybe we can do an instance run.
And speaking of lower levels, Outland is a great place to recruit! These fellas are strugglin' to get up to level 80. Maybe the Brewfest Champions can help em out and earn their trust.
In any even fellas, have a good time. Only a few days are left. Work hard on gettin' those tokens! Perfect that ram race to maximize your winnings! Try not to miss the "Down with the Dark Iron" quest turn ins! And don't forget to ride yer ram around Ogrimmar and bark out advertisements to anyone who hears ya. Stock up on Brewfest specialty beers. Get some regalia. Kill Direbrew a few more times.
Drink em if ya got em.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
How to do Brewfest Daily Quests
I've actually come across a few folks who have no idea what Brewfest is, or what the dailies are. And yet...it's our guild's annual holiday!
So, I am here posting some explanations of how the Brewfest dailies work for everyone, so that you can learn how to earn as many Brewfest tokens between now and Saturday. The text (somewhat modified) comes from this link: http://www.wowwiki.com/Brewfest
Continuing to help out Brewfest:
After completing the quest "There and Back Again" by your respective faction, talk to your faction's. There is an option to help out by delivering more ale from the village to the . This is not a quest that will show up in your quest log, and it won't count against your daily total. It resets every 18 hours, so you can repeat it more often than daily quests.
The non-quest mechanic gives you a Rental Racing Ram for four minutes, which has an 18-hour cooldown. If the Rental Racing Ram buff is dispelled or canceled, and you cannot restore it; you simply have to wait for the reset. If you are shapeshifted, you will be unable to mount the ram, but you will have consumed your attempt, and again you have to wait to get another one. When the mechanic is started, you will be given Ram Racing Reins, however, you can also request them from the neighboring NPC to get a head start.
The non-quest mechanic works the same as the There and Back Again quest, except that for each successful delivery, you are awarded an extra 30 seconds on your Rental Racing Ram buff and 2 Brewfest Tokens.
Mastering the Ram Racing...
The maximum number of tokens that can be obtained is debatable. However you can use the following formula to predict how many coins you could win, given your run speed. Remember that each run gives 2 tokens, so for example if you have 6 successful runs you will receive 12 tokens. Ignore any remainder on the number of runs - partial runs do not count.
Number of runs = 210 seconds / (run time in seconds - 30 seconds)
In theory, if every run (including the first one where you have to speed up from a stand still) could be completed in 30 seconds or less, you would not actually have 210 runs, but an infinite number of runs. However, to even obtain a 35 second run requires a very skilled and consistent rider who was lucky enough to experience zero lag. In this scenario, it would seem the hypothetical "perfect run" would yield 84 tokens from 42 successful runs. As a point of reference, multiple contributors have reported several runs of 23 rounds, which is just over 39 seconds on average (remembering the first round is slower).
Helpful tip...
A tip for quick, easy course changes: Once you get your ram pointed on a clear straight path to an apple barrel or keg pick-up or drop-off point, rotate your camera to face the direction you'll want to travel after getting there. That way, when you reach your destination, you can press the right mouse button to change your heading instantly and accurately. The rams are always running, but the game still keeps track of whether your character is in run or stand mode. If you are in run mode many peoples' camera swings to face forward. You can just press your key bound to turn off movement. Your ram will still be running, but your camera will stay in place as if you were standing still.
You can also hold down your left mouse button after rotating the view to remain facing where you've turned the camera. While doing this, pressing the right mouse button will instantly change the direction as above.
Dark Iron Attacks
Every half-hour, a party of Dark Iron Dwarves will crash the party at the main Brewfest camps outside Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Hitting these dwarves with a beer mug will stop them from stealing the free brew. Here's how you can participate in saving the free brew for the invited guests:
Pick up a complementary sample brew from any one of the square tables. The mugs last 15 minutes, logged in or not. They are handed out from the Brewery Barkers whenever players loot a free sampler from the tables.
Using this item will cause you to quickly drink it and throw the empty mug. Staying in range (roughly 40 yards) of the NPCs that represent each brewery around the area while using a complementary brew sampler will cause them to toss you another sample. If you need to, you can always manually loot another one from the table. Drinking the mugs will get you drunk, especially if you are doing it several times in rapid succession.
If there are Dark Irons around, the mug you throw may hit one of them and knock them out. It is a random chance, and does not appear to depend on character level. This is a somewhat unique battle in WoW where a low level character can contribute as much as a high level character. The mug works even with no Dark Irons around; it will either hit your target or if you have no target it just lands on the ground. Each time you throw the mug, you lose it, but another one will quickly be thrown to you by a barker provided you are somewhere nearby. It is useful to bind the mug to a hot key in order to drink and throw rapidly.
It is not useful to chase the Dark Iron Dwarves. The empty mugs travel quite far, and moving interrupts throwing. In addition, the Dark Iron Dwarves have a brawling move that throws player characters away from them and interrupts throwing mugs, so keeping your distance allows you to attack more often.
On occasion, large silver mugs will be placed on the ground. Walking through one of these mugs will give the player a whirlwind attack buff for several seconds. When one such mug is placed on the ground, a barker will yell out "try some of this super brew".
During the 2007 Brewfest event, a stacking mark buff was awarded based on knocking out Dark Iron Dwarves, which could then be turned into tickets. For 2008 this is replaced by a daily quest offered by a remaining large cog of the Dark Iron Diggers if you're able to fight off the attackers and keep at least one of the kegs intact. The large cog has a blue quest exclamation point; loot the quest before the cog disappears. Turning the quest in to the practice mugs NPC awards 10 [Brewfest Prize Tokens]. You can assist the defense as often as you want to, but you can only get the quest once per day. If you are part of any additional successful defenses within a day, you will not be able to click on the cog for a quest.
Beating the waves of Dark Iron Dwarves is a group effort, there are too many and the drink and toss rate is too low for any one character to do this by themselves. Your assistance is always welcome by other defenders, but if you are setting aside time to do this for the quest tokens, do it at a time when the server is busy so that you will be part of a heavily defended Brewfest celebration.
You do not have to take part in the defense in order to collect this quest. The cog is available for anyone to loot if the defenders are successful. You do not have to complete the Chug and Chuck! quest first.
The Barking Run!
This quest is an advertisement for the Brewfest, and it yields 15 tokens when completed.
For the barking runs, there are no apple barrels along the route, and you will have to pace yourself. Gallop becomes counterproductive; you will build up fatigue too rapidly and be forced to go too slow. Mixing canter for speed and trot for fatigue recovery while still moving will allow you to complete the task.
When you complete the quest and are returning to the NPC, both the Alliance and Horde versions will afford you the opportunity to take a downhill shortcut. Take it if you can. Leaving Iron Forge, go down the mountainside toward the Brewfest. If you pick your way, you can have damage under 1%, but expect over 1%. If you jump straight down expect over 50% damage. In Orgrimmar, leaving the Valley of Spirits, fortuitous use of jumping down to rooftops will allow you to take a straighter route out of the city.
The quest objectives are to bark at four locations in the city, but returning to the quest NPC is not a quest objective. This means you only have to return to the NPC to turn in the already completed quest. You can switch to your normal mount, as long as you barked at all four locations while mounted on the ram (you still need the reins in your inventory and must return to a quest giver before the timer expires).
So, I am here posting some explanations of how the Brewfest dailies work for everyone, so that you can learn how to earn as many Brewfest tokens between now and Saturday. The text (somewhat modified) comes from this link: http://www.wowwiki.com/Brewfest
Continuing to help out Brewfest:
After completing the quest "There and Back Again" by your respective faction, talk to your faction's
The non-quest mechanic gives you a Rental Racing Ram for four minutes, which has an 18-hour cooldown. If the Rental Racing Ram buff is dispelled or canceled, and you cannot restore it; you simply have to wait for the reset. If you are shapeshifted, you will be unable to mount the ram, but you will have consumed your attempt, and again you have to wait to get another one. When the mechanic is started, you will be given Ram Racing Reins, however, you can also request them from the neighboring NPC to get a head start.
The non-quest mechanic works the same as the There and Back Again quest, except that for each successful delivery, you are awarded an extra 30 seconds on your Rental Racing Ram buff and 2 Brewfest Tokens.
Mastering the Ram Racing...
The maximum number of tokens that can be obtained is debatable. However you can use the following formula to predict how many coins you could win, given your run speed. Remember that each run gives 2 tokens, so for example if you have 6 successful runs you will receive 12 tokens. Ignore any remainder on the number of runs - partial runs do not count.
Number of runs = 210 seconds / (run time in seconds - 30 seconds)
In theory, if every run (including the first one where you have to speed up from a stand still) could be completed in 30 seconds or less, you would not actually have 210 runs, but an infinite number of runs. However, to even obtain a 35 second run requires a very skilled and consistent rider who was lucky enough to experience zero lag. In this scenario, it would seem the hypothetical "perfect run" would yield 84 tokens from 42 successful runs. As a point of reference, multiple contributors have reported several runs of 23 rounds, which is just over 39 seconds on average (remembering the first round is slower).
Helpful tip...
A tip for quick, easy course changes: Once you get your ram pointed on a clear straight path to an apple barrel or keg pick-up or drop-off point, rotate your camera to face the direction you'll want to travel after getting there. That way, when you reach your destination, you can press the right mouse button to change your heading instantly and accurately. The rams are always running, but the game still keeps track of whether your character is in run or stand mode. If you are in run mode many peoples' camera swings to face forward. You can just press your key bound to turn off movement. Your ram will still be running, but your camera will stay in place as if you were standing still.
You can also hold down your left mouse button after rotating the view to remain facing where you've turned the camera. While doing this, pressing the right mouse button will instantly change the direction as above.
Dark Iron Attacks
Every half-hour, a party of Dark Iron Dwarves will crash the party at the main Brewfest camps outside Ironforge and Orgrimmar. Hitting these dwarves with a beer mug will stop them from stealing the free brew. Here's how you can participate in saving the free brew for the invited guests:
Pick up a complementary sample brew from any one of the square tables. The mugs last 15 minutes, logged in or not. They are handed out from the Brewery Barkers whenever players loot a free sampler from the tables.
Using this item will cause you to quickly drink it and throw the empty mug. Staying in range (roughly 40 yards) of the NPCs that represent each brewery around the area while using a complementary brew sampler will cause them to toss you another sample. If you need to, you can always manually loot another one from the table. Drinking the mugs will get you drunk, especially if you are doing it several times in rapid succession.
If there are Dark Irons around, the mug you throw may hit one of them and knock them out. It is a random chance, and does not appear to depend on character level. This is a somewhat unique battle in WoW where a low level character can contribute as much as a high level character. The mug works even with no Dark Irons around; it will either hit your target or if you have no target it just lands on the ground. Each time you throw the mug, you lose it, but another one will quickly be thrown to you by a barker provided you are somewhere nearby. It is useful to bind the mug to a hot key in order to drink and throw rapidly.
It is not useful to chase the Dark Iron Dwarves. The empty mugs travel quite far, and moving interrupts throwing. In addition, the Dark Iron Dwarves have a brawling move that throws player characters away from them and interrupts throwing mugs, so keeping your distance allows you to attack more often.
On occasion, large silver mugs will be placed on the ground. Walking through one of these mugs will give the player a whirlwind attack buff for several seconds. When one such mug is placed on the ground, a barker will yell out "try some of this super brew".
During the 2007 Brewfest event, a stacking mark buff was awarded based on knocking out Dark Iron Dwarves, which could then be turned into tickets. For 2008 this is replaced by a daily quest offered by a remaining large cog of the Dark Iron Diggers if you're able to fight off the attackers and keep at least one of the kegs intact. The large cog has a blue quest exclamation point; loot the quest before the cog disappears. Turning the quest in to the practice mugs NPC awards 10 [Brewfest Prize Tokens]. You can assist the defense as often as you want to, but you can only get the quest once per day. If you are part of any additional successful defenses within a day, you will not be able to click on the cog for a quest.
Beating the waves of Dark Iron Dwarves is a group effort, there are too many and the drink and toss rate is too low for any one character to do this by themselves. Your assistance is always welcome by other defenders, but if you are setting aside time to do this for the quest tokens, do it at a time when the server is busy so that you will be part of a heavily defended Brewfest celebration.
You do not have to take part in the defense in order to collect this quest. The cog is available for anyone to loot if the defenders are successful. You do not have to complete the Chug and Chuck! quest first.
The Barking Run!
This quest is an advertisement for the Brewfest, and it yields 15 tokens when completed.
For the barking runs, there are no apple barrels along the route, and you will have to pace yourself. Gallop becomes counterproductive; you will build up fatigue too rapidly and be forced to go too slow. Mixing canter for speed and trot for fatigue recovery while still moving will allow you to complete the task.
When you complete the quest and are returning to the NPC, both the Alliance and Horde versions will afford you the opportunity to take a downhill shortcut. Take it if you can. Leaving Iron Forge, go down the mountainside toward the Brewfest. If you pick your way, you can have damage under 1%, but expect over 1%. If you jump straight down expect over 50% damage. In Orgrimmar, leaving the Valley of Spirits, fortuitous use of jumping down to rooftops will allow you to take a straighter route out of the city.
The quest objectives are to bark at four locations in the city, but returning to the quest NPC is not a quest objective. This means you only have to return to the NPC to turn in the already completed quest. You can switch to your normal mount, as long as you barked at all four locations while mounted on the ram (you still need the reins in your inventory and must return to a quest giver before the timer expires).
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Officer title change and new opportunity...
Today our Warsteiner-in-Chief is posting a new message:
Ramsteiners are now Brewmeisters. Become Brewmeisters with a Brewmaster achievment. See brewfestchampions.blogspot.com for details.
The message means what it says. Before, to progress in our guild, you could be promoted to Ramsteiner by simply obtaining a ram during Brewfest. The trouble with that policy is that now, rams are DROPS from Direbrew.
You must wait an entire day for your daily refresh so that you can go fight Direbrew. And even then, you only have a one in five chance of getting the ram--IF IT DROPS.
With the old policy in place, it left promotions in Brewfest Champions in the hands of chance. This officer opportunity needs to be open to ALL Brewfest Champions, and it should be based on merit and effort, not chance.
Therefore, we are changing the officer title of Ramsteiner into Brewmeister. To become a Brewmeister, you need to complete the achievement called "Brewmeister." At this point, it is still possible to win enough tokens to accomplish this. Between now and next Saturday, it is possible to accumulate 320 tokens--which is enough to purchase the Brewfest Regalia for one of the achievements. So, there is still time!
(Tonight, we will test and see if it is possible to sell back the Brewfest Regalia for a return of tokens.)
So...promotions are wide open this week gents! Brewfest only comes once a year, so give it a try!
Ramsteiners are now Brewmeisters. Become Brewmeisters with a Brewmaster achievment. See brewfestchampions.blogspot.com for details.
The message means what it says. Before, to progress in our guild, you could be promoted to Ramsteiner by simply obtaining a ram during Brewfest. The trouble with that policy is that now, rams are DROPS from Direbrew.
You must wait an entire day for your daily refresh so that you can go fight Direbrew. And even then, you only have a one in five chance of getting the ram--IF IT DROPS.
With the old policy in place, it left promotions in Brewfest Champions in the hands of chance. This officer opportunity needs to be open to ALL Brewfest Champions, and it should be based on merit and effort, not chance.
Therefore, we are changing the officer title of Ramsteiner into Brewmeister. To become a Brewmeister, you need to complete the achievement called "Brewmeister." At this point, it is still possible to win enough tokens to accomplish this. Between now and next Saturday, it is possible to accumulate 320 tokens--which is enough to purchase the Brewfest Regalia for one of the achievements. So, there is still time!
(Tonight, we will test and see if it is possible to sell back the Brewfest Regalia for a return of tokens.)
So...promotions are wide open this week gents! Brewfest only comes once a year, so give it a try!
Brewfest: End of Week 1
Well fellas, here we are at the end of our first week of Brewfest! 
Hopefully ya'll have been workin' on gettin yer achievments accomplished and what not, so that ye can be good little Brewmeisters for our happy beery guild!
If yer not gonna try to accomplish all the Brewfest Achievments, might I reccommend that you try registering with the Brew of the Month Club? It's a nice little club so far, from what I've experienced! I registered with them for 200 tokens, and they send me a new beer every month. So far, I've gotten something called Binary Brew--a goblin-based beverage that, once imbued, will cause you to speak in the Binary language of zeroes and ones (00010111110101 0101). I'll be gettin' a new beer next month!
Another dandy little item I'm curious about is the Brewfest Keg! It'd make for a swell time if we're sittin around in an instance and got nuthin' to do while we wait on players!
In any event, at this point (Saturday), if you were to get the maximum amount of tokens each day (40), you would end the Brewfest with a total of 320 tokens. That's 320 tokens to spend on items....enough to buy yer regalia if ya want.
I've heard a rumor that you can purchase your regalia, use it up in Dalaraan, and then sell it back for tokens when yer done. I hope this rumor is true, because if so, then it is possible for us to get our achievment and then get our tokens back and purchase what we REALLY want! I know yer all eyein' that pink elekk!
And aren't we glad Blizzard finally got around to fixin' that bug with "Down with the Dark Iron"!!
Without that little repair, we'd never be able to become Brewmeisters unless we strictly adhered to my uptight strategy in an earlier post (which I'm sure wouldn't work anyway).
Congratulations to Celynas for acquiring his ram! He is now a Ramsteiner of the Brewfest Champions! When I put in the requirement for ownership of a ram to become a Ramsteiner in our guild, I was unaware that Blizzard had changed the ram into a drop instead of something you could purchase. Therefore, I may consider Ramsteiner promotions in the event that you become a Brewmeister during this festival. Unlike a random drop from Direbrew, becoming a Brewmeister is something you can actually work towards if you started now. However, I need to talk this over with our second-in-command, Erishaham.
Keep up the spirit guys...as you continue to drink up the spirits! And good job on recruitin' more people during this festival! Let's see if we can't get any more before it's all done!
Hopefully ya'll have been workin' on gettin yer achievments accomplished and what not, so that ye can be good little Brewmeisters for our happy beery guild!If yer not gonna try to accomplish all the Brewfest Achievments, might I reccommend that you try registering with the Brew of the Month Club? It's a nice little club so far, from what I've experienced! I registered with them for 200 tokens, and they send me a new beer every month. So far, I've gotten something called Binary Brew--a goblin-based beverage that, once imbued, will cause you to speak in the Binary language of zeroes and ones (00010111110101 0101). I'll be gettin' a new beer next month!
Another dandy little item I'm curious about is the Brewfest Keg! It'd make for a swell time if we're sittin around in an instance and got nuthin' to do while we wait on players!
In any event, at this point (Saturday), if you were to get the maximum amount of tokens each day (40), you would end the Brewfest with a total of 320 tokens. That's 320 tokens to spend on items....enough to buy yer regalia if ya want.
I've heard a rumor that you can purchase your regalia, use it up in Dalaraan, and then sell it back for tokens when yer done. I hope this rumor is true, because if so, then it is possible for us to get our achievment and then get our tokens back and purchase what we REALLY want! I know yer all eyein' that pink elekk!
And aren't we glad Blizzard finally got around to fixin' that bug with "Down with the Dark Iron"!!
Without that little repair, we'd never be able to become Brewmeisters unless we strictly adhered to my uptight strategy in an earlier post (which I'm sure wouldn't work anyway).Congratulations to Celynas for acquiring his ram! He is now a Ramsteiner of the Brewfest Champions! When I put in the requirement for ownership of a ram to become a Ramsteiner in our guild, I was unaware that Blizzard had changed the ram into a drop instead of something you could purchase. Therefore, I may consider Ramsteiner promotions in the event that you become a Brewmeister during this festival. Unlike a random drop from Direbrew, becoming a Brewmeister is something you can actually work towards if you started now. However, I need to talk this over with our second-in-command, Erishaham.
Keep up the spirit guys...as you continue to drink up the spirits! And good job on recruitin' more people during this festival! Let's see if we can't get any more before it's all done!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Brewfest: Mid-Week 1
Folks,
I hope yer Brewfest hopes and dreams are comin' true this week!
Save up those tokens and get those achievments!
Myself, I'm hopin that I might have a little extra for either a brewfest keg.
Or maybe a pink elekk.
Haven't decided yet.
In any case, I found this great link you all should check out if you haven't seen this already.
It basically is the ABCs of Brewfest.
I've met some friends who didn't know what Brewfest was, and I was just UTTERLY SHOCKED!
So...if yer one of those types...here ya go! http://www.wowwiki.com/Brewfest
A very good page, and I'm gonna post some of the text up later, if I got the time!
Hold yer steins high!
-Nobious the Warlock
I hope yer Brewfest hopes and dreams are comin' true this week!
Save up those tokens and get those achievments!
Myself, I'm hopin that I might have a little extra for either a brewfest keg.
Or maybe a pink elekk.
Haven't decided yet.
In any case, I found this great link you all should check out if you haven't seen this already.
It basically is the ABCs of Brewfest.
I've met some friends who didn't know what Brewfest was, and I was just UTTERLY SHOCKED!
So...if yer one of those types...here ya go! http://www.wowwiki.com/Brewfest
A very good page, and I'm gonna post some of the text up later, if I got the time!
Hold yer steins high!
-Nobious the Warlock
Monday, September 21, 2009
Down with the Dark Iron
Gentlemen, we have a mission and a duty for Brewfest. I want you ALL to be there tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7pm server time to defend the barrels from the Black Iron Dwarves at the Brewfest Festival outside Ogrimmar.
Now, I know a lot of you are wondering, "How do I do that? What do I do? Is it a quest? Am I high enough?"
Well, all levels are eligible. Even level 1 can do this. There is a quest you can get for when you complete it, and I suggest ya pick it up. You'll get some useful Brewfest Tokens once we complete the bastard!
Now, how do you do it? What do you do? Well, you simply pick up Complimentary Brewfest beers, and throw it at the Black Iron Dwarves. We must prevent them from getting to the barrels and drinking out of them. If too many dwarves get to the barrels and drink from them, the barrels will break open and we'll lose.
There are three barrels to defend. If we lose a barrel, there's just THAT MANY MORE dwarves headed to the remaining two barrels. If we lose two barrels, then they'll all head to the LAST BARREL.
But also, it's a bit harder than it sounds, which is why the festival NEEDS us! I find, that in order to effectively hit a dwarf, you must be directly on top of him, or close up to him for the hit to be effective.
Often, you'll see players throwing their mugs across the field at the dwarves, but they're probably hitting no one.
BE ON TOP OF THE DWARF TO HIT HIM!
Now, when you try to get close to the guy, he'll probably knock you back a long way. Just run back in, and keep trying!
Also, to make this easier for you, put your complimentary beer mug on a quick button so that you can simply tap that button on yer keyboard and you don't have to worry about using your mouse.
You need your mouse. Why?
Because you need to select the dwarves with it. There are no hot-button selecting options for targeting a dwarf. There is no way to hit a "Tab" button to select one of these guys! No...you must select them with your mouse.
Be sure to practice before tomorrow night! I'd like it if you can prove to yerself that you can take one of these guys down!
If anyone has question, comments, or even corrections to what I've said here, please leave comments!
Now, I know a lot of you are wondering, "How do I do that? What do I do? Is it a quest? Am I high enough?"
Well, all levels are eligible. Even level 1 can do this. There is a quest you can get for when you complete it, and I suggest ya pick it up. You'll get some useful Brewfest Tokens once we complete the bastard!
Now, how do you do it? What do you do? Well, you simply pick up Complimentary Brewfest beers, and throw it at the Black Iron Dwarves. We must prevent them from getting to the barrels and drinking out of them. If too many dwarves get to the barrels and drink from them, the barrels will break open and we'll lose.
There are three barrels to defend. If we lose a barrel, there's just THAT MANY MORE dwarves headed to the remaining two barrels. If we lose two barrels, then they'll all head to the LAST BARREL.
But also, it's a bit harder than it sounds, which is why the festival NEEDS us! I find, that in order to effectively hit a dwarf, you must be directly on top of him, or close up to him for the hit to be effective.
Often, you'll see players throwing their mugs across the field at the dwarves, but they're probably hitting no one. BE ON TOP OF THE DWARF TO HIT HIM!
Now, when you try to get close to the guy, he'll probably knock you back a long way. Just run back in, and keep trying!
Also, to make this easier for you, put your complimentary beer mug on a quick button so that you can simply tap that button on yer keyboard and you don't have to worry about using your mouse.
You need your mouse. Why?
Because you need to select the dwarves with it. There are no hot-button selecting options for targeting a dwarf. There is no way to hit a "Tab" button to select one of these guys! No...you must select them with your mouse.
Be sure to practice before tomorrow night! I'd like it if you can prove to yerself that you can take one of these guys down!
If anyone has question, comments, or even corrections to what I've said here, please leave comments!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Brewfest has begun!
Gents, I present to you, Brewfest. Already, the decorations are hanging.
Wreaths with mugs of bubbling beer are hanging all over in every city almost, from Grom'gol to Ogrimmar.
At last, the wonderous holiday colors of "hops brown" adorns pillars and flag poles for the next week and a half!
Our time to get drunk and stock up on a variety of beers has arrived!
Eat lots of fatty foods, and drink plenty of beer so that it all goes straight to yer gut.
Be sure to get your easy Brewfest achievments accomplished here at the beginning of the fest.
We'll do the harder achievments later on in the week. And I'll be available to help out whoever needs it whenever I'm online.
Finally, our guild's festival is now here.
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to our guild tabard--if ya'll still wear em!
Also, this week will be a good opportunity to perhaps recruit new members into our guild, and it will be a great chance for us to promote our site.
So, be sure to catch all those lonely alcoholic outcasts who are drownin' their problems away in a stein, and ask em a question: "Why aren't ya in a guild? Wanna join mine fer a while?"
If anyone asks why they should join us, just tell em the truth! "Because, mate...we drink and cuss!"
Now, they've got plenty of good cheap drinks that will be real damned useful to us if we're in an instance or if we're raidin' or doin' PvP.
So it might be a good idea to perhaps start stockin' up on the brewskies, so long as they last beyond Brewfest. (I understand that some seasonal treats go away after the celebration's over.)
In fact, ol' Nob's thinkin' about actually opening up a bank tab JUST FOR BREWFEST BEERS to be stored in. I worry, though, if it'd last long. There's a possibility we'd be takin' out beers all the time to buff ourselves on quests...and we might run out in a matter of months. We just have to see. Because, on the other hand, what is the point of havin' a bunch of kegs and bottles and jugs if we don't drink em up?
In any event, if you've never seen Brewfest in World of Warcraft before, I think you'll like this holiday. There's nothin' like headin' into the tentgrounds, and hearin' that goofy music playin' and seein' a whole bunch of players take a load off and enjoy themselves! Really sets a good mood. Even for us zombies.
Hell...the whole damned thing gets me in the mood for the real Brewfests of my own city! I'm sure some of you folks live in areas where they celebrate Oktoberfest! Ya'll should enjoy crap like that! Ya only live once!
In any event, just talk to a goblin in most cities, and he'll direct you to the Brewfest tents, located right outside of Ogrimmar. He even assigns a happy little quest that rewards ya with some beer for when you get to the festival grounds. Just accept his directions, and head to the tents for your quick fix.
Well kids, enjoy the festival. Ol' Nob will guide ya through any issues ya come across with the Brewfest. Get yer little Brewfest pet, get yer Brewfest mug, get a hat, and get started on those damned Brewfest dailies so ya can get yer ram! Ramsteiners are honored here in the Brewfest Champions!
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Wreaths with mugs of bubbling beer are hanging all over in every city almost, from Grom'gol to Ogrimmar.
At last, the wonderous holiday colors of "hops brown" adorns pillars and flag poles for the next week and a half!
Our time to get drunk and stock up on a variety of beers has arrived!
Eat lots of fatty foods, and drink plenty of beer so that it all goes straight to yer gut.Be sure to get your easy Brewfest achievments accomplished here at the beginning of the fest.
We'll do the harder achievments later on in the week. And I'll be available to help out whoever needs it whenever I'm online.
Finally, our guild's festival is now here.
Already, from lookin' at the Brewfest colors, I am getting ideas for some changes
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to our guild tabard--if ya'll still wear em! Also, this week will be a good opportunity to perhaps recruit new members into our guild, and it will be a great chance for us to promote our site.
So, be sure to catch all those lonely alcoholic outcasts who are drownin' their problems away in a stein, and ask em a question: "Why aren't ya in a guild? Wanna join mine fer a while?"
If anyone asks why they should join us, just tell em the truth! "Because, mate...we drink and cuss!"
Now, they've got plenty of good cheap drinks that will be real damned useful to us if we're in an instance or if we're raidin' or doin' PvP.
So it might be a good idea to perhaps start stockin' up on the brewskies, so long as they last beyond Brewfest. (I understand that some seasonal treats go away after the celebration's over.)
In fact, ol' Nob's thinkin' about actually opening up a bank tab JUST FOR BREWFEST BEERS to be stored in. I worry, though, if it'd last long. There's a possibility we'd be takin' out beers all the time to buff ourselves on quests...and we might run out in a matter of months. We just have to see. Because, on the other hand, what is the point of havin' a bunch of kegs and bottles and jugs if we don't drink em up?
In any event, if you've never seen Brewfest in World of Warcraft before, I think you'll like this holiday. There's nothin' like headin' into the tentgrounds, and hearin' that goofy music playin' and seein' a whole bunch of players take a load off and enjoy themselves! Really sets a good mood. Even for us zombies.
Hell...the whole damned thing gets me in the mood for the real Brewfests of my own city! I'm sure some of you folks live in areas where they celebrate Oktoberfest! Ya'll should enjoy crap like that! Ya only live once!
In any event, just talk to a goblin in most cities, and he'll direct you to the Brewfest tents, located right outside of Ogrimmar. He even assigns a happy little quest that rewards ya with some beer for when you get to the festival grounds. Just accept his directions, and head to the tents for your quick fix.
Well kids, enjoy the festival. Ol' Nob will guide ya through any issues ya come across with the Brewfest. Get yer little Brewfest pet, get yer Brewfest mug, get a hat, and get started on those damned Brewfest dailies so ya can get yer ram! Ramsteiners are honored here in the Brewfest Champions!
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
...................Pirate Day
Fellas, today is Pirate Day. Hopefully, you bums have checked this site for updates and kept abreast of what's new this weekend! If not...well...the Pirate Day entry may be a bit shy of pictures. We'll just have to see!
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So! Here's what we got goin' on, you chumbuckets.
You head over to Booty Bay, and git yerself some nice pictures.
And you can e-mail em to either me, or our guild's Warsteiner-in-Chief, Erishaham. We can be reached at brewfestchampions@yahoo.com. Yes, we have an official email now. Send us yer Pirate Day photos, and we'll post em up on our website in the next few days.
Also, since the e-mail address is new, I just wanna say that if you ever wanna contact yer humble Zombie leader, just e-mail me at that address--brewfestchampions@yahoo.com.
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And remember, Brewfest Champions celebrate Pirate Day by actually drinkin' like pirates when they play. I reccomend a good quart sized can of Fosters.-Nob
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