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[b]Age:[/b]
26
[b]Availability:[/b]
I am currently working at a temporary job over Christmas and New Year's. I will typically be working late (up to 11 PM EST) during the week. This position will end in early January. I have tentative plans to travel back to Florida for a week on January 16 for several days, return and start a new job. After all of that is over, I will have a regular schedule that will allow me to be online at night.
[b]Location:[/b]
Knoxville, TN
[b]Name:[/b]
Nick
[b]Sex:[/b]
Male
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[b][u][size=150]World of Warcraft Information:[/size][/u][/b]
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[b]Armory:[/b]
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/gorgonnash/rage/simple
[b]Class, Race, & Server:[/b]
Death Knight, Orc, at Gorgonnash
[b]Computer & Connection:[/b]
Athlon X2 Dual Core, 3 GB RAM, 512 MB graphics card. I also have Knology cable, which seems alright. I'm not happy about the speeds that it offers, but I currently don't pay for the bill. I might see if it is able to be upgraded in a few months, when I have extra income.
I know that computer doesn't seem very good, and by all means, it's not. But it runs World of Warcraft fine, and I am used to playing on a dinosaur, so this new one that I got is like driving a Mercedes now! I recently moved to Tennessee from Florida, and I was not able to bring the old one with me, so I found a good deal on Craigslist.
I do have plans to custom build a new computer in 2011, probably around spring time. I am going to splurge on myself for this one!
[b]UI Screenshot:[/b]
I have been using Tukui for a long time now, I tend to modify it a little bit to suite my needs, but overall it has been very pleasant on the eyes. I dabble every now and then with some other compilations, but I always end up back to using Tukui. I have made my own several times (trying to browse forums to dig one up), and might do it again when I get a newer (larger) monitor in the spring.
[b]Keybinds:[/b]
For the most part, I don't play around with these too much anymore. I am currently waiting on a new mouse to get here, so some of the keybinds I am used to on the mouse, I can't currently use and don't have bound where I'd like to. I also haven't had a tank spec in ages, so I am still getting used to the feel of the new Blood (Blood Presence & Bone Shield, together, WAT) tanking tree. But I'll still list some of them.
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1 - Icy Touch
2 - Plague Strike
3 - Pestilence
4 - Blood Strike
5 - Obliterate
Shift 1 - Outbreak
Shift 2 - [Placeholder, Necrotic Strike?]
Shift 3 - [Placeholder, Dark Simulcrum?]
Shift 4 - Death Strike
Shift 5 - Howling Blast
Alt 1 - [Placeholder, Festering Strike?]
G - Icebound Fortitude
Shift G - Anti Magic Shield
Ctrl G - Blood Tap [Probably going to be Bone Shield in tank, trinket on use in DPS]
Alt G - [Probably going to be Vampiric Blood in tank, trinket on use in DPS]
F - Frost Strike [Runic Power dumps used to be on Mouse Button 4, that's where I prefer them, waiting on the new mouse to go back to that]
Shift F - Pillar of Frost
Ctrl F -
R - Death Grip
Shift R - Dark Command
Ctrl R - Death & Decay
T - Mind Freeze
Shift T - Strangulate
Z - Horn of Winter
Shift Z - Empower Rune Weapon
Ctrl Z - [Probably going to move Blood Tap to around here, not 100% sure yet, since the new tanking tree has so many cooldowns now]
` - Raise Dead
Shift ` - Death Pact
Ctrl ` - Raise Ally
Alt ` - Army of the Dead
Chains of Ice and Hungering Cold are not currently bound, when I get a new mouse they will be on Mouse Button 5. Other skills may change positions depending on how I feel with the new skills, but you can see that I do use keybinds.
I don't have Q & E unbound like most gamers though, however, I do use my mouse primarily to turn. I often find myself using Shift A & Shift D to strafe around, so I don't know why I haven't just replaced them. Something about the way my muscle memory works, it just feels clunky whenever I experiment with it.
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[b]Raiding AddOns:[/b]
DXE is my boss mod of choice. However, Shefki has spoken recently about his frustrations with running the AddOn and may not continue to update it, so I might be going back to DBM soon. They also have the lovely dungeon timers included, which could be useful right now.
GTFO is a cute little AddOn that beeps when you are standing in AoE damage. I just installed it last week and I may keep it around.
I have just installed LoggerHead, I never had the ability to run any combat logs in the past but I'd relish the opportunity to start doing so now.
I like to run PhoenixStyle in PUG groups. It really makes some of the repetitive tasks while running a PUG easier.
I have Tukui Class Timer running to monitor important buffs, cooldowns, spells, etc.
[b]Previous Guilds & Raiding Experience:[/b]
I am a WotLK spawn!
<Disgruntled> on Whisperwind - I started on Gorgonnash as a noob, with friends, and transferred here at the beginning of Ulduar. I was still very bad at the game when I joined, but I quickly improved. I was a tank for all of this content, up through our brutal Yogg pulls. I left this guild as they were never going to be as serious as I wanted to get in the coming months.
<Poor Impule Control> on Gorgonnash - I transferred back to Gorgonnash to rejoin my friends, after I obtained some much needed experience in a raiding environment (I did all of Naxxramas in PUGs). I started out tanking with this guild, but ended up DPSing much of the time since we were stacked on tanks, including a superb DK. This guild slowly fell apart on Heroic progression, so I jumped ship a bit early as an opportunity opened with a much better guild on our server.
<Umbral Sect> on Gorgonnash - I joined here during the <PIC> collapse, it was a great fit, I still post on their forums from time to time. I played a DPS in this guild and would continue to do so for the end of the expansion (I would tank numerous 10 mans though). Towards Heroic Sindragosa attempts, the guild would slowly crumble apart, while I had to abruptly move to Tampa (only to have to move back to Naples in 3 weeks).
<Kill Order> on Gorgonnash - After I moved back from Tampa, this was the only decent Horde guild left, so I joined it. They farmed most of the content relatively easily, but Sindragosa was a battle from time to time. We pulled Heroic Lich King numerous weeks, but never made any progression on the first Valk stage, and the guild would fall apart with burnt out or frustrated raiders.
I then had to move to Tennessee in August 2010, and would miss out on the last several months of content. I am still very sad about this, but real life is more important, and I am a much happier person now!
[b]ALTs:[/b]
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/gorgonnash/capitalist/simple
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/firetree/extophius/simple
I grew to hate my Paladin in ALT ICC 10 runs, and I never got to play my Shaman as much as I would have liked.
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[size=150][b][u]Miscellaneous Information & Walls-of-Text:[/u][/b][/size]
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[b]Contacts with <Skunkworks>:[/b]
I don't know anyone on Balnazzar. I did briefly speak to Kyth on Monday evening, I was on a Level 1 Mage named Mordekaiser. I realized that he might be the Kyth from StratFu, it was a fun chat!
He suggested that I try to get on Tuesday to chat with other Officers about some of the questions that I had. I wasn't able to make it home until after your raid times, and I didn't want to disturb that if it was going on (I wasn't sure if you are fielding your 25 man yet or not).
[b]Other Games:[/b]
I have been playing League of Legends quite frequently. I definitely enjoy the Action-RTS genre and will definitely be picking up DotA 2 when it comes out. I haven't played as many FPS games recently, but I used to love Quake 3 and Team Fortress 2. Left for Dead was also awesome for a few weeks, until it got stale. I have played chess on Yahoo! since 2001.
[b]Ventrilo:[/b]
I have been using it for years, and yes, I am not afraid to talk.
[b]Why I want to join <Skunkworks>:[/b]
This is simple, progression on only 2 days / week. I have wanted to move off of Gorgonnash for a long time now, the talent pool on Horde has dried up and left the server. I have been very picky about where I would like to go.
I recently applied to <Intent> on Kel'Thuzad (I believe they remove any applications more than a week old from their website, but you can verify it with their Officers), which was accepted as a trial. I ended up seeing the 2 hour queue times and decided that I didn't want to waste most of my current play time waiting in line. The bigger issue is that their raid times are earlier than I prefer by about 90 minutes, as the queue won't last forever.
[b]WotLK FPS:[/b]
http://i48.tinypic.com/2wc2r06.jpg
This is an old screen shot that I dug up off of the <Umbral Sect> forums today. That basically describes what most of my raiding experience in WotLK was like... choppy. It also makes me appreciate the computer that I do have now, even though it is not very good.
My old machine was a 2.2 GHZ Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM, 128 MB graphics card.
[b]WoW Goals:[/b]
I am an achievement whore, so I'd really like to go back and work on some of the raiding achievements that I have missed out on in the end of WotLK (including farming myself a Shadowmourne), once Cataclysm settles down of course. I am waiting on the Feat of Strength to drop for having Shen'drelar Exalted before the removal of the requirement for Insane in the Membrane (which I still need to finish up). I also still want to complete my Algalon key on 25 man, I only need to do Heroic Firefighter (I forgot to loot the item several times) again. I'd like to get the Herald of the Titans Feat of Strength, I was in the process of farming the gear when I had to stop playing.
I currently have 3 accounts setup with Recruit-a-Friend, and I plan to get lots of 60s so I can have an 85 of each class in this expansion. I'd really like to be able to level them in a guild, for the added experience and reputation bonuses.
I'd love to work my way into an actual raiding spot within <Skunkworks> when a position opens up. I'd prefer to get a feel for the guild atmosphere while my schedule is currently unstable, to see if it would be a decent fit for me or not. I enjoy progression raiding, as well as farming (I have yet to be burnt out on content).
I love to play the Auction House and make gold. I am a nerd when it comes to this. I don't know why, but any online game I have ever played, I have always been interested in being "rich" within it. Maybe because I'm poor in real life! :P
I used to lead our group and organize ICC 10 Drake Sale & Kingslayer runs. I found all of the buyers and made sure every person was paid each week. My friends and I were making upwards of 10,000g per week, just for farming content we were already doing regularly (or on our ALTs for their own achievements). I love organizing this sort of activity!
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[size=150][b][u]Questions About your Guild/Server:[/u][/b][/size]
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[b]Do you plan on running ALT 10 mans in Cataclysm?[/b]
This is probably the biggest deal for me right now. I would like to be able to raid content, to stay up to date with gear and tactics, in case the opportunity to ever step into your 25 man raids comes up. Kyth mentioned that the Officers don't setup 10 mans, which is understandable, but does the guild field enough players with ALTs that are interested in a weekly run?
I understand that most of the players in your guild are here for the serious progression on only 2 nights per week, and commit most of their free time elsewhere.
[b]What is the PUG situation on Balnazzar?[/b]
I understand that this is a smaller server (just going by the WoWprogress numbers, it is smaller than half of the server I am on now), but how good/bad is the general talent pool here? If I have to do a PUG to stay up to date, I will do that, I just want to know how much drinking I will have to do.
[b]What is the PvP situation like on Balnazzar?[/b]
I'm not big into PvP, but I do enjoy it as a break every now and then. I personally think that I'd prefer the Rated BGs over Arena, but who knows, DK's aren't quite as bad as they were towards the end of the expansion. =]
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