Okay so my internet connection here at school has shit out on me
completely… I’m bored, hungry, thirsty, sleepy, grumpy, happy,
nostalgic and …. something else I can’t quite describe. However, with
the end of the semester in sight and nothing else better to do, I
figured it was time I gave a comprehensive update. Don’t blame me if I
fall asleep somewhere in between.
Okay, major recap needed. WoW life. Holy crap. It’s been one year since
Ordo Eternus was founded, and I’ve been raiding for over 18 months.
Good God I need a life. In the meantime I’ve found some friends, lost
some friends, joined and left guilds, and lived to see over a dozen
fall apart either with me or shortly after I leave. Dalaran is changing
and I’ve changed a hella lot too.
OE disbanded in May 2006 after the guild not really being able to run
anything. The officers and members parted ways and were basically
spread to the four corners of the server. People stuck to their closest
friends and no more than three or four people each joined the same
guild. West, Leslie and Solen joined RS while I was spending a week at
their place. I joined CVN with Sofe. Andrew and George joined LoG.
Zanou and Mec joined Eminence. Bobo and the others joined Blurred
Reality and Legends of WoW. Jun went to Keymasters. Thus was the split
of Ordo Eternus.
I quickly grew discontent with CVN, gave them the finger (on this blog,
no less) and got myself kicked. After finding out that my apologies
were deleted by the GM of CVN, I proceeded to be emo and cry over
losing some friends. However, not many knew or cared, so I guess I
didn’t lose much. Bau and Lothrok, the officers at the time, have since
been known as the biggest censors and controllers of forums and free
speech on the server. Turns out several months later, the ditched the
guild and went to MoS. Yay. Fuckers.
Anyway, I wound up in the raiding players’ retirement home known as
Gaia, run by rogue ex-Eminence players Eveyle and Rosalin. Infernum and
Bluey were also big names in the guild, and were all about bashing on
Eminence at the time. With Bau and Loth saying bad things about me, it
was downright impossible to get into any other guild. Eminence gave me
an offer but I held off, not knowing what to think. After all, both
rival guilds were saying different things about each other. After a few
weeks of friendship, I investigated and found out Gaia was not in the
best standing rep-wise. So I bid them adieu and considered quitting WoW
right then and there. That could have been the end of my raiding life
and the beginning of my real life. I even considered transferring
servers just to start fresh. A naxx guild. Woohoo. 
But Eminence gave me a chance to prove myself amid my bad standing on
the server, and I quickly found out the joys of raiding hardcore, many
days a week, in BWL, AQ40 and Naxxramas. Shortly after my initiation, I
caught onto the boss fights and the guild was starting to get on a
roll. We were downing more and more new bosses, and I started to think
that I belonged there. Weeks went by and my membership was concrete.
More and more weeks by, with more successful new boss kills, and I was
offered an officer position. Gee, this looks like the old days in OE. I
accepted. For months until Winter break, I ran the priest team half the
time and knew all of the hardcore instances and healing assignments
like the back of my hand. Loot was awesome, friends were abound, life
was good. Andrew and LoG transferred servers in anticipation of TBC
queue’s and thought it was for good. 
The rest is history. We downed Patchwerk, Maxxena, and Thaddius in a
matter of close-together weeks. After getting them all on farm, we work
on C’Thun and Heigan. TBC comes out and puts a damper on raiding. The
rush to lvl 70 begins. People whine about not getting into instance
groups, everyone doesnt level at the same speed, and people cry more.
After being the only tank the guild would trust, Saraf, our longtime
guild leader, took a break, being tired of being asked for all the
groups. It didn’t last long as the demand for a tank continued. He then
quit the guild out of frustration for all the in-fighting and whining,
and our Naxx runs ground to a halt, a mere week after downing C’Thun.
Saraf reformed the guild under people he chose to invite, calling it
LessQQMorePewPew. Symbolic but ultimately pointless. 
The people he
invited were good, and we got new and talented players. Sadly, we ran
only 1 karazhan group and this eventually took a toll on members’
patience. We downed Prince and cleared Karazhan except for Nightbane.
Life seemed tolerable for those who got raid. Then more drama boiled up
and people whined some more about not getting into karazhan. The guild
dissolved once more, Saraf giving up on leading.
Another guild formed in its wake, led by founders of the original guild
Promise of Power, back in the day. Saraf and a few other key players
joined, but a majority of our key raiders and veterans were no longer
with us. It was a small group, with LC being the only priest. Most of
our officers from Eminence had either quit or joined splinter guilds of
their own. Acumen, Final Reckoning, The Short Bus Special, Holier Than
Thou, Moment of Silence… the list goes on. We were split up. Again. I
joined Khagan, a Windrider’s splinter, thinking I should start fresh.
Though successful, it didn’t feel the same as running raids with my
Naxx comrades. I eventually quit before my initiation completed and
gave thought about returning to Promise of Power with my friends.
CVN broke up. LoG broke up. Holier Than Thou broke up. Khagan broke up.
Obscured Reasoning splintered. Windriders splintered. Moment of Silence
downed Kel’Thuzad and managed to keep from breaking up. Heart of
Redemption broke up. Lux Socius endured. Friends joined Moment of
Silence and Downfall, the leading Obscured Reasoning splinter. Downfall
kills the first Serpentshrine Cavern boss. Badunit returns with George
and Snipes to the server. Andrew returns to the server. Luana and
Endrid start playing again. Being membered in PoP has given me the time
of my life with my friends and the best loot a priest can get. I am the
only one in the guild with a Light’s Justice
still. My friends are returning to the server, we’re kicking ass about
to go to Serpentshrine Cavern, and my lag is preventing me from doing
anything.
Well gee, it feels like I’ve gone through just as many friends as
guilds. Shall I list all the women I’ve known closely during my WoW
career? Alyssa, the marine, broke up with me after I failed to keep in
touch with her. Amy, the guild priest who left because of real life
issues and some personal ones, and who also didn’t end up with me
because she was still dealing with being pregnant and her ex-husband.
Rydavim, who while my age lived in a different state and left the guild
Eminence backstabbed her. Renazu, who turned out to be married and with
kids anyway, was also left behind my Eminence drama. Kagehime, who
while also my age, could not be in a relationship with anyone because
she lived in NY and was quitting in a month – she has since gone
missing without a goodbye. Currently I still know Audrey, from
Indianapolis, and look forward to seeing more of every day. We have not
met yet, and sometimes I get the feeling she may not be looking forward
to it.
DotA DotA DotA. Ricky and John have switched servers on WoW more than
any other person I know, even Mec, who also knows them through
Yellowdart. For OE fans, Ricky played Eilistraeen the druid and won the
ZG raptor mount. And yes, he quit shortly after the guild disbanded.
*sigh* He and John made an attempted comeback last fall, where they
eventually stopped playing. Ricky has since made ANOTHER comeback on a
shaman, but even now he hasn’t been on in a week.
So we get back to DotA. Defense of the Ancients. The game of the Gods
and the 50-minute match pitting up to 5 players versus another 5
players. Over 80 heroes and dozens of items and never the same game
twice. Hard to pick up and addicting when mastered. Best played with
friends and not as boring or time-consuming as raiding in WoW. Pity bad
internet connections discriminate equally. I’ve gotten used to
virtually any ranged hero, either agility or intelligence. Strength and
agility heroes that are melee based I haven’t gotten the hang of yet.
Lalalala. Getting more sleepy by the hour.
I will post pictures when I don’t feel like typing anymore. How do you get the text wrap to work?
Orim: lvl 30 / lvl 40 Pelors / lvl 55 Lux Socius / lvl 60 Molten Core
Orim: Ordo Eternus / Eminence December / Eminence February
Orim: LessQQ / Mid-Karazhan / Promise of Power
That took entirely too much work – getting those pictures in the right order with the captions and text wrap… Ugh. I miss the old xanga editor. Anyway, there it is. This was mostly made for West and Leslie to get them up to speed on the world of Orim. I probably won’t be going back to Keymasters anytime soon, but my farming alt, Daisha, a night elf rogue, is in the guild to keep in touch
. Gratz on baby Violet!
Ew. 2:30 am. I’m done. Ciao!
~ Chris Walden
