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DMT: 4 Years On

As of today, Deadmoon is officially four years old.

Every year around this time I end up reflecting on exactly what it is we've witnessed as a guild. We're now in WoW's second expansion, having formed just one month after the original release of the game; we've survived the rocky transitions between different raiding environments; we've had friends come and go, and have run three fantastic out of game DMT-Fest events. Were it not for the excellent people we've met and recruited along the way, none of this would have been possible.

While most of you don't remember the earliest days of DMT, all of you have inherited what truly is years of effort, our unique position on our server, and most importantly - our name. To all of you who have helped to make that happen, thank you.

Wishing all of you well through the holidays and the new year,

My best,

- Tazz

WLK Raid Beginnings

Over two weeks, we've managed to clear out our first full-25 instance with Kel'Thuzad down, along with some of the prior minor-25's.

Coming out of the relatively demanding environment that TBC presented for us raid-wise, the pacing has been an interesting change of pace. While we can expect the complexity of raid-level encounters to be higher down the road, Blizzard has once again thrown up a new approach with this expansion.

We'll continue to shore up our Naxx performance as we push ahead over the coming weeks - be sure to check the signups for any updates.

Good hunting,

- Tazzo

Wrath of the Lich King

After months of lead-up, the inevitable is finally here: Wrath of the Lich King has been released, and with that Deadmoon enters its second full expansion.

While the next couple weeks will mainly consist of folks leveling at varying paces towards 80, we do have important organizational elements coming up: we'll be preparing for multiple Naxx groups, registering main swaps, tweaking our DKP system, and looking out for new blood well suited to DMT's style. While we won't be changing anything overnight, every expansion presents a new set of challenges that we'll aim to meet head-on.

Covering those and other issues, we'll have more later. In the meantime, enjoy the content.

See you in-game,

- Tazzo

Illidan Down; Done Before 3.0

On the tail end of a tough haul through BT over the last few weeks, we've finally managed it: Illidan is down.

With 3.0 just around the corner, this was our last real chance to finish out the fight before it no longer mattered. We've had good shots at him over a long period of time now - but as with many guilds, we've run into successive roster issues, especially with the expansion coming so soon in the future. At no point was this fight a foregone conclusion for us: we've had to work for it.

To everyone who's logged the hours to get here or supported us on the way, whether you worked on the fight with us or not, thank you for your dedication. The simple fact is that with the conditions we've faced, most groups would have given up a long time ago. Here's to you for getting it done.

Kudos,

- Tazzo

Council Cleared

With only two shots to try it tonight, we managed to bring down the Illidari Council, in one of our best late-run performances through BT so far.

With the state of Gorefiend raiding being what it is right now, this hasn't been an easy feat for us - we've had to persevere through scrapped raids, core membership burnout, and flukey mid-BT performances. On the whole, however, we've managed to keep things together, and with tonight, finally strike down the last barrier between us and Illidan.

Thank you to everyone who's helped to keep us going, both new member and old - well done.

- Tazzo

DMT Fest '08

For the third year in a row, we've lead a successful gathering of our DMT crew and friends - this time in Tampa, FL - over the past weekend. With the final tally standing at 34 people attending, it was also our largest DMT Fest to date.

All in all, we had a fantastic time staying up late, drinking too much, and taking time to meet folks who hadn't had a chance to attend our last two events. Thank you to everyone who attended, housed rowdy DMT'ers, manned the grill, and ferried folks around - and most of all to Cheri and Teya for successfully leading and organizing this event for the third year running.

Best of luck to everyone heading out - it was excellent getting to meet so many of you again.

- Tazzo

Djon & Co. - ZA Bear

This past weekend, we managed to clear through all four ZA timers for the first time. While not a critical achievement for our larger progression, it did take a good level of focus and commitment in order to finish the place out.

Congrats to Malfizen on the mount, and special thanks to Djon for driving the group through to success.

- Tazzo

Silencing Shahraz

As of tonight with a little under two hours of work, we've manged to work through Mother Shahraz, putting just one remaining fight between us and Illidan.
Thank you again to all of you who worked to get your shadow resist up to the required levels - we'll continue to smooth that out over the coming weeks.

While we haven't dropped Hyjal from our schedule yet, we'll be continuing to push ahead on these remaining fights over the coming months, making the best use possible of our limited raiding time. Please be sure to check the theorycrafting forum for information about what's coming up.

Good hunting and well done,

- Tazzo

Reliquary Sealed

Last Thursday we managed to bring down RoS. Though it took a bit longer than expected, we managed to work from a broken strategy to one that should serve us well over the next two months as we prepare for the last three fights of BT.

As a reminder, please continue to finish out your SR gear so that we'll be ready to load in for Mother Shahraz next week.

Great work again,

- Tazzo

Finishing Out Bloodboil

As a quick follow-up to our Archimonde kill yesterday, we've managed to bring down Bloodboil - excellent work to all of you for adapting our strategy so quickly there to get the kill. This puts us at 5/5 Hyjal and 5/9 BT - while we've still got a long way to go before finishing this place, we're well on our way.

See you next week,

- Tazzo