{"id":957,"date":"2007-06-25T10:13:07","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/25\/down-goes-the-prince\/"},"modified":"2007-06-25T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T14:17:54","slug":"down-goes-the-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/25\/down-goes-the-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Down Goes The Prince!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me be the first to let you in on something.  If you\u2019re not part of a raiding guild in World of Warcraft and actively raiding, then you really aren\u2019t playing World of Warcraft.  I\u2019m not talking about joining an established raiding guild and just sitting back and reaping in the rewards of your better equipped guild mates.  There is no better WoW-related gaming experience than beating your head against the wall and finally, FINALLY seeing a boss killed for the first time as a guild.<\/p>\n<p>Shockforce (my guild on Arathor) downed Prince Malchezaar for the first time last night at 1:45 AM CST.<\/p>\n<p>A simple sentence, yet it does not convey the pain, angst, and sense of accomplishment that only WoW-raiding can provide.  We made 13 attempts this weekend.  In two days I spent over 250 gold on potions, reagents, and oils and it will take me a week to make up that loss.  We\u2019d been trying for four and a half hours Sunday evening and I just told the raid group that \u201cthis attempt is my last folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A guild member was listening to us through Team Speak with his headphones off.  When we all saw the Prince go down, the shouts of jubilation caused this guilidie to jump out of his seat and put his headphones on to find out what all of the raucous was about.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been in other guilds and we\u2019ve downed the Prince before, but this was the first time for Shockforce.  People that play the game and are still leveling don\u2019t really understand what WoW is all about.  That\u2019s why I always tell people to get to level 70 as quickly as possible because all of the stuff before 70 doesn\u2019t matter in the big picture.  It is preparing you to start your Karazhan raiding, which in turn prepares you for Gruul\u2019s lair, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming just doesn\u2019t get much better than this.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me be the first to let you in on something. 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