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Reflections: The "WE'RE NUMBER ONE...ONE!" edition. PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ailinea   
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 02:53

What a week it's been for Portent Alliance!

As mentioned in a recent post, we finally downed Yogg-Saron in 10-man Ulduar. Sure, there are other guilds elsewhere who have him on farm, but you have to understand we had a few setbacks since this summer when we first got to General. It felt really good to finally get that last push and down Yoggy. We finally got that monkey off our backs!

 

Dead Yoggy

 

 

PA with dead Yoggy

 

Next, we did a fun run of Black Temple on Friday. It was only our third time in there as a guild...ever. We were not up to BT at the end of Burning Crusade, and we've been focused on raids that grant upgrades and progression now. So going back and seeing the sights has been an enjoyable break. Not only was it fun, though, but Udiyvli walked out of there carrying Illy-beans's other Warglaive of Azzinoth. I guess we WERE prepared, eh?

 

Legendary Glaivecow

 

Finally, we've been wanting to get this together for a while now, and finally managed to do it: Sarth3D. Getting the right mix of people so as not to step on the toes of either raid group, plus accomodate Real Life(TM) was the challenge. We have the people, but the schedule is another story. However, we did it...we finally did it! Here we are, posing with our new "of the Nightfall" titles next to Sartharion's butt.

 

Sarth3D

 

Now, "What does the title to this entry mean?" you're probably asking....  As mentioned below, we are the number one strict 10-man guild on the server. But interestingly enough, we are #11 in overall 10-man progression (#5 Horde-side), we were the 11th guild to down Yoggy on 10-man, and the 11th guild to do Sarth3D on 10-man. We are very proud of this status and what we have achieved as a guild.

As for what's up next: We have a 25-man run on the calendar, Team 1 is going to start pushing some more heroic achievements, and Team 2 is very near to clearing the ToC raid.

Congratulations, everyone!

 
Another Quickie: Congratulations Cadistra! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ailinea   
Thursday, 01 October 2009 15:30

Recently Cadistra, Twitter friend and "WoW, Eh?" artist extraordinaire, transferred servers and joined Portent Alliance. I have to say we consider ourselves pretty lucky to have such a wonderful friend and community presence among our ranks.

Even better? She was just notified that she won Blizzard's Monthly Comic contest!

Her prizes are three volumes of Blizzard Entertainment manga, and will be considered by TOKYOPOP for contributions to upcoming volumes of both Warcraft: Legends and StarCraft: Frontline.

We are VERY proud of and happy for her!

CONGRATS!

 
 
Just a quickie: PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ailinea   
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 03:54

We downed Yogg and Sarth2D! Know what that means?

According to GuildOx, Portent Alliance just became the #1 Strict 10-Man Progression Guild on the server!

 

 

Congratulations, everyone!

(There will be an update on the kills and screenshots soon.)

 
Reflections: The "Happy Birthday PA!" edition PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ailinea   
Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:28
Six years ago yesterday (the 21st), an Everquest GM graced us with his/her presence and blessing, and a pair of guilds was born. The Portent of Norrath and the Portent of Luclin were created when we were told by our former guild that you "can't be a guild that raids AND RPs AND treats each other like a family!" Well, why not? That made no sense! To prove them wrong, we created the sister guilds for RP reasons but always considered them one guild. It wasn't long before we merged the two.

We still consider September 21, 2003 the birthday of Portent Alliance, the organization.

Now, you have to understand the complexity in creating a guild in EQ in the first place. You had to have a guild charter already created and written up, complete with officer roles, rules, and expectations. You had to have an RP reason for your guild to exist as well. You had to get 10 people to step out of game at the same time and into the chat program that you load from the character select screen. That's where they "signed the charter," and a GM had to be present. After herding cats, you still had to wait for the GMs to email you that they approved, and wait for them to show up IN GAME to grant your guild leader the guild tag.

There was a reason that there were fewer guilds and why the reputation of the guild was taken seriously: They were so damn hard to create! When you went through that kind of trouble, you stuck to it since the creation process was such an effort in the first place! In addition, on the Firiona Vie (RP preferred) server, you only had one character per account. Considering how hard it was to level, your character's reputation was also taken seriously. Having a bad player in your guild could harm the reputation of the guild itself.

Very few guilds last more than a few months. Good guilds usually have a lifespan of a year or two. SIX years?! If we'd had a child instead, the kid would be in first grade now!

Portent Alliance is still going strong, and getting stronger every day. We've added in many great players recently, have two 10-man teams in Ulduar and doing the ToC raid, and have a constant representation in Wintergrasp. We often have heroic dungeon groups going, and help each other in regular quests. In addition, when we pull ourselves away from the raiding/dungeon/questing aspect of the game, we still have many good and active RPers developing their characters in a qualitative way.

According to GuildOx.com, PA is the top Horde-side Strict 10-man guild, and ranked #5 for the Horde in overall 10-man progression. Our raid plans in the coming weeks should boost those rankings, as well as the 25-man progression rankings.

It's no mean feat to have accomplished these achievements, but to have survived the ups and downs of being a guild for six years? There's a lot to be proud of when you have the Portent Alliance tag over your head, no matter if you're new or a guild veteran.
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