Hey there people of the ‘Net.

Huntard.

I hate that term with a passion. Over the last 2 years it has grown from a term for a hunter who couldn’t play his class to being the term FOR the class!

I am not a Huntard!

And yes before any one starts, I have been known to jump down onto a mob and beat it to death with a two handed axe. That is a character decision. I could have defeated it in many ways. Use pet? Use traps? Shoot from distance with an array of different shots? I may not have done that but I at least know how to.

I have been in situations where I took an item not for stats but for the damn cool look of it or because of the sentimental aspect of the item in the context of warcraft lore. This doesn’t mean I’m a Huntard.

I use Blizzards talent calculators, the armory and websites such as be.imba.hu, wowwiki, wowhead and the many many excellent blogs out there to gain knowledge about my class and just because I sometimes try new things and they don’t always work, or I’m not completely geared up for the spec doesn’t make me a Huntard. 

I am a Hunter.

I have pet control in combat, I provide Crowd Control for my group. I have DPS against the monsters I face. I have stocks of potions and bandages to prevent taking the healers time. I change Aspects to compliment my tactics within battles. I am armed with enough arrows not to run out in the middle of a fight. I cast Misdirection and Feign Death to manage the Aggro from an enemy. I play my class because I love it.

-Noobiwan, Hunter

Aloha guys, 

Haven’t been feeling well at all since sunday but, that has not stopped me from playing WoW in small doses (It’s Good Medicine!). 

One of the Mentor’s in the guild is leveling and gearing his Warrior Tank atm and I said I would help. This meant doing Black Morass a few times. It was easy enough with our group, so easy in fact that we were starting to think of creative ways to alter the group roles around. They didn’t let me tank though.

The tank managed to get the rep he needed and I managed to get the Hourglass of the Unraveller. Yay!

Last night, The Black Citadel took on a new boss in The Eye, High Astromancer Solarian. And like Void Reaver this boss was alot of fun and went down for us on our second try. On the first try because of lag the Raidleader (Of all people!) didn’t runaway far enough when she was the bomb and took out most of us (including me). No Hunter loot.
But the Worldstorm Gauntlets, Void Star Talisman and the Boots of the Resilient.

And finally, the dumb hunter award goes to … Me. For not paying attention to where I was and plummeting from Aldor Rise to my bloody death in Lower City. Luckily a Guildie found me and danced on my corpse. They love me really.

To the Americans I Know,

I hope you all had a Great 4th July and enjoyed your selves. 

Yesterday for the Guild Birthday run we did our usual thing, try to take a horde city. Tunderbluff was our goal. we only got Cairne down to 52% but it was only for fun and we only had 12 people doing it

We then went and did some PVP battlegrounds. A fun evening

ps Thats Softi on a horde alt next to me just watch us try and die

- Noobiewan

Aloha!

My Guild is three years old today! 

The Black Citadel was the second guild I ever joined. The first was a guild a neighbour created but I left as there was only 3 members and their alts in there That wasn’t on Noobiewan but my warrior Subtlesnake. My Wife Softi had been in TBC for a short while and I used to come back from work to Her on TeamSpeak with them while they quested and raided. She had quickly been promoted up to officer and managed to get me in with no problems with Noobiewan. In the time I’ve been there I’ve been a guildie, a raider, a mentor and an officer. We have a unique guild, focusing on progression but also focused on building a fun community. We have Guild meet-ups and I’ve had members to stay with us in my home.  I’ve designed and had printed various guild related products, Hoodies, T-shirts, mugs, mousemats, baseball caps and computer wallpapers. My guild is an important part of my world. 

Happy Birthday The Black Citadel Guild!

- A Proud Noobiewan

Aloha Gamers,

37… my Wii Fit age is 37. Thats +12 years!!! 

Something has to be done so here’s my plan. Wii Fit in the morning, Wii sports in the evening. Or maybe he other way round. pln to lose 6lb in a month. Can I do it. Have no idea.

And Super Smash Bros Brawl. 

Im a little out of practice from my Super Smash Bros Melee days. It’s a shame Snake and Sonic are not on the starting line up even though they are on the box. Link still is my best player I find. My son loves to play as Yoshi. Softi hasn’t played yet.

I know it’s not WoW related but just felt like putting something about it here.

Cya around,

-Noobie