Akama History Thread

Akama, Dragonmaw, and Mug'thol
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02/13/2016 07:04 AMPosted by Vektorix
I think very very few people remember Ashes of Al'ar. We came, we saw, we killed some bosses, we vanished.


VEK!

Didn't you have a broken arm most of Ulduar?
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Lots of Missing Chupa stuff!!!!!

I do miss the good times
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02/14/2016 11:29 AMPosted by ZĂ„x
02/13/2016 07:04 AMPosted by Vektorix
I think very very few people remember Ashes of Al'ar. We came, we saw, we killed some bosses, we vanished.


VEK!

Didn't you have a broken arm most of Ulduar?


I did, and a broken back as well! I was hit by a drunk driver while on my bicycle two weeks after Ulduar came out, and it was a very long recovery. AoA mostly folded while I was in the hospital and laid up, and I ran out the Lich King clock with Acquired Taste (got Death's Demise with them too!)

I quit and come back as the whim takes me; only people I talk to regularly from the old days are Tatari (AT), Xandee (Mutiny) and Violatrix (of many guilds including AoA). What was your main back then?
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03/02/2016 06:38 PMPosted by Vektorix
I quit and come back as the whim takes me; only people I talk to regularly from the old days are Tatari (AT), Xandee (Mutiny) and Violatrix (of many guilds including AoA). What was your main back then?


Probably Zelendria/Zaxan (The lock I'm posting on but Human Female :P). I had joined maybe 2-3 months before AoA fell through.

I just remember doing Vaults and the Ulduar grind. We got Yogg to like 5% our very first attempt and never got close to it again.

Then you fell off the planet and Beastcloud took over, then it just went downhill.
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03/03/2016 08:43 PMPosted by Zaxan
03/02/2016 06:38 PMPosted by Vektorix
I quit and come back as the whim takes me; only people I talk to regularly from the old days are Tatari (AT), Xandee (Mutiny) and Violatrix (of many guilds including AoA). What was your main back then?


Probably Zelendria/Zaxan (The lock I'm posting on but Human Female :P). I had joined maybe 2-3 months before AoA fell through.

I just remember doing Vaults and the Ulduar grind. We got Yogg to like 5% our very first attempt and never got close to it again.

Then you fell off the planet and Beastcloud took over, then it just went downhill.


Wow...Zaxan rings a bell - I still have the old AoA website files here somewhere - might be in the old roster page somewhere. I only vaguely remember the name Beastcloud. I know after founding co-GM Malba retired at the end of Burning Crusade, we promoted priest Burlis to take his place but he and other co-founder Cardzilla/Cardrel didn't work as well together and while I was in hospital the wheels really came off. Then we merged with that other guild (the name of which I can't remember) and that kept us afloat for a few more weeks but it didn't work out. We had also talked about merging with Mutiny instead and I think in hindsight that would have been a much better fit. But by summer 2009 we were done. It's a real shame as we started Wrath of the Lich King with such momentum - getting The Immortal and Glory of the Raider. I think we could have done really well in Ulduar had things not gone the way they did.

This is actually an entirely different warlock than the one I played back then - I let Violatrix/Trixta use original-Vek for PvP in Cataclysm and he's still sitting on some Alliance server at like level 85 - I made her change the name so mine wouldn't be associated in case she had a rage fit after a bad battleground. I came back this time around Thanksgiving; strangely I main a Mistweaver monk now - had anyone tried to tell me I would EVER heal I'd have laughed in their face. The mouse-arm is still slow and weak from the accident, and I am getting old, so I am not hardcore by any means. I do miss the old days though - the first few months of AoA when we were getting organized and chasing guilds like Revolution and Hello Kitty Club was the best experience I had in a video game, ever

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I believe Zaxas is Annaras, right? From Why's The Rum Gone?
I'm sure my name is obvious. Ripen from Akama.
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10/24/2015 11:51 PMPosted by ZĂ„x
02/16/2015 03:53 PMPosted by Jördan
most irritating druid
JohnX (legendary hero)


That lisp was real.

Don't forget about Ashes of A'lar or Whys The Rum Gone

For S4 R1 Glads - Jah, Efficacy, Tassadar...I can't remember the other 2.


Bobsauce was one of em.
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Ahh man, this brings back memories. Whys the Rum Gone, Flying Spaghetti Monsters... I really miss a lot of great people from Whys the Rum Gone. I am one of your old officers, Pauper the Druid. I really miss Chips and his little brother.. Chipsmary! Sigh, add me if you knew me... Bitz #11447

All of my character names have Bitz in them.
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The memories are real! :O

Also hello again friends!
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This makes me miss Akama so much. I raided on Akama in vanilla with Unparalleled. I was Narcrasas, nelf hunter. In BC I mained a gnome mage Wowudiedquick with Mutiny. In Wrath I mained a dwarf DK Petergriphon and played in Revolution. Then I followed Raddyn from Unparalleled to Bonechewer-H. Thinking about coming back to Akama. How is the raiding scene?
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Does anyone have an archive of Lobo's how to move a boss without getting melee'd in the !@# guide? Was reminiscing about this the other day and can't find it in webarchive.
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Now if only Lobo had made a "how not to get sheared" guide for Auron on Illidan.
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Onslaught got Nef. Had one wipe on Skeram and that was it. Guild died after plenty of server transfers.
Loki from Onslaught got server first Thunderfury: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQkvgtGTPU (language/nerd warning)

Macabre Farmed AQ40 up to Cthun. Guild died from pre-expansion apathy.

There was one guild that formed right before TBC that did Raz. I think it was Team RCA. Was anyone else in that guild?

Source: in these guilds / present at these events
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Rolled on Akama day one and was a raider/PvPer through most of Vanilla. I was in Relisted back in the days when we were the first to clear MC/BWL and then open up AQ40. Those were some fun days. Too bad C'Thun was broken and killed the guild. Played a couple more years through WOTLK but it was never the same and quit before Cata.

Legion appealed to me although it's sad to come back and find a dead server where Horde outnumber alliance 4:1. World PvP used to be a blast around Blackrock and in Southshore but now apparently World PvP = ganking people 30 levels underneath you while you level. Sad times.
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Thanks for the Tuxedo Set Inky.
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Glad I could help!
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This is a pretty cool thread. A lot of OG raiders myself and guildies looked up to on this server. Was checking out when we did well, the leadership was not Illusios. The leaders were a European lady named Fattybumbum and myself. Good times. Also we active and back since legion. If anyone that used to be in the core sees this hit me up =D
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Looking for a late night raiding home.
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So against my better judgement, I bought legion and came back after a 9 year hiatus. Anyone from TBC legendary hero lurking around here?

-Prowls