Contests a`nd the winners !, by Zorrander, on Sunday 03rd of August 2008 at 20:40
A couple of weeks ago we announced some contests for our guildmembers. In these they could earn the undying respect and honour of their peers, but even more importantly: Gold!
With the summer slack in full force everyone had the time to enter the competitions and enjoy other people's entries.
There were quite a few different categories in which to participate. In the next part we will list the categories and their winners.
In all categories the winner gets 1000 gold, the first runner-up gets 500 and the second gets 250.
Contest 1: Design a new tabard
This contest was won by Laydown. We will all be wearing his creation for the foreseeable future. In his own words he describes the tabard as follows: I believe this is the best tabard there is right now; the reason why I believe that is because it is not only diffrent from many other tabards, but also a refreshing colour. Yellow and black goes very well hand in hand, espcially in these summer months. The tabard is bulletproofed it suits all classes well with their gear as you can see.
The two runners-up are Sedona (2nd) and Lilien (3rd).
Contest 2: Banner contest
The site could use a new banner and Erinak went out and created one for us. He used the Wipus Frequentus recurring theme as the main object of his banner.
The two runners up are Anduin (2nd) and again Anduin with a different banner (2nd).
Contest 3: a PVP/PVE screenshot
This contest was won by someone that made a trip back to memory lane and went and slaughtered alliance in Stranglethorn Vale. Congratulations Mack on your victory.
The two runners up are Lilien (2nd) and Supervegeta (3rd).
Contest 4: a funny Screenshot
In this category we have a shared winner, Baax and Supervegeta both have the same amount of votes and will both take home the share sum of 1500 gold for their efforts.
Baax:
Supervegeta:
As with the winners we also have a shared 3rd place, the following people will have to share 250 gold: Bonifatius, Hammerhorn and Hellfiend
Contest 5: a scenic Screenshot
We asked for people to make some screenshots of the nicest places in the WoW universe, and they did. The winner in this competition is Zorrander.
The two runners up are Sedona and Mack, they will share the total amount of 750 gold.
Contest 6: the "no-rules" Screenshot
This contest was won by Dark(something). He was so sad that he never won grouhls wang during a raid that he made his own.
The two runners-up will once again be sharing, Sedona and Zahriel will each get half of 750 gold.
Contest 7: Movie contest
Of course no contest would be complete without a movie contest. This one was won by Erinak with his version of the guild's history in the Burning Crusade.
http://www.wipus.net/music/Erinak/Wipus_Movie.AVI
The two runners up are: Laydown (2nd) and Zorrander (3rd).
Contest 8: Epic feats
In this contest we asked for people to describe something really epic which they had accomplished with their character. In the end everyone agreed that hellfiend had been the most epic by killing of l1's of nihilums fanclub in orgrimmar.
The runners-up are Hammerhorn (2nd) and Kaeln (3rd).
Contest 9: The playlist contests
With our habit of playing music on vent during raids it's quite understandable that there is always some ongoing discussion about what is good or acceptable music. The playlist that got the most votes is Lilien's and is as follows:
1) Snow Patrol - Open your Eyes
2) Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
3) Queens of the Stone Age - In my Head
4) Stereophonics - Dakota
5) Audioslave - Like a Stone
6) Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Otherside
7) Coldplay - Trouble
8) Pearl Jam - Black (live)
9) Paul Weller - You do something to me
10) Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
The runners-up are Strangepork (2nd) and Hammerhorn (3rd).
These were all the contest and now we can have a look at the overall winners:
Erinak: 2000 gold
Lilien: 1750 gold
Laydown: 1500 gold
Congratulations you three !
25ounce prime Wipus-steak medium rare/well done!, by Urza, on Wednesday 04th of June 2008 at 11:53
The rumours about our alleged unpreparedness were incited earlier this spring by a certain villain residing in the penthouse of a somewhat poorly lit building for worshipping.
The cesspool known as “Black Temple” aka “Temple of Love” aka “Shirley Temple” had been under surveillance for quite some time, and many a successful raids were performed on the lower ranked suspects; providing much vital information and yielding much contraband to be taken into safekeeping at Wipus HQ. Mobsters such as Buttboil and Timmy-Threeface were harder to crack down, as they were bringing cheaper tricks to the table. However, after some painstaking interrogation the location for the head honcho was reviled; cleverly located behind the local brothel aka “The den of mortal delights.” The Den with its many alluring temptresses proved to be quite a challenge to resist for certain individuals, but the prospect of getting down and dirty with the brothel Mother aka The Bitch herself led the squad forward.
Knowing what to expect from this harsh mistress, the task force had done their homework and the situation went down in the logbook as “Bitch Slapped” (although some of the squad goons still refer to it as the “Donkey Punch”).
It was now time to bust the case wide open and take down the league’s most trusted advisors. This quartet of criminals was in the business simply known as The Council; nothing more than bells and whistles though, because after a swift showdown, known to the history as “the superbowl of not standing in things”, the squad now had access to the penthouse.
Having dealt with the shady character’s henchmen on numerous occasions, it was finally time to bust Mr. Big Shot himself.
They’d been bested by this ruffian on previous encounters, but the wipers were more prepared (heh) than ever! Some old grunts were brought in from their leave of absence to show the new brass the ropes.
The local heroes did as they’d been drilled to do during boot camp, and to quote one of the brave souls when the later stages were imminent “everything stays the same, it just gets harder!” And suddenly it was all over. The blind megalomaniac went down in a blaze of fire and metal. The Betrayer was no more.
The spectators of the incident later referred to the scene as “poetry in motion.” To the participants it was just another day on the job.
Wipus Frequentus were indeed prepared, Well Done infact!
R.I.P Illidan Stormrage!
Big grats to Hammerhorn for the shield, Narcissa for the staff and chest, awell as Rho and Aralith for chests! Well deserved!
The squad:
Warlocks: Aralith, Mamoulian (OT), Eupherisen
Priests: Bloodycherry, Fluvius, Sedona, Geddim (SP)
Warriors: Doomsteak, Grouhl, Hammerhorn (MT), Psytale (OT)
Druids: Kaeln (OT), Zorrander, Shasur
Paladin: Lilien, Brint
Shamans: Urza, Malificarum, Strangepork (elemental), Baax (enhance),
Mages: Narcissa, Rho, Nells
Hunter: Redfang
Rogue: Sedated
Recruiting !, by Zorrander, on Sunday 18th of May 2008 at 09:56
Wipus Frequentus looking for new corpse runners
Wipus Frequentus is built on a deceptively simple idea: We want to raid, and we want to have fun while doing it. Formed from a group that used to be in PPR before TBC came out, we're a group of friends and experienced players who try to enjoy the game in our own way. Progress without "hardcore" and people burning out.
We're looking for some more people to raid with us and hopefully call this guild "home". Some new friends that like to play the game, basically. Both in and out of raids. We're looking for someone who will be part of the community that is Wipus, not just someone that will log on for the raids and that's it.
Our current raiding situation is this: We've cleared MH to the point of being bored with it. Our current focus is killing Illidan, our best attempt at doing so brought him to 18%. Sunwell will follow once Illidan is down, so far we've only been in there to take a look and goof around.
What we do:
* 4 main raid nights a week. Wednesday, thursday, sunday, monday, 20:00-24:00 server time. Exceptions to this are rare. We want new members that will typically come for around 3 of these.
* Off nights usually mean spontaneous 10 mans and such. No requirements or rules, but these are usually quite popular.
* We wipe with a laugh. We don't make a habit or a point out of wiping and screwing up, but it happens and we're not the kind of people to be fussed about it. If you get angry after a wipe or you think it's "embarrassing" to wipe on encounter X, we're not the guild for you.
* We do our best to take our friends along for the ride. Some members have kids, demanding jobs or other things that require exceptions to be made for them. We make those exceptions.
* For tougher raids and beating new content, everyone in the raid will typically be provided with flasks. Sometimes repairs will also be paid for. No sense making raiding a job if we can avoid it.
What we do NOT do:
* DKP penalties. They have never been used and never will be. We think they suck.
* Tell you what you can and can not loot. We use a zero-sum DKP model and that rules all. If you have the DKP, you've earned your stuff. There are no class restrictions, role restrictions or other rules in any way. You want it, it's yours. This works because the people that are prone to lootwhoring and exploiting the system won't be long-lived in our guild. The same goes for people who can't accept this without whining.
* Mute or restrict vent. We play for the company and the social bit, if you can't take people laughing and joking around during an encounter, this is not the guild for you.
* Enforce consumeables. We use them and we pretty much expect you to use them, but we won't enforce you or scrutinize you about this. If you become a member of this guild, it's because we trust you to do bring your best stuff when it's needed. And most of the time when it is, flasks will be provided anyway.
* Let Eupherisen make any important decisions. Ever.
What we want from you:
* Your gear is good enough for the instances we're doing. That means T5/T6 level. It's also well chosen for the role you want the play and shows that you're dedicated and know the class (no slacking on enchants or paladins with spirit gems please).
* You know how to play and how to handle yourself in a raid. We're not elitist, but we ARE looking for skilled players.
* You want to raid, and you'll be doing it 3-4 times per week. But you also accept that since we don't require 100% attendance, we have more raiders than raid spots. Sometimes you and everyone else in the guild WILL have to sit out.
* You value the social atmosphere over progress.
We are looking for:
1 Restoration Druid
2 Restorarion Shamans
1 Enhancement Shaman
1 Shadow Priest
2 Holy Paladins
Sound like you? PM Zorrander, Urza or Narcissa in-game, or just go to the forums and apply on the forums right away." BARE MUONT IS 4 FUNZ!, by Urza, on Tuesday 15th of April 2008 at 10:18
It only took us 5 months! We've been oh so close many times before, with mere seconds away from getting angry bears to zoom around on. With the absence of our esteemed Itankitalladin we were still doing 3 chests, but no closer to the 4th. The various standinadins have been good, but no cigar!
Now that Boni had finished his Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of the Netherlands, it was time to set things straight.
The troops were rallied, but some of the usual suspects were missing. The troll, the (p)orc and aralith gladly joined the fray in their stead, and it was indeed smooth runnings!
42 minutes later it was offcial, first all-WF timed ZA run completed!
Big grats to Grouhl for winning the mount, and big cheers to all those who've joined the saturday runs for the past months!
/moo
WF pays good ol' Illy a visit!, by Urza, on Tuesday 08th of April 2008 at 13:23
We didnt even get to PREPARE the PREPARATIONS to be PREPARED for this bossfight! Mother and Council went down faster than Kev's mum! Screenshots and Story will follow soon. Meanwhile, here's a mugshot of the usual suspects; somewhat unprepared!
GJ guys!
/moo Egg on Face!, by Urza, on Monday 07th of April 2008 at 11:42
After a confident MH one-night clear on Wednesday, and an even more impressive 5/9 on Thursday, it was time for some good ol' fashion face-slapping!
Things were looking grim around raid start, with several people stuck in queue, missed busses, exploded routers and whatnot. Reinforcement were called in, and our eminent head-chicken Zorr got into his true form. However, more obstacles stood between us and a frontpage update; disconnects on trash, server lag, buggy phase 1 enragers, spirit shocks and more! As flask timers were running out, things were looking grim, but we went for one last try before taking a break.
Phase 1 went smoother than ever, The Steak and the Troll were called in to assist on interrupting, and suddenly phase 2 was over. With only one previous attemt on p3, we were all a bit "ok..what now?." But with Hammer himself building threat like no-tomorrow in record (Stop! Hammer)time, it was clear that we could go balls to the walls DPS without looking back! A few nervewrecking seconds later, most us were eating the floor, but so was Reliquary of Souls!
Well done all! Grats to Kaeln and Bloody for phat epix!
(The skeletons on the killshot are clearly photoshopped btw!)
It's time to say hi to Mother :)
/moo |
