Whodathunkit?
It’s happened. I’ve become Elder Noble Ambassador Crusader Syll Jenkins the Explorer, Champion of the Naaru, the Frozen Wastes, Darnassus, Gnomeregan, Ironforge, Stormwind, and the Exodar. Even though I swore this day would never come, it has arrived.
There are two portions of that… long… title that I never thought would come to pass. You may remember my early post about the Argent Tournament, the post in which we saw Sylly stage a full on hissy fit because it was so haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard to dooooooooooooo. /blush. However, never underestimate the alure of a Teldrassil Sproutling and the 75 pet achievement (I’m so close! 71 pets at the time of writing). I found the fortitude to cowboy up and learn to joust. I thought I could not do it. I said I could not do it. I believed I could not do it. Then I learned to do it and now am successful at it almost every day.
The other title that I had given up on completely was Champion of the Frozen Wastes. I truly thought I would never have this title because I had decided after about 3 very frustrating, long, and unsuccessful groups that I was never, ever, ever going to try Occulus again, even should the world collapse around me. I had such bad experiences there that I was fully prepared to walk away forever, and did walk away for about 6 months. Then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, this week I got a wild hair and put together an Occulus group on my own. So wierd. I didn’t end up there because someone begged me. I initiated the group. And with 3 guildies and a pugged warrior, we one shotted that silly dungeon and lo, I became the Champ of the Ice Pops.
Certainly, I hear my mother whisper in my subconscious, there is a lesson to be learned here. Both times I let go of my stubbornness and reengaged content that I had swore I would never take on again, I can report that it was just more fun than you should be able to have with your clothes on to finally beat that content. And both times I was able to beat the content as soon as I relaxed about it and came at it from a perspective of fun and relaxation.
So I’m just wondering if anyone out there has similar stories? Have you all ever put your foot down about content, only to realize down the road that not only were you not standing firm on that decision, you were tap dancing all over it?
There are 2 Comments to "Whodathunkit?"
Oh my gawd, you got Crusader!?!? Haha, look up Grim Determination and you’ll find Syll’s pic there. Good on ya, I never had a doubt.
As for me, no failure-which-became-a-success story. Just failure and success stories.
I really dont get what the big problem with Occulus is. It’s long and annoying because there is no real trick you can do to do it fast but its not that bad. It just requires learning the mechanics well. First two bosses are a joke with a good healer and “Staying out of the fire”. Next boss just requires good kiting. Last boss just requires each person to know their rotation. It is only hard if you get people who are too much into that “These instances are noobsause and we can coast through” mentality.
If people are not making it through its because you have a person thats not pulling their weight. Anyways congradulations.