Eminence

Deathwing is slain. Azeroth Saved.

When Dragon Soul was released, I challenged Eminence to once again show Dunemaul what we were capable of. At the time we were ranked 3rd amongst the 25man raiding guilds on the realm, so I laid down the gauntlet that by the end of the expansion we would have pushed ourselves into the number two spot (hey, I'm a realist).

Well we managed that and a whole lot more...



Realm First 25man Spine Heroic. Realm First 25man Madness Heroic. Number One ranked 25man Guild. And for the first time in Eminence history, current content defeated on time. For us, Dragon Soul has been truly legendary.

Eminence I am proud of you. You rose to the challenge and proved to everyone you are more than worthy. A hard earned and well deserved victory. Thank you for making us who we are.

For now, the progression race is over for another expansion and while we have a few loose ends to tidy up, it's a nice feeling to know that we have time to relax before it all starts again. When the mists finally lift and Azeroth brings war to the isle Pandaria.

Despite those who didn't believe. Despite those who didn't attend. Despite those who thought they were better than us. Despite the tears. Despite the tantrums. Despite everything.

We did it.

An enormous "Thank you" to those of you that kept the faith and fought the mind numbing monotony to see us to victory and a giant "Fuck you" to the people who thought we were content to accept mediocracy. Every single one of you gave it your all. You proved what I always knew and now you have the medals to prove it.

Onwards to the Maelstrom, Azeroth is calling for its Saviours.

A really nice encounter with lots of flavour, a great performance by everyone (though any Mage reading this should take Muckybum's advice and unbind blink from their bars) and another kill in the bag. Blackhorn falls and the path is opened to the last two encounters of this Tier and the Cataclysm expansion.

Awesome job people, though heads up - Heroic Spine awaits.

Who would have thought pressing one button would have been so difficult? Apparently it was. The raid mechanic, turned rage mechanic has been the undoing of many guilds but we dare to tread where others fear.

After showing Zon'ozz where he could stick his tentacles last week, we decided to kick back and have a little fun with Ultraxion rather than push ahead with progression on Yor'sahj. Little did we expect to be in such good shape. Multiple 4% wipes in the first hour or so of attempts got us hooked.

The 5:50 brick wall of hell caused much frustration but nothing boiled the blood more than the constant trolling of Ultraxion and his stupid purple button. Heroic Will? Heroic Will Power more like.

Still, the stars aligned. The lorry load of Diazepam soothing fractured nerves and hair triggers, a metric tonne of DPS and some reassuring encouragement from Eph steered us through the Mensa test.

In all our excitement we forgot to record the kill, so in the meantime I pinched someone else's. I think you'll agree it captures all the excitement of the encounter. Enjoy.