The Calm Before the Storm

Putting the point-buying community of Silver Hand 'On Notice' means there's no turning back. Now is the time to put up or... fail at putting up. I speak, of course, of our epic RP arena squads, striving for Gladiator status.

Currently, we're planning on pursuing Gladiator status on two fronts:

A streaky Rogue/Warlock 2v2 that has spiked as high as 2,222 rating this season, but suffers from the usual 2dps team weaknesses. Resists and Racial abilities make certain matchups 50-50 vs. us, and those are losing odds when you're getting 5 points off them for wins, and losing 20 for a loss. The hope is to float 2,100, and catch fire one of these nights to cheese out Gladiator range, and /camp there for the remainder of the season.

Also pushing Gladiator, a super-fresh Druid/Warlock/Rogue team with Vlak that has yet to see its natural rating cap. We've pushed to 2,100 (on our clients' teams) with very little effort, and feel great about this class combo. Lack of experience and physical logged-in time are the big barriers facing this team. If we play to our natural skill levels, I predict 2,200 in our future, but whether that will be enough to earn Gladiator status in the inflation-mild 3v3 bracket remains to be seen.

Our client base is a bit overwhelming at this point, and when we resume point selling in season 3, we might take on a smaller portfolio. This would allow us to give more attention to each client, dabble in some pve, and (to be perfectly honest) we're flooded with gold. Until there's some unit of payment (possibly the services of a good Prot Tank...) aside from gold, we're simply too gold-rich to be busting our asses for Sunday- and Monday-night slackers crying about their 1,800 2v2 every week.

Nothing jacks up the price of your 3-7 renewal like 10 minute queues on a Monday night because you put off playing your 3 games for 6 days. Also, nothing gets you booted to the back of the line when said renewals come to call like not having your crap together. Our rules are simple, and they're there to benefit everyone.

1.) Have your 3 games played. If you can't find a partner, and are helplessly anti-social, find someone who wants free points. Trade channel listens.

2.) Send me an in-game mail saying you're ready, and what times you'll likely be on. There's a hierarchy for renewals: Pre-Paid Requests > Mailed Requests > Tell Requests > Scrubs Who Send Me Tells While I'm Already In An Arena Match.

3.) If we can't immediately play your games, pass me lead = pay me by monday. We've had a couple instances where someone tosses me Captain, and then doesn't log back on until maintainence. This wastes an Arena Team slot for one of my alts, and makes me not like you.

4.) If I'm not on, talk to Eternia. If no members are online, log on a horde alt and see if you can find Grimtock, my undead warlock. If none of these options work, SEND ME MAIL. I don't care if I haven't logged on for a month and a half: If there's no mail from you in my mail-box, you don't exsist.

/Angry off.

I know this seems like common sense to most of you, but apparently this stuff needed to be spelled out. I realize you're busy, which is probably why you're buying points. We're on-line more than any human beings should be, but if the first time you log on for the week is Monday, do not expect our services to be available to you. If you wish to make a transaction earlier in the week, and can't find anyone, play your 3 games and send a mail. It's that easy, folks.