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02-12-2010, 07:15 PM
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Ready Check (http://www.wow.com/category/ready-check/) is a column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, Vault of Archavon or Icecrown Citadel, everyone can get in on the action and down some bosses.
You might have heard that the east coast recently got slammed by an epic blizzard (http://www.wow.com/tag/blizzard). Sure, sure, you folks out in Minnesota or Wisconsin are used to getting 50 inches of snow in the middle of summer. Heck, August only means your snowfall dwindles to a mere two or three inches. But out here on the right coast, from about Baltimore down to Florida, "snow" is something that we mostly see inside globes and Northrend (http://www.wow.com/tag/northrend).
The last few weeks, however, have been so thick with the white stuff that many, many, many players are trapped in their homes. And they turn to a very natural, time-killing past time: World of Warcraft.
The real issue with this snowy dynamic is that it led to a lot of people looking to spontaneously raid. In the middle of a Wednesday isn't when folks usually schedule their Icecrown Citadel (http://www.wow.com/tag/icecrown-citadel) raid. But this small legion of snow-stranded folks often already had pre-planned raids scheduled for the evenings. They were forced to look back at available content and try and figure out "What can we do as a group, without impeding already-set plans for our normal raid?"
While I bring this subject up because I was one of the many trapped indoors by the Snowpocalypse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpocalypse), you will probably find dozens of reasons you need to come up with a spontaneous raid or two. Heck, maybe you just find yourself with a Friday night free.
Take a look behind the jump and let's talk about what to do if you find yourself snowed in but wanting to raid.Continue reading Ready Check: The long bleak winter of spontaneous raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/ready-check-the-long-bleak-winter-of-spontaneous-raiding/)
Filed under: Ready Check (Raiding) (http://www.wow.com/category/ready-check/)
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Ready Check (http://www.wow.com/category/ready-check/) is a column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, Vault of Archavon or Icecrown Citadel, everyone can get in on the action and down some bosses.
You might have heard that the east coast recently got slammed by an epic blizzard (http://www.wow.com/tag/blizzard). Sure, sure, you folks out in Minnesota or Wisconsin are used to getting 50 inches of snow in the middle of summer. Heck, August only means your snowfall dwindles to a mere two or three inches. But out here on the right coast, from about Baltimore down to Florida, "snow" is something that we mostly see inside globes and Northrend (http://www.wow.com/tag/northrend).
The last few weeks, however, have been so thick with the white stuff that many, many, many players are trapped in their homes. And they turn to a very natural, time-killing past time: World of Warcraft.
The real issue with this snowy dynamic is that it led to a lot of people looking to spontaneously raid. In the middle of a Wednesday isn't when folks usually schedule their Icecrown Citadel (http://www.wow.com/tag/icecrown-citadel) raid. But this small legion of snow-stranded folks often already had pre-planned raids scheduled for the evenings. They were forced to look back at available content and try and figure out "What can we do as a group, without impeding already-set plans for our normal raid?"
While I bring this subject up because I was one of the many trapped indoors by the Snowpocalypse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpocalypse), you will probably find dozens of reasons you need to come up with a spontaneous raid or two. Heck, maybe you just find yourself with a Friday night free.
Take a look behind the jump and let's talk about what to do if you find yourself snowed in but wanting to raid.Continue reading Ready Check: The long bleak winter of spontaneous raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/ready-check-the-long-bleak-winter-of-spontaneous-raiding/)
Filed under: Ready Check (Raiding) (http://www.wow.com/category/ready-check/)
Ready Check: The long bleak winter of spontaneous raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/02/12/ready-check-the-long-bleak-winter-of-spontaneous-raiding/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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