Post by Ace on Oct 28, 2013 9:05:26 GMT -5
Good morning all,
I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this morning so I figured it was time for this, it's story time.
As I have said a few times I used to run my own league, LEAGUEofHONOR to be exact, but due to well a falling out the league went belly up. Such is life but even though I was no longer in game I wanted to be. So as soon as I got internet access the first thing I did was update the game and aimed for getting back in.
Coming back I had a few ideas of what to expect(I was wrong on all accounts) but I knew this time I would need a league to get anything done. That and why would you want to play a social game by yourself? I through up my info and hope to catch a bite. Remembering full well the super leagues of the days of old and not wanting to do anything of the nature, I include in my post that I am looking for a small league. I receive many replies most of which are for groups much larger than I was looking for until a certain someone (Darrken) contacted me with an offer that was exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately he had just moved and had a month without internet(damn that sounds familiar) and his Lieutenants were indisposed. Alas, so I join a group who shall remain unnamed for this post but they had what I was looking for, but I only tried with Sam and while they had the stats to kill there were several differences in opinion on things and that most of them were not online while I was. Within a week I was gone, now alone again I decided to wait but what to do while waiting? I decide to play Light to see what I can do seeing as my most powerful character has been thrown under the bus by people saying 77 isn't strong. Poppycock I say. Well I'll be a sonofabitch if I wasn't wrong.
Now I'm working my best to actually do the Styrkers and Ace dailies and getting my ass handed to me while I do it. Until one day when I finally get the call. I meet Darrken and Jolt. The day goes great I got camaraderie that I was looking for and people who knew about what I did not. I have never been one for patience so I dive head long into a storm and try to help get then Backup Justice raid ready.
How do you get raid ready? First you make sure you have the bodies to fill the seats. Post after post, hour after hour we started stacking new members until there were people I never heard of in league, three of them you can guess.
Along the way a random guy shouts looking for a social league. Exact quote: Darrken "We're a social league, right?" Jolt <insert smartass but accurate comment here> Me "hahahaha".
Thus Torched joins us.
Next I see a healer looking for a league. Nature healer to be exact and considering my own love for Nature heals I had to bring them in the fold as well. Marble joins.
One day as I was getting my ass handed to me by Clownvanity, a very powerful and leagueless gent approaches and I invite to group. We demolish the clown and no sooner does Darrken log in to say that he knows this fellow. Enter the Monitor Yat and the ass kicking that is his brand of Justice.
Now I have a a recruiting post roughly every week looking for new recruits and low and behold I get a few replies from guys with some funny names. One a paradox in and of itself(FightingBUDHA) and the other pure satire(Speek). Both join and now the picture is looking good, there are a lot of rough edges but I see what the finished product.
With all the officers agreeing, whats the point of being raid ready if we don't raid? We start off on a grand adventure. The Fortress of Solitude: The Chasm. I can say now that the next things that happen were not pretty and most certainly my fault. It was my impatience and arrogance that lead us into nothing more than a nightmare. Many things had changed since the days when I had beaten the Broodmother last and not to mention many of the party were undergeared or simply not ready. For all of this I apologize.
Next is a series of events that lead to us losing our name and many of our members. Marble left for greener pastures and some still have not returned.
With little time to spare the Sons of Trigon DLC drops and it's more time for breaking down new content and gearing as fast as possible. While trying to get everyone there so that we all might enjoy the good times.
Now this is where this tale takes a turn away from Justice and into an Impact. Clan Impact to be exact and old friends that I had not seen since before I left the first time. Seddy, Haldamer and RMAN to them I owe a lot of my fast tracking T5 and my current cr of 95, as well as a good portion of the skill points I have now.
Everything is champagne(I spelled that correct on the first try and even surprised myself as auto correct has helped through most of this post) and roses until the problem with my moving catches up with me and I am no longer able to access the internet. I play the waiting game and finally am back online.
Now I know a few things have changed in the time I was off, but I honestly say I am proud. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Honestly, I have watched BUDHA grow into one of the finest tanks I have ever seen, Torched turn into a near inferno, and everyone else come to the plate and knock one out of the park time after time.
Dronix just got to 84 last night so congrats to him, our new guy Youthnaisa is recently returning to the game and ready to kill as well, provided I can separate him from his girlfriend Col Permafrost is good to go for T1 and we all know how fast we can get him to T3.
Sure we lost a few of our top players but when one person retires in sports the only thing that changes is his number is hung from the rafters. Now it is time for a new breed of Only Justice, more focused, more dangerous and most excellent (Bill and Ted guitar rif). So are you going to pick up the bat?
I'm calling all of you to do better, get those hard to do feats, start PvP and finish it with your enemies screaming that you cheated because their controllers are slow. I challenge everyone to expand our member base, not that we grow for numbers but only that we grow for progress.
With all this in mind I look to the future and want us to finish an Only Justice Nexus or Paradox run by the new year.
I'm feeling a bit nostalgic this morning so I figured it was time for this, it's story time.
As I have said a few times I used to run my own league, LEAGUEofHONOR to be exact, but due to well a falling out the league went belly up. Such is life but even though I was no longer in game I wanted to be. So as soon as I got internet access the first thing I did was update the game and aimed for getting back in.
Coming back I had a few ideas of what to expect(I was wrong on all accounts) but I knew this time I would need a league to get anything done. That and why would you want to play a social game by yourself? I through up my info and hope to catch a bite. Remembering full well the super leagues of the days of old and not wanting to do anything of the nature, I include in my post that I am looking for a small league. I receive many replies most of which are for groups much larger than I was looking for until a certain someone (Darrken) contacted me with an offer that was exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately he had just moved and had a month without internet(damn that sounds familiar) and his Lieutenants were indisposed. Alas, so I join a group who shall remain unnamed for this post but they had what I was looking for, but I only tried with Sam and while they had the stats to kill there were several differences in opinion on things and that most of them were not online while I was. Within a week I was gone, now alone again I decided to wait but what to do while waiting? I decide to play Light to see what I can do seeing as my most powerful character has been thrown under the bus by people saying 77 isn't strong. Poppycock I say. Well I'll be a sonofabitch if I wasn't wrong.
Now I'm working my best to actually do the Styrkers and Ace dailies and getting my ass handed to me while I do it. Until one day when I finally get the call. I meet Darrken and Jolt. The day goes great I got camaraderie that I was looking for and people who knew about what I did not. I have never been one for patience so I dive head long into a storm and try to help get then Backup Justice raid ready.
How do you get raid ready? First you make sure you have the bodies to fill the seats. Post after post, hour after hour we started stacking new members until there were people I never heard of in league, three of them you can guess.
Along the way a random guy shouts looking for a social league. Exact quote: Darrken "We're a social league, right?" Jolt <insert smartass but accurate comment here> Me "hahahaha".
Thus Torched joins us.
Next I see a healer looking for a league. Nature healer to be exact and considering my own love for Nature heals I had to bring them in the fold as well. Marble joins.
One day as I was getting my ass handed to me by Clownvanity, a very powerful and leagueless gent approaches and I invite to group. We demolish the clown and no sooner does Darrken log in to say that he knows this fellow. Enter the Monitor Yat and the ass kicking that is his brand of Justice.
Now I have a a recruiting post roughly every week looking for new recruits and low and behold I get a few replies from guys with some funny names. One a paradox in and of itself(FightingBUDHA) and the other pure satire(Speek). Both join and now the picture is looking good, there are a lot of rough edges but I see what the finished product.
With all the officers agreeing, whats the point of being raid ready if we don't raid? We start off on a grand adventure. The Fortress of Solitude: The Chasm. I can say now that the next things that happen were not pretty and most certainly my fault. It was my impatience and arrogance that lead us into nothing more than a nightmare. Many things had changed since the days when I had beaten the Broodmother last and not to mention many of the party were undergeared or simply not ready. For all of this I apologize.
Next is a series of events that lead to us losing our name and many of our members. Marble left for greener pastures and some still have not returned.
With little time to spare the Sons of Trigon DLC drops and it's more time for breaking down new content and gearing as fast as possible. While trying to get everyone there so that we all might enjoy the good times.
Now this is where this tale takes a turn away from Justice and into an Impact. Clan Impact to be exact and old friends that I had not seen since before I left the first time. Seddy, Haldamer and RMAN to them I owe a lot of my fast tracking T5 and my current cr of 95, as well as a good portion of the skill points I have now.
Everything is champagne(I spelled that correct on the first try and even surprised myself as auto correct has helped through most of this post) and roses until the problem with my moving catches up with me and I am no longer able to access the internet. I play the waiting game and finally am back online.
Now I know a few things have changed in the time I was off, but I honestly say I am proud. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Honestly, I have watched BUDHA grow into one of the finest tanks I have ever seen, Torched turn into a near inferno, and everyone else come to the plate and knock one out of the park time after time.
Dronix just got to 84 last night so congrats to him, our new guy Youthnaisa is recently returning to the game and ready to kill as well, provided I can separate him from his girlfriend Col Permafrost is good to go for T1 and we all know how fast we can get him to T3.
Sure we lost a few of our top players but when one person retires in sports the only thing that changes is his number is hung from the rafters. Now it is time for a new breed of Only Justice, more focused, more dangerous and most excellent (Bill and Ted guitar rif). So are you going to pick up the bat?
I'm calling all of you to do better, get those hard to do feats, start PvP and finish it with your enemies screaming that you cheated because their controllers are slow. I challenge everyone to expand our member base, not that we grow for numbers but only that we grow for progress.
With all this in mind I look to the future and want us to finish an Only Justice Nexus or Paradox run by the new year.
