Grazgul
January 8th, 2010, 10:52 PM
1. Real First Name / Age: David / 22
2. Do you have an Authenticator? (They are Required by this Guild) Yes, i was hacked a few months ago when i returned and i bought it as soon as i found out about the authenticators.
3. How did you find Escaper: I've been looking for a new home for about two weeks. This has involved a lot of scouting out guilds on worldofraids.com, checking their progression and then talking to officers about their actual current needs. I found escaper and looked at your progression, liked what i saw and since your looking for protection warriors (even though its low) i decided to apply
4. Primary Language: English
5. Your Country / Time Zone: i live in WA (Australia), which is GM +8.
6. Can You Be Online And Ready To Raid with 99% Attendance Monday – Thursday 6:15pm – 10:30pm PST? Yes i've maintained %100 for the 3 years i've been with my current guild. Jereko (he's on Malfurion in Promethean now) can verify that i have maintained high attendance through the 2 years in bc where i was the main tank for DPS
7. Do you have any factors that may cause you to go AFK during raids? Not any usual factors apart from the extremely unlikely events that cause anyone to afk (fish tank on fire, that sort of thing)
8. School / Work Schedule Due To Dramatically change in the foreseeable future? No, I'm fortunate in that i pick my units for the whole year 3 months before uni starts, i can make your raid times for another 14 months at least.
9. Are you a transfer or a local? (xfers please list your realm) I'm a transfer, my main is Grazgul form Scilla (in the guild DPS). Scilla is a highly ranked server but has no progressive horde guilds (8-9 that are 4/5 heroic toc)
10. Character Name & Class: Grazgul, Warrior (protection)
Primary / Secondary Spec Links(http://www.wowhead.com) : I currently have two protection specs that are on my armory link. I also have a full fury set that is about 245 ilvl.
My two protection specs are:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LAM00fZhZMI...didIzsGo:dTrz0o is my usual boss tanking spec
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LVZhicZVItMx0kidIzsGo:dTMzmo is the spec that i prefer to do add tanking with
Armory Link: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Scilla&n=Grazgul
Past Character Names: I've always been grazgul for the 4-5 years I've played
Total Time Played (/played) and Time Played @ 80 (/played):
Total -159 Days
At 80 - 23 Days
In my UI screen shot I took the time to do /played so you can see my time played for yourself, its a few days old so is a little bit less then my current /played
11. Is this Your First Main Character? If not, what did you used to play? Yeah i've always been a warrior, i never felt the need to change or have ever really wanted to change mains
12. When did you start playing WoW? Have you played any other MMOs?
I started playing wow just before the gates were opened on bloodscalp and apart from an 8 month break due to competing in sports, i've played every day since then.
13. Willingness to adjust talents if asked? Of course, I'm always tweaking my spec anyway. I would prefer not to be a main spec fury warrior as i don't feel that I'm strong enough at it to be competitive in a guild such as yours. I do understand that guilds take different specs and class comps to raids, and sometimes specs must adapt to that. I don't currently carry improved demo shout as we have 3 raiding prot paladins and a raiding retribution paladin, however if vindication is not present in escapers make up, i would adjust my talents to pick up improved demo shout for example
14. @Level 60 Highest boss KILLED in:
Because i stopped playing before achievements came out, some/most are missing from my character, if you need confirmation that i was present for these boss kills, contact me and I'll see if i can arange for a guild member to vouch for me
Molten Core - Ragnaros (in calefe guild on bloodscalp)
Blackwing Lair - Nefarion (in calefe guild on bloodscalp)
Ahn Qiraj - Cthun (in a pug raid with DPS after the bc talent patch came out)
Pre-WotLK Naxx - No experience
@Level 70 Highest boss Killed in:
SSC - Vashj (1 of the two tanks for DPS)
The Eye - Keal'thas (Main Tank for DPS)
Hyjal - Archimonde (Main Tank for DPS, also completed fight as a fury warrior)
Black Temple - Illidan (Main Tank for DPS)
Sunwell - Eredar Twins (Pre Patch as one of the shadow tanks). Muru was completed after patch
@Level 80
Heroic Naxx - Cleared (10 man undying)
Heroic Malygos - Cleared
Heroic Sartharion - 10 man version Cleared
10/25 Normal Ulduar - 10 man General Vex, 25 man Hodir
10 Ulduar Hard Modes - Stokin the Furnace, Heart Breaker, I choose you steal breaker, Crazy Cat lady, I could say this cache was rare, loose your illusion
25 Ulduar Hard Modes - Stokin the Furnace, Heart Breaker, Crazy Cat Lady
10/25 Normal ToC - Cleared both
10 Heroic ToC - Instanity
25 Heroic ToC - Phase 3 Anub'urak (I am the guilds unhittable tank for the adds)
ICC 10 - Up to professor, (have 3/7 acheivements for frostwyrm)
ICC 25 - Up to professor, (have 2/7 achievements)
15. Any special Achievements / Titles / Mounts you have earned in PvE you would like us to know about? I have an amani war bear (before sunwell), I also have the attunement feats of strength for BC. My guild in burning crusade also claimed server first illidan.
16. Link to WWS / WMO logs of recent raids you attended.
http://www.wowmeteronline.com/combat/log/1344897
17. What is your current Guild? DPS on scilla )some of the players from DPS on bloodscalp xfered and reformed on scilla
18. What were the last 3 guilds you were in, and reasons for leaving:
Calefe (Bloodscalp), Calefe had an officer meltdown in burning crusade and i had a unique opportunity to join DPS at about the same time, so i decided to leave
DPS (Bloodscalp): When the talent patch came our in BC for wrath, end game raiding was essentially over, DPS was unable to get to Kil'jeaden so a lot of players stopped raiding, i decided to concentrate on sport instead of waiting 3 months for the new expansion guild-less
DPS (Scilla): The reformed DPS is a shadow of its former self. Players don't flask because its too expensive, don't read fights because they "don't need to" and refuse to take any kind of criticism about progression and find people to blame for their low dps and healing. I love raiding hardcore and i don't think I'll ever get that from the new DPS (I've been there about 3 months now)
19. Do you have someone in Escaper that will give you a good recommendation on your application? Unfortunatly no, i'm a transfer
20. How you would like to benefit from being in Escaper; why did you choose Escaper?
I think the most i would get out of escaper is that it's a progressive guild with competitive raid spots, the added pressure would help improve my game. This guild seems stable and i like that. I think escaper would stand to gain a very consistent, relaxed tank with a positive obsession for killing new boss and beating record dps times on old boss. I try to get the most out of character and i feel that my attitude will decline if i stay with my current guild (if you look at the wow web stats, you'll find although i had a flask and food for every boss, i didn't take any speed pots because of lack of healers forcing me to save my indestructible pot cool-down, which sucks, i also had to use an indestructible pot for Festergut instead of the preferable speed pot when i had the %90 damage buff during bloodlust)
21. How do you feel about playing a role off the bench? Can you be ready on short notice if called upon? (Even if there is an opening for your class, it does not guarantee you playtime.)
Being benched is no ones preference to raiding. I do however accept that I will be in a new guild and I'll have to work extremely hard to prove myself. Some extra bench time, while not wanted, is expected should i be accepted into escaper, and i understand that i may never be able to gain a permanent raid spot ( tank turnover is very low in high end guilds), I'm fine with that as I'm willing to prove myself, all I'd ask is the chance to do that every now and then if I'm unable to be fitted in to a regular raid spot
22. Are you willing to spend 400 gold a night in repairs and consumables, stay focused and wipe for 4 hours straight, come back the next day and do it all over again until a new boss dies (or even a "farmed" boss)?
I spend more then that currently anyway. I'm no stranger to wiping, we've done our fair share, i have excessive amounts of gold and the skills/professions to earn well over several hundred gold a day. I always expect wipes on progression and even farm content and as one of the highest repair bills in raiding (plate tank) i can assure you I'm more then willing to pay my way through progression.
23. Can you maintain a high level of professionalism during raids AND on public forums?
One of the reasons i chose to apply to your guild and am leaving my current is this exact question. I think arrogance from a high end raiding guild is unacceptable and trolling in trade is even worse. One of the best parts of old DPS is that we had a standing agreement to never discuss loot, progression or idiocy outside of guild chat or our pass worded vent. Doing PR work in my current job i understand and support the effect that a good image can have and i intent to continue to make escaper into a respected guild.
24. Do you have any PC or disconnect issues we should know about? If possible list your system’s specs. Who is your ISP? I've got the best net available to Western Australia, i also use wow tunnels so i have no latency issues to speak of. My computer is two months old so is more then adequate to run wow on ultra settings with no frame rate issues and several add ons. My computer specs are 4gig ram, 4gh dual core with a nvidia Geforce GTX 260.
25. Can you use Vent? Do you have a Microphone and Headset? Are you comfortable speaking on Vent? Yes i have both. I also have no dramas using vent to communicate, tanks must have a microphone and be willing to use it to be effective.
26. Short Essay: This portion of the app is here for you to provide your "personal touch" and demonstrate your ability to articulate and show us what you are worth. Show us what sets you apart from the rest of the candidates; what makes you better? What can you bring to Escaper? What do you want us to know that wasn’t covered?
About my character, there are a few things I'd like to bring up. I have an anub unhittable set and a full fury offset. I have been playing a protection warrior for 4 years and I'm very comfortable in all rolls that protection needs to fill in modern wrath raids. I have no troubles holding agro on aoe packs and i have a high tps average on raid boss'. I do understand that noone is perfect and that while I am capable, there is room for improvement.
About myself, i used to be a professional fighter before i injured myself before the world selections. I have always been promoted to a manager in my working environment with any job I've had, which shows that i have leadership talents and adept and leading and organizing people, qualities that i hope transfer over into my gaming.
My lifestyle is very flexible and i often have much free time to help people out in game. I consider myself someone that studies the game and i constantly scout out tanking forums looking for the newest information on theory crafting, i also enjoy shooting the breeze with other tanks from my own guild and pugs about tanking specifics and what they do on a boss fight incase I'm missing something that can improve my game.
As a raider i constantly review WMO and recount to see areas of fights (new and old) that can be improved. I believe that just because a boss is cleared by no means is it mastered. i also like to take on the most challenging roles that are available in encounters and i have no obligations to stepping aside if a person or class excels at a particular role more then myself in a raid.
I thoroughly enjoy raiding and have no wish to have my gaming lifestyle end because my guild has given up improving itself. i hope you enjoy reading my application as much as i had writing it and you'll consider me for your tanking position as a protection warrior. If you have any questions I'm quite eager to douse any doubts you my have about specific areas of my application, please contact me through this application or in game and I'll be quite happy to talk to you on vent or in game. Thank you for your time and i hope to hear form you soo
2. Do you have an Authenticator? (They are Required by this Guild) Yes, i was hacked a few months ago when i returned and i bought it as soon as i found out about the authenticators.
3. How did you find Escaper: I've been looking for a new home for about two weeks. This has involved a lot of scouting out guilds on worldofraids.com, checking their progression and then talking to officers about their actual current needs. I found escaper and looked at your progression, liked what i saw and since your looking for protection warriors (even though its low) i decided to apply
4. Primary Language: English
5. Your Country / Time Zone: i live in WA (Australia), which is GM +8.
6. Can You Be Online And Ready To Raid with 99% Attendance Monday – Thursday 6:15pm – 10:30pm PST? Yes i've maintained %100 for the 3 years i've been with my current guild. Jereko (he's on Malfurion in Promethean now) can verify that i have maintained high attendance through the 2 years in bc where i was the main tank for DPS
7. Do you have any factors that may cause you to go AFK during raids? Not any usual factors apart from the extremely unlikely events that cause anyone to afk (fish tank on fire, that sort of thing)
8. School / Work Schedule Due To Dramatically change in the foreseeable future? No, I'm fortunate in that i pick my units for the whole year 3 months before uni starts, i can make your raid times for another 14 months at least.
9. Are you a transfer or a local? (xfers please list your realm) I'm a transfer, my main is Grazgul form Scilla (in the guild DPS). Scilla is a highly ranked server but has no progressive horde guilds (8-9 that are 4/5 heroic toc)
10. Character Name & Class: Grazgul, Warrior (protection)
Primary / Secondary Spec Links(http://www.wowhead.com) : I currently have two protection specs that are on my armory link. I also have a full fury set that is about 245 ilvl.
My two protection specs are:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LAM00fZhZMI...didIzsGo:dTrz0o is my usual boss tanking spec
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LVZhicZVItMx0kidIzsGo:dTMzmo is the spec that i prefer to do add tanking with
Armory Link: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Scilla&n=Grazgul
Past Character Names: I've always been grazgul for the 4-5 years I've played
Total Time Played (/played) and Time Played @ 80 (/played):
Total -159 Days
At 80 - 23 Days
In my UI screen shot I took the time to do /played so you can see my time played for yourself, its a few days old so is a little bit less then my current /played
11. Is this Your First Main Character? If not, what did you used to play? Yeah i've always been a warrior, i never felt the need to change or have ever really wanted to change mains
12. When did you start playing WoW? Have you played any other MMOs?
I started playing wow just before the gates were opened on bloodscalp and apart from an 8 month break due to competing in sports, i've played every day since then.
13. Willingness to adjust talents if asked? Of course, I'm always tweaking my spec anyway. I would prefer not to be a main spec fury warrior as i don't feel that I'm strong enough at it to be competitive in a guild such as yours. I do understand that guilds take different specs and class comps to raids, and sometimes specs must adapt to that. I don't currently carry improved demo shout as we have 3 raiding prot paladins and a raiding retribution paladin, however if vindication is not present in escapers make up, i would adjust my talents to pick up improved demo shout for example
14. @Level 60 Highest boss KILLED in:
Because i stopped playing before achievements came out, some/most are missing from my character, if you need confirmation that i was present for these boss kills, contact me and I'll see if i can arange for a guild member to vouch for me
Molten Core - Ragnaros (in calefe guild on bloodscalp)
Blackwing Lair - Nefarion (in calefe guild on bloodscalp)
Ahn Qiraj - Cthun (in a pug raid with DPS after the bc talent patch came out)
Pre-WotLK Naxx - No experience
@Level 70 Highest boss Killed in:
SSC - Vashj (1 of the two tanks for DPS)
The Eye - Keal'thas (Main Tank for DPS)
Hyjal - Archimonde (Main Tank for DPS, also completed fight as a fury warrior)
Black Temple - Illidan (Main Tank for DPS)
Sunwell - Eredar Twins (Pre Patch as one of the shadow tanks). Muru was completed after patch
@Level 80
Heroic Naxx - Cleared (10 man undying)
Heroic Malygos - Cleared
Heroic Sartharion - 10 man version Cleared
10/25 Normal Ulduar - 10 man General Vex, 25 man Hodir
10 Ulduar Hard Modes - Stokin the Furnace, Heart Breaker, I choose you steal breaker, Crazy Cat lady, I could say this cache was rare, loose your illusion
25 Ulduar Hard Modes - Stokin the Furnace, Heart Breaker, Crazy Cat Lady
10/25 Normal ToC - Cleared both
10 Heroic ToC - Instanity
25 Heroic ToC - Phase 3 Anub'urak (I am the guilds unhittable tank for the adds)
ICC 10 - Up to professor, (have 3/7 acheivements for frostwyrm)
ICC 25 - Up to professor, (have 2/7 achievements)
15. Any special Achievements / Titles / Mounts you have earned in PvE you would like us to know about? I have an amani war bear (before sunwell), I also have the attunement feats of strength for BC. My guild in burning crusade also claimed server first illidan.
16. Link to WWS / WMO logs of recent raids you attended.
http://www.wowmeteronline.com/combat/log/1344897
17. What is your current Guild? DPS on scilla )some of the players from DPS on bloodscalp xfered and reformed on scilla
18. What were the last 3 guilds you were in, and reasons for leaving:
Calefe (Bloodscalp), Calefe had an officer meltdown in burning crusade and i had a unique opportunity to join DPS at about the same time, so i decided to leave
DPS (Bloodscalp): When the talent patch came our in BC for wrath, end game raiding was essentially over, DPS was unable to get to Kil'jeaden so a lot of players stopped raiding, i decided to concentrate on sport instead of waiting 3 months for the new expansion guild-less
DPS (Scilla): The reformed DPS is a shadow of its former self. Players don't flask because its too expensive, don't read fights because they "don't need to" and refuse to take any kind of criticism about progression and find people to blame for their low dps and healing. I love raiding hardcore and i don't think I'll ever get that from the new DPS (I've been there about 3 months now)
19. Do you have someone in Escaper that will give you a good recommendation on your application? Unfortunatly no, i'm a transfer
20. How you would like to benefit from being in Escaper; why did you choose Escaper?
I think the most i would get out of escaper is that it's a progressive guild with competitive raid spots, the added pressure would help improve my game. This guild seems stable and i like that. I think escaper would stand to gain a very consistent, relaxed tank with a positive obsession for killing new boss and beating record dps times on old boss. I try to get the most out of character and i feel that my attitude will decline if i stay with my current guild (if you look at the wow web stats, you'll find although i had a flask and food for every boss, i didn't take any speed pots because of lack of healers forcing me to save my indestructible pot cool-down, which sucks, i also had to use an indestructible pot for Festergut instead of the preferable speed pot when i had the %90 damage buff during bloodlust)
21. How do you feel about playing a role off the bench? Can you be ready on short notice if called upon? (Even if there is an opening for your class, it does not guarantee you playtime.)
Being benched is no ones preference to raiding. I do however accept that I will be in a new guild and I'll have to work extremely hard to prove myself. Some extra bench time, while not wanted, is expected should i be accepted into escaper, and i understand that i may never be able to gain a permanent raid spot ( tank turnover is very low in high end guilds), I'm fine with that as I'm willing to prove myself, all I'd ask is the chance to do that every now and then if I'm unable to be fitted in to a regular raid spot
22. Are you willing to spend 400 gold a night in repairs and consumables, stay focused and wipe for 4 hours straight, come back the next day and do it all over again until a new boss dies (or even a "farmed" boss)?
I spend more then that currently anyway. I'm no stranger to wiping, we've done our fair share, i have excessive amounts of gold and the skills/professions to earn well over several hundred gold a day. I always expect wipes on progression and even farm content and as one of the highest repair bills in raiding (plate tank) i can assure you I'm more then willing to pay my way through progression.
23. Can you maintain a high level of professionalism during raids AND on public forums?
One of the reasons i chose to apply to your guild and am leaving my current is this exact question. I think arrogance from a high end raiding guild is unacceptable and trolling in trade is even worse. One of the best parts of old DPS is that we had a standing agreement to never discuss loot, progression or idiocy outside of guild chat or our pass worded vent. Doing PR work in my current job i understand and support the effect that a good image can have and i intent to continue to make escaper into a respected guild.
24. Do you have any PC or disconnect issues we should know about? If possible list your system’s specs. Who is your ISP? I've got the best net available to Western Australia, i also use wow tunnels so i have no latency issues to speak of. My computer is two months old so is more then adequate to run wow on ultra settings with no frame rate issues and several add ons. My computer specs are 4gig ram, 4gh dual core with a nvidia Geforce GTX 260.
25. Can you use Vent? Do you have a Microphone and Headset? Are you comfortable speaking on Vent? Yes i have both. I also have no dramas using vent to communicate, tanks must have a microphone and be willing to use it to be effective.
26. Short Essay: This portion of the app is here for you to provide your "personal touch" and demonstrate your ability to articulate and show us what you are worth. Show us what sets you apart from the rest of the candidates; what makes you better? What can you bring to Escaper? What do you want us to know that wasn’t covered?
About my character, there are a few things I'd like to bring up. I have an anub unhittable set and a full fury offset. I have been playing a protection warrior for 4 years and I'm very comfortable in all rolls that protection needs to fill in modern wrath raids. I have no troubles holding agro on aoe packs and i have a high tps average on raid boss'. I do understand that noone is perfect and that while I am capable, there is room for improvement.
About myself, i used to be a professional fighter before i injured myself before the world selections. I have always been promoted to a manager in my working environment with any job I've had, which shows that i have leadership talents and adept and leading and organizing people, qualities that i hope transfer over into my gaming.
My lifestyle is very flexible and i often have much free time to help people out in game. I consider myself someone that studies the game and i constantly scout out tanking forums looking for the newest information on theory crafting, i also enjoy shooting the breeze with other tanks from my own guild and pugs about tanking specifics and what they do on a boss fight incase I'm missing something that can improve my game.
As a raider i constantly review WMO and recount to see areas of fights (new and old) that can be improved. I believe that just because a boss is cleared by no means is it mastered. i also like to take on the most challenging roles that are available in encounters and i have no obligations to stepping aside if a person or class excels at a particular role more then myself in a raid.
I thoroughly enjoy raiding and have no wish to have my gaming lifestyle end because my guild has given up improving itself. i hope you enjoy reading my application as much as i had writing it and you'll consider me for your tanking position as a protection warrior. If you have any questions I'm quite eager to douse any doubts you my have about specific areas of my application, please contact me through this application or in game and I'll be quite happy to talk to you on vent or in game. Thank you for your time and i hope to hear form you soo