Yakety Yak with a Lumberjack

The First BDN10?

Bad Dudes assemble!

According to WOW Heroes, all the Bad Dudes listed on this page are geared enough to be running Naxx 10 (In fact for all of us it is considered to be an easy instance). Due to this I am looking for interest in possibly putting together the first Bad Dudes Naxx 10 run this weekend. Granted, this will only go ahead if everybody is interested and we may not do more than just Arachnid quarter depending on how well things go. Afterall this is a learning experience and most of us have not done these fights yet and I don't want anyone to get discouraged. We have some leeway on who we can take with us due to some of us being geared enough for Naxx 25, so some of the lower geared guild 80's can go without much of a problem.

I have talked to a few of you about this. I have recieved interest from Omni, Cordia, Ankleblaster (who should be added here), and Aletia. Dwavel has just hit 80 so he hopefully may be interested as well and we can run him through heroics this week in order to get him some gear to be better suited for it. If we can't get any drops for him and he still wants to go though, I think the rest of us will balance this out and we may be able to pick up some stuff in the process to pimp out our shamany friend.

Let me know if everyone is interested through the comments here and if so, I'll start networking and planning to set this up. Hopefully we can start getting ourselves all Naxxed out.

Heroic Halls of Lightning Pwned

In a flurry of violence and bravado, Machete Squad tore through Halls of Lightning and completely crushed Loken beneath our bloodied weapons. This is just totally bragging here, but I would just like to note that we had a perfect run, having no wipes and getting every achievement available in one run. I consider this a total example of Bad Dudery and I hope everyone else has had just as good of experiences.

President Ronnie owes us a hamburger.

Cheers all!

Loot Systems for Raiding

With us getting closer and closer to the inevitable day of doing 10 mans I think the discussion over what loot system to use needs to begin now.

I know we have a few people that don't like DKP, me being one of them, so I assume it's totally out, and good riddance.

This leaves us with 3 possible systems to use, each has various positives and negatives, these are listed in order of my personal favorite to least favorite based on research:

1. Suicide Kings - A loot list is created using whatever method we choose (random rolls is the most common) the person at the top of the list gets first choice on any drops that benefit them, if they pass it goes down the list. When you take some thing you name immediatly drops to the bottom of the list. This is generally the most even and fair system for making sure everyone gets something.

For more information: http://www.wowwiki.com/Suicide_Kings

2. Loot Council - In this one a council (one person or a group) decides who should get specific drops based on group need, normally this is done by a lead in specific roles (DPS/Heal/Tank). This system can be the most beneficial for the group as a whole, but can lead to problems of favoritism or preceived favoritism and can be hard on group morale if things end up in fights.

For more information: http://www.wowwiki.com/Loot_Council

3. Roll System - The standard in game roll system but no the need/greed system, uses Loot Master and /random or /roll. This system is okay in some ways but can lead to problems of uneven gear distribution based on some people just not having luck with the roller.

I'd say Need/Greed should be completely 100% out, mainly because if someone accidentally clicks need or greed it can screw others or themselves outta loot. I don't think we'll have a problem per se with people rolling on things they dont need or that are only minor upgrades but it also protects against that. Also In the event we have to PUG someone, being used to Need/Greed could lead to alot of people getting screwed outta loot or us having to stop to kick someone for needing on something and find a replacement.

I know this can be sticky ground, but you all know I'm not afraid to venture into those areas waving a club around until we hit something useful, I just want to make sure that whatever we go with we stick with and everyone get's what they need and noone feels like they're never going to get anything. My favorite idea is to use a slightly modified version of Suicide kings and keep a chart for different types of items (Tier Pieces only have the people with those drops on the list, BoE/Sellable items have everyone, etc) and keep multiple lists, granted this is more book keeping but I wouldn't mind it for the overall benefit of being even with loot.

A weighty matter...

Ok, I need opinions and pro/con analysis.

Should I change my character's name to Thundercles?

Discuss. Gogogogo!

Travel Plans

OK, since we are still in the process of gearing up for our imminent raiding days, i know that we are focusing on heroics still and will be for a while. However we have a little bit of confusion I believe in which ones we should be doing. Who needs what items from which heroics at this point? I would like to be able to compile a list so that we may agree on some travel plans. Feel free to include any item that you really want, even if it is only a minor upgrade at this point. Sometimes these will coincide with other people's wants and needs and help make our decisions easier. Also, Machete Squad is first priority but keep in mind the prospective members of unnamed Site B. Anything that you know that they want can be included here as well. In fact, I believe that links for Aletia and Cordia need to be added as I know they are both interested in whupping some ass and I believe everyone already considers them bad enough to save the president. I am trying to get gear drops for Cord as everyone knows, she is getting pretty close to the magical uncrittable level and I want to see her reach it.

My item interests are as follows, granted none of these are major upgrades for me, they are mostly just gravy, I do really want emblems though, and therefore will go anywhere:

Azjol Nerub: Strands of Gossamer (drops from Hadronox)
Utgarde Pinnacle: Red Sword of Courage (drops from King Ymiron)
Culling of Stratholme: Royal Crest of Loredaeron (drops from Mal'Ganis)

and these are things that would be good drops for Cordia (unless my judgement is bad and she deems otherwise)

Azjol Nerub: Strands of Gossamer (drops from Hadronox)
Old Kingdom: Bracers of the Herald (drops from Herald Volazj)
Violet Hold: Lavanthor's Talisman (drops from Lavanthor), Bolstered Legplates (drops from Cyanigosa)
Gundrak: Horn-Tipped Gauntlets (Drops from Gal'Darah), Pauldrons of the Colossus (drops from Drakari Elemental)
Utgarde Pinnacle: Red Sword of Courage (drops from King Ymiron)

So what does everyone else need from Heroics? Let me know so I can compile a checklist. Also we should be prioritzing based on who is the most geared currently. According to Wow Heroes, our ranking is as follows:

1 - Omnissiah
2 - Bevier
3 - Acidraven
4 - Ozzmodiar
5 - Traster

Cordia fits in there right between Acid and Ozz, she really just need to be defense capped more than anything.

Aletia if you're reading and there is anything you want, let us know! Same for Ank and hell anybody else that is bad enough to be reading this site.

Edit:

Here's Traster's my work proxy is a PoS and for some reason keeps signing me out when i try to psot comments so I can't post it that way

I love writing a whole post and it not saving...

This is what I need:

Drak'Tharon Keep - King Dred's Helm - King Dred

The Nexus - Dragon Slayer's Sabatons - Keri

Halls of Stone - Leggings of the Stone Halls - Sjonnir the Ironshaper

Culling of Strat - Mobius Band - Chrono-Lord Epoch

I also need:

Titanium Impact Band - Jewelcrafting (I think Bev is working on this now.)

Theme Songs

To any new Bad Dude readers out there, its important to know that each member of team bad dudes has a theme song. Theme songs empower you and mock your foes as you bust out dances moves as you stomp mudholes into them, so reply back to this post with what your theme song is.

mine is
(to the tune of the Fall Guy Theme song)
Well I'm not the kind to DPS and tell but I've been seen fighting OS and Naxx. I never fight with anything less than a heroic, epic. I've been on fire with Telestra, gone slow with a dragon named Keristrasza but somehow they just don't end up alive. Dead,dead. It's a death-defying life I lead. I take my chances.I DPS for a livin' in the guild raids. I might blow up a tall building, I might kill with my jousting mount, but I'm Acidraven, whose DPS outshines a star. Super nova. I've never spent much time in pvp but I taught the Horde plenty. It's true I hire my body out for pay (GP). I've gotten frozen over Utgarde Pinnacle, blown up in Violet Hold but when I end up dead it's only a walk (hey, hey). I might jump an open drawbridge or Tarzan from a Sholazar basin vine'cause I'm Acidraven and f’ing nuts.

The Calling of the Divinity

Ages ago, this chosen warrior of the Divinity (or a bunch of light based aliens) was just a humble mail-wearing paladin. I traveled from place to place carrying the word of my faith and cleansing what parts of the land that I could from the taint of evil. I made many friends and learned from the experiences and butt-whuppings that I endured, lessons from the light I suppose. I made my lifelong friends: shape-changing elves that marveled me with technological gadgets and attunement with nature; giant space goats who astounded me with their god-like ability to deal death to their foes; and dwarves of low stature but with a massive tolerance for alcohol and for pain. I fell among them and began to fit in for a unified quest to make the world a better place.

Then I met the bastard Horde, the unclean. I was stalked by Blood elves who had taken the power of the divinity forcefully from the Naaru and defiled it and then used it for perverse purposes. I grew bitter as my purpose in life started to unfold. The first part of my Holy quest would to be to take back the Divinity from those who would dare touch it with hands stained of evil. However this was not to be my only role in life, and not the one that would call me to my current standing.

This would come from an journey into the Old Kingdom where me and my powerful comrades put an end to a cult of insanity. It was at this time that we realized that for all the damage and pain that we could inflict upon evil, we were lacking something. Then we realized that the thing we were lacking was a son of a bitch tough enough to take a beating and distract all of our foes so that the others could deal their ways of death with no interruption. With a chorus of divine Naaru ringing in my head, I knew what I was destined to do. I was to become the "Dude Bad Enough to Survive". Then with my comrades, those "Dudes Bad Enough to Kill Everything", and "Dude Bad Enough to tell Mr. Death 'Suck it, we're not coming with you, i'm keeping everyone alive'", we set out on our new journey to Rock this world like a hurricane of pain and to look badass while doing it.

If you stand between us and our goal, may the Divinity have mercy on your wretched soul.

Think you're bad?

Since this blog is new, i thought i would help all the people wanting to be bad dudes by telling them how I became a bad dude.

A lot of you know me, for those that don't it can be hard to imagine this walking laser turkey as anything short of a god of death. Well believe it or dont, but i was once mortal. Its true. I was a night elf druid fresh off the turnip boat and standing in darnassus like a jackass. Then a thought hit me, what if i went beyond my fragile lame night elf body. So i walked and boated my way from darnassus to ironforge at level 3. Still i knew i wasn't bad enough to be a bad dude. So i then walked from ironforge to eastern plague land chapel of light. Still i was not a bad enough dude, if the president got kidnapped by ninjas i would be a embarrassment. So i wondered the streets for a bit a drunken loser making my gold from bum fights. All hope of being a bad dude was lost, then a beam of light hit me from the heavens blinding my left eye, then i just knew what needed to be done. I grew a Abraham lincon beard then I grabbed the nearest dude and headbutted him and started a gang war with bottles and chains double dragon style, in the process i meet a treant gang named Papa Chestnut and the Maple Squad and formed a street rap team. I made my way to Undercity and jumped into the horde with fists flying to the song Street Fighting Man. Then in a epic duel with their city's chosen champion the musician "Sting" i used my own name as a killing word and ended him and his stalker ways. I then put in my application to team bad dudes. That's how i ascended into badassness, i hope my story helps you in your own path into becoming a Bad Dude LLC.

Bad Dudes Challenge

Ok, it's time to propose a Bad Dudes Challenge. Everyone needs to find Sunbearer the next time you are in a guild type activity with him and ask him to duel while passing the time. Trust me, its really cathartic. The time that it takes to get this duel is unnecessary, just try to make it happen. Then post your results and/or stories here.

Good Luck all, I know you're bad enough.

Yakety Yak with a Lumberjack

Welcome to YYL. In this sit down with a Lumberjack, we talk about intresting women who have caught the eye of the net and Bad Dudes across world. In this the first post of YYL we talk about about Jenna Dewan, a former half-Lebanese model and dancer. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and Jenna was discovered by a dance agent and toured alongside some of the greatest in music entertainment, most notably Janet Jackson and Ricky Martin. She has also appeared in several music videos for artist such as 'Justin Timberlake', Mandy Moore and 'Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott'. She has also appeared in several television sitcoms including "Quintuplets" (2004), "The Young and the Restless". Jenna is most noted for her role as Nora Clark in the movie Step Up (2006), in which she plays an accomplished dancer.

Jenna is smoking hot and would be very welcome visit the lumbermill and help lay some wood flooring. This lumberjack gives her 3 logs and 1 flapjack breakfast.

Bad Dudes, and everyone else

It should be noted in an easily-seen place that Bad Dudes is divided up into squads. The "Original Five" are Machete Squad. As we fill up more functional 5-man groups, we'll designate those squads accordingly. That's not to say that we only run with squad mates... we'll mix it up with pretty much anyone. We just like saying "Machete Squad, take point!" in gruff military-ish voices on Ventrillo.

The Bloggage Begins!

Welcome to Bad Dudes Blog, a Blog run by Team Bad Dudes, 5 member's of the Order of Twilight Guild on the Moonrunner server of World of Warcraft.