Comments (1) After a few weeks of farming Tribute to Insanity, we finally decided to dig up our old gear *dust* and do Trial of the Grand Crusader the way it was meant to be done.
Congrats to the ten dedicated & insane men below on their new spanking new titles.
Argent Defenders
Exitt, Jenagaine (Tanks)
Fieryshadow, Astina, Screwy, Wonders, Evirob (DPS)
Deathic, Fullcream, Trilliance (Healers)
mad skills [mād skĭls]
- noun
1. To be able to do/perform amazing/unexpected things
” I got me mad skills, yo. ”
To be said after performing an extraordinairy feat.
Slow but sure,
Catching up with the rest of the pack.
Cool. Watch for Insanity soon.
Just as in TBC, the once exclusive flying mounts that were available only to those who excelled in highest echelons of arena are now available to the masses!
The Frostbrood are elite frost wyrms that were raised from the bones of blue dragons at Sindragosa’s Fall. These frost wyrms are now one of the strongest weapons the Scourge have. They consist of Frostbrood Whelps, Drakes (Vanquishers), and the mighty wyrms themselves. Sindragosa is the leader of the Frostbrood and was the first Frostbrood raised, she was raised by the Lich King himself.
The Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher and Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher are now confirmed rewards from Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10-player) and Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25-player) respectively. This alone should give us enough motivation to strive for these achievements! I’m getting pretty excited…
Below are some screens of these beauties courtesy of MMO-Champion.
Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher
Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher
Every year, teams of 2 must beat and survive challenges the race throws at them for phat lewt. This year several new twists were added into the game…
After a few hours of running around for clues, playing hide & seek, and blood-sport –
The winners of Season 3 are:
1st – Bushhealer & Paxman <Half Of Us Have Al’ar LOL>
2nd – Maxar & Lexandria <Chipmunks Never Tell XOXO>
3rd – Fieryshadow & Sayrien <ChinChaiLa>
- And the rest of the scoreboard -
4th – Ordona & Stroke <Stardust Boyz>
5th – Purificana & Buttsekz <Purify Our Butts>
6th – Screwy & Racsotoo <Latency Killed Our Bloodlust>
7th – Exitt & Fullcream <Biting Our Crotch>
Congratulations to all our winners, all participants for finishing the race, organisers for their time & effort, and everyone else who helped out (or interfered) in one way or another!
Many thanks from the organisers for making Clique’s Amazing Race Season 3 a smashing success and we hope everyone enjoyed it. Look out for more events like this in the future!
And here’s something from our beloved Swoe:
Stage 1 - “Rumble in the Jungle”
Location: Gurubashi Arena (Stranglethorn Vale)
Season 3 kicked off with one hell of a bloodbath this time round as NPCs, no doubt learning from their painful lesson last season, turned up in force. But as before, our resilent teams started to work together, and entered the arena in a gruesome fight to the death against some of Clique’s fiercest fighters. After 15 minutes of intense battle, Ordona & Stroke were declared the last man standing and received the immunity idol. Of course the other teams did not know about this.
On top of that, they were also given a 5 minute head start over the others.
Stage 2 - “Dawn of the Dead”
Location: Deathknell, Undead starting area
Teams created level 1 undeads and had to run to Thunderbluff for their next clue. As long as a member of the team survives, their task is accomplished. This was where the race really became one big messy rush as one of the NPCs let slip WRONG info on the task and destination. Hilariously the NPC only replied to ONE team but all the other teams somehow got that piece of misinformation and innocently followed the same instructions, I wonder how they knew…
I also heard Paxman tried a shortcut through the forest of doom!
Stage 3 - “Cheeky Chicky” *Optional Fast forward Stage*
Location: Silvermoon City
Teams had to hunt down a big fat chicken, who would be hidden somewhere in Silvermoon City for their next clue. Memorable incidents would include the following conversation with a contestant…
Contestant: “Hey Crystal, anything with wings right?”
Crystalised: “Huh I said ANY chicken in the game, u know what a chicken is right?”
Contestant: “Yah, anything with wings right?”
Crystalised: “…”
But of course the incident which takes the cake would be poor Paxman actually coming 6 inches away from where Crystal was hidden and then happily following a certain kind hearted NPC who promised to show him where Crystal was. Half the City away.
Stage 4 - “Dragonslayer”
Their next task would require them to kill any 10 dragons in the game, with proof (Recount) that they have done so. They then had to find Gorrfang in Orgrimmar. Travelling all around Azeroth, some hunted dragonkins, and some went for pure dragons in the Twisting Nether. After completing their task, the teams would have to find Trilliance for their next clue.
Stage 5 - “Achievements, anyone?”
Location: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. On top of the lighthouse in Venture Bay (which happened to be a very dangerous place to be with constant aerial bombardment by Swoe and gang).
The original idea was for teams to teams to DING any 2 achievements TOGETHER. We then realised that this was hard, especially for no-life achievement whores who had already completed most of their Pilgrim’s Bounty achievements.
Thus we decided to make their task a lil’ easier, and was modified to just get any 2 achievements. What can I say? People were really dedicated to the cause! Wove your new ring Bush?
Stage 6 - “Can Joo Feed Jena’s Hungry Orphans?”
Location: Where Jena always hangs out. The orphanage in Shattrath.
Teams had to hunt/fish enough food for Jena’s Orphans so they don’t die from hunger and he can continue to touch them.
Some contestants were overheard swearing when they couldn’t find the meat required on the Auction House. Sorry boys, Jena already anticipated that and bought everything out. LOL!
Stage 7 - “I’m Dying Of Thirst!!”
Location: Rigger Cove (Tanaris)
Creativity was brought to its height as contestants were asked to return 20 types of drinks to Koratus. Some started making different ranks of CONJURED Water… before realising it was not acceptable.
Stage 8 - “Are you Clique Enough?”
Location: Originally intended to be outside Icecrown Citadel, was changed to Ogrim’s Hammer due to phasing issues.
Teams had to answer a series of questions to test their knowledge and how much they have prepared for the up and coming Icecrown patch! Here were some of the questions that were asked:
Stage 9 - “The next Mariah Carey”
Location: KTV Channel on Vent
The highlight of the Race! One person from each team had to sing “Nobody” by the Wondergirls for a minute. Several new Mariah Careys were discovered, as well as a new rapper! We heard a soulful version, a sexy dirty crooning version, a very gay version, a rap version and a terribad version lol. Big thanks to everyone who sang for being such good sports. I’m sure everyone had a good laugh. Impressive show guys!! Here’s a recording for you guys… guess which version it is? 
Finale – “WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!”
Location: In the Mountains! Thorim’s Throne area at the very top of Storm Peaks.
A photo-taking session organised for everyone after the event. Who can ever forget that heart shape we made right there and then over Swoe’s dead body? And the massive psychedelic Protodrake orgy on top of Thorim’s throne!
According to a blue post by Daith (one of the tech support guys), patch 3.3 is more than a month away.
We only provide mirror links for full client patches. Background downloads do not count. You have around 1+ month to download this file so we’re not really worried about your speed.
This would make the release somewhere end of December, most likely the 29th — horrible time with New Year around the corner, or early January. As there is no official post about this yet, do take this with a grain of salt. But be sure to expect it soon. I’ve finished downloading the background patch. Have you?
Blizzard has announced the Icecrown Citadel raid access progression. In short, there are four wings and each will be progressively unlocked over weeks after the 3.3 release. The Lich King may not be attempted until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, and Sindragosa are defeated and the Lich King must be defeated on normal mode before heroics can be attempted. Raids will have a limited number of attempts total each week to defeat the four most difficult encounters in Icecrown Citadel: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. (source)
Addicted to HoN? Love PvP? If your answer to both is YES, I guarantee you’ll love this addon.
Download here (latest version is v1.0.0-r2 dated 9 Oct 2009)
To install: Copy the folder to your Addon folder, restart WoW and you’re good to go.
Essentially this addon emulates the announcer sounds from Heroes of Newerth (HoN) in WoW. The best way to test this addon? Queue up for a battleground and start killing Alliance scum!
Here is the description of the default sound files available in the download:
Killing Spree:
1.”Blood Lust!”
2.”Serial Killer!”
3.”Massacre!”
4.”Ultimate Warrior!”
5.”Legendary!”
6.”Onslaught!”
7.”Savage Sick!”
8.”Domination!”
9.”Blood Bath!”
10.”Genocide!”
11.”Immortal!”
Quick Kills:
•”DDDDouble Kill!”
•”Hat Trick!”
•”Quad-Kill!”
Killing blows while under 5% health:
•”Smack Down!”
Battleground Power Ups:
•Berserking – “Double Damage!”
•Restoration – “Regeneration!”
•Speed – “Haste!”
Enter a Battleground or Wintergrasp:
•”Lets Get It On!”
Target Paladin Divine Shield:
•”RRRRAGE QUIT!”
On Death:
•”Defeat!”
There are similar addons which incorporate sounds from Final Fantasy, Super Mario, Quake into WoW… but HoNAnnouncer is my favorite by far — it gives me an ego-boost when I’m in the battlegrounds killing stuff!! It also only uses ~10kB of addon memory, so I have it loaded all the time.
Many thanks to Slushe for a wonderful job writing this cool addon.
I did a slight MODIFICATION to this already great addon just suit my shamanistic lust for blood:
I went to the sounds folder, took the “Blood Lust!” sound file (1_kills.ogg) and replaced it the DotA “First Blood” sound. I just think it’s more appropriate. On top of that, this frees “Blood Lust!” for my Bloodlust trigger in MSBT. To do this you’ll need 2 more things:
To set up the First Blood sound in HoNAnnouncer:
To set up Bloodlust announce sound with MSBT:
Loading ...Clique Officers are proud to present to all guildies and all visitors our new website. All raid progression news, fun events, WoW update news and other interesting articles will be published. Stay Tuned!
Special thanks goes out to Pavor, Evirob and Mesias for their contributions in the launch of the new site!
With the completion of Trial of the Grand Crusader 25, Clique has officially completed all raiding content released in Patch3.2. WOW developers have been working hard in PTR testings and the release of Patch 3.3 draws closer. Rumours mentioned the patch release to be as early as Dec 22nd 2009.
As Clique’s approaches the 3rd year of its establishment, Clique raiders are confident in overcoming the challenging encounters awaiting in Icecrown Citadel. Clique Officers have relentlessly strengthened our roster and gearing our core progression raiders for the progression race in IceCrown Citadel. Boss Strategies, PTR videos and 3.3 specs have been studied and discussed to ensure Clique remains one of the premium guilds in the Oceanic Realms.
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1st PRIZE – 6,000 GOLD, 10 Crusader Orbs, 1 Illidan’s Footsteps Lootcard and 2 Glacial Bags and 2 stacks of RAIDING FLASKS PER Teammate.
2nd PRIZE – 3,000 GOLD, 6 Crusader Orbs, 1 Stack of RAIDING FLASKS SHARED in the team.
3rd PRIZE – 1,000 GOLD, 4 Crusader Orbs
- You must form Teams of 2, comprising of ONLY Clique members (exceptions being alts, gfs, lovers, relatives, etc, no discrimmination will be given).
- Teams please post ur team members, team name, by 11th NOVEMBER 2009
- This event is open to ALL Ranks in Clique.
- ALL Teams MUST fufill specified tasks and obtain clearance from the Zone Judge in order to recieve the clue to the next destination. Tasks can and will comprise of ANYTHING, EVEN OUTSIDE of game, so be sporting, its all in the name of fun! Good teamwork and resourcefulness will win the day!!!
- It is a race, so I would expect it to take no more than 4 hours of playtime. Please give me some time to set the stage ready so I can give u the Date of the Race to be held.
- There are no restrictions of classes/race, but be warned lol, choose very VERY carefully and wisely. Remember that tasks can be ANYTHING!!!
- Other than that, there really aren’t any hard and fast rules, its a race. Be as sneaky and as dastardly as u wana be. You can be the Angelic couple everyone is rooting for, or u could be the Devilish Twins ala Amazing Race TV lol. Alliances, betrayal, sabotage, nothing is beneath for the prize!!!
- Those who are not taking part as teams, if u would like to root for ur fav team or spectate, feel free to do so and hang out at the designated SPECTATOR’S Channel in Vent but please do not interfere with the race, thanks! If u would like to help out with the roleplay/admin of the event, please pm me ingame. Help is always welcome to make it more fun! ^_^
TEAM 1 – Maxar and Lexandria
TEAM 2 – Bushhealer and Paxman
TEAM 3 – Stroke and Ordona
TEAM 4 - Purificana and Buttsekz
TEAM 5 - Moomentum and Caremoomoo
TEAM 6 – Exitt and Fullcream
TEAM 7 – Sayrien and Fieryshadow
THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS ARE VACANT AND LFM TO APP, PLEASE POST OR PM ME.
CAMERA MAN – 1 SPOT
DUTIES: RECORD AND FRAPS THE BEST PARTS OF THE RACE. EPIC PHOTOTAKING SKILLS PLEASE.
NPCS – 3 SPOTS LEFT (ZEEKEE, KOPI, FIERYSHADOW so far only)
DUTIES: HAD THAT RP BUG IN YOUR BLOOD FOR THE LONGEST TIME BUT HAD TO SUPPRESS AND HIDE IT INSIDE SO THE REST OF THE GUILD WOULDN’T LAUGH AT JOO? WELL, NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP OUT OF THE CLOSET BABY!
Having faced Anub’Arak for the last 3 weeks, we have come close a few times to killing him. However nothing beats the feeling of watching that last 1% and banishing him with our bare hands!
This is the hardest fight in the 25 man Trial of the Grand Crusader to date. For all of us, this fight has tested our skill, patience and teamwork. Starting from the tanks having to gear up in very encounter-specific manner, tricks-of-the-trade assignments, to healers having to recognize their assigned targets and heal in a split second before the first tick of the Penetrating Cold. The kiting phase… what can we say – this is a fun and challenging fight!
Finally, Clique adds another raid instance to our list of fully cleared raids, to have once again cleared all the latest content in the game. It is time to fatten up with gear and prepare for the coming of the ICC. We do hope that ICC will bring more fun to the table with new bosses and fresh concepts for boss encounters. Will ICC beat the Sunwell Plateu in terms of the challenges offered?
In the meantime, thanks to our fat bear Exitt – we have a video and vent recording of our kill of Anub’Arak. Epic!
