Ainokea

Whoa!  So I've fallen a little behind in reporting our news but I'm fixing that now!

Congratulations to everyone on our hard mode progression!  We are now 9/12 for ICC Hard Modes after downing Festergut, Rotface, Lord Marrowgar, Deathbringer Saurfang, Blood Prince Council, and Blood-Queen Lana'thel.  We've had two very productive weeks!  As usual all of our screenshots can be found in the Progression Thread: Icecrown Citadel thread on the forums.

For fun Cody's been recording our hard mode encounters.  You can find all of the finished videos in the Ainokea Raid Videos thread on the forums and on his YouTube channel. If you'd like a quick taste I've embedded the playlist of all the videos below. Be sure to crank up the quality to the full 1080p!

I'd like to thank everyone for their great work lately!  It does feel good to be challenged and progressing again and that's a direct result of everyone showing up prepared with a great attitude.  Thanks also to Dan and Scura for being willing to jump in when we need a substitute, it's a big help.  =D  Thanks for encouraging me when I led the raid last week and of course for my shiny, new shield.  Till next week all!  <3

Congratulations to everyone on the Heroic Lady Deathwhisper and Dreamwalker kills!  Two new heroics in one night definitely feels like we've got our groove back.

We're continuing with ICC tomorrow night and may try a few more heroics.  Just as a reminder you can find the strategy info for the heroics in this forum thread: Icecrown Citadel: Heroic.

I'm throwing in an extra screenshot today because I like it so much.  Keep up the great work!

Cataclysm is looming ahead of us with the promise of epic greens, new races, and guild perks. One of our own, Cyroryn, was lucky enough to get an invite to the beta and has shared some screenshots with us! Check them out here in the forums and collected in a set on Flickr.

Just a reminder: read up on the heroic versions of the first four fights in ICC for next week. The heroics have their own thread in the Raid Encounters forum and if you find additional resources please post about them and I'll update the main posts to reflect that.

Congratulations to Bryce on finally killing the Lich King! Great job everyone!