What can I say?

We came. We saw. We conquered

More about it here!

A few days ago Tuanur asked a very valid question regarding the raiding schedule and the TBD raids. The TBD raids were put in the calendar twice by Neti to leave room for a third ICC raid. After discussion with the officers, and listening to your suggestions, I have decided the following:

Every week, tuesday at the latest, the raids for the upcoming week will be announced. We will aim for 2 visits to Icecrown Citadel, 1 visit to another dungeon. This dungeon can be ToC, a 25-man pug, or a raid instance that could otherwise be freely pugged. We have noticed guildies don't always feel up to organising "puggable" content runs, so organising raids to places like Ulduar every once in a while could help people see content that they hadn't yet, and newer or low-level guildies in learning what raiding with Lemmings is like. (more on this beneath the split!

it's february and it's Lemmings User Interface Month! This month I'd like to see you upload a screenshot of your (main) character with a list of all the addons you use. And the answer to the question: if you find yourself stranded, with WoW, in an internetcafé, what addon would you bring with you on your USB stick? I'll be curious to see what you guys come up with.

A while ago we had a question round/contest for new questions for our application form. After three new applications I have to say I love a lot of the new questions, but the one question that measures Lemmingness really well is: "What is one of your fondest in-game experiences?". This question is a mix between update of the "noobiest thing" question (Spitbeard), Garalia's suggestion "When was the last time you did something really stupid or funny in the game, and what was it", and Exodius's "What's the nicest thing you've done in game?".
So we have 3 winners whom I'll each send 50g as a little thankyou

Other stuff to look forward to this february: I hope to organise a run or two to Naxxramas/Ulduar (if I can squeeze it in my personal schedule) for Gorthos, Zacharus, and other new guildies and alts. And mid-february we're going to organise a fun event as has been suggested in our PR forum: Hug-a-Lemming-day!

What are your ingame goals for february?

Yesterday me and Spitbeard, with help from Elminda, restocked guildbank with valuable upgrade items, like leg armor patches. As we had one practically unused tab, I have also moved some things around.

We now have the following bank setup:
1: Free for all. For trading items long-distance (through banks), and for miscellaneous items.
2: "Alts" (temporary name), items for rep, crafting, cheap upgrades for your alts, bags. (See picture above)
3: recipies
4: raid reagents (food!)
5: potions and flasks
6: Our Precious: epic items, epic upgrades, valuable items (high lemmings/officers have access)

For the items in tab 5 and 6 we will ask a contribution of 30% of the AH price (epic items included), so we can keep restocking guildbank with items. Donations for items in the other tabs are welcome and encouraged, but not mandatory

All of you who were online this wednesday have probably already noticed: the counsellor rank is no more. We have decided to make the counsellors High Lemmings, and have the guildies depend on eachother for game advice and input. If you don't know who to ask, ask an officer! We'll know who to point you towards

In the meantime I would just like to thank Daz, Elm, and Alwyn, "last of the counsellors", for being such faithful helpful lemmings. They have rejoined the ranks of the High Lemmings now, which will remain the honorary rank for Lemmings

in the last few weeks, we have gained a ginormous amount of applications from people wanting to join our guild. So far in january we have received 21 apps. More than one application a day! This puts a strain on the high lemmings and the officers, and me, in judging all these applications fairly.

Besides that, we don't want the guild to be overrun with initiates, just for the sake of getting new guildies; we want people to get acquainted with our game philosophy. We want people that participate in guild events and (this goes without saying) prefer a Lemmings group to a random through the cross-realm looking for group. We want guildies that are given the opportunity to join in on Lemmings events because they feel involved and a part of the guild, not neglected because nobody knows them from the other 100 initiates

Hi everyone,

taking back the reigns today as guildleader fills me with Lemming guild pride I'm very happy to be back and I hope to make 2010 the best Lemmings of the Light year yet! This is what you can expect from me:

- As I already hinted at in guildchat, I will be posting some threads opening the floor to some discussion about the way the guild is run. We'll start with that in the new year, with the first thread on friday.
- Some earlier raiding. Oranjeboom opened up a thread last week about the possibility of starting raids a little earlier, and I'm going to do my best to help him be/stay involved. If you have a problem we could possibly solve, let us know!
- Some more lighthearted fun events to get to know eachother better, and have a little adventuring around the world of WoW. We'll investigate wether people enjoy these and adapt to what people like to do most (stay tuned for a poll).

I logged in for some relaxed mailchecking and auctionhousing and I was instantly ninja-invited into the guilds' Icecrown Citadel raid. Proudly we worked ourselves through endless heaps of trash, and then we stood and faced Lord Marrowgar...

First attempt, we got to 90% or thereabouts. Second attempt, 85%. Third attempt: 27%!
Strengthened by our steady progress we called in the help of our pets. Well.. that attempt didn't go so well
The fifth attempt however yielded results.... drumroll