Update on Me -- and all my wiz

This is a difficult post to write, need to figure out how to say what I need to say without causing a ripple effect.

I have always been a very private person and sometimes it can lead to issues among my friends and colleagues. If what you are feeling is NOT shared how can they know that something is bothering you? How can they know that something in your past is influencing you at this moment? How can they know what you are going through that might be affecting other aspects of your life? One way they can know is to ask ... and therein lies the heart of my post.

I have retired from Mercenaries for Hire, not gone inactive -- resigned, retired, quit how ever you might want to put it.  When members decide to deride others and "take them to task" for not living up to THAT person's expectations in a very public way I have an issue with that.  Most especially when the person is NOT "leader" of the group.  There are many ways to communicate with others, from private messages,  to in game whispers and meet-ups.  Due to this very public backlash I retired from M4H.

No one -- except my very closest friends -- know what I am dealing with in my life at this moment.  But I will say it is a MAJOR issue and has affected my attitude and mood.  I have not wanted to deal with other peoples minor problems while I work on my own major issues.  That is the long and short of it.

I enjoyed my time in M4H, but it was no longer where I needed to be.  I need to help myself right now, and not so many others.  I will still be around to help, just not in an official capacity.

M4H Announcement

M4H ANNOUNCEMENT

Please join me in welcoming 4 new members to the Mercenaries for Hire Group:

John Shadow
The Earthweavers
Compguru1
Mr.Owl


After losing Christo, and a couple other Mercs semi-retiring, we felt it was time to add some new blood to the Merc group. As a group, we discussed many candidates, but ultimately chose these 4 people to join our group. These 4 showed a great commitment to the game and to F2M4H. The also exhibit high level gaming skills, a good personality fit for a merc, etc. Each one of them has been "vetted" by the current Merc team, and we are fully confident in their abilities to help the other wizards of Wizard101 Central with their quests throughout the Spiral. 

as posted by Andrew Wildflameon Wizard101 Central


And its a VERY happy day for me as my friend The EarthWeavers is now a fellow Merc!  WOOT WOOT!

I don't know what the heck is going on today ...

but it has been a weird one to say the least.

Got to hang out with The EarthWeavers today for a bit, and it was fun.  Have missed my friend and was glad to see them :)

Other things haven't gone as well.

As you know I am a member of Mercenaries for Hire over on Wizard101 Central.  As my kids are with their dad today, and my family is out of town I covered the Merc board for requests.  I tried to help as many possible, but it is frustrating when people ask for help and then don't show up or message to say they are canceling request, OR they miss their requested time and then DEMAND you come running because they are ready NOW.  I am not picking up requests for a bit because of this.

In between waiting for people to show up I did some PvP on both Death and Myth wizards.  Those experiences were interesting too ... Myth ended the day with 20W/4L, rank of 657 making her a Knight.  Poor thing has so few tickets she might hit Commander and not be able to get gear.  Have been managing to win against all schools, including my own :)  That makes me happy.

Death is at 24W/7L -- was an interesting evening doing PvP on her.  Went against my first GrandMaster, was a Pyromancer.  Poor thing didn't know HOW to play her school.  I won the match, and gave her tips after it.  She never used fire school's specialty -- damage over time.  She was VERY predictable, every time she had enough pips would throw a BIG spell at me -- right into a shield or two.  Had a bladed Helephant hit me for 88 damage.  She was a very nice girl, I hope she uses some of my tips.

Last match was against a life wizard.  As you know I am a Warlord on my life, so I know HOW to play life in the Arena.  I don't just 4v4 on her, I solo more than I group play.  This girl used a Polymorph Draconian halfway through the match.  Made me mad enough that I talked to her.  I started with "really?"  Was just a bit ticked off, as if you can't tell.  I already had her down to half her health and had an infect on her.  She threw a firezilla at me, after she had feinted me -- that went critical -- into double shields, did 338 damage.  I used a bladed vampire and killed her.  Told her she needed to learn to use her own school, and soon Polymorphs wouldn't be able to be used by low level wiz in the Arena.  She got just a bit mad that I won.  I don't understand WHY people think a polymorph will help them win in the Arena against a player that KNOWS what they are doing.

Was an interesting day to say the least ... even made me write two blogs today. ;)

Brisk Breeze Bash Follow Up

The BriskBreeze Bash was a HUGE success -- MANY MANY wizards got their rings, some are still hunting ... and we hope they come and ask for runs.  I made a total of 15 runs into the Tower, and I know many of my fellow Mercs made many also.

We know that the following wizards got their rings:

Jasmine -- Life
Keira -- Storm
Luke -- Fire
Haley -- Death
Valkoor -- Ice
Ryan -- Death
Josh -- Storm (Twice)
Heather -- Life
Suri -- Life
Jose -- Fire
Heather -- Fire
John -- Life
Moira -- Ice
Fallon -- Myth
Joseph -- Myth
Brooke -- Life
Sophia -- Storm
Keira -- Fire
Jacob -- balance
Cody -- Ice

Congrats to all of those that were successful.


At least 20 Rings were wrung out of Orrick's crusty old hands!

May he rest in pieces -- until the Wizards of the Spiral assault his tower to make it Ring with our spells once again.

All the best to those who came out and had a go at Orrick.

Brisk Breeze Bash

As some of you may know some of the M4H are sponsoring a Brisk Breeze Bash this weekend.  Yesterday was a great deal of fun.  I know that at least 8 wizards were able to "ring" in the new school year by tearing their Grand Master rings out of Orricks cold scaly hand.

If you stop by, don't be confused even though you might see two of me. 

One is our "door stop", she is always outside to greet those that might stop by ... and occasionally her Grand Master sisters are there with her.  The reactions have been priceless :)

"Ring" In The School Year

"Ring" In The School Year With Your Own Grand School Ring!


Saturday September 4th-Monday September 6th

You are invited to wreak havoc on Angrus and Orrick until they give up your school ring. Come Join the M4H team this weekend as we "labor" to help you get yours.

We will be working in time blocks in groups of 4. We will also run you through as many times as we can within the time frames allotted.

Saturday: runs starting each hour from
7-9a PST/8-10a MST/9-11a CST/10a-12p EST, break,
12-3p PST/1-4p MST/2-5p CST/3-6p EST, break
6-7p PST/7-8p MST/8-9p CST/9-10p EST

Sunday and Monday: 12-3p PST/1-4p MST/2-5p CST/3-6p EST

Where: Scarecrow Realm In front of Brisk Breeze Tower

Details: Please list on the linked thread if you will be able to attend, your wizard name, school and at what day/time so we can better group the teams together. Walk-ups are welcome. We ask that you follow the advice of your merc leader to ensure a successful run. Above all else have fun!

Sponsored by M4H

MERC LEADERS-
SorceressMiklai, Cassandra DragonHeart, Lady Blade, Kevin Shadowstalker, Keira Nighthunter, Andrew Wildflame, Aura*, and Jonah (ret)