What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been. Also, Children’s Week

What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been. Also, Children’s Week

Posted by on May 3, 2010 in Commentary |

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Finally.

I’ve been dreading School of Hard Knocks for about a week now. When I saw the requirements, I knew I was going to be in for a fight not only because they involve PvP but also because they’re difficult to pull off. Returning a flag in WSG? Capping a flag in EotS? Seriously, good luck with that.

Fortunately, and this is likely not what Blizzard intended, most of the players from both sides were cooperative. A gnome in WSG was grabbing then dropping the Horde flag so that we could return it. Alliance players in AV were “defending” the towers so we could “assault” them. This went on until everybody had received the achievement or some idiot would come in and kill the Alliance players helping us. We’d tell them to stop, of course, but sometimes it would be too late.

So there it is. Nearly a year’s work of achievements, all thanks to the accident that was Midsummer.

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