The highlight of the night came when our very own Shadow Priest extraordinaire Muertedolor received his legendary weapon in the center of Org. Soon after he received it, we popped over to the training dummy where he let his cat walk on his keyboard and posted a quick 30,000 DPS number to everyone’s great delight. We are now armed with the Wrath of Tarecgosa and the Firelands will soon be extinguished.

Videos:

H-Rhyolith in HD

H-Domo in HD

Tarecgosa Larp in HD

It took us about 18 attempts before we realized that we’re all terrible at dancing and math. A short argument on the differences between acute and obtuse angles led into a long discussion where we ultimately decided to try our oh so solid Vegas strat. We traded in our protractors and tap dancing shoes for some swords, magics, and a pair of tunnel-vision goggles and soon enough Shannox found himself on a one way street to frown town.

Enjoy the video of our first kill in 1080p =D

“Killing Screaming off is the best strat Hero Squad (read: Hero Squad’s Healers) has ever had. Letting her die has consistently proven to be the go-to plan for downing the minions of Firelands” – Replica

“Finally we went with my strat of assigning everyone to one add for the transition phases. Everything I say is right I don’t know why it takes the officers a couple weeks to come around. Also thanks to Henqetnetjer for the constant encouragement.” – Bonesalot

“I eat a spoonful of paste right before every execute phase” – Muertedolor

“fuck” – Screaming

Hero Squad’s first kill can be watched here in glorious 1080p.

Hero Squad is gearing up for a guild-wide Secret Santa. The premise is pretty simple. Guldies can sign up here in this thread. Next week they will receive the name of the person they’ll be giving a gift to. Sometime between that point and December 31st, they can secretly give their gift and also expect to receive a gift.

Full info after the jump >>

How to Sign up?
- For HS guildies only
- Just sign up in this thread. Next Friday we will pair everyone off and then mail you with someone’s name.

So, when is all this going down?
- Signups will be open for one week, closing next Friday, December 10th. I’m not going to be ingame at all, so it’s up to you guys to get the word out to the people that don’t check the forums regularly.
- Deadline to give the gift will be Friday, December 31st.

How do I deliver my gift?
- In order to keep this a Secret Santa you’ll want to hide your identity. To deliver your gift do one of these two things:
- Create or use an unknown alt, and either hand deliver or mail the gift to your Secret Santee.
- Mail or deliver the gift to Muerte, and he will Ho, Ho, Ho the gift all the way to your Secret Santee.

What should I give and how much do I need to give?
- Cool ingame shit. Funny outfits, cool items, LARP gear, whatever strikes your fancy. Be creative!
- In terms of the amount, I would say that whatever you can afford. Though, something cheap that is meaningful/funny would probably go further than a pile of gold or stack of gems. Thought > Gold

What if I get screwed and don’t get anything?
- Let Henq or Muerte know if you don’t get your gift, and these guys will do unpleasant stuff to your Santa. Public shaming, berating and other abuse is in store for scrooges. Don’t sign up if you’re not going to give something.

Other things to remember
- This is Secret Santa! If you don’t know much about your ‘Santee’ ask around and see if someone else can give you some insight on something fun to give them.
- Have fun and everyone should participate. No reason in the world (of warcraft) not to.

When all the gifts go out we’ll do a show and tell thread where everyone can say what they got for gifts, and who they were Santa for.

Just when I think WotLK progression is over and done with, the guys go ahead and polish off a new boss.

A 10-man team went into ICC last night and tonight a worked through LK10-hardmode. Kungfoo is back from his summer of international mystery and intrigue. He teamed with with Holy[clicker]Cor’s strangely spelled alt ‘Nerkomancer’ to do warlock stuff to the King of Liches, Potsu and teeArthas represented Canada, Muerte and Bones represented the Asshole thread from our forums, Shavy and Ellionwy healed bitches, and Henq stopped leveling alts long enough to actually run a raid. Oh, and Score was there too not being a clicker, asshole, healer or Henq.

When I was in high-school I used to see this hardcore band named Bane all the time. They really weren’t all that good, and don’t relate to this boss kill in any way, but I’m still gonna link to them in this post.

gg team, g-f-g

Tuesday night we managed to knock off yet another achievement for most of the guild. Didn’t take any motivational speeches by marty$ or much else else other than a few laid back raid nights. Neck-Deep in Vile really should be re-named Neck-Deep in a Raid with No Melee. We had heard that whenever you get a new mount it’s required that you head to the well in Dalaran and float there till the end of time, so we instructed our raiders to get their asses over there and hover, hover, hover.

Assuming hell doesn’t freeze over or the nerf-bat stays away from the Lich King hardmode, this will probably be the last progression update you’ll hear from us in Wrath. Last Thursday Henq’s Heroes got together to dance around blocks of ice, and managed to kill the boss with the most annoying mouth in the history of voice acting. We dicked around for most of the night, then finally, Muertedolores called everyone in the guild fat, which was all everyone needed to hear. The Heroes held hands and pranced around blocks of ice, and eventually the dargon got all big and red, and Henq killed her with his bare hands.

So begins our first game of the 2010 Hero Squad Sealed Chest Extravaganza. This game will have our raiders traveling around Azeroth completing odd tasks, doing some sightseeing, and more than likely getting themselves into a bit of trouble. At stake is a chance to take home an item of their choosing from the Sealed Chest.

Rules and the full list of items raiders will be hunting for after the jump.

Do some Sightseeing! Screenshot yourself…
01. Swimming with a shark
02. With a Yeti
03. With a Giraffe
04. With a Dinosaur
05. With a Cow
06. With the Fjord Turkeys
07. With Gypsies!!
08. Inside/infront of an Outhouse
09. With Van Cleef (Deadmines)
10. With the Catman of ZG (tigerboss)
11. Sitting on a throne{*}
12. Doing some Feralas base jumping (see… )
13. Hanging with Gamon
14. With the Mauradon farting princess (dead or alive)
15. With Mankrik’s wife (see…)
16. /Sleeping during any long ass WotLK RP{*}
17. Kite a worgen to the Greymane Wall and pose with it
18. With Thorim ‘IN THE MOUNTAINS’
19. Visiting the deepest darkest caverns of the Storm Peaks
20. Dorfin’ it up inside the Grim Guzzler
21. Inside the Twin Emperors room.
22. Hanging out with the Lich King{*}
23. At the hole in the ground where Dalaran used to be
24. Hanging out with Don Carlos (he lives in Tanaris/Caverns of Time – Durnholde)

“This shit will probably get me killed!”
Screenshot yourself in these situations:
25. At a Wintergrasp battle in your Larp gear
26. Icehowl Enraged and pwning your raid
27. Fel Inferno engulfing the melee at the feet of Lord Jaraxxus
28. Being run over by Anub’s spikes
29. Yourself at 1% health
30. Dead in the thunderbluff pool
31. Fishing in Freyas’s room
32. Riding a Kodo, jumping off the side of Thunder Bluff
33. Losing a duel in front of Org
34. Laying in one of the trash piles in XT’s room
35. /chicken inside either the Stormwind or Ironforge Auction House

Spell the letters HS with smokes in the following places and screenshot:
36. Midfield in Warsong Gulch
37. In the Dead Scar on the Isle of Quel’Danas
38. In the middle of Goldshire in Elwynn Forest
39. In the hallway at the entrance to ICC
40. Spell HENQ at Henq’s spot on the Dalaran North Bank steps

Naked Time! Screenshot yourself naked, but still wearing your tabard:
41. Swimming in the pool in the Stormwind Park
42. Next to the Gurubashi Arena Treasure Chest chest (see…)
43. In the middle of an Alliance held Wintergrasp Keep
44. Fighting Stinky in ICC
45. Riding head-long through the Alliance zerg rush in Alterac Valley
46. Standing over a dead enemy in any Arena match
47. Hanging out in the Stormwind to Ironforge subway (Deeprun Tram)
48. /Flexing on the Alliance Icecrown gunship
49. Fighting Loken (HoL)
50. Running the cave gauntlet in Pit of Sauron
51. Running the pipe to Gluth’s chamber
52. Surrounded by rats in the Stratholme rat trap
53. Doing the backstroke in the Stormwind channel
54. Standing in the fire on Koralon in VOA
55. Hanging out in the Goldshire Inn
56. In the minefield in the Storm Peaks
57. With Kel’Thuzad

Inspect other players and take a screenshot when you find…
58. A level 80 with the single worst gemmed/enchanted piece of gear you can find
59. Someone wearing a piece of ‘..of the Wolf’ or ‘…of the Boar’ gear
60. Someone wearing grey quality gear
61. Someone level 30 or greater with no talent points
62. Someone using a Titansteel Guardian or Titansteel Destroyer

Favors from guildies! Take a screenshot once you persuade…
63. Henq to /yell his hit rating
64. Skrob to tell you the way to Thunder Bluff
65. Shavyah to hit you with a Val’anyr bubble
66. Score to mount up on his sparkle pony
67. Nebakanezor to /yell ‘u r all safe, the ship from the matrix is here!’
68. Gentleman to /yell anything about ‘coming on Guys‘
69. Potsu to play dead
70. Sockhat/Yurple/Slopes to sing you his current favorite song
71. Psaylm to /yell something only a Canadian would say
72. Sowny to /yell ‘My face is hot’
73. Ellionwy to give you a /hug
74. Kevin to /yell ‘Soupbeans’
75. Sog to pose with you and his Shadowmourne
76. Raelivh to /yell ‘Michael Cera IRL’
77. Forests to /yell ‘hloooo HS hloooooooo’
78. Razazarak to /yell something embarrassing about Kierra
79. Aldaran to /yell ‘brb facepulling yogg’
80. Bonealot to /yell ‘You look bad on a rogue’
81. Viscious Jenkins to /yell ‘AFK tankin ym’
82. Jushio to /yell something derogatory about gnomes

I did it for the LOLs! Screenshot yourself…
83. Running a lvl 80 5-man random heroic in all gray quality gear
84. Begging a member of Intolerance/WeeR/Demoted “can I have 1g plz?”{*} (for repeatable      points you must receive some gold)
85. Trading Bad Clams to a player you think is “bad”
86. Trading a Tasty Cupcake to a player you think is awesome
87. Hovering over the Dalaran well next to Axem
88. Defending a Horde city alongside Miller Time
89. HKing a member of Enrage Inc./Borderline Amazing/Decidedly Uncouth{*}
90. Defending the Crossroads from an Alliance attack
91. Stomping a gnome with a Cro’s Apple (See…)
92. With the most hilariously named toon you can find
93. Sending a /w to Holycor with something completely random and then say ‘oh sorry mt’
94. In a starter zone helping a random lowbie complete a quest
95. Attending a larp dance party with at least 3 Alliance members participating

Visit these out of the way locations and take screenshot of yourself there:
96. Off the southern coast of Tanaris are some islands with an abandoned goblin settlement, and a few pirates roaming around
97. Off the coast of the lower south west corner of Kalimdor, by Silithus, coordinates reading 39,95, you will find an Abandoned Tauren farm
98. Strip of land on the far east coast of the Arathi Highlands at coordinates 92,70, you will find an abandoned dwarven farm
99. The Ironforge Airport (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzW_YrSczvo)
100. At the top of Ironforge mountain you will find a banner and remnants from an expedition

>>Click here to download a printable check-list of the scavenger hunt items<<

In the next few weeks our resident DPS DK, and all around nice guy of the year, Sog the Destroyer will complete Hero Squad’s first Shadowmourne. As you probably have heard by now, when Shadowmourne is created Sog will be given a quest that awards 5 rare and unique vanity items:

• Reins of the Crimson Deathcharger – Pretty kick-ass mount. Red colored and looks like the Death Knight’s class mount.
• Tabard of the Lightbringer – A tabard with a bright glowing on-use effect
• Muradin’s Favor – Transforms you into a Frost Dwarf for 10 minutes.
• Jaina’s Locket – Opens a “mage portal” to Dalaran
• Sylvanas’ Music Box – A music box that plays Lament of the Highborne and spawns two lady ghosties.

As a sort of “Thank You” to our raiding core, many who have been slogging it out with us in Icecrown Citadel since December, we’ve decided to make these items available to our our raiders.

Rather than just choosing from our favorite people in the guild, or using some boring random /roll method, we’ve decided it would be fun play some games, with the winner and runners-up of these games being awarded this loot.

The games will have our members roaming all over the World of Warcraft. Possibly humiliating themselves. Perhaps begging for help from anyone who will listen. Probably getting themselves killed in ways that will have the passer-by scratching their heads.

Read on for more details on the games…

Overview of the games
(more details and indepth rules as we get closer to the date):

Game #1: Screenshot Scavenger Hunt
On Friday, August 6th at 6:00pm EST we will post a list of 100 things for participants to see, or do all around Azeroth. The Scavenger Hunt will end on Sunday, August 15th at 11:59PM. The first, second and third place winners will be eligible for loot from the Sealed Chest.

Game #2: Officer Hide and Seek
On Tuesday, August 17th all eligible raiders will meet on the Dalaran North Banks steps. At 8:00pm (normal raid start time) Henq, Shavyah and Skrob will all hearth away and head to hiding spots somewhere in Azeroth. Participants will then race to try and hunt down the officers before their fellow raiders. First and Second place winners will be eligible to win a piece of loot from the Sealed Chest.

Awarding the Items
On Tuesday, August 17th, after the game of Officer Hide and Seek is over, everyone will meet back up on the steps of the Dalaran North Bank. The 5 winners will then face off head to head in a game of chance to determine the order in which the items are chosen.

See below for a time table of the event (click to enlarge):

To our raiders, good luck and have fun. To our fellow members of the Bleeding Hollow community, if you see a Hero Squad member doing something awkward or stupid, it’s all in the name of rare loot. Help them out if you’re feeling charitable, and if not, go on and grief the living hell out of them.

Check Herosquad.us often. More information and updates will be posted in the coming weeks.