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3 48 Here Comes the Airplane

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3 48 Here Comes the Airplane DoD earns "Set Up Us The Bomb (25 Player)", granting them a server first achievement, Ulduar What Fuels Progression Concluding Glory of the Ulduar Raider catapulted our raid team into a series of successes that spanned the remainder of November 2009. Interest in raids was at an all-time high, and so it should have been! One look at the Ironbound Proto-Drake and people wanted in. Omaric and Bretthew obliged the guild and continued to push raiders through mounds of content, acquiring gear and assisting those players missing one or two of the metas for their own personal Glory, while I manned the rotations of the roster. Our high churn in the roster was evident by how many people still needed a Firefighter here or a One Light there. As was our modus operandi , I didnt force anyone to raid, so I was fully prepared to have a handful of stragglers missing various metas. Omaric and Bretthew made good use of this time, punching out additional Ulduar ach...

4 48 Insufferable Sanctimonious Fanatical Jerk

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4 48 Insufferable Sanctimonious Fanatical Jerk A player works through the gypsys questions, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar Thou Hast Lost an Eighth! There were at least a dozen pages, all laid out in a multiple-choice style quiz. The last page of questions revealed the total count: 70. Damn. That must be some quiz. I paid no attention to the person discussing corporate policies, continuing to examine the quiz and its related paperwork. The back sheet listed a set of titles. "The Architect" "The Mediator" "The Entertainer" I counted sixteen titles in all. Continuing to ignore the presentation unfolding before the audience, I began penciling in answers. The questions were bizarre. Answering them without context was difficult. They seemed to drift back and forth from acutely personal, to wildly broad and ambiguous. Unsurprisingly, I found myself seeking to fill in context with what I knew best. "Common sense is: A) rarely questionable, or B) frequently q...

48 reasons to love Doctor Who on its 48th anniversary

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48 reasons to love Doctor Who on its 48th anniversary SOURCE: http://blastr.com/2011/11/for-48th-anniversary-48-r.php Doctor Who is the longest-running sci-fi show of all time�and no wonder. With an ever-changing cast of characters, run by producers who are as big fans as we are, its been kept new and exciting every year. We love Doctor for all sorts of reasons. So for today, its 48-year anniversary (excluding the few years it was off the air post-1989), were giving you 48 reasons why we love this show. 1. The opening theme song. 2. The TARDIS. The Doctor loves his time machine so much, hes practically married to it. 3. Its a gateway drug to British television. In fact, its some of the first British TV that many fans ever get to see. We hope fans continue to explore more Brit sci-fi, like the classic Blakes 7 and Thunderbirds , and the more recent Being Human and Spaced (well, not sci-fi, but certainly geek culture). 4. Humor. 5. The Girl in the Fireplace. The episode, from the...