Lots of drama here I see. Someone messaged me today with this thread http://www.ddovault.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1283142904/165' after I rejected him from a VoD run (which was succesful by the way). Otherwise I had no idea about this forum.

So I'll post a few things to clear up some drama:

0. YES I did fail maybe 2-3 hounds + VoDs 3 weeks ago. I have failed 1 attempt at an elite shroud.
Other than that I complete 95-100% of raids which I lead (including hard VoD/Hound/Shroud about 2X each and many normals). I guess people remember the bad runs more than the good.

1. Since failing those runs, I now prescreen people in my runs to ensure they have appropriate weapons and minimum HP requirements. Since doing this, I basically complete 95-100% of the time like i said.

2. I've been playing the game for 2 months now, I run all quests pretty damn fast/efficiently for the most part. As a F2P player, I now have Min2 weapon, spectral gloves, bloodstone, leviks bracers etc. I think I'm doing ok for myself considering I started with no items. I'm clearly not the best, I don't have ToD Rings/belts, but i'll get there someday (when I buy devils of shavarrath).

3. The ONLY reason I began leading raids was that I wanted to run Hound/VoD and I just wasnt seeing PUG lfms up for them. Of course, I had run them at least 3-4 times before and i learn fast, so I had a good graps of the general strategy and how to lead etc. I had sound mechanics, I knew what composition of classes to take etc. I saw some people posted that I wanted to be the "star". This is nonsense. When I began leading raids, I knew that I didnt have the items to tank. So I always let someone else tank.
Now I have appropriate gear and I tank Hound with solid fog clicky and VoD with dmg aggro no problem every time.
Bottom line is I enjoy COMPLETING quests/raids in an EFFICIENT manner. I'll do whatever it takes to get the job done

4. Krazydamage is my alt, Crazydamage was actually my first character, and he has WAY better items than krazy (now have Min2, spectral gloves, bloodstone). So I find it funny when people love my bard (who basically buffs then pikes, or maybe TWF melees for decent dmg in vale walkups or pretty low dmg vs harry/sulo, although I tend to use tendon slice to help out).

Summary Version
Yes I did fail a couple runs, but I complete 95-100% (guess I'll have to start asking people that do run with me to post a good word in here).
I started with NOTHING 2 months ago. F2P 28 point build, no adventure packs. Now I have Min2, spectrals, bloodstone, leviks etc. For a long time I was using a metalline pure good weapon which I icy bursted.
Beating raids with minimum gear and now mid-tier gear takes some decent skill /build planning.

Feel free to try out runs with EITHER of my characters, Crazy or Krazy. Like I said, I complete 95% of the time.

Hate if you want. I am having fun with this game. I started with nothing.

Krazy, I don't know you, have never run with you.  I think we're on different servers.  But I admire that you had the balls to come in and speak for yourself.
That said, Hi Welcome

lol, with the way ppl are "screening" thru players for their raids, i'll never get in them since i'm anti-greensteel :p:p:p

lol, i get into raids thru rep alone to pike :D:D:D
not that it's a good rep anyway~~ xD

Most those raids on normal and hard are easy enough. Gbane works fine on normal as well as dr bypassers.

I dont know about your mad skills, i mean most of those raids have been figured out a year or more. Not to say that a monkey could lead a pug, just saying, put the props where they are due unless you are doing something so drastically different.

Wanting to know a bit about someone isnt horrible if youre pugging 11 spots, but meh once you get a few people you know, fill and go

crazydamage wrote on Sep 8^th, 2010 at 1:57am:

Yes it much easier when other people lead the group for you. Forming is great try asking for someone to lead.... Oh wait that would mean your screening would be /fail.

crazydamage wrote on Sep 8^th, 2010 at 2:08am:

Translated, as long as you can carry me so I can get more good shit, I will take you.

You know what Strake this means at least 2 people that i know of i think the number is higher joined up to the vault just because of 1 thread i post.

I still say you suck balls, but
that could just be my opinion.

That is all.

You're just a fuckstick.  I was in a vod a few weeks back where you started to PM the clerics about how your VOD was ready to go and to drop and join... We went before you, Im not sure if you wiped which you proberly did however when we got done your LFM was still up.

If you are such an Elite player why do your LFM's take hours to fill and you have to resort in poaching players?

I am going to recommend you be booted from the Helper's guild.

You can't do an elite shroud  How fuckin pathetic are you!? Take your gear that you seem is good enough to brag about more then once and get the fuck outta here! 

This one was an interesting thing that you've accomplished with your "efficiency".  You're a waste of resources.

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