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This thread is dedicated to our novices posting their "Hello" post as well as sharing with us their favorite moment as a Novice of STC. We encourage our older members to share their favorite novice moments as well.
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Here are the posts copied from our old website. I thought it was worth saving them:

Coldar (Psylent):
I will start this for you, as I don't think it will get topped before I become a Saint. I was involved in the Progression raid the night we downed Rotface. This was well warned by Jleek that will wipe alot. This we did many times, but you will have to read Dakari's News post for that and the Pictures. The part I remember and will take from it, is the patience not only the group had, but the raid leaders. We got down to just about calling it The J asked for one last run. We did and Woot downed him.

I want to thank the raid team for an awesome first night with them, and I look forward to many more.

Thistlebourn:
Hey all Thistle here, ( aka Grethius ) most of you know me from Clan Moor when i was part of them. I wasnt really getting that far with them so i decided to leave and try to do my own thing for a while. Well after getting a bunch of invites from STC members, and having enjoy playing and grouping with STC while I was in CM figure hey why not?
I've enjoyed everyone so far, So i dont have any complaints.... yet Happy

What the core Values mean to me.. well like in any other organization that has core values, these are things that we live by both IC and OOC/IRL. Helps us to become better players and better people over all so there is less of a chance at drama and stupidity.

Havent gotten the riddle yet. but I will soon and when I do ill post my reply ! Thank you for having me i enjoy being part of STC

Gyzz:
I was no longer a novice, and it was not a WoW moment, but it was my most memorable moment in STC and early enough in my tenure with the guild that I was still familarizing myself with all the players.

I am sure that it is a moment that any EQ STC member around at the time would put on their short list of great moments as well. The entire guild, as well as some other friends basically lived in the Eye of Sol Ro dungeon (Sol B) for the better part of 2 weeks with 1 goal in mind: Get Ragefire for Lady Synjun.

We actually had a call-tree where guild officers would call other members when Ragefire spawned. I still remember the call from Freana at around 3:30 EST. Luckily, this was before I had kids!

I have never been so excited about any other game-related event. I was a low-level warrior (Gyzzdark was only 52 at a time when the cap was 60), and my only contribution to the effort thus far had been letting someone else play my character to help clear Lord Nagafen earlier in the week, since he was a level-capped encounter and I was at work when he spawned. So, even though my presence was totally not needed, it only seemed right to climb out of bed, log-in and witness, perhaps, the most historical event in guild history.

If I remember correctly, this was the last time Ragefire was killed on Povar (our server) before the quest was changed to a turn-in & spawn as opposed to random, thus making the task much easier.

I'm sure some of our more senior members could share their memories as well.

Lightmyfire:
Hi everyone Happy

I've been playing since January of '07. At the time I had a pretty demanding full-time job, so I just stuck to playing with my husband. This has been my first experience playing in a guild situation.

I suppose my favorite novice moment is doing ICC25. I have never been guilded or raided before, and everyone was incredibly generous in allowing me to tag along, have the opportunity to learn fights, and given great directions and advice. You always hear about guilds having loot drama and ego conflicts, so I feel especially lucky that my first step into this has been with knowledgeable, friendly, patient people. It was great to work with everyone and I'm looking forward to continuing, and improving.

I feel that the guild's core values are not just limited to the game, but should be our values in the real world; help when you can, honor your word when it's given, don't step on others to get yourself a little further ahead. Do the right thing not only for yourself, but to reflect well upon the group as a whole.

Thank you to everyone I've had the chance to raid or run randoms with, it's really been a pleasure getting to know everyone.

For some of the more senior members here, I'm curious as to what some of your favorite moments have been? What do you feel has kept STC going strong for all these years?

Qordinn:
What has kept STC going strong? That's easy, it's....ME!!!! Ok, seriously we've been blessed with great people throughout the years...

Back in EQ, I had been with the guild for only a few months. It wasn't home. I didn't feel like I contributed much, felt unknown, like an outsider. Everyone was so close and I couldn't relate to a lot of the jokes, the ribs, the general discussion going on. People used each others actual names a lot instead of toon names so I was really lost being a new person. I spoke to our LP at the time Alielgo. He suggested I volunteer for a raid lead position. Undergo training from our SBC, Thalstan (stonestriker) and try to lead raids. No way better to be noticed than having people forced to read what you type as you lead them into battle. Looking back now...I was really bad at raid leading. I certainly never thought to one day be invited to sit on the High Council, nor to be the LP of a fledgling WoW chapter trying to establish itself in a barren wasteland of Lothar. I had some great people with me along the way, Lady Delphinae, Crentis, Denoby, and Tarkane were the foremost of the officer team that helped lay the foundation for STC WoW. Our first recruit, a novice named Tamater, would go on to also be instrumental in recruiting and helping us grow and establish ourselves. 2 rough splits and a few years later, and I find almost everyone has returned. We're stronger than ever and what a small group of about 13 saints started from has become amazing. It has all been even more so by the number of friends I've had the honor of spending my time with. I jokingly say I have no life, that's far from the truth. STC has been my life for quite some time. It's been a long time since STC was able to function well without ole Q actively leading the way, and I can't tell you how proud I am of all of you for making that so.

/bow

Fradrok:
About 2-1/2 years ago I was about level 16 and brand new to WoW. I started a Druid and was enthralled by the background music in the starting zones and would get all warm and fuzzy inside at 2:00 AM when I found myself on a high of this new addiction. I found a lonely (haha) Night Elf warrior who was a couple of levels above me who wanted to group up to run some tougher quests. We built a quick friendship though he joined a guild an I was yet un-guilded. That friendship continues today with this Warrior named Calient (you might know him as Leik as he is now in STC).

About the time I reached level 18, I was at the Druid Trainer in Moonglade and there was this level 70 Druid just standing there. Being new to the game, I tried to keep my noob questions away from higher level players, but I took a chance on this guy with a few questions I had at the time. He was very cordial and explained in detail more than I thought he would want to spend time with someone so low. He asked me to visit his guild’s website and I couldn’t get enough of the forums and posts that I had access to. That guy’s name is Kevin (you may know him as Sumner).

Before long I submitted my application and received an assigned Saints Assistant and began doing some quests for him, both in and out of game. This is probably my fondest memory of the guild. Right then. I have many more that compete, but that time is etched in my memory for good. That SA had me (for fun) find one of the Master of Saints (at the time) toons and challenge him to a dual. I may have been level 19 or 20 and couldn’t scratch the guy’s level 70 character … so, he took off all his armor and danced around while I continued to whack on him with my druid awesomeness. I thought I would pee myself with laughter.

It took some time, but slowly I began building a strong friendship with my SA and with that guy serving as Master of Saints. They all (I include others beyond the three I already mentioned) took time to answer questions I had and allowed me to continue to ask them. (If you’re wondering who … it was Qordinn serving as my SA who gave me the quest to dual Cistern.)

During this initial time, a level 50-something guy playing a toon named Freg invited me to a group and ran me through Deadmines. If you can’t remember your first time in a dungeon, let me tell you: it solidified my addiction to WoW and to STC! Freg’s generosity in giving me a couple of bags larger than I already had just proved that even the average Saint within STC makes the guild what it is.

I have since played several Officer roles within the guild, including Saints Assistant, Battle Chancellor, and Lord Preceptor … and will continue to serve where and when I am asked. These are my friends, some as close as any I’ve ever had. I’ve wept and laughed with them and wouldn’t trade my time here for anything.

Before I get all mushy, I’ll tell you of my 3rd fondest memory … I was level 68 and it was time to think about Karazan. Several guildies banded together (as they do today) and sacrificed their time, when they could, to help me get my key and come in with them. Sumner, Qordinn, and Tyenee were instramental in my becoming a main druid tank in Kara (and druid heals before dual-spec). I was rotated in. Evaluated. Pushed to do further research. Sighed at when I pulled too many or didn’t recover fast enough. And called a noob when I marked the wrong mobs in the incorrect sequence. It was a lot like bootcamp.

They handed me nothing. I earned everything I got. But the existing raiders at the time I entered Kara have a sweet-spot in my memories of STC for their patience and willingness to see my big bear’s butt progress as far as I wanted to.

If you are new (or old) to STC, and have made it this far in my long post … I truly hope you find enjoyment in your time here as I have. We struggle and fight at times like siblings. We poke fun and kid and flirt like teenagers. We, in a sence, love eachother like a band of brothers (and sisters).

Not everyone is ready for a guild like ours. Some want to get in and out and could care less who runs them through dungeons or whatever. Others, however, want to learn … and learn from the best. My experience in STC has proven that the best in the game are right here! And they stay here because of what STC brings into their life. They teach, sacrifice, and play for the enjoyment of their own achievements as well as for the relationships they build with other members.

We never require sacrifice of you unless you announce you want to be pushed. We do, however, require that you have fun. If that fun is raiding? Ask to be pushed. If it’s leveling and farming and crafting? Say, "Hi." and chat with us while you’re out soloing.

All in all, this long post is only a snapshot of my experiences here as a member of STC. I pray you feel welcomed and find a level of play that suits you. We are here for the long run!

/salute

Mortition:
I was first introduced to STC back in EQ2 for the week that I played EQ2. I didn't know anyone and was not that interested in EQ2. I had a paladin named "Tristand" for those that remember him. I ended up leaving EQ2 and going back to the original EQ. A few months later my best friend ended up buying me WoW for a xmas gift. I created a warlock and began to play. Crentis invited me into STC in WoW and there was only about 6 people that played on a day to day basis. Those that knew me at the time knew I had some real life issues going on and it lead to my leaving STC. STC had nothing to do with me leaving. Real life issues was conflicting my ingame experience. I had no job at this time for those that remember and it was making things really hard. I must have went 3 months without a job and finally landed a job currently where I work now. By this time the wife and I was playing catch up on bills and it still made my game experience horrible.

After leaving STC I had some friends up at work that played WoW and Garithe and I decided to create a guild and name it "Obliteration". Believe it or not I tried to bring a lot of values over that I had learned in STC. The guild went strong for about 1 year then turned for the worse. Suddenly core values didn't mean much to the guild. People was very disrespectful towards other in guild and ingame. A lot of kids seemed to be finding their way into the guild.

WotLK expansion releases

During the week of this expansion I leveled my warlock up to level 80 and started to level my death knight. After getting to level 80 I tried to get a group with my warlock and never could find one. I logged on my DK and was immediately asked by 8 people if I was a tank and to tank for them. So in the end my DK became my main at this point. (funny how that works) So I decided that if I wanted to maintain a level of raiding I had to work really hard at keeping my DK in tip top shape. I went on the internet and studied many forums about frost DK's and did some trial and error stuff in dungeons and raids. Trying to figure out how to take less of a hit than most and when I needed to pop my cooldowns. I am still researching stuff to keep him up to date. I feel if I am not doing my part then your experience isn't going to be good having me.

Return to STC

Casey and I was talking ingame one day and we mentioned how we had became disappointed with the way things have turned over in Oblit. We decided that it was time to hang up our hats or we was going to quit the game for good. I spoke to Qordinn in the game and he was more than willing to talk and guide me through what I needed to do to become a saint again. I told him what I expected (even though it wasn't much) and then I was invited back into STC.


Final Thought: Since my return I have met several new people and talked to several old people. I have had more fun in this game than ever and plan to keep having fun. Some of you I haven't fully met yet, but I try to take time to get to know people. You might see me whisper you out of the blue and start talking to you. This is normal for me. The new people I have met since my return have helped out alot (shifti,lager and many more...trying to make it short ) I also look for new ways to improve or help the guild out as a whole. Rather it be guild bank or to help other players out. My only downfall is I can only help one person out at a time it seems. I will try my best to do what I can to help anyone....you may have to spam me everyday to do it so I can remember cause I usually have alot going on in the game. I stay fairly busy when i'm in the game, but I will drop what I am doing to help anyone. (unless I'm already helping someone) Sorry for the boring post and I probably messed the gramar up a bit . There are many names I should mention that have been a big help to me, but I would be here all day typing out each and every one of your names. Thank you all. I hope I have made your experience playing WoW worth it at some point and will do my best to see that you do.

Angel:
Hi, I'm Angel. I am one of your newest recruits.

I found Sanctus Covenir by wandering into an inn inside Dalaran. I know, crazy right? I found this blue Draenei sitting at a table, and introduced myself. After a few days of talking, and running some dungeons, they referred me to SC. (You all know this person as Iantha.) They weren't in the guild, but they knew how awesome you guys were. So here I am!

I applied to SC, and was really happy to find so many nice people to finally run some random dungeons with. Lagerales has been especially nice in telling me how things work around here. In my first week, Iantha changed guilds and came to join, so it's been especially great to already have a friend/guildmate to play around with.

I like the guild charter, and that the Saints have a sense of moral integrity. You do not see this very often when it comes to mmprogs.

A little about myself: I made Angel on Lothar as one of the first people to log into the server upon launch. As you can tell, the name has no funky characters in it. I played for a year. Retired, and finished up medical school. I work as an RN rl, atm in oncology/renal. I love gaming in my spare time, chatting up about conspiracy theories, health issues, politics, and I am a huge Disclosure Project fan.

I hope to make many friends inside SC, and I welcome anyone to come along and group with me at anytime.

Thank you for having me.

Jethaya:
My real life name is Francis and i am a French Canadian i wish my written English was a litle bit better but here we go


Well why did i joined SAnctus Covenir ?

i could go on and on about how great you guys are !! and how after doing a few raids with you .. i liked the attitude, the perseverence , the leadership, and the knowhow you all showed
but the true reason i had to join is.. someone has to make sure Iantha gets a bit of a hard time everyday Happy

i started playing a couple of months before BC came out at the time i joined a french guild named '' Les protecteurs du Lys'' i was playing a mage and was learning the game but the people in that guild where to busy trying to get Karazan ready to help ''newbies'' so i left and stop playing for a few months (summer was comming and my other passion is flying and building rc planes)


when i got back i made a druid named Oddo and got into a guild named Chineese pet food where i had a lot of fun socialising and lvling

i left petfood for revamped because i wanted to raid
raiding is what i love in this game unfortunatly Revamped didnt survive the arrival of wotlk so i then went into Ascention (now known as Reign) in 3 weeks i saw all of ulduar from start to finish

they where a litle too hardcore for me i remember some wednesday night i would go on a 25 men from 8pm-12 am then after that go on a 10 men from 12:15 to 4 am about that time i started to get WIFE AGGRO (we made a deal at 11-11:30 computer shut off)


i then joined Guid of rock a buch of really nice folks

oh i forgot to mention i become a daddy my son name is Charles
and he his a lady magnet


i will promess you this

i will show up on time and raid ready when i sign up


oh my GoR guild leader says Warn you !! they made an adult chanel on GoR vent because of me ...

looking forward to get to know you all

Gerhart:
Penny and I were leveling together out in Tanaris minding our own business. We sometimes grouped with people for dungeons, battlegrounds, and quests. Me having a ret pally and Penny with her mage could take down almost anything - provided I could keep her from grabbing aggro. Paladin play was very different than it is today - so much that I forgot the pain tongue out. Anyway, we happened to group with a person randomly (Chantalina) to do some quests in the pirate area of Tanaris. We got the quests done efficiently and had a good time. He invited us to check out his guild STC. I wasn't sure how much of a long term player I was going to be, but Penny's stories of her previous guild made me feel like joining a group may be good. I was still hesitant but gave it a try.

We joined STC but had only a little interaction as we were both focused on leveling and didn't have the opportunity for much interaction. My first time of really feeling like a part of STC came when Penny and I were going to do Zul'Farrak. We found a couple of people but needed one more person. We tried asking in guild chat and someone answered (Fradrok). He offered to blast us through with his high level toon. I had not seen a druid kitty before and was impressed with the spells and damage ability. We appreciated it when he showed up and killed everything in sight as well as being able to explain where to go. We thanked him profusely, and I gained a new goal of getting to cap as fast as I could so I could be so uber.

Penny and I started leveling faster. We went to the Outlands and she switched to her previous main (her warlock which she transferred) and we continued to level. During this time, it was quiet in guild chat except some chatter of going to raids at times - Kara. I felt left out because I couldn't raid as I was still too low level. Penny and I would get help from time to time but usually just kept to ourselves as we didn't really know anyone very well. Note Q and I did have chats from time to time and I really remember once when I was in Zangarmarsh - that really helped make me feel more like a part of STC.

It wasn't until a bit after WOLTK came out that Penny and I finally dinged level 80. That's when it seemed like we became members of the team. People were running heroics to help others gear up. There were raids but we both needed better gear and to learn more about our toons before we could join in. It was at this time that I came across a post on the old website that I bumped several times as I moved up from Saint to Battle Chancellor. It explained to the max level toons to not forget the people leveling as it can sometimes be a lonely existence. I think that since that time, STC has gotten even better about chatter in guild chat. We say hi, check in on others, and offer help. Obviously it helps if you have one max-level toon as you get what we are chatting about but honestly, it doesn't take long to become integrated into STC. AND I feel that STC has also morphed a bit with the influx of new and old players. I like the family we have built and hope that everyone receives and appreciates the the support our members try to give.

So, Light, you will feel more like a cousin than a sister at first but as you stick around, come to a guild meeting, and just have additional interaction, you will get to know us better. I wish you and all the novices who post here get to appreciate the caring and respect that STC has to offer. I am very glad to be a member.

Cistern-Casey:
I am really enjoying these stories and experiences. They remind me of why this has been my home, at heart (even while I was in my mmo-rumspringa) for nearly a decade. This seems to be a post of what we love most about STC, so that is more what it will be for me, and you will read why in just a moment. Prepare for a long read...

I have sat and struggled with remembering a single moment as my favorite as a novice. It would have to be more a collection of instances that took place, as has been mentioned before. When I returned to STC at the start of the year, I didn't feel like a novice... I just felt like I was home. My novitiate period took place back in 2000. But, my novitiate was one of suspicion... it is as if I was able to sneak in the back door while someone wasn't looking. And no one noticed that I was there.

I started playing Everquest just a Ruins of Kunark was being released. A friend that I worked with talked me into picking it up. Just as you know of me today, I was an alt addict from the very start. My first toon was a gnome necro, and also I rolled a barbarian warrior. The warrior's name was Cistern. This friend that talked me into picking the game up just happened to be roommate to a certain historical Saint of days past, widely known for his appetite of horse. After a few months of playing, the three of us ended up working at a newly formed company as the IT dept. After a couple weeks, a new programmer joined the ranks that the Horse Eater knew, known here as Chronomis. So there we were, the four of us working and gaming together.

What happened next can neither be confirmed, nor denied, but I will give it to you as memory serves. I walked into Volly's office and said, "Sponsor me for your guild. I want in. Chronomis has already agreed." His response was, "I'm not sure your a fit..." You see, in STC's early days, you were required to have 2 Saint sponsors to vouch for you as a player. Something that worked very well for that game environment. So after some convincing, I had my 2 sponsors. As soon as I filled out my application and got my invite, a new game, DAoC, was released and STC began there. So I followed my RL friends there and guilded my toons in STC. There were issues with DAoC, and after just a few short months STC folded there. Now, the thing to remember was that, since I had got an invite with STC in DAoC at the start of my novitiate, and there were no regulations set in place in that game, I never was assigned an SA. I never even spoke to an officer in game. I just one day was magically there. When the STC-DAoC chapter folded, I simply returned to Everquest with my friends and was considered a full Saint there.

So, there you have it... the Crentis you all have come to know and love, cheated the system. I slipped in under the radar. The problem is that I, like a few others have mentioned here, never really talked much to the in game group the first year or so. I remember the night that Gyzz talked about, helping Synjun with her epic. I wasn't there, and didn't get the call, because I was an epic underachiever in Everquest. To this day my highest toon on that server was Neeky, my 56 or so rogue. I wasn't in demand, I wasn't a raider, nothing like that. I just simply was there. I remember being invited on my warrior when he was 47 to a hate raid, and my fellow Ogre warrior, Gyzz, passed on some bracers so that I could have them. I dont know if Brandon remembers that, but it was at that point that I realized what it meant being a Saint in STC. And from that point on while STC had a heavy presence in EQ, I had a high reverence for Gyzz. I remember thinking that he was the warrior to pattern myself after. There was one day I was tooling around on Cistern, and he sent me a tell on his cleric alt, just saying hi and saying he was trying out the other side. As far as I was concerned at the time, Gyzz WAS STC. Another time I ventured into Tenebrous Mountains, just outside of Katta. And there was the Ogre warrior, soloing mobs at the zone line. I asked him if I could join him, and thats where I learned about bandaging. I thought that was revolutionary. I also remember soloing my rogue with Q's rogue... also Qad in EQ. Just getting to know these guys. That was what was memorable for me as a Saint. Here I was a nobody, quiet and behind the scenes just doing my own thing, and they approached me as friends. To me that is what STC is about. For me it has NOTHING to do with a game. A game is just a game. But the friendships you make in STC transcend the game. This is what I tried to bring to WoW when a small handful of us first met outside of Stormwind for our first guild meeting some 3.5 years ago to see if there was any interest in setting up shop there. I had no plans to lead in an officer position, I never felt I had it in me. What an honor that I was asked and let be a part of the leadership amongst such fine other leaders.

Then one night, out of desperation and depression from seeing every one of my RL friends over the years leave the group I have grown to love, I posted my goodbye and deguilded my toons. I was physically ill over the next few days... upset stomach, couldn't sleep, etc... I thought that was it with me and STC.

I was wrong. Even though I was under a different tag, guys like Qord, Frad, Brent, Tark, and others continued to contact me and communicate with me. Even though I felt like I had abandoned STC and let folks down that I had called friends, they acted as though it had never happened. STC continued to shine. Finally one night, again out of desperation and depression, I contacted my old friend John. Told him how I felt. And of all the things to do... he invited me to come back.

So here I am. Again. For the last time. Attempting to live up to the STC that was shown to me first by an ugly ogre Warrior in my first romp ever, and continued through several games to follow.

I hope I am able to help some other novice feel the way I was made to feel by those of you who influenced me as Saints.

Thank you, again, for another chance to do that.

Iantha:
heya all!

this is iantha. i also tinker around with some toons called ivanabiggun, papasmurrf, bunnyslipprz and ionabigblade.

i met Khaylene through EGA, and shortly after met Peneloperose. i ran some instances with them and did some chattering in-game. one day, a miracle occurred--i was a lil gnometank in need of an ICC, and STC was in need of a tank. i was more than thrilled to get the invite, and walked around smiling like a nut for days when the invites continued. while raiding, i was taken with the espirit de corps of the group, then wonderful attitudes of all (especially when things didnt go smooth as silk), and the amazingly helpful nature of everyone. seemed like a great place to raid!

as i began to talk more with Penny, and shared i was struggling with my hunter, i got an introduction to Lagerales, a total sweetheart!! he spend a good amount of time talking and teaching, and even threw some gear my way. wow!! this was obviously a great group of people!!

there were hints and allegations that a guild invite might be available, but i struggled with the move. after some soul searching and veiled threats from Khay that he'd pull out my pink pigtails if i didn't join, i took the leap.

so..here i am. thus far i have very much enjoyed the personalities i have encountered in the guild. gchat is active and fun (hurray!!) and everyone is very helpful. i hope i can prove to be an asset to the guild.

this far a couple of my happiest moments where when one of my partners in crime for my other guild, Jethaya, joined; i was also happy to see Angel here too! Q's colorful whispers keep me in stitches. as i get a chance to interact with others, i feel like i continue to make new friends.

anyway..i am terrible at writing these things and have begun to babbly, so SEE YOU IN-GAME!

Josiaah:
I posted my hello in the wrong forum (sorry PenelopéRose)! For those who don't remember me, I joined STC during the EQ2 years. Pappa G is the one I have to thank for the subsequent years of gaming bliss!

I think some of my fondest memories in STC were back in the EQ2 days. The friends I made during those years have been one thing that's constant so many years later. STC And STC members have been part of my gaming life for almost a decade.

From laughing at Yaroc for getting us lost during raids, to running my wife's character right off a cliff into one of the raid bosses while folks were afk (good times), I've had a lot of fun with STC folks over the years.

There's nothing like breaking raid content together and feeling that sense of accomplishment. I'm back in WoW wanting to have more of the same things I enjoyed in years past - great adventures with good friends and lots of laughs to go with it.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone and contributing to the raid force.

See you in game!

Quelzhorai:
HI diddly Ho neighbors!!! Unfortunately I was unable to return to Lothar with my Toon names intact but after Dakari threatened to take away my cupcakes if I didnt, I have decided to return to the fold. Those of you who remember me I joined up with STC back in the EQ2 days, I was running around trying to solo grind my Dirge to being useful and I ran into Yaroc in my travels. He won me over with his witty and charming personality. Yes he can be witty when he puts his mind to it. So after going through the Trials Quelzhorai joined with the ranks. And there was much rejoicing. Happy. After some time and many considerable raids we moved into World of Warcraft a game I was already playing on my off EQ2 time. I was playing a rogue mostly and when STC added WOW to the games played Kaizor joined the fold there. From there many romps and dungeons were run and due to one thing or another some of us split from the fold to commit heavily to raiding, although I knew there was some still strong ties to STC. As it so often does real life rears its head and some of us had to depart or just to take a break. I actually took an MMO break for awhile to pursue the single life again but I have been back playing MMO's again. My last year or so I have been playing EQ2 again and COH but I am now coming back to WoW. I hope to contribute what I can based on my work schedule. Expect to see me on at wierd times, all day or all night just depending on what shift Im working. So I can be expected to help at some pretty useful times and some wierd off the wall times. Happy Most of my fondest memeories are in EQ2 although I think my favorite time I was in a group working on the Claymore Quest line and I was grouped with the usual cast of Characters, Kellindel I forgot what his tank name was in EQ2), Anasaro, Rarur and Hybus and a couple others. We had been camping this room that had a mirror in it waiting to kill a boss for somebodies update. After having been in there for quite awhile my curiosity got the best of me and I touched the shiny (The mirror). So after being ported back to the outside on a cliff face after touching it I was needled by everyone for hours on end and for months afterwards.....:P The lesson here....Not all shinies are meant to be touched.....must resist shiny... Happy And there was much rejoicing.....Yay!!!!

Btw Kaizor unfortunately could not come back to this realm with his original name, So I had to change his name to Kryzek. So in all retrospects the K-MAN is back Happy

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Hi this is Tyr, u guys know i talk alot so i will be breif; my favorite moment as an STC Novice and in wow was the first 24 hours of joining this guild I got a whisper by every active member of STC saying welcome. I asked alot of questions and got alot of answers, I asked for help and other guildies went out of there way to re-spec, re-gem, re-enchant and re-teach me so that I would be ready go on my first productive 10man icc, tho i didnt make it into the groups that night, I was soo greatful for the effort to ready me that I spent the duration of that night fishing in wintergrasp and made 120 FFs I gave 80 to Jleek and 40 to Mater who used them in the raids to come, soo in a way i found great saticfaction in being a utility to the guild raiding or not and STC made it happen for me. To all other prospects i encourage u: DONT be afraid to ask and u will recieve. DONT be afraid to give and we all will benefit.

Lachdanon:
Hi, my name is Lachdanon and I am a Wowaholic. My real life name is Glenn and I live in Northeast Alabama I am divorced and I have 2 Sons (Twins) Ethan aka Tyrraell and Patrick aka Jeptha I have been playing WOW for just over 3 years now and I havent learned a danged thang! My hobbies other than WOW include Huting, Fishing and Shooting. I am a Diesel Injection and Turbocharger Tech. and have been for the last 30 years. The name Lachdanon was a spin off of from a NPC's name in the original Diablo Game that I played in 97. I have played all of the expansions and all my games with this same name. The original Name of the NPC was Spelled, Lachdanan but the game would not allow me to use this spelling, (conflict of intrest I guess) but from reading the Lore of Diablo I thought the character Lachdanan got a really raw deal and I thought the name was really cool so I wanted to adopt his name and this was as close as I could get. I never dreamed that Frad and Q would have such a hard time pronouncing it correctly, LOL
My favorite moment as a novice in STC began instantly after being invited into this Great Guild. It is so refreshing and challenging to be a part of STC. I will have to admit it is very different from my past Guilds. The one thing that stands out in my mind is the fact that everyone has made me feel welcome and went out of their way to help me improve my Gameplay and learn more about my class.I have known a few of you for almost 2 years in various respects, Frad, Quardin and Sumner are first to come to mind. I have raided with them many times in the past but there are so many of you that welcomed and made feel at home here and I have come to consider you my friends, Lagerales really went out of his way to assist me in so many ways I can't even start to list them here. I truly stand in awe at the focus and professionalism you guys bring to the table. The structure of this guild is awesome and I feel very very fortunate to be invited to take part in what you guys have started and strive to accomplish.
So my favorite moment as a Novice in STC, Heck It ain't over yet. At least I hope not.
Thank You Saints!
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Lachdanon, Novice STC.

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soo far my favorite time as a novice in the guild was my first ever run in icc 10 . i had never done any raids up to this point and was invited to come. everyone was friendly and very helpful when i would ask a noob question ( do believe i had more than a few ...). i was told several times i did well for my first time and on top of it being my first time. i was resto. i felt pretty comfortable with the group and really enjoyed myself. soo again thank you all for this experience.
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My name is Patrick and I'm 28. I am married to Jennna and the son in law to Steve. You might best know them as Lightmyfire and DrVishnu. Jennna and I also have 3 kitty cats together and we are currently living in Virginia. I started playing WoW back during Burning Crusade, so I haven't been here since the beginning, but I do find it to be a great game.

I am a Marine and I've been in for 8 years now. My job doesn't give me too much time off right now, so I find myself playing a little bit every now and then, but I don't play nearly as much as I would like to. I enjoy STC because of the people and how nice they are. Also I have run a couple randoms with them, but I guess my favorite moment with STC would be when I ran Uld with them. I know it wasn't progression raiding or anything but everyone was nice, and no one was taking the game too serious. I would like to do more with the Saints as far as raids, but with my job I can't commit myself to being home at a certain time every night. Since it changes all the time.

I like the Saints core values since as a Marine I have my core values and if you want to break it down both are kind of alike. They both just state to be a nice and good person and help people when and if you can.

I know a lot of people said there favorite moment was just playing with their friends and that says a lot about the community. In a world where so many people come and go it's nice to find a group of people that have bonded with each other so much.
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Hello fellow saints,

This is Partick, a.k.a Jeptha with my favorite Novice moment. I am 18 years of age and I am still in High School and am to start college in the Fall. I have been playing World of Warcraft on my own toon for a little over a year now but played off and on with my Father's a.k.a Lachdanan for quite some time before. I have only been in one guild besides this one and have found more pleasure and friendships in such a short period of time that i have ever experienced in wow as well as real life.

Tonight i found my best Novice moment in an Icc 25 man it all started in my cat form, which we all know I'm a noob at, but for the sake of the guild and to prevent epic fails i try the best i can. Meanwhile Marrowgar was on his way to 50% health when we had a good friend of mine "Iantha" get kicked off line and i had to step up and "have her back" so to speak. This to me shows the true meaning of teamwork and how we as a guild should always have each others backs in times of need. This novice moment beat out the defeat of Rot face only because I thought it showed a good story and example for all guild members to go far and beyond simple dps, heals, or tanking but to protect each other and meet the chalanges head on.

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Patrick your fuzzy butt
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I have been through various MMO's over the years, and as a result I have had a wide range of experiences when it comes to guilds, and I have belonged to many. Raven, Solaris, The Order of the Owl and many others that I can't even remember the names for. None come even close to what STC and her people are. It prides me to see such a wonderful bunch of diverse people come together and uphold the Values that STC so holds dear.

I left WoW and the guild I was in to go to Iraq for several months. Just before that I spent a couple of weeks serving in South Korea. At that time in my life my duty was most important so I quit playing. The guild I belonged to at the time was quickly dying and the people there weren't my type of people. I left the game and the guild without looking back.

I returned from my deployment without incident. The thing about being deployed, though, is that your mindset and routines change. I came back still in war mode (no PTSD, I didn't see combat) and couldn't settle back into civilian life very easily, and thus not WoW either. It took me several months of being back to my old routine to finally be able to relax out of war mode, but WoW didn't hold interest for me.

Flash forward to November, when I started dating SeductivePain, who at the time played a lot of WoW. She convinced me to come back to the game and run with her and her guild. At the time her guild was in a death spiral, and my tenure there lasted merely days. A friend of hers was on another server in a "mature" guild and wanted her to transfer over. I went with her to join the guild, STC.

My relationship with Seductive didn't last too long, but my relationship with STC did. I found a group of honorable people that respected me, even after I caused a few discussion crap storms on the forums (warrior tanks suck!) wink.

Other than that I don't remember much of the first months with STC. Life for me then was in a state of flux. But when I was able to play more my experiences improved significantly.

My favorite memories early in my time with STC were of a little gnome warrior who only logged on after hours by the name of Flintlock. We would have discussions for hours about crafting, tanking, being warriors and so on. Though life kept me out of the game around the time of his mourning, I too mourned heavily for the loss of such a great person.

From my early days in MMO's, to my first days as a Saint in Sanctus Covenir to today, I have not seen any guild like STC. Of reading about past pains and past triumphs, I am proud to be considered a member of this group, of this Family.

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My name is Chris, a thirty-something single father from Kentucky that works in a casino as a table games dealer....and is in the process of finishing out college in 2 semesters as a certified Athletic Trainer, woohoo!
My WoW experience started out most unusually, i never had the want or feeling of need to play WoW and constantly denied that i ever would, that is until my brother almost twisted my arm into giving it a trial shot just for kicks and giggles. And i'm glad that i did. I had no idea basically of what i was doing, but just having fun running around leveling and killing whatever i could and i decided to buy into the game full-time. Leveling got tedious until i met a great friend named Tyrraell, who about the same level as i was in the 30's and was finding that the bloodsail buccaneers weren't all that fun to deal with. We marched through many a quest and had much fun doing so and stuck together until the goal of 80 was reached and continued to stay close friends after the fact.
Upon making friends with Tyr, i met many great people in the process like Lach, Jeptha, Tyenee, Mater(Mortition), Ghellthis and Casey and it made the game so fun and enjoyable and i found myself laughing at the fact that once upon a time i had thought that WoW was a stupid game before i had ever played....i never knew it would be so much fun meeting such great people.
Times became hectic and discombobulated(sp) and i took a 3 month break due to school and that the game had lost its fun factor greatly and i felt burned out of the situation and no where to go with just doing Argent Tounament dailies over and over until i ached over having to log on. I kept in contact with Tyrraell and got the knack to play once again finally and am so glad that i did so. Many of the people that i had grown close to and admired came to STC and Tyr intrigued me to inquire in the guild, yes nervous i was and unknowing of how far behind i had grown in my temporary lay off, i grew very excited in having the chance to be part of an amazing guild and pursue the fun that once left me in the game.
I have been welcomed with open arms and the reception has been no less than exceptional, meeting great people with so many to thank and acknowledge in my short time so far. The maturity, the fun, friendship and help is amazing and with those i have grouped with and met, have my sincere regards in accepting me and giving me a chance.
*My favorite moment* It's difficult to just narrow it down to one really, the welcome from the guild, help from Peneloperose, the great insight from Lager, Lach, Ghell.....the warm welcome from Iantha, so much to name and everyone one that i've met is awesome and so helpful. What sticks out the most i will have to say is the day i arrived and Lager was right there, providing me with equipment and needed help that i greatly appreciated and shortly thereafter, Jleek invited me to the weekly. It was the fact that many went out of their way to help me, something you don't see as common nowadays and for that and all the help and kindness that i've received, i am so thankful for and i look forward to getting to know all better and helping in all and any way possible that i can. Thank you STC! Thank you so very much.
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Well where to start here? My name is Heather and I am a 22 yr old single mother of three beautiful girls and a boy on the way. I am the daughter of Drvishnu and sister to Lightmyfire. I just recently started playing the game after watching my father throughout the years of UO, Diablo, Everquest, and then WoW. So I finally begged to get WoW for myself so here I am.

So far, I have not had a chance to do much with the guild in order to have a favorite moment as of yet. Mostly due to everyone being such a higher level than myself. However, my father has taken me on a few dungeon runs which was very fun and exciting. I think I did quite well being my first time as a healer and I didn't let him die at all.

As far as the core values of the guild goes, I think the main point to get from it all is to treat others the way you want to be treated. This guild is more like a big family that always lends a helping hand then just a bunch of uber gamers. Help when you can and have fun.


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Hi, my toon is Ghellitis aka Jelly. I am just a good ol' Kentucky boy that loves the outdoors. I have been a welder most of my life and was one of the first to get laid off work when the economy tanked, because I have worked in the auto industry most of my life I decided enuf was enuf. I took the lay-off(which I wasnt told was permanant until things got bad everywhere)as a sign to change my career change. I have gone back to college and will be graduating this fri, June 25, 2010 with an Asociate degree in Computer Science. Wheeeeeee!!!

As far as my favorite moment as a novice is concerned there are way too many to name in this post. I could never top the one where Fellow southerner Lachdanon misdirected the healer in a heroic, I wasnt there but I have run with him euf to know why they call us Huntards....LOL...
I am sure there will be plenty of favorites in the future as I feel that I have finally found a Guild with my principles in mind.
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Just read Casey's post and was taken aback by his kind words. The biggest part of being a Saint is that humility and respect for your fellow guildies is something done without thought. The generosity we show to each other isn't out of obligation, but simply the content of our collective character.

I am not the most active player, and over the years I have taken some long hiatuses from gaming, but I am a member of Sanctus Covenir for life. From the time I took the Oath after being raised a Full Saint there was a pledge to adhere to those tenets.

It's great to here other's accounts of their experiences in STC, and it solidifies the fact that we are FAR more than a group of gamers. It is what sets us apart from so many other guilds.

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Hey all,

Since the servers are down for maintenance or whatever, I figured I'd post my most memorable novice moment(s). There are MANY many moments of fun from my novice period, and each have a special place in my heart (though if you ask the individuals involved, we all tell the stories a bit different).

Meeting the Saints or "How to make Friends in Ultima Online"

I was playing Ultima Online for a few weeks, and I decided to be adventurous and try out one of these dungeons I heard of though for the life of me I can't remember which one (Deciet or Destard? No matter). I was doing alright in the first little area of the dungeon, killing slimes and rats and generally having fun. Feeling brave, I traveled a bit deeper finding not much to kill -- until the dungeon respawned all at once. OOPS!

Doing the best that I could, I started killing my way out. Close to death, I ran into a small group of people that were fighting their way further into the dungeon. After a few heals, I was back into the fight and tagged along with them for a while -- staying out of their way, mostly, and not stealing their kills. I got to chatting with Lord Marvin and Lady Verena for quite a while, and from that meeting, I was invited into their guild.

"Did you get a bowl of soup with that hat?"

I know I'm going to butcher this story. It has to be >THE< favorite moment of mine while I was a novice in STC, involving Saint Max, Arathahorn (Andy), and myself... but it was so long ago, the details are fuzzy... I wish they were around to explain the story, as it was a night filled with hilarity.

The night in question involved Max, Andy and myself slaughtering helpless deer, bears and other critters in Brittania, trying to get a bear's head hat or antlered hat to drop from them... for HOURS on end. All because of the quote Andy asked Max -- "Did you get a bowl of soup with that hat?"

The Horse Eater and "How to Corner the Sewing Kit Market"

The first time I met Volley was shortly after my induction into STC. A number of Saints brought their mounts to Pegasus bay, and Volenmere was tasked to take care of them.

Take care of them he did -- the horses rebelled against their masters (as they were inside, taking care of business for the upcoming induction ceremony). Volly couldn't re-tame the horses or get them under control - so he slaughtered every last one, then proceeded to cut them up into food and use their skins to craft women's undergarments...

... which leads to the second story. One night I met up with Volley outside his house. He had spent HOURS dropping single sewing kits on the ground on every space around his house. His reply to my question of "What are you doing?" ..... "Getting rid of sewing kits -- I've systematically bought every single one I could, to corner the market!".

Brothers In Arms

Andy and I became pretty good friends after an incident in UO involving the two of us, and a prior ally to our guild (The Pluggers). It seems it was ok for the Plugger guy to kill our members, as he was a PK, but it wasn't ok for Andy and I to trick him to giving us a port somewhere, then killing him when his mana was low. We didn't loot him, or do anything "wrong" really -- it was just us playing around, though he didn't see it as such. He got upset, and Andy and I were put on trial for "Unsaintly Behaviour". The trial was an interesting moment (I had just completed my induction ceremony the week before - Andy and I were expecting to be kicked out of the guild). We had a minor punishment -- I can't even remember what it was now. Shortly afterwards, we were both given higher positions within the guild - I became the first Adjutant General of STC, and Andy became the first Master of Crusaders (if I remember correctly).

Years later in EQ, our newest Master of Crusaders gave Andy and I a quest to complete together. Pre-PoK, we had to travel across the world (without receiving any teleports or assistance) and pray at every shrine we came across, as a tribute to Saint Max's penance in UO. As proof, we had to submit screenshots to the MoC, which were actually posted on the old, old site at one point.

After completing this, we were called "Fiantiri" or "Brothers" and is another fond memory of mine (-:

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I have hundreds of stories that I could share, most have been forgotten or are remembered a bit differently as the details get fuzzy with age, or mixed together (which happens over 10+ years of gaming with STC).

Ya'roc

The best adventure to come, is always the next one -- and I'm glad to still be a part of our grand adventures!


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About me, well, I have been married for coming up on 20 years now to Lisa (the STC member formerly known as Dragonfly). I have lived in many places, NJ, CT, NH, IN, NY, DE and MD, currently (and permanently) back in NJ. Lisa stopped playing a few years ago; she is a nurse in RL, and was a priest healer in-game. Having people die in raids just caused her too much angst (she took her role as a healer very seriously). We were lucky to be able to move into our vacation home after deciding we would give up our city jobs in MD for something more peaceful. We live on a small barrier island on the southern coast of NJ, Sea Isle City (small meaning about 10 miles long, and about 5 blocks wide bay to ocean). Our home overlooks the wetlands, blessing us with the most incredible sunsets every evening. We have great neighbors, met them when we moved here and it is like we have known them for years. I work in the commercial nuclear power industry; have been involved in either operations or training most of my professional career. We have no kids, however current household inventory would reveal two cats, and a precocious 3 year old Labrador retriever named BB (pronounced BeBe, short for beach bum).

Summers are a busy time for us; we have a lot of guests that join us at the shore, and then there are the summer “hobbies.” We spend most summer weekends on the water; we have always had a boat however after meeting our neighbors (who also had a boat), we decide one was enough between us, and sold two and bought our current boat, a 31’ Cabo express. We do a lot of offshore fishing (tuna, mahi, marlin); will post some pictures. I also play a little golf (a good excuse to drink beer in public), and Lisa and I jetski. Winters are peaceful here, my favorite time of year. Just enough bars open to still have fun, and a lot less people.

I have requested you consider my return as my path in gaming has been similar to my path in life. I moved around a lot in my career to experience different types of power plants, and different job responsibilities. In my gaming life, I have moved around searching for something that was similar to my experiences Ultima Online (UO), however I never really committed to finding it, or exploring other alternatives that I was curious about. I decided a few months ago to commit to scratching those itches and explore a few things that had been left undone for me in gaming; life with the horde and to see if the experience I had in UO existed anywhere in the WoW universe.

Regarding life with the Horde, there are a lot less folks on the horde side of Lothar. I traveled around a bit, played some with the folks of Lost Order of Akalabeth for a while, and pugged some raids. Many of you may remember LoA as one of our allies in UO; in fact they came to our defense when our first building, a small forge, was attacked. Only one of their members was a member from the UO days. Not many of us around anymore.

While pugging, I met a guild leader who convinced me to try a raiding guild. As I have never done this, and I was scratching itches anyway, decided to give it a go. It was….interesting; very focused very high speed. The guild leadership team was highly experienced raid wise, and put a lot of time into raid set-up, use of raid tools (such as raid performance tracking tools like world of logs). Feedback on performance was abundant however done respectfully (most of the time); if your performance did not meet the requirements you were benched; no discussion. I learned a lot there; tanked for both the 10 and 25 man teams. My team made it to 11/12 in 10, and the guild 9/12 in 25. I had some great tank mentors. We had one 10 man team finish LK, and my team was still working on the coordination to finish him when summer arrived, folks stopped playing as much (including me), and the guild leadership team decided to relocate to an EU PvP server due to attendance. That was a little too hard core for me; abandoning all of the folks that did not/could not pay to move seemed a harsh, just to find new recruits. By then, I had learned enough about that play style, and decided I did not want to meet the four nights a week raid requirement; too much of my real life was disappearing.

I also moved a 70ish level avatar to a RP server (Earthen Ring), hoping to find an environment similar to what I remembered from UO. For those who did not play UO with STC, it was (for me) one of the finest gaming experiences I have had to date. It certainly serves as a “favorite memory” of STC. I remember to this day how I came to join STC. I was wondering the roads of Britannia alone, a dangerous maneuver at the skill level I was (UO was PvP), I can’t remember where the proper name of where I was headed (it turned out to be the location of our then leader Saint Max first death at the hands of an angry pig), other than it was “the Abbey.” Along the road near the fork to the Abbey, I was attacked by two Lich’s; I was no match for them. However out of the bushes jumped a STC member (Maddog), and quickly killed the Lich’s. He then led me on a hunt to raise my skill level, and along the way we were joined by Saint Max. We three hunted a while, and they asked me if I would like to join their guild. From that point on, many amazing things occurred…..the construction of castle at Pegasus Bay (and the surrounding town), the PvP battles, the development of the “care bear” defense strategy. Amazing times.

In the end, I found that raiding guilds demanded more than I was willing to commit to, and care less about the people and more about the goal (in this case, kill the LK). I think in the end they miss a lot of the fun of “the journey”. I found it interesting that they actually over-staffed tanks; when I asked why the guild leader said that in her experience tanks and healers had the highest burnout rate. It was nice that they recognized that and allowed a method for me to take an occasional night off, however didn’t fix the cause. I also did not find anything similar to the dynamic of UO; I guess it was a unique blend of people and environment. While we were not a strict RP group in UO; it was pretty close. Within WoW, RP is far from where we were then. However it wasn’t the RP in UO I missed, it was the sense of team and setting and accomplishing goals. Goals like the construction of Pegasus Bay, the elimination of a few select PvP griefers, and the development of commerce. Perhaps the closest we came was in Star Wars Galaxies (until the software dev’s totally destroyed the game). As much as I would like to recreate what I remember from UO, I have finally faced the fact that it was something that cannot be re-created.

That is my story; I apologize for rambling a bit. I am glad I have found my way home.

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John (Seerjohn, SirJohn, and its many many variants :P)
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I've mentioned a bit about me in another post, and I guess I get to do it again. :D I'll try to keep it interesting.

I'm a 30 something single female living in the eastern areas of Texas. I grew up in the Army and had a job as a military contractor for a few years. This resulted in my both living and traveling to quite a few places.

How I came to WoW
It was my time as a contractor that was responsible for my joining up in WoW. I remember it pretty well. I was making an insane amount of money (for me). I remember heading home for R&R. I'd been playing FFXI and had enjoyed CoH, but for some reason couldn't play it out in Iraq. Having always enjoyed games, I decided one day on my ritual trip through the PX to nab Guild Wars and Warcraft. (I knew they both had "online" options, but thought they might have offline ones as well. For some reason I thought WoW was similar to the old Warcrafts I used to play. XD)

I remember playing both games, but Guild Wars pretty quickly took a backseat to WoW. I spent A LOT of time playing it. XD I even remember having my eldest niece on my lap once as she watched my druid bounce around in Taladrissal.

My connection out in Iraq wasn't spectacular, I eventually learned. I also had long periods of time when I had none in my hooch. So, I've been playing on and off since the beginning. I'm prone to sporadic lengths of inactivity as interest in the game takes a backseat to RL interests. I'm also an artist and have several artistic crafts I might indulge in, which can't really be done side by side with the game.

How I came to STC

Kalaris has always been my main, and I've transferred her to a couple different realms as my friends moved around. (lots of money in Iraq) While on Lothar I was in a couple different guilds. A small guild with a friend and her friends (broke away from that as I started to develop somewhat hostile feelings towards the GM). There was another guild that eventually fell apart.

Finally I somehow ended up joining Followers of Bob. I think I'd run an instance or two with some of them, applied, and was accepted. It felt much like STC today, though over the couple years I was there it started to change. It was harder to get help as they focused more and more on raids and daily heroics. Nothing wrong with that, they were progressing.. I just couldn't keep up with my casual attitude towards the game. Eventually, however, the original guild leader left or some such (I'd gone inactive again. I have a policy of canceling my payments if I go the better part of a month without even logging in). When I returned, their 25 man had been developed, and anyone else in the game was, more or less, an artifact. If I wanted to progress in game without trying to PUG everything, it was time to find another guild.

I searched up Lothar alliance guilds, and was running through a list of them on WoW Wiki. I applied to a few, looking for something that was casual friendly without "requiring" I participate in a certain percentage of guild runs a week, and that would give me the time I needed to work on developing a decent set of armor. STC was the first and only to accept me. :3

Favorite moment in STC

I still feel it may be a bit early to declare a specific moment, as I've only been around a couple weeks. I've enjoyed my overall experience, but so far the mere fact that I was accepted has been most memorable.

I was recently 80, horridly geared (in part, I blame a hacker, but my prior stuff was outdated and not much superior) and inexperienced with Raids. After my quick rejection by a couple other "casual" guilds, and being ignored by the others I applied to, I honestly had no expectation that anyone would take me on, much less a guild that looked to have been around as long as this one had. But, you did! I was so excited.

The next day I logged on, got invited, went to do the daily heroics I was trying to develop a habit for, and a handful of you invited me along. After the dungeon runs, a bunch of you ganged up and used resources that boggled my mind to put me in a set of purples. It was trilling, felt unreal, and I really had no idea what I'd done to deserve it. Reluctantly, I went to bed afterwards. XD

I awoke for work a couple hours early, unable to sleep, and had the intent of dinking around with my druids talents. Seemed everyone was planning to run a couple raids, and you invited me along. :3

It painted a wonderful picture of what to expect. It helped flash set my loyalty to the guild, and has made me eager to help out where and when I can. I still have a ways to go to catch up, but it's no longer a goal that feels impossible. :D
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Hello Saints:

My name is Roy a.k.a. Duramax. I live in the great state of Tennessee and yes I am a Volunteer...GO BIG ORANGE...so with that in mined I will do my best to help out whenever needed. I am 42 years young and addicted to WOW for some odd reason. I am a diesel fuel injection tech. and thats where I came up with my toon name....from the duramax diesel.. sounded kinda cool and tough...I wanted the name M1A1 for a tank but couldn't roll numbers.
My son Zach a.k.a. Iceyfirez has also just joined the guild..

One of my memorable moments as an STC novice happened while in Uldar(10)...We were on Kologarn and had wiped once..we were sitting around talking about what to do..and all of a sudden Menethorn accidently slung an arrow at Kologarn's arm... opps...so we rush in and started the fight and when the arm falls..guess what...so does Jeptha...just fell right off the platform......we laughed..wiped and come back and killed him... to funny...Had fun
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Hello Saints:
One of my memorable moments as an STC novice happened while in Uldar(10)...We were on Kologarn and had wiped once..we were sitting around talking about what to do..and all of a sudden Menethorn accidently slung an arrow at Kologarn's arm... opps...so we rush in and started the fight and when the arm falls..guess what...so does Jeptha...just fell right off the platform......we laughed..wiped and come back and killed him... to funny...Had fun


Yaroc (Menethorn) .... creating memorable novice moments one raid wipe at a time.
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We ran ICC 10 and downed rot-face but saurfang dropped a staff that i rolled on and won but later got to looking at it and decided it was more of a healer staff so I gave it to Frad and the next boss we downed he passed on something I needed so by giving him something I got something in return.
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