Pie Chart is recruiting!

High

1 - 2x Shadow Priests
1x Hunter

Medium

1x Tank (Preferably Paladin, but more interested in "players" than "classes")
1x Feral DPS
1x Holy Paladin

As always, exceptional players of any class/role are encouraged to apply!



We are 12/12 ICC Heroic, having scored a 19th US Heroic Lich King kill. Our goal is to continue improving and to push ourselves to be as great a guild as we possibly can be in Ruby Sanctum, Cataclysm, and beyond. To this end, we expect the applicants we receive to be great players and members. Being in a top rank guild isn't of importance, being an absolutely great player, however, is.

We expect that as a player, you will offer us mastery of your role and class, being able to effectively manipulate all the utilities you have to offer, while also maximizing your performance in said role (whether it be DPS, Healing or Tanking). You will be expected to gear and play off specs in addition to your main role, and this stands especially true for hybrid classes. Willingness to do so will get you far enough, even if you are mildly inexperienced in your off specs. You should have a competitive and patient nature, as good will and humor do wonders for progression raiding. An enthusiastic and aggressive approach is appreciated and you will be expected to compete for your raid spot. We do NOT recruit for the bench.

We raid 4 nights a week during progression. Invites are at 7:00 PM EST (Server) and we raid from 7:30 PM to 12:30 AM. We try to keep things efficient and as casual as they can be, while still vying for respectable world rankings. We run a unique atmosphere here in Pie Chart, and our goal is to be the best we can be, while also having fun.

Further details for applying are here: http://piechart-guild.com/index.php?showto...0&#entry536

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"WORLD 4th LOLOLOL JK"

But seriously, it's a fun fight. We got it after a handful attempts, once people stopped dying to Twilight Cutter and we stopped gibbing one another with void zones. It sucks that half the servers didn't get to go in last night, my regards to those of you who got snubbed. Though the 10 man is somewhat easy, the 25 man version seems to be a fairly well put together fight. From a first impression, the 25 man heroic version is a faint reminder of early Sunwell / Thorim level difficulty, which is definitely a nicer level of tuning. Hopefully we'll have an update soon!

Videos:
Adoz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmbw1m3D1J4
Pikmin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9031c2sJbN0

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Winners of the Pie Chart Herb Contest

Better late than never! A month ago we finished off our herb contest and then rewarded the winners with an 11/12 ICC Heroic run! Congratulations to Misu and Prodigylover on their rewards! Here's the post with all the details: Herb Collection Contest Winners!

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Pie Chart is now selling Heroic ICC Gear, 10 Man Frostwyrms, and Ironbounds!

We are now selling all gear in ICC 25 Heroic that our members no longer need. The list is being updated weekly and can be found here: WTS: Heroic ICC!

The runs are a flat rate for 50k!

19th US, 67th World: Heroic Lich King Down!







Yo, act like Defile's hardx. ©Y@ in Ruby S@n©tum and ©@7@©LY5M!


First and foremost, I'd like to thank the people who made our kill possible but couldn't be in there tonight: Schrei, Rae, Treewa, Literalz, and Rhap. We easily would not have come as far as we have, were it not for your help, in and outside of the raid.

Roughly 329 Attempts, 2 months, and a million disconnects later, he's dead. After an 18% wipe on our second attempt tonight, we went on to kill him a couple of hours later on our 9th attempt. For the record, because we're all broke ass raiders on shitty American internet with no sense of coordination (as you can see in the kill shot above), none of us ended up FRAPSing the kill. Yes, I know. We're really bad.

But here's the WoL link: http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/3up1j6f...3597&e=4655

EDIT: Apparently we have a ninja-frapser in the guild. Here's the kill video:
Pie Chart vs LKHM Part 1
Pie Chart vs LKHM Part 2

ICC has been a massive roller coaster for the entirety of its duration and it's thrilling to have reached our goal at the end of it all. Before ICC was released, we set out to achieve a top 20 kill at the end of hard mode progression. And to be quite honest, that goal seemed impossible for an extended period of time. Since the start of ICC, we lost all three of our previous main tanks, changed leadership, and went through roughly 15 or so different members / recruits leading to what is, at this point, a rather different roster than what we set out with. At one point, we were consistently doing Heroic Lich King attempts with less than 25 people. Most of our attempts were marred by connection issues and any early attempts that we did have, were conducted with a massively inferior composition (i.e. 2 Resto Druids when 5 healing due to attendance issues, 1 warlock, 2 to 3 paladins tops, etc).

You could argue that real progression didn't happen for the first month or so of attempts, as we banged our heads against the first 3 to 4 minutes of the 15 minute encounter. But I don't regret it and it's been incredibly satisfying to have all the work pay off. I'd like to thank the new officer team for really pushing various aspects of the guild and while there are always improvements to be made, you've officially passed your first test. I'd like to thank all the new recruits who have made this possible and I'd like to especially thank all the members who have stayed with us, through thick and thin, to get this down tonight. There are very few of us from the Ulduar glory days, and even fewer from before the expansion, so it's a huge testament to you guys for your commitment and dedication to this community.

On that note, I'd also like to congratulate Necrojester on winning Invincible!

We've had a great run for Wrath, with one more encounter awaiting before Cataclysm. If all goes well, we will be definitely pushing the ante even higher as we race towards Deathwing.


As always, here's a Pie Chart summing up our Lich King experience and a little collage to pay homage to the people who take part in the fun. You guys are the best:






To that end, we're still interested in recruiting exceptional players who want to take advantage of our stable community for a long term raiding experience. We're really interested in becoming a staple top 20 US guild at 4 nights a week. If this appeals to you, please do apply!