The Burrito Times
April, 2006

04/30/2006:  Kurinaxx can't hide under any more giant sofas....
....Because we squashed him like the bug he is!  Congratulations to the Burrito Bandits, allied guild Dominon, and company!  Through epic efforts, the first boss in AQ20 finally fell.  This is the first boss ever downed to be associated with this guild, so this is big news!  Yippee!  Congratulations to everybody involved--this experience will be written in the pages of Burrito Bandits history forever.  Everybody did an awesome job.  The end.

Oh wait, that's right..... he dropped some loot, too:
[Grimoire of Shadowbolt X] - Helldemona
[Toughened Silithid Gloves] - Ahota
[Qiraji Regal Drape] - Poj
Congratulations everybody! 

Want to come to a future raid?  No problem!  Continued raids to AQ20 will commence every Saturday at 10pm server time.  You can continue to sign up through Dominion's calendar.  Also, be sure to sign up for the FOLLOW-UP RAID to be done on Sunday before the instance resets.  Or, if you can only make it to Saturday or Sunday's raid, sign up for the one you can go to.  Also, check out the strategies thread in the BB forums.  All useful stuff will be posted there.

Important:  Make sure you get the Ventrilo client!  We will be using the new Burrito Bandits Ventrilo channel to communicate verbally during raids from now on.  Click here to download it if you don't have it already.

Coming Soon:  Otter's "Carebear Corner" will hopefully be up by tomorrow or the day after. 
Coming Soon:  A report on our party by our very own on-site reporter, Acabiscuit!

04/26/2006:  This Just in:  Ahota pwns n00bs
Everybody give a big hand to our newest Warlord, Ahota!  Yay!  Making rank 13 is no walk in the park!  Ahota was almost too humble to pose for a picture, but I caught him as he was loitering around outside the battlegrounds queues.  I remember back when we PvPed leveling through the 40s and 50s brackets.... guess it goes to show the good times ain't over yet.  Way to go Ahota, you're truly an outstanding player well-deserving of the effort.    Also, congratulations to Diggles for hitting rank 11, another PvP career milestone!  I know a lot more of you ranked up this week as well, and your efforts were not overlooked (I updated the members page accordingly with your ranks!).  Congratulations on an outstanding collaborative effort guys, you make me proud to be the Supreme Taco of such an awesome guild.  Keep up the great work. 

In the meantime, we are still looking for people to fill out spots in AQ20.  If you're still interested, click here to sign up.  Check out my AQ Packing List to see what you should bring, there's some good information to be found about Nature Resist gear, and the like.  There's also some good links in our forums, courtesy of our own Burrito, Aile.  Also, if you've got any warrior friends, send them in the direction of the signup.  We could use everybody at this point, but we are especially short on warriors.  Thank you! 

Another schedule change (courtesy of Bastart):  Wednesdays and Thursdays, there will be an emphasis on running dungeons for Fire Resist gear.  When we obtain enough, we are looking into possibly running MC with another guild on these same days.

In other news, thanks for showing up to the guild party!  Acabiscuit was on the scene taking some snapshots.  Hopefully those will be on the website in due time.  :) 

Note:  The Membership Roster and Guild Bank sections have not been updated because I haven't had time yet.  I hope to have those sections updated by tomorrow.

04/18/2006:  Desperate plea from Poj!  
Before I get to the plea, I just wanted to congratulate all those that leveled up and/or ranked this week.  Great job guys!  I'm proud to see you all moving along the way you are.  Also, thank you to everybody who has been donating to the guild bank.  We have an amazing stock now, feel free to request at will.  We have 5 million recipes of assorted kinds.

Now, the plea:  With our guild getting so large so quickly, I am really in need of some help managing things.  I posted a list of possible jobs last week.... please continue to look those over.  There's too much organizational work here anymore for it to just be one person's job.  I still need one or two schedulers, a recruiting manager, an "instigator", and web advisor.  Go to our forum to view descriptions of each of these, and to express your interest.  Help your old Supreme Taco out!  Until I have people to fill these positions, I've made a tentative and *optional* weekly schedule, excluding exact times (I don't want to get too strict):

Sunday:  5-man
Monday:  Warlord's Command and Onyxia key line**
Tuesday:  Group PvP
Wednesday:  5-man
Thursday:  5-man
Friday:  Group PvP
Saturday:  Free day!

**I would really like to get people started/finished with their Warlord's Command lines, so I have assigned a specific day just for that (this would include LBRS, UBRS and the World Dragons, though probably not all on the same day). 

04/17/2006:  100 Members and the party!  
It's a glorious day indeed.... the Burrito Bandits have achieved a roster of over 100 members!  To celebrate that (and several other noteworthy things), the Bandits will be holding a first-class, open-invitation party.  The party will give our new members a chance to meet each other, and a chance for out-of-guilders to get drunk!  If you still wish to become a member, we are still recruiting and the party would be a great place to bring your questions.  :)  Click here to view the invitation!

Officer Duties:  I'm also in the middle of trying to assign specific officer duties.... the most important being somebody who would be willing to configure a schedule for PvP groupings and instance runs.   For now, I'm going to make Thursdays and Saturdays "Guild PvP Days".  Aside from those days, we'll do our regular 5 and/or 10-man instance runs for phat lewts. 

If you're an officer (or a non-officer who is looking for a promotion), here are a few of the things I'm looking for help with.  I can't run this ship on my own!
--PvP / PvE schedule management.  I'm looking for somebody who can create a *loose* weekly calendar with events and approximate times.  I'm more concerned about scheduling for PvP, as we seem to do PvE mostly now anyways.
--Web advisor.  Looking for somebody who would be willing to write a little news blurb once a week and come up with a picture for the homepage, like I usually do.  :)  Also somebody who would be willing to give continual feedback on the website and its functionality. 
--Recruiting specialist.  Someone who would be willing to actively seek out new recruits in lower to mid-level zones.  This person would also be responsible for helping to review applications. 

This same information is posted on the guild forum.  To volunteer your help in one or more of these areas, go to the guild forum's "Announcements" section and make a post. 

04/10/2006:  Welcome, new members!  
We are glad to have all of you with us!  I look forward to exploring more of this game's content with willing Burritos.  Thank you all for making this guild exciting and even more full of "attitude" than it already was!  Fear not..... if you are not yet part of the guild and wish to become so, we are still recruiting.   If you wish to view our official recruitment notice, click here. 

Other stuff that's going on: 
--New schedules, maybe.  I might try to start scheduling specific events, such as guild WSG and/or AB matches.  This was founded as a PvP guild, and I don't want to lose sight of that due to the emergence of the 0.5 sets.... we should be able to do both easily and I might try to devise a loose schedule for those who wish to partake PvP and PvE.  We shall see!
--I updated the Membership Roster (link removed 03/27/07) and the Banditobank page (both of which were in desperate need of some love).  If you notice an error with your character and/or your alts on the member page, let me know.  Also, send me an in-game letter with your professions or put them in your guild note.  Otherwise, I won't know what they are! 
--Introducing "Burrito Loot"!  I'm currently looking for feedback on our brand new raiding instance loot system before we get a chance to break it in.  Let me know what you think, you can find it either in About Us or by clicking here.
--The Weekly "Congrats!"  Congratulations to Fister for hitting Friendly Reputation with the Timbermaw Furbolgs and to Xyth for achieving Exalted with Alterac Valley.  Great job guys!  Also, congratulations to everyone who got some phat lewt from DM, Scholo and beyond in the last few days.  Lots of flawless runs, we're kicking some ass.
--Herbalshaman announces his retirement.  A sad day indeed, we'll miss you Herb.
--Banditobank is our new tabard model on the "About Us" page.  Because that old picture made my ass look big. 
--Poj Artwork!  If you were ever curious to see my drawing style, I did this week's homepage drawing.  Hooray!

Upcoming:
--Weather Feature, by seasoned reporter Poj. 
--That silly little feature about that island getaway I was talking about.  Still not done, but it's coming, I promise.

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