Guild History

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CF 1.0

To facilitate the formation of this new casual guild, we used a staging guild called Attorney At Law (A@L), in which we gathered to discuss the name of the new guild, which eventually settled on Crypt Friends, sort of silly, not over the top. And so it was that Crypt Friends pvp'd for several weeks, and conducted city raids etc. until we finally got bored and decided to run MC. Anyone who remembers MC will also recall that most fights can be done with 1-2 skilled tanks and a few good healers. On our first clear, we one shotted most bosses and got to summon rag but lacked the FR gear to even attempt him. The months following, we farmed cores out of MC until we had the raid decked in FR and then killed Rag. During that time frame, we also 1-shot ony. Suddenly, people in the guild were becoming motivated to raid since they thought it was so easy. But not all was well. Many of these players were from small/minor guilds, and seeing their first access to glorious purples turned ugly quickly. Despite some greedy players and some terribles, we managed to fumble our way through BWL, by which point we had a substantially more disciplined raid, but nothing near the quality of what people would consider a raiding guild. Things continued in this haphazard fashion until internal disagreements engulfed the guild in its first big wave of drama. At the forefront of the issue was the casual vs. hardcore debate. CF had no identity as either since we raided and wanted to succeed, but we were continually brought down by crappy players bringing pvp specs and taking loot that was suboptimal to their role. This issue was further compounded by shitty attendance on the part of everyone besides the tanks and healers. The casuals packed up and left, ultimately crippling CF's ability to raid anything 40 man. As fate would have it, a fellow guild, Absolute, was having similar issues: lacking attendance, inconsistent performance etc. Their roots were based in grinding GM, so many of their players were skilled pvpers. The exodus of a large number of our original casuals, and absorption of Absolute marked the official transition to CF2.0. At its peak, CF2.0 managed to kill razuvious and anub rekhan in Naxx.

CF 2.0

Eventually, it was agreed that raiding was pointless with TBC on the horizon and many of us having been burned out from wrestling with crappy mechanics such as keying people to Naxx. Despite the haitus, relatively few people quit, and our roster remained intact into the launch of TBC. CF2.0 hit the ground running when TBC released. We ran 4 parallel KZ teams, all full clears after the first 3 weeks, more than any other guild. This unmatched income of purples allowed us to nab impressive kill times on hard encounters such as pre-nerf Nightbane, pre-nerf Netherspite, and pre-nerf Gruul. We achieved all this on a 3 day / week raid schedule, which is ultimately what hurt us. Without enough time to run heroics and kz, we were slaughtered by the keying requirements to SSC. Further, with the patch that released arenas, many of Absolute's pvpers quickly became enamoured, and their PVE performance waned, often bringing shitty specs and little to no consummables to raids. Compounding this problem further was the management of loot, as loot was done purely by council at the time. Inevitably, this led to the departure of the original Absolute crew; some went to pvp, some went to CSM. It was around this time that the Prometheus remnants: SUP and It Burns when I PVP began to crumble. Many of them found homes in CF.

CF 3.0

With slow but consistent recruitment, we gradually pushed ahead in SSC, but didn't truly make any headway until the attunement requirements were removed. Despite this, we quickly killed pre-nerf Hydross. Lurker, Leo, and Fathomlord were all one-night affairs, with a notable 4th-ever attempt kill on Fathomlord. Tidewalker and Vashj proved more resilient, with Tidewalker taking 3 nights and Vashj 4 weeks. When vashj died, we went into TK, and within 2 weeks, we were looking at Kael. I should note that at this point, the raider consistency was dramatically different from TBC retail. Our 25 raids, while having a few morons on them, were pretty clean for the most part. KT drew much blood from CF, burning many people out and taking an annoying 5 weeks to kill. When KT fell, we took on hyjal and BT with great fervor, killing Rage Winterchill the first week and 6 new bosses the next week: Anetheron, Kaz, Azgalor, Najentus, Supremus, and Akama. This was an exciting time, to down 3 boss firsts in a single day. We focused our efforts on Archimonde, and within 2 weeks, he was down as well. Shifting over to BT, Gorefriend in 1 night, Gurtogg in 3 nights, and RoS in 1. By this time, however, drama called and CF picked up. Disaffected players, for all manner of reasons, quit with the beginning of my announcement that I would no longer be able to MT for CF. This is also when we transitioned guild leadership to Clay, but CF was in bad shape. Over half our raiding core had quit, taking with them valuable experience and gear. We quickly stepped up discussions with several guilds: Aphelion, Pandemic, Exigent to stop the hemorraging of players. Though it was a risky move, it was the only move we had left to play. Thus we enter the most modern revision of CF: Phase 4.

CF 4.0

It seems that the new flurry of mergers was quite different. Gone were the enormous egos, unreasonable demands, and disillusioned sense of entitlement found in previous mergers. Quite the contrary, our newest batch of raiders showed extraordinarily positive attitudes and above average aptitude for playing their characters. The rest, everyone knows: we waltzed through SSC/TK, doing a total of 3 keying runs and found ourselves back in Hyjal quickly, easily clearing up to Archimonde again and downing him the next week. With BT open to us, we quickly reclaimed our ground and resumed work on RoS/Gurtogg, till most recently when we killed Shahraz and Council in 1 week, and illidan the next.

Guild Information

Home Server: Destromath Create Date: October 23rd, 2005

Member Listings

Not-So-Adorable (Guild Master)
Sashimikitty	80
Co-GM
Memmnoch	80
Wrathy	80
Officer
Altruiste	73
Amberkitty	36
Amirite	80
Badluckitty	80
Candykitty	80
Cookiekitty	80
Frapuccino	56
Happycat	80
Kinkykitty	80
Memmknight	80
Moonkitty	80
Pompomkitty	80
Purplekitty	18
Selfless	80
Selfísh	73
Slavekitty	80
Starkitty	80
Underkitty	80
Wrathie	80
Wrathizol	70
Member
Amnesias	80
Hitem	80
Pizzacat	80
Rojan	80
Windoth	80
Initiate
Emceehammer	80
Freja	80
Jnguyen	80
Mitsuho	80
Oomkinz	80
Puhlaydin	80
Rockabilly	80
Snufyy	80
Sparkletts	80
Stealthcow	80
Toit	80
Zelis	80
Filler
Battlecattle	80
Demonaura	80
Dorynrekar	80
Dunbaron	80
Flaw	80
Jhenova	80
Kanoji	80
Lobo	80
Làdyhawk	80
Mokkoì	80
Orstriff	80
Shadowcleave	80
Sneakyz	80
Squallion	80
Vageen	80
Vapíd	80
Zanistir	80
Zarrge	80
Kitten
Arithmetica	80
Babylol	80
Babyy	45
Beatei	15
Beedoop	80
Calarm	80
Cana	80
Captcrunch	70
Cashrip	80
Chuata	80
Cookiecat	80
Creampuff	80
Deilen	80
Doomgarda	80
Droid	80
Duzz	80
Elayn	80
Endscape	80
Enshrouded	70
Evaporative	80
Gabrien	80
Georgiana	80
Gravesong	80
Healbotadin	80
Holygankers	80
Hornyzan	70
Iinjyapan	80
Inons	70
Jabbersmacky	80
Jabberwalkie	80
Jagerkoenig	80
Jilowa	80
Jirr	66
Judgepacker	80
Karubis	80
Kazumi	80
Kenjiyo	80
Kharza	80
Kkikko	80
Klangg	80
Kleemin	80
Loremac	34
Lutes	80
Maek	80
Masterleo	80
Meanone	80
Meloree	30
Minons	80
Nahmean	80
Nayaheatwave	80
Neximus	80
Normah	80
Notchaun	80
Outclassed	80
Padoo	80
Piccard	80
Retkin	80
Seymor	80
Shimo	80
Sindrael	80
Spacejam	80
Squeekrs	71
Ssohh	80
Ssturm	80
Sundaize	80
Trakapwnd	80
Trancely	80
Tripvaderx	73
Wednesday	36
Windotth	75
Wudenspoon	80
Wyllee	80
Yaybert	80
Zarlez	80
ßishop	80
Alt
Abiigail	80
Aknot	80
Améliorate	80
Androids	80
Animishu	80
Azteca	80
Bakstab	80
Bigbootycuti	80
Blocknblue	79
Bluewolf	80
Bourkan	80
Brainwashd	80
Brojan	80
Báthory	80
Capibara	72
Charismatic	80
Cicildelle	80
Damnify	74
Demonielle	67
Derkita	80
Emcee	80
Erotixa	79
Etak	80
Evilsolz	80
Flesheater	78
Frojd	68
Frozenhammer	80
Funkypanda	80
Gnark	72
Graffitii	80
Grök	39
Gunzwoot	80
Hakkuro	80
Halbx	80
Harlaquin	80
Hatetoheal	80
Heulen	80
Hotalotadots	19
Houlihan	80
Hycine	80
Imasadpanda	80
Inorite	80
Irgrechen	80
Irîs	80
Isometries	31
Issey	80
Itsrabitczun	60
Jabberlackie	65
Jabberlocky	70
Jabbermon	80
Jabberstabby	40
Jabberwookie	80
Jaken	80
Kadàhj	80
Karrin	80
Kevali	80
Kintoth	80
Krayons	80
Lolsrsly	80
Lucidique	73
Lurrtz	39
Lutesectomy	80
Lutesinator	80
Lutesocaust	75
Luteswaffe	80
Lutesy	80
Luxom	80
Làdyaccalia	80
Makiavely	80
Matrimm	80
Mortalsting	80
Naaro	74
Nahmsayin	80
Nessadevil	80
Ninnani	80
Novaros	80
Oahu	80
Obnubilate	23
Onimenokyo	80
Oodap	59
Oreeos	45
Orphanne	62
Paduu	80
Pana	63
Pati	80
Permissible	80
Pooface	80
Poppit	80
Potahtoes	80
Praanak	80
Prophylaxis	80
Próject	80
Purpsnmetes	80
Rageria	80
Raiu	71
Rethra	66
Roflstomp	80
Rojana	77
Roofdaddy	80
Roslind	80
Schtabie	79
Seemer	68
Shadowpuff	16
Shadowslord	80
Shockcom	80
Shojan	14
Sinon	70
Sinons	70
Solz	80
Solzi	68
Sondris	52
Sparkadin	80
Sparkaheal	71
Sparkaknight	80
Stogey	80
Sxypants	60
Taydork	80
Tezu	80
Thatpriest	70
Tinieblas	80
Tizzlicious	42
Tobi	80
Tomahtoes	80
Tuttifruity	80
Uttêrs	18
Validux	35
Valrakk	80
Velysta	80
Verezo	80
Vertrauen	80
Veryquiet	80
Vyleblud	70
Winbroth	80
Withher	60
Withhim	60
Xarrio	80
Xcess	80
Xhero	80
Xstatic	80
Yog	80
Zandozan	80
Zarles	80
Zeejay	51
Zsolt	80
Zurtri	80
ßíshop	80

Guild Progress

Karazhan Attunement the Huntsman Killed Moroes Killed Maiden of Virtue Killed Theatre Event Killed Curator Killed Terestian Illhoof Killed Shade of Aran Killed Netherspite Killed Chess Event Killed Prince Malchezaar Killed Nightbane Killed Serpentshrine Cavern Hydross the Unstable Killed The Lurker Below Killed Morogrim Tidewalker Killed Fathom-Lord Karathress Killed Leotheras the Blind Killed Lady Vashj Killed Battle for Mount Hyjal Rage Winterchill Killed Anetheron Killed Kaz'rogal Killed Azgalor Killed Archimonde Killed Sunwell Plateau Kalecgos Killed Brutallus Killed Felmyst Killed Eredar Twins Pending M'uru Pending Kil'jaeden Pending

Zul'Aman Nalorakk (Inc. Timer) Killed Akil'zon (Inc. Timer) Killed Halazzi (Inc. Timer) Killed Jan'alai (Inc. Timer) Killed Hex Lord Malacrass Killed Zul'jin Killed Gruul's Lair High King Maulgar Killed Gruul Killed Magtheridion's Lair Magtheridion Killed Tempest Keep - The Eye Void Reaver Killed Al'ar Killed High Astromancer Solarian Killed Kael'thas Sunstrider Killed Black Temple High Warlord Naj'entus Killed Supremus Killed Shade of Akama Killed Teron Gorefiend Killed Gurtogg Bloodboil Killed Reliquary of Souls Killed Mother Shahraz Killed Illidari Council Killed Illidan Stormrage Killed

 

Guild Policies

Foreword by Cookiecat

This document will introduce you to the crazy and vibrant guild you've all come to know as Crypt Friends. While most of what we do is silly, as a departure, this document only contains 7% silliness. Regardless of whether you are in Crypt Friends, you can reference this document as a guiding force behind our guild's policies.

Introduction

Crypt Friends is a community oriented guild dedicated toward experiencing all aspects of World of Warcraft at a comfortable pace, in a friendly and mature environment. Our members come from all walks of life; from highly dedicated power gamers to weekend warriors, from college students to career professionals and every combination in between. Though our backgrounds and occupations vary greatly, we're all here to have fun! No matter what you enjoy doing in World of Warcraft, be it heated player-versus-player battles, epic end-game raids, or laid-back chatting and socializing, Crypt Friends has something for you.

Community

Crypt Friends is the premiere "community" guild on Destromath. What exactly is a community guild? Simply put, we are a guild that focuses on people rather than items, victories or scoreboards. Our top priority is simply keeping our members happy - in competitive games like World of Warcraft, it's often easy to forget that your allies enable you and in turn, you enable them. Massively Multiplayer Gamers are social affairs, and Crypt Friends is dedicated to proving a rich and rewarding social experience to compliment the game play. Our strong community adds an entirely new dimension to the game that extends far beyond loot and progression. Players are encouraged to express themselves, communicate and make new friends while they explore the world of Azeroth together. To help preserve our community and environment, all Crypt Friends members observe a strict code of ethics: "Crypt Friends: Etiquette of the Adorable".

Crypt Friendly Spirit

Despite having relatively little in common across such a variety of players, we take pride in promoting sportsmanship and positive attitude among our guild mates, our faction and our opponents. But no matter how hard we try to stay serious, we are never above laughing at ourselves and playing a good prank. When evaluating potential new members, Crypt Friends takes extra care to make sure the applicant will mesh well with the guild's light-hearted attitude and community-oriented environment. Crypt Friends members are highly spirited, intelligent and adorable. Hug one today!

Guild Structure and Ranks

As an organization, Crypt Friends maintains relatively flat hierarchy. A single Guild Leader is in charge of making executive decisions and overseeing general management of guild affairs. Two or more Officers assist the Guild Leader with administrative concerns. All ranks are subject to change as the needs and goals of the guild evolve.

Raids

Raiding is a big part in World of Warcraft, and it comprises the majority of Crypt Friends' organized efforts. As with our theme of fun, community and camaraderie, we try to make sure all raids go smoothly and everyone has a good time. We understand that everyone's skills, dedication and schedule varies. To ensure commensurate rewards, Crypt Friends' raiding model is heavily based on meritocracy. Raiding is entirely optional for any member of Crypt Friends, but those who commit are asked to take it seriously. For more detailed information regarding our raiding policies, please refer to: "The Rules of the Raid".