Kiss my grits!

OK, so I'm new to the whole blogging community.

Who knows maybe you didn't notice this being my first post.

My introductory blog is a rant targetted at an asshat on my server. Why do I think this is wise to be my first post? I've had 24hrs to stew about this guy and I want to make sure that if anyone reads this, who happens to play on Icecrown, they can avoid this poor excuse for a human being and do something else constructive with their time... like fishing.

Let me back up and tell you who I am. I play Aoladari on Icecrown. I like long walks on the beach... oh wait, this isn't that type of post.

I'm a main tank healer by trade and a secondary or tertiary raid healing organizer person for my guild. I also coordinate the pally buffs (this doesn't sond like alot to some of you but I have a whole separate rant saved up for that one). I'm not a self absorbed or excessively mean person by any standards, and in most cases if you want help with something, and I know you, I will be more than happy to give a hand if I have the time. This ends up getting me involved with doing things that are a waste of my time more often than not, but can occasionally be entertaining.

My gear is not the best on the server. I'll openly admit that. I don't spend time grinding out badges for better gear and I'm often behind the curve. That doesn't mean that I suck, and it doesn't mean that I don't know how to do my whack-a-mole healing job very well. Healbot FTW.

Anyway I have a few pieces of iLvl 245 gear and I continue to upgrade through raiding mostly. I just don't have the tier sets. Looking like I could jump off of the mountains in IC and glide to the ground safely is not a target goal of mine by any means. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out the Alliance T8.5 Paladin kit. I am one of the better geared healers in my guild and I attribute that to our casual progression raiding style and my damn luck with the /roll's.

So I took yesterday off of work. Not a big deal, I was ill (really *cough cough*), but I did spend my time doing my second favorite thing in the world, playing WoW.

At around 3pm yesterday a call goes out for a PUG 10man ToC. I think to myself... "Self, you could use an upgrade or two there, reset is tomorrow, go for it."

I send a tell to the leader from my alt telling him I'll be bringing a healer. I switch over and join. Here is a crucial point in how he was building this group... only 2 healers for 10 people. Normally this would work fine, if people know what they are doing.... including me.

One point for the raid leader, he recognised that as a single target healer, I should be utilized as a MT healer off the bat. Very nice.. I must have found a decent PUG run right?? Well sorta.

Along the way we lose a few people while getting rolling or after the first 2-3 wipes at Beasts... yes thats right folks.. 2-3 wipes at the first fight. >.< We fill the holes and move along. Finally getting Beasts down.

We wipe more and more, but are also progressing in the raid by actually killing bosses, so I decide it's not in my best interest to bail, but GOD did I want to.

Why?

The Raid leader "Amoone" decided that if we wiped, it had to be the healers fault... every... single.... time....

No that wasn't the Kolbold beating my brains to a pulp that caused anything, or the DPS not switching light to dark feet at twins... or anything else. It was always the healers fault, and he felt so sure of it that he said it every.... single..... wipe.

We often corrected him, or told him what actually happened. Or told him that the strategy was wrong. He would then tell me how easy it is to single heal the entire raid on one priest... oh really?? Well if you haven't noticed by the fact that I'm wearing a shield, or PLATE GEAR, I'm not a fucking Priest. It's a little harder to heal at least 4 people (2 tanks and 2 healers... we're more prone to not watch our own health bars after all) even with BoL running on one of the tanks.

I can't recall every instance of him going off on the healers in raid chat but for the most part they went like this;

Raid Leader: W
Raid Leader: T
Raid Leader: F
Raid Leader: ....

or

Raid Leader: OMG Where are the heals?

or

Raid Leader: What the fuck is wrong with the heals?

When I say we wiped a lot.. I mean it. I was at 18% durability before the first attempt at the last boss, and I started the day at 100%.

Luckily the other healer, or the tanks were backing us up... they knew that other shit was going on and that we were not responsible for every wipe. (I was responsible for one... C-T-D ftw... *sigh*)

Finally before the last attempt I compared him to a 10yr old with his panties in a twist, everyone got their heads out of their asses, and we won.

Still for blaming every single wipe on the healers, you have officially earned our spot on my shit list Amoone. Fuck you very much, kthxbye.