First Time Ever at This Energy!

Baubleshire, Qeynos T.W.I.T.T.E.R messenger pigeons fanned out across Norrath today with news of the successful launch of D.I.R.T.Y.'s Large Bakron Collider.

The stream of messages from the justifiably excited tinkerers of D.I.R.T.Y. included

"Now stabilizing the catapults"

"Experiment has seen collisions!"

"First time in history!!!!!! Norrathian record!!!!!!!!!!

"Patrons do this kind of thing in Deepmug Tavern all the time, and with higher energies. But this is the first time in a laboratory!"

"Experiments have half a million events. More than three hours of colliding pies!"

“It’s a great day to be a particle physicist,” said DIRTY Director General Fissable Wockle. “A lot of people have waited a long time for this moment, but their patience and dedication is starting to pay dividends. And theres some great pie filling available, too!”

“With these record-shattering collision energies, the LBC experiments are propelled into a vast region to explore, and the hunt begins for dark matter, new forces, new dimensions, the pie maysom, and the pie moo-on,” said bakery spokesperson, Roselia Goldencrust.

"We still have a great deal to do," said Wockle. "Work on the Lag Inducer has experienced many delays, and hasn't kept pace with the rest of the project, even though we have had some breakthroughs there, as well. We're proud though, of the progress that project has made. We've been able to induce a great deal of lag in enclosed spaces such as houses and guild halls, but we need to do better with the outdoor spaces that the LBC works in."

The Continuing Saga

...of Blue Yeti Fur



Don't Do It, Etchii! It's not too late! Well, maybe it is...

Observant readers will note that I'm listed there too, in my pathetic attempt to unload my toxic assets at something approaching their real valuation rather than marking to market. It's obvious that we are in a fear-soaked trough now, and that in the long run, the market will realize the value of these assets.

Oh, and in the long run you might be dead, but I'm a high elf, so I'll still be alive (and looking fabulous, of course.) I'm going for 4000!

Seen in Shards of Glory Guildhall

Yes, those pink things are elephants. All Hail Great A'Tuin!



Credit to Phritz LePurr for discovering that The Discworld was actually right there in our guildhall. Let's hope he doesn't discover Death of Rats there, too.

Overheard in Guild Voice Chat

We were adventuring in the Obelisk of Akhz'ul yesterday when this conversation took place:

Phritz: Hey, what was that cloud that just went up, did someone fart?

Pakq: It was probably me, most of my warlock spells look like farts. They shouldn't call me a warlock, they should call me a fart-o-mancer.

Me: (Tosses red hair attractively) Wouldn't that be called a flatumancer?

Leviathan Pwned

This is a repost of something my guildie Karaya put on the guild website. In addition to being the most awesome enchanter in the world, from whom I learned everything I know about mezzing, she's also pretty handy with a keyboard.



The Chamber of Destiny was the scene of a massive upset last night when the reigning champions were soundly beaten on their home turf... er.. surf. MVP Milia Flibbertigibbet of the visiting Raid Force took home a fabled breastplate, while Karaya N`Daasi seemed more than satisfied just to have bragging rights. Amidst the post-raid celebration, neither could be reached for comment. However, Leviathan, captain of the Yha-Lei team, had this to say: "You know, when you get down to it, we just didn't bring our A-game tonight. I mean, we gotta give it to these girls, I got a lot of respect for these PCs. But we got a great group of fishmen here. I been playing with these guys for a long time now - since the release of Kunark - and I think if we were more focused the raid would have gone lot different." We asked Leviathan what the plans are for the future: "Well, after tonight I think we all know we have some work to do. We gotta keep moving forward and look at the next raid. I think we're really gonna refocus on defense, maybe move some of the guys around, try to work on getting some more AEs off. We got a great team, I have a lot of faith." You heard it here, we haven't seen the last of Leviathan and team Yha-Lei. But in the meantime, congratulations to tonight's victors, and good luck going into the semi-finals.

Update: I've deleted a tidbit of this post that wasn't actually part of Karaya's message, just my sloppiness in cutting and pasting