Soon AH will complete its 1000th raid event. We are currently at 977 successful raid wins, since the first one back on 7/12/07. We have come a long way, and I am fiercely proud of you all, and truly honored to fight along side all AH raiders, from those who are just joining our ranks to those who have been with us from the start. AH would not be possible without every single raider, showing up night after night, kicking ass, taking names, and trying their hardest. For all of that, I am both impressed, honored, and deeply grateful to be a part of this with you all.
Coming up soonish, on a Friday night, starting at 12am eastern (midnight for the Trolls out there) I plan to take a night off raiding, and have some fun celebrating the momentous accomplishment that AH is, and this 1000th event win. Nothing is set in stone yet, so if you all have any ideas for some celebratory events, please feel free to post them. Here are some ideas that I have been kicking around.
I was thinking about running a quick little quest. Sort of like a race. Myself and perhaps 1 or 2 confederates would play as "NPC" types that would give predetermined lines and respond to questions, sort of like how quests were back in the day. There would be a reward at the end, and it would play off of some in game knowledge, lore knowledge, and other stuffs. I figure all could start at a Starting PC, ask questions, get clues, then run off find another, and so on until one person reaches the Final PC and that would give the reward to the first person who reaches the Final PC. No hints as to what the final reward would be, other than that it would be something tradable and (arguably) semi-valueable.
Also, I would like to do a battle royale in the Arena. Everyone could play 1 toon for it, all start out in the arena, and the last man standing wins. When you die, you will be permitted to zone back into the arena to watch the end (or just bind yourself OUTSIDE the PVP area), but you cannot cross into the PVP area again. I was thinking that a fitting reward to the last person standing would be that I would buy them any 1 item they would like on an upcoming raid (like i did before). I have the DKP to bankroll it and basically it would be a guarantee that they would get an item they desire. I would be willing to bankrupt myself on DKP for this if it came down to it.
Any other festivities are open to consideration, so get creative and post some ideas. Other ideas that are semi-baked are::
1. Everyone create a lvl 1 evil gnome in Akanon. First gnome to run and make it to the Ecomm Zoneline is the winner. Or for the masochists out there, make it Highkeep, so your level 1 gnome can deal with the undead of kithicor.
2. Everyone gets wasted in Kelethen at the top, last person to fall off wins.