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It Came from the Blog: Day of the Dead gallery

by Robin Torres Nov 6th 2009 at 7:00PM

It Came from the Blog got together Monday night for a last minute Day of the Dead Dance Party. We danced, we got dead pets and we traveled to all the old world Horde graveyards.

Paragus and others made some Bread of the Dead for all to share. Rossor (Matthew Rossi) joined us as well for some dancing and tank discussions.

I am still working on the video, but here is a gallery of stills from the dance party:

Gallery: IcftB: Day of the Dead Dance Party

We'll definitely have a PIlgrim's Bounty event and I'm hoping to fit in a DK Battleground party as well. Join us!

It came from the Blog: Day of the Dead Dance Party

by Robin Torres Nov 2nd 2009 at 3:30PM

Stop the presses! Hold your Hawkstriders! It came from the Blog is having a last minute Day of the Dead Dance Party tonight! And everyone is invited:

Where: Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (US) realm
When: Midnight EST (10pm Server time, 9pm PST)
Who: Any level Horde character
How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild
What: We'll be making a video of dancing with Catrina and transforming (so don't do the achievement before the rest of us) as well as completing The Grateful Dead quest.

If you have time to log on before the event and make some pocket money, learn cooking and bake some bread, please do. But we'll have extra cash and bread for those who don't. Of course, you'll only be able to complete The Grateful Dead quest outside of Silvermoon if you are a Blood Elf, but we will travel to other graveyards for other races, time permitting. Or you could just make a baby Blood Elf for this event only -- for those of you not dead set against it. (See what I did there?)

Most questions about It came from the Blog are answered in our FAQ. If you have others, please ask in the comments.

Hope to see you there!

It Came from the Blog: Hallow's End and Kodo Run galleries

by Robin Torres Oct 31st 2009 at 8:00PM

Last week, the gang from It came from the Blog participated in several Hallow's End activities. We put out the fires in Falconwing Square, pranked Southshore and went Trick or Treating through the Eastern Kingdoms. Levels were dinged (and those that received them were called Dingalings), Achievements were achieved and a dwarf dressed as a troll was rescued.

Here are some screenshots of the fun:

Gallery: It came from the Blog: Hallow's End 2009

Also, at the beginning of October, It came from the Blog went on an Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride to honor a hero in Ashenvale. The pictures from this event are long overdue and here they are:

Gallery: Epic Harvest Brewfestival Kodo Ride

Look for more It Came from the Blog activities in November and throughout the in-game holidays.

Reminder: ICftB Trick or Treat event today

by Robin Torres Oct 24th 2009 at 12:00PM

Don't forget to join It came from the Blog for some Hallow's End fun today!

When: 4:30pm EDT (2:30pm Server Time, 1:30pm PDT) Today
Where: Meet at Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character, any level. There will also be a second part of the event for epic mounted, flightpathed characters.
What: Various Hallow's End activities in the Eastern Kingdoms.
How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild.

We will be doing some all level activities for the greater portion of the event and will finish up Trick or Treats in the Eastern Kingdoms with the epic mounted/flightpathed (yes, they will mostly be death knights) players.

Have any questions that are not answered here? Please see our FAQ.

We hope you'll join us!

It came from the Blog: Let's go Trick or Treating!

by Robin Torres Oct 19th 2009 at 8:00PM

The Inns of the Eastern Kingdoms are filled with candy, free for the taking. So, obviously, it is time for It came from the Blog to go Trick or Treating. Here are the particulars:

When: 4:30pm EDT (2:30pm Server Time, 1:30pm PDT) Saturday, October 24th
Where: Meet at Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character, any level. There will also be a second part of the event for epic mounted, flightpathed characters.
What: Various Hallow's End activities in the Eastern Kingdoms.
How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild.

The first (and major) part of this event is open to all levels. The second part will consist of finishing up the Eastern Kingdoms Achievement that the Lowbies have a hard time getting to.

All are invited (and encouraged) to attend. If you have any questions like "Why are you Horde biased?" and "When are you coming to my server?", the short answer to both is "We aren't" and the long answers can be found in our FAQ.

We hope you'll join us!

Reminder: ICftB Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride today

by Robin Torres Oct 3rd 2009 at 2:00PM

The Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride is today!

Those of us who are level 40 and above are going to dress up our Epic Mounts as Brewfest Kodos and ride to Honor a Hero in Ashenvale.

When: 4:30pm EDT (1:30pm PDT, 2:30pm Server Time) Today
Where: Meet in front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character with an Epic Mount
How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

It came from the Blog: Join the Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride

by Robin Torres Oct 1st 2009 at 7:30PM

What happens when Harvest Festival and Brewfest collide? The It came from the Blog Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride! On Saturday, those of us who are level 40 and above are going to dress up our Epic Mounts as Brewfest Kodos and ride to Honor a Hero in Ashenvale.

When: 4:30pm EDT (1:30pm PDT, 2:30pm Server Time) Saturday, October 3rd
Where: Meet in front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character with an Epic Mount
How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

We will be earning enough tokens in Brewfest to obtain the ability to transform our mounts and then riding to honor Grom Hellscream. We will then return to Javnir Nashak and complete the one Harvest Festival quest (there is no Achievement). If you do not have a high enough level character on Zangarmarsh to participate, there is still plenty of time to make a Death Knight and complete the starter quests.

If you have any questions about It came from the Blog, please read our FAQ.

We hope you'll join us for the Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride!

It came from the Blog: Brewfest 2009 recap

by Robin Torres Sep 30th 2009 at 7:00PM

We came. We saw. We drank.

Well, actually, most of us just put Synthebrew Goggles on. Elizabeth Harper and Mike Schramm both attended, and we had a lot of fun with those who were able to make it at that late hour. Some Achievements were achieved, some tokens were earned and some quests were completed. I have chronicled the festivities in the gallery below.

Stay tuned for more It came from the Blog events in the near future!

Gallery: It came from the Blog Brewfest 2009

Reminder: It came from the Blog Brewfest event tonight

by Robin Torres Sep 29th 2009 at 2:00PM

Don't forget that the members of It came from the Blog are Brewfesting together tonight:

When: 11:30pm EDT (8:30pm PDT, 9:30pm Server Time) Tuesday, September 29
Where: In front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character
How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

Much fun will be had and all are invited. Unfortunately, we don't have the funds for an open bar, so bring enough cash for food and drink. If you are planning to attend, please read the event guide after the break.

It came from the Blog: Tuesday is Brewfest day

by Robin Torres Sep 27th 2009 at 11:00AM

As promised, It came from the Blog will be getting together to celebrate Brewfest. It's going to be late on a weekday night, so make sure you set your DVR to record Sons of Anarchy or whatever you watch on TV on Tuesdays. Also, I'm sorry for you younguns who can't stay up this late on a school night, but we may have another one on Saturday for those who can't make this one.

Here are the details:

When: 11:30pm EDT (8:30pm PDT, 9:30pm Server Time) Tuesday, September 29
Where: In front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
Who: Any Horde character
How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

While any level is invited to participate, you will have more fun if you have a decent amount of cash on hand. Therefore, you may want to get a Death Knight out of the starting zones or play your lowbie until you've filled your purse in the days before the event..

For those of you who are wondering why Horde, why not your server or any other questions about WoW.com's guild, please see our FAQ.

If you are into virtual public drunkenness, we hope you'll join us for some brew, sausage and ram riding. There are more details after the break.

It came from the Blog: Pirates' Day recap

by Robin Torres Sep 24th 2009 at 11:00AM

It came from the Blog celebrated Pirates' Day by running from Orgrimmar to Booty Bay as pirates and then joining Dread Captain DeMeza's crew. Granted, there really isn't much to the in-game holiday, but we had a good time making the most of it. Yar!

Around 110 or so showed up including Allison Robert, C. Christian Moore and Christian Belt. We got in our pirate costumes, ran to Razor Hill, Crossroads and then on to Ratchet. We then took the boat to Booty Bay and got the Achievement. Thanks to our many higher level characters, the lowbies were protected along the journey.

I took a lovely video capturing the 50 or so Tauren Pirates I had on follow only to crash just after getting to Booty Bay. The video is not salvageable, but I may be able to do something with the videos of the beginning and the end... maybe. I was able to get a few screenshots which are in the gallery below.

Thanks to all who joined us and stay tuned for the It came from the Blog Brewfest event announcement coming soon!

Gallery: It came from the Blog Pirates Day 2009

Reminder: It came from the Blog Pirates' Day event today

by Robin Torres Sep 19th 2009 at 12:00PM

Ye not be forgetting It came from the Blog's Pirates' Day parrrty!

When: 5pm EDT (3pm Server Time, 2pm PDT) Today
Where: Meet in Orgrimmar in front of the bank on Zangarmarsh U.S.
Who: A Horde character, any level
How: Send a tell to Robiness or any It came from the Blog member to join the guild

~~Be ye in league with Bloodsails? The Booty Bay guards arrrr sleepin' off a bit too much brew, so ye can join in on the parrrty.~~ Aaargh the guards be wide awake and feisty.

Drag yer carcasses to Orgrimmar early, else ye will be travellin' to Booty Bay on yer own. Thar will be no summonin' fer lazy landlubbers. Ye have been warned.

It came from the Blog: Let's celebrate Pirates' Day!

by Robin Torres Sep 17th 2009 at 6:00PM

Avast me hearties! It nears time for Pirates' Day! Yarrrr!

Come celebrate Pirates' Day with It came from the Blog. Here are the details:

When: 5pm EDT (3pm Server Time, 2pm PDT) Saturday, September 19th
Where: Meet in Orgrimmar in front of the bank on Zangarmarsh U.S.
Who: A Horde character, any level
How: Send a tell to Robiness or any It came from the Blog member to join the guild
What: We'll get a pirate costume and an Achievement.

We'll run from Orgrimmar to Ratchet together and then take the boat to Booty Bay for the festivities. All races and levels should be able to get to Org with little trouble. Tauren can take the zeppelin from Thunder Bluff and Blood Elves can take the teleport from Silvermoon to the Undercity and then the zeppelin from Undercity to Orgrimmar.

So get there before 5pm EDT if you want to run with the guildies. All latecomers can just meet us at Booty Bay.

For more info about It came from the Blog, please see our FAQ.

It came from the Blog: We flamed the Eastern Kingdoms

by Robin Torres Jul 2nd 2009 at 7:00PM

The Eastern Kingdoms were flamed and we had fun doing it. Our It came from the Blog event last Saturday was actually two events: an all levels event followed by a mounted/flightpathed event. Many players took my advice and created Death Knights, giving the lowbies plenty of protection for the run through dangerous territories. Mike Schramm, Allison Robert and Daniel Whitcomb all joined in on the fun.

The lowbie event honored all of the flames from Falconwing Square to Hammerfall, with a couple of desecrations on the side. The mounted event took to the flightpaths and completed the Flame Keeper of Eastern Kingdoms achievement. I also got the unofficial achievement for running into every fence along the way. Running + typing = hard.

A pictorial journal of our fun is in the gallery below. And I used the wow.com addon to upload my activity for the event. I wish I had used the in-game blog feature to annotate it, but I will next time. If you use the addon to upload your It came from the Blog activity, it will show up in the guild log as well.

I'm thinking of trying video for future events. Maybe Turpster can give me some pointers. Allison does a good job with her videos, too. Would you watch It came from the Blog videos?

Gallery: IcftB: Midsummer 2009 -- EK

Reminder: IcftB Midsummer Fire event today

by Robin Torres Jun 27th 2009 at 9:00AM

After you listen to the WoW Insider show today, join us for some Midsummer fun:

When: Saturday, June 27th, 5PM Eastern (2PM Pacific, 3PM Server time)
Where: The Midsummer Fire Festival site in the Court of the Sun, Silvermoon City on Zangarmarsh, U.S.
Who: Any Horde character who is not in the service of the Lich King. (Death Knights are recommended as long as they have finished their initial quests and have been accepted by Thrall.)
How: Just send a tell to Robinella or any It Came from the Blog member to get an invite to the raid and the guild.

Expect fun, fire, experience, and lots and lots of running/riding. Our goal is to grab an achievement or two, as well.

We hope to see you there!

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