(Well, THAT got your attention didn't it?)
No, I'm not leaving. But that doesn't mean I cannot take time off to write a thank you note to all of you.
I remember coming back to play WoW & levelling this pally in Bronzebeard & at that time, Gallow was raiding Kara with his previous guild. & then when I hit 68, we migrated here after being accepted into BoOBs. I knew they made a HUGE exception for me because I wasn't even 70 yet. But Gallow's too good a rogue to give up.
So I hit 70. & man, I sucked. Totally. I got geared up pretty damn fast 'coz I was dragged through Kara (run faster than I can loot. WTF.) & I was grinding Heroics. & after the guildies saw what a blardy scrub I was, they still gave me a chance. They still stuck by me. I will never forget the first time I did a 25 man with BoOBs. Gruul's. I was so incredibly nervous! So nervous that I screwed up. I remember Sel saying, "Shiro, no melee on moon." It was a good thing I didn't die! & people will surely remember when I had to OT Gruul & I was SO SO SO far down the aggro table that he basically wiped out ALL the DPS after the MT went down, leaving me & like 5 - 7 healers. But we downed him. (I think the healers had to DPS as well.) & that time on Mag, when I pulled a Leeroy 'coz I right-clicked the mob instead of left-click, leaving half the people outside & the other half at the gates screaming, "OH GAWD! LET ME OUT!!!"
& then SSC & TK. "Shiro! Kill your demon!" "I'm trying! I can't!" "Ok guys, kill Shiro!" "Nooooo..." I won't forget A'lar. When I was asked to tank the adds, & I screwed that one up too. & they had to bring Lihar in to save my sorry ass. & still I was given a raid slot because they believed in me.
Came the ZA bear run. I had never even seen ZA before the bear run period started. & if not for the other 9 people who were willing to do that run with me & carry me, I would still be bearless. On the last week, they could have said, "Shiro won't be able to tank the adds on dragonhawk. Why bother?" but they didn't. Thank you guys.
Then MH & BT. I was assigned to tank a Flame of Azzinoth together with Imzra during the Illidan fight. WOW. What a huge honour.
Wrath hit. & we did Naxx, Maly, Sarth. & I was given more important jobs. Like... tanking Maly. (I can seriously count with ONE hand the number of times I have been in the raid on my pally & NOT tanked.) & slowly, through all the blood & sweat & tears & QQ, people acknowledged that I've improved. & because of all the chances I was given in this guild, I was able to get better at tanking.
Whenever people inspect & PST me, telling me that I've got nice gear, I always tell them it's the guild's. Because if not for you guys, I'd be a level 80 pally with no home in Bronzebeard. & I'd still be a scrub tank.
So thank you guys. For sticking by me. For believing in me. For all the support & love (& heals, tricks, MDs) I've gotten.
I love you all so much & I won't EVER be leaving until this guild is OFFICIALLY disbanded.
- The Last Tank, Shiro.