Festergut:
http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/58754-festergut-encounter.html

DPS check, positioning check, and have to gather on certain random people periodically. The second video was the best I thought, but doesn't include tank swapping which may or may not make it to live servers.

Rotface:
http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/58649-rotface-encounter.html

Positioning check, and have to run away periodically. Sounds similar to Grobbulus.

Professor Putricide:
http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/60966-guide-professor-putricide.html

Info on him is still sketchy. We'll have to wait and see what makes it to live servers. Basically an add killing fight with kiting/positioning, along with 1+ people of our choice performing special tasks as Abomonations.

There's a good chance that patch 3.3 an Icecrown Citadel will come out tomorrow.

I would strongly suggest updating all your addons TODAY, as curse, wowace, wowinterface, etc will be slow and/or down on patch day. Also, fill a bag with raiding supplies.

We don't know exactly how the raid content will be released, but supposedly it will have to be unlocked, which means we will start raiding it as it becomes available. Raid schedule will be adjusted on the fly more than usual to account for this, and to give us as many shots at killing things as possible.

If you have been absent for the past few weeks/months, do not expect an automatic raid invite. The people who have been consistently raiding, maximizing their gear/skills, will have priority invites. Also, class balance when building raids will be more careful than usual. This is new, difficult content, and we'll need every advantage we can get to kill bosses.

Beginning Tuesday Sept 22nd, Tuesday's raids will award half EP, normal full GP. So that's 100EP for start of raid, 100EP per boss, 100EP for trying a new boss, 200EP for end of raid.

Tcrus10 and Uld25 will award 1.5 times EP, full normal GP. So that's 300EP for start of raid, 300EP per boss, 300EP for trying a new boss, 600EP for end of raid.

All other raids remain not on EPGP.

This is an attempt to encourage people to show up for events other than only Tuesday's raids. We may adjust this again, depending on how things work out.

I should point out, if you show up for only Tuesday's raids, your PR is going to quickly fall behind people who show up for other raids as well.

In addition, two weeks ago, we increased the weekly Decay of EPGP from 10% to 20%. This has the effect of helping gear turnover, and limiting PR hording. Points decay faster, so it's in your best interest to get medium upgrades that you may need, instead of holding out for the uber rare items that are in high demand.

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Welcome to our new members from Gquit. We're happy to have you with us, and we hope you'll enjoy it here in OoD.

We'll sort out raid roles and ranks over the next couple of weeks. Right now, 'gquit' is in your public note. We'd like to replace that with your main spec. Any officer can update it. We assume that some people will be changing around their main specs in the short term as we get things figured out (both us and former Gquit people), so don't stress about it initially.

I suggest you read the Rules section on this website at some point. I figured I'd put together a short summary here to help you get started.

No Drama.
Need (main gear set upgrades) before Greed (offsets).
Mains before Alts.
Come to raids on time and prepared.
Omen (or compatible threat meter) and Deadly Boss Mods are required for raids.
Raids begin at 11:55pm Sunday through Thursday. Invites start at 11:40pm.

We use EPGP, which is a type of DKP. The short version is: Raiding more increases your Priority for receiving loot, Taking loot lowers your Priority for receiving loot. You can read about and download it from: http://code.google.com/p/epgp/ You do not need it installed for the system to work, but it is helpful to have it installed to understand how it works and to see the costs of items.

Please keep in mind that raids are being tracked and attendance is being reviewed on a regular basis. If you find your rank has been adjusted, it means you have attended either more or less than the required minimum raids for the week. Please also remember that raiders have priority over members on all loot.

Hi I just thought we could do an episode of the new hit show meet your officers. I'd thought I'd start off with a few to get it rolling.PS. Don't be a douche.

Our Fearless leader Mr. Azod. Who else could he be but Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman both in intelligence, voice and attitude. Knowledgeable, direct, monotonous and incapable of putting up with shit. I swear I can hear him talking though a Giant mustache sometimes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ee8Prf0qc

Next up everyone knows him few like him our favorite New Yorker Seamusmiles. When I saw this vid all I could think about was Seamus. Obnoxious, hilarious and the drunker he gets the thicker the accent he is the Scout from TF2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_zL_QpNGrc

If you have ever heard him on vent before you know Sylerfan either lives in a zoo or isn't actually a person but a mass of crickets that have come together to emulate the noise and sounds of a human being.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Sync-crickets.jpg

And of course our resident ret paladin. Probably the angriest person I know my favorite psychopath Plateface.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhmtAmwnDQ

If you have seen one of our officers in the real world post on here. PS again Dont be a douche ;)

At the previous officer meeting, we decided to make a few change to the rules.

Naxx25 is scheduled on Saturday night now. Sapphiron and Kel’Thuzad will give 100 EP each and have their loot (still valued at half GP) determined by EPGP PR. The other bosses award no points, their loot is determined by random rolls, and there is no on-time points or end of raid points. Although we are lax about alts attending Naxx25, a minimum gear check is still enforced. If you show up in mostly greens/blues, you will not be allowed to raid with that character. In other words, no free rides.

Starting Tuesday the 26th, people are only allowed to have 1 main character. All others characters are considered alts and do not have priority for raid invites or loot. If the raid leader asks you to switch for the purposes of raid class/role balance, that alt will be treated as a main for that particular raid, and have equal rights to loot. You still build EPGP as normal, shared across all characters. Your main must be your best geared toon. Switching mains requires Guru approval.

With the addition of Ulduar to our raiding schedule, we would like to remind all guild members of certain policies/issues that may come into play in the future. We are anticipating heavy attendance for the first few weeks of Ulduar's release, as this has been the trend throughout BC and WOTLK. Everybody wants to see the new content ASAP, and as Guild Masters it is our job to ensure that the distribution of both raid positions and gear remains even and fair to players of all play-styles.

First and foremost, our current loot system, EPGP, has been specifically designed to distribute gear on a hierarchical scale based on the time put into raids + the degree of return from said raids (i.e. loot). We have spent considerable time discussing the inner workings of the loot system and, on a whole, we are impressed with the overall "fairness" of the system.

We had initially created a policy in regards to feral druid loot that enabled them to have offset priority over other classes due to their natural "dual spec" nature. Because of the addition of class-wide dual specs, this priority has been removed as it has been deemed an unfair advantage. All classes now share an identical loot priority as determined by the following order:

1) Main set upgrades for main spec have first priority.
2) Offset upgrades have second priority.

That shouldn't come as new information to anyone.

In the rare occurance of players wanting loot which is below their maximum armor class, the following priority is in effect:

1) Main set/spec upgrades for classes who specialize in a specific armor type (ie, rogues and druids always have main set priority over hunters and shamans on leather items).
2) Main set/spec upgrades for classes who do not otherwise specialize in the available armor type (but would otherwise be an upgrade).
3) Offset/spec upgrades.

This being said; if an armor item is contested, all classes of that specific armor class will ALWAYS have main set/spec priority over all other classes. Non-matching armor classes, however, will also ALWAYS have Main spec/set priority on such items over all offset/specs. This ensures that all classes are given the opportunity to pursue main set upgrades first. Off set/spec priority will NEVER have priority over non-matching armor class players main sets, regardless of spec or class.

In order to honor the EPGP system, some minor adjustments in regards to player ranks was necessary. If you recall, we do reserve the right to enforce a minimum raid attendance and in order to maintain fair gear distribution in Ulduar, all Wrath Raiders who have not been online in the past 2 weeks (unless under special circumstances) have been temporarily demoted to Member. This has been done out of anticipation of certain members re-emerging from an long hiatus and expecting gear priority. Because Wrath Raiders (and above) have always had priority over other ranks, we believe that this slight adjustment will compensate for the explained situation.

As far as raid positions are concerned, it becomes much more difficult to manage all guild members (especially on the first weeks of a new raid encounter) in a way that ensures proper distribution of raid spots. We ask that all guild members be mindful of the situation that the Officers are placed in. Raiding spots, as always, will be awarded based off of two things:

1) Raid "sense". We need X tanks, Y healers, and Z dps. This has first priority over the selection of raiders.
2) Rank. Players with specific rankings have priority over other players who do not also have said rank. Refer to the Rules and Regulations for the explanation of ranks.

Following the 2 important criteria for raid spots, all other guild members will be asked to join the raid on a first come first serve basis. I will apologize in advance to those who do not get an initial invite for the first Ulduar run. Unfortunately, Blizzards limits our raid sizes to 10 and 25 people and there isn't anything we can do about it.

This being said, if there are enough people online to allow multiple groups, then we will do our best to form them. Keep in mind, we are jumping straight to 25 man. Because of this, we basically guarantee a single 25 man run, with the chance of a 10 man run serving as copilot.

We are all looking forward to seeing some new content, and by the looks of things we will be spending quite a bit of time in Ulduar. Everyone will get their chance to participate so try to not have a conniption.