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Greetings everyone, With the release of patch 8.2 last Tuesday, the new raid is approaching quickly and will open on July 9th. This means that it is now time to plan the roster for the tier. Please post here or let an officer know if you plan to be raiding with us for this tier. As always with new tiers, rerolls are allowed, but priority on roles will be given to people who want to maintain the role they had in the previous tier. Looking forward to seeing you in the raid group! Raid Leader Mort

Greetings everyone! With the Battle of Dazar'alor raid releasing tomorrow, I thought I'd make a post so you guys know what to expect. As always with a new raid tier, we are likely to have returning players or some people who might want to switch to another character. There is no absolutely no problem with that, but keep in mind the following : Priority will be given to people who want to maintain the role they had in the last tier. The character you pick should be geared enough that it won't hinder progression for the rest of the group. With normal dropping 385 gear, returning players or new characters should aim to be at least 365 in order to be allowed in the group for progression. This should be easily achievable with the catchup mechanics in place. Keep in mind the Darkshore warfront gear will go up when the raid unlocks, as well as M+ ilvl rewards, which makes it even easier. As usual, we will be starting with normal difficulty, and move onto heroic once we've cleared it. We'll keep clearing normal until we're far enough into heroic that there is no gear someone needs in normal that they couldn't get from our heroic kills. If you would like to watch the fights on video beforehand, Wowhead has a great guide with video for every bosses based on PTR footage. Keep in mind it is not required for you to watch those, as I will have strategies prepared for every boss, but you are encouraged to get familiar with the fights if you want to. If you have any questions, leave them below and I'll answer them as soon as possible. See you in raid! Raid leader Mort

With the closure of our BF4 servers, this has led to a huge resource lost to bring in new members and a way to grow the ATR community. Part of the reason is that BF4 has lost its vigor due to its age. BF1 which we thought would’ve been the next chapter in our BF lineage failed to capture where the BF4 game and community left off. Because of this and the rise of PUBG, BF will not be the way we will be able to grow our community. What we need help with is some input from our current community members. What are some games you would like to see a bigger interest in from the community? What are the current games that you are playing? Mainly we want to see where the interest is and where we can focus on bringing in more members who enjoy the same games as what we like to play or future games that we could be looking forward to playing.

Im looking to play OverWatch, GTA5, and CSGO. These games have a big following/community. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks! -OONicc

The Rock Against MS Foundation joins forces with LANFest- bringing a unique gaming experience to the: THE 7th ANNUAL ROCK AGAINST MS BENEFIT CONCERT & AWARD SHOW AT THE HISTORIC LOS ANGELES THEATRE SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019 LIVE: Saturday March 30th 3pm to 7pm PST on TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/lanfest HOLLYWOOD (March 7, 2019) – This year’s Rock Against MS Benefit Concert & Award Show has a newly added unique experience bringing in the wild world of hi-tech celebrity gamers. The new joint venture with gaming event producers, LANFest, is bringing in an experience that is unique for gamers and people who love to watch, while raising money for charity. RAMS and LANFest are pairing up celebrity streamers and celebrity rockstars to create fun filled gaming experience to raise money to build the first ROCK HOUSE MS resource center. “LANFest is excited to connect the gaming community and music community to raise money for MS” explains Katie Briggs, President of LANFest. “We have a strong passion around creating unique gaming experiences that give back to local and national charities.” We are engaging four (4) to eight (8) Rockstar celebrities to play against celebrity streamers. There will be four (4) pods of ten computers, which the gamers have the opportunity to bid on seats to play against these celebrities in person ….. Or you can tune in to the LANFest TWITCH channel (https://www.twitch.tv/lanfest) and watch all the action and concert LIVE! Viewers can also donate, for the charity, to their favorite Rockstar or celebrity streamer making them work all the more harder at winning, while they discuss pizza and talk smack! The concert headline is Rock Hall of Fame and GRAMMY award winning legendary drummer of the Ramones: Marky Ramone and his band Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg featuring punk icon Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks/Bad Religion) with original members from Guns N’ Roses and more rockstars also hitting the stage!! Hosted by comedians Hal Sparks and Debra Wilson (MADtv). So tune in on Saturday March 30th, from 3:00 to 7:00 pm PST on TWITCH (https://www.twitch.tv/lanfest). The celebrity names and auction for the seats will be announced in one week!! Stay Tuned!!! VENUE: The Los Angeles Theatre 615 S. Broadway @ 6th Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90014 PRE-SALE TIX: General - $35 VIP w/M&G Package - $125 *** Please email to reserve Wheelchair seating at info@rockagainstMS.org SHOWTIMES: Doors for All 6:00/ Celebrity Orange Carpet 6:00/ VIP Theatre Access M&G 6:00 / Public Theatre entry 7:00/ Show 8:00 BUY ONLINE NOW: Purchase – http://rockagainstms2019.eventbrite.com SPONSORS: LANFest, Metal Blade Records, Schecter Guitars, Guitar Center, Evans, Promark, D’addario, SIR Studios, NAIMIES, Stella Rosa Wine, Wedgie Picks, Tour Bus Live, The Los Angeles Theatre, Just Right Productions For more show information go to: https://www.facebook.com/RockAgainstMSFoundation/ http://www.rockagainstms.org/ https://lanfest.intel.com/ http://www.markyramone.com/ https://greghetson.com/ http://www.richardpryor.com/ https://www.halsparks.com/

ATR Gamers is happy to announce that ATRLAN has joined Intel LANFest as a member chapter. This move grants us the ability to share and access resources with LAN Party events nationwide. Additionally ATRLAN 2019 will be held August 15th to 18th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Troy, NY. More information to come Soon™.

I will be there on either my druid lock priest or hunter maybe all 4 oh wait forgot the pally hmm guess thats 5

the old man #2 is gonna come back someone has to keep old man #1 goose inline

Congrats on the kill guys! Yes, I do not know how cameras work. I suck at screenshot.

We at ATR Gamers would like to wish all members and gamers a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays. Stay safe this Holiday and we'll see you in Azeroth, Erangel, and Aberration in the New Year!

Purchase a Raffle Ticket for a Chance to Win a AOC G2460PG 24" 1ms (GTG) 144 Hz Gaming Monitor Drawing will be completed shortly after all tickets are sold via random.org generator. This drawing is open to the US & Canada, if you're not in the US or Canada contact us for eligibility for your country. This is also open to all, you do not have to be a member to win!!! $5.00 US per ticket. At the time of this only 37 tickets remain. Link To Raffle

Whoa, that was quick. I didn't even get a shipping email.

The ATR Gamers 2017 Apparel is here, just in time for the school year! This year we have LOTS of different styles and colors to choose from. We also have a new option in glassware, and the option for custom embroidered items. You'll find every item available for order in our store, items marked 'ATR 2017' will ship at the end of August. As such we would like to get all items orders in by the end of July! Shipping is available to both US & Canada, shipping to other countries available on request. If you are interested in an embroidered item let me know. https://www.atrgamers.com/store/category/4-atr-branded-merchandise/

Gaming with friends always makes a gaming better. A lot of us still play World of Warcraft weekly because of that.

PubG current heavily invested game. Probably will be for a long time. Good place to grow ATR's community with so many people playing. Quake Champions - will be another I'm hoping to spend a lot of time on. I did play a lot of Overwatch but it sucked running solo. Played a lot of it on console and it was my main game once I got my PC. Would love to get back into it because it is a huge team driven game and I like that. The community in the game is pretty large too. Battlefront 2 - looks good! Better than the first. I hope it does good. I'll dabble in there because, Star Wars 😁 Destiny 2 - I'm still iffy on this one simply because the way the first game was handled over time kind of ruined it for me. The game is fun with friends. Id gladly jump back in with ATR. The game has a big following and tons of potential to grow the ATR community through this game. These are the only ones that come to mind atm.

soooooooo.... when do we go back to red and black? asking for a friend

Hello! Thanks for taking the time to read this and thanks for the opportunity. Opening Statement: I’d like to start by saying that as a more family-oriented guild there is definitely a more relaxed approach to raiding. We are not going to be pushing Mythics aggressively and we really do not require the sort of micromanagement/statistics tracking that that would normally entail. That being said, I would like to get us into Mythic level raiding eventually and I will outline what I feel is the best approach to do so under these conditions. I understand that instituting a bunch of new rules/conditions may seem harsh at first but I promise it is not as bad as it sounds. We already do most of these. As your raid leader, I will do my best to facilitate a fun and effective environment so we can defeat all current content and get the fancy loot. Please review the following expectations/guidelines for the raid. Any questions/comments/concerns are more than welcome. Raid Expectations/Guidelines: Timeliness – It is important that we use our time effectively. We raid 2 nights a week and those nights have got to be utilized to the maximum. We do not want to waste anyone’s time. -Raid will start promptly at 7:30pm EST regardless of attendance (at least until we push a 20-man Mythic team). -Raid will continue regardless of any one individual’s quest completion. Please use the scheduled break to wrap up any quests. -Ensure when break is complete, you are in a READY TO PULL status. This means food, flask, and present for the Return from Break ready check. If you need a summon, petition for one BEFORE the break ends. If not available, please arrive by any means necessary. Readiness – It is every raid member’s responsibility to understand the fights of the raid we are doing. In addition, it is also considerate to other raid member’s to be as prepared as possible. -Watch boss strategy videos. I prefer YouTube channel Line of Sight Gaming as it is quick and concise. For heroic raiding, this is more than sufficient. Mythic will require more of course. -Have flasks/food/consumables ready BEFORE the raid in addition to any enchants/gems. If you do upgrade gear mid-raid, please wait until the scheduled break to apply enchants/gems. -Utilize DBM/BigWigs. The timers are so critical to our success and this information should not need to be called out. The most effective way to follow along with the addon is to increase the bar size and the notification text size. Performance – It is one thing to say we want more difficult content. It is an entirely different matter when you show you want more difficult content. Show me you want Mythic and that’s when we will get there. -I expect individual raid members to constantly push themselves to be the best they can at their job. Some examples of this include: Tanks will need to understand how to effectively utilize cooldowns/abilities based on incoming damage. Healers will need to learn how to manage cooldowns to effectively heal the raid and work together so that multiple cooldowns aren’t wasted. DPS will need to work on their rotation and apply any utility when necessary. Everyone should learn fight mechanics and strategy, including positioning, phase changes, DPS/lust cooldown usage. -Everyone should be trying to assist other raid members in this regard. Examples: Assist people through their optimal DPS rotations as well as gearing up stat priority. Healers should be communicating about spell utilization, Tanks should be discussing optimal positioning, etc. Any individual improvement makes the raid better, just like a new piece of gear. Behavior – We need a like-minded group that is respectful and courteous to each other. We must also be willing to communicate our differences. -Please refrain from personal attacks on other raid members. Any grievance should be reported privately to myself if raid related or officers if it is personal. No egregious/aggressive behavior will be tolerated. -Channels will remain open for socializing during trash pulls unless otherwise indicated. After ready check for boss, please keep channels clear for fight specific communications. -Please keep all criticism for raid strategy constructive. I’m more than willing to hear out any alternative strategies/methods. New Raid Team!: In order to implement these new expectations/guidelines, I would like to start up a raid team. This will allow us to better facilitate an effective raid environment and delegate responsibilities. If you are interested in one of the positions, please reply to this post or contact me via message (forum or in game). -Raid Assist – Works with me in the overall execution of the raid, including raid calls, strategy decisions, time management, loot distribution. Essentially this is already being done by Mastric. I’m assuming a director will cover this one. Healer Lead – Facilitates healer assignments and healer specific strategy. Assist healers with rotations/performance/gearing strategy. Relays information to me regarding healer effectiveness and performance. DPS Lead(s) – Assist with any specific DPS requirements for raid encounters. Assists DPS with rotations/performance/gearing strategy. Relays information regarding DPS effectiveness and performance. If you made it this far, excellent! Thank you again for reading this. I have some additional ideas I would like to eventually implement but that will be discussed at a later time. I hope everyone is on board and we can get back to some kickass raiding! -Rugburn/Papabehr/Pooh Bear

Follow the link, and check out these "minimalist" boss strategies to familiarize yourselves for next week and further. http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6517-World-of-Warcraft-Tomb-of-Sargeras-Minimalist-Raid-Guide

To any of the BF4 members who feel intimidated about socializing and playing other games with other people don't. We have loads of members who just come in teamspeak to hangout now and we are always looking for new friends. Don't be afraid to pop into other channels and say hi you may find a great new group of folks to play with and exiting new games to try.

I've started to mull it over and I've come to the conclusion I really can't raid right now even partially. Being honest with myself right now and what I'm trying to work through that I am not physically or mentally healthy at that moment. I'm trying to deal with an all-but-physically abusive professor that's messing with my head and gaslighting me (who unfortunately is the professor of my capstone class and therefore has a strong hand in whether or not I'll pass the major).. speaking of which I have to create a large body of work for that capstone that will require a minimum of 20 hours a week outside of class to complete in time.. stage management of a devised play written by the ensemble is 3x more work than a normal show and I wasn't really expecting that.. one of my peers/coworker has decided I should be her scapegoat for everything that ever goes wrong, which is making daily life difficult and borderline unsafe due to her anger issues, which from a recent email I got from her is going to make things A LOT worse.. grandfather is still dead and I don't have the time to go through the grieving process normally and keep having episodes of depression.. then the conferences, theatre competitions, job applications, class and homework I just.. can't.. right now. I'm not even in a good enough mental state to try and wrap my head around how many people have left raid or the guild or any of that without having another breakdown. I'm hardly eating or sleeping but I do have friends that will remind me to do that occasionally when they remember. I'm going to see counseling services if at the very least to see if they know what to do about my professor. When this semester is over or when the play is over I'll re-evaluate things to see if they're any better and if I can come back to raid but at the moment it's too daunting to think about. I'll be online here and there. I do seem to be enjoying the occasional Hearthstone game even though my cards are barely above the basic sets so you'll probably see me sometimes playing that but otherwise I doubt I'll be online in WoW at all. Sorry guys.

To summarize, things got a lot worse, but then they got spontaneously better. Due to factors out of my control, work that I should have had the full semester to do was crammed into the second half for my art capstone. Ended up on a schedule working 31 hours a week trying to finish it (along with 5 classes and a 15 hour job) and reached a point of mental and physical exhaustion that was becoming life threatening. But, worked it out with the college, so now I'm a part-time student (only in 2 classes) and will be returning in the fall as my last semester to finish my double degree. I'll have the summer off to relax and take care of myself to improve my health from where it currently is. So overall I'm doing a lot better now. The theatre show I'm stage managing is in production right now so that's taking up my time and energy. A few bumps but still going well. I may return to raiding soon but I'm not sure when it would be. Could be next week or could be a while still. Just wanted to let you guys know that things are going well now.

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Booked rooms for the two of us, plus Gump's "mini-mes" are both attending this year, so they get their own room. Fdragon still needs to book his own seat, but I three set for the people living in my house. :-)

Fdragon is going to drive my car and the youngest Gump, and rooming with him. Almost like a super nerd family vacation.

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Hope things have gotten better for you since this post <3

guess i'll tank again

i thought lyntha died...

BF1 has taken most of the BF4 customers. So I think we are the only Rush server in BF4 that populates.( not hard core ) Sent from my iPhone using ATR Gamers

We have one Rush server already, it takes a bit to get filled. CQ seems to be in demand more than Rush. Sent from my iPhone using ATR Gamers

A perfect 5/7 Post,

And a raptor for you.

Real Life First, then dinos, then WoW. We'll be here when you're back. And here's a picture of a baby raptor to help.

That's a new one

Got first dibs earlier today on some extra tickets for the Gonzaga vs San Diego game (college basketball) so I wont be able to make the raid tonight. Should be back around 8:30 / 11:30 tonight in case anyone wants to run some mythic / mythic plus dungeons.

You better stay around, else they'll say they've found a cure for Kansir.

I need my Mercy. </3

March 31st to the 3rd is clear, LAN away! Sent from my SM-N930V using ATR Gamers mobile app