Black Friday   

It was late afternoon on November 23rd, known as Black Friday around the US to signifiy only a month left until Christmas and only a month to get all your shopping done. But in the World of Warcraft it was a different kind of Black Friday.

This was the final Friday of the guild known as OZ. The setting in my real life could not have been anymore fitting. It was cold and raining and grey out my window and it fit my solemn mood to perfection. When I logged in OZ members old and new were there ready to take part in our little ceremony.

So we set off to find the perfect location for a fitting send off. A place on the cliffs near the sea in Azshara known as "The Bitter Reaches" seemed to call to us. It seemed poetic in a way to end it all here where we could look behind us at our past journeys and out into the sea...into infinity, our unknown but limitless futures.

A few final words were said before we gathered around for one final picture of OZ.


And then, as quickly as it had begun it was all over. Tears were shed both ingame and in real life, at least for myself, for the loss of the guild that started it all.


I will miss OZ and all of you who made the guild a wonderful place to call home and I wish each and every one of you success in whatever endeavors you seek out.

Good Journey and farewell my fellow OZians.

Now it's time to say goodbye...  

...to all our company.

Sorry to break into song but I felt a lighter moment was in order for what must follow.

With a heavy heart I have to tell you all that the time has come for OZ to disband. I wish this wasn't the case but in all reality it's been a long time coming and ultimately it will be for the best.

Over the last month you all will have noticed my absence. I've had things going on in real life keeping me from the game as much as before and during that time the guild just sort of fell apart. I blame myself partially, but I needed to take care of me. If I really think about it though this was most likely bound to happen regardless of my being there or not.

OZ has always been a good guild for leveling and those of us that reached the level cap have always tried to stick together but that can only last for so long before the lack of progression starts to become disappointment.

With The Burning Crusade we really thought that endgame would finally be something that OZ would see. But unfortunately we had a few successful runs in Karazhan and that was it before things tapered off yet again.

With these things comes restlessness and your eye starts to wander to bigger and better opportunities. That has happened now. It was brought to my attention that the majority of active 70s in OZ left for a new guild last night and I have to say I can't blame them. People don't want to sit idle while the game goes on around them especially when endgame is so much more accessible now.

So that was the nail in the coffin for me, so to speak. When I logged in this morning and found out what had happened I realized that now is probably the best time to close OZ and wish everyone a happier tomorrow and happier adventures in the game.

I don't want any of the members that are left thinking they had anything to do with this. You're all a wonderful bunch of people, but the little guild that could just can't anymore. And it will only be a matter of time before you reach the level cap and want to experience things you can't with OZ.

I'd like to thank all of you that stuck with OZ until the bitter end. Your loyalty to the guild and to me is overwhelming.

This Friday at 3:00pm server time we're going to be holding a little ceremony to give OZ an official farewell and we'd like anyone, past or present members, who would like to attend to be there in saying goodbye to the guild that started it all.

Again, thank you all for your membership and your loyalty. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people and I'll appreciate all of you always.

I'm not certain if this new guild that all of our 70s moved to is welcoming more new members as I know nothing about them other than their name is "Full Force" but if you'll want to stick with former OZ members and still have that little sense of family you had with them get in contact with Almagest, Aromagus, Filius or Rashaki and find out if Full Force is recruiting.

Thank you for the memories,
~Jaydis - Ozma of OZ (one last time)

Hallows Hellos!  

Fright was the theme of the night at OZ's annual Hallow's End Party. We gathered in the spooky town of Darkshire to don our costumes, ride our brooms and dance the night away while enjoying delicious confections provided by Frostiana and Filius. Of course, in Azeroth, the Alliance can never rest for long. At several points during our festivities, parties were sent out to dispatch those pesky Horde. Once enough brew was passed around, we got bold and set our beer goggles on Tarren Mill. After skewering everything in sight, we headed to Scarlet Monastery to hand out some final pwnage to the Headless Horseman. Eating, drinking, dancing...and lots of horde bashing--a truly satisfying night!

Emperor Blasted, Princess Saved!  

OZ's magic and might triumphed over the elusive Emperor at Black Rock Depths. Here we are enjoying our spoils while the Princess stares into the distance, speechless with gratitude.

Checkmate!  

 Today was day two of our weekend Karazhan run. After a smidge of a late start we plowed our way through the Broken Stair up the old tower to find ourselves face to face with The Curator yet again. His attempt to safeguard the Menagerie was strong but ultimately futile. A final act of daring by Rashaki, Rendrio and Betend (with a little help from a soulstone by yours truly) finished him off.

We were bestowed with gifts for his defeat, one of which was [Garona's Signet Ring], won by Rendrio.

And congratulations to Filius for winning the token for his Tier 4 [Warbringer Handguards]!

Once The Curator was downed we made our way through the Library to the Chess Event. This was OZ's first time in the Gamesman's Hall and after we got our bearings as to what we were supposed to be doing we made quick work of Medivh and his cheating ways! It was Checkmate, the King was defeated and the game went to OZ!

I didn't get a screenshot of the event because people were having to leave so I'll save that for next time. However, Medivh's chest of goodies lavished pretty purples on us for a job well done.

Congratulations to Pedurabo for winning [Heart-Flame Leggings].

And to Antek for winning [Fiend Slayer Boots].

Thank you all for coming and congratulations fellow OZians for a successful weekend run! Let's do it again next week!

OZ vs The Crone!  

Today, OZ ventured into the halls of Karazhan once again. After a quick run past Attumen the Huntsman, Moroes and the Maiden of Virture we found our way to the stage of the Opera Hall. We held our breath as Barnes took centerstage too announce us and the evening's production. Would it be Romulo and Julianne yet again?

But to our surprise and enjoyment we found ourselves within the Emerald City once again facing off against The Crone. It wasn't an easy fight...at first. Chaos would be a better word, but once we got our bearings we took down Dorothee and her little dog too along with Roar, Strawman, Tinhead and The Crone herself!

State of the Emerald City Address  

Hello fellow OZians.

First I'd like to take a moment to thank all of you that have stuck with OZ through thick and thin. All of you who continue to care about the guild and continue to level and stay with us. OZ would be nothing without you guys and I am very appreciative of you all.

That being said let's talk about a few changes that are going on.

First of all, as you have certainly noticed by now, the website has had a bit of a reconstruction. WICKED has moved to it's own website and now we are solely OZ again. So to issue in this change I felt an overhaul of the graphics and colors were needed. I hope you like it. There are a few things that still need to be changed but for the most part it's complete.

As far as the website goes I'd love any suggestions you guys might have about changes that are needed or what have you. OZ, unfortunately, has never had a very active forum community and if that's how you guys want it to be that's perfectly fine with me. I know that the majority of you tend to spend your time ingame talking and leveling and such but if there's anything I can do to make you guys want to take a more active interest in the forums, just let me know.

Also, since this is an OZ only website now the WICKED forums and WICKED members have been removed. This was just so we could have two distinct sites. However, we in OZ encourage any of you WICKED members to create alts in OZ and register to the website. At some point in the future I believe Sistine and I plan to implement a "Cross-dressing Night" where members who usually play in OZ will play alts in WICKED and vice versa, so just keep that in mind.

Secondly we've done a bit of rescheduling for our Karazhan raids. We started out on such a high note with Kara. Curator was downed in our first week, everybody wanted to go and everyone was ready to go when the times rolled around. But now there seems to be a lack of interest in general. I know that school started for many of you and I've had a couple of my Commanders constantly reassuring me that this is why we haven't had a successful Kara run in weeks. However I have to say I'm beyond discouraged. The little guild that could seems to be becoming the little guild that can't and I want to know what needs to change.

So, I've changed the Karazhan times to Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm Server time in hopes that will accomodate more people. People shouldn't be in school and I know we have a few people who work at nights on the weekends but the afternoon time should hopefully cater to them as well. It's my hope this time change will get us back in Karazhan on a more regular basis. However, should this not work then Karazhan will be canceled indefinitely, until we have the people and the interest generated again. Which considering we have more and more people leveling every day and getting closer to 70, hopefully that interest won't be too hard to bring about.

Our ranking system has also been changed a bit. Nothing of too great importance except for the addition of the Ozma Regent rank. This rank will be given to the person or persons left in charge should I ever be gone from the game for an extended length of time. Just keep in mind that should that happen they are in charge, all guild decisions and matters go through them. But I don't plan on going anywhere for the moment so that rank will remain unused for the time being. I'll be changing the ranking system post soon to reflect this change.

Well, that's pretty much it and I need to wrap this up before it becomes too long anyway. So good journey, fellow OZians. Keep leveling, keep having fun and keep with OZ!

Thanks so much,
~Jaydis - Ozma of OZ

WICKED Has Moved to It's Own Website!!!  

For all you Horde enthusiasts that are looking for a GLBT Friendly guild, join OZ's Horde guild - WICKED!  Our new website is http://wickedofazeroth.com

AFTER MONDAY (SEPT 10), WICKED MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP FOR EVENTS AT THE NEW WEBSITE!!!!  SO PLEASE REGISTER ASAP!!!

Also, our Banner Contest is still going on!  So far we only have a couple of entries, so send in those banners boys n girls!!!

Karazhan First Week!  

This past Thursday and Friday OZ ventured into Karazhan for the first of it's biweekly runs through this epic dungeon. Having had a trial run the week before we were more than confident we were ready to step deeper into the recesses of Medivh's tower.

Having defeated Attumen the Huntsman and Midnight during our trial run (see the news post below) we made haste into the stables and made quick work of the man and his horse yet again. Then it was on to Moroes. During the trial run we had a bit of an upset with our Ventrillo server going down and one of our members having computer trouble so we called it a night, but we were bound and determined to bring the fight back to Moroes this week and defeat him at all costs.

And that's exactly what we did...

The OZ \ WICKED MySpace  

The OZ MySpace has had a bit of an overhaul. We've made it the OZ \ WICKED MySpace so both guilds have a joint MySpace so the members can show off their real selves to each other.

With this change the MySpace also has a completely new look and a new song! So check it out today and add yourself so we can see you!